Chapter 46: Human Hearts Are Unfathomable (Please Continue Reading)
Hearing that Graf wanted to hunt an Earth Dragon Beast, Levi's expression seemed to change, as if he suddenly no longer wanted to take part.
An adult Earth Dragon Beast was a Great Knight-level ferocious beast, truly impervious to blades and spears. Though they had five Formal Knights, plus that military Armor-Piercing Crossbow, there was hope of hunting the Earth Dragon Beast down—but that was only hope. If anything went wrong along the way, the consequence might be losing their lives.
Levi did need ambergris, but it was not as if he would be completely unable to practice the Breathing Technique without the Black Snake Secret Medicine. At worst, it would just take several times longer.
He was only sixteen. Even if he broke through to Great Knight before thirty, he would not be any worse than a genius like his father.
So there was no need to take this risk.
As for the so-called "fortune favors the bold," that was the same mindset as a gambler's.
Levi did not like gambling. He liked doing things he was confident about.
With the Proficiency Panel, he just had to grind slowly.
Seeing Levi turn and leave, Graf hurriedly called out, "Lord White Wolf, don't go. Since I dare to hunt an Earth Dragon Beast, I naturally have ample confidence. I've been scouting that Earth Dragon Beast for years. Just a month ago, it fought a Great Knight-level powerhouse from the Tuva Empire and suffered no light injuries, while that Great Knight was also badly wounded and fled. For this, I specifically paid an enormous price to borrow this Armor-Piercing Crossbow from the military, and I also specially invited three Formal Knights who, like Lord White Wolf, possess extraordinary abilities. With so much