Chapter 17: The Battle of Fate

On this day, the moment to decide the fate of Richard and Stevenson finally arrived.

The venue of the constructing competition was set up in Helen Su's private testing ground, and the only spectators were the legendary mage and her seventeen archmagisers, except for the two contestants. Reilly and Mountain and Sea both considered themselves to be part of Richard's camp, so they sat down beside Richard in a grand manner, with the girl's retinue and bodyguards lined up behind her.

The people of the Solam family have privately protested to Black Gold, believing that the Mountain and Sea should not be here, but the Grey Dwarf is also very reasonable: Mountain and Sea are also students of His Highness!

When the first winter wolf was put into the proving ground, the game officially began. Stevenson was given the chance to play first in the draw, so he walked to the edge of the field and solemnly lifted the black cloth covering the cage, showing off the Solam family's half-year effort. And when they saw the snow rabbit, which was comparable in size to a large hound, everyone present couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

The rabbit was clearly mutated, with sharp fangs and claws, many parts covered in hard scales. And those places that were not protected by scales were also wrapped in elaborate lightweight armor.

The gray dwarf immediately jumped to his feet and shouted, "What is this? and you can use your equipment?"

"It's a snow rabbit!Okay, don't make any noise, let's start quickly!" Su Hailun yawned with her mouth covered, and she had no interest in watching the game at all. As soon as the snow rabbit was released, she took a look at it and determined the outcome of the game.

In the experimental field, the winter wolf let out a low roar and slowly crouched on the ground. This is an adult male winter wolf, not only ferocious, but also cunning. Faced with an enemy it had never seen before, it chose a cautious temptation. Feeling the aura of natural enemies emanating from the winter wolf, the xenomorph snow rabbit looked a little afraid. It spun around agitatedly, trying to get out of the proving ground. However, the moment it turned its back to the winter wolf, the latter immediately jumped up and quickly pounced on the snow hare, biting its hips. However, the hard armor protected the snow hare, allowing it to escape.

At this time, the snow rabbit was aroused by the severe pain, and kicked the two hind legs hard, and actually kicked the winter wolf, which was much larger, to the head. The snow hare let out a beastly roar, turned around and pounced on the winter wolf, biting off a piece of meat.

The winter wolf is also a beast, roaring and fighting with the snow hare.

This snow rabbit is loaded with two magical structures, which are Beginner Agility and Beginner Strength. Strictly speaking, its hand-to-hand combat ability now slightly surpasses that of the Winter Wolf, and the scales and armor on the Snow Hare's body also make it take much less damage. For a moment, this herbivore was on par with a predator that was even bigger than it!

The people of the Solam family were so nervous that they held their breath, and Sdiwenson even grabbed the railing in front of him, his body already soaked in cold sweat. Whenever he saw the snow rabbit being bitten by the winter wolf, the dragon vein warlock would involuntarily tremble, almost as if he had been bitten himself.

As the battle progresses, the distinction between a rabbit and a wolf becomes apparent.

As a herbivore, the snow hare has no predatory nature at all. It tore at the snow wolf under the instinct of survival, but it didn't matter where it bited, and it didn't have the consciousness to attack the key point at all.

Look at the winter wolf, which keeps circling the snow hare, trying to attack the latter's vital points. As the battle progresses, it even begins to tear the snow hare's armor off, weakening the opponent's defenses. Although the winter wolf was also bitten by the snow rabbit and bruised all over his body, they were all flesh wounds, which did not have much impact on combat effectiveness. On the other hand, the snow hare has been bitten off one of its hind legs, its movements are much slower, the armor on its hips has long been torn off, and the vital parts have been exposed to the eyes of predators.

Now, many people foresee the outcome of this battle.

Sure enough, the winter wolf quickly pounced on the snow hare to the ground, and then bit open its tender belly.

"Oh!" Stevenson sighed in disappointment, not realizing that the snow rabbit carrying the two structures was no match for the Winter Wolf. However, his mood soon relaxed again.

