The main competition of the selection competition was held in the back mountain of Odin Academy.

Normally, the mountain behind the academy is not open to the public, and there is a powerful magic barrier around it, so even students and instructors are forbidden to enter the mountain without permission.

It is only open to everyone on the day of the start of the tryouts.

Brian has already entered early because he is a student of Odin. When I passed outside the back mountain gate, I was also startled by the black crowd.

"The tryouts are one of the few big events in Odin City, so almost the whole of Odin City will come and watch it. ”

Leo explained.

"Hmm. Brian nodded in understanding. After all, there's no internet here, so it's a rare opportunity to spend time here, and of course it's not to be missed.

Ogin Academy Houshan Brian had come in once before, and that was to go to Professor Joseph's courtyard, but it was only a residential area, and it was not strictly a forbidden place.

At this time, Brian discovered that the so-called mountain behind Odin Academy was really quite large.

It encompasses at least three hills, a small inner lake, and a number of buildings in this tree-fringed environment.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the dozens of circular crystal platforms built by Odin Academy a month in advance.

These crystal platforms are located near the complex, made of pieces of magic crystals, about a meter high, the size of half a football field, and they are also very bright, and they also exude bursts of magic fluctuations, apparently specially designed to prevent them from being destroyed by the duel between the students.

Each crystal platform is relatively far apart, and there are layers of auditorium in between. The purpose of the academy is obviously to prevent some students from having a 'tacit understanding' competition.

As a participant, Brian naturally knew his competition venue for a long time, so he also went straight to the No. 17 and No. 18 crystal platforms.

At this time, Locke, who is in the third year, and Saki and Colin who are in the second year are also present.

However, Brian was slightly surprised that there were not many spectators, or even very few.

Although he is not a long-established student, Locke is also a seeded player, and it is estimated that no one else is here except for the friends of the four players.

"I forgot to tell you, Efix is back, and the students in their group are all third-year students, and the current people are probably all gathered there. At this time, Leo pointed to a small hill in the distance.

Brian followed Leo's finger and could see the crowd even though it was far away.

"No wonder. Brian withdrew his gaze, not the slightest loss in his heart, but a little happy, he wished that there was no one present, so that he could reduce the possibility of revealing his hole cards.

"Alright, now that all four of you have arrived, I'll announce the matchup list now. "The referees in charge of the group stage at No. 17 Crystal Table are Coach Kevin and Coach Lake, whom Brian has met before.

Kevin saw that all four people had already arrived at this time, and he didn't procrastinate, and directly pulled out two blank pieces of paper from the cardboard box.

"Brian is against Colin at the 17th stage and Rock is against Sacchi at the 18th stage. The winner of the two matches will face off in two hours, and the same goes for the loser. If a player loses the ability to fight today, then all of his next matches will be lost. ”

Kevin said in a serious tone: "And I must remind you that once you are on the crystal platform, unless the other party admits defeat or one side dies, the duel will not end." ”

"Won't it end?Does Kevin's teaching mean that the duel in this selection competition is a duel of life and death?" Saki on the side frowned when he heard this rule and asked.

"I didn't say that, I said that the way to stop the game can also be to admit defeat yourself. Kevin explained with a nonchalant gaze, "The academy has never promoted self-indulgence. ”

"Of course, once one player has already opened his mouth to admit defeat, and the other side wants to continue to work, he will be directly disqualified from the selection competition, and will also be punished accordingly by the academy. ”

After hearing this, Brian squinted his eyes, this rule really has the style of Odin Academy in the past, emphasizing the law of the jungle.

However, this is somewhat biased towards Brian's side, after all, his mystical magic is still at the level of a half-ass, and once he can't stop it, he is likely to die.

"Okay, I've explained the rules, so get ready to take your seats. Seeing that the four of Brian had no doubts, Kevin waved his hand and announced the start of the game.

Brian didn't leave because he was a player on the No. 17 platform, but when Locke went to the No. 18 platform, he gave him a contemptuous look.

Brian didn't react to this, instead turning his head and walking onto the 17th crystal platform.

Anyway, he and Locke will eventually have a fight, and there will be a pointless war of words.

When Brian and Colin walked up to the crystal platform, Brian immediately felt a slight shock from the crystal platform, and then a layer of white enchantment enveloped the crystal platform, a bit like a miniature version of the dark canopy.

"This barrier will not affect your duel, and when the duel is over, the enchantment will naturally disappear. Although there were not many people in attendance, Kevin still explained the rules dutifully.

"Understood!" both Brian and Colin nodded to Kevin in the audience.

"Then the game begins. Kevin nodded as well and said.

Although Kevin announced the start of the game, neither man on the stage chose to attack first.

Brian was looking at Colin closely.

The Colin in the information is a battle mage of the reinforcement system and an intermediate silver moon mage, which is not the best in the second year, but it is definitely not weak.

From these two points, Colin is actually almost the same as Brian's strength, it is worth noting that Colin is also a nobleman, but Colin rarely attends banquets held by the children of nobles in Odin City, and the information shows that Colin has a taciturn personality and is relatively wooden, even if some nobles want to befriend him, he refuses.

Over time, Colin also became unsociable.

"I heard, like Koyss, that you're questioning Rex's merits?"

The two were silent for a moment, and Colin was the first to ask.

"That's right. Brian had nothing to hide, nodding in acknowledgement. It's just that Brian doesn't know what the other party means by this question?

"Well, I don't really believe that guy would do such a thing. Unexpectedly, after Colin heard this, he actually grinned, but after that, he put away his smile and said.

"But even if you don't like that guy, you can only talk with your fists, and I hate people like you more than Rex. ”