The surprise on Leo's face slowly disappeared when he saw Brian's smiling face, and then said with a wry smile, "When did you know?"

"Actually, I should have guessed a long time ago, after all, I really can't think of why Colin surrendered. Brian replied lightly:

"He's also the one with the Sword of Judgment?"

"Hmm. Now, Leo also knew that there was nothing to hide, so he simply nodded and admitted: "The reason why Colin deliberately admitted defeat is that considering that Locke may be a traditional Saki, so he preserves your combat power as much as possible." ”

"Sorry I didn't tell you. ”

"Nothing. Brian just waved his hand and said, "You guess you still have something to do, so I won't join in the fun." ”

"If you're still feeling guilty, after the group stage of the tryouts, come over to Uncle Claude's tavern and have some drinks with me. ”

With that, he walked out of the academy.

......

The final match of the group stage of the selection competition ended in the evening, and the round of 32 was also successfully born.

There is not much difference from previous years, and there are only 3 first-year students who have entered the top 32, namely Kaze, who is the first first-year student in points, sharpshooter Lance, and Brian, a dark horse.

The second-year students are full of talents, with 13 students entering the top 32, and the two junior students together account for just half of the total.

Of course, no matter how good the first- and second-year students are, this selection competition is destined to be a stage for third-year students.

One is Efix, who has returned from cultivation, the most dazzling student of Odin Academy, in the group stage, he has not made a single move, and only used one dodge after another like a prophet, making his opponent extremely desperate.

His three opponents of the same level are also three students with good strength, but whether it is the elemental system with the most attack means or the enhancement system and transformation system with amazing continuous combat ability, he is helpless.

I heard that the biggest desire of the audience who went to see the Ifix match was not to see a good matchup, but to see someone force him to make a move.

Another third-year student who has attracted much attention is naturally Rex of the Thorn Flower family.

This third-year student, who is known as the biggest contributor to the 'Dark Skycanopy Incident', was also powerful in the group stage. I also heard that Rex is already a Blazing Sun Mage after a period of special training, and with his two sets of defensive 'law system' magic, he really has a feeling of being impregnable.

But no matter how heated the discussion was outside, Brian ignored it, and he just went to Claude's tavern alone, drinking one drink after another.

"Drinking is not like your style. Leo's voice rang out over Brian.

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have called you over, I ordered the most expensive wines, you wouldn't mind, would you?" said Brian, taking another sip.

"I'm not going to be so stingy yet. Leo sat down next to Brian and said, "The group is out." ”

After the round of 32 in the selection competition, every game has to be rematched after being disrupted, and of course, the same is true for the venue. Brian even heard that after the round of 16, Odin Academy will open a special place as a competition venue.

"Who's my opponent?" asked Brian, turning his head.

"Rex. Leo finished speaking, and pushed a piece of paper from the table, which was the information that the Sword of Judgment had painstakingly collected about Rex.

Brian was just about to drink, when he heard this, his movements were obvious, and then he smiled: "I didn't expect the power of the Sword of Judgment to be so great, and even this kind of thing can be manipulated, should I be glad that I have the opportunity to join this organization?"

"Actually, I didn't expect them to be able to arrange this matchup in advance. Leo hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully: "It can only be said that both of us want to defeat each other too much. ”

"So this duel can be regarded as a 'black box' operation agreed by all forces. ”

"I see. Brian nodded, and suddenly realized.

The power of the neutral faction of the Odin Academy should not be underestimated, and such a grand selection competition will certainly not allow the two sides to continue to mess around like this, and the other forces also want to deal with the contradictions between the two sides as soon as possible.

"But the most exciting thing is not your matchup, but another third-grade vs. first-year matchup. Leo said this, with a smile on his lips.

"Who?" Brian had been looking at the paper handed over by Leo since he heard that his opponent was Rex two days later, and when he heard Leo say this, he couldn't help but look up and ask curiously.

"Efix against Reims. After Leo finished speaking, he didn't forget to add: "This group of duels is completely randomly selected, and no one has done anything about it." ”

"It's the two of them?" said Bryan thought for a moment, then understood why so many people were optimistic about this match.

Efix has not played since the group stage, not to mention ordinary spectators, I am afraid that those representatives of the top forces from all parts of the empire want to know what the strength of the number one student of this academy is.

And the magic mastered by Lance, Brian knows, and it is a very rare 'must-hit' in the law system, which can be said to be exactly the same as Efx.

This time, Efix had to make a move.

"And the academy has also scheduled this game as the first game, tsk, you can also watch it then, in case you win Rex and run into Efix, then it's a good reference. Leo laughed.

"If I do run into him, it won't be of much use to me. "It's not that Brian is presumptuous. Although he is confident of winning against Rex, he has absolutely no chance of winning against Efx, who is also in the third year.

Efix and Rex are two concept players, one is the first student who doesn't know the details at all and has a fighting style, and the other is a defensive student who has been carefully planned by himself and the Sword of Judgment for a long time, plus the mystical magic he has mastered is more or less useful to Rex, so he has some chance of winning.

Hearing Brian's words, Leo didn't answer, obviously in his understanding, no matter who faced Efix, it was estimated that he would lose.

"By the way, I have a question for you?" Leo asked, changing his words.

"What?" Brian kept his eyes on the piece of paper filled with Rex's information.

"Why did you kill Locke?" asked Leo.

Although he knew that the soul in Brian's body at this time was not the real Brian, but in fact, for Leo, the soul of the person in front of him was more in contact with him, and Brian Bivais only had a relationship with him no matter what he said.

In his impression, Brian is not the kind of person who loves to kill and violence, and Locke may have some help, but it should not be enough to make Brian a killer.

Or does Brian still care a lot about that credit?

"I don't care about the credit. Brian seemed to see through Leo's thoughts, put down the paper, and replied, "I don't care more about your so-called strife among the various forces, and I don't even care about those so-called solicitation branches. ”

"But they shouldn't use the 'dark canopy' for their own benefit, they don't deserve the glory, they don't deserve it....... Brian's guardian of them. ”