Scarly's angry incident was dealt with by Brunei with more and more skillful half-truths and half-truths, which more or less made Brunei regain a little bit of self-confidence, as for the usual cynicism of the system after that, Brunei could not pay attention to it at all when needed, to be precise, it should be almost completely inaudible.

But that didn't actually solve anything, and for some reason Scarly seemed to be very interested in things like faction belonging, and she had been thinking about things on Brunei's side from the beginning, and it was precisely because of Brunei's consideration that she was so angry. The real problem facing Brunei is the life-and-death duel that will begin at the end of the year.

According to Scarly's introduction after calming down, as well as what Brunei himself heard later, the duel of life and death is a sacred and noble ritual for the Federation, and it is almost completely identical to the Federation in the mainstream culture, and the mainstream people are mostly College City of the Federation, so it naturally has the same effect.

Both sides, in the presence of a notary, at a time and place chosen, will make everything public and gamble their lives to fight for glory, and the surviving winner will preserve his honor and make it shine even brighter. It is worth mentioning that this ritual seems to be full of romanticism in the hearts of the Federation, and even a life-and-death duel between two civilians can get quite a lot of attention. Including Scarly, when she talked about the matter of the duel of life and death, she couldn't help but show a leisurely and fascinated look.

Of course, a life-and-death duel that is usually recognized does not take place between two people with a disparity in strength, and even if it is initiated by the weaker party, the refusal of the stronger party will be considered a sign of mercy. However, this rule did not apply in the duel that Brunei faced because Thracian Fernando was still a mage when the duel was initiated.

That's the biggest problem facing Brunei. As Brunei knows, Scarly could have become a mage a long time ago, but she is still a mage apprentice, and it seems that the children of these large families of the Federation generally do not improve their strength as quickly as ordinary people, but deliberately hone themselves in the weaker ranks to meet some conditions that even Scarli does not know what the use is.

Thrace Fernando, who was in his twenties, was undoubtedly one of them, and a week was enough for him to become a second-turn mage if he wanted to. In the battle with Franks, although the system is known as Brunei Si performed a gorgeous battle method that belongs to the mage, the magic used is generally used and mastered by Bruneisi, and even the most critical skill it uses Brunei Si has already understood, and after careful calculation, the mental power consumed by the system at that time is not at all what Brunei's 500 upper limit can afford.

And even if he could replicate the tactics of the system, Fernando, who knew that he had drawn with Franks and the others, would never be as light as Franks was then. After all, when it comes to unreserved combat, if it is possible for an apprentice mage to have a glimmer of hope for victory by virtue of conditions other than magic, such as resourcefulness or physical fitness, there is a completely insurmountable gap between a first-turn mage and a second-turn mage.

It's no wonder that Scarly was so excited about Brunei's acceptance of that duel, and seeing such a self-defeating idiot, even if it wasn't a very close friend, would be filled with anger.

...... Whether it would be Brunei was not certain, but he didn't want to think about that kind of question right now.

Duel is a big problem, although there is a system in Brunei Darussalam with the confidence that it will never lose, but after asking the system "is it possible to read out the cheat code and not be seen to win normally", the system viciously ridiculed.

[Ha, little Bruneith, are you an idiot? Your eyes will turn red, you know it, right? Even if everyone is blind, you want to kill a first-turn mage and kill a second-turn mage, you still want me to "win normally"? Why are you kidding me?]

What the system says makes sense, too. So far, the system has shown a terrifying power that surpasses common sense, but it cannot transcend logic. This limitation was something that Brunei had not been aware of in the past - it was better that he had not even considered it.

Without relying on the system, the only plan that Brunei could think of to defeat Fernando was to become a second-turn mage himself.

"Before I became a first-turn mage, even I didn't know the conditions for becoming a second-turn mage. Scarinu said this as if angry and worried, and played with his right hand with his golden hair, which had now been cut much shorter.

