Hill Manvenlin patrolled the northern walls of Slom day after day, and even though no enemy had disturbed the peace for hundreds of years, she continued to carry a quiver and a longbow in her hand, not neglecting to guard every corner of the wall.

The night was dark, her silver hair stood out in the dark, her pale skin revealing an unhealthy dark blue, and a black cloak dancing in the north wind.

After completing her rounds, she walked down the city walls and walked along the boardwalk of the city towards her lodgings, her steps were light, and there was hardly any sound of her iron boots stepping on the stone brick floor.

In the dark night, the tip of a knife peeked out from the bitter cold wind, and the blade was wrapped in the north wind and cleaved, and the murder weapon appeared without the slightest warning, as if it were a wisp in the wind.

A few strands of silver hair fluttered in the wind.

Silver Hime was still walking forward, seemingly unaware of anything unusual, but just as the attacker thought there was another chance to strike, she suddenly stopped, waved her cloak, and turned around—

An elongated arrow shot out of the gap in the raised cloak.

The hunchbacked man who appeared behind her at some point had just pinched a piece of flowing silver hair from the wind when he saw a silver arrow already in front of her.

A wisp of smoke burst out of thin air, arrows fell, and the figure of the hunchbacked man disappeared into the smoke.

Ciel was half-crouched on the ground, still holding the bow in his left hand, the bowstring still trembling slightly, as if awakened by the murderous intent and unable to calm down.

Her pale blue eyes and white pupils turned slightly, and her right hand had already taken out a second arrow from the quiver in her cloak.

Before the arrow was on the bow, a suffocating sensation invaded her chest, and she felt as if a hand had grasped her heart, sharpening and dulling her senses, and the hairs on her body stood on end, like a bloody sword hanging above her head.

Before he could catch the arrow, Ciel swung his longbow and slammed it into the air beside her—she didn't have no point, for two blades had already stabbed out of the air, one slashing at her longbow and the other about to stab her in front of the eye.

At the last moment, her right hand to grab the arrow swung to the side, blocking the attacker's arm holding the knife, and the hunchbacked man had completely jumped out of the shadows.

Hill couldn't resist the heavy impact, and the hunchbacked man slammed into the fence of the trestle in a glued position, the stone battlements were shattered, and the two fell along with countless pieces of rubble.

In mid-air, another burst of light smoke, the hunchbacked man drew his knife and disappeared into the smoke, while the silver Ji waved his longbow and cloak, and Ling Qi turned his head and feet, half-crouching and landed on the ground.

The cloak hunted, and as soon as she stood firm, she shot the arrow in her hand forward, and the arrow cut through the cold wind and disappeared at the end of the dark road, seemingly missing anything.

Facing the elusive opponent, Silver Ji slowly stood up and looked around quietly. She landed from the trestle onto the street, where the doors of the shops were closed and the windows were dark.

There are countless dark corners and dark alleys along the roadside, and every place seems to be able to hand out a knife.

"Silver Jihir Manwenlin, you're not as good as others say, hehehe."

As a deep voice sounded, the hunchbacked man stepped out of the air, seemingly unprepared to continue playing hide-and-seek.

"For whom are you going to kill me, bounty hunter?" Hill carried the bow with no expression on his face, and no expression was the most solemn expression.

"For myself, you can call me Sandor." The hunchbacked man said that he held two short knives in his hands, and the curves of the blades were so tortuous that he believed that cutting them into a person's body would hook out all the flesh.

"Bounty hunters don't trade at a loss." Hill said indifferently.

"I admit that I want to borrow the Dead Touch, after all, the king and the Goreites need this half of the key, and it would be interesting if the dragon soul and bow were snatched by me." Sandor's pupils were bright red, and a red scarf embroidered with a skull pattern was wrapped around his face, "Don't be surprised, I'm so well-informed, hehehe." ”

Hill suddenly raised his bow and fired an arrow, which flew to the side of his body, hitting a silent boomerang that flew at high speed—the moment the arrow cluster collided with the dart, a cloud of ice bloomed, and splintered ice chips fell to the ground.

Sandor watched the boomerang wrapped in ice crystals fall to the ground, and then glanced at the dark blue longbow in Silver Ji's hand, and greed flashed in his eyes.

The longbow has a simple but domineering dragon horn-shaped bow body, and the bow is in the shape of a dragon's head, and the arrow clusters are spit out from the dragon's mouth, and the deep blue cold air continues to overflow from it, which is quite terrifying.

It is the lower relic, the dragon bow that contains the dragon soul of the Frost King.

