Chapter 703: The Beginning
You must know that in the past, the champions of this event were all booked by Movente Academy, and now that such a dark horse has suddenly been killed, it is really shocking.
However, the higher-ups of the Movent Academy were not surprised, they already knew that the Karen Kingdom held the secret of the "Charged Crystal", so after Neffie won the championship, not only did they hold an award ceremony for her that far exceeded the current group, but also let the host praise her to the sky with extremely exaggerated statements.
Later, the "Champion Reward" was also temporarily changed, changing the original "Excellent" quality "Puppet Core Circle" to a "epic" puppet Core Circle made by Jeremy, and also giving the opportunity to "enter Movent Academy for free", and providing a salary equivalent to that of a "Researcher".
This is obviously a naked wooing and overture. The dean of Movente didn't care how he was slapped in the face yesterday, because he just wanted to figure out how the "Charged Crystal" was made now...
For the puppets who use the magic crystal energy, the appearance of the "Charged Crystal" is a complete revolution, and the improvement of the puppet school far exceeds that of any other faction!
Naifi didn't refuse or agree, but after receiving the reward with a smile, he took Akasha's hand and left the arena.
And in the "Path of Glory" arena in Barrena, the "Mage Showdown" series, the highlight of "Twilight Crown", has finally begun the qualifiers. However, within half an hour after the start of the qualifiers, the eyes of the entire venue were basically focused on one person...
Rasiman's "Mage Showdown" is known to be highly skillful, as it takes place in the preliminaries with a very short interval between each match, which is officially described as a way to "simulate a truly high-intensity battle". Therefore, each mage has to adjust their strategy and rest time according to the enemy they are facing.
In each competition, guessing the winners and losers and countermeasures between the players is a great pleasure for the spectators, and the gambling between the favorites often wins and loses more than 10,000 gold coins. But this year they clearly lost such an opportunity ... Because of the strength shown by Mai Linsella, "guess who will win" has become "guess who can force her to use the second move".
That's right, Merinsella still swept all the opponents with small fireballs, and by doing so, she directly admitted that she was the mysterious person who swept all the opponents in the four arenas in the first place!
No matter who the opponent is, no matter what skills or spells or power-ups the opponent uses, all the matches that Merinsela participates in are over in three seconds.
She was calm and silent, but that chilling momentum frightened the three mages who responded to the battle into failing to cast spells and backlashing on the spot!
The "Mage Duel" is the biggest stage for Rasiman to select mages and show the strength of an academy, so not only the speaker Jeremy was present to watch the battle, but also the other high-level executives of each academy were all present, including many of Raciman's "old guys" who had no real power but were strong.
In front of them, Merinsela crushed all her opponents with less strength than the Magister, and in a total of twelve rounds, none of which allowed her to use her second skill.
This scene basically destroyed the last bit of luck that the Rasiman Council originally held...
In the face of the cobalt gold ore and charged hedron displayed by Roddy, the council thought that they could negotiate the purchase in various ways. Because they think that Lasiman has absolutely leading magic technology and mage reserves, and the council really doesn't believe that Roddy's "dirt bun" can compare to Rasiman!
Yet Merinsela put their last fig leaf... Tear it apart without any mercy.
In the past, it was able to honor the "magic reserve" and be proud of all other countries, but now? They found that the "Karen Kingdom" not only has the resources they urgently need, but also has strong magical strength, and they are simply not afraid of soft and hard!
Only then did the parliamentarians present understand why Luo Di dared to directly refuse to meet yesterday and change his position, thinking about it, if he lacked nothing, he could indeed kill anyone.
So what's next?
Speaker Jeremy frowned, yesterday he thought that although the parliament was passive, it still relied on, but now it seems that if negotiations are opened, Rasiman really has no initiative at all...
However, when most of the councilors were thinking about how to cooperate with the Karen Kingdom, Rotica stared at Merinsera and whispered to his subordinates beside him: "This is a hard stubble, if you can't touch it, you won't touch it." ”
With that, he turned his gaze to Roddy, who was sitting in the audience at the other end of the arena, and narrowed his eyes
"It seems that the envoy himself is not capable, if you have the opportunity, you can decide for yourself."
