'If I fail, I will keep our agreement, but, after this, you can never be defeated by someone else, and if you fail, you must win back!'

...... What the hell is she trying to do?

Alas, I knew I would have rejected her in the first place...... Tsk, what a hassle!

However, the feeling of losing ...... It's really not good...... "There are so many people who sign up......"

"Hmm......"

"Hey, man, did you hear me?"

"Hmm...... Hmm, what did you just say?"

"Defeated by you," shook his head helplessly, Alan gestured to the crowd around him with his eyes, and said, "It's as lively as last year's school celebration......

"Maybe it's because there are students from other academies, so it's very hard," Jiang Zhe said, glancing at the iron gloves that Allen put on his hands, and said strangely, "Is it really okay to bring such a thing?"

Alan smiled and pointed not far away, only to see a professor from Reochs College repeating the rules of the game over and over again.

“...... Again, the rules of the competition are as follows: students are forbidden to use level 6 magic, and the use of curse magic with the most dangerous surname is restricted...... It is strictly forbidden to strike after the other party admits defeat, and the violator will be dealt with as a failure...... Coma, appearance, and voluntary admitting defeat are all handled as failures...... Students from both sides can bring auxiliary props for the competition......"

"Hehe, do you hear that?"

"Heard it......" Jiang Zhe shook his head angrily and muttered speechlessly, "Is that also a support magic prop?"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Zhe suddenly felt that someone was approaching behind him, and when he turned around, he realized that it was Lavia.

I saw Lavia glance at the long queue of registrations and muttered, "No, there are so many people?"

"You're only seeing a small part," Alan said with a shrug as he pointed in the direction behind the castle, "I think the professors were a little surprised......

"Hmm......" Lavia looked at the students around her, her heroic eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then she glanced at Allen, who took a step back knowingly, letting Lavia line up behind Jiang Zhe.

Glancing at Lavia, Jiang Zhe said speechlessly, "Hey, if you cut the queue like this, the seniors behind will be very dissatisfied......"

I saw Lavia glance behind her faintly, and said softly, "What does that have to do with me?"

"......" Jiang Zhe shook his head helplessly, looked around and said, "It seems that they are almost all students above the third grade, by the way, Allen, what about Scott?"

"Who knows? That guy couldn't find him in the morning, damn it, he just perfunctory me yesterday, right?"

As soon as the words fell, an indifferent voice came from behind Allen.

"Alan, it's very rude to talk about others behind your back......" I saw Scott wearing a black magic robe, walked over slowly, nodded slightly to Jiang Zhe and Lavia, and said, "The number of students who signed up seems to be more than expected, so all students in our academy must take one or two tests, and only after passing the test can they participate in the competition......"

"How do you know?" asked Allen, confused.

Glancing at Allen, Scott shook his head and continued, "There are two types of tests, magic tests and magic tests, as long as you pass one of them, you can participate in the competition, I didn't have any offensive magic that I could handle, so I chose the magic test...... It's passed!" The last sentence he said to Allen.

"Tong ...... Passed?" Not surprisingly, I saw Allen's face surprised, and then said, "Hey, hey, I said why can't I find you early in the morning, it turned out to be ......"

"I went to the library at that time, and when I came back, I signed up by the way, as if there weren't so many people at that time......" As he spoke, Scott pushed his glasses, turned around and waved his hand and said, "The knockout is in the afternoon, so I'll go back to the dorm first......

Looking up at the rather dazzling sun, Alan shrugged his shoulders angrily, "This guy ......"

After waiting for a full twenty minutes, it was Jiang Zhe's turn and the others, as Scott said, the students participating in the competition had to choose one of the two tests, the magic test and the magic test, presumably mostly to eliminate some students who lacked strength.

When it was Jiang Zhe's turn, I saw the professor who signed up looking straight at the student in front of him for a while, and suddenly said with a strange face, "You...... You're still a sophomore, right?"

"Yes, Professor!"

"Uh......" The professor nodded, pointing to the magic test prop that resembled a crystal ball on the table, as well as a black rock in the distance, and smiled, "It's good to be confident...... Let's get started!"

Glancing at the crystal ball in wonder, and then at the black strange stone in the distance, Jiang Zhe asked suspiciously, "Can you choose which?"

