"It's easy," replied the official's voice in the communication crystal, "you bring something to the ring, and we'll naturally help you deal with Rollin." ”

"You guys? Super Athletic League? Fang Yu asked, "What are you going to do with him?" ”

"That's our secret, trade secret, you've heard of it, right?"

Fang Yu frowned: "Then what do you want me to help bring?" ”

"Don't worry, it's just a record crystal."

Fang Yu instinctively felt that something was wrong. He is not very good at dealing with people, but that doesn't mean he's a fool, on the contrary, he's sometimes calmer than ordinary people. A record crystal, what evidence does the other party want to capture? If such a thing is above board, the Super Athletic League can directly cooperate with the competition, even considering their tense relationship with the Southern League, but it is not a good thing to let a passerby sneak up on the playing field with a recording crystal.

If something goes wrong, once it is exposed, this is a big scandal, and it will greatly damage the relationship between Stargate Harbor and Kaorin-Ishurian. The Super Athletic Alliance would not be unaware of this, Fang Yu did not believe that the other party would hope for that illusory possibility, unless he was ten percent sure.

What is the certainty? Leaving aside the relationship, this is a bit too clumsy, and the Elffindor Council will be able to find out if it intervenes in the investigation. Unless it's the drunkard's intention not to drink, there is something else in the crystal. When Fang Yu thought of this, he already sensed the smell of some traps.

However, he unexpectedly felt very calm, and did not feel angry at all, perhaps because he had never thought to trust the other party, so his heart did not waver—and even wanted to laugh a little.

But why did the other party deal with Rollin?

Is it to put the Shadow Throne on the throne?

Does this mean that the other party has no connection with the Dragon Worship Sect?

He hadn't thought about this for a while, because in the case that it was difficult to confirm the other party's intentions, it could not be ruled out whether this was a trick or not. Even so, the conversation was a great opportunity for him to learn a lot of key information.

At least the Shadow Throne is involved in this game, and it is really tired.

He was a little alert, but he didn't show it. The other party was still waiting for his answer on the other side of the communication crystal, but Fang Yu had already made a decision, and only replied: "I still believe that I can win the game by myself, and I don't need to rely on external forces. ”

"It's good for young people to have faith in themselves," the other side seemed a little surprised, and only replied after a while, "but I hope you think it through, for a Drafter, maintaining a friendly relationship with the Alliance is good for the road ahead." ”

This sounds like a good temptation, but in fact, it is a naked threat, Fang Yu couldn't help but think of the fate of the team in the Covenant Mountain incident, and probably thought about what the general practice of the alliance was, which was nothing more than bans and various constraints.

At that time, the military was involved behind the scenes, but now that he has registered with the military and has not written off his accounts, and he has to face the difficulties of the alliance, he is really hesitant for a while. However, he quickly made up his mind that the Super Athletic League could not do anything with the free adventurers no longer covering the sky with one hand - he had no intention of taking the route of a professional caller to participate in any competition.

"I see," he replied calmly, "but I've thought about it." ”

It seemed that they were going to say something more, but Fang Yu had already cut off the communication.

……

In the room, the middle-aged man was silently watching the dimming red light on the communication crystal in his hand, and the afterglow gradually faded from his sickly pale cheeks, only to finally reflect his calm expression, a look of joy and anger.

"I don't know what to do." He muttered before pushing the door open. Walking down a long hallway, Pudra Goan is waiting outside.

The pharmacist with a hooked nose and a pale golden glow on his face glanced at him with a lead-gray gaze and said, "Sonam's old stubbornness still refuses to let go, but his attitude is finally a little loose, and his opinion actually represents the thoughts of those people in the council, and Alffindor is always unwilling to tear his face with the royal family. ”

"That's what the Duke meant, right?" The middle-aged man glanced out the window, and a faint undulating ridgeline could be seen in the distance, and the north of the pale cyan mountain range was the direction where Dulun was located. To this day, the Phoenix family still plays a vital role in stabilizing the situation in the south, so that the situation does not develop out of control. Pudra nodded.

