After eating, Roy returned to his dorm.

Tomorrow is the preliminaries of the freshman competition, he picked up the flyer on the table, flipped through it and confirmed it again.

This is a registration flyer for the freshman competition distributed by the college a week ago, which contains the rules and rewards of the freshman competition.

In principle, as a competition rather than an academy exam, the Freshman Competition is not mandatory for everyone to participate.

However, because as long as you sign up, you can receive a guaranteed 500 meritorious service as a participation reward, coupled with the atmosphere of the academy that encourages everyone to participate, so almost everyone will participate.

The Freshman Tournament is a team knockout round, where two teams will decide the winner in one game on the field, and the winner will advance to the next round, and this rule will continue to fight until the tiebreaker.

There are currently 52 teams in the first year, and 52 teams actually participate, according to the rules of the knockout round, they generally need to win six consecutive games to win.

However, there are exceptions, and after the two rounds of elimination, 52-26 and 26-13, the academy will select the best seeded team based on the combined results of these two battles.

After that, the remaining twelve teams will continue to play, 12 into 6, then 6 into 3.

When only three teams remain, the previous seeded teams will be parachuted into the semi-finals, where the four teams will play two matches together to determine the winner.

The Academy will award the winning team with 10,000 merit points each, as well as the qualification for the Holy Land Tour.

The top four teams only have 2,000 merit points each, and the bottom teams will be rewarded even less.

Roy's goal is naturally to win the freshman competition, and the merit reward is secondary, he just needs to be qualified for a Holy Land tour.

The Heart of God had promised him that if he could make another tour of the Holy Land, it would allow him to choose an ownerless ritual at will.

How strong the law weapon is, you can know how strong it is to compare it to Arya's law sword Chevaus, and every law envoy with a law weapon is enough to change the flow of battle.

Therefore, he won the victory of the freshman competition and participated in the tour of the Holy Land, and he was bound to win.

Just then, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts, and Roy got up to open the door, and there was a petite girl standing in the doorway.

Well, maybe she can't be described as petite anymore, after seeing the young girl-level body shape of the deputy head of the strategy department, Cocoa, Roy thinks that Fiya has actually developed quite well.

"Is there something wrong?" Roy asked.

"This afternoon, the battle announcement for each team has been sent."

Fiya bit her lip and handed him a notice, "You weren't at the academy at the time, and now I'll pass it on to you." ”

After registering for the Freshman Competition, the day before each elimination round, the captain of the team will receive a match notification for the next round, which includes information about the opponent's team.

"Well, I'll go out to do the commission in the afternoon, I'm sorry for you."

Roy took the notice, swept his eyes, and then turned on a strange face.

"We would like to inform Roy Arnold that your team will play the first round of the Freshman Tournament tomorrow at 9 a.m. in Division 3, with the following line-ups......

"Roy's team: Roy Arnold, 3rd Order Moon Shadow.

"Arya Christian, Fourth Order Holy Knight.

"Harvey Rudolph, second-order marksman.

"Ye Tianchen, third-order sword cultivator.

"Team Sharon: Sharon Iverson, Third Order Demon Blade.

"Fia Mendes, Third Order Moon Shadow.

"Nick Vane, Second Order Priest.

"Adele Nauman, Second Order Flame ......"

After reading the notice, Roy raised his head in surprise: "So my opponent tomorrow is your team?" ”

"yes." Fiya sighed and smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect us to meet again in the arena so soon. ”

Roy's team has Arya, the legal envoy, who is one of the absolute favorites to win the new competition, and it can only be said that it is bad luck to meet them in the first knockout game.

"That'...... Let's do it together. Roy didn't have anything else to say at the moment.

In the month of working together in the class, Fiya has helped him a lot, and Roy still has a good impression of her.

Now that he has to face her team in the first round of eliminations because of the schedule, he feels a little regretful.

"Don't look like you're going to win!"

