Another day passed, and the arena was packed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Grand Duke Bagram, dressed in a sumptuous gown, was also present to present trophies to the team that won the championship. The mercenary conference finally ushered in the climax. - The final of the Arena Team Competition. Leonard's team is about to face an unknown team from the Republic of Vosfeta.

After the start of the game, both sides entered the field. Leonard's team sent Howl, Tina, Hanks, Crotty and Bran to start. The Great Swordsman declared: Because he was too good in the first two games, he wanted to leave the opportunity to play to others, so he offered to act as a substitute. Kevin also continued to sit on the cold bench. Mel, whose right arm had not yet healed, remained in the audience.

Their opponents, an unknown team from the Republic of Vosfitta, had only five players in total. All five of them are mages by profession. The leader of them was a man in a tawny mage robe, who looked to be at least three years old. The other four were all men in black mage robes, and they all looked to be around thirty years old.

As soon as the man in the tawny mage robe led his men into the field, he exclaimed, "Today I will represent the Republic of Vosfitta, the First Army's Spell Legion and my master to win the honor of winning the Bagram Mercenary Guild Arena Team Tournament." ”

As soon as Bran heard this, he wanted to rush forward and reason with the man in the tawny mage's robe: "Damn fellow—"

Crotty, who was standing next to Bran, grabbed the arm of the president's son very calmly and advised: "We don't know the details of each other yet. Don't be impulsive. Impulsiveness fell into their trap. At the moment, Leonard, who was off the court, was fidgeting and regretting his decision. He wanted to rush over and spray people, but he didn't dare to enter without permission; Otherwise, it will be regarded as a malicious foul that disrupts the order of the scene by the referee, and the game will be directly disqualified.

The man in the tawny mage robe looked at Andy, who was sitting in the VIP seat, and asked loudly, "Also, President Andy!" If we summon something like a puppet to play. How will the rules be calculated? ”

Hearing this, Andy stood up and replied loudly: "All summoned puppets that fight like soldiers, and belong to the category of normal human body types, are regarded as substitute players by the rules. Decisions such as when they are called on, when they are called off, and when they are knocked down, the rules of the general player apply. Also, the rules do not restrict the puppet controller from being physically present in the playing field. ”

When the man in the tawny mage robe heard this, he nodded his head with satisfaction, and arrogantly reminded the referee loudly: "Okay." Then let the game start now. ”

Hanks, who was standing next to Bran, couldn't help but whisper to himself: "This guy is indeed annoying. ”

Standing in front of Hanks, he couldn't help but agree with the middle-aged uncle's statement: "Why do you care so much? In the past, it was okay to squash him. ”

As the assistant referee standing on the sidelines rang the gong in his hand. Boom - the audience burst into enthusiastic applause. Bang bang bang ... The final match of Leonard's team, the title match against the unknown team of Vosfeta, officially began.

At the beginning of the match, the man in the tawny mage robe retreated a long distance towards his own half; At the same time, with a contemptuous smile, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Howl and Bran and the others before spitting out again: "We don't want to waste time here, we will get you out as quickly as possible." Please be prepared. All four of the man's men retreated for a long distance, and then all stopped in front of the leader, closer to their opponents.

Helling Yan, who was bent on winning the championship, winning glory, and challenging Andy, he couldn't help but roar angrily and asked, "What did you say!?" It depends on whether my broken floor Yue agrees or not! - "I saw the orc warrior use his own hands to pick up the shattered smash, and with an aura that no one could resist, he rushed straight towards the man in the tawny mage's robe.

Seeing this, a man in a black mage robe immediately stepped forward and stretched out his arms, blocking the way of the howl, and responded with a strange smile: "Your opponent is me." ”

With a flick of his axe, he swung it at the top of the black-robed man's head, and replied with a loud shout, "I don't care what you are!" Eat me with an axe first! ”

The black-robed man's face continued to be filled with a very strange smile: "Hee-hee-hee-" I saw his body suddenly rise in the air, rising to the height above the head of the howl, avoiding the head-on blow of the orc warrior. Immediately afterward, the man swooped forward with lightning speed, and pounced on the howl's body, gripping the hilt of the axe with both hands. In an instant, the two accomplices of the black-robed man respectively cast two auxiliary spells on the person's body, levitation and acceleration.

