Chapter Sixty-Eight: An Unexpectedly Powerful Enemy
Kenneth was stunned when he heard Brandon's question, and asked rhetorically, "Why do you ask that?" ”
Brandon was silent.
Last night, when Kenneth's Dragonheart's effect was activated, Brandon accidentally saw the red light on Kenneth's chest, and then saw Kenneth's eyes change from black to red.
Although Brandon had heard of a wide variety of people living in the empire, mainly related to each person's elemental affinity, he had never seen a person with vertical eyes. And the ancient majesty revealed from Kenneth at that time, Brandon only felt some of it on the demonic beasts of the noble lord's family in his hometown, but it was far less heavy than Kenneth's, which made Brandon, who was closest to him, tremble all over.
In addition to the known horrors, the unknown is more frightening.
With Kenneth on the one hand, who was old-fashioned, silly and reliable, and an unknown creature on the other, Brandon thought about it for a day without sorting out his thoughts, and finally waited until there was no one around, and finally mustered up the courage to question Kenneth.
"I saw you last night." Brandon took a deep breath and looked at Kenneth.
"What do I look like? What am I like? Kenneth was unaware of the changes in his appearance, and looked confused.
Brandon was stunned for a moment, saw Kenneth's inexplicable expression, blinked and asked, "Don't you know that your eyes will change?" ”
Kenneth was really hearing about it for the first time, so he shook his head and said, "It's the first time I've heard of it." ”
Brandon simply spat out the doubts in his heart: "Kenny, it's not just your appearance that changes, but also your strong athletic ability, there are too many irregularities in you, although this may be your secret, but as your brother, at least tell me, are you human or not?" ”
Kenneth laughed dumbly, "Of course I'm human!" What else could I be if I could be? ”
Brandon hesitated: "It is said that there is a magical beast called a slime, which can transform into a human or other magical beast and blend in the group to which it belongs, and then wait for the opportunity to eat the individuals in that population. ”
Kenneth exclaimed, "There is such a magical beast? ”
Brandon nodded, "Warcraft can rely on its own characteristics and magic to do many things that are unimaginable to humans, and slimes are just one of them. ”
Kenneth smiled and relieved Brandon: "Don't worry, Bran, I'm definitely not a monster, if you really don't worry, you can check my body." ”
Seeing Kenneth so calm, Brandon's suspicions were mostly gone, but he still wondered, "Then where did you get such great power?" Don't tell me you trained it! ”
Kenneth took Mick's warning to heart, but he didn't lie, scratched the black mess on his head, and said to Brandon with a look of embarrassment, "I'm sorry, Bran, this is my secret, I'll tell you someday, but now is not the time." ”
Brandon heard Kenneth say this, so he was naturally embarrassed to ask further, anyway, since he was sure that Kenneth was indeed a human, then Brandon was relieved, and he also said that he would tell himself sooner or later, why should he be in a hurry?
After a big rock in his heart hit the ground, Brandon also showed a relieved smile, got up and prepared to go upstairs to sleep, after all, there is a game tomorrow morning!
However, Brandon saw that Kenneth was still sitting on the sofa and had no intention of getting up, so he asked curiously, "You plan to watch him all night?" ”
Kenneth shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for Mick to come back." ”
"But Mick, he's already back, huh? I guess I'm asleep now. ”
Kenneth looked at Brandon in surprise, "Mick is back?" Doesn't he always come back around midnight now? ”
Brandon shrugged and said, "How do I know that?" ”
With a look of regret on his face, Kenneth slapped the armrests on the couch and got up, draping Marcus with a thin blanket, although the temperature in the room was constantly controlled at twenty-four degrees Celsius, he might still feel a little cold when he slept.
Brandon watched Kenneth walk upstairs with him after doing all this, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you really going to help that guy?" ”
"Tomorrow, tomorrow." Kenneth waved his hand perfunctorily, then asked as if unintentionally, "Bran, if Marcus were to join our team, would you agree?" ”
Brandon stopped, looked at Kenneth with the eyes of a madman, and said, "Of course I don't agree!" Kenny, don't tell me you're going to get that bastard on our team! ”
Kenneth hurriedly reassured: "Of course not, it's just a joke, relax." ”
Looking at Brandon's look of disgust, Kenneth sighed silently: There is still a long way to go.
In room 302 on the third floor, the lights were still on, and Auston and Kevin glanced at each other, looked at a piece of papyrus on the table that was full of traces that only two people could understand, and nodded.
"I don't have enough time to practice." Kevin wrote.
"Then you can only trust Kenneth." Auston said with a solemn face.
