Time passed day by day, and the crowd outside the tower dispersed and gathered again.
People looked at the tower door, but it was closed. After that, Ming came, soul fingerprints came, and Virus came. In the end, it even alarmed the Stargate Port. The Super Competitive Alliance sent people to check inside and outside. Except that the door of the tower could not be opened, everything could not be opened. usual.
The Artisans Guild also heard the news and sent professionals. The alchemists discussed it outside the tower for more than two weeks, but to no avail. The organizers of the event were like ants on a hot pot. No one could figure out what was going on. Even the Astrologer Newspaper gradually lost interest after reporting at length for a week:
"A suspected accident occurred in the alchemists' competition, and a contestant disappeared in the tower"
"The Artisans General Association sent out a professional team, but still found nothing"
"A week has passed and there is still no news from the contestants"
"Dragon Alchemist's Whereabouts Unknown"
"Stargate Port is at a loss"
"Courin-Ithulian sent a communication, the alchemy competition is suspected to have caused a diplomatic dispute? 》
A week passed, half a month passed, and a month passed quietly after that.
In the meantime, Ming and Virus came once, and Soul Fingerprint came almost twice a week. She barely had a good night's sleep these days. As the team leader, she had to be responsible for every player. What should she do if something like this happened? Can you feel at ease?
On the contrary, Ming comforted him: "It's just that the information in the tower has been lost. You don't have to be so anxious."
"But..." Soul Fingerprint hesitated. She couldn't understand why the other party and Virus didn't seem worried, but they were both her seniors, so she had to change her tone, "Sister Ming, this happened. We can't do anything about it, I'm worried about Ed..."
"There are fairies' magic in the tower, and they won't starve to death, so just relax." Ming sighed. The little guy never gave her peace of mind. She should have expected it. But she can't tell everything with her soul fingerprint.
Ming looked up at the sky, because exactly the same thing happened in Xia Jin Tower.
How long did you wait? A week, two weeks, a month? The battles at that time were much bigger than now, and those in the Hall of Thousand Doors were all the old faces she was familiar with, including Washwash, Odin, and Holy September.
Although the initiator of the initiative is Odin, as far as she knows, the Ranger King of the Southern Alliance is also involved. Nearly half of the top players in the third division are gathered here. In comparison, the people in front of the tower at the moment are just irrelevant people. Just wait.
But he was amazing then. He even left a good impression on him even after washing his hands. Xiaojiu even trained him seriously for half a week. Ming knew very well that the female knight leader seemed gentle, but in fact she was very strict with others.
If Fang Plover was not so good or dull, Leya might have turned around and left.
The fact that the other party can stay there until the end explains a lot. What's more, Ming also learned that one of the other party's students is still in the Seven Seas Brigade, which is considered interesting news.
She also learned some things from Anloser afterwards, and learned that the other party would definitely gain something in the tower, and it was considered that he had lived up to everyone's wishes. What's more, Fang Plover later shined in the Southern Region Competition, which was regarded as repaying Odin's favor.
However, everyone was tight-lipped about what happened back then. Even few people in the club knew what exactly happened in Nevard. Naturally, she would not mention it again in public.
She saw the message Virus left for her on the system:
'Same as last time? '
'ー_ー'
Ming returned with a helpless expression.
In addition to Soul Fingerprint, Hades and Virus, Princess Brianne is directly stationed in Selva and is responsible for dispatching and commanding.
She is the head of the delegation, so she naturally has to shoulder the responsibility. The hero of the Battle of Bain has been very busy these days. She even lost several hairs in a few days. Whenever she mentioned the affairs of the Empire, Efficiency is so frustrating.
"Alchemists are too much," Alvin Quinn, the princess who is known to be neither quiet nor gentle, declared privately to the people around her. "If you ask me to make it simpler, I will shoot it away with one arrow." gate, and then everyone goes in to see what’s going on.”
Jang Ming's hair stood up when he heard this, "Did An Luo Se not tell you what happened at Summer End Tower?"