"Oh, masked monster, long time no see, looks like he's made a windfall recently?Isn't he here to buy something?How to become a second-turn mage?Are you brainbroken?Why did you come to ask me?" The mysterious aura on his body, although Brunei felt that he was just a counter clerk, but in fact, the black-robed man in the store seemed to be the only one in the store, "Gerald's Magic Supply Shop", as cold and mean as ever, "Oh, the person who fought the duel with Fernando's son to the death was you?" For the sake of how many times you've visited my shop, I'll go see it when you die. ”

"Brunei, Brunei, Brunei, you are so stupid to surprise me. Mr. Gerald, who had taught and squeezed Brunei's name, recited Brunei's name three times like an aria, "You don't have what it takes to assemble a second-turn magic emblem." You'll know—ah, I'm sorry, you're not going to have any time to come, shouldn't I mention this?"

After spending a day looking around, Brunei realized how narrow his social circle was in Academy City, and it was possible to know that there were only three people who became second-turn mages, and they were all completely unable to help in the end.

And in the end, that's what the system says.

[Phew, you conscienceless little bastard, why didn't you ask me earlier? Now I want to know? It's too late!]

Although the system says so, with Brunei's knowledge of the system, even if it is the first to ask it, it will most likely not give valuable advice. As a result, Brunei's illusions that he would become a second-turn mage in the next few weeks were shattered.

It made him a lot easier. After all, there is very little he can do to inquire about Fernando as much as he can, try to defeat Fernando without using cheat codes as much as possible in the fight, and all that's left is to do his best to obey his destiny - in the end, I'm afraid it will inevitably be used as a cheat code.

To this day, Brunei still keeps the system a big secret, and although he doesn't know exactly what the danger of exposing it is, whenever he thinks back to the meteorite rain that fell from the sky that day — it didn't look like a murderer would do it — he always feels safer than trying not to let anyone know. What's more, the secret existence of the system is a major hole card to ensure his safety.

“...... If it's going to be exposed, get out of here then. Brunei finally let go of the entanglement, shook his head in his room and sighed, "I've been here for more than ten months, and I'm just beginning to feel settled, and then I suddenly feel that I can't stay anymore." Haha, where are you going next?"

[What do you say that you are starting to feel settled down, haven't you started to live a corrupt life of eating and waiting for death recently?]

Brunei blinked and smiled, "Yes." That's why I said settle down. ”

After this decision, there were only a few days left, and Brunei planned to finish some trivial matters in the academy city.

The first thing is to find the boy Don who picked it up in an abandoned village and now runs away to work as a cook. The guy who had an evil aura all over his body was as unfazed as ever, and calmly stated that he had at least two months to stay awake, and Brunei suddenly found that he didn't seem to have anything to say to him. But when Brunei was about to leave, the guy stopped him again, and said in a casual tone: "If you are ready to leave, tell me where you are going." ”

Brunei wanted to reply: "Why?", but in the end, after holding it for a long time, he still just used: "If I were still alive, I would." This is a relatively peaceful sentence response. After all, when he first lived in College City, thanks to the clothes on his body, he was so ruthless now that Brunei Darussalam himself was inevitably a little unhappy.

Brunei then ran to find Mr. Gerald. Mr. Gerard seemed to know that he was coming, and called the owner of the "Gerald Magic Supply Store" - Brunei realized that the two of them were friends, and the supply store was named after Mr. Gerald, but the owner was the black-robed man who William mistook for a buddy - and they had a farewell party for Brunei Darussalam...... Or a relatively small funeral in advance.

During this time, Mr. Gerald burst into tears, nine out of ten because of alcohol, patted Brunei on the shoulder and cried loudly, "Why did you die so early!", attracting the eyes of the others around him, who were actually like the bosses of the guys. Faced with this situation, Brunei really couldn't say anything else.

Finally, the day before the duel, Brunei returned to the long house where he had worked and lived for months, and had a meal with all his former colleagues, and then called out Aunt Susan and the hapless Jamie, who were in the same group as him, to give each of them 100 standard units as a farewell gift, and a thank you gift for keeping his job for this time.

