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Of course, Punk was no "idle Mage." If his experiences since his advancement to Legendary had not been exciting enough, then who knew how many Legendary professionals across the Multiverse would have become laughingstocks. Given the caster's current rate of advancement, even in the most prosperous Netheril era, he would have ranked among the geniuses. Yet Punk had never possessed the vast resources available to newly-promoted Legendary powerhouses of the Netheril era.

Although the Legendary Mage was using this to mock the fact that Kane was one level below him, the truly infuriating part was not the difference of a single level. It was the implication that Kane had always been chasing after him and could never surpass him. That was precisely what made the already conflicted knight even more displeased.

Sure enough, anger flashed through Kane's eyes the instant he heard Punk's mockery. In a sense, the thought of being "a little stronger than Punk" had practically become an obsession for the unlucky knight. Although the gap between one level and the next was not great at all, that goal remained dangling ahead of him, utterly beyond his reach. That truly made Kane exceptionally annoyed.

However, the mad knight, who always wore a smiling face, was not about to fall out with Punk over such a minor taunt. So although he was so furious that even his hair trembled, Kane still laughed it off and brushed aside this unpleasant, irrefutable topic.

"Tut, tut, tut. At the Legendary stage, this is the only time advancement can still be considered relatively fast. If things go smoothly, you can rise a few levels in ten thousand years; if not, it may take tens of thousands of years to gain a single level. The real hurdle is advancement to Morningstar. The levels before