"Him?" Brianne shook her head, "That guy stayed away when he saw me."
"Then you'd better not do that, Mr. Captain."
"Of course I understand," Brianne sighed, "Ming, I'm just saying that."
She later remembered that the Seven Seas Traveler was also anchored in Selva, so she found Sylvide from the ship and asked him about the situation in detail. Brianne's original intention was that as the leader of the group, she felt guilty, so she planned to comfort her old friend, 'good bestie'.
But she didn't expect to be comforted by the other party in turn. Sylvide just smiled and said, "It was actually the same in Xia Jin Tower. He would always come to the end, so he needed more time. Not to mention Gao Gao Time inside the tower is different from outside."
"But he has already arrived at the fourth red door," Brianne was a little confused for a moment, "Little beauty of the Albert family, I see why you are not worried about that little guy at all, don't you like him very much? Yes, you weren’t like this a few days ago. I remember you—"
The noble daughter stepped on her hard, and a red cloud flew on her face. She still smiled and said restrainedly: "Your Highness, I have confidence in the captain."
Sylvide finally saw off the princess, turned around, gradually calmed down the uneasiness in her heart, and looked at Miss Tata not far away.
Tata looked at her quietly and nodded to her.
"Are you okay?" Sylvide asked.
"Please rest assured, Miss Sylvide."
"Thanks."
The ship officer stood there for a long time, as if in a trance. She touched her face, and then breathed out lightly.
While the Continental League was almost at a standstill due to someone, in Ayinbrok, the academy competition between the magicians was in full swing. The reputation of the Academy Competition is not well-known in the outside world, and few people on the other side of the Star Gate even know about it. However, in the world of Imperial Mage, this competition can be regarded as one of the competitions with a prominent reputation and even far-reaching influence. .
After all, as early as twenty years ago, this competition had dominated the fate of many schools of thought and attracted the attention of most of the empire.
In the past twenty years, while people were lamenting and rejoicing at the decline or rise of the Imperial Magical World, they had more or less forgotten those legends that had either lost their glory or disappeared into thin air as they competed in tournaments. name.
And those legends have a source. Under the great glory of the seven major magician families in the empire, there once was an unknown school, the Horfen School.
But people have long forgotten this.
They focus on the present and the academy competition in front of them. Especially in the aristocratic district of Ayinbrock, the Uptown District, and among those families who are inextricably linked to the college competition, people's conversation has gradually shifted from the Continental League to the current competition.
In addition to alchemists and knight nobles, mages are another more common promotion path in the empire. Although compared to the former, the requirements for birth and family background to enter the academy are higher, but compared to becoming a Silver Helmet Guard, There is little hope that entering the wizarding world is at least more real and reliable for ordinary noble families.
Recruiting an heir to enter the academy through trusting relationships, as long as he has elemental aptitude, the possibility of becoming a mage is high. In the future, whether he joins various academy factions, enters the upper echelons of the empire, or joins the imperial monastery, taking the route of a military aristocrat, Maintaining the stability of family and origin is a high probability matter.
Even if you can't go any further, you won't fall down from your original level.
As for the grassroots alchemists, most of the nobles who came from magicians looked down upon them, although there were still many people in the empire's workshops who could influence the empire's decision-making, such as the great alchemist Amasite or the president Friston. Big shot.
However, only a few people with such talent can appear in a hundred years. Most alchemists themselves have no connection with the nobility. Most of them are young people like Yayo from the Hart Principality who have dreams for the future. They eventually He has only reached the level of the president of an association in one place.
Such a person is not even a noble.
What's more, for the magicians, families like the Hawke family, the Griffins, or the Golden Goat Eisengreen, which have endured for thousands of years, are the role models they truly pursue.
For these people, the college competition is the most important opportunity to show off themselves - the person who defected from Horfen College in that competition was just standing up to testify against Ash Lynn's lies, and now what? ?
Now the other party has ascended to the position of Speaker of the Parliament with the support of the seven magician families.