"Yes, it's all right," the professor nodded, seeing that the student in front of him seemed to be a little confused, and explained, "If you are good at damage magic, then it is best to choose the magic test, no matter what kind of magic, one hit of that obsidian will be considered a pass, and if you are learning illusions, curses and other magic, then it is better to choose the magic test, as long as there is enough magic power to make the crystal ball shine, even if you pass, understand?"

"Understood...... Jiang Zhe nodded and said, "I choose the magic test!"

"Very well, come here, kid," the professor said, gesturing to the white circle on the floor beside the table, "only one chance, use the magic you are best at!"

"Yes, Professor. ”

A chance?

Jiang Zhe glanced at the obsidian that stood about ten yards away.

Compared to Professor Hodd's test, this kind of test is simply ...... "waste of time!" Lavia, who was standing behind Jiang Zhe, clasped her hands and muttered quietly.

As soon as the words fell, I heard a "boom", and a fireball the size of a basin hit the obsidian, bursting out of the sparks.

It's pretty standard fireball magic!

But...... "Is the best magic the fireball?" a mocking voice came over.

Jiang Zhe turned his head to look, only to see that in the crowd not far away, a boy with blond hair looked at him with disdain and contempt, and said mockingly, "If the opponent is a target that will not be avoided, then it will be good!

"What do you say!" Pushing Lavia away, Alan stepped forward, clenched his fists, and said, "Do you want me to teach you how to fight?

"Don't scare me, son of a nouveau riche in the country, I heard that your father bought an earl title with a large sum of money?

"Of course," Alan clenched his fists in response to the other party's taunt, and said with a sneer, "You can't do this kind of thing, next time I'll let the old guy try to see if he can buy a duke's title back, anyway, in the eyes of us Operios nouveau riche, gold coins are just as proud as yours...... You can get it anytime!"

"Alan Scander!"

"Don't shout so loudly, I can hear you, Flores stupid boy!"

"You two give me a little attention," one of the professors at the registration office shouted, "and disrupt the arena again, and disqualify the two of you!"

"Tsk!" Glancing at the nearby professor, the blond-haired boy pointed at Allen and said in a threatening tone, "You'd better pray don't meet me......," he said, his finger turning in one direction, "And you, civilian!" After speaking, he glanced at Lavia, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

"Hey!" Shaking his head disdainfully, Alan pouted and said, "It's really infuriating to dare to be more arrogant than me!"

"......" glanced at Alan speechlessly, and Jiang Zhe asked, "Who is that?"

"Hmm, man, don't you remember? That Flores idiot, Vincent! I heard Scott say you ran into him when you first entered the academy, didn't you?"

"No impression!" Shrugging, Jiang Zhe said lightly.

It just so happened that Lavia had also passed the magic test, and after hearing this, she said with a little arrogance, "That's right, Soth, you don't have to care about other people, your opponent ......" As she spoke, she approached Jiang Zhe and said in a low but firm voice, "It's me!"

"What's going on?" Glancing at Lavia's back as she left, Alan said in surprise, "She's ...... today." It looks a little special...... Hmm, I look like I'm happy......"

"yes, maybe......"

“......”

"Hey, the next one, over there, I'll cancel your registration if you don't come any longer!" said the professor in the registration office impatiently looking in Allen's direction.

"Yes, yes, it's coming...... Don't say that, Professor, I'm looking forward to this competition......"

"Less nonsense, which test do you choose? Hmm? Wait...... What's the matter with your gloves? Iron, aren't they?"

"Hmm, it's a support booster...... Can't you?"

“...... Well, let's do that......"

At the same time, under a tree not far from the registration office, several Salonian students in white magical robes seemed to be talking about something.

"Hey, it's not good, it doesn't seem like there's anything big about Helriochs!" said one of the teenagers with brown and yellow hedgehog hair.

"Geller, pride and contempt will usher in failure!" beside him, a young man who was even larger than Allen said with a solemn expression on his face, "Don't forget, this is only the most basic test...... No one will show all their strength in this kind of test without reservation, remember the sixth-grade student just now, you can use the [Ground Thorn Technique] to accurately hit the target without deliberately aiming, if this is the general level of sixth-year students in Reokes...... I don't think I'm sure ......."

