Chapter 121 Generational Difference
By the time Feige arrived at the venue, the points melee had already completed a match. Although it is a "non-lethal" contest, it is difficult to hold back in the fight, and casualties are always inevitable. Moreover, the melee highlights the word "mixed", which is more difficult to control than the solo competition. Therefore, Feiqi didn't see the situation of the competition, but looking at the messy broken helmets and broken swords, scattered vomit and splattered blood stains, he could roughly restore the situation at that time.
"How many people have been on and how many have you been injured?" asked Feige as he came to the registration office and grabbed a bell. Since he had two silver coins in his hand and stuffed them, the bell man kindly explained to him.
"There are too many novices, and the battle ends quickly. More than two hundred and twenty went up, and fifty were carried away. β
"How do most people fail?"
"Knocked down as soon as I hit it, completely inexperienced. The bell man kindly reminded: "Seeing that your armor equipment is not very good, I will give you a suggestion, hide to the edge as soon as you start, and hold on to the stakes and ropes of the fence, it will be easier to win." β
Feige thanked him and made his way through the waiting crowd to the front. After using the global vision of Eagle Eye Meditation, he quickly found Xia Ni, who was in the audience. Xia Ni sat upright, put her hands in front of her abdomen, and gestured the number "22" with her fingers. Fitch looked over to Area 22 as agreed, and saw Beni at a glance.
The two men meet up as promised, and then register for the next battle. Beni looked a little excited, she had been watching from the sidelines, and the passion for the battle had been aroused.
"My lord, I've seen it, they're all weak, it's easy to knock them down!"
"Of course, I'm sure you can do it. But this time it's your job to prevent accidents from happening, and it's my job to take everyone down. Feiqi looked serious: "However, the propaganda of magic is the most important thing, you come with me first." β
"What are you going to do?" said Bennie.
On the edge of the ring is a gathering place for blacksmiths, tanners, tailors and carpenters to serve all the participants. It's always crowded with people, and everyone wants to get better gear, so they crowd each other and mess around. Poor blame lords, defeated monster equipment, it seems to be like this everywhere.
"It's full, don't wait in line here, try your luck elsewhere!" the apprentice kept repeating the sentence, his voice hoarse. However, for the sake of the huge sum of ten gold coins, he was still willing to make a special trip and find a white flag cloth and two poles for Feige.
Feige went next door, bought some paint, and began to write on the cloth. "Feige Ice, Frozen Fortress Priest, Monster Hunter, Magician. Learn the skill, find Feiqi in the Ice Peak Fortress!The greasy spell is as follows: ......"
"My lord, is this a magic spell? Is it a real spell?"
"Of course it's true. Fei Qi looked at it after he finished writing, and although the handwriting was not very good, the spell runes were all beautiful. After all, since he crossed into this world, he had written a thousand times more runes than the lingua franca. "Come, one pole in one hand, and hold it high for me when the time comes. β
Tears suddenly welled up in Bennie's eyes, but she didn't dare to shed them, so she could only purse her lips tightly. Raising a flag on the battlefield is an honorable post, but such a flag is too ...... It's a shame. Beni looked at the flag, it was not a family crest or a holy emblem after all, but an advertisement. Holding an advertisement in the arena, she was going to be laughed to death......
"On the bright side, you're wearing makeup anyway, and no one knows who you are. But I'm worried, can you protect the flag from falling without using your hands?"
"My lord, I'm sure I'll be able to get the job done, but please call it an advertisement, it's not a flag. β
"My name is on it, it's the flag. β
Feige insisted like this, and Beni couldn't refute it, but the eyes of the crowd were bright. One can imagine how much laughter Beni can elicit when she follows Feige into the arena with a "flag" advertisement. Wave after wave spread like a contagious disease. "Is he a fool?" "What is that, a clown who wants to be eye-catching?" "Tear down the flag, first and see how long it lasts?"
"Would you like to make a bet and see how long he can last?" I said two minutes. β
The second wave of lively discussions began, and the audience's demands were immediately met. Gold and silver coins went into the pockets of the Chamber of Commerce in exchange for small slips of paper printed with vouchers. The hourglass was sent to the edge of the field to keep a time, and when the flag fell, people could win a note for their payment.
"Ma'am, aren't you going to participate?"
