That same evening.

After Kenneth finished his duty at the Security Department, he returned to the Phil House to discuss with his companions the tactics of the game the day after tomorrow.

Considering that all the players in the second round had exerted a lot of physical and mental energy, the Student Union Sports Department decided to take a day off to allow all the players to have enough rest before bringing more exciting games to the audience.

It's just that when Kenneth walked into the villa, he found that there was something strange about the atmosphere in the villa.

Kenneth walked over and saw Auston lying on the sofa with a swollen nose and a swollen face, and there were many bruises on his handsome face, which showed that the person who did it did not know any sense of proportion, or rather, did it on purpose. Jasmine, on the other hand, squatted in front of the sofa and treated her injuries with a second-order water-based magic "healing technique".

"What's going on?" Kenneth asked, wide-eyed.

The others just shook their heads, and Brandon, wearing a knitting hat, said to Kenneth, "We didn't know what was going on, but we saw this guy come in with a bruise, and he didn't say anything when we asked him." ”

Kenneth looked at Jasmine and asked, "Jasmine, is Auston seriously injured?" ”

may have been with everyone for some time, plus they have worked hard together, Jasmine no longer looks like a frightened little white rabbit in front of everyone, and her speech has become much more fluent: "It's just some skin trauma, it doesn't matter." ”

"Is Kenneth back?" Auston's left eye was so swollen that it seemed to affect his eyesight, and he looked at Kenneth with his right eye wide with some difficulty, "You must be careful in the game the day after tomorrow!" ”

"What do you mean? What do you mean by being careful in the game the day after tomorrow? Kenneth saw Auston speak, and hurriedly crouched down to look at Auston and asked.

"That guy named Marcus, captain of Team McGee, is dangerous." Alston seemed to remember something, and there was a flash of anger in his eyes.

As soon as Kenneth heard this, he knew that the matter must have something to do with that Marcus, and then asked, "You were all injured by Marcus?" ”

Alston, however, fell silent.

"Hey, you're going to say it quickly, huh? You don't even know who you've been beaten, do you? Brandon leaned back on the couch and poked his head out, anxiously asked.

Auston rolled his eyes at Brandon and said, "I'm not you stupid, how can I not even know who I was beaten?" ”

"Then why don't you say it?" Brandon asked rhetorically because of Auston's miserable appearance.

"You don't know what our captain's personality is?" Auston tilted his head slightly to look at Kenneth and sighed, "If I told you, you'd go straight to the door, wouldn't you?" Did you know that if the student union finds out about the violence during the sports day and cannot prove that you are the victim, not only will both parties be punished, but you will also be disqualified from the competition? ”

Kenneth clenched his fists and said in a low voice, "So you didn't even dare to go to the infirmary and fled back quickly?" ”

Auston let out a prostrated laugh and said, "Hey, can't you lean on me to a tall and glorious image?" Do you have to say that I am so ashamed? ”

Everyone looked at Auston, who wanted to liven up the atmosphere at this time, and although they pulled the corners of their mouths, they still couldn't laugh.

Kenneth's eyes were already full of anger, and he said to Auston, "At least tell us what happened." ”

"It's a bit embarrassing~" Auston blinked hard.

"Don't say it yet!" But everyone shouted in unison, so frightened that Jasmine almost interrupted her healing magic.

Auston sighed softly and said, "I originally wanted to go to the Jones Pavilion to participate in club activities, but I was suddenly stopped by that guy named Marcus and said that he wanted to talk to me about Ming. ”

"What?! Has Naruto's story been known to anyone else?! Brandon was surprised.

Mona pushed Brandon and said, "Brandon, let Auston finish." ”

Glancing at Brandon, Auston continued, "I was just as surprised as the idiot, so I went with him to the woods to find out who had told him about it. But I didn't expect the guy to do it without saying a word, but there were no witnesses around at the time, and I couldn't prove that he did it to me, so I had to come back quickly so as not to be found out about these injuries. ”

"Kenneth, that guy is definitely not easy, he seems to have learned some combat skills, otherwise I wouldn't be defenseless. I will definitely take note of this 'great kindness'. Auston gritted his teeth after reminding Kenneth.

Although Auston usually does not deliberately show his aristocratic status, the pride of being a nobleman is indelible in his bones, and he usually thinks that his intelligence is not inferior to others, but now he has suffered such a muffled loss, and his heart is naturally difficult to let go.

"Very well, that's how it broke me completely?" Kenneth stood up, his cheeks bulging, and said with an angry face, "I'm going to avenge you!" ”

But before Kenneth could take a step, a brownish-yellow light suddenly appeared on his body, and then Kenneth's knees were wrapped in a layer of rocks, and he fell to the ground without noticing for a while. Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see Kevin's face calm with his wand, it turned out that he had cast the "Rock Enchantment" that caused Kenneth to fall to the ground.