At this time, I woke up like a dream, and I felt very bad in a cold sweat. So he stared closely at the strange smile of the black-robed man, and tried to pull the broken floor out of the other party's hand with all his strength; found that the guy in front of him was so powerful that his two palms were hooked to the handle of the axe like iron claws, and he couldn't pull it out no matter how he dragged it. Immediately after, the black-robed man's body suddenly became extremely heavy, so that the orc warrior was panting, and he was almost unable to support it.

In such a desperate situation, Howl suddenly thought of a replacement; When he opened his mouth, he shouted loudly, but nothing came out of his mouth: "......"

Seeing this, he was so anxious that cold sweat rained down his head, so he had to decisively adopt the tactics of ending up together. I saw that he simply hugged the body of the black-robed man, and fell to the ground with his opponent. But at this moment, the other party spoke. The black-robed man who was tightly hugged by the orc warrior shouted loudly for a substitution: "Pause!" Substitution! ――”

In this extremely short period of time, the other two accomplices of the black-robed man cast the Great Force Technique and the Sinking Technique respectively and applied them to this person. These two spells are spells that can temporarily and dramatically increase one's strength and weight. The black-robed man himself unleashed a soundproofing spell on Howl's head. Therefore, the orc warriors could not shout any sound. Immediately after howling and hugging his opponent, the two of them fell to the ground together, rolling several large circles in a row.

At this time, the voice finally came out of the mouth of the howl: "Pause! But it was too late, and as the whistle sounded, the referee raised the small red flag in his hand. The orc warriors were declared out. In a situation like this, where both players fall to the ground at the same time, the rules count as if both players knocked out each other at the same time.

However, the black-robed man shouted a substitution in time before he fell to the ground, so he was protected by the rules and would continue to make normal substitutions. So the guy stood up, patted the dust on his black robe, and walked out of the field leisurely.

At the same time, the man in the tawny mage robe reached out to the marble floor beside him and uttered a spell in his mouth: "Spirit of the Earth, Mother of All Things." Summon, call out your most loyal servant before me..."A small tawny object wrapped in spell energy was released from the man's palm and flew straight to the ground beside the orc warrior. A yellow-brown rock demon made of marble floors the size of an ordinary human immediately rose from here.

The Rock Demons are humanoid golems made of stone powered by magical energy. There are no restrictions on the type of stone needed to make up its body, as long as it can be spell-driven and strong enough. In general, Rock Demons also use low-level earth-based spells such as Rock Protrusions. As for the specific types and strength of spells that this kind of thing can use, it is directly related to the ability of the mage itself to summon it.

Rock Protrusion is the most basic offensive spell in the earth system that drills a large piece of rock out of the ground and directly hits the enemy to deal damage.

Seeing that the referee was indifferent to this situation, Leonard immediately ran to the outside of the field, waved his fist, and made a loud noise: "I protest! It's a foul! It's definitely a foul! ――”

Seeing this, the referee hurriedly ran to Leonard's eyes and warned the other party loudly: "This is because you haven't carefully read the forty-three pages of the full version of the rules of the Arena Team Competition. So they didn't foul. And now, if you don't hurry back to the rest area. I will announce that you have maliciously disrupted the order of the venue and disqualified you from the competition. When the great swordsman heard this, he had to turn around and walk back to the rest area.

With the Howl out of the field, Leonard's team readjusted their formation. Crotty, who had the most experience in combat, took the lead and ran to the front of the group; Turning around, he looked at his teammates' expressions seriously and said, "Please calm down." We can't afford to fall for them anymore. Then, Bran, who was in her row, took a few big steps back, and Hanks, who was in Tina's row, took two steps forward, and stood in a row behind Crotty. The female mage is still in the back.

The formation of the unknown team of the Republic of Vosfita has basically not changed, except that one member is missing and a rock demon has been replaced. Each of them still maintained an overconfident and almost strange smile on their faces: "Heh, heh..." The rock demon who had been summoned to the field began to move, striding after stride, striding faster and faster towards Crotty.

