Academy Horror Chapter 52 Preparation for the Competition
"The French School of Poetry of the Rain, the mecca of poets, the sanctuary and hometown of all bards, this academy specializes in the training of painters, musicians, poets with a talent for magic. Carter continued, but in Lin Moyang's opinion, the painting style of these magic academies is getting more and more crooked.
"Their students' spells are particularly unique, their abilities are focused on strengthening and healing, and they are generally unique in their ability to combine spell-casting with art. Have you ever played Dungeons & Dragons? Like Rangers and Bards, most of them artists and masters, and a few of them Rangers, roaming the wizarding world, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, and singing in the tavern with beautiful voices praising the exploits of other wizards. Their swordsmanship is as long as spring rain, their eyes are as fiery as lovers, and their singing voices are as melodious as melted ice dripping water. Carter seemed to be full of praise for the college, but he glanced at Tonio with some complaint: "It's some inflexible guy who never lets bards in!"
"I'm here to keep the hall pure! There are only warriors and heroes in the Golden Hall, and occasionally the Valkyries!, but what temple of Odin have you ever seen where the warriors are drinking and a few sissies eating white food are standing next to each other and singing and rapping?" Tonio argued.
"Rap?" Lin noticed that there were some strange words in Tonio's words, and the style of painting didn't seem to fit well with the wizarding world.
"Uh...... Probably ...... Well...... They are also relatively open-minded, so they often absorb some emerging art forms. Carter explained, somewhat embarrassed.
Hiss...... Lin Moyang could already imagine a few wizards sitting in the tavern, reflected in the dim light, and relatives and friends frequently raised their glasses, when a bard dressed in explosive fashion walked into the tavern with arrogant steps, and began to rap without saying a word. This scene is so beautiful, how far have you magic schools degenerated lately? Don't be so crooked, okay? Put on my robes and stand back to boil potions? No matter how bad it is, it's okay to hold a little guitar in your hand!
"Be careful this time, the people in this academy may be trickier than the people in other academies. Carter specially reminded, and Lin Moyang suddenly became serious.
"Are the people of this academy very powerful?" If this is the case, then Lin Moyang has to be careful when facing the wizards of this academy, and be careful to make the Ten Thousand Year Ship.
"Ah no, this group of people has a very good skill in hooking up with girls, every time they come to the drinking party, they will capture the hearts of many girls in our college, it can be said that wherever this group of guys goes, the local singleness rate will skyrocket. And according to the list released by the Round Table Council, among the graduates this time, they also have members of the Sword of Damocles, although they may not be as combatant as you, but they are likely to participate in this drinking party as foreign aid. Carter embarrassedly reminded that this was a top priority.
"Damn, don't talk about such inconsequential things, okay?" Lin Moyang raised his middle finger, he still thought that this group of poets had something unique that needed special attention, and he didn't think that what you were going to tell me was about the sister?
But thinking of this, Lin Moyang still glanced at Moira very weakly, and Moira nodded at him very firmly, and then Lin Moyang said: "I don't think it's a problem, let's discuss other things." ”
"Since Your Excellency is so confident, then I can't say anything, but please Your Excellency must make this group of bastards lose face!" Carter clenched his fists, "You have confidence in Xiaomo, I don't have confidence in rabbits, that nympho will definitely be coaxed by these sweet-talking scumbags!"
Lin Moyang tilted his head, he thought about whether there is a scumbag in this world who is more scumbag than you? You are the number one scumbag in the wizarding world.
Carter was looked at by this gaze, his old face turned red, and he was embarrassed to avoid Lin Moyang's gaze, he also knew that as a second-generation witch, he still had a very bad reputation, and he was really not qualified to say such things. Carter coughed a few times and shifted the subject. "Well, the last college is the Academy of Lost Sinners, and their college is full of believers. ”
"Believer?" Lin Moyang couldn't help but think of Joshua and Moira beside him, they were also believers, so there was nothing strange about this school when he thought about it.