Fei Ya glared at him, "If you dare to underestimate us, you will definitely not be able to eat and walk around!" ”

After the cruel words, she turned back to her bedroom and closed the door, Roy looked down at the game notice and touched his chin.

The relationship is good, and it is naturally impossible for him to release water on the field.

Not only that, but he also has to win the first two rounds of knockout matches beautifully, and strive to get the seeded team and go directly to the semi-finals.

That's right, it's to be conspicuous, and the more gorgeous the record, the better.

Unlike Ye Tianchen's desire to "want to live a peaceful campus life", his identity as a divine envoy will be exposed sooner or later in the future.

To this end, he wants to quickly plump his wings in the three years of college life and join the circle of the strong.

And his strength and the team's record will be its stepping stone.

Mentor Edward once said something similar: "In the Inheritor Academy, as long as you have enough potential, we will spare no effort to cultivate you, so the stronger the stronger." ”

So he is not ready to hide his clumsiness, and the freshman Dabi will be his first stage to emerge in front of everyone.

……

The next morning, Roy's four gathered in the competition area and went to the third division to report together.

"Hey, Roy!"

Before I saw him, I heard his voice first, and Duke Sting, an old acquaintance of the Ministry of Information, ran over and said with a smile, "I'm coming to watch your game and cheer for you!" ”

"You're here to see Arya, aren't you?" Roy laughed.

The roster of the freshman team has already been determined, and their team, as one of the favorites to win the championship, will definitely be followed by reporters from the first round of elimination.

Not only their team, presumably Qin Xiang's team and Zorn's team, the Ministry of Information will send someone to follow up.

"Oh yes, Roy, there's one more thing I have to tell you."

Duke said, "I was asked to criticize the bullying incident of seniors in the college newspaper, and I have almost finished writing my original manuscript.

"But when I later investigated the identity of the person concerned, I found out that Hiroshi Uesugi was a member of the student council.

"It's kind of embarrassing, you know, unless it's serious enough to say bad things about student council members......

"Of course, if you strongly request, I will try to send the manuscript out, after all, the truth is on your side, but this is equivalent to forming a bond with the other party, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Oh, you said that competition." Roy slapped his head, "You didn't mention that I forgot, Harvey, did the Uesugi brothers trouble you again later?" ”

"Nope." Harvey replied, "The sharpshooter class is quite stable at the moment, and after that competition, no one dares to provoke me anymore." ”

"Now that the turmoil has subsided, let's just let this matter pass."

Roy nodded, and then looked at the rostrum in the audience, where there were already many big figures in fancy clothes or armor, some of whom didn't look like people from the academy.

"They are?"

"They."

Following his gaze to the audience, Duke explained, "They are all members of the special agency and the strategy team, responsible for discovering potential students in the academy.

"For example, Roy, you're Lunaris, and if you do well in the Academy, the Florentine family in charge of the Shepherd's Night's Watch will throw an olive branch at you.

"After passing the exam, you will be able to become a Probationary Night's Watch, and once you graduate from the Inheritor Academy, you will be able to officially join the Night's Watch team.

"If you are not interested in joining the West Ternia Special Agency, you can also consider joining the Raiders group, the strength and treatment of some top Raiders groups are not even worse than the special agencies."

Roy nodded thoughtfully.

Grain

At this moment, the referee walked into the stadium and ordered the players of both teams to enter, and the first round of eliminations was about to begin.

Duke waved at the crowd and returned to the stands, where the referee began handing out amulets.

"Roy, how do you fight?" Harvey put on his amulet as he looked at the team on the other side.

"The lineup on the opposite side is Demon Blade, Moon Shadow, Priest, and Flame Summoner."

Roy muttered, "I'll sneak over after the game starts, finish off all the priests and flamecallers on the other side, and then gather the Fire Demon Blade and Moon Shadow together, and we can win."