In the eyes of many people, that man was nothing more than a traitor and a clown. Even if he made the right choice, he still could not escape his original origin.
However, most people have to admit that the support of the seven magician families is indeed so important. After all, the magic council formed among the magicians in the empire itself is decided by the magician families from the seven universities.
However, in the past twenty years, there have been top young people in the academy competition every year, and outstanding schools have emerged from them. Many of them have even entered the upper echelons of the empire, so people have temporarily forgotten that little dissatisfaction.
At least for the younger generation of magicians, and for those noble families who want to join the real upper class, this competition between colleges still regards this competition as the most important channel for their advancement.
Of course, the opportunities for real advancement are still very few for ordinary people.
Apart from the favorites to win the championship, there are only two or three dark horses that have emerged from the qualifying stage this year. However, these are potential stocks that have been paid attention to for a long time, such as several teams from Eisengreen College and Golden Rose College.
Although those teams were formed by young people in the empire, many of their members were famous figures who had been famous for a long time in the academy.
What really attracted people's attention was the team from the Astrology Academy. The other team used the name of an unknown elementary school from outside the empire. They fought all the way through and maintained an almost complete victory record, making it all the way to the finals. within the circle.
Twenty years ago, the Horfen School was one of the causes of the inter-academy competition. At that time, the empire's magician community was in decline. Magisters from the countries surrounding the empire united and actually defeated the empire's magicians led by the Seven Mage Families. The scholarly world retreated step by step.
That was also one of the most profound memories of that generation during the great changes in the empire. Fortunately, in the end, the empire's magicians stabilized their position and not only defeated their opponents in a competition, but also exposed the rumors about Ash-Lin. Well lies.
After that, the external threats to the Empire's magician world disappeared. The pattern of the Academy Competition has also changed in the past twenty years. In the past, this was a stage for competition between magicians from various countries outside the Empire and the Empire's magicians. Now, Although there are magicians from different countries and regions participating in this competition, since that incident, the empire's magician world has annexed those threats from the outside world.
Although this competition can still be said to be inclusive and accommodate participants from colleges in various regions, overall, it is already an event under the leadership of the empire. In other words, in the eyes of the Imperial people, it was more like a grand event.
Although the internal and external battles in the competition are still one of the biggest highlights, they have long lost the explosive atmosphere of the past.
The college competition is more like a holy place for outside schools and colleges, and the competition is like a pilgrimage.
Therefore, naturally no one will regard Britta and others' team as 'enemies' from the outside, not to mention that they themselves are from the Astrology Academy. This is truly an academic sect affiliated with Ayin Block, the Imperial Mage. One of the direct descendants of the scholar world.
Originally, Britta strongly advocated naming their school the Horfen School to summon the soul of Sir Ash-Lynn twenty years ago. Fortunately, Luo Yu stopped such an action. These young people are full of blood, but they also I never thought about the consequences of this.
Under the guidance of the latter, the banner they finally adopted was the 'Alchemy and Magic' school, and this name was not particularly conspicuous among the strange teams.
After all, under the seven main schools, due to the characteristics of ether, there are many different schools of magic. There may even be dozens of interest clubs of different schools in one college.
However, Britta still stubbornly filled out the application form that her school origin was not a local school in the empire, but came from the 'Stag Principality' she made up. As for whether such a school existed around the empire, nation. There are thousands of large and small kingdoms around the empire, so naturally no one will check them.
When Luo Yu saw the watch, the girl was very proud. Luo Yu shook his head and didn't bother to argue with them. After all, they were just children who had not left the academy.
He put down the form and then remembered that he seemed to be about the same age as these people.
"It's all thanks to that special training," said Hain behind the girl, who was looking very excited at the moment. "We beat the opponent to a pulp, and I killed two of them by myself. And even without Britta coming on the scene, Hann took over. They were all beaten down, and the trick Mr. Luo Yu taught me was so practical."