"Yes, believers, and unlike the Apocalypse, the Apocalypse believes in God, not in God's doctrine and dogma, and is not part of the organization of the Church. And every member of the Academy of Lost Sinners is a devout believer. They are the direct organizations of the church. There are witch families who want to repent of their sins after becoming religious, and send their children to them, as well as wizards who have served the church for generations. The Church believes that magic is a trick of the devil, and all students who study magic are called lost sinners, who have long provided undercover agents and spies for the Church, and these Church-educated wizards have infiltrated the wizarding community to provide information to the Church's knights and inquisitors. During that time, their hands were stained with the blood of innocent wizards. Therefore, this academy has been at odds with the wizarding world until the establishment of the Council of the Round Table, the Holy Grace Galahad, recovering the legendary Holy Grail, and the church had to admit that there are also people among the wizards who have a noble character because His Excellency Galahad was able to hold the Holy Grail with his bare hands, and since then the church inquisition has been reorganized, from the inquisition body to the hunter organization, and the Lost Sinners Academy has officially established diplomatic relations with the wizarding academy as a proof of reconciliation between the church and wizards. The students of the Lost Sin Academy are proficient in alchemy, magic, divine arts, and the means of fighting magical creatures and cursed creatures, they are not magical researchers, all their spells and weapons are based on pragmatism, and they provide the mysterious world with a large number of blood hunters, werewolf hunters, and most of the members of the Shadow Cloak are trained in their professional skills. ”
Carter said worriedly, "They have more experience in fighting wizards than anyone else, because it was originally an institution that trained specialized witch hunters. During those dark years, it was not the ignorant peasants and lords who feared the wizards the most, but the witch hunters in their cross-uniforms and armed with magic weapons. They are an absolute martial arts faction, and even now, their relationship with wizards is not as good as it seems, they are all in a state of detachment. For them, they are sinners with their sins, and the way to atone for their sins is to send us to hell as users of devilish tricks. ”
"Wow, don't scare me, I can't stand being scared. They won't be ruthless during the competition, right?" Lin Moyang's heart tightened, why would there be such a dangerous thing mixed in the five colleges if there was a college association? You must know that there are those people in this world who can't be trusted, one is scum, because you don't know when the scum will sell all his relatives and friends for his own interests, and the other is the disciple, because you don't know when the disciple will sell all his relatives and friends for his god.
Lin Moyang has seen the kind of believers who have been brainwashed by religion, firmly believe that it is useless to go to the hospital when they are sick, and drag their sick bodies to copy Buddhist scriptures at home and pray for the blessing of God and Buddha. It's really hard to say exactly what kind of influence religion has had on the minds of these people. Anyway, even if he now believes in the existence of gods and Buddhas, Lin Moyang is still reluctant to believe in any religion.
"It's not clear, all the things that have happened in the last 5 years have something to do with them, and very few have to do with the free and loose rangers of the Silver Vulture Academy. The knights and the poets are all right," Carter laughed.
"Let me sort it out, Merlin Academy is the most traditional wizard academy, specializing in cultivating the most orthodox wizards, while the Silver Vulture Academy has some rangers with confused positions, this group of people does not abide by tradition, they are not traditional wizards, and the other three colleges actually train knights, poets, and even bloody hunters?"
"Yes, that's right, so the real wizard academy is actually only our Merlin Academy, and the other academies can only be called the Magic Academy, not the Wizard Academy. Carter's tone was full of pride, and the only people who could be called wizards were their graduates, which was a great honor in the mysterious world.
"These organizations are either allies with the Round Table Council, or they are simply affiliated with the Round Table Council. Carter added.
"According to what you say, there are still those who don't recognize the status of the Round Table Council?" Lin Moyang has always felt that the Round Table Council is the Round Table Council of the wizarding world, and its status is incomparable.
