By the time Gwen and Wetu finally returned to their dorms, the days had begun to darken. To Gwen's surprise, the young man had not yet received his storage ring, so Gwen asked Alicia to transfer Wetu's luggage to hers.

"Wow, big money. A medium-sized ring!"Well done Alexia whistling, Tiger!"

"It's a gift from Opa and the big man," Gwen replied tactfully.

"You're so lucky, I had to cripple for my magician," Alexia said nostalgically, I think that's why they're now forbidding duels to the death. War is a good time to pick up gold brick gadgets from competitors. ”

Gwen and Wittu sweated profusely, ignoring the explosive revelations of Alicia.

"Gwen, do you think we can stop by the store?" I need to buy some supplies," she pleaded.

"Of course, Rittal and we'll be right there. ”

A few hours later, they arrived at the dormitory and bought everything they needed for their new home.

"It keeps the colours fresh and the lines clean," said Rittal to Gwen about the details of tattoo care, and the cream also makes my skin as smooth as a baby. ”

Gwen gave her permission and then helped her settle into his room before returning to her own room. The shared loft was the same as when the three left. Looking at the undisturbed furniture, neither Yue nor Elvia returned.

Gwen calls Deborah.

Debbie replied in less than a second.

"Hey, Debbie, I'm back in the dorm, how are you?

"yes, I can't wait to start training, where are you now?"

"I'll be waiting for you in the cafeteria to get our new lawyer to come. ”

"Great, what does she look like?"

"It's a guy and he's super cute. ”

Deborah was silent.

Gwen put her clothes and luggage in the closet. Then she brushed her hair and straightened out the salty tangles in the harbor. When she saw Huitu again, they were all starving to death.

"Very beautiful building," Huitu said.

"Is this luxurious?" asked Gwen, confused.

"What a nuisance. "He put his hand on the aluminum handrail of the elevator in my old dorm room, which was used to load goods, and the door was closed tightly. ”

He made a motion with his hand, as if the two parts of his chin were enclosing together.

"You could be trapped inside. Oh, and it'll cut off your head. ”

The young Maori were so expressive that Gwen couldn't help but chuckle. Huitu is a funny person, and his relaxed demeanor helps her relax.

Just as dinner was served, Huitu rubbed his hands together.

"I've loved it, Gwen. Free food?!"

Gwen nodded, praying for the cook.

She watched as the big guy polished a whole roast chicken by himself, with a dozen rolls of bread and a small mountain of mud next to it. The rest of the cafeteria was also surprised by Ritu, who they wanted to know who the giant was and why he was able to eat the food of three grown men.

While eating lunch, the elevator opens, revealing Deborah in a tight tank top and bell bottoms, with her high hips.

"Gwen!" she walked through the foyer and into the dining room, wrapping her arms around Gwen's neck and kissing her on the cheek.

"Hey Debbie, meet Huitu. Hey, this is Deborah Jones, our deformer. ”

Deborah didn't want to take herself off Gwen's neck, so she arched her back, shifted her weight, and held out a hand to the giant Maori.

Rittal looked up from his half-chewed chicken, embarrassed, his gloves glinting.

"It's over, don't worry. "Deborah retracted her hand and put it on Gwen's waist, Gwen?

Gwen held back. "What did you do for the New Year?"

"More churches, plus family matters, I heard you're coming home?"

Unlike Yue and Elvia, Deborah never knew about Gwen's personal affairs, especially those involving her family. Deborah had only one vague idea that Gwen had a bad relationship with her parents and involved a chaotic divorce.

"Nothing special. I made some farce with my family. I haven't had my mom in a while. ”

"It's amazing. Deborah's hand moved a little north from her waiting. Gwen politely grabbed her friend's wandering hand.

Deborah hugged Gwen from behind, then abruptly backed away.

"You're still using that scale?" Deborah scolded Gwen.

"yes, why?"

"It's dangerous. You don't know what's going on. You should throw it away. ”

"I'm sorry, no, Debbie. My grandfather did it for me. ”

Deborah panted and walked away, then sat cross-legged. Gwen couldn't help but notice that Debbie was wearing traditional Aussie flip-flops, and her toenails were painted a dark cherry color.

