Flender

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Build: Stout, with a plump face and thick hands 102 104.
• Eyes: Small and repeatedly described as beady or mung-bean-like 104 105.
• Glasses: Wears exceptionally thick lenses, compared to bottle bottoms 104.
• Signs of age: Described as having an aged face 102.

Personality

Flender is intensely money-conscious, turning recruitment, treatment expenses, and tournament winnings into opportunities for bookkeeping. He demands five hundred Gold Soul Coins in annual tuition immediately after Ling Feng regains consciousness, then calculates additional interest, advance payments, and “emotional damages.” His thrift extends to confiscating Oscar’s expired sausage-and-meat mush as academy property for possible reuse 104 105.

His attachment to Shrek’s students repeatedly overrides that stinginess. After their return from Star Dou Great Forest, he cries with relief and promises to devote the academy’s resources to Ling Feng’s treatment. He later offers to sell his possessions to fund the emergency journey to Suotuo City. Zhao Wuji describes him as having “all tough talk and a soft heart,” while Tang San credits him with making the students’ achievements possible 102 105 146.

Abilities & Skills

Four-Eyed Cat Owl Martial Soul

• Martial Soul possession: Manifests wings, which he spreads to shield students from the Venomous Scorpion slave hunters’ crossbows 88.
• Protective reactions: Activates possession immediately during Dugu Bo’s intrusion, pulling Ye Lingling behind him 115.
• Soul Power pressure: Alongside Zhao Wuji, counters the pressure released by Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation during their street confrontation 148.
• Limits: A gray-robed Titled Douluo overwhelms the Shrek group with Soul Power pressure. Dugu Bo likewise presses Flender down until he can barely straighten his back 108 115.

Academy Administration and Contacts

• Financial management: Keeps detailed accounts of fees, advances, and expected income; Ling Feng finds him doing the accounts upon returning to Shrek 105 143.
• Information network: Receives reliable news from an old friend at the Soto Great Soul Arena about the Golden Generation’s arrival and lodging in Heaven Dou City 148.
• Resource allocation: Is entrusted with distributing Ling Feng’s donated Soul Bones and cultivation techniques among teachers and talented students 143.

Equipment & Resources

• Ledger and writing tools: Carries a ledger and quill, later producing a notebook and stubby pen for rapid calculations. He places the ledger and quill in the unconscious Ling Feng’s hand while pledging to pay for his care 102 105.
• Storage Soul Tool: Receives one from Ling Feng containing resources for Shrek Academy 143:
  • One hundred Soul Bones, all at least ten thousand years old.
  • Ten hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones among that total.
  • Three God-Level cultivation techniques.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Ling Feng’s Recruitment

After Ling Feng collapses following the Imperial Fighting Team battle, Flender joins the rush to rescue him. He is present during the competing recruitment efforts and relaxes when Ling Feng chooses Shrek 82 83.

When angelic holy power suppresses the sinister bone fragment associated with Yu Xiaogang, Flender recognizes its possible connection to the Qian family and orders the group to leave. He drives their battered carriage back to Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun immediately teases him about having swindled someone to pay for the academy’s extravagant new motto sign 84.

Star Dou Crisis and Emergency Treatment

During the slave-hunter ambush, Flender identifies the attackers as Venomous Scorpion and shields the students with his wings. He later reunites with the returning expedition and urgently summons Ye Lingling to treat the wounded 88 102.

Learning that Ling Feng saved the students, Flender promises to cover his treatment. That pledge triggers Ling Feng’s hidden system quest, “Flender’s Ledger,” whose objective is to bankrupt the dean through medical expenses 102.

When Ling Feng appears to be dying, Flender force-feeds him Oscar’s expired sausage-and-minced-meat mush. Ling Feng’s vitality returns as the chaotic powers inside him are consumed. Flender then interprets his weak utterance of “Franchise” as agreement to join Shrek and immediately demands tuition 104.

Suotuo Tower Incident

Flender joins the emergency journey to Suotuo City, ordering Oscar to produce twenty Mushroom Sausages and promising to pay even if he must sell his possessions. At the tower, he stands with the group against the gray-robed Spirit Hall elder but is overwhelmed 105 108.

After Ling Feng drives the elder away and the fissure disappears, Flender worries about responsibility for the damaged tower. A guard officer subsequently mistakes him for the culprit behind both the destruction and the wounded people nearby 109 110.

Recovery and Dugu Bo’s Attack

Flender helps oversee Ling Feng’s recovery and accepts Xiao Tiannan’s rare medicinal gifts. Although delighted by their value, he insists that they be used promptly to wake Ling Feng rather than held back 111 114.

After a hidden Soul Douluo loses an arm and flees, Flender and Zhao Wuji suspect that Ling Feng’s strange eye power caused the injury and agree to keep the incident secret 112.

Dugu Bo’s subsequent attempt to seize Ling Feng leaves Flender severely injured. He remains behind with Zhao Wuji to recover when Ning Fengzhi’s party transports Ling Feng toward Heaven Dou City 115 117.

Tournament Support

Flender celebrates Shrek’s victory over Heaven Poison Academy and the defeat of the Rakshasa God. He announces the tournament’s resumption, then cheers the team through its victories over Blazing Fire Academy and Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation 126 127 128 129.

Ling Feng’s Return and Shrek’s Endowment

When Ling Feng returns after months away, Flender first reproaches him for making everyone worry. Ling Feng then raises him to level 85 and entrusts him with a large collection of Soul Bones and God-Level techniques intended to make Shrek the continent’s leading academy 143.

Later Tournament Preparations

Flender sends the students toward Heaven Dou City with an unusually solemn farewell, urging their safe return. He later supplies intelligence about the Golden Generation, helps shield the students from their pressure, and warns Ling Feng not to confront them recklessly: safety comes first 146 148.

Relationships

• Ling Feng — Shrek student, rescue beneficiary, and later benefactor. Flender’s pledge to finance his recovery becomes a system quest; Ling Feng eventually repays his support with a divine power infusion and academy resources 102 143.
• Zhao Wuji — Fellow Shrek educator and frequent partner in protecting the students. Zhao recognizes the affection beneath Flender’s bluster 112 146 148.
• Yu Xiaogang — Fellow educator who supports the frightened Flender during the confrontation involving Ling Feng’s internal powers. Flender later leaves him responsible for the wounded at camp 104 105.
• Oscar — Student whose food-based Soul Skills Flender requisitions for emergencies. Oscar is horrified when Flender uses his expired meat mush on Ling Feng 104 105.
• Tang San — Student who physically silences Flender’s tuition demands to protect the recovering Ling Feng, but later expresses gratitude for the dean’s role in their growth 105 146.
• Ye Lingling — Healer assisting Ling Feng’s recovery. Flender consults her about his condition and shields her when Dugu Bo attacks 111 115.

Notable Quotes

“Welcome aboard! Little Monster!”
“Tuition! Five hundred! Gold! Soul! Coins! A year!!!” 104

“If you lose, I’ll eat Shrek’s signboard!” 129

“With these resources. Within ten years. Shrek... Will definitely be number one!” 143