Standing in front of the corpse of the Grand Knight Captain Baradei, the crowd of the Storm Church had gloomy faces. It's hard to accept that Baladei, who had been alive and well an hour ago, has died, and that they haven't caught Wendy yet.

Cardinal Tacit's face was solemn as if he was about to squeeze out of the water, he knew that something was not going well, the Grand Knight's force was not only the strongest presence among their warriors, but also the guarantee of their stay in St. Yale. After all, the lineup of all magicians is easy to target, and only by matching with the combatants can the true terrifying power of the priests be brought into play.

At this time, a few people in the distance ran over and shouted before they could get close, "Cardinal Harris, no, the Alchemy Guild has sealed off our residence, saying that we want us to give them an explanation. ”

Tacit had long expected such a result, and was not alarmed, but stroked his beard in silence. After a long time, his bearded fingers tightened, and he had already plucked out a few whiskers, and finally slowly spit out a word, "Withdraw!"

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When Darko and Phyllis returned to Treecastle, the other four sat in the living room, silent. Phyllis exclaimed, "Hey, what are you all sitting around, the first round has passed, we need to be happy." Wendy's troubles have been solved for the time being, and she heard that the Storm Church has withdrawn from St. Yale, and even if there is any action in the future, it will not be blatant. ”

"Thank you for your help. Wendy smiled and thanked her, then said, "We're worried about the group stage." ”

Phyllis pouted, "The group stage is still a week away, what are you doing with a sad face now? Darko and I also went around to the west of the city to buy Sikong cakes, we have to celebrate tonight." ”

"It's true that the grouping is a little worse, but it's not so unmotivated, both horizontal and vertical are going to win the championship, and it doesn't matter which team plays first and then later, right?" Darko asked curiously.

Kevin explained, "Grouping is actually very important, if you meet a strong team in the early stage, the high-intensity competition will have a heavy burden on the orc warriors. In order to prevent strong conversations in the group, the Alchemy Grand Prix is set up to be divided according to ranking, so that teams of the same grade will not meet in advance, such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places are in different groups. But for us, because we didn't show our normal strength in qualifying, we were bound to meet a strong team in the group. ”

Leah gritted her teeth and said, "And our grouping is not just bad, but the worst situation, actually meeting the first Kostner team. Although it is definitely going to be in the same group as the teams in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places in the qualifying round, this is a 25% chance of being driven to the right place, which is too unlucky!"

Kevin shrugged and said, "In qualifying, we were 13th, in the same group as the 1st, 6th, and 12th teams. This is probably a result that no one expected, so you have to do your best in the group stage. ”

Leah pointed at Otto and shouted, "It's all to blame for Weedmeier, I had to run up to draw lots with such bad luck, I knew it would be better for me to draw it myself!"

Otto also knew that it was his own fault, and bowed his head in embarrassment.

Fortunately, Wendy relieved Otto in time, "The lottery is all about luck, you can't blame the person who drew the lot, since we have been divided into this group, let's study the countermeasures." ”

Liya stuffed a Sikong cake into her mouth and said inarticulately, "Of course, the countermeasure is to fight for the first place as much as possible, otherwise if you qualify for the second place, the knockout round will be the first in Group B, nine times out of ten it is the Gafreshak team, their orc leader, even if we win, we will have to peel off the skin if we don't die." As Leah spoke, crumbs of the cake splattered from her mouth, revealing her agitation.

"Orc Commander?" Darko suddenly remembered the Orc Commander he had met in the Monster Mountains more than a year ago, when he joined forces with Orlando and Kevin, and finally used Elemental Martyrdom to kill the Orc Commander, "There is a team that uses Orc Commander to compete, can they control it?"

Wendy's voice was solemn but still gentle, "I was also a little surprised when I first saw the orc leader, Gafreshak's team hired an outsider to control the orc leader, that person Kostner had seen in the casino, and he was a strange man with only the white of his right eye. ”

Darko was shocked when he heard this, he remembered that he had also seen that person in the casino, and it would be a little familiar at first, but after looking at the person, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"Ah, the white hairs of Roche Clenmending are in Group A, and you can watch their excitement in the first game of the group stage. However, they are the 4th place in the qualifying round, and the 5th team of Fadan is also in Group A, so there is a good show!" Phyllis had already accepted the fact that the team was grouped poorly, but she didn't get too entangled, sat on the stump and began to compare with the group list, mocking the grouping of other teams.

Leah pointed to the paper in Phyllis's hand and said, "The first round of the group stage is for the team in Pot 1 against the team in Pot 4, and the team in Pot 2 against the team in Pot 3. If you want to see Roche Clenmending and Fadan play each other, you will have to wait until the third round. ”

"Ah, that's right. Darko was a little surprised, "That means we're going to play against the top-ranked Kostner team in the first round!"