Richard didn't have this kind of mutant snow hare in his hands, which was much stronger than that of his kind, which meant that his snow hare could not carry two structures. Since the snow rabbit in the double configuration cannot defeat the winter wolf, the snow rabbit in the single configuration is even more hopeless. Santa Cruz once told him that the existing first-order standard build would not allow the Snow Hare to defeat the Winter Wolf. And if the snow hare on both sides doesn't beat the Winter Wolves, the outcome of the match will be determined by the Winter Wolves' injuries, and Stevenson feels that he has the chance to win.

Soon, the wounded Winter Wolf was captured back into the iron cage, and the corpse of the mutated snow hare was taken by the dark blue mage to be examined to make sure that all the magic patterns on it were from Stevenson. After the cleanup, a new adult winter wolf was released into the testing grounds, and now it was Richard's turn.

Richard's snow hare was stronger than most of its kind, but it had not been mutated in any way, and it was less than a third of the size of Stevenson's snow hare.

Richard's snow hare has shed a lot of hair, apparently as a sequelae of loading the build. Judging from the revealed magic patterns, the construction plug-in made by Richard is not perfect, and it has not been able to completely integrate the magic pattern with the carrier. On the other hand, this also shows that the snow rabbit's physique is not strong enough, and it is reluctant to even carry a structure.

As soon as the snow rabbit appeared, a sigh of relief immediately sounded in the area of the Solam family.

How could such a weak snow hare defeat the winter wolf?

Shan and Hai still held their chins with their hands, watching everything in the experimental field attentively, and there was no worry or nervousness on her little face.

When the snow rabbit entered, Master Phil suddenly sat up straight, and a look of surprise appeared on his normally calm face.

Behind the mountains and the sea, a thin old man suddenly opened his cloudy eyes, looked at the snow rabbit carefully, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and slowly closed his eyes.

As for Su Hailun, who was high up, she tilted her head and began to nap with her little hands on her face.

As soon as Richard walked out of the testing ground, the winter wolf was attracted to the snow hare. This snow rabbit is not small, it actually blew up its neck fur and howled at the winter wolf!

Provoked by its prey, the winter wolf did not hesitate to enter the attack state, letting out a low growl. Then, it slowly lowered its body, then jumped up and bit at the snow hare.

Surprisingly, this snow hare opened its mouth and sent out a huge fireball!

The winter wolf in the air couldn't dodge and was directly blown into charcoal.

Master Phil suddenly stood up from his seat and exclaimed, "This, this is a fifth-level fire explosion technique!"

Richard stood on the edge of the experimental field and looked up at Su Helen, with undisguised pride on his calm face!

The legendary mage's closed eyes suddenly opened and winked at him, a smile on his brow.

Suddenly, a hysterical howl rang out: "Cheat! This is cheating!" Stevenson desperately tried to climb over the railing and rush towards Richard, despite the obstruction of his men.

Richard stood still and didn't move, but his eyes narrowed slightly, and a few fingers subconsciously began to tremble. If the other party really rushes over, Richard will use the combat skills of the dark world to "educate" him.

The area of the Solam family was already in chaos, and the dark blue archmages were sitting upright, and they didn't make a big move except to exchange opinions with their eyes. The mountains and the sea were now just looking at Richard, and her face soon showed covetousness, but the girl tried to sit upright and make herself look like a lady.

In the experimental field, the charred winter wolf lay quietly on the ground, and there was no possibility of standing up again.

"He's cheating!I'm not convinced!" Stevenson struggled desperately, even biting the arm of a family warrior, causing the man to gasp in pain, but he didn't dare to let go.

An old man in ordinary clothes stood up from the back row, sighed and let out a hypnotic spell that quickly put the dragon warlock to a deep sleep. He said to the warriors of the House Solam, "Take him back." The men immediately carried Stevenson out of the testing grounds.