Facing the rock demon who was heading straight for him, Crotty stood in place, his hands holding the Ghost Sword aloft. Kill the spirit, and prepare to cast the bold cut; inadvertently turned his head and glanced at the referee standing not far away; The referee was watching her closely, and had already put the whistle in his mouth. Only then did the elven female swordsman realize that it was a foul to directly attack the rock demon with a move in the air. The Rock Demon who is replaced on the field as a player occupies the player's quota, and the rules of the game for all ordinary players apply.

As a result, Crotty immediately jumped behind him and scolded, "Damn—"

Immediately after, the experienced Crotty instinctively realized the seriousness of the problem, and immediately shouted loudly: "Bran, Hanks." Come and help me! ”

But it was too late, and the man in the tawny mage robe stretched out his hands to aim at the rock demon, and suddenly greatly increased the mana that drove the puppet, shouting: "Sandstorm smoke barrier-" The rock demon immediately crouched down and slammed his fists into the ground. A large cloud of yellowish dust and gray sand rose from the area around Crotty, obscuring the vision of the elven swordswoman.

Seeing this, Crotty immediately understood that he had fallen into the trap of the other party, so he called out to his teammates: "Leave me alone!" Don't come here! - Bran and Hanks, who were already preparing to venture into the sand barrier, immediately stopped their progress.

Bran, who has more experience in the competition, immediately understood what Crotty meant, and shouted: "I'll pull you here with a rope." He took the metal composite longbow from behind him, held it up in front of him, and drew an arrow from the holster. The arrow has been specially modified by the president's son, and the arrow has been removed and replaced with a noose, and a long rope is attached to the end of the arrow. Bran then wrapped the rope of the arrow's tail around his right arm, round and round, extremely firmly.

Bows and arrows are used as lethal weapons. Therefore, the bladed arrows must also be covered with a metal sleeve and wrapped in cotton cloth before they can be used in competitions. Therefore, it is better to remove the arrows altogether.

When Crotty heard this, he immediately understood Bran's intentions, and at the same time vetoed this risky attempt: "Don't use that to pull me. An opponent lurking in the dust will break it. ”

At this moment, Tina stepped forward, raised the royal ceremonial staff in her hand, and recited the incantation in her mouth: "Then let me use the rain technique to extinguish this dust." The spirit of holy water, the source of all things. Send a drizzle of grace and moisten the parched earth..."

An azure beam of light immediately rose from the staff and pierced into the sky. Immediately afterward, the water vapor in the arena gathered above Crotty's head, forming a small black cumulonimbus cloud. Seeing this, Bran inserted the special rope arrow back into the leather quiver.

Seeing that the opponent is unwilling to take the bait, the cumulonimbus cloud will immediately rain to remove the sand barrier. The man in the tawny mage robe had to quickly recite the incantation: "I said that I would get you out of the game as quickly as possible." The spirit of the earth, the mother of all things. Call before me your most faithful servant..."

"Pause! Substitution! - "Pause! Substitution! - "Pause! Substitution! - The other three black-robed men heard the leader's words, and shouted out the substitutions one after another in one breath.

I saw three small yellow-brown objects wrapped in spell energy roll out of the smoke barrier; And continued to roll quickly from the left, right, and back to Crotty's side. These three seemingly small clod-like objects were the ones that the yellow-brown robed man had thrown on the ground when he summoned the first rock demon. Then, the mage-like men manipulated small clod-like objects, pretending as if they were being blown by the breeze; Taking advantage of the opponent's inattention, he rolled and stopped.

Until this moment, Crotty still did not notice that there were already three such objects around him. The Colosseum was filled with smoke and dust. The shouts of the spectators in the stands were incessant. How can you find this little thing that is constantly rolling on the ground if you don't squat down and distinguish it carefully? Quack! - Shook with a loud bang. I saw that the three rock demons came out of the left hand, right hand and soles of the elven female swordsman.

One of the rock demons hugged Crotty's left arm and wrapped his arms around the other's waist. The other hugged Crotty's right arm while covering the other's mouth. There was also a female swordsman who pinched the calves of the elven swordswoman with both hands. For the rest of the whole process, Crotty was silent, couldn't shout a word, couldn't make a single movement, and was instantly pressed to the ground by three rock demons. It was only then that a drizzle of rain that moistened the earth fell from the sky.

