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The first match of Group B ended in an almost farce-like format, and the spectators in the stands were so angry that even if they didn't participate in the gambling game, they felt that they had been tricked by paying a high price for tickets to watch the match-fixing. The Alchemy Guild is quite skilled in dealing with such incidents, maintaining order while speeding up the progress of the competition. At the signal of the chief referee, before the orcs on both sides left the ring, the players in the next match had already begun their homework. At some point, speeding up the game can effectively divert the attention of the audience and get the game back on track.
After a series of arrangements, the desired effect was achieved, and the attention of the audience continued to be attracted to the next match. Many gamblers also spread their bets, and after they lose a game, they also have to pay attention to the following games.
It didn't take long for a commotion to erupt in the stands of the Colosseum, and Dacko curiously asked the surrounding spectators, but no clues were found. Gradually, he heard one word from the crowd, Fallen Stars!
Darko was startled and looked in the direction of the Tyrone team, only to see a tall woman holding a magic pen, intently copying glyphs on parchment. The magic pen seemed to be silver-white at first, but after staring at it for a while, I realized that it was a pure black pen, but the black was mixed with dense white spots, which scattered white halos from time to time, and at first glance it looked like a silver-white pen. Because Tyrone is ranked lower than Diaz, as the away team is at the other end of the Colosseum, far away from the position of Darko and others, he was not able to find out at the first time.
"Sure enough, it's the tenth Fallen Star among the top ten famous pens!" Darko couldn't help but exclaim, at first he thought that the audience was all coming to see the excitement, but he didn't expect that anyone else would recognize the Fallen Star. Moreover, the top ten famous pens are very famous in the circle of inscriptionists, and even other professions will have heard of it, and among the audience, it has spread ten, ten and hundred, and it has immediately spread throughout the entire Colosseum. Many viewers may not know the significance of the top ten famous pens for inscriptions, but it is enough to know that they are very powerful.
The Fallen Star is a set of magic pens made of star iron, and the star iron is also superior and disadvantageous, the more and denser white spots on it, the higher the quality of the star iron. Darko had seen pictures of Star Iron in books, and had personally found Star Iron at magic fairs, but there had never been a spot as dense as the Fallen Star Magic Pen.
It is said that it was a small meteorite that fell from the sky and was discovered after falling to the ground, and it was determined that it was a high-quality star iron that had never been seen before, and it caused a bloody battle. In the end, the star iron was bought by a powerful caster, such a small piece of star iron to cast weapons is a little insufficient, if mixed with other metals but such a high quality is wasted, and finally the foundry cast it into a set of magic pens, and the owner of this set of magic pens is the foundry's friend, and also a famous inscriptionist in history, Margot Davis.
In the main stand, several high-level officials of the Alchemy Guild were also communicating with each other.
"The little guy of the Tyrone team is good, he didn't use this magic pen in qualifying, and it looks like he kept a hand. Victoria squinted.
"Is this set of pens called Fallen Stars?, and what is the number one among the famous pens?" "Walker, as a decomposer, doesn't know much about the famous pens in the circle of inscriptionists.
"The Fallen Star, ranked tenth among the top ten famous pens, is all made of star iron of a rare meteorite, and does not contain any other metal. Therefore, when copying the glyphs, the magic fluctuates at the same frequency, and the external manifestation is the starry white bright spots. According to the flash of light emitted by the pen, the inscriptionist can reverse its unique frequency, and adjust its own magic power to the same output frequency, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort and greatly increase the success rate. Maxi smiled and said, "Is it a descendant of the Davis family? ”
Lesotho combed his silver hair with his fingers, "Davis's descendants, their family hasn't had any inscription talent for several generations, I wonder what about this little girl?"
Victoria turned her head and said, "It doesn't look like there are any highlights, but the contestants are all at the master level, and when the level is not much different, with the assistance of a set of famous pens, the advantage will be more obvious." ”
Raymond said contemptuously, "Just a pen, can it make up for the gap between the two rankings?"
Maxi said indifferently, "The reason why you would say such a thing is because you don't understand the significance of the ten famous pens to the inscriptionist. ”
Except for Davis, the other five members of the Tyrone team were also very skillful, and they were not afraid because the opponent's ranking was higher than their team, but they were very tightly prepared, and several people took turns to work on the orc warriors, without the slightest chaos.