"Do you like the color?" Deborah asked, changing the subject.

"Yes, they fit your skin tone well," Gwen said.

"I wish you were pale. "Deborah put her hand on Gwen's knee and if I get tanned again, I'll look like a rock. ”

Gwen assured her, "I've heard that people use Transfiguration for beauty, albeit temporarily. "You're only two stories away. ”

"But it's not natural," she said, moving her fingers from Gwen's knee.

Gwen patted Deborah's increasingly adventurous hand with her fingers.

"Hey, are you done?"

"Yes!" Gwen and Deborah's eyes flickered, don't you like dating?"

"No," Gwen retorted, much to Deborah's chagrin, but we are friends and I trust Deborah. ”

Deborah's mood picked up.

"Dobra Jones. She reached out to Wetu.

"Wittu Tikitiki Taranga" means:

Her friend shook Huitu's bear-sized gloves, her brow not twisted at all. Confused, she wondered if it was the indigenous people who triggered Deborah. But then again, the assumption doesn't hold water—Debbie is cold to Tommy, and it must have something to do with the supernatural.

The three of them chatted a few words, mostly about New Zealand monsters.

"Impossible," Deborah said in surprise, do you have halflings?

"yes. Rittal shrugged his shoulders and had them for several years, they came with the British at the time of colonial error. ”

"The hobbit?" asked Gwen with interest.

"What is a hobbit?" asked Wetu.

The big man tells the girls that the halflings are the common humanoid sapiens on Changyun Island. In a place as full of mana as New Zealand, there are intelligent half-humans, half-humans, such as half-humans, dwarves, and even the occasional elves that appear in human cities. The warning is that citizens of half a meter must be especially careful in case of the repulsive effect of the obstacles, counteracting by abandonment.

"They are good farmers. Good at growing food, not good at fighting. We buy them vegetables regularly. Their price is quite high. ”

"What are they doing with human currency?" Gwen asked, surprised at the cosmopolitan nature of all this;

"Some of them sent it back to Europe and gave it to families who weren't doing well there," Wetu replied, adding that others bartered. ”

"Wow, Wellington and Auckland sound like a treat. Gwen exclaimed.

"Gwen!"

After returning from Lindholm's house for the Chinese New Year, Yue and Avia suddenly walked into the cafeteria. Gwen could almost imagine Yue's mother spending the whole night on her wobbly legs, talking to the tall mages who came and went.

"Everyone!"

As Tu watched the girls hug each other, studying the four who were about to become his teammates.

He introduced himself: "My name is Taranga. "Aim for your confessor. ”

"Avia Lindholm"

"Yue Bai. ”

"Nice to meet you. ”

"Again. ”

"All right!" Gwen told the girls to sit down, so that the five of them sat around a round table. "The whole crew has arrived. Let's go for some dessert and introduce us to Rittal. ”

The kitchen staff brings out five servings of crème brûlée.

"I'm going to start Dean. At this point, Du straightened up and aimed at a confessor, my role was Panham. ”

"What is Panham?" Yue asked, imagining jackfruit or durian.

"Dis is Bonamu," Vitu replied, placing a piece of greenstone on the table. The girls felt the kiwi's pulse of relinquishing mana. The stone came alive to form a dome.

"It's beautiful. "Yue stretched out his hand and touched the magical jade dome, is it strong?"

"Very strong," Rittal promised waterproof, fireproof, and cold-proof. It is also great for wearing tights. The only downside is that the island of Ponham is very dense. ”

The girls nodded approvingly, looking at Rittux's biceps. Wetu's muscles are bigger than life, and his biceps have a personality of their own.

As the mana faded, the dome collapsed into scattered mana particles.

"Okay, I'm next," Yue said that I was a half-assed fourth-layer summoner, fifth-layer flame. My best spell is a fireball, and my best record is taking six shots in a row before I was released from prison. ”

"Gollum!" is impressive. "And clap loudly, I bet you're going to kick Ace head-on!"

"Ha, thank you, Huitu, I'm counting on you. "Xiao Yue turned to her little friend Elvia, you're up!"