Wendy nodded, "The team at the top of the qualifying round enjoys the benefits of this, the first game against the weak team has a greater winning rate, it is easy to accumulate psychological advantages, and it will be more relaxed and play better in the later games." If it weren't for that, how would anyone in the qualifying tournament do their best to fight for a high ranking?"

Phyllis turned her gaze away, "In that case, Dellinger's first game is the bottom sixteenth, and they are really lucky. It's very likely that they will win three in a row. ”

Darko looked at Kevin, who had not spoken, and Kevin just held the biscuit in his hand and didn't eat it, his eyes were always staring at the ground, his brows furrowed and he didn't know what he was thinking. Darko touched him lightly, "Kevin, are you afraid of losing to Android?"

Kevin woke up startled and hurriedly said, "Ah, what's wrong? I'm fine." ”

Darko knew that Kevin was worried about the first game against his brother, so he comforted, "We always have to face what we have to face, even if we don't meet in the group stage, we will meet in the knockout round, anyway, we just do our best to fight." ”

Without waiting for Kevin to speak, Leah said first, "If we follow the normal tactics, we should give up the first game, arm the orcs with full defense support, simply lose neatly, and keep the best condition to win the next two games." But now the first game is against Kostner, so something went wrong. ”

It dawned on Darko that it was no wonder that several of them had been silent when they first returned, it turned out that there was a disagreement on this issue. Kevin, of course, wanted to give it his all against Android, but Android's team was in first place in qualifying. Although the qualifying round is a purely attack power competition, there is enough to see from it, and the Android team will undoubtedly be a strong opponent. With the strength of the Darko team, it is very likely that they will not be able to beat the opponent, and even if they win, it will be a miserable victory, and if the orc warriors are seriously injured, they will have a very difficult time in the next two group games.

Then there was a suffocating silence in the Tree Castle, Wendy was releasing the Wind Blade in a crook to practice magical control, Leah was looking at the ceiling as if she could see the sky through the rooftop, Otto was eating the cake, and Phyllis continued to draw circles with her fingers on the group stage roster.

Darko looked left and right, and didn't say anything until his stomach rumbled twice. He had already fought with Adam all night last night, running tens of thousands of meters, and even if he ate some Sikong cake when he came back, he couldn't replenish his strength. Darko glanced at Kevin with his peripheral vision and saw that Kevin was hanging his head down, not knowing what he was doing. He coughed and said, "Guys, we seem to have forgotten what we were trying to do in the first place. ”

Interrupted by Darko's words, several people came back to their senses and looked at him together. Otto put the last piece of cake in his mouth before saying, "Of course, I won the championship and won the prize." ”

"That's right, don't we need to beat all our opponents to win the championship and get the prize?" Darko nodded at Waedmire and looked around again before saying, "We're here to win the championship and get the first place, not to try to get a high ranking to increase our value." If we don't have the quality of Kostner, then even if we meet them in the finals, we still won't be able to win the championship. Now that we met in the group stage, this is an opportunity to put our quality to the test. ”

Hearing Darko's words, several people nodded secretly, and Leah opened her mouth to say something, she was worried that even if they had the strength to win against Costner's team, the orc warriors would die after the crushing victory. After all, she is only at the level of a great magician, and it takes time to treat, if the injury is too serious and she can't stand it during the treatment, then Liya is also powerless. Only when the green magician reaches the level of the Great Magister can he use the powerful healing spell of Life Praise, otherwise he cannot guarantee the absolute healing of serious injuries, and at most he can only hang his life.

Without waiting for Leah to speak, Phyllis said directly, "Now that the Alchemy Grand Prix has begun, the price of orcs should have dropped somewhat, and that group of profiteers has made enough, but I don't know if there are any orc warriors to sell." ”

Wendy continued, "You really should have another orc warrior, be prepared, I have a few friends in the Mercenary Guild, I'll ask them later." ”

Otto said, "Now that you don't come forward, I'll say hello for you." ”

Seeing that several people were saying this, Leah hesitated for a moment, and said, "Okay, Costner, the fighting power of the orc warriors mainly depends on the fist gloves, and you have to do a good job when you compete." ”

Kevin was stunned, looked at a few people and looked around for a while, before nodding heavily, "Look at me." ”

Only then did Darko suddenly point to the magic clock and say, "Ah, the time flies so fast, it's already 11 o'clock." ”

Otto also found out, "yes, it's time for dinner, Kostner, what are we going to eat for lunch?"

Kevin got up from the wicker chair and said with a smile, "Have a big lunch at noon today, wrap it around me!"