"Rock Attachment" is also a first-order magic of the earth system, and its effect is to attach a rock surface to the caster's designation, and it is very versatile, it can be used to enhance the defense of a part of the body, it can also be used to camouflage and lurk, and of course, it can also be used as a sneak attack like Kevin's now.

Kenneth just bent his knees, the surface rock was shattered, got up and glared at Kevin, "Kevin, what are you going to do here?!" ”

And Kevin just calmly wrote in the air: "Calm down! ”

"I just said it would be like this, right?" Auston, who was lying on the couch, sighed, grinning at the wound on his face, and continued, "Now you go to him to fight and fall into his trap." Do you want us to be disqualified from the tournament we won so hard? Do you want Naruto to live in fear in this country all the time? ”

"How is that possible?! But you're also my important partner, and you want me to watch you get beaten and do nothing?! Kenneth asked.

"That's right. I just want you to do it," Auston said calmly, "This shame just needs to be recovered in the game." ”

At this time, Jasmine also withdrew her wand and said to Auston, "Fortunately, there are no serious injuries, and now it is fine." ”

I saw that the bruises on Auston's face magically disappeared, and he turned back into the sunny and cheerful handsome guy again.

"I'm glad you have Jasmine, thank you." Auston sat up and said to Jasmine, looking up to see Kenneth still with anger on his face, so he joked, "Hey, I was the one who was beaten, why are you so angry?" ”

"Because you're my friend! If I dare to hurt my friend, of course I have to give him some color! Kenneth sat down on the couch and said in a huff.

When everyone heard Kenneth's wayward words, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Kenneth, simple." Lisa commented.

"Well said, Kenny!" Brandon laughed.

Auston smiled helplessly, clapped his palms and said, "Okay, okay, I understand your kindness." Now it's time to talk about our tactics for the next game, right? ”

Brandon said angrily: "I actually came up with this kind of indiscriminate trick, I think the strength of this McGee team must not be very good!" ”

But Auston shook his head and said, "On the contrary, I've watched McGee's games, and they are very strong and happen to be our nemesis, so to speak. ”

"Oh, what does that mean?" Mona, who was sitting next to Auston, asked curiously.

Auston took out a notebook covered in sheepskin, opened it and said to everyone: "There are nine members of the McGee team, all nine of them are boys, and the captain is that Marcus Brenda. Although the nine of them are all first-order magicians, in addition to the magic learned in the basic magic class, all of them still have at least one or more magic, mainly earth and wind magic, and most of them are control magic. The main tactic is to take advantage of the fact that your teammates are controlling most of the opposing team's players and drive straight into the fast attack, which I call 'control tactics'. ”

Brandon leaned on the back of the couch and saw the words "weird" written next to the McGee team in Auston's notebook, so he pointed there and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Auston glanced back at Brandon and said, "Didn't I just say that?" It's very strange that teams playing against McGee tend to have players leave the game with injuries. ”

"Leaving the field injured? Isn't that a common thing? Kenneth wondered. While they have had no injuries to either side after two rounds, that's because Kenneth has attracted all the firepower. There will inevitably be physical conflicts in football games, let alone magic football games, isn't it because of Ivy's wall of fire that Brandon has become his current bald appearance?

Auston shook his head and said, "It's not that simple, those players all left the game with sudden injuries, and no one on the McGee team has ever committed a foul because of this." ”

"Sudden injury? What does that mean? Brandon wondered.

And Auston's eyes also flashed with incomprehension, and he said to the people in front of him: "It was during the game that no one had contact with that player, but he suddenly collapsed, and then he couldn't play again." This was the case for the McGee team in two consecutive games, which ended up being an 8-on-6 situation and an easy victory. ”

A look of fear crossed the faces of the three girls, and Jasmine said in fear, "Is it curse magic?" ”

Cursed magic is a special type of time-lingering magic, which can be found in all four types of magic. It often takes a while for this magic to take effect, but the effect is very amazing, and it is often a magic that causes damage to the human body, so it is regarded as a kind of "evil magic" by the world.

But Auston shook his head and denied, "No, the referee decided that it wasn't magic. Because of this, the referee could not determine that it was McGee who committed a foul. But my gut told me that it had something to do with them, and that it was most likely the same Marcus who did it. ”

Kenneth's face burned with rage, and he punched his thigh, and said categorically: "In the next game, we must win!" ”

Everyone in the room nodded. Against such a dirty opponent, they definitely don't want to lose.

"But if we want to win, there must be a prerequisite." Auston glanced at everyone and said slowly.

Everyone looked suspicious.

"That's ......," Auston said to the crowd with a serious face. And except for Kevin, everyone else showed a look of "absolutely impossible".