Shh Seeing this, Bran, Hanks, and Tina no longer dared to be careless and lax. The three of them immediately retreated, shrunk their formation, and stood together to form a dense formation that could support each other at any time.

Seeing this, Leonard was extremely angry in his heart; He ran out of the field again and shouted at Bran, "Bastard! -- Bran. It's time for me to play and give them a little color! "The Great Swordsman thinks that the son of the president is definitely the weakest one in the arena at the moment.

When Bran heard this, he obviously didn't want to be replaced by Leonard like this, so he politely refused: "Captain, I can understand your feelings. But you have to wait until the most critical time to play, so that you can show your value and play a decisive role. When the great swordsman heard this, he turned his mind the same, it was the same; So without saying a word, he returned to the rest area.

As soon as Crotty got off the field, he stood on the sidelines and loudly reminded his teammates: "Be aware of the ground in front of you. There is a species called a rock, which resembles a small object like a clod of earth. I was plotted by the rock demon who suddenly turned into this thing. ”

When Hanks heard this, he couldn't help but turn around and ask Tina behind him, "Rock seed?" ”

Although she couldn't use this spell, Tina had apparently learned about it from books. I saw her explain, and as she raised her staff, she pointed to the ground somewhere in front of her: "The Rock Seed is a kind of material energy released by a mage when he summons spells with the earth system of the elves. Wherever it lands, like a seed, it can summon a rock demon from there. In other words, where there is no Rock Seed, it is impossible to summon the Rock Demon. Look! There's one over there, and it's being manipulated by a spell to roll over. ”

On the ground that Tina was referring to, an object that at first glance looked very similar to a clod of dirt was tumbling forward. The drizzle that had just fallen had moistened the ground, making the inconspicuous object stand out on the slightly muddy ground. A closer look reveals that it is covered with a layer of magical energy with a tawny crystal-like material, which is actually a completely different object from the clod.

As Tina raised her staff and pointed at the Rock Seed, she activated her spiritual power. - Magic Bullet Attack. I saw an ordinary incandescent light projectile coming out of the staff, hitting the rock seed in an instant. Boom! The thing then exploded into powder.

The man in the tawny mage robe couldn't help but put away the strange expression on his face when he saw that his rock seed had been destroyed; turned to a serious look and laughed dryly, and continued to hold on to his face and said forcefully: "Hmph, hum." I didn't expect you to see through this. Still, I'm going to get you all out of the game right away. ”

When Bran heard this, he pulled out the metal composite longbow in his hand, aimed the special rope arrow at the man in the tawny mage robe, and cast it, shouting, "Don't talk big!" - With a whoosh, the rope arrow flew over the heads of the four rock demons, creating a slender trajectory in the air with a slight arc. Seeing this, the yellow-brown robed man immediately cast an acceleration spell on himself, and began to move extremely quickly away from the position where the rope arrow was about to be trapped.

Seeing this, Bran immediately pulled the rope with his right arm, and then released it moderately. - Soul Chaser! The rope arrow changed direction in an instant in the air, and covered the top of the yellow-robed man's head several times faster. Immediately afterwards, the president's son pulled the rope in his hand again. The noose of the rope arrow fell straight down, firmly encasing the opponent's torso.

The guy in the tawny mage robe had his upper arms and chest tightly wrapped around the noose arrows and couldn't move, but he didn't panic at all and said, "Since that's the case, then I'm going to end up too." Bran took advantage of this moment and pulled the rope in his hand fiercely, trying to pull the man to the ground. At this time, the man in the yellow and brown robe jumped up and into the air with all his might, and even shouted a substitution in mid-air before he fell to the ground: "Pause!" Substitution! ――”

Seeing this, an assistant referee immediately blew his whistle, ran to the ground and made a gesture to Bran to stop the attack. Then, he motioned for the man who had fallen to the ground to stand up and continue to complete the substitution.

As a result, the man in the tawny mage robe stood up and walked out of the arena, and he couldn't help but show a sly smile on his face: "Spirit of the earth, mother of all things." Call your most faithful servant before me—" Another rock demon rose from the colosseum, where he had fallen. When he fell to the ground, the yellow-robed mage had already secretly placed another rock seed on the ground. The referee couldn't tell when it was put up.