The two minds of Team Phil made the final decision.
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May 5th. Monday. Ten o'clock in the morning.
After the semi-finals of Group B, the match between Phil and Franconia in Group C is about to begin, and the players of both teams have already entered the pitch from the waiting area.
The players of the Phil team are still wearing fiery red jerseys, while the Franconians are wearing ice blue jerseys, and the two teams are so visually opposed.
As soon as the two teams came out, the audience gave a round of applause with great cooperation. The teams that can enter the semi-finals are all strong teams, and such a competition will naturally feast the eyes of the audience.
Walking at the forefront of the Phil team is naturally the tall Kenneth, and standing at the top of the Flaken team is a thin young man, with dark brown hair, a handsome face, and quite three-dimensional facial features, but his face is tense and serious, and he looks like a difficult person to get along with, he is Peter Blaitze, the captain of the Franconian team.
However, what caught the Phil team's attention more was the number seven member of the Franconian team named Nickles Gale, after all, according to Alston, he was the most worthy opponent to guard against. It's just that to everyone's expectation in Phil Tower, the No. 7 player is not as imposing and majestic as they imagined, but looks like a hanger, with messy dark brown curly hair, the jersey seems to be one size bigger and worn on his body, and a pair of fish bubble eyes with deep dark circles make him look even more listless.
This is the rumored center who is too good to be good? This is what all the Phil players except Auston really think.
Nickleus, on the other hand, seemed to sense the gaze of the Phil team, and stopped to look at them from afar, but was hit by a teammate behind him, and then slapped the teammate on the head, and he pushed him to continue walking.
"Auston, you can't be mistaken, can you? Just that number seven, is it really so powerful? Kenneth asked softly to Alston as he led the group forward.
Auston nodded, "Don't let your guard down because of his appearance, you must know that he may be a third-order magician!" ”
Kenneth was noncommittal, if he had a wand on him now, then he was already a third-order fire-type magician, how could he take a person who might be a third-order magician to heart? It's just that those magic arrays are too complex, and most of the fire magic is destructive magic, and Kenneth can't fully control it for a while, so he has to give up the plan to use magic. So Kenneth didn't use magic out of fear of revealing his identity, but he simply didn't dare to use it.
However, Kenneth stood next to the referee after shaking hands with the opposing players with his teammates, and then stepped forward to guess the coin according to the referee's instructions.
The result is inevitable. The Phil team lost serve again and opted for a court with their right side facing away from the sun.
After guessing the silver coins, the teams walked back to the rest area for the last five minutes of preparation before the game.
The rest area of the Phil team.
Auston looked at his partner and said in a deep voice: "This game will be very difficult, everyone must be mentally prepared, no matter how backward you are, don't give up hope, you know?" ”
"Understood!" The crowd shouted.
"Our tactics have also been said, it is not perfect, it requires our tacit cooperation, but because the time is too short, we haven't practiced much at all, so, captain, please share more with you!" Auston looked at Kenneth and said, his eyes full of trust in Kenneth.
Kenneth smashed his fist into the palm of his left hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, leave it to me!" ”
"Then please!" Looking at Kenneth's confident smile, Alston was really relieved for some reason.
"Well, well, Phil......" Kenneth said, clearing his throat and raising his hand.
"......" Everyone looked up at the sky or looked down to check the laces, and Kenneth seemed to hear the sound of the wind blowing the leaves.
"Don't you give your captain face?" Kenneth feigned.
"Victory!" The crowd laughed, and then responded in unison.
The whistle blows on the field and the game is about to begin.
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In the VIP seat, Claire looked at Maddie and asked, "How are the new students being counted?" ”
Maddie opened the notepad in her hand and reported: "The approximate strength of all the freshmen has been counted, except for the fifteen freshmen who did not participate in the competition and the three freshmen who participated in the competition are unknown, the others have been confirmed. ”
Claire's expression remained unchanged and she continued to ask, "Which three freshmen are unknown?" ”
Maddie turned the page and said to Clare, "Kenneth Lancelot of Team Phil, Nickles Gale of Team Franken, and Rickon Rudd of Bertleme. ”
Claire nodded, looked at the upcoming game in the field, and said indifferently: "It seems that at least one of them can be investigated in this game." ”
Then he frowned and said, "...... are you dressed today?" ”
I saw that Maddie was wearing a shirt with an airtight neckline today, a red and black jacket on the outside, and a pair of trousers on the bottom, wrapping herself tightly.
Maddie pursed her lips and smiled, then frowned helplessly, "The way that Earl Brooke looked at me always made me feel a little weird. ”
Clar's eyes sank slightly when he heard this.