Watching the game alone, Xia Ni is quite eye-catching, even if you can't see her appearance, just her sitting posture has a strong attraction. Many people tried to strike up a conversation, but they were all repelled by the black cat on her lap. No one knows why the black cat is so powerful, no matter who passes, as long as Xia Ni lets go of her hand slightly, she can pounce on it and leave a scar on the opponent's face. Therefore, the young man from the Chamber of Commerce casino can get close to her.
"Twenty gold coins, that flag won't fall. Xia Ni took out a black velvet money bag and poured out twenty elven gold coins from it. This is the money she brought with her when she left Elven Island, her own property, which can be used by herself.
"Madam, please put away the voucher and wish you good luck and victory. β
Xia Ni nodded, waving her hand for the young man to get out of the way. She straightened her headscarf and veil, actually adjusting her posture for the snakes huddled together. No one could hear the hissing spit behind the veil except midnight, and it was impossible to see the smile on her face believing that Feige would win.
Feige came to the center of the field and stood under the flag, his eyes slightly closed, very leisurely and relaxed. Most of the participants in this contest didn't know what was going on on the other side of the solo joust, so they didn't take Feige seriously. They looked up at the flag, read the ad from the beginning, and the words "The greasy spell is here" froze. "What's next?" everyone had questions.
And those who come from the solo competition side will pay special attention to this "greasy technique", because there is too close a connection between the word greasy and the phenomenon of losing balance, of course, it will cause associations. "Really? Could it be a trick? What is magic, are those spell runes?"
Anyone who visits the temple often will see more or less magic runes, and one of the most common "earth" runes is in the greasy magic spell. If the level of knowledge can be a little higher, such as reading a certain amount of religious texts, you can also recognize three or four more magic runes. The best case scenario is to find a bishop who has studied non-divine spellcasting systems, or a mage who has studied divine magic, and they can all be at their disposalβbut there are too few of them.
There are too few humans, but elves are different. The long lifespan gives the elves more time to read, and although there is little progress in application, their memory is not bad. And as soon as Feige left the solo jousting, an elf followed, and he saw the full text of the spell. The elves immediately jotted down the incantation, then gathered together and looked at each other.
"Have you ever seen this spell?
All the elves were shaking their heads. They tried to chant the incantation, and the earth elemental energy of the surrounding environment reacted, but it could not be gathered, causing the incantation to fail. This shows that the spell needs to be involved in something other than language. Could it be the glowing disc in his hand?"
"Quite possibly. The other elf said, "I took a look, and whether it was to make people slip or make flames, Feige used the glowing disc in his right hand. The disc seems to have been created purely from some kind of energy, at least I haven't seen the spell device. By the way, Feige rarely recites incantations, but mostly pushes the disc with his fingers! Is that the disc the magic he is talking about?"
"Whether it's a disc or not, you'll know by looking at the melee in a moment. What I'm thinking about now is: what is Feige going to do? Why did he write the spell and let everyone know about the existence of this magic?...... "A blue-eyed elf thought for a moment, then said to his companions, "Report it to Lord Didrite at once, and let her come to the tournament as soon as possible." This one...... This one is about to start, but there is the next one! I must tell my lord that what is happening here is not clear, and you must see it with your own eyes to understand!"
As the messenger squeezed out of the crowd with his vigorous skills, the bell man held a horn rolled up in iron sheet and began to introduce the rules of the point melee to the audience. He was mainly speaking for the two lords who had just sat down, but neither Andrew nor Gresham cared about the rules at all. They looked at the banner advertisement in the center of the venue, surprised but unable to show it, puzzled but not ignorant, wanted to laugh but were afraid of not being reserved enough, in short, it was very uncomfortable.
"Hurry up and get started, there's so much nonsense. Andrew finally couldn't hold back when he saw Feige wave at him. Only by starting as soon as possible can the eyes that gradually converge on him move back to the field. As a child, after Feige got into trouble, he often pushed him out to block the trouble that followed. Now, that familiar feeling is back at you.
Finally, the bell rings three times at the side of the field, indicating the start of the game. Fei Qi raised his right hand high for the first time, and the light of the magic matrix disc radiated at maximum brightness, illuminating the audience like a lighthouse. Then, one by one, he knocked down the runes and projected them into mid-air.
It's slow to say, but it's actually fast. In two seconds, all twenty-seven runes of the entire spell were revealed. The speed of the farmer's hand showed full power at this time, and many people had just raised their weapons, and before they had time to fight, they were just shouting threateningly at the people around them!
