Bell seemed to be quite apprehensive of Merrick, unwilling to spar with him, and even took a jab at Duke.
"Has the Thorn Holy Tower's standards dropped so low now that it can't even sense others' magic power auras? I think it should just shut down early," Merrick casually said.
Bell's expression turned a bit unpleasant, but he seemed unwilling to argue with Merrick, preparing to leave.
Duke suddenly stood up and said, "We can spar, although I'm a second-class wizard apprentice, I think sparring with you shouldn't be a problem."
"What did you say?" Originally, Bell just wanted to provoke Duke under the guise of sparring and hadn't thought Duke would actually accept the challenge.
The gap between a first-class wizard apprentice and a second-class wizard apprentice is quite significant. A first-class wizard apprentice has at least thirty points of spiritual power, while Duke only has a little over twenty.
