Twenty o'clock in the evening. Jones Pavilion.

While Mick, Kenneth, and Brandon followed the signs to the basement level of the Jones Pavilion, Rickon and Heath had been waiting at the door of the driving range for a long time.

"I didn't expect you to dare to come?" But it was Hiss who was the first to speak provocatively.

"Nonsense, how can a winning gamble not come?" Kenneth sneered.

Rickon raised his hand to signal Hiss to stop the senseless provocation, and smiled at Mick, "You're here." The tone was full of composure.

Mick's face was a little gloomy and he said, "Let's get started." ”

Rickon nodded absently, and Heath had the sight to open the door for him, allowing Rickon to lead the group inside.

"Huh? Didn't you say you wanted to compete? How do you compete here? Brandon asked curiously, looking around.

I saw that after everyone walked into it, they only saw a corridor that was so long that they couldn't see the end, and on both sides were independent rooms one after another, not the ring-style competition venue that the three of them thought of.

Rickon looked back and chuckled, "Don't worry, these rooms are our testing venues." ”

Just when the three of Mick were confused, Rickon led everyone to the door of a room, took out the school registration card from his ring, inserted it into a dimple in the door, and then heard a light female voice sound: "Rickon Luther, confirm that it is correct, allow enter." ”

So the door opened.

Rickon made a gentlemanly "please come in" gesture and let the three Mick walk through the door first.

Mick swallowed, not wanting to lose face in front of Rickon again, so he walked into the door with his head held high, only to see a green fifth-order magic array unfolding, sucking Mick into it, and Kenneth and Brandon followed after glancing at each other. In the end, Rickon walked into it with Heath, and the door closed behind him.

When Mick opened his eyes again, he found himself in the middle of a huge arena, surrounded by a two-meter-high stone wall, and the auditorium was on top of the stone wall, surrounding the entire arena, and looking up, although the sun could not be seen, it was as bright as day. As soon as the green light flashed, there were three more people in the audience, namely Kenneth, Brandon, and Heath, and Ricken appeared opposite Mick.

"...... here?" Mick asked, looking around at Rickon.

"This is the place for the two of us, it's a good fit, right?" Rickon said.

Mick pulled out his crude wand and nodded to Rickon, "It's a good fit. ”

Rickon looked at Mick's wand, took out the same inferior wand as he was, and stroked the texture of the wand, Rickon said, "Mick, uncle, is he doing now?" ”

Mick's blue eyes lit up with anger, and he said coldly, "Thanks to you, my father is doing well now." ”

Rickon said with sympathy in his eyes, "How can the first heir of a generation of magical families inherit the glory of the family if he can't learn magic?" ”

"If it weren't for you, if it weren't for you, my father wouldn't have been stripped of his inheritance! Even the surname is stripped away! Mick said a little out of control.

At the age of six, he could not understand many things, and he only knew that he could no longer have the surname Luther and that he could no longer live in the bustling city of Luther. In the past six years, he has lost count of the number of times he has seen his father sit in his study late at night trying to learn magic, but he will not be able to get it. Later, he learned from his mother that the elders of the family had arranged a competition to let himself and Ricken compete in a talent competition, and his failure eventually deprived his father of the inheritance.

But that wasn't the end of the matter, as one of the elders of the clan suggested after his father was stripped of his inheritance that he and Rickon should have another magic contest when they were fourteen years old, after all, talent could not determine a magician's future achievements, and if he could win, then his father's inheritance could be restored. As a result, the name Rickon became a lingering nightmare in Mick's heart, he longed for himself to defeat Rickon, but he was afraid of failure, and it was precisely because of this complicated mood that Mick avoided Rickon again and again.

Rickon shook his head and said, "Mick, you're wrong. You should not blame me, but your father, or rather, no one should be blamed. Since he didn't have the talent of a magician, he should accept this fate. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Mick gritted his teeth.

A sharp look appeared in Rickon's gentle eyes, and he said to Mick, "I mean, your father, he is not worthy of the glory of the Luthers. ”

"......" Mick lowered his head and took a deep breath, "enough gossip, let's get started, let's rehearse for the battle ahead." ”

"That's true, after all, the audience is already impatient." Rickon chuckled, then snapped his fingers, and the female voice that appeared before rang out again, "Welcome to the Magic Arena!" This is a separate space where students can enjoy using magic to compete with others, and if a person's life is seriously threatened, they will be automatically teleported to the infirmary, so don't worry. ”

"Okay, that's it, now, it's countdown time, please get ready for both sides."

