"You two finally came to the final testing ground, why did you choose to give up?" It wasn't Saizeriya who spoke, but Anatoly, the head of the School of Change on the bench and Fawkes' teacher.

"Because I don't feel the need to go on." In the face of the teacher's questioning, Fauck replied calmly: "Even if I have good luck and defeat Senior Sister Ajelina to enter the finals, I will definitely have consumed a lot of energy and spell bits, and it is impossible to defeat the strongest Senior Sister Nikita and His Royal Highness Roland in the decisive battle, it is better to give the opportunity to Senior Sister Ajelina, so that she can challenge a strong opponent in the best condition, and maybe there is a chance of victory." ”

Anatoly thought for a moment, and the anger on his face gradually turned into a smile: "You 'fat fox' will never get rid of the stinky habit of being lazy and slippery, and having no ambitions, but this time you have made a wise decision." ”

"Since Senior Brother Fox abstained, then I don't want to fight anymore." Ajelina spoke suddenly, with a very resolute expression, and it was impossible to guess whether she said this because she thought she had no hope of winning or didn't want to owe Fawkes a favor.

Two of the three trialists abstained, leaving Nikita in an awkward position. Master Saria's expression was also a little embarrassed, and she turned around and discussed with the seven referees how to solve the problem.

If you accept Fawkes and Ajelina's abstention, then you don't need to engage in any final trial, and you can directly send the Advanced Upanishads to Nikita to finish, but in this way, the hasty end of this trial will inevitably look anticlimactic, and Nikita, the new archmage, will also seem to be lacking in gold, and will even be suspected by people who don't know the inside story of what is shady, causing damage to her own reputation and even her parents' reputation.

The eight judges discussed for a long time, and finally it was Master Saliya who announced the results of the discussion.

"Nikita, Fawkes, Ajelina, the difference in the strength of the three groups of survivors in this trial is too large, and it is too boring to continue the previous rules for group duels, after the discussion of the referee team, now a new rule is temporarily added." Master Saria's gaze fell on Nikita's face, and her expression was extremely serious, "Nikita, your group is the strongest, do you dare to try to fight against the two groups of competitors at the same time, Fawkes and Ajelina?" ”

Nikitavan didn't expect the eight chief researchers to come up with such a bad idea in half a day, and couldn't help but be stunned - she wasn't an idiot, how could she agree to such a challenge that made herself difficult for no reason!

Master Saizeriya smiled slightly: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I haven't finished yet, if you are willing to accept this challenge and win, in addition to the advanced Upanishads of the archmage, you can also get an additional prize." ”

"What is the prize?" Nikita asked curiously.

"Archmage's robes." Master Saliya replied solemnly.

Nikita took a deep breath, her eyes burning hot, but she barely managed to maintain her composure: "Master Saria, can I choose to refuse?" ”

"Of course, if you refuse to attach the challenge, the jury will order Ajelina and Fawkes to abstain, and you will automatically receive the Advanced Upanishads, but the archmage robe will be ......," Master Sariya smiled implicitly.

Nikita felt like she was scratching at a cat's claw, and her reason told her that she should seek stability and get the advanced Upanishads without any danger, but there was an irrepressible urge in her heart to take on the additional challenge. Of course, there is the temptation of the "archmage robe", but there is also the factor of self-esteem - I don't want to be the coward who escapes the challenge in the eyes of others.

"Shall we take on an additional challenge?" Nikita looked at Roland hesitantly, now she needed someone to help her decide.

Roland's eyes were shining, too. The "Archmage Robe" looks like a light cloth coat, but its defense is comparable to chain mail, and it can also greatly increase immunity resistance and spell resistance, in addition to the "Spell Penetration" effect - wearing this robe, the spells released will more easily penetrate the enemy's spell resistance.

"Archmage robes, this is a rare good thing, especially the value of spellcasters is even more than most legendary armor, not to be missed!" Roland didn't hesitate to make a decision for Nikita, "Of course we have to take on the additional challenge!" ”

"However....... if you fail the challenge, let alone the archmage robes, you won't even be able to get the advanced Upanishads." Nikita also has some gains and losses.

Roland held her hand, and his smile showed absolute confidence: "With me, I promise it's no problem!" ”

"I listen to you!" Nikita nodded vigorously and said to Master Saria, "We've thought about it and accepted the additional challenge." ”

"Courage is commendable." A smile of relief rose on the corner of Master Saliya's lips, and he turned to Fawkes and Ajelina and said, "You guys get ready, don't think too much about it after you get on the field, if you can defeat Nikita, the qualification for advancement will be generated between the two of you." ”

Ajelina was full of reluctance, feeling that this kind of duel with more and less would damage her face. Fox had already nodded first, "No problem, we'll do our best!" ”

Ajelina glanced at him, her eyes implicitly displeased, blaming the "fat fox" for making a statement without her consent. Turning a blind eye to the "Black Witch's" resentment, Fawkes is more sophisticated than Ajelina and knows that there are some things that can no longer be done. He initially chose to abstain out of good intentions, but his good intentions almost turned out to be bad, and this time he simply learned to be obedient, and the referee did what he arranged.

Despite her reluctance, Ajelina brought Graham and Ancient Owl into the final arena and used the preparation time before the battle began to bless various protective spells.

Fawkes also calmed down to prepare for the battle, first taking out a small bronze warhammer model from the spellcasting material pack, which was used to cast the 7-ring transformation arcane "Body of War", but after pondering, he shook his head lightly and stuffed the warhammer model back.

Casting "Body of War" can temporarily transform into a "Mechanism Titan", a move that has played a huge role in the battle to subdue the Nightmare Behemoth. But Fawkes didn't want to repeat his old tricks at this point, because the enemies he would face were far more difficult and cunning than the Nightmare Behemoth. After transforming into a "Mechanism Titan", he will lose the ability to cast spells, and opponents will inevitably take advantage of this weakness to counter, and a slow and brute force Organ Titan alone will obviously not be able to provide strong support to Ajelina.

Abandoning the usual tactic of transforming into a "Mechanism Titan", Fawkes instead used a small ball of brown bear fur as a material to cast another 7-ring transformation spell, "Bear Man's Gnaw".