"Hi," Elvia announced solemnly, blushing that I was a Level 3 Healer, Hybrid Magic Summon. I can heal small wounds and heal words, eliminate diseases and small repairs, and some simple vitality gains

"Doctor!" Huitu reached out and grabbed her hand. "You are my number one priority. ”

Elvia's blushing was even cuter, and Gwen felt her heart singing a song of adoration. She reached out and wrapped Elvia in her arms, pulling the struggling girl to her chest. Eve's soft blonde hair, her boneless body, snuggled up to Elvis Presley is the embodiment of heaven.

Deborah looked at her coldly. "You already know, Rittal, I'm Deborah Jones. The third layer is the third layer of soil. I have a sand soul that allows me to control the particles of the earth's elements and shape them as I see fit. ”

"Amazing!" I was really impressed.

"That's me. "Gwen coughed awkwardly, can we bring our head closer?"

The team huddled together.

"Uh...... I am the fourth layer of lightning, and the third layer is the 'five characters'. "Third level summoning and third layer magic. Gwen whispered.

It sounded, no matter how many times Yue listened to Wen's talent, it still sounded like a bare lie. The numbers are ridiculous, not to mention that she also knows that Gwen has other untapped potential.

Gwen added, "I'm working hard to reach level 4 for this competition. ”。

Vitu was visibly trembling. He read the material that Henry had sent to his master in Oakland.

"I'll show you everything when we're in privacy," Gwen suggested, then spotting her faux pas.

"Wow, Yue patted it. "Not bad!"

Gwen blinked, then noticed her faux pas.

"Spell, Yue. I'm going to show you my spells. ”

Elvia blushed in Gwen's arms.

"Now, let's take a break, because tomorrow is the beginning of a long three months!"

The strangely shaped group of people withdrew from the communal dining room. There is a period of time before their high school training begins.

Deborah leaned over and kissed it, kissed it on the cheek, and it was over.

"Let's go," Gwen announced, announcing that the big day was just around the corner. ”

Halfway through, Wetu got off the boat and went to his suite, while the girls returned to their long vacation home.

"Ah~ home, warm home!" Xiao Yue jumped onto her bed and immediately sabotaged the butler's efforts.

Avia carefully examined her closet and changed into linen and more comfortable clothes. Gwen walked into the bathroom, brought her toiletries, and prepared to shower and scrub.

The girls have another meeting before bedtime, and Gwen reveals to them about the development with Surya, Henry, and her mother.

"Yes!" Xiao Yue shouted happily, ignoring the boos of the other two girls. "Well done, Gwen!"

"I'm happy for you. Elvia hugged her friend affectionately.

"yes, that episode is finally over. Let's focus on the days ahead!

The two girls slammed Gwen's own fists with their fists.

The lights dimmed.

Tomorrow is a long day.

"Get up, get up, get up!"

Gwen jumped out of bed, gasping for air.

What the hell is going on, what kind of farce is that?

The racket is Alessia, and she pats Yue's chest like a man playing Bongo.

"Ahh "Let me sleep!"

Elvia was already up and timidly dressed in the corner.

"Training starts at 7 a.m.!Didn't you read the memo?" asked Alessia, skeptically, a sadist with a smile on her face.

"No?" Gwen replied, confused as hell and still lethargic. "What memo?"

Alicia looked at Gwen blankly. She found a thick leather-bound notepad that had fallen on Gwen's bedside table.

"This memo!"

Alicia patted the book. "I forgot- hahaha... Good. Just for today, you have 30 minutes left!"

Hell has begun.

The five of them had endurance training in the morning, followed by an exhilarating sight watching them swallow enough breakfast for five people. Then they trained individually with Alesia, with the participation of various tutors sent by the tower. Lunch is full of magic, and vibrant food is served table by table. Lunch is followed by meditation and mana management. More physical exercise in the afternoon, followed by dinner at six o'clock, where they once again ate the whole town. After dinner, the girls had a theory class with their instructors alone.

The second day is a group training session with simulated battles and the development of cooperative strategies.

The girls are closed on Saturdays and Sundays for personal training and reflection. Gwen takes every opportunity to visit her master in the tower, and Henry personally teaches her the nuances of the new spell - the dimensional gate, the modern faithful hound, and the dark tentacles of Elard.