"It's... Speaker. ”
At the same moment, Roddy sat leisurely in the "VIP seat" and watched the game below.
Naturally, this is the best seat that can be bought with money, anyway, he used the "information asymmetry" to cheat the Lasiman Council of more than 100,000 gold coins, and the money is not spent in vain, so he ordered almost all the snacks and drinks, and placed a bunch on the shelf next to it for Nefi, Akasha, and Sylvia to eat while watching.
"Is there a game ahead? It's really tiring for them to fight 12 wheel battles in one breath. ”
"There is also the formation of the circle and the formation of the formation of the formation of the formation, but that Merin Sera did not sign up."
Akasha glanced at the elaborately framed schedule, and Roddy nodded, then got up and left the VIP seat to make it easier. However, after walking to the corner of the stairs dozens of meters away, he was stopped by Dores, who seized the opportunity to follow.
"Lord Roddy, it's so hard to find you a word..."
Doris's voice was sweet, but the grief in her eyes was palpable. Roddy actually noticed that she was constantly looking for opportunities to get close to her when she was in the VIP stands, so she was already ready at this time, and replied with a surprised face: "Oh, Doroes was still thinking about looking for you after participating in the game yesterday, but who knew that the group of old men were stuck in the hotel, and I really couldn't get out..."
"yes, Lord Roddy is now a celebrity for Rasiman, and maybe he'll forget about me in a few days..."
After speaking, Doores bit her lip and lowered her head and said, "Then is Lord Roddy willing to come out and chat with us today?" ”
"Oh?"
Roddy's eyes swept over her chest, and he smiled with a squint: "I can't leave now, or... Have dinner together? ”
"Dinner is good, but I just have something to discuss with Lord Roddy, and it's about the cooperation between the Eskar Kingdom and the Karen Kingdom."
Hearing this, Luo Di pretended to be very disappointed: "Talking about cooperation? Are you going to call those companions? ”
"No, no, it's just me. I mean... Let's talk slowly..."
Doreth lowered her head and played with the corners of her skirt, and Roddy suddenly smiled when she heard it, "Okay, okay, where are you going?" I will definitely go! ”
whispered to Roddy about the hotel room he had booked, and Dores ran away with a shy face. But as soon as she turned the corner, she breathed a sigh of relief. In her eyes, Roddy must have taken the bait this time, and what she has to do next is to push him down as soon as possible and get it done...
But she didn't know that Roddy, who walked to the other side with frivolous steps, was also relieved.
"It seems... It's finally going to be a showdown. ”
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Rassiman does attract most people to watch the most spectacular events, but for the fishermen of Duriel, they are more concerned about their livelihoods.
Recently, the fishing boats that went to sea to fish have harvested two or three percent more than before, and in the last two days, there have even been exaggerated scenes of fishing nets almost bursting, and the fish are not good to catch in winter, so most people choose to go to sea several times at this time, in order to expect to earn a little more hard-earned money.
However, in the midst of the excitement, they also seem to ignore the fact that several fishing boats have never returned. Because everyone knows that the fish are a little different this year, so these fishing boats that can sail far away are only for a few more catches and then come back, and no one regards this "overdue return" as "missing".
Today, however, the fishermen in the harbor have experienced something strange as never before, because they have discovered... Many of the fish species that were supposed to be in the open sea are now in the near sea.
Those small fishing boats laid their nets a few hundred meters from the shore, and they really caught a lot of money one after another. This kind of thing was unheard of in the past, and at first it was even regarded as a rumor of bragging. But as the small fishing boats brought those fish ashore, and saw the big fish that could be sold for a price being transported away in front of them, the rest of the fishermen suddenly couldn't calm down...
"How can there be such a good thing?"
"What are you waiting for!? Hurry up! ”
The fishermen who reacted got on board and headed off into the distance, and before most of them could start casting their nets, they collectively witnessed an unforgettable scene...
