027 Halfway Attack
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"One basement! The basement is calling! ”
"It's been a long time since Pyro and Harrison fought over which of the Variation or Spell systems had a wider scope of application, and it's been a long time since there has been a mage duel."
"Place your bets, I'm hungry for gold!"
Obviously, the mages whose lives are filled with boring arcane research institutes are very fond of such things as duels, and many people have heckled and added fuel to the fire.
At this time, a lazy and charming voice with a pure imperial capital accent sounded: "Everyone, don't you think that the gladiatorial arena on the basement floor of the Mage Guild will not be able to carry this duel?" ”
The crowd parted, and a tall, young man with long, flowing hair walked over. His face, handsome enough to make even the goddess jealous, had a smile that warmed everyone, especially the beautiful female mage.
"Mr. Lannister."
"Hello, Mage Dorne Lannister."
The mages saluted him. Although he is only a mage who has mastered the arcane of the four rings, Dorne Lannister has the courtesy of all mages by virtue of his last name.
"Mr. Dorne, do you have any ideas?" Gordon saluted the Lannisters, deliberately ignoring the small gesture of winking at him.
"I already know the contradiction between the two mages." In an appealing aristocratic tone, Dorne said, "The gladiatorial arena of the Mage's Guild has always been set up only to settle academic disputes. And you and this Mr. Hao Lin are fighting a duel to prove their reputation. So, I think there is a more suitable duel place in Clear Water City. ”
"Platinum Plaza?" Someone asked.
"That's right!" Dorn snapped his fingers, "I, the Ferreton Platinum Empire, worship the dragon god Bahamut. Every citizen of the Empire should uphold the teachings of the Platinum Dragon of Glory, Honesty, and Protection. Isn't it a romantic thing to have this duel under the sculpture of the dragon god in Platinum Square? ”
The patron saint of Ferreton is the platinum dragon Bahamut, and in all large and medium-sized cities with a population of more than 50,000, platinum plazas are built to commemorate the great exploits of the dragon god.
Platinum Square is often the heart of a city, where Bahamut worshippers perform their rituals, as well as many of Ferreton's official festivals. Of course, countless duels have also been fought under the watchful eye of the god Bahamut. If you look closely at the polished bluestone floor of Platinum Square, you will always find some mottled blood stains from the duel.
"Very well, I agree with the Lannister mage's suggestion, it's in Platinum Square!" Hao Lin finally stopped the nosebleed, and the anger in his eyes almost ignited the air. If it weren't for the fact that his body was really inferior to Gordon, he would have pounced on it and punched and kicked that hateful noble mage right now. Dorne's building was right in his hands. Compared to the underground gladiatorial arena of the Mage Guild, the flow of people in Platinum Square is undoubtedly larger. He had to be utterly humiliated in front of the public, and then kill Gordon, the only way to dissolve the twisted anger in his heart.
"Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock." Gordon glanced at Hao Lin defiantly.
Dorn clapped his hands and smiled, "Very good, so decided." Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, in Platinum Square, the two mages will fight hard for their respective honors! ”
This aristocratic young master was very attentive to the duel, and personally found three respected old mages to serve as witnesses.
"I'll make you regret it! Even if you kneel in front of me tomorrow, humbly licking my shoes and begging for forgiveness, I will not let you go. Gordon, I'm a winner, I'll always be a winner! Hao Lin put down some cruel words and left angrily.
The turmoil subsided, the crowd dispersed, and the Mage's Guild regained its calm. Gordon and Dorne leave the guild and meet in a secluded alley.
"Your command has been done, my friend." Dorne gave Gordon a noble salute, a smug smile on his face.
"Put away your noble style, you should use these meticulous etiquette to seduce ignorant girls." Gordon scolded with a laugh.
Dorne shrugged: "Seducing an ignorant girl doesn't require this annoying and complicated aristocratic etiquette, just a smile." ”
During this time, the two of them often chatted through guò telecommunications. Dorne admired Gordon's whimsical ideas from The Ancient Era, and Gordon learned a lot from the second generation of the family. The two are now confidants and friends who can joke with each other.
Dorne Lannister suddenly restrained his charming and lazy smile, and said with a stern expression: "Gordon, why did you choose to use this method to wash away the rumors? ”
"Because now the power of rumors has been formed. It's too hard for me to prove my innocence by ordinary means. Only by taking the initiative to find out the rumor-mongers, and then using iron-clad facts to prove that the other party is of low moral character and untrustworthy, then the rumors will naturally be self-defeating. ”
"But while you know that Holling Heidebergh is the author of the rumors, there is not enough evidence to convince the adventurers."