"Not bad, not bad." Sandor squinted and said, "The bow is good, but you don't seem willing to lend it to me?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, Ciel rewarded him with an arrow that went straight to the door.

Sandor vanished into the smoke, and this time he could see clearly, and as Hill drew her bow, two faint black vertical marks appeared under her eyes, crawling on her face like frozen tears, but the trails faded as the arrow was fired.

Realizing this, his interest in Ciel intensified, but his dangerous instincts told the old hunter that he needed to stay out of the way.

"You have wounds, and I will not kill wounded beasts." Sandor's voice came from where the boomerang landed, "Next time, maybe it's in the Jiling?" Hey, hey, hey......"

Silver Hime turned around and saw that the boomerang that had fallen to the ground was gone, and her instincts told her that Sandor was gone. Even so, the suffocating sensation remained in Ciel's body, and she felt both strange and familiar with the power.

Maybe it'...... What about the Origin Force?

In the conference room on the second floor of the Violet Guild, Miranda Edward looked helplessly at the guild members in front of her, feeling angry and amused in her heart.

As soon as they heard that the opponent of the demon fighting was the Court Magicians Guild, these timid and fearful guys all died down, and they were not aroused at all.

"Levi's bastard......" said Miranda, gritting her teeth, "I promised to come up with an idea, but now I can't find anyone." ”

Now, she couldn't even find the three magicians who participated in the demon fight. In fact, this situation is not surprising, in the Kingdom Academy, after the apprentice is promoted to magician, less than 20% of the people will choose to stay and continue to study magic, and most people will choose to find their own way out and leave the Academy.

After all, the road of magic becomes more difficult and bumpy the further you go, and it is extremely difficult to make progress...... This is the real reason why the Violet Guild is now in a state of flux and lacks major generals.

A bachelor like Levi, who hasn't opened the Demon Palace for five years, but still insists on staying in the Academy, is a "wonderful".

"President, I volunteer to fight demons."

Raymond Brown, who looked as determined as ever, expressed his desire to play to Miranda and sat down without saying a word.

"Thank you, Raymond." Miranda gave him a grateful look, Raymond was the mainstay of the guild, his participation was expected by Miranda, and now the problem was the remaining two......

Levi seems to have said that there is a candidate, who is it?

"President, there are no magicians left in this room." A female bachelor spoke, "It's really not good, we can only let the stronger apprentices participate in the demon fight." ”

Raymond nodded quietly, seeming to agree with her.

Miranda looked at the person who spoke, it was a young woman with a lot of personality, her chestnut hair cut shorter than a man's, her eyes were covered with dark, dark makeup, and she looked like someone who hadn't slept in ten days.

"Carmen, I heard that you plan to be promoted on this winter solstice, so are you already a quasi-magician?" Miranda said with some surprise.

The female bachelor named Carmen nodded, and although her image was a bit deviant, she seemed to be a reliable person.

"I'm not a magician yet, but I'm willing to participate in demon fighting." Carmen spread her hands, "I think before the game starts, you need to communicate with each other about the magic you can use. ”

Miranda clapped her hands happily, she picked up the manuscript paper and quill, and said, "Counting the people Levi said, we can get three of them...... Now, Raymond and Carmen can tell us about your spells, and I'll record them so I can devise a tactic. ”

Raymond looked at Carmen and said solemnly, "I can use seven spells, low-level magic [Illumination], [Fire Bomb], [Paralysis Technique], [Stone Skin Technique], [Light Heat Cable], [Serpentine Lightning], and medium magic [Great Fire Bomb Technique]. ”

There was an envious exclamation from the guild members in the conference room, and Miranda nodded silently. Raymond's magic configuration is very conventional and typical, in addition to the relatively basic light, fire, electricity, and earth four series of introductory magic, there are also two low-level magic extremely difficult electric cables and snake electricity, plus the easier but powerful fire bomb technique in medium magic, the strength is quite good.

"Do you want to talk about illumination, too?" Carmen cupped her temple noncommittally and said, "Well, in that case, I'm a low-level magic [Illumination], [Stone Skin], [Beast Language], [Ripening], medium magic [Transfiguration], [Ugly Vine]. ”

Hearing her words, Miranda showed a surprised expression, and the serious Raymond also changed color slightly.

"You're amazing, Carmen!" One guild member said admiringly, "I learned two medium spells before I got the badge!" ”

And that's not all.

Raymond thought silently in his mind that the Great Fire Bomb Technique he had worked so hard to learn was based on the Fire Bomb Technique, so the difficulty was reduced, but as a different race of magicians, this girl named Carmen had actually learned quite complex Transfiguration and Vine Spells.

