I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 228: Doris Within the Dream

“Boss Lin isn’t opposed to the hostility between Wilde and me, for we wouldn't even have the chance to meet here if that was the case. He just believes that it isn't the time yet.

“From the current outlook, he's getting Wilde to help him recruit more patrons for him. This is Wilde’s value to him… As for us, we help him by performing certain tasks that are too minuscule for him.

“Since he’s setting us up for a direct confrontation, it must mostly mean that Wilde has finished providing all his worth to Boss Lin who no longer needs him. With that, the animosity between the two of us can finally come to a conclusion.

“All of this must’ve been according to the plan Boss Lin has sequentially laid out.”

These words of Joseph reverberated constantly in Claude's mind all the way till the mess was sorted out and Francis' group were brought back to Secret Rite Tower.

Choosing a victor between the two Destructive-ranks Joseph and Wilde, to help ascend to Supreme-rank…

Though it was known from the beginning that this kind and amiable bookstore owner by the name of Lin Jie possessed fearsome power, it was Joseph's words that made it seem especially impactful.

As if receiving a hammer blow to his heart, Claude was completely shaken.

This sort of saying was familiar to him… Any knight receiving training at Secret Rite Tower would find it so.

An elimination system to pick a few suitable candidates out of dozens of Knight Apprentices, to undergo elite training where only the top few candidates would be chosen to become a Great Radiant Knight.

Joseph had gone through this, and so did Claude.

Boss Lin had actually treated both Joseph and Wilde the same way, which meant that to him, training up Supreme-ranks were akin to growing cabbages.

The conflicted sentiments Claude had couldn’t be described with words.

As he recalled, his interactions with Lin Jie could even be considered more than Joseph had. That bookstore boss often engaged with him in small talk like a close friend would, and this sometimes made him seem just like any ordinary person.

Howe

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