Darko remembered that this Tyrone team was a team of six students from the St. Tylon's School of Magic, the team that Diego's Nay admired very much. Darko had also heard about Team Diego's impressive performance in qualifying, and if they hadn't gotten their hands on the Orc Warriors, they would have probably made the cut. However, Nay thinks that the overall strength of this Tyrone team is better than them, and Darko is looking forward to the performance of the Tyrone team more and more.
On the other side, Diaz were just as good, and they were three places above Tyrone in qualifying. Three of the Diaz team were wearing cloaks, and according to Leah, these were the old guys who had lost the game in the past, and they were unconvinced and embarrassed to show their true faces, so they came back incognito to participate in the game. It is precisely because of the presence of these people that Wendy, who is wearing a cloak, is not so conspicuous.
Soon in the second game of Group B, the match between the two orc warriors also began, and the orc warriors of the Diaz team came up with a fierce attack, showing all the high attack power in the qualifying match, and it seemed that they wanted to rely on the advantage of attack to quickly kill the opponent. However, the orc warriors of the Tyrone team were steady and steady, defended properly when parrying, and exploded strongly when they fought back, and they actually blocked all the attacks of the Diaz team orc warriors without hurrying.
Although it was the two orc warriors ranked 8th and 11th, this kind of game was much better than the previous one, and the spectators in the stands were mobilized to cheer for their bets.
When the game reached the 16th minute, the orc warriors of the Diaz team had been exhausted by the strong attack, and the frequency of attacks gradually slowed down. The orc warriors of the Tyrone team still maintained their rhythm, attacking and defending well, and finally hit the opposite orc warriors in the face with several powerful swing punches when the opponent was exhausted, and the orc warriors of the Diaz team were directly knocked to the ground and couldn't get up.
The Tyrone team also defeated the strong with the weak and won the upset. After the modest Group A, Group B is formed as the underdogs.
"What if they have a lot of experience? Past failures have made them want to recover their defeats too much, and they have lost something. After all, the Alchemy Grand Prix is still a competition dominated by young people. Maxi in the main stand leaned back in his seat and said slowly, while several other high-level executives next to him also nodded in agreement.
"The Diaz team is too anxious and underestimates the Tyrone team. After all, the ranking of the qualifying round is only in terms of attack, and the overall strength of the Tyrone team is not necessarily worse than them, but they use the tactics of rushing to attack, and it is strange if they do not lose. Darko was commenting when he saw Phyllis and Lia running to buy food at some point, and they were running back with a large bag of fast food.
"Well, it's burgers, fried chicken and fries, and the pizza is at Leah's. Phyllis put a large pile of food on her seat and went in the other direction to buy other snacks.
Only then did Darko realize that after four games in groups A and B, each of which took an hour, it was already noon. The ring is interrupted for half an hour at this time, as an intermission for the first round, and also for the spectators to have lunch. There are mobile stalls selling all kinds of food and drink in the aisles of the grandstand area, and there is a wide range of food and drink to suit almost everyone's taste.
The main purpose of the Alchemy Guild is to gather and select talents, and by the way, bring many benefits such as gambling and catering through huge customer flow. Although the space in the Colosseum is small, under the ingenious arrangement of the Alchemy Guild, hundreds of food stalls in the city are also arranged to provide Chinese food for the audience in an orderly manner.
After a half-hour lunch break, Group C continues, with No. 3 Dellinger taking on No. 14 Munts and No. 6 Phoenix taking on No. 10 Tucson.
The captain of Dehringer's team is none other than Phyllis's acquaintance, the shopkeeper named Dehringer. When Darko found the alchemy puppet of the Adamantite Prison in the store, he knew that this person was not simple, he was the runner-up last time, and he also won the third place in the qualifying competition this time.
His eyes fell in the direction of the Muntz team, and Darko was suddenly stunned, he actually saw a familiar face again. Since he didn't participate in the previous qualifying matches, it was only now that he found out that he knew this enchanter of the Muntz team. At the original Alchemy Guild selection tournament in San Diego, it was this old man who presided over the selection of enchanters, because he had white hair and was easy to recognize.
"That white-haired senior of the Muntz team is the master of the Alchemy Guild, right?