Mick and Rickon pulled away from each other about ten meters away, and both showed eager eyes.

Kenneth and Brandon in the stands also clenched their fists nervously, but Heath was very laid-back, knowing Rickon's true strength, he was not worried that Ricken would lose the match.

"Five, four, three, two, one. The battle begins. ”

As soon as the words fell, it was Mick's wand that emerged first, the magic array was a first-order, the color was crimson, it was the fire-based first-order magic small fireball technique! I saw a small fireball appear in front of the wand, and immediately shoot towards Rickon! The whole process takes only two seconds.

That's the benefit of using low-tier magic, which can be cast extremely quickly, making it a great way to rush attacks.

But Mick would not be naïve enough to think that he could hurt Rickon with just a small fireball technique, and he had already seen the magic array at the top of Rickon's wand, and he had already recognized it as soon as he remembered it, it turned out to be the first-order magic of the water system "Small Water Shield Technique", that is, a round water shield with a diameter of ten centimeters to fifty centimeters was created on the side of the body, which could not only resist the fire magic, but also because the water was transparent, it would not obstruct his vision and prevent the other party from sneaking attack.

When Mick's small fireball spell struck Rickon's water shield, it immediately vanished into nothingness, leaving only a light smoke.

Just as Rickon was about to disarm the water shield, he noticed another small fireball coming at him, so he had no choice but to continue to maintain contact with the water shield to block the blow. But unexpectedly, this was just the beginning, I saw Mick with his left hand behind him, holding a wand in his right hand, and the front of the wand kept flashing the first-order magic array, so the continuous fireballs hit Rickon, so that he had no time to touch the water shield to cast other magic.

What was he thinking? Do you want to rely on the Little Fireball Technique to suppress the consumption of mental power that I compete with me? Rickon speculated in his heart about Mick's thoughts, after all, the small fireball technique belongs to instantaneous magic, and the small water shield technique belongs to continuous magic, generally speaking, the consumption of mental power must be relatively large, and the person who can't hold it first is of course himself, but this must be premised on the same mental power of the two.

After releasing twelve small fireballs, Mick's mental strength was still abundant, and before he knew it, the distance between him and Rickon had reached within five meters.

At this time, Rickon realized that Mick originally wanted to use the small fireball technique to cover up his intention to close the distance, so when Mick's small fireball appeared empty, a green first-order magic array immediately appeared on Mick's wand, only to see that his body suddenly accelerated, it turned out to be the first-order magic of the wind system to speed up, and hurriedly tried to distance himself from Mikla, and a pair of eyes were also staring at the staff in front of Mick, observing the magic array that appeared on it. This is how Rickon determines the magic that Mick wants to use and takes countermeasures accordingly, which requires a lot of knowledge and casting speed for a mage, which is difficult for ordinary mages to do.

And just as Rickon tried to retreat, a wall of earth suddenly appeared behind him to block his retreat, and to Rickon's shock, Mick's wand did not appear at all!

"Y-How did you do that?!" Rickon exclaimed.

"You're so smart, you can guess what!" Mick didn't relax at all, and a brown-yellow magic circle appeared at the same time on the tip of the wand in front of him and the wand behind him, which was the same first-order magic earth wall technique that he used to deal with the Shadow Wolf in the Komit Forest before.

"Could it be ......?" said Rickon's face with a look of surprise, but was obscured by a wall of earth rising in front of him.

I saw three earthen walls about five meters high and three meters long blocking the front and back of Riken, leaving only a way out on his left for escape. However, Rickon was surprised by Mick's unexpected hand, and his reaction was about two seconds slower, and it was the difference of these two seconds, just as Rickon accelerated and rushed to the left, Mick had already completed the final dirt wall, completely trapping Rickon in it.

From the time the first wall was raised to the time the last wall was completed, the whole process lasted only six seconds.

This is the earthen wall tactic that Mick learned from the Battle of Comit Forest. In order to shake Rickon, the first wall only casts magic with his left hand behind his back, and then casts a spell with both hands to complete the encirclement, although it is a bit thrilling, but it is a success after all.

After completing all this, Mick let out a long breath, a trace of excitement flashed on his face, and he cast the earth wall technique again, condensing an earth pillar under his feet, and then raised his hands, and a fire-based second-order magic array appeared on the top of the wand in both hands at the same time.

Mick looked down at Rickon trapped in the earthen wall, looked at him, and smiled, "You lost, 'Genius' Rickon." With that, two fireballs burst out from the tip of the wand and shot at Rickon, who had become a target.

In the face of such danger, the expression on Rickon's face finally became serious.