Volume 2 The Stars Are Bright Chapter 6 Becoming Smarter
"Damn. When Muen opened his eyes, Karna gloated a little over the "good news" to him.
"Just hone your fighting skills, one more round will make a lot of gains, come on, Brother Mu En!"
Mu En snorted listlessly, "My heart hurts so much to be called brother by an old man like you." ”
As Muen got up to enter the ring, Karna reminded him that the person opposite him was the one who was with them during the wild hunt later.
"Alexander. ”
"Muen. ”
After exchanging names, Mu En drew his long sword and lightly touched the ground to inject a small amount of magic into the long sword.
Alexander did not have such a leisurely feeling, and stepped forward directly with his gun.
Seeing that the other party rushed towards him like this, Mu En took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
As the air in his lungs was slowly expelled, Muen entered the state of forcing himself back to his peak.
Open your eyes, the cold has arrived!
"You're too slow. Mu En's immature face looked serious, and he looked a little cute.
The electric light from the tip of the spear shot out, and Mu En could dodge, but he dragged his sword and turned around under the fierce attack, constantly dodging in circles.
It does look thrilling.
In the stands, some people have gradually begun to laugh, Alexander is seventeen years old this year, and Mu En definitely can't consume him.
Monroe looked at this scene of Muen being chased and ran, and his heart was extremely happy.
Karna didn't understand Munn's thoughts from the stands, and given their training situation, an opponent of this level should have won or lost in three moves.
Teacher Jun Gong smiled and shook his head, this kid still prefers to solve the battle in a non-injured way.
"You're going to be a rat and hide like this?" Alexander, distraught by the fight of his fist on cotton, made a sarcastic remark about his Muen.
Mu En stood still, staring directly at the other party, as if provoked. After a while, he began to take the initiative to attack Alexander, but the speed was so slow that anyone could easily dodge it.
Swept sideways, the spear with electric light struck at Mu En's back, and seeing that Mu En could not avoid it, he grabbed his sword scabbard and lifted it up, blocking his back.
But the inertia still made Mu En stumble a few steps, and because of the irritable magic attached to the gun, he felt that his wrist holding the scabbard had been electrocuted.
Alexander was unforgiving, and when he hit him, he immediately turned around and stabbed him straight.
"Goodbye! Alexander smiled and looked very arrogant.
Mu En straightened up and looked at his opponent, seemingly a little disgusted.
"You're so annoying. ”
As he spoke, he turned his wrist and deflected the shot with his sword, then turned and stepped on Alexander's spear with his foot, pouring the magic into the sword and plunging it into the ground.
"Didn't you even realize you'd lost? Muen turned his back to Alexander, and the lightning surged out of the ring as the sword sank into the ground.
Golden lightning thorns grew from where Muen had just slashed with his sword, entwining his enemies in it.
When Karna saw the appearance of thunder and lightning thorns, he stood up directly, looking happy.
"Actually carved a circle with a sword when dodging, yes, it's his style. ”
When Mu En staggered back to the stands, the people around him were silent, and no one thought that he would actually use such a method to win.
I thought I was at a disadvantage, but it turned out that I was just playing tricks on my opponent.
"Am I strong?" Muen smiled as he looked at Karna.
"You're sassy. Karna congratulated him by punching him. Neither of them paid attention to Monroe, who was not far away and had a long face.
After the game, Mu En thought about going back to the dormitory to sleep, after all, concentration was more energy-consuming, and he felt very sleepy now. But was stopped by Karna.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave, didn't you see that everyone didn't leave? ”
"What does it matter to me whether they go or not. ”
"Take a look here, there are a few people after that, although they are not at the top, but they are also hard stubble, observe their fighting style here, and then it will be easier to match. ”
"Just tell me after you read it, I'm sleeping here anyway. Let's go, bring me a meal when you get back. ”
Karna was speechless, and gestured to Muen's back, gesturing his middle finger.
After that, Karna came back much earlier than Muen thought, because Muen had not yet slept before he had already returned with dinner.
"Why don't you look at it?"
"It's too late, and it's left for the next group to compete tomorrow. Mr. Jun asked me to tell you that you played well, but he hoped that you would stop doing that kind of thing with your body turned away from your opponent. It is said that if you are on the battlefield, if the magic circle does not defeat the opponent, you will already be pierced to the core. ”
"Didn't I see that he was a fool and that's why he was like this? ”
"You tell the teacher to go, I'm the messenger, and it's time to eat. ”
The night was stormy, and only the picture of two teenagers sitting opposite each other was left.
Elizabeth's family crest is the "White Egret", which is in the northwest of the empire, but it is not as close to the frontier as the Moyin Province, which is relatively rich and peaceful, and she and her family have been in operation here for nearly a thousand years.
Lately, however, George, the Count of the Empire and the head of the province of Catere, has been as unhappy as the other governors.
There is no other reason, although the grandmaster who was originally stationed here has been rushed back from the new tower courtyard, but there is also a shadow of evil magician activities in his own jurisdiction.