"Modern is a magician's magician," Henry explained, really being the best of us. He was a 19th-century Scotsman, a highlander, of native Greyhawk Castle in Sylven. He invented many spells as a supreme magician. A natural genius, the mage built a league of towers before such a concept appeared – there are eight obsidian towers in Scotland, known as the "Eight Circles". Unfortunately, not all towers had mages as rulers, some were local lords, one of whom was the king of Scotland at the time. Inevitably, mixed corporations meant that the coalition government failed to prevent Britain's political rule. Modern blames it on rulers who lack equal skills and talents. He was convinced that only men of intellect and witchcraft, whose main interest was not just material, could keep Scotland free and magically pure. ”

"Sounds like he's a magical doctor," Gwen exclaimed, fantasizing that if she too, she was destined to be like this legendary Modern.

"His apprentice is another legend, you know, I'm sure you've heard of him. ”

Henry made a gesture of opening and closing his fingers.

"Bilby's hand is a very utilitarian spell. ”

Sofina showed a mass of tendrils that turned into a giant hand. Its overall appearance was green-friendly until Gwen noticed that its surface was covered in prickly thorns. Gwen observed the first sail streak through the air, opening and closing, unable to grasp anything.

"Imagine lightning or the void. "Henry laughed and laughed, Gwen, what am I willing to give to make you mature. Although I dare say that this combination of summoning and spells can greatly drain your vitality

Henry coughed violently. As Gwen practiced, Sofina saw her master survive with a steady stream of golden mead.

The first few times it happened, Gwen rushed to his master, but Henry told her that it was an old wound and that he just needed a rest. After all, he says, Sofina is providing him with raw life force from the heart of an island paradise, and Gwen has no choice but to wait for the episode to end.

As the training progressed, Gwen realized that she had once again been given a rare privilege. Normally, students learn through theory, but she doesn't have to worry about the usual, slow process.

Henry opted for brutal efficiency, placing Gwen in the larger cognitive chamber to directly demonstrate how the delivery of mana and the summoning of signals should occur. Thus, under her master's unparalleled guidance, a complex system of calculations and magic kept Gwen's cognition secret-free.

As a result, it only took Gwen a few hours to learn to be faithful to the hound, and although she could not cast spells with combat power and could not guarantee a complete list of features, she could summon the dog to the material layer without any problems.

"Master, this feels like deception," Gwen declared after observing her stoic hound, a flickering cloud of electricity that the caster and his allies could barely see that I was learning too quickly. It takes months to learn a level 4 spell. My progress is not specific. ”

"Do you have time?" asked Henry in turn. "A month is learning to cast spells, not to use them in battle and under duress!You, my dear Gwen, need to master spells!What good is it if you can't escape the enemy's flames or blizzards in an instant?"

"It feels so bizarre," Gwen confessed, I couldn't believe I cast a spell in less than five hours that I had never seen before. Wouldn't other children in private schools be able to use this method as well?"

"All right," Henry smirked, twisting his mustache happily I have the only larger cognitive room in Sydney. A standard conference hall cannot sustain a live broadcast of the phenomenon. You don't think your master has only one person you can buy with crystals, do you?"

"Master!" Gwen realized how much Henry was taking care of her. He monopolized the tower's precious resources just to give her an advantage, how could she repay her master's kindness and generosity?

"Focus, Gwen, I'll be happier than you know to see you succeed in three months. If you want to repay me, let the world know that the Void Elemental can be controlled!"

"I will, master," Gwen agreed. She turned around, returned to the room where there was no wall, and began to practice her spell again. First lightning, then the void, fueled by Sofina's generosity of energy.

"Assemble!" shouted Sydney Paladin Gunther Schultz (Gunther Schultz) amidst an explosion that sounded at the training ground. Not only did Bartlett allow them to use the arena alone, the principal also set up a privacy screen. He also wants to have a team that excels in international high schools, as it will bring incredible benefits to public schools and even push them to the status of selective high schools if they are the best private schools.

"Maggs Schultz!" Riteu left the battlefield and ran towards his idol. Even in New Zealand, Gunther is a legendary mage.