However, the Moon Shadow on the other side is Fia, and her stealth is not to be underestimated, and Arya needs to concentrate on protecting Harvey from being assassinated by Fia......

"Before I knock down the opposite Flame and the Priest, Teacher Ye, can you hold back the Demon Blade on the other side? But if Fia shows up, you'll need to prioritize defending to keep Xavi safe. ”

Ye Tianchen nodded: "I understand." ”

On the other side, Fiya's four-person team was also discussing the countermeasures for the next battle.

"I feel like if we want to win this fight, we're going to have to take Arya down quickly and get her out as soon as possible."

The first to speak was Captain Sharon, "I checked with the referee that after Arya was knocked out of the field, she should silence the effect of the sword and no longer provide tier buffs to her teammates.

"Only then will we have any hope of winning."

Fiya had a different opinion, she glanced at Roy not far away, and said, "If the Holy Knight focuses on defense, we can't knock her down quickly with our firepower.

"We can only think differently - the output player in their team will be set on fire first, as long as the output position on the opposite side is knocked down, and only one Holy Knight is left, even if she is a fourth-order, she is just a target for beating."

"The ...... of the team," Sharon mused, "do you mean Roy?" ”

Obviously, on the surface, Arya is the core of this team, but in fact, the captain has Roy's name written on it, which is enough to prove that this Roy has a lot of origins.

"Roy is the president of our class, and he's strong."

Fiya clenched her fists, "So I kept thinking about how I could beat him until I finally thought about it last night, but it takes everyone's cooperation......"

The pre-match warm-up time was quickly over, a protective shield was raised on the edge of the playing field, the referee blew the whistle, and the game officially began.

The atmosphere in the arena suddenly became tense, Roy and Fiya entered the stealth state at the same time, Sharon pulled out her long sword, and several lights lit up on her body-

First-Order Demon Blade Skill "Flame Gathering": Inflicts fire damage to weapons.

2nd Order Demon Blade Skill [Wind Protection]: Condenses the wind element, increasing the speed and agility of the sheltered target.

and the first-order priest skill "Blessing Spell" performed by a teammate priest: Increases the power and speed of the blessed target.

2nd Rank Priest Skill "Indestructible": Applies a buff to a weapon, increasing its strength and toughness.

Although the Demon Blade is a warrior class, it is more like a battle mage, and the combat method is to cast buff skills for oneself and add spell damage to one's attacks.

And with the assistance of the priest, Sharon at this time was even more BUFF full, and her instantly soaring combat power was almost comparable to the fourth order.

Ye Tianchen stepped forward and took the lead in fighting with Sharon, and the opposite side began to cast a spell on Summoning Flame, Harvey pulled his bow and aimed at Summoning Flame, and a "Cold Ice Arrow" shot out.

However, at the moment when the arrow left the string, he suddenly felt that his body was heavy, and the spiritual power in his body became difficult.

The priest on the opposite side aimed his staff at him and cast the skill "Weakness", which greatly weakened Harvey's spiritual power, strength, and speed in a short period of time.

On the other side, Summoning Flame easily dodged the weakened ice arrow, and then condensed several basketball-sized fireballs and smashed them towards Harvey.

Seeing the fireball coming, Harvey subconsciously wanted to dodge, but after being "weakened", his movement became extremely slow, and he was about to be hit by the fireball.

At the critical moment, Arya blocked Harvey with a shield and blocked all the fireballs.

Summoning Yan was about to continue to use the fireball technique to suppress the firepower, when a dark shadow appeared behind him.

Roy emerged from the shadows, the blade of his left hand wiping away from Summon's neck.

This freshman was not very vigilant, and at the moment he was concentrating on his skills, and he didn't even notice that there was an extra person behind him.

"Be careful......" The priest Yu Guang on the side noticed Roy's appearance, and was only halfway through his words when he saw a shield pop out of Summon's body.

"Solve one."

After the assassination, Roy blessed and hurried, wanting to take away the priest on the side, but at this moment, he suddenly walked and stood upside down.