"That's Master Edmund, he became famous very early, and it is said that their team participated in the Alchemy Grand Prix forty years ago. Since then, they have been semi-finalists every time, but they have never won the championship and have had a bit of bad luck. "The rule of the Alchemy Grand Prix is that the team members who won the championship cannot participate again, but these people who have not been able to win the championship are not banned. It's just that many masters are old and embarrassed to compete year after year, and even if they do, they will wear cloaks like some teams. It seems that several masters of the Muntz team have a good mentality, don't care too much about other people's opinions, and don't hide their heads and tails. ”
Kevin also heard a little about some things in the Alchemy Guild, and continued, "The original captain of their team was named Munts, who died in an explosion caused by an alchemy experiment, and their team still inherited the will of the old captain, with Muntz as the team name, and continued to participate without shame. ”
Darko looked over from afar and saw that several members of the Montz team were very old men, but there was no shame or uneasiness on their faces, only passion for the game in front of them. As the referee announced the start of the game, both sides rushed into the game, and the spectators after the lunch break were a little sleepy, and the atmosphere at this time was a little worse than in the morning.
Darko observed carefully for a long time, but shook his head and sighed, "The seniors of the Montz team are old, and their concentration cannot be maintained for a long time, and the accuracy of the skill operation in the auxiliary profession has also been greatly affected. ”
"Yes, I thought they were hiding their strength in qualifying, just like us, but now it seems that they are indeed old and useless. Phyllis chimed in, "In that case, they are certainly no match for the Derringer team." ”
Kevin shook his head and sighed, "When the Muntz team was originally established, it was a second-rate team composed of several ordinary auxiliary professionals, and it was already their limit to be able to reach the level of a master. As they get older, their level has always stayed at the level of a magician or a great magician, and it is difficult to break through in magic and spiritual power, and their potential will naturally be exhausted. Perhaps what has supported them to get to where they are now is simply their passion for the Alchemy Grand Prix. ”
As if to cater to the judgment of Darko and others, after the ring began, the orc warriors of the Deringer team defeated the orc warriors of the Muntz team in only 13 minutes. But several old men of the Muntz team were not annoyed and pessimistic, and even high-fived each other, it seemed that the loss in this round had no effect on them, after all, they could still win in the next two rounds.
The Muntz team is perhaps the most unusual of all the teams, they have many years of accumulation, they don't play for money, and they know that with their talent they can't win the championship. But there are still a few people who pooled their money to buy orc warriors and prepared for the competition with all their heart, which is a spirit of obsessing with alchemy and enjoying the process of competition. Although they were not strong in the end, their attitude towards the game was in stark contrast to that of the Gafreřák team in front of them. The audience in the stands couldn't help but be infected by these old men and burst into warm applause.
The second match of Group C is a match between Phoenix and Tucson.
The Phoenix family is one of the nine major families, and it is the undead bird bloodline among the three holy beast bloodlines, and the Phoenix team is a team composed of several young people in their family. However, the Phoenix family is known for its powerful light and fire talents, but they don't have any advantages when it comes to support classes. In these years, only one enchanter in Ajda is still excellent, and has passed the certification of a master-level enchanter, and this year there is another genius in inscriptions such as Kuchi, who has just passed the certification of a master-level inscription master some time ago. Several other players were a little less compatible, and even then they finished in 6th place in qualifying.
At that time, when the Alchemy Guild was authenticating, Kachi also made a deliberate mistake in order not to create psychological pressure on Darko, so that Dakko could successfully pass the master-level certification. Darko doesn't have a bad sense of Kutch, so he's more curious about his true prowess and wants to take a closer look at the game.
But Darko's expectations were disappointed because the Phoenix opponent did not show up. When the referee announced that the Tucson team had abstained, there was an immediate uproar in the stands, followed by boos from the audience. With the case of the Gafreřak team, the audience felt that this was a waiver driven by the interests behind the scenes, and the shouts of match-fixing were endless. Darko and the others glanced at each other, and then looked away as if nothing had happened. They all know that the Tucson team did have to withdraw from the game. During the Stormwind Church's search for Wendy, Klein of the Tucson team is used by Darko to clear Wendy's suspicions. However, several members of the Tucson team died as a result of the injuries and injuries that were expected.
In this way, Tucson became the first team to exit the group stage, and Phoenix won without a fight. Darko shook his head and sighed, he regretted not being able to see the level of the Phoenix team. But soon he noticed that several people around him were standing up, and he realized that it was the turn of his team in Group D.