Chapter 38: The Martial Demon Conference (1)
Every year on April 27, the day of commemoration of the founding of Louis Fermont the Great, on this day, every province of the empire will hold a grand celebration, and the three-day martial arts conference is the highlight of the event.
The so-called Martial Demon Conference is a large-scale competition to test the cultivation level of young people, and young people under the age of eighteen in the province, whether they are practicing magic or fighting spirit, can sign up to participate.
The top three in the conference will have the opportunity to participate in the martial arts event to be held in the ancient city of Coennas next month. The King will personally observe the event and reward the winners.
It is said that if a poor person can be among the top three in the grand event of the imperial capital, he can even obtain a knighthood in one fell swoop and change his identity from then on. It's a pity that for nearly a hundred years, this rule has been reduced to a decoration - even in the martial arts conventions in various provinces, there are very few poor people who can stand out.
As the birthplace of Louis the Great, the young people of the province of Tesri have been making great achievements in martial arts and demons for hundreds of years since the empire was founded. However, in the decades since the Marquis of Eli became Lord of Dorne, the province has lost its glory, and some people have privately discussed that this is the improper governance strategy of the city lord. Of course, no one dared to accuse openly.
Since mid-April, the Tesri School of Magic has been filled with the atmosphere of the upcoming conference, with professors beginning to talk about their actual combat experiences and strategies, consciously or unconsciously, and small groups of students are also discussing and studying the wonderful combat examples of previous years.
However, in general, the students of the Academy of Magic were not optimistic about the results of the conference, and as Mr. Victor said, the competition between the Apprentice of Magic and the Preparatory Knight was always more difficult for the former. In the grand events held in the imperial capital over the years, there are far more preparatory knights than magic apprentices, which is proof of this.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Donner, except for a trip to Dorne once in the middle of the month to check on the Lori sisters' work, and he was tortured twice by that shorty, he still lives a very regular life.
Magic is mysterious, but the process of learning it is actually extremely boring. The homework of drawing primitives, the practice of creating magic models, and meditation are all repeated countless times in order to become proficient.
Even for Donner, this boredom can be torture. But just as he saw meticulous work as a practice when he worked in the library, he now sees overcoming this boredom as a practice.
So, it wasn't until Wesley reminded him that he remembered that tomorrow was the Martial Demon Conference.
"I still think you should beat up Carl. I kind of regret that I didn't sign up now, and I miss the way Carl was beaten up. Wesley wasn't usually aggressive, but for some reason he kept obsessing over beating Carl.
"Then you can go up for me, with the strength of your mid-level magic apprentice, you may be able to take the first place. "Donner knew that Wesley had already advanced a month ago, and he seemed to have recently been trying to build a thirty-six yuan complex attack magic, which was something that only a mid-level apprentice could master.
After more than a month of practice, Donner's twelve-yuan defensive magic can finally be as proficient as six-yuan magic, and he can do it as he pleases, he can do this in such a short time, in addition to the additional improvement of his spiritual power in the five-line full cultivation, the more important reason is that after a month of meditation, his water and fire two-line divine yuan is finally close to three hundred, and his promotion is imminent.
Donner calculated that after the three-day martial arts conference, he should be able to advance to the rank of mid-level magic apprentice. At that time, he had not yet decided whether to practice the magic of other low-level apprentices proficiently, or directly learn the magic of middle-level apprentices.
Lucia finally couldn't help but come to Donner, but Captain Kaz always followed her inseparably, and the two really didn't "get along alone" anymore.
Early in the morning of the 27th, hundreds of carriages of more than 2,000 teachers and students of the Academy of Magic formed a continuous convoy and rushed to Dorne City. Lucia did not appear.
When the people from the Academy of Magic arrived at the convention site, the crowd automatically gave way to a passage. Donner followed the crowd into the huge open-air venue, and a loud cheer rang out in his ears. It seems that although the Knight Academy has had better results in previous conferences, the people still have a better opinion of the Academy of Magic.
Tens of thousands of ordinary people sat in high places far away. In the front row, in addition to the two major academies allocated to the province, more than half of it is occupied by the nobility.
In the front row of the aristocratic quarter, the twin sisters sitting next to Idalua waved vigorously at Don as he appeared, and Donna waved in response, wondering why they were sitting there. Then he immediately thought of what Natia Vida had congratulated him through the king at the beginning of the school year. It seems that these visitors from the north have a high status in the empire.
After everyone in the Academy of Magic was seated, the meeting finally began.
Since the junior students of the Magic Academy have just condensed the Divine Yuan at most, it is impossible for them to perform magic, and no one will sign up for the competition. The students of the Knight Academy can sign up regardless of grade, so at the beginning of the conference, it is a competition between the junior students of the Knight Academy, and the subsequent matches need to be drawn after the end of this competition.
The battle between the junior students of the Knight Academy was large in number and lacked ornamentation, so the competition at this time was carried out simultaneously in more than a dozen small fields pre-marked in the venue.
This was the first time Donner had seen Richard and Kelly in standard armor. After more than half a year of knightly training, Richard has become more and more burly, and when he wears armor, he is already quite imposing. And after Kelly put on the armor specially made for women, her figure looked slender and toned.
None of their opponents were strong. Richard won by an overwhelming margin of power after a few hard fights with his opponent. Kelly took advantage of her light pace, dodged for a while, and took advantage of the opponent's impetuousness, tricked him into the center of gravity, and kicked him out of the field.