"Stand still, Bennie. Fei Qi still had the strength to confess, then clenched his right hand into a fist and swung it downward, hammering it directly to the ground. The runes in mid-air fell like meteorites and slammed into the yellow sand-paved field. The wind formed by the mana fluctuations spread in all directions, and everyone's hair was blown up.
"Goddess, please help me. Fei Qi grabbed his right arm with his left hand, and the law seal armed with law was silently moving. Using magic to make up for the lack of mana and enhance the effect of spells is a method that Feiqi has tried many times. Even though he had succeeded every time before, Feige still felt deep down that he was advertising magic with magic and owed something to the Goddess of Truth and Thunder, so he always prayed to her, confessed, and asked for help.
Both the sigil and the magic worked, as in all previous experiments. With Feige as the center, the yellow sand on the ground forms a wave that spreads outward like ripples in the lake. When the sand is puffed up and lowered, the surface becomes very slippery. Although the appearance does not seem to have changed much, the soles of the feet are the clearest.
With the slightest movement, even if you twist your waist or turn your head, the soles of your feet start to slip, like stepping on a banana peel/watermelon peel (depending on which fruit the unlucky person is more familiar with). The sudden change caught people off guard, and more than a dozen people fell to the ground with a bang. According to the rules, they were eliminated.
But the dozens of people who scored on the sidelines were stunned. They don't have 320 snake hairs, so they can't record the transfer change of the score, they can only record the content of "XX wins OO, knock down", and then summarize the statistics and calculate the score afterwards. But who knocked these people down now? They can't understand that somebody punches the ground and then knocks down a dozen? This punch is so powerful? Why do you keep blowing with your mouth?
"I didn't catch it, it really hit the ground, it hurt. Fitch told Benny lest she run over and slip all the same. If she falls, who will hold the flag? Although the words on the flag are very good, Beni is right, it is stupid to hold it, and Feiqi does not want to do it himself.
"I ...... I don't move. Beni was also helpless. She had already shaken a little, but with her agility and extraordinary reflexes, she had regained her balance. Unlike solo martial arts, the friction coefficient of a wide range of greasy techniques is slightly higher, so as long as you don't panic and don't be too clumsy, you can still stand. However, the difficulty of maintaining balance increases as the weight of the body's armor increases and how close you get to Fitch.
The six people closest to Feige all fell, without exception. They really want to get up, even if they know it's a rule violation, and they don't want to throw in the towel in such a humiliating way. But the more anxious I was, the more I couldn't get up, but the writhing and tossing appearance was too funny, which caused bursts of laughter in the audience. Maybe the people who didn't laugh in the audience were Andrew and Gresham, as well as a few people under their command who were in charge of commanding the battle. If you can make a large number of people fall, then the horse will not be much better. Even if this "greasy technique" cannot be used on frontal battlefields, it can be said to be decisive in scenarios such as guarding narrow passages and protecting city walls.
The situation inside the stadium was chaotic and everyone recognized that Fitch was the key to their victory. It was absolutely necessary to knock him out as soon as possible, but the question was who could get close to him? It was already difficult to maintain his position, and everyone who rushed up slipped and fell. For now, the only way to do this is to throw the weapon in your hand and see if you are lucky enough to hit him.
Some of them threw their weapons, and because they became empty-handed, they were violently beaten by those who did not throw their weapons. And what about Feige, with his global vision, as long as he stays focused, he has no possibility of being sneak attacked.
In the area where others were tossing and turning, he walked steadily, dodged, and even had time to jump a few times. And that's not all: he told Benny to lower the flag and added another line of words to it.
"The magic runes to crack the greasy spell are as follows: ......"
The flag was raised high, and he straightened his arms again, using the magic matrix to project the cracking spell to everyone. After that, he cast the spell on Benny's feet and said in a relaxed tone, "It's okay, take two steps." β
Beni stepped cautiously out of her legs, then smiled. She also walked, dodged, and then took advantage of the free time to jump a few times, and led the flag to fly in the air, and hunted. "My lord, it's useful!"
"Of course, my magic boy is absolutely useful. Feige pointed to the men who were still standing, and said, "Follow me and stab them all with a flagpole." β
"It always feels a little bit ...... like this"
"No, this is not called Laipi, this is called the crushing caused by the technical generation, referred to as hanging. Feige smiled and said: "Teach you a new word: hang~~hit~~"