"The nobles of Aitaria have always been like this, cowardly and pedantic. But the old dwarf's vacillating attitude is a good time for us to act. ”

"That's true, what's going on over there?"

The middle-aged man shook his head: "The target is very shrewd and did not take the bait." "If Fang Yu is here, I am afraid that someone will praise him for his 'shrewdness', and then rush to Miss Scarpe to ask for credit. It's just a pity that he's not here.

Pudra is also a little pity: "It's a pity, I heard that he is very close to Odin and has contact with Ye Hua......"

"There's nothing to be sorry for," replied the middle-aged man, "this man has always been a seller of intelligence, and he is not so trustworthy, and he is not really on our side." Don't forget that he wiped out our account last time, and he'll have to find him back sooner or later—"

"But I'm worried that he's hiding something we don't know?"

The middle-aged man was a little disdainful: "What information can you have, it's only two or three months, what else can Odin give to that young man?" ”

He shook his head: "It's nothing more than a thousand trials, what is it, not to mention Luo Lin'......"

At this point, he stopped with a serious expression.

The meaning of the latter seems self-evident - to ordinary people, the Hall of a Thousand Doors is mysterious, but when zoomed into the entire range of Electors, those who have gone through the trials of a Thousand Gates do not seem so special - or at least relatively speaking.

Pudra still wanted to stop talking, and his expression in the shadow of the bridge of his nose seemed to be getting more and more gloomy.

The middle-aged man looked at him and asked, "The people from the Shadow Throne have entered the finals?" ”

The latter nodded.

The middle-aged man showed a satisfied look, but his eyes flashed: "It's a pity, it was all in our plan, if it wasn't for that old guy to stir up the situation, there wouldn't have been so many incidents now." ”

"No way, compared to prestige, I'm far inferior to him in Alffindor," Pudra sighed as well: "I can only push the boat down the river, but I always wonder if he has found something?" Ander wants to stand for the young man chosen by the Ma Wei family, and he doesn't have to do it—"

"If you think about it, what good can he do if he lets the main players participate? With that kid's level, is it really nine out of ten? Don't forget that this is a team tournament and the level of the team at Ragnarok is very average. His purpose in doing this is to do no good, and the only possibility is to muddy the waters. ”

Pudra frowned: "What I'm most worried about is that this is not what Ender meant, he doesn't have such a delicate mind, but the arrangement of the little girl in the Ma Wei family." She was known for playing the prime minister's party in Bouwer. ”

The middle-aged man glanced at him, and in his heart he didn't think that a little girl could have anything to be afraid of, this old guy still seemed too pedantic and cowardly, and the other party had not advanced an inch in the parliament for ten years, and it seemed that it was not without a little reason. "Well, there can never be a perfect plan," he said, "and the young man was only sought out for insurance, but it doesn't matter if he has a plan or not." ”

He looked at the time: "Alright, let's split up." ”

Pudra nodded and watched the middle-aged man leave.

Then he also walked out of the hall and came outside, where a young man was waiting respectfully at the door, greeting, "Teacher, you are out." ”

Pudra nodded flatly, looked left and right, and took out a crystal that emitted a dark red glow from his bosom and handed it to the other party. "Take this thing and do as I say."

The young alchemist took the crystal with both hands with an excited look on his face, and then carefully put it away. If Fang Yu was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this person, it was the guy who had repeatedly troubled him and annoyed him.

"Go ahead."

"Teacher, is she really the young lady of the Albert family?"

"What's the matter with you?"

"Nothing, nothing." The young man hurriedly put away the crystal and hurried away.

Pudra glanced at him behind his back and shook his head, a little disdainful in his heart. "I can't help myself." He mentally made an evaluation of himself, the titular student.

……

Fang Yu was putting away the communication crystal, looking at the arena a little absentmindedly, but his mind was still spinning with the previous questions - what was the other party's intention? What does Shadow Throne have to do with this game? Is Rollin friend or foe?

He then had another suspicion - is it the Super Athletic League behind it? If not, then the origin of the other party is very intriguing.

But if so, the problem becomes more complicated. The point is, is the Super Athletic League related to the Dragon Cult behind the Shadow Throne? Or is it just trying to deal with the Southern Alchemist Alliance? Both possibilities existed, but the first one made Fang Yu shudder a little.