Behind him was a petite figure that also appeared, the dagger in his hand stabbing Roy in the back.

It's Fia!

At the beginning of the match, she goes into stealth mode, and everyone thinks that she is like Roy, trying to wait for an opportunity to solve the remote output on the opposite side.

But I didn't expect that she had been guarding her own Flame Summoner and the priest's side, waiting for Roy to send her to the door.

The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the moment Roy appears, she launches an attack, although Zhao Yan is still killed by Roy in seconds, but she also occupies the dominant position of backstabbing.

If she could use the second-order flame summoning as a bait to replace the opposite captain Roy, her tactic would have succeeded.

At this time, Fia's dagger was only an inch away from Roy's back, and the backstab was about to hit—

At this moment, Roy's figure flickered, and he actually staggered Fiya's backstab in an extremely strange posture, and at the same time, the spiritual power fist blade in his hand also swung towards Fiya mercilessly.

Fourth-Order Moon Shadow Skill "Full Moon Dance": Counterattacks while dodging attacks.

This skill is similar to the "Sword Reversal" of Sword Cultivation in terms of effect, but the former is dodging, while the latter is blocking.

Seeing that this backstab blow was dodged by Roy, a trace of despair appeared on Fiya's face.

She had done her best, and if Roy was still third-order, she was sure that this backstab blow would take him off directly.

However, under the protection of Arya's sword of law, he was temporarily promoted to the fourth order, and he was able to use the fourth order skill of Moon Shadow, which allowed him to save the day.

The third-order vs. the fourth-order was originally an unfair battle, and she could only bet that Roy didn't have time to react to use the skill, but now that she used it, she never had a chance again.

The blade of the Spiritual Power Fist shimmered with a faint blue light, slashing across the bodies of Fia and the priestess, and shields popped out of their bodies to announce their exit.

"How so?"

On the front line, Demon Blade Sharon was fighting with Ye Tianchen, and when she heard movement behind her, she looked back and saw that the three of her teammates had been knocked down by Roy.

The attack of the fourth-order Moon Shadow is indeed difficult for her teammates to guard against, but she is different.

After blessing various buffs such as "Flame Gathering Technique", "Wind Protection", "Blessing Technique" and "Invincible", she still has the strength to fight even in the face of the Fourth Order.

At this moment, Roy has not had time to re-enter the stealth state, and the Moon Shadow is not his opponent in a head-to-head showdown.

There is probably no hope of turning the tables around, but at least she can take out Roy to avenge her teammates, and she can also avoid the shameful shaved head of her own team.

Thinking of this, Sharon rushed towards Roy, and Ye Tianchen wanted to stop him, but a ring of water trapped him, temporarily restricting his movements.

Demon Blade 2nd Tier Skill: "Water Ring Bondage".

Ye Tianchen frowned, and swung his sword to cut through the water ring, but at the same time, Sharon had already come to Roy, carrying a blazing blade and slashing towards Roy!

LIKE STACKING BUFFS, RIGHT?

Roy's face remained unchanged as he opened his right hand towards Sharon.

Judgment 3rd Order Skill: "Spiritual Erasure"!

Spiritual Erasure can remove several stacks of buffs from the target, and the fourth-order judgment can just remove all the buffs on Sharon's body.

In the next moment, Sharon's swift figure slowed down suddenly, and the fire attached to the long sword sword was also extinguished, and the momentum of the slash was suddenly greatly reduced.

Roy unleashed his Psychic Fist Blade, attaching the Judgment's third-order skill "Shattering".

The spiritual fist blade collided head-on with Sharon's long sword, and only a "swoop" sound was heard-

The sword broke in two, and the severed blade slashed through the air and plunged upside down to the ground, reflecting a glittering flash in the sunlight.

Sharon stood in place, looking at the broken sword in her hand in disbelief.

His own spirit weapon sword is broken!?