That's talent, right? Raymond frowned.

"Don't say that." Carmen was not proud, but assessed herself very objectively, saying, "The lower magic I have mastered is basically useless in battle...... And although Transfiguration is good, I really don't like and am not good at turning into a lion and fighting people hand-to-hand. ”

Miranda understood what she meant, she folded her arms, thought for a moment, and said, "Then we need to make a strategy for the spell of the two of you." ”

Carmen nodded, and began to play with a crystal in her hand.

"President, we still have a few days to work out tactics and practice, but we have to submit the list of demon fighters today, right?" Raymond said.

"Ah...... That's right. Miranda was reminded by him, explaining, "Each guild has to submit a roster this afternoon, so do you mean to build a strategy based on the roster of the Court Mage Guild?" ”

Raymond bowed his head and said, "IMHO, the opposing guild has quite a few magicians who can play, so we need to see their list before deciding on the tactics. ”

"The list is public." Miranda nodded thoughtfully, she suddenly remembered something, and said angrily, "Levi! The list is about to be submitted, where is he? ”

The alchemy room of the Violet Guild is the best alchemy room among all the guilds in the Bachelor's Mansion, which has experienced the operation and accumulation of many predecessors, and there are many rare materials in the alchemy warehouse, and the facilities are also very complete.

If it weren't for the fact that alchemy is a relatively unpopular direction of study, this kind of good place would not have been buried, and it would have been cheaper for Levi who came to the door.

"The specific plan has been told to you." Levi sat in a rocking chair, the table around him was piled with bottles and cans, "There's not much time left, you have to hurry up and practice." ”

Alva sat down on a low stool beside him in distress, scratched his hair with his hand, and said, "Even if you say so, what if you fail?" When the time comes, not only will you not be able to get the badge, but you will also lose face in the Demon Fighting Arena! ”

Levi said seriously, "I promise you, as long as you do what I say, you will definitely win the demon fight...... Understand that your goal is not just to get promoted, but to get Archer Blaze to look at you. ”

"But I can't believe it...... Do you know how incredible this is? Alva gritted his teeth and said, "How do you want me to believe in the magic you created?" It's not something ordinary people can do, you tell me, it's not you who did it, it's the spell that the magister wrote, right? ”

Levi looked into Alva's eyes and shook his head slowly.

"I'll correct it, it's not creation, it's transformation." Levi said, "Magic is a weapon to be used, and as long as the weapon works, what does it matter if the details change?" ”

Alva stopped talking, but moved his butt, leaving Levi with a side face and thinking quietly.

"It's okay, I'll be here for the next few days to guide you, anyway, there's a compartment in the room to defend against magical shocks." Levi smiled and said, "The method has been provided to you, and then it's up to you to see if you dare to do it." ”

Alva opened his mouth and closed it again.

"Don't make things too simple, it's not a one-man demon fight." Levi kept talking on the side, "The other two people selected by the guild must have their own ideas, it's not difficult to speculate, think about it, who doesn't go to the Demon Fighting Arena to get glory?" ”

Alva turned his head to look at Levi, "You mean, everyone wants to be in the limelight?" ”

Levi nodded and said, "You don't have to care about what your teammates do, just do what they say about the tactics anyway...... Everybody wants to be the core of the tactics, you just have to work together, and only when I say that, you can use that move. ”

"And what about the rest of the tricks? There's no need to practice! ”

"I'm not a god, and I can't predict everything, so you have to practice magic as an alternative." Levi said, "Anyway, after my rewriting, the magic wasn't too difficult. ”

Alva was about to speak, when the magic circle at the door of the room suddenly lit up, and the brown magic pattern swirled, interlocking and dismantling like locks.

The door opened, and President Miranda, Raymond, and Carmen entered.

"Levi! I'm going to submit the list of demon fighters to my mentor, but what about the contestant you're talking about? Miranda walked quickly to Levi's, a pair of "iron tongs" like hands ready to move.

Levi held out his hand between himself and the president, motioning for Miranda to keep a safe distance, and his other hand pointed at Alva, "That's the person I'm talking about." ”

"Alva?" Miranda was stunned.

Raymond, who was standing at the door, glanced at Alva, who looked flustered, frowned, and said, "How many spells did he have ready?" ”

Carmen folded her arms indifferently and looked at the experiments in the alchemy room with interest.