Another person also said, "I've said it before, the instructors in the offensive and defensive classes in the college are all fake. Last year, it was okay. They invited a combat mage from the monastic group to come back, but as far as I know, that person is actually I have never been on the battlefield. A few years ago, there was a magician who participated in the Battle of Bain in the academy. He was a real fifteen-year veteran."
The man suddenly thought of something. There was a genuine Kaolin-Ithurian in front of him. He glanced at Luo Yu with some uneasiness, "Mr. Luo Yu, I..."
"It's nothing." Luo Yu doesn't care about this. Besides, they are not Kaolin-Ithurians at all, and they have never experienced that war. "Who is your opponent in the next match?"
"Let me see, Dragon Alchemist Support Club?" Britta turned over the table and couldn't help laughing, "What kind of weird team is this?"
Luo Yu was not surprised by this. Those teams were originally formed by young people, and they had all kinds of strange names. The leader made the empire's alchemy community lose a big man, and the "Astrology News"'s series of reports made Qihai The brigade is quite famous in the magician world.
It is natural for someone to worship you.
The others also looked at Luo Yu standing aside with admiration. The other party was not only a member of the Seven Seas Brigade, but also a genuine high-level mage. His level was not on the same level as those instructors in the academy who had never left the ivory tower.
They also heard about the battle between Aiyin Block and the other party. They had fought against the Empire's Wind Knights. That was the main structure that the Silver Helmet Guards put on the battlefield. There were three or four people inside controlling it. The other party was actually able to fight with them. Fighting with such beings.
It was a fantastic experience for these young people.
"How about we have another special training," Hain said. "There is still enough time. If we continue training, it is possible for us to reach the top sixteen."
The young people's eyes lit up.
Britta also looked at him eagerly. But Luo Yu saw a person walking from a distance. He knew that person. He had been staying at Ai Yin Block Astrology Academy these days. After the academy heard about his identity, they didn't embarrass him.
Some people even heard that he was a teammate of the famous Dragon Alchemist, and some people came specifically to visit him. There were even some gray-haired old academics among them. The inherent stereotype between the Empire's magician world and the alchemy world has come to an end. To what extent can be imagined.
However, after meeting him, the older magicians greatly recognized his level of magic. Especially the dean, whom he had only met once, actually recognized some traces of his school of thought at a glance.
The dean even talked to him about his experience of having an affair with the great wizard Karatu. Luo Yu didn't expect that his mentor was so well-known in the empire.
After all, great magicians are not as rare as great alchemists. There are still a few in Kaolin-Ithulian, not to mention the empire.
But compared to him, the magicians of the empire were obviously more curious about Miss Scholar. They looked at Jita as if they were looking at something rare, and marveled, "A naturalist." The magicians from the Astrology Academy were full of praise, "He is indeed a teammate of the Dragon Alchemist."
"This magic book has never been recorded. The Kaolin people have found a new inheritance."
"The Dragon Alchemist seems to know his stuff too."
"Yes, I heard that there are more than two magicians in the Seven Seas Brigade."
But the person Luo Yu saw at this moment had a different attitude from these people. He was Laila's mentor. He met him once on the first day he came to the academy. That person was slightly distant from him and Jita. Attitude.
Luo Yu was not surprised by this, and this attitude made him feel more comfortable. Royce walked up to the crowd, looked at these young people, and said to Laila expressionlessly:
"Laila, come with me."
Laila was startled and looked at Luo Yu subconsciously.
Royce also looked at Luo Yu. Luo Yu was not unreasonable. He slightly nodded to the other party and motioned for Laila to follow.
"The game was good." Royce said with a sullen face, then turned around and left with Laila.
The others were left looking at each other in shock.
"Did I hear you right?" Britta looked stunned. "That old antique gentleman actually praised us. He didn't take the wrong medicine today?"
The others nodded, then shook their heads.
Only Jita on the side raised her head and looked at Luo Yu with a little worry, but hesitated to speak.
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(End of chapter)