The Katri Province was under a lot of pressure for no other reason, their family had practiced water magic for generations, and it was because of the fact that there was a lake that blessed them for hundreds of miles. The name is very ordinary, it is called Dahu, probably because the people who took the name in ancient times did not have much cultural cultivation.
However, this ghost name does not affect its importance in the slightest, if the sorcerer pollutes the water source with secret methods, the surrounding four provinces and a tower courtyard will be affected to varying degrees, and even the river to which the lake belongs will wind into the hinterland of the orc desert to the north.
If this is the case, then the rights of the egret family are basically exhausted.
Strangely, the Grandmaster didn't seem to be too concerned about this, and continued to hide in the research room as usual, tinkering with bottles and cans.
This made Earl George a little uneasy, but when his private army rushed to the village where the sorcerer had been seen, they were in vain.
It's understandable to be like this occasionally, but every time it's like this, he is even more nervous for no reason.
The next day, the two followed the large army into the arena again, and Mu En seemed to have regained some confidence from yesterday's battle, and today he also showed a slightly provocative smile when he saw the classmates who had mocked him on the road.
In fact, he has always been a casual person, and he doesn't have much urge to compete.
But everyone knows that in fact, teenagers are the most vain and longing to be affirmed, and Mu En is the same, although he is used to studying and living step by step, but who doesn't have a little temper?
"You're not going to have another bye today, are you?" said the two who had already qualified, sitting in the stands and chatting after signing in.
"How can you be so lucky. But then again, those who can abstain are too unconfident in themselves, and they can beat even if they sign up. Karna held his snack and looked around as he answered.
"I was just passing by a group of classmates and I heard them say that they didn't participate at the top of the list, are you sure you can?"
"Don't be so annoying......"
"It's your turn. "Finally waited until the first round was all over.
Coincidentally, Mu En was actually arranged to be the first to play, and he seemed quite happy about this, and he didn't mean to be nervous at all. After all, if it's over early, you'll be back to bed early.
The result was naturally an easy victory, although his soul was hit hard in the last experience, but he was still a genius with the strength of a magician, and not everyone deserved to fight against it.
If you can make the cut every time, according to the knockout system, if you are not in the top three, you will need to play at least six rounds to guarantee that you can get this spot. In addition, if the original champion does not make it to the top three, he may also face the risk of being kicked out.
Naturally, Karna was always confident, as the top three in the first year of the academy were very stable - even the order of the three was very stable.
The second and third places never seemed to want to continue to fight, so the top of the list belonged to the boy surnamed Caesar since he entered school. He is about the same age as Karna, his name is very mysterious, even the teacher is not very clear, and the second place is Karna's opponent in the next round, which many students think is the most interesting game, and it can be said that it is the real final after Caesar's abstention.
Far East, upside down throne.
"He retrieved the fragments of the dead ground. The piece in the Yellow Spring Secret Realm must be the 'Spring Eye'. "The lich, which was colder than the pale bones, did not open and close its jaws, and the voice floated out of nowhere.
"With three more fragments, we can reconstruct the Mortal Ground, and then we ...... I don't know if 'he' can resist such temptation. ”
An eerie laugh rang out, and the three skeletons looked together at the empty throne.
You...... Someday you'll be back where you belong.
After lunch the next afternoon, the long-awaited battle for the summit began.
Karna said that he was not afraid, but in fact, he was nervous and did not eat at noon, saying that according to research, eating too much affects the reaction speed.
Of course Muen knew, and of course it would have been more convincing if Karna's stomach hadn't been screaming.
Before leaving the stands, Karna hugged everyone in the class except Monroe, and even took the opportunity to rub the girl's oil.
It looked like he was going to the execution ground.
"Don't worry, I'll tell Elizabeth about it. Mu En smiled evilly.
"Fuck off, I'm going to be beaten up, and you're still talking cool here. ”
Coming to the audience, Karna did not use his spear as usual, but directly raised a shield.
"You're too cowardly......" Muen didn't know what to say on the edge of the stands.
In the ring, the two sides reported each other's names, and Mu En knew the second name on the ranking for the first time.
"Dan. ”
"Karna, please be gentle. ”
Although it is a good time to show weakness with the enemy, I don't know why, looking at Karna's appearance, I only feel that he owes a beating.
The bell rang, and the battle began, and Karna Yang unleashed several bright red thunder spears in his hand, and with another wave of his hand, the thunder spears struck Dan from all angles.
Dan used a long sword, and seemed to have suffered a little loss in the range of the attack, but it didn't matter, and with a quick chant of incantations, a wall of earth appeared in front of him, blocking Karna's peculiar crimson thunder.
Fireballs and water balls took turns to smash towards Karna, and everyone wondered why they didn't use thunder to fight until now as a student of the Thunder Academy, although these spells were all very low-level first- and second-order magics, but those few seconds of chanting time still had the potential to make him miss the opportunity.
Water and fire fell alternately, and in a short time a warm mist rose in the ring.
"If the magic power is enough, can you use these water vapors to conduct thunder elements?" Mu En saw the situation on the field and turned his head to ask Jun Mason.