"I remember you were still practicing snake lightning, Alva." Miranda raised an eyebrow and said, "You've made it?" ”

Levi glanced at Alva, whose face was cloudy, and after hesitating for a while, he stood up and said, "I've got six ...... ready No, five magic. ”

"Really, congratulations!" Miranda happily took out the paper and pen, "We have another magician in our guild, tell me which spells they are, Carmen and Raymond have already reported them." ”

Are the other two contestants called Raymond and Carmen...... Uncooked.

Levi glanced at Raymond and Carmen, stood up, and looked at the thirteen spells registered on the paper from behind President Miranda, silently thinking in his mind.

Alva looked at Miranda, sighed, and said, "Lower magic [Illumination], [Paralysis], [Fire Bomb], [Wind Technique]...... There is also medium magic [fledgling]. ”

"Chicks?" Raymond exclaimed.

He looked at Alva in disbelief, not even noticing his gaffe.

Alva nodded and said, "That's right. ”

Miranda felt a great surprise befall her, she patted Alva on the shoulder and said, "I thought your fifth spell had hit a bottleneck, I didn't expect you to learn such a difficult magic, no wonder!" ”

Even Carmen, who didn't pay much attention to the matter, set her eyes on Alva and commented with some interest: "Amazing. ”

Alva touched his blonde hair with some weakness and said with a smile: "I've just learned, it's not stable, it's not stable." ”

He glanced at Levi, who smiled and nodded at him.

Raymond took a deep breath, straightened his back, walked up to Alva, and said solemnly: "I think you should be the core of our tactics. ”

Alva was a little surprised, and he suppressed his inner apprehension, and said, "But I only know five magics. ”

Levi also narrowed his eyes at Raymond.

He saw Raymond's magic configuration, although there were no powerful spells like fledglings, but the three of serpentine lightning, light and heat electric cable, and large fire bomb were all very practical and balanced, and compared to Alva's configuration, they were also more flexible.

Why did he use Alva as a tactical core?

"Although you have less magic to equip up, you have a finishing magic that neither I nor Carmen have, the fledgling, so letting you do the decisive blow is the best tactic." "And the guild's roster is public, so it's not very humble, but I think the opponent will focus on guarding against me, so having you at the center can be a surprise." ”

The reasons are good and reasonable.

Levi sat down silently.

But as a contestant, his choice was not normal...... Alva's chicks are powerful, but they don't take a back seat to Raymond, who is well-rounded.

While Levi was thinking, Alva said to Raymond with some gratitude: "The decisive blow is the biggest highlight of the demon fighting competition, if I had to do it, it would be ......"

"It's all about victory, Alva." Raymond said calmly, "I don't have any extra good intentions for you, I'm only doing this for the guild. ”

Miranda looked at Raymond and Alva with relief, and she said, "Raymond...... We're going to win. ”

Carmen touched her "dark circles" and said to Raymond, "You're amazing too." ”

After Miranda submitted the list, the Bachelor's House posted the names of all the guild participants who participated in the Demon Fighting on a white wall.

On the day of the winter solstice, in addition to the three Magisters who presided over the game, the [Winter Saintess] of the nine-member council will also be present to watch.

Along with the guild members, Levi also came to the white wall, looking up and quietly looking at the list on the wall.

Violet Guild:

Raymond Brown

Carmen Lee

Alvar Stewart

Looking at those names, a long-lost sense of excitement rose in Levi's heart, although he didn't have to compete, he was influencing the outcome of the demon fight off the field, both in a magical sense and in terms of tactical layout...... This is a good opportunity to validate all the gains he has made in the past five years.

If Alva defeats Duchess Archer, it will be one step closer to the launch of the plan, and one step closer to her father, Duke Brilliant Duke.

The man he suspected, the powerful man who was most likely a member of the Flame of Destruction, Gustav Blaze.

It all starts with your daughter.

Levi shifted his gaze to the list of the Court Wizards' Guild:

Archer Blaze

Yaheng Ward

Jil Cook

Levi smiled darkly.

After nine years, the first battle of his revenge is about to begin in the Demon Fighting Arena.

("In compiling this book, I had to weigh repeatedly how to distinguish between low, medium, and high magic, and even quasi-forbidden spells from forbidden spells. We can't just judge by the difficulty of casting spells and the effectiveness of spells, but also by considering the place of each spell in the magical order chain, which is the most difficult part. For example, the difference between [Fire Bomb] and its advanced magic [Great Fire Bomb] is only the size of the head and the size of the wheel, and the essence of the spell is not much different, while the advanced magic [Fission Escape] of [Mirror Escape] has greatly modified the core of the spell of the former. —Magic Illustrated Introduction)