It raises a crucial question: Is there a possibility that the alliance itself will infiltrate the cult?

He subconsciously glanced not far away.

There, Chickpea was saying to the crowd with an exaggerated face, "Guess I've got another piece of news?" ”

"Come on, Bao inquire," Mu Lan said angrily, "Can you stop selling Guanzi." ”

"Haha, I heard that in the next competition, in addition to the teams participating in the main competition, Elfin also has a team to participate in many aspects."

"What kind of news is this, I've known for a long time."

"But you don't know what the rest of the team is," Chickpea said mysteriously, "and guess who the leader of this team is?" ”

"Who is it?" Dill couldn't help but ask.

Mu Lan pulled Dill back: "Ignore him, you let him say it himself." ”

Chickpea then sneered and replied, "It's Rollin, you should have heard of this person, right?" ”

"Rollin, who is that?"

"You should all know the rumors of the past two days, right?" Chickpea asked.

"Is it him, the dragon-slaying hero of Idus?" At this time, even Cui Yu couldn't help but be taken aback.

Although it had only been a night since the death of Torragotos, it had actually spread early in the morning on the streets and alleys of Van Rik. After all, when Count Cillin Sibika returned from Idus, he did not hide the news, and even made people consciously announce it.

"Oh my God," Mu Lan was also a little interested: "I've heard of him, he was famous when he was in Fenris, I'm a little fan of him!" ”

"How famous can it be?" Chickpea scoffed at the word 'little fan', and he couldn't tell that Mu Lan was small up and down: "Can you compare to that unsung hero?" ”

"Come on, your unsung hero has long been hung up."

Fang Yu couldn't help but cough loudly when he heard this.

Everyone looked back at him suspiciously, and Fang Yu hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he was okay.

And Mu Lan said: "But I heard that Luo Lin can use the dragon spear, how can we compare with him?" ”

"You still want to compare with him?" Chickpea said angrily: "Thank God for being able to compare with the team in the main competition." ”

"It's also, besides, it's worth it to lose to idols."

But Cui Yu shook his head: "I don't think we may not be able to win, and Ed." ”

Dill looked up as he listened.

But Mu Lan looked at Fang Yu and shook his head: "Ed is not the opponent of the Dragon Slayer Hero." ”

Everyone talked about it, but Fang Yu just laughed when he heard it.

He was still thinking about the previous question in his mind-

About the Worship of the Dragons and the Super Athletic Alliance.

But the question was so great that neither he nor Sophie had thought about it at all. It suddenly occurred to him that he was not capable of analyzing this problem alone, and he was about to ask Her Royal Highness the silver princess of Visland. But at this time, a staff member came over and said to him:

"Mr. Ed, someone is looking for you."

This made Fang Yu stunned, the main game was different from the previous game, and others could not enter the arena, so Tianlan and his party could only watch the game in the square. At this time, who has the ability to get the consent of the staff to come to him on the field?

However, the group soon saw the old man coming from the sidelines, and Fang Yu was taken aback, not expecting that his teacher would come to him in person.

Others were even more surprised, after all, it was clear at a glance that the people who came were aborigines, and friendship between the electors and the aborigines was not uncommon, but there were not many New Year's friends. Fang Yu then introduced to everyone: "This is my mentor. ”

He also introduced to Ender: "This is Miss Soul Fingerprint, our team leader. There's Chickpea, Cui Woo, and Dill, and this is Liyue. ”

"Mentor?" Mu Lan was surprised to learn that they actually had mentors, and most of them were well-known craftsmen who belonged to the alchemist guilds in various places. But that kind of nominal mentor doesn't matter for a long time after they go through the novice stage, let alone watch them play?

How could a high-level craftsman, whose time is as precious as gold, find time to care for an apprentice?

And they heard that Fang Yu was born in the Kapka school, from Rodell to Van Rick, that is not thousands of miles away?

How much does this matter?

Generally speaking, only the most proud students are treated like this.