After the dragon vein warlock was carried to a distance, the old man walked out of the area of the Solam family, saluted Su Hailun from afar, and said apologetically: "I'm very sorry, this is our Solam family's lax discipline, and please don't take it to heart." ”

Su Hailun patted her mouth, yawned, and barely opened her eyes. As for the magic skills used by the old man in the wave of his hand, such as magic extreme effect and magic penetration, she didn't pay attention to it at all. If this hypnotic technique were thrown out of her hands, it would bring down everyone in the Solam family in an instant.

"It turned out to be Count Fron, why did you sneak up on me, and you didn't even say hello. Is it because you are afraid that the game will be unfair?" asked Su Hailun with a smirk.

Count Fron is the younger brother of Duke Solam, a field nobleman, and an eighteenth-level archmage himself. Looking at the entire Solam family, this is also a very powerful branch. He'll appear in Deep Blue, and the reason doesn't even need to be asked.

Count Fron sighed, glanced at Richard with a complicated expression, and said, "No, this game is fair, it is true that we lost. The snow rabbit is supposed to be loaded with a non-standard construct, which can instantly extract all the power of the entire construct, and release the fire explosion technique beyond the level, although it also turns the construction itself into a one-time consumable, but this technique is not inferior to some large constructors. ”

Hearing his words, Reilly and Richard glanced at each other, their faces a little solemn. This structure is the result of the joint efforts of the two of them, and it can be said to be the only one of its kind on the Norland continent. However, the first time it appeared in the eyes of the world, Count Fron saw the most fundamental operating principle, which made Reilly and Richard initially realize the strength of the truly strong people in the Norland continent.

"If only you could think like that!" said the legendary mage with a smile, "Although you lost the match, considering the good relationship between Deep Blue and Duke Solam, I can give you another place as a self-funded student." The tuition fee is only half of that of standard self-financed students. Of course, this time the direction of study will not be the field of architects. Well, I don't have any students in the Warlock's realm, do you want to consider it?"

Fron's face twitched a few times, and once again sincerely thanked the legendary mage for his kindness, saying that he must discuss it with the Duke when he goes back, and then choose a truly talented child to study in Deep Blue.

The earl did have the demeanor of an old nobleman, and after congratulating Richard, he left with the people of the Solam family. Seeing those people walk out of the laboratory, Black Gold sighed with regret. In fact, when Sdwenson was carried away, Su Helen was also very reluctant.

Not every student can change their tricks to give her money, and in this field, the Dragon Vein Warlock really hasn't encountered an opponent.

Unfortunately, although the legendary mage has created a warlock's realm specifically for him, the Solam family has made up their minds not to let the damage widen.

At this time, the dark blue staff began to clean up the experimental field, and they exchanged heads and ears while looking at the corpse of the winter wolf.

Master Phil walked over to Richard and asked, "Richard, do you have any side effects other than the damage to your build?"

Richard calmed his excitement for a moment, bowed slightly in the direction of the archmagus, and said as if answering a question in class, "The biggest side effect of this one-time build is that it will cause the user to permanently lose a build slot. In my opinion, it's a good fit to sell to the natives of the secondary planes. ”

Hearing his words, the archmages began to whisper. These people have extraordinary insight, and the word "disposable" allows them to see the torrent of gold coins rolling in.

For Reilly, the second day of the game was just an ordinary day, but for Richard, it was no ordinary day, because the mountains and the sea were leaving the deep blue.

In Reilly's eyes, the girl is an interesting friend, but that's about it. For Richard, months of getting along day and night have made her shadow deeply imprinted in her heart.

When saying goodbye, Reilly only said one word to the mountains and the sea: "When you marry Richard, remember to ask me to be a witness!"

The girl waved at his back and said loudly, "I will!"

This time, Richard didn't argue, because he himself wasn't sure what he would do with the mountains and the sea in the future.

When Reilly returned, Richard was still with the mountains and seas, sending her miles away. No one knew what the boy and girl had said, but the next day, Reilly noticed that Richard had an extra string of animal teeth on his left wrist.