"The evidence doesn't matter," Gordon said with an unfathomable smile, "I just need to make Hao Lin more of a villain than I am, and that's enough." ”
Dorne's mouth grew up, and he stopped talking, and finally held back a sentence: "I should have written down your words in a small notebook." ”
"Make a note of it. Later you can use it to educate your son. ”
"I don't want my son to be as cunning as you. Also, I like my daughter more. Dorne glanced at his friend, "So, are you sure you will win the duel?" You must know that Hao Lin has mastered the three-ring spell for six years, and his strength is very strong. ”
Dorne's fears were not unfounded.
In the mage world, it is generally believed that after becoming a fifth-level mage and mastering the three-ring arcane, it is the first stage breakthrough for mages, and there will be an essential improvement in strength compared to before.
First of all, when a mage has mastered the three-ring spell, it has generally been some years. At this time, as the years continued, the mage's wealth was already quite rich. With scrolls, magic wands, magic potions, and all kinds of enchanted equipment, the mage's combat effectiveness and endurance have been greatly improved.
Secondly, among the three-ring spells, there are fireball spells, disarming spells, or spells with high destructive power or high applicability. The power of these new spells is not comparable to that of the first and second ring spells.
Finally, once a mage has mastered the three-ring spell, the more advanced he studies the arcane, he can choose his own specialization faction among the eight schools to further increase the power of the spell. And because of the closer connection to the magic web, mages can learn a technique called "spell slot expansion" at this time to increase their spell slots.
A mage who has mastered the three-ring spell, especially a mage like Hao Lin, who has been in the third order for some years, has no trouble dealing with ordinary second-order mages.
Of course, Gordon is no ordinary mage.
Seeing Dorne's worried look, Gordon couldn't explain much, he couldn't have said, "I have the golden finger of the game system, and I just opened a powerful spell."
Although it was thanks to a good show performed by the Lannister Son today that Hao Lin was lured into the bait, there are some secrets that cannot be told after all.
After a few more small talks, the two said goodbye and went home.
Because of the duel, Gordon asked Pastor Jack for a day off and didn't go to the cemetery. To be honest, the job of a grave keeper is a bit of a chicken for Gordon now, he doesn't make much money, and he has to take up a lot of time. However, the contract stipulates that unless there are special circumstances, it is necessary to work for at least half a year before Gordon can terminate the contract.
After a good night's rest, the next day's dueling day was soon approaching.
"Master, can my sister and I go to see the duel?" Elaine served Gordon and got dressed, and was eager to try.
"What's there to see," Gordon glared, "blood splattered, heads flying, scared to death!" ”
"Ahh It's true? Elaine shook her body, like a frightened rabbit.
Yi Lei stretched out her hand and lightly tapped Elaine's nose, "Stupid sister, the master is scaring you." ”
Gordon touched the faces of the two sisters: "Obedient, stay at home obediently, and I will buy you beautiful clothes when you come back from the duel." ”
Well, it's not a farewell phrase like "I'll marry you when I come back from the duel", it should be fine.
Out of the aristocratic quarter, Gordon made his way down Riverside Road towards Platinum Plaza. The tree-lined road is a quiet place for couples to date at night. In the summer, at night, the gentle moaning can even drown out the chirping of insects.
During the day, however, there are not many pedestrians on the road, except for the occasional heavily armed security patrol.
As he walked around a corner, Gordon suddenly heard a pedestrian exclaiming, "Look, the house across the river is on fire!" ”
Gordon followed the direction of the pedestrian, and saw a raging fire burning in a warehouse on the other side of the river, and thick smoke billowing into the air, forming a gray-black dragon.
"Hurry up and put out the fire!" On the side of the road, the patrol leader shouted and ran towards the bridge with a few of his men.
The streets are quieter.
A breeze blew, and a strange smell crept into Gordon's nose. It was the smell of Screaming Mandala juice - an essential ingredient for the preparation of an invisibility potion, so Gordon was familiar with it.
Gordon immediately applied a shield spell to himself.
"Damn, he showed up! Hurry up! ”
In the grass, several vague transparent figures suddenly burst out. They each pulled out their daggers and rushed towards Gordon.
Because of the attack, the effect of the invisibility technique automatically disappeared, and a total of four masked wanderers revealed their original forms in front of Gordon.
"Use the fire to divert the patrol, ambush me on the way to Platinum Plaza, and attack me. It seems that Dunwell is really a dog who can't change his eating, and always likes to use this kind of indiscriminate moves. ”
The attackers ignored Gordon's taunts and surrounded him silently.