Seeing this, Leonard couldn't help but jump up from his seat again and shouted angrily: "Cheat! This is definitely cheating! Why doesn't the referee care? ”

Seeing this, Crotty, who was sitting next to Leonard, immediately stood up and advised the Great Swordsman: "He has no cheating. Even if there were, neither the referee nor we found evidence that he cheated. ”

Leonard then asked, "But I'm the captain, and I'm responsible for our team and every member of the team. In the face of such unfairness, can I sit back and ignore it? ”

Crotty continued to advise Leonard with unusual calmness: "If you do it according to your own emotions, you will not look like a captain. Once you are disqualified from the game by the referee because of this. In this game, you only have a negative impact on our team, and your contribution is zero. ”

When Leonard heard this, he had to ask helplessly: "Then what should I do?" ”

Crotty, drawing on her years of experience, replied like a wise man: "Watch what happens, keep an eye on everything that changes on the field, and be ready to play when your teammates need you." ”

Tina, who was standing behind Bran, saw that the other party had successfully completed the substitution, and couldn't help but sigh to Bran: "Bran. It's a shame he didn't get out. ”

When Bran heard this, he replied very calmly and without panicking at all: "It's not a big deal. The opponent has already used up the five substitutions. Next, we only need to kick all five rock demons out of the field to win the championship. ”

Tina refuted Bran's statement with concern: "However, these rock demons all apply the rules of ordinary players. There are only three of us left, and we can't use spells or aerial moves to attack them directly; There is also a close fight with five rock demons, which is not only not taking any advantage, but also very dangerous. ”

Bran's face was still full of confidence, and he replied, "Don't forget that I still have rope arrows in my hands. As long as I lassoed them one by one with rope arrows and pulled them all down, there was nothing to worry about. It's just that when the time comes, I ask you to use the Great Force Technique to help me. ”

When Tina heard this, her heart suddenly settled down: "Okay, no problem." ”

I saw that the man in the tawny mage robe walked to the outside of the arena at the other end, stretched out his limbs and arms, and aimed his palms at the five rock demons in the arena, and ordered with a sneer: "Heha." It's gone. Give it to me—" The five rock demons immediately took a big stride, stretching their arms as far forward as they could, and staggered towards Tina.

Bran aimed at the nearest rock demon and shot the special rope arrow from the metal composite longbow, "I think you're running out of tricks, aren't you?" ”

Seeing this, the man in the tawny mage robe suddenly became serious and serious, greatly enhancing the mana that drove the activities of the rock demons. The five rock demons immediately crouched down and raised their fists to the ground. -- The old trick is repeated. -- Sandstorm smoke barrier. A cloud of gray and yellow dust flew from the surface of the ground, instantly enveloping most of the arena. By this time, the ground in the arena, which had been slightly moistened by the drizzle, had returned to dryness.

Tina, who was standing next to Bran, reminded, "Do you still need rain?" ”

Bran replied crisply, "No." At the same time, he tugged at the rope in his hand with his right arm, followed by a moderate release, and so on. - Soul Chaser. The rope arrows began to swing in the smoke barrier, searching for the Rock Demon. Suddenly, the president's son felt that a rope arrow had caught a rock demon.

Although with Bran's own strength, it should be enough to drag down a rock demon. But for the sake of safety, the president's son shouted to Tina, "Tina, help me with the Great Force." When the female mage heard this, she immediately unleashed a great force spell on Branshi, enabling the other party to tug at the rope with a threefold increase in strength.

The man in the tawny mage robe immediately poured all his strength into maximizing the mana that drove the rock demon: "The power of the rock—..." His four subordinates also stretched out their palms towards this person, transmitting all the magic energy stored in their bodies to the leader. When using spell energy, the caster must first use mental power to store this energy in his body before he can transform it into a variety of spells that can be cast.

However, Bran was suddenly pulled off the ground by an incomparably powerful force, and his feet soared into the air; Before he could even shout out the substitution, he leaned forward and fell to the ground: "Pause..."