After the first day of competition, Victor and other professors from Triss School of Magic, who had been resting and waiting at the inn, were finally summoned by King Auston together with Dean Devis.

The three teenagers who ended the first day of the competition with a complete victory record were also in high spirits, and in the tavern next to the inn, they celebrated a little.

When the number of customers was at its highest, the tavern owner began to loudly encourage diners to place bets on tomorrow's game.

Although the Imperial Colosseum can accommodate 100,000 spectators, the vast majority of the millions of residents of the sprawling city of Coenas still don't have the opportunity to be there in person.

So, in order to make it easier for everyone to choose the object of betting, the tavern owner also took the trouble to take out a list of the top ten masters of the event that had not dried the ink, on which were written the names of the ten players with strength, the representative provinces, the characteristics of the battle and the odds.

Among the three teenagers in Triss Province, the names of Roger and Wesley also appeared on the list.

Roger is in eighth place, and his characteristics column reads: Peak Reserve Knight, Atmospheric Moves, Balanced Attack and Defense, No Obvious Weaknesses, Stable Performance.

Wesley's name appears at the end of the list, and his characteristics are summarized as: mid-level magic apprentice, wind and wood dual, tactical weird, good at secret calculations, and a big dark horse.

"Why am I behind Roger? Wesley glanced at the list and said dismissively.

"It doesn't matter where we stand, we both have the same odds, four to one. Roger reassured.

Donner withdrew his eyes from the list and smiled at Wesley, "The above evaluation of you is very accurate, the person who wrote this list has some ability." ”

"Donner, you make it clear whether you need that magic wand or not, if you plan to use it, I'll ask you what the odds are later, and it's all on you. Wesley seems to have found an opportunity to make a big profit.

"Yes, I'm all over you. Roger chimed in.

"Forget it, I'm using it for self-defense, and if it's seen by too many people, there will be no surprise effect in the future. Donner took a sip of the wine and replied lightly.

"Hey, this friend has made it for nothing, and he doesn't help if he has a rare opportunity to make a fortune. Wesley feigned sadness.

"You're addicted to acting, right, to be honest, I don't think poets are suitable for you, with your talent, it's better to be an actor. Donner teased Wesley, and then asked Roger, "The top three on the list are all amazing, have you seen them in previous years?"

"The first place in last year's event, Piedro from Greenland, was not on the list this year, and he should be over his age. Last year's second and third, the top two on this list, Quisal and Mino, you should have seen them all when you played today, both of them have just been promoted to the official knights. As for the third place, the high-level magic apprentice, Path, I also saw it for the first time today, according to his strength, he shouldn't be unknown, and it is likely that he did not sign up at all last year. ”

"If nothing else, those two official knights are probably the first and second. By the way, if you are against Paz, do you have the confidence to win him?"

"Nope. Roger shook his head bitterly.

"Shouldn't a pre-knight have an advantage over a magic apprentice?" asked Donner.

"It was a misunderstanding. Because on the field, the rank of the reserve knight is almost higher than that of the magic apprentice. You see, every knight academy has a few peak preparation knights when they graduate, but the magic academies in all the provinces of the empire add up to one or two high-level magic apprentices, which is good. Magical talents are much rarer than knightly talents. Roger explained carefully.

Donner listened to Roger's words, and secretly assessed his actual combat strength, what level it was.

At this time, Donner, the three systems of earth and wind are still stuck at one hundred and eighty gods, while the two systems of water and fire have reached four hundred and eighty, and like Wesley, he is also a two-line mid-level magic apprentice (the other three systems are less than three hundred gods). But compared to Wesley, Donner has an absolutely pure and perfect divine element, so the same magic is almost several times more powerful than the other party.

In this way, Donner's combat power should be much stronger than Wesley's, and he is not on the list of the top ten masters because his opponent is too weak today to force his true strength.

However, Donner also has his own disadvantage, that is, the time to advance is too short, so there are too few types of magic mastered. He only mastered six yuan of basic attack magic, and the basic defense magic was also the most basic twelve yuan. In addition to being used on magic rifles, the self-created Burst Ice Bead has very few opportunities to be used in actual combat. The only mid-level apprentice magic he had just mastered, the Blazing Meteor, he hadn't tried it yet, and he didn't know how powerful it was.

All things considered, Donner felt that if Paz had enough experience in actual combat and a reasonable combination of magic, it would be difficult to say the outcome of his own confrontation with him. And the two official knights, Quisal and Mino, should have no chance at all if they don't use the magic rifle themselves.

In other words, if you want to rank yourself on this list, Donner thinks it will be around four or five.

Of course, if you let go of using the magic rifle, that's another story.

But unless he is forced to do so, he prefers to keep a low profile, no longer using the magic gun lightly, but using it as a hole card to save his life.