Jamie was surprised at first, and when he was busy preparing to take it, he heard Aunt Susan's voice scolding Brunei as if she was a little angry. Susan is usually a very energetic old lady, but when she gets angry, she becomes a very imposing old lady, and Brunei, who is already a mage, is scolded like a little kid everywhere in front of her, and Jamie doesn't even understand what she means.

As a result, Jamie also cringed, but carefully took 10 standard units from Brunei's hand, which was better than nothing.

Brunei lowered his head and apologized, repeatedly saying that he did not look down on them, but just wanted to show friendship as a friend, and now he is deeply aware of his previous mistakes and is determined to change his past mistakes. After a long time, Susan finally calmed down: "Why do you suddenly want to say goodbye?"

Seeing that I don't know if it was the tears that started when he scolded just now, Brunei pursed his lips hidden under the mask slightly, and then laughed again: "It's nothing, I just feel that I have been in College City for a long time and want to go somewhere else." I think I'll be back in a few years. I'm the one who has crossed the Endless Mountains, so don't worry so much, Auntie. ”

"Oh, oh...... It's good to walk around more when you're younger. Then go for it. Don't worry, I, Susan, have a day to live, and you will have something to eat when you come!" After saying this, Aunt Susan left with her head held high—until she reached a place where they could not see very clearly, and then lowered her head, which had been raised higher and higher, and wiped her face twice with her hand.

When there were two people left in the end, Brunei was about to say something, but Jamie put away his usual expression of dead skin, replaced it with a more serious look, and preemptively spoke: "The civilian who is rumored to be going to fight a life-and-death duel with the students of the big family here, is it you?"

"Ahh Brunei was a little surprised, "How do you know?"

"Just guessing. You are the only civilian I know who is qualified to fight a life-and-death duel with such a character. Plus you suddenly ran over to say goodbye......" Jamie coughed twice, paused for a long time, and finally seemed to make up his mind, "Listen, crooked boy—your name is Brunei—Si, right? Brunei Carlisle." That's what the guy said that day. ”

"Are you going to escape that life-and-death duel?"

"Will you look down on me?" Bruneith smiled and didn't answer directly.

Jamie shook his head: "I used to think I would, but, you're my friend. I don't look down on my friends. You should run away, even if you and that guy are both one-turn mages, and you've been very close to an eldest lady recently, but you don't have a chance of winning. You're just a commoner, his family is rich, and he has absolutely no chance of winning, and I don't want to watch you die. ”

Brunei couldn't help but scratch his head: "Is that so? But I've heard that it will be difficult to survive in the Federation's sphere of influence after escaping a life-and-death duel." Jamie, you know my situation, I couldn't have survived in the Empire in the first place. ”

"Even then—" Jamie swallowed back halfway through his sentence, smiling bitterly, "You're right." You and I are not the same person, you can't become a mage in the Empire, so you escaped and came to the territory of the Federation...... And I, who couldn't fit the standard magic emblem for sale, considered myself unlucky, and rejoiced in the Academy City for that little subsidy. ”

"I can't understand your thoughts, so I can't organize the language to dismiss it. ”

Jamie suddenly changed to a relaxed look again: "Crooked mouth brother, are you going to win?"

The communication with the system made Brunei Si gradually get used to the way of dialogue with big jumps, so Brunei Si also laughed: "Of course, it was a duel of life and death. Won't you die if you lose?"

"Won't these hundreds of standard units have an impact on your battle?"

"Jamie, you know I've been getting close to the eldest lady lately. It's a windfall. ”

"Then take it, three hundred standard units. ”

"No, wait a minute, three hundred?" Brunei looked at Jamie, who was suddenly thickened again, and he didn't feel comfortable for a while.

"That's right. Jamie snapped his fingers as a matter of course, "Aren't you going to give me a hundred, and Aunt Susan's hundred, which I'll use to take care of her." Plus, do you know how expensive tickets are to visit that duel?"

............

Finally, the New Year has arrived.