The next day, the Academy Competition officially opened.

Edward and the others also saw for the first time what a real top academy is.

The quaint and elegant buildings of Deep Blue Academy are obviously much better than those strange-shaped buildings.

Moreover, Deep Blue Academy, as the landlord here, covers a very large area, and the entire academy is like a city.

Even in a previous life, those college towns were a bit of a place like this.

Because it is a worldwide event, there is no shortage of foreigners who come from thousands of miles to visit it, as well as people from various city-states of the Silver City-State who come to support their favorite colleges.

However, because of the relationship between the college city, all those who can come here are either rich or expensive, and it is estimated that they can't even afford the fare and living expenses when they come here.

After all, in this relatively backward country except for the silver city-state, there is no means of transportation here, and it basically takes more than half a year to come here, and in this case, long-distance travel is naturally not affordable for ordinary people.

Everyone obeys the instructions of the students, just line up and stand on the frisbee, and then the frisbee will send the crowd to the designated position.

A small number of people who may not be comfortable with the feeling of flying at high altitude will be sent to the venue.

Edward and the others belong to the contestants, so they naturally have a special channel to go over, and as for Ash, they will follow Rowan and them to the private room of the Battle Academy to watch the game.

In fact, the previous qualifiers have attracted a lot of people to watch, so today's official start is naturally even more eye-catching.

Because it was a very important occasion, Edward and the others wore ancient battle mage costumes.

This kind of thing with a long hem and looks ancient, it's really not used to wearing it with a restrained hand.

As for the rest of the mage academies, most of them are mage robes that look darker like rags, and of course, the most characteristic pointed mage hats will not be forgotten.

The seven top academies naturally stood in the front row, and of course, many mages seemed to be a little resistant to the side of battle mages. Whoever tells you to be special, and look more like a warrior than a mage, will naturally be ostracized.

However, in recent years, it has been quite good, and since the rise of the two southern cities in the last session, those gnomes have managed to attract the fire of the mages.

Of course, the mages weren't racists, but the gnomes were just messing around with magic. There aren't too many rules.

And some kind of mechanical magic, it sounds a bit fantastical, but it actually slapped all the mages in the face in the first two sessions.

The city of trade and trade, Johra, is okay, because it is the most open place in the silver city-state, so the mages that appear are very philistine, which is also related to local habits, and the mages there are usually amazingly calculative and practical, but the number of paths is comparable to that of battle mages.

So it didn't change that it was quietly occupied by that group of business-savvy dwarfs later.

However, the city-state of Sikkim was truly replaced by the later rise, and the magic academy, which had been rare in the Seven Cities Federation for thousands of years, was actually replaced.

Edward noticed that there were quite a few short men in the ranks of the two colleges.

The ranks of Sikkim are all dwarfs. They are also dressed in very different ways, similar to overalls or research coats, and do not look like mages at all, so they suffer the most hostility. In particular, the students of the Oranris Magic Golem Academy looked at those gnomes like enemies.

Because both cities are developing heavy industry, the confrontation is very serious. In the past, the Oranlith family was dominant, but now Sikkim has taken away more than half of the export business, which is the business on the Johra side. Mages are essentially gold-devouring beasts, and the loss of interests will inevitably lead to hatred conflicts.

The mages that Johra was in were wearing brighter and special mage robes, which looked very exquisitely crafted, and the patterns on them were also varied. It looks more like the children of the nobility, although their essence is still mage robes. But it always reminds people of the aristocrats who are pretentious.

In particular, these Johra people seem to be very fond of the cheers of the onlookers, and from time to time they make all kinds of exaggerated movements to attract the attention of the crowd.

Edward smiled slightly and didn't care too much, because the existence of these two academies is very beneficial to the Combat Academy in the final analysis, at least several other academies will target the Combat Academy, and maybe they will be co-opted at the other time.

Moreover, Edward, as a person from modern society, is very familiar with machinery and business. So naturally it will not be disgusted.

In the qualifiers, six players from the middle and upper colleges will be selected to participate in the final competition.

The number of students in the top seven colleges also varies, and most of them are based on previous years' rankings, taking into account the number of students in each college.

For example, the Combat Academy has only five slots, while the Elemental Academy has fourteen slots.

Others like Johra and Sikkim were sixth and seventh respectively last time, so there are only six places.

The top-ranked Deep Blue Academy has ten spots. Because there are only a few hundred students in the Deep Blue Academy itself, and even fewer are suitable for participating in the competition, ten places are more than enough for the Deep Blue Academy.

This total of less than 50 people will have to compete for the last seven places, and of course, the houses that occupy the positions repeatedly will automatically choose the next player in the rankings until the seven colleges are decided.

The tournament will be divided into individual battles and six-player team battles, but of course the team battles will be very small.

The number of applicants for this session of the Battle Academy was originally one less, but it happened that Edward came, and later, after consultation or because of the high-level co-optation of the Silver City-State, the Battle Academy was specially allowed to increase the number of places, which was also a happy ending.

The opening ceremony is still the same old routine, and it is still a highly respected person who gives a speech.

Of course, compared to those leaders, the speaker here is the legendary Great Magician of the Seven Rings, who is also the speaker of this year's Silver Council, and the dean of Deep Blue Academy, Dean Bobett Lanham.

The summary and report of some spell research on this Silver City-State in the opening speech are still very high-end.

However, Edward, who was a professor of magic, had no idea what the legendary magician was talking about, so he could only casually look at the so-called opponents of other academies. I believe that Rachel and Bernard, the two battle maniacs next to him, know Edward's heart the most, and most of the combat academy don't care much about those high-end magics, anyway, they can't really use it, and if it's really useful, they can learn it when the time comes.

At the end of this speech, I also introduced the guests from all over the world.

To Edward's surprise, the Elven Kingdom actually sent someone too, and it was a princess.

This elven princess is down-to-earth and generous, and she looks very shrewd and capable.

Also, the House Tournament is a world-renowned competition, and the Elven Kingdom is in dire need of help from various countries right now, so the Academy Tournament is a good place.

In addition, it is also a matter of face for the elves, as the nation that has studied magic for the longest time, the elven kingdom will send people to challenge the silver city-state every time, and the elven kingdom will insist on this no matter what. (To be continued.) )