As for the fact that the top three of the event could allow the poor to directly obtain nobility, Donner didn't particularly care - as long as he meditated step by step every day, he could be promoted to a full-fledged magician within a year, and it would be much easier to seek a noble status at that time.

Deves and Victor and their entourage, as expected, were rewarded by King Auston for their meritorious service, and each of them was promoted to a first-class knighthood.

During the summons, the king did not mention the dismal achievements of the Tris Provincial School of Magic in recent years, but expressed his satisfaction with the firm stance shown by the teachers and students of the Emperor's alma mater in this rebellion, and promised Dean Devis that he would increase the quota of magic crystals of the Tevez Academy of Magic.

For a magician of already noble status, there is no point in raising the title, and it is far less important than increasing the quota of magic crystals in the academy.

King Auston suddenly seemed so confident in the distribution of magic crystals, and it was precisely because after Donner's successful enrollment that he received a guarantee from Natia Vida: from next year, the empire's magic crystal quota will be increased by a full three percentage points. The amount allocated to the Tris Academy of Magic, which is nothing at all, is nothing in comparison.

In the middle of the night, Donner was half-asleep and half-awake, and vaguely heard the sound of the professors returning to the inn, and there was laughter in a trance, he only thought that he was hallucinating, turned over, and continued to sleep with his head covered.

The next day, the martial arts festival entered an important last day.

In the third round of the draw, the three students of Tris Academy of Magic and Magic were all very lucky, and they continued to win all of them and entered the top 16 together.

Mino, who ranked second on the list of masters, defeated the ninth-ranked player, a rare apprentice of the third line of magic.

Path, who ranked third, trapped the fourth-ranked peak reserve knight with a high-level apprentice magic and quicksand trap, and completely conquered the opponent with dozens of high-level stone thorns.

The top-ranked Quissar, who played against a player who didn't make the rankings, punched his opponent's helmet shortly after the start of the match, and his fists with a fighting spirit still knocked his opponent unconscious through the helmet.

In the fourth round, the eight matches of the round of 16, the same province still adopted the principle of evasion, so Roger drew the sixth-placed Reserve Cavaliers, with Wesley and Donner both unlucky, with the former drawing Quisal and the latter against Paz.

Roger fought hard with his opponent for 20 minutes, and finally lost and stopped in the round of 16.

Wesley had another surprising move, and when he appeared on the field, there was a loud laugh in the stands. Because he actually borrowed Roger's helmet and put it on his head.

When the referee questioned him, he replied that as a beautiful man, he had the obligation to add a layer of protection to his face, not to mention that the opponent had a history of liking to slap his face.

Once again, the audience was amused by him, and the attentive audience could naturally remember that Quisal had indeed won several matches by hitting his opponent in the head.

In the end, the referee also had no choice but to allow him to play with a helmet.

At the beginning of the game, Wesley successively used the Thorn Technique to slow down Quissar's sprint, and then a large number of attack spells such as mid-level Wind Blade and Whirlwind Spell beckoned to Quissar.

When Quisal finally broke out of the dense thorns and was about to approach, Wesley suddenly and loudly announced that he had conceded defeat.

Only then did the audience react - he was not prepared to fight Quissar at all, but had already planned to admit defeat after angering the other party.

There was boos in the stands, and Quisal looked dazed, but Wesley, who was wearing a helmet, walked off the field as usual.

Seeing that the two companions were all out, Donner, who was originally very relaxed, suddenly felt the pressure.

"Dean Devis, it seems that you are going to be wiped out again this time, and no one will make it to the quarterfinals. The professor, with his delicate beard, spoke again.

Deves smiled slightly, not responding. On the contrary, Wesley, who had just conceded defeat, couldn't be idle again.

"I said this lady, why do you care so much about our college?" In the middle of speaking, he suddenly stopped, paused before continuing to speak, this time his tone changed to self-talk: "No, it turned out to be an old man, how can he talk so weirdly, and he is so nosy......"

"You!" Professor Beard shouted, pointing at Wesley.

"What am I? I once had a dog, and I didn't like the door of my own house, and I ran to other people's houses every day to make trouble, and the dog barked very loudly. It wasn't until he was castrated that there was nothing bad about him. ”

The bearded professor's face was flushed, but he didn't dare to make a move on a student in front of the king and so many people, and he knew that he was not Deves's opponent if he really wanted to make a move.

Seeing that it was impossible for him to scold a student, the bearded professor turned around and deliberately said in a volume that everyone could hear: "Don't be soft-hearted in the next game." Martial Arts Festival, even if you miss and kill someone, it's fine. ”

The student nodded respectfully.

On the field, Mino's won another game.

Donner stood up, ready to play. The student who had just been admonished by Professor Beard also stood up at the same time.

That's right, that person is Downer's opponent in this round, a high-level magic apprentice, Path.