However, most of the aboriginal craftsmen do not like the elector students, because the traditional craftsmen attach importance to the foundation, and even if the recruiter grows quickly, the foundation is basically miserable. Therefore, the proud disciples of the craftsmen who can be named are actually few of them who are elected.

But the next moment, Ender's self-introduction cleared their minds. The old man looked at everyone, smiled slightly, patted Fang Yuan's shoulder and said, "I'm a half-hung student, thank you for taking care of me." ”

Everyone is not stupid, naturally it is impossible to really regard Fang Yu as a 'half-hung student', just listening to the intimacy in these words, they understand that the other party obviously favors this so-called 'half-hung student'.

The chickpeas had their mouths open, and their jaws almost fell out.

Soul Fingerprint frowned. And next to her, Mu Lan's eyes widened, and she suddenly saw something abnormal from the other party.

But all of the people present were alchemists, and the others quickly saw it. Ander Uriel then introduced himself: "I'm Ander Uriel, Ed is a student below, I really didn't expect him to actually reach the finals with you." ”

After he said that, he glanced at Fang Yu with a smile.

Great craftsmen.

The others were completely shocked, even the fingerprints of the souls that had always behaved very calmly. She couldn't help but glance at Fang Yu in surprise.

"Ah," Mu Lan suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "You are the 'Great Balance' Ender, I remember, you are the last president of the Alffindor Council!" ”

Her gaze wandered over the old man and Fang Yuan, a little indescribable: "Ed, I didn't expect you to be from Alffindor." ”

Fang Bird sweated wildly, how could he be Alffindor's person, the relationship between the eight poles and the eight poles could not be beaten, in fact, except for Ender, the Elffindor Council did not know about the existence of such a person as him. However, the proud protégé of the master craftsman, and he is also a caller, this identity is enough to make everyone a little difficult to digest for a while.

Mu Lan's eyes changed when he looked at Fang Yuan, if the recruiter could be truly recognized by a master craftsman, how high would his talent be?

However, Ender is obviously not here to add to their psychological burden.

The old man clapped his hands lightly, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then smiled: "You don't have to be restrained, just treat me as a bad old man, I made a bet with Ed before, but I didn't expect you to really make it to the finals." ”

When the people heard this, they thought that the Grand Speaker of the Elffindor Council, the great craftsman who could be counted on his fingers, was a bad old man? It's so bizarre that no one will believe it when they talk about it in the guild.

But Ander didn't mind, and his silver-gray eyes glanced at the field in the distance.

In fact, at this time, the match between the Shadow Throne and the military caller has come to an end, although the scores of the two sides are not much different, but in the end, it is the Shadow Throne that has the best skills and wins the ticket to the finals.

However, due to the lack of reputation of the military's alchemists, this one was not an upset, and the response in the square was far less than the one they had before.

Ander took a look at it, and then continued: "Rollin has Count Sirin-Sbicca on his side, of course I can't sit idly by and ignore my own students, so I will come and tell you the details of the next game, do you know the situation of the next game?" ”

Everyone shook their heads, they had heard the chickpeas mention it, but even the chickpeas themselves didn't know the details of the game, let alone them?

However, they also glanced at Fang Yuan, and the other party actually compared Luo Lin with Fang Yuan, which was too high? After all, the former was one of the dragon-slaying heroes of Idus, and Fang Yu was not famous before this, and everyone could only understand that this was the other party's blind confidence in his students.

Of course, Cui Yu and Dill glanced at each other, and thought of the scene in the café before.

And Ander was not surprised to see everyone's reaction, and only explained the rules of the final game in detail.

In the old man's description, due to the temporary change of the competition format, the final final actually had five participating teams.

In addition to them and the Shadow Throne, there are two teams in the main tournament - the Guta team, and Kaurin-Ihurian's own team. However, the Kaulin-Ishurian delegation was originally the Kapka Artisans' Association, but for some reason, the Kapka Artisans Association did not arrive in time for Van Rik.

So in the end, this place can only be transferred to the team of the General Association of Goland Artisans. However, the team of the Goland Artisan Guild has not yet been fully formed, and according to Fang Yuan's idea, it is about to select a few players from the list submitted by several Electors Guilds to form this temporary team.