Countless schools of fish beneath the surface of the water began to leap upwards like crazy.
The sound of "bang-bang-bang" is endless, because schools of fish continue to rush out of the water and fall back into the sea, at first small fish, then gradually more than 20 centimeters in length, then with rays, small sharks and even more than 3 meters in length sailfish!
The fishermen, who were still happily opening their nets to catch fish, were so frightened that they hid in the corners of the fishing boats one by one, and did not dare to raise their heads, because many people who did not have time to dodge were hit by the fish that jumped out of the water, and fell into the sea, and then they were bitten and torn apart by the crazy fish...
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The bottom of the wooden fishing boat was constantly slamming violently, the whole hull was shaken badly by the successive impacts, and there were many fish on the deck of the boat that were constantly struggling and swinging, but the fishermen did not even dare to control the hull to return to the dock... Because no one knows if they will end up with those companions who fell into the water.
And the people on the shore have changed from the initial envy to the stunned fish that keep jumping on the surface of the sea, from far and near, and finally to the shore!
The people standing in the harbor watched the "grand scene" of the fish flying ashore, and at first there were people who stepped forward with a net bag and kept picking it up, but later they were also frightened by the larger guys and ran away desperately... Because the smaller fish will only struggle desperately after landing, and the fish with a volume of more than two meters are not at all something that ordinary humans can deal with after landing, they do not forget to open their bloody mouths and bite around while fluttering, and some even directly gnaw people and drag them into the water, instantly bringing a blurred red.
The panic spread, but just as everyone fled the dock like crazy, the school of fish suddenly retreated completely. The noise in my ears disappeared, and the surface of the water that was boiling was completely quiet, except for the constant moaning of being bitten...
The people who stopped looked at each other, not knowing what it meant.
However, the mage in charge of the defense of the dock immediately reported the news to the council, and also issued a series of alerts, according to the "alarm code" customized by the council, and the fishermen were "forbidden to continue to go to sea".
And when the news reached Speaker Jeremy's desk, the Magister was frowning and reading a copy of the Rasiman Fishery.
The latest issue of the newspaper was the same paper published by Roddy and Houdini. Jeremy didn't happen to see this, and when he understood what Roddy was behind him, he immediately realized that the news that Houdini had reported for the first time was probably true. And to have today's result, the parliament's resolution and his own distrust of Houdini are indisputable main reasons.
Now the entire council has not been able to meet with Roddy, apparently really annoying the other party. So in order to repair the relationship, Jeremy thought about it and realized that he could only start with Houdini. But he also knew that what the Blunka Academy did to Houdini would be unbearable for anyone... But now the situation is stronger than people, and in his capacity as Speaker, he can only personally look for a breakthrough to improve relations at this moment.
So, Houdini and Roddy's papers were found.
Jeremy didn't think Houdini could write anything useful, but when he saw the well-structured, logical, and detailed research material, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have missed a very important discovery, and when he turned over Roddy's "Variation Studies" paper, which could almost have opened up a new project on his own, he felt ashamed for the first time...
Because Roddy and Houdini corroborate each other not only about the mutation of marine life, but also indicate that Rasiman has a high probability of facing threats from the ocean!
And this threat, as the speaker of the Rasiman Assembly, almost completely ignored it because of his arrogance!
Compared with Jeremy's previous research, he confirmed the correctness of Roddy and Houdini's thesis. With such a foundation, he immediately realized that the matter had to be put on the agenda of the council immediately, but before he could write the content of the agenda, the news of the "Dock Vision" came and when he heard that this unprecedented "fish tide" had caused more than forty casualties, Jeremy didn't say a word, picked up his staff and walked out the door:
"Within an hour of the issuance of an order for an 'emergency meeting', all members of parliament must be present."
A huge magical signal bloomed at the top of the "Colommere" tower, and the six colleges soon responded... Obviously, tonight must be a sleepless night for Rasiman. (To be continued.) )