"Yes, but it's not necessary, it's very mana draining and the strength will be reduced. ”
"So, what will that classmate named Dan do?"
"Look at it, I don't know. ”
The students in the stands couldn't see it because of the fog, and they couldn't perceive it because the magic couldn't penetrate into the field, so they couldn't see it, so they began to talk to each other.
Some people looked disappointed and thought that Dan was in control, so they used this way to prevent them from observing his moves, so as not to reveal their strength.
But I, Karna, am not good at stubble, carrying the shield and charging directly towards the other party, his beautiful crimson magic has already stained the surface of the iron shield transparently.
The magic in the stands can't penetrate into the ring because of the magic barrier, but the two people in the ring will not be affected, as long as they release a little magic power, they can sense where the other party is.
Karna carries a shield in his left hand and a magic circle in the palm of his right hand.
A two-layer circle that is not particularly simple, and certainly not difficult in the eyes of the Magus. It was the secret technique of pressing the bottom of the box that Mu En taught to Karna the night before, but I didn't expect to be able to use it the next day.
"I've found you!" Karna rushed in his sensed direction, shield raised, sweeping.
But the other party was not here, and the humanoid form of electric light dissipated as he swung it, as if being pulled, pouring into his body from the shield, and he almost felt paralyzed and unable to move.
"You lost. Suddenly, the magic began to rage in the mist behind Karna, and the blade waves of the three thunderbolts joined together in a straight line, charging towards the back without the shield to protect it.
Karna gritted his teeth, this man was as insidious as ever.
The magic circle was no longer useful, so he crushed it, and the magic that escaped outward formed a wave of qi to disperse the magic that stayed in his body and the surrounding mist.
At the last moment, Karna finally raised his shield with a dangerous lunge to block the three blade waves, and the shield also appeared shockingly deformed.
Once again, the fireballs and water balls condensed in the air, and Dan naturally knew that he could not defeat Karna in close quarters, so he had to win by skill.
"Is there an end?" Karna took off his thick shield and threw it at Dan like a discus, the crimson light rising from his right hand like a small sun.
Every time such a color is issued, it means that he has used his trick of eating all over the sky - everything penetrates.
Dan frowned, put away the technique and began to pan rapidly, otherwise let this thing hit him, regardless of that position, he would definitely be out immediately.
"It's so uncool!" Mu En frowned nervously when he saw that Karna was about to use that critical kill with a worrying hit rate.
But the sound can't penetrate the barrier, and he can only be anxious here at the moment.
All things had been condensed almost instantly under Karna's talent, and the bursting magic continued to spill outward, like an unruly demon god.
Dan kept moving and unleashed some low-level magic to interfere with Karna, confident that he could dodge the fatal shot.
Karna took a deep breath and predicted Dan's position and threw it forward!
"Wind veins, help me!" Dan recited the Elven Wind Breath Spell, and in the opposite direction of his uncanny twist at high speed, he sprinted towards Karna.
After letting everything run through, his magic power will inevitably be hollowed out, which is also something that everyone knows.
But!
I, Karna, am not a person who only remembers eating candy and not being beaten!
Keep your eyes peeled to see where I left it!
The rapid thunder gun was stuck diagonally on the ground only five meters away from him, and Karna laughed and stretched out his hand!
Boom.
The explosion was already unavoidable, and Dan only had time to protect his mana to protect his body, but there was still no way to stop him from flying out sideways.
Karna began to run as hard as he could, and then the blast of air chased after the bad guy who liked to sneak up.
Do you taste my punch?
In the stands, Mu En brushed his pale blonde hair and sat back in place, listening to the referee announce: "Winner, Karna." ”
"Brute force against an opponent is really not good enough. Mu En teased.
Karna swung his arm around and waved his fist twice at Muen and said, "Fighting is all about using all possibilities to win. ”
"That's true, you've become smarter, and you deserve to have suffered so many losses. ”
“...... You don't say that like a boaster. ”
Although Dan was punched, but fortunately, the rest of the attack was blocked by the referee, so the current mood has not been affected much, overall, it can be regarded as a gentleman's dispute, it looks thrilling, but in fact, no one was injured.
"Hey, Karna. Dan stopped him from behind.
"What's the matter, am I strong?" Karna usually had a good relationship with everyone, and he was not worried that Dan would hold a grudge, so he began to his nose.
"It's okay, but you're getting a lot smarter. ”
"I ......" Karna's mentality began to change subtly.
Mu En laughed, he felt that he really hadn't been so happy for a long time, grabbed Karna's wrist and said, "Okay, don't struggle, after all, this is a good word, right?" ”
"You don't even see my clever tactics?!"
"Seriously, I thought you had some kind of foreshadowing when you took a shield, such as piercing the shield with everything penetrating the shield and something like that, but I didn't expect it to be thrown out...... It's gone, I look stupid, what about you. ”
Karna shook his head, covering his ears with one hand, and the other began to push and shove with Muen.
"It's useless, I can't hear anything, I just know that the next game will be you and Monroe. ”
Oh, it's really a narrow road.