"Of course, the Round Table Council is not an organization, but a union, and there are many organizations in the world that only maintain friendly relations with the Round Table Council, but have no affiliation with the Round Table Council, and do not accept the management of the Round Table Council, such as the Church, such as the Druid Council in Western Europe, the House of All Souls in the Americas, the Dragon Warrior League in Korea, and the Onmyoji Association in Japan. These are additional independent organizations that have maintained a friendly attitude only diplomatically with the Round Table Council, not to mention other organizations that have been hidden in the shadows and have not yet revealed their true identity in various cultures and countries. If it weren't for Your Excellency Fenglong, we wouldn't know that there are also people like you hidden on the land of China, Your Excellency Lin Moyang, what is the name of your organization, and why is everyone's individual strength so strong?" Halfway through Carter's introduction, he asked with interest, he was full of curiosity about Fenglong and Lin Moyang, since Fenglong joined the Round Table Council, they have never seen other mysterious people in China in the world, and just that, Fenglong's strength still refreshed the three views of countless wizards, there is a joke called, other councilors are all bringing organizations and families to join the round table, only Feng Long alone, is an individual to join the round table. He alone has the strength to turn an organization upside down, and this kind of individual strength is simply upset when it appears in a person. When they heard that Fenglong had an apprentice, at least most wizards were relieved, because it proved that this monster was not the kind of monster that could reach this level with the strength of one person, and there was still organized support behind him. As a result, it now seems that although Lin Moyang and Fenglong are far apart, this young man's excellence is no less than that of any wizard's new generation elite.
Carter became more and more curious about what kind of organization, or group of people, was hidden behind such a historic country.
"I don't know about that. Lin Moyang spread his hands, he was telling the truth, but he didn't know if Carter believed it or not.
"Oh, secrecy, it's fine, I understand. Knowing that Carter's reaction was beyond Lin Moyang's expectations, he didn't continue to ask, and even expressed his understanding of this reaction. What Lin Moyang didn't know was that it was impossible for wizards to be honest with each other, and every wizard's family had secrets, big or small.
"Okay, okay, eat, eat, hurry up and finish eating, and when Xiao Mo buys all the ingredients, we have to hurry back to school." We can't miss the arrival of students from all schools. Carter urged.
"Well, how are they going to get here? Listening to what you said just now, it seems that every academy is not particularly close to here. Lin Moyang asked, in Lin Moyang's thoughts, he actually wanted to see scenes in Harry Potter, such as a group of shirtless tough men brandishing their staffs and rushing out of the portal, or a magic carriage falling from the sky and walking out of the carriage of a teacher's students. Wait, isn't this an Indian carriage?
Lin Moyang thought wildly, full of anticipation for the scene he might see next.
However, this expectation did not last for 1 minute, and was ruthlessly extinguished by Carter's words: "Ah, I think about it, when I was a freshman, they came by bus, and there were still a few elites in the Silver Vulture Academy who were more motion sick, and they vomited when they got off the bus." ”
"You ......" Lin Moyang's fantasy once again did not live Carter's next sentence, and now the image of the wizarding world in his mind can be called disillusionment.
"From the time we sent out the invitation, they should have a passenger plane to the UK and then a bus, the Golden Road has been temporarily lifted, and the bus will not take more than four hours to get here from the airport. Carter counted the time.
"There are so many buses in the school, why didn't I find out?" Lin Moyang recalled the size of the bus, how could it not look like it could fit the students of a college, right?
Carter guessed Lin Moyang's thoughts at this time: "No, not all of them come, the annual drinking party is to select the best college elites of all ages, plus cooking competitions and the like, the number of people in each academy will not exceed 70 people, and the 20 buses of the academy are enough." The day before yesterday, the bus had hung a sign welcoming academic discussions. People on the road will only think that this is a student and professor of academic exchange between universities. ”
"This is too hardcore...... he is familiar with the scene of students squeezing the bus, and the school often organizes various visits when he was studying, and after the top students are selected, they sit on the bus and walk away proudly, leaving them to welcome the students at the school gate with a smile and a smile on their faces.