After their victory, both beckoned to the stands of the Academy of Magic, and although they hadn't found Donner's place yet, they knew he was there.
After that, there were several rounds of duels, and the top eight were produced, in addition to Richard advancing all the way, Kelly actually passed the test without danger. This was a bit of a surprise to Donner.
After this, these eight junior students, plus the other fifty-six senior students of the Knight Academy, and the sixty-four students of the Magic Academy, will be mixed together to determine the opponent by lot. Before reaching the final eight, the draw will be handed over to the affairs officer of the conference.
From this point on, the competition field is no longer divided into areas, and it is directly duel in pairs.
Donner immediately got the results of his own draw, the twenty-seventh, against the fourth-year student of the Academy of Magic, Aubrey Trump.
The game went on very quickly, and the Academy of Magic versus the Upper Knight Academy, and sure enough, there were more losses and fewer wins.
In the twelfth matchup, Kelly appeared. When he saw her opponent, Donner immediately had a bad premonition.
It was Carl's henchman, Dick.
At the beginning of the match, Kelly tries to get close to Dick quickly, but Dick's stone stabbing technique is already unleashed halfway through Kelly's run, smashing into Kelly's armor with a dull sound, and Kelly falls down.
As she struggled to get up, another stone spike struck her ground-holding right arm. With a scream, Kelly's arm should have been broken.
When Kelly fell to the ground, Donner had already stood up from his seat, and when he heard Kelly's screams, his heart pounded, and he rushed into the venue desperately, and even pushed away the officials who maintained order halfway.
Downer rushed into the arena and picked up Kelly, the girl's right arm in his arms was apparently broken and twisted strangely. Under the intense pain, her beautiful face was covered with sweat, but she still tried to squeeze out a smile when she saw Donner's concerned expression.
Dick had a winner's relaxed expression and waved in the direction of the Academy of Magic.
Several officials who maintained order surrounded him and made a gesture to drive Donner out of the field, but Merkel arrived in time and whispered to them.
Donner holds the injured Kelly in his arms, and next to him is Richard, who has already arrived. The three teenagers from the island of Lante looked so lonely and weak in the center of the venue of this 10,000-person assembly.
The boy looked around at the crowd, and in his heart, a nameless anger was germinating. In the face of provocation, he has been avoiding it, which is the philosophy of survival that belongs to the weak. But this kind of avoidance actually made the people who were hostile to him even more unscrupulous. The result of such a draw was obviously artificial, and Dick must have been instructed to still be ruthless even though Kelly had lost the ability to fight.
Since the fight is inevitable, and he is no longer the weaker he was half a year ago. Then, it's time for a different stance.
Donner hugged Kelly tighter and said in his usual gentle tone, "Don't worry, I'm here." ”
Even though the broken bone has been inserted into the muscle, even if the severe pain is still endless, the girl lying in Donner's arms still feels so happy at the moment. Because the young man in front of him had just rushed desperately because he had said such a thing to himself.
The girl closed her eyes peacefully, yes, there he was.
Donner hugged Kelly and walked in the direction of the VIP seat, and as he passed Dick's side, he said coldly: "I hope you can win a few more rounds." ”
The breath was so cold that it seemed to freeze as soon as it was spoken. Hearing this, and looking at Donner's expression at this time, Dick was actually a little afraid. He himself couldn't understand why he had such a feeling of fear, you must know that at this moment in his eyes, Donner was just an ordinary person who couldn't even condense the Divine Yuan.
Donner finally walked up to Adalua with Kelly in his arms, and in front of the surprised faces of many nobles, he said, "You have a way, right?"
"It's just a small injury, just take care of it for a few days. Adarua replied nonchalantly, for in his eyes, breaking off a hand or foot was indeed a trivial matter for a warrior, and it was not worth making a fuss about.
"Idarua. Donner's eyes remained motionless, and he looked straight at the dwarf.
For the first time, the dwarf sisters saw Donner show such a cold and even angry expression, and felt that such a Donner really looked a bit like the Great Demon King.
"Uncle Ada!" the two sisters said at the same time, pulling out the kind of green potion that Donner had ever seen and feeding it to Kelly.
After Kelly drank the potion, her face was indeed soothed.
Aidalua suddenly laughed with relief. The young man in front of him has always behaved, just like those dwarf wise men, his mind is full of whimsical ideas, and he will be frightened if he is not careful. But they all think too much and are indecisive. It wasn't until someone broke through Donner's bottom line just now that the emotions he showed were in line with the dwarves' tastes.
"That's right! Whoever dares to touch your people, you will kill them!" Idarua took Kelly from Donner's hand, and the right hand holding the girl's severed arm shone with a dazzling golden fighting spirit, "Don't worry, it will be fine in a while." ”
There was an uproar in the VIP seats, I don't know if I was shocked by the strength shown by the dwarf or what he said.
Kelly's injury was just a small episode for the Martial Arts Conference, and the game paused slightly and continued immediately.
After handing Kelly over to Adalua and the dwarf sisters, Donner returns to his seat at the Academy of Magic.
"Don't leave him and Carl alone!" Wesley, who was sitting next to Donner, whispered. Donner nodded silently.
At the end of the twenty-sixth duel, Donner stood up silently and walked towards the center of the venue.
(Donner the Great Demon King is about to explode for the first time!Ask for recommendation,Ask for collection!)