And in the end, there is a team that Alffindor has formed around 'Rollin'. It sounds like this team is just a temporary number, but Fang Yu knows in his heart that this team is actually the protagonist of this game.

Ander also told him privately that in addition to Luo Lin, there is at least one veteran in this team who has been to the Hall of a Thousand Gates. In order to praise his student, Count Cillin-Sbicca obviously put in a lot of money this time.

And although there are five teams, this one is actually only one round.

"To be as fair as possible," Ander replied, "the final game will be played using Al Pahin's draft. ”

Soul Fingerprint heard this noun, and his eyebrows raised slightly.

The so-called El Pahin Draft means that there is no disabled mode. In the competition, each team chooses one area that they are best at, and there are five teams in this competition, so it should be five questions in the end.

"This format is in our favor," Fang Yu couldn't help but reply, "We can at least guarantee that Cui Yu and Dill can get an area of expertise." ”

His so-called area of expertise is naturally to repeat the old tricks and use the set of techniques he taught before. Otherwise, it is only the area of expertise of the two themselves, and they are definitely not the opponents of those participants in the finals.

Only the elven heritage has the power to fight.

"This is the way the old speaker proposed the game." Ander mentioned.

Fang Yu understood.

"But there are five questions," Chickpea couldn't help but say, "There are only four of us?" ”

"This is the main general format," Soul Fingerprint explained, "and the master will complete two of the problems, and the others will each complete one." ”

She paused for a moment and continued: "However, this is very demanding for the main general, because among the two questions, only the lower score will be taken as a valid score and will be counted in the team's overall score. And since the Lord is usually responsible for the more difficult topics in the team, it will require the Lord to have a very comprehensive and extensive ability to do so. ”

Everyone couldn't help but subconsciously look at Fang Yuan.

But Fang Yu didn't think too much, but thought about that Luo Lin.

Count Cillin Sbicca dared to agree to such a format, and it seems that the opponent is also an all-rounder, but he doesn't know how much he can be all-round, and whether he can compare to himself?

Seeing that he wasn't worried at all, Ander couldn't help but whisper, "Are you okay?" ”

Fang Yu didn't think about it, so he replied, "It's okay." ”

"Okay?"

Ander couldn't help but pull him aside and said in a low voice: "You'd better be mentally prepared, this matter is not that simple." ”

Fang Yu was stunned: "What's wrong?" ”

"I suspect that Pudra is playing a duet with the Cyrin Sbicca guy, they bought off the Rose Crusaders, and the Shadow Throne is a specially arranged dark move by the other party," Ender's snow-white eyebrows furrowed slightly, "If the Shadow Throne is the other party's people, you will be very unadvantageous." ”

He exhaled: "That's why I insist on scheduling the game to the main match, three against two, it is better than two against one." ”

Fang Yu glanced at his teacher with some surprise, only to understand that the other party had arranged this early in the morning.

But the old man looked at him, shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, this is your little fox's arrangement." ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but be embarrassed when he heard this.

However, he also thought of the words of the previous official of the Super Athletic League, which seemed to faintly confirm this.

If that's the case, I'm afraid it's going to be a fierce battle.

He frowned slightly.

"Ed," Ander said with a long sigh, "Count Cillin Sbicca is very optimistic about Rollin, and has made great efforts to make the opponent famous in this game. It's a pity that this wasn't ten years ago, and if it were ten years ago, I would never let my students suffer this kind of wrong. ”

"Elffindor has changed after all, how could my old friend sit back and watch the Southern Alliance abandon the promise of the day while he was still alive? His Royal Highness the Prince is in decline, and the promises we made when Sir Ma Wei left have long been forgotten. ”

He patted Fang Yu lightly on the shoulder: "Do your best, even if we can't win, we still have a chance." ”

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look back, but saw that the old man's eyes were silently staring into the distance: "Ed, don't let down the little girl of the Albert family, you are the only person who can help her now, even me, I am also stuck in this quagmire and can't extricate myself." ”

Hearing this, Fang Yu only lowered his head silently and looked at his palm.

Then he clenched his fist slightly.

He had no intention of giving up.

……

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