"The first contest should have started at the welcome ceremony, and the teachers were fine, but it was normal for the students to dislike each other. Card pointed to the table, he still remembered the previous welcome ceremonies, a few Lost Sinners Academy students got off the bus and began to die, which attracted the disgust of most wizard students, and the ring was full before the drinking party began.
"I'm still quite worried, the students of Merlin College have really been a little too slack in the past few years, so it would be good if more alumni could come back in this competition. Carter added, "It's all because Principal DeMille is so good to the students that although the students are now well-rounded in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor, they have declined in terms of blood and combat effectiveness." The rules of the competition for who made the drinking party were formulated decades ago, and I have to say that the rules should have been changed a long time ago. ”
Lin Moyang joked playfully at this time: "What are the contents? Fighting? Or is it like in the novel, everyone draws lots and draws a dragon to fight?"
Carter shook his head and denied: "There was such a project a long time ago, but it was too dangerous, and the current customs are too strict, and I don't know how to bring dragons into the country." In addition, in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer places for wizards to keep for themselves, and the mysterious realm in the wild has gradually begun to close, and it is quite difficult to find a dragon. ”
"What is the mysterious realm?" asked Lin Moyang Qin.
"Mystic realms are mythical places that do not exist on the map of humanity. These locations are often well hidden and simply impossible to find if you are not a wizard. For example, Atlantis, Tartarus. These places are also secret places where wizards try their best to hide. Fantasy creatures and alchemical plants both grow and survive here. Merlin Academy itself is a semi-mystical realm, but it is man-made. Carter performed his duties as a narrator in detail, and he knew more secrets than the narrators assigned to Lin Moyang by the original school.
"I've read Chinese literature, and the Buzhou Mountain and Heavenly Court in Chinese literature are similar to this, that is, fictional places that exist in myths and stories, but can't be found in field surveys. Carter added, and at the same time his curiosity came out again, and he asked, "Do Zhou Mountain and Heavenly Court really exist?"
Lin Moyang replied with a wry smile: "I really don't know about this, I haven't been there, I have to ask Brother Feng about this, he should know more than me." ”
Carter nodded thoughtfully, but what he thought in his heart was that China's mysterious organization hierarchy and secrecy system are really strict.
"Then let's hurry up and eat, and I'll accompany Sister Xilin to the school to register, and before Your Excellency Fenglong solves the problem, Sister Xilin will bring her mother to the school together, so that the old fox won't notice it and start in advance." This time he didn't look at my face, but he couldn't deal with my old man, but I can't watch you all the time. So he went to the academy to borrow it for a while, and he Davide didn't dare to go wild in the academy yet, unless he wanted to alarm the Ministry of Magic and the Round Table Council. You wait in the academy for a while, and the old fox won't be able to stumble for a few days. Carter filled everyone with mead, and he said to Cerene.
"Thank you, Your Excellency. Sirin and Ryusuke thanked them gratefully as they enjoyed Shahlimnir's food.
Carter was thanked here, and a smug expression appeared on his face.
But Lin Moyang was thinking, the school drinking party was lively when he thought about it. I just don't know what the so-called athletics are. He had never represented anyone in such a grand competition. If this is counted as an international competition, right? What kind of personality or what kind of people are the people from the five colleges?
Just as he was thinking, something cold poked into his mouth. He turned his head to see that the little duckling was poking a large spoonful of ice cream into his mouth with a spoon, and the little thing seemed to be full, and was making a loud noise in the dining room, making a cheerful cry that no one could understand.
Now the duckling's language ability has not fully recovered, and he usually does not like to speak, and when he is excited, it will become such a howl.
Lin Moyang shook his head, lowered his head and began to compete with the barbecue. Anyway, the sky is falling, and there is a high top. Thinking of this, Lin Moyang also showed an expectant smile on his face, picked up the mead and poured a big sip. It's so sweet......