"Wow, well done. ”

"Shhhhh

One by one, the girls came down. Gunther's lips twitched.

"Okay! listen!" Gunther told his students. "We're going to play a little game. ”

The girls are exhausted, but Huitu is hungry for more.

"It's called 'playing a Ritu'. ”

Yue smiled.

"What's wrong?" muttered why me?"

"The aim is to break down the barriers of Rittal. You have a 10-second countdown. At five o'clock, you have something to eat. At six o'clock, you eat salad. At seven o'clock, you have the power. Dessert at eight. ”

Paladin Schultz waited for the horror to come. "I used to play this game with Alicia. By the end of our month-long training, she had lost five kilograms. Coach de Botton calls it a quick meal. ”

The girls looked at each other. They turned to Rittal.

"Do we have more than one chance?" Deborah asked.

"Choose one of three"

"What should I do?" Elvia jumped up and down, waving her hand I can't attack!"

"Punishment or reward is collective," Gunther noted, though it's Gwen, but if you know what's good for you, I'd suggest you don't use the Void element. ”

"What's wrong?" Gwen asked, narrowing her eyes curiously.

Gunther grinned and said, "Mr. Taranga is not so easy to defeat. ”。

The girls turned to Gen Punamu.

"Wait a minute, get me ready!" he took a deep breath. "Protective wall!"

A semicircular Punamu dome immediately formed around Huitu, creating an emerald barrier.

"Shape stone!"

The surface of the Punamu River grows geometrically, forming a hexagonal shape that protrudes from its once smooth exterior.

A lattice made! Gwen was impressed. The application of physics to the wizarding world? Who could have come up with such an idea? Is there anyone, somewhere, who practices physical science through magic?

Gunther noticed Gwen's frustration.

"That's Judge Hildenbrandt's signature shield," Gunther conspiredly revealed, not to learn from Ritu, whose master had been inspired by bees building hives in the garden of her tower. Only her registered apprentices can use this spell. ”

"Resist the elements!"

"All right, brother, come at me," called Vetu from behind the fence, his voice muffled by the protective layer and give me all your things. ”

The girls looked at each other.

"Okay, who's going first?" asked Deborah.

"Fireball!" Before Deborah could finish speaking, Yue threw a little flame at the shield, and it hit the outer layer, erupting into a flower of heat and death. In the next moment, the fire dissipated, revealing a charred shield, which had peeled off, but was otherwise undamaged.

"Damn, really?" "Father-in-law was surprised by the shield, only a dent?"

At this moment, there was the sound of stones hitting the ground. The shield is repairing itself.

"!" Yue screamed, firing four more scorching rays. Without the kinetic energy of the fireball, these attacks had little effect, only penetrating the surface of Huitu's Punamu barrier.

"Lightning!" Gwen gestured with her fingers, and a beam of light shot at Wetu, slid over the stone, and stopped herself. "Okay, fudge. ”

"It's my turn!" Deborah mustered up her courage and wrapped herself in sandstone. "Strengthen! Magical weapons! Hurry up! Jump!"

Debra continued to erupt in a wave of self-absorbed energy and kicked a flying ball. On striking the shield, she felt a satisfying creak from the Punamu River below. She kicked again, and it felt like another layer was collapsing. Deborah clenched a hammer in both hands to break Deborah's fists.

Fragments were everywhere, but she still couldn't penetrate the shield.

From the outside of the action, others saw that the shield quickly replenished itself with moving stones from the part still undamaged.

"!" Dobra cursed.

Being in a hurry is a skill that requires incredible physical fitness. Deborah had exhausted her mana, her bronzed skin smooth from sweat.

"Well, about a minute and a half. Would you like to try again?"

"Avia, get ready, I'll need to double the dose after this," Gwen warned her battery pack.

"Alright!" Avia took a deep breath, ready to channel positive energy into her friend.

"Hey, I'm going to use it, what I showed you before! Are you ready?"

"Let me live!" shouted Ritu.

"Empty bolt!" Gwen felt a surge of vitality leave her body as corrosive energy poured out of the pipe. A second later, a dark bolt struck Huitu's shield and bit into the hard outer layer.