"It's not funny, Eddie......" said the boy named Geller, shaking his head playfully.

"I'm not kidding!" Seeing the boy who was replaced by his companion as Eddie, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy who looked very stable frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Since he is a sixth-year student, then he must have mastered the earth-based magic of [Giant Rock Statue], if he refines the enchantment at the same time, I think even the [Holy Light Wall] will not be able to block a few heavy blows to the giant rock statue......"

"Hey, it's impossible, right?"

"Nothing is impossible, the Wall of Light is inherently less resistant to non-magical damage, as long as the height of the Rock Statue reaches twenty yards...... Can't hold a few hits. As he spoke, Eddie exhaled lightly, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and squinted his eyes slightly, "But the most troublesome thing is the opponent of the refinement summoning class...... Heliriox is different from us in Salonia, where excellent students can learn dark arts in addition to dark arts, and if your opponent can summon demons in the abyss, I advise you to choose to throw in the towel......"

"Hey, the Light is the ...... that restrains all darkness"

"You're right, the Holy Light can indeed cause great damage to dark creatures, but this is only when the difference in strength between the two sides is not large...... the demons in the [Abyss], speaking of which, they are medium and high-level demons...... Also, pay attention to the opponent who refines the fire magic, if the opponent can summon the demon in the [Yan River], I advise you to still ......"

"Isn't it going to be a towel?" Glancing at Eddie, Geller shook his head and said in a deep voice, "You can do whatever you like, I'm not here to admit defeat anyway, huh!

As he spoke, he seemed to notice something, turned to the girl beside him and asked, "What are you looking at, Katerina?"

The girl with her silver hair seemed to be a little distracted, and she was stunned for a few seconds before she came back to her senses, it was the Salonian student who had had a contact with Jiang Zhe, Katerina Catherine Lattimore, I saw her look at Geller in confusion for a while, and then said as if she had woken up, "Senior Eddie is right, Geller, don't underestimate the students of Reox, after all, this is the most famous magic ......academy in the Empire," she said, she raised her hand, pointed at the distance with her slender fingers, and said, "Can you see it?" That boy with dreamy dark blonde hair......"

"Hmm?" Geller glanced in the direction that Katerina was pointing, and happened to see Alan hurrying to catch up with Jiang Zhe and the two of them hugging their shoulders and back, he was stunned, as if he didn't understand Katerina's actions, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with him?"

I saw Katerina smile and said softly, "This boy is called Soth, and he is very strong......

"That little ghost?" Before Katerina could finish speaking, Geller's eyes widened and he said with a look of incredulity, "The best magic is fireball, hey, don't laugh at me......! I doubt he'll be able to make the wall of light shake with the fireball!"

"Katerina, do you know him?" Looking at the back of Jiang Zhe and Alan leaving, Eddie asked calmly.

"Well, I don't know each other, when I met this boy a few days ago, he was basically silent, and I felt that he wasn't very kind to me, so I didn't dare to ask more...... It's strange that this kid is putting a lot of pressure on me......"

"Tsk!" said the hedgehog-headed Geller, pouting speechlessly, "are you afraid of an eleven or twelve-year-old imp?

"Don't say that," Eddie said, as if seeing the unhappiness in Katerina's eyes, "Katerina is an introverted girl, even in the academy, she doesn't basically stop talking to people except for a few people we know, it's not easy to do this, hehe......! " He said, his eyes gradually became solemn, and he said calmly, "But she was right, didn't you notice, Geller, that kid cast the fireball for about four seconds......"

"Hey!" Before Eddie could finish speaking, Geller said with a funny face, "Four seconds? Four seconds is considered strong? Just this kind of little ghost, I won't be afraid of ten of my opponents......"

"It seems you didn't notice, you weren't careful enough," Eddie said in a deep voice, shaking his head in disappointment, "It's not good to cast a fireball in four seconds, but what if he didn't chant the spell?"

"I didn't ...... Didn't chant a spell?" Glancing at Eddie in shock, Geller shook his head slowly, and said in disbelief, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Such a little ghost can only cast a fireball technique without chanting for four seconds? So isn't it at least two seconds for him to chant a spell and cast a fireball? Even if he is a tutor in the academy, it is about this level, right?"

"That's because we don't think much about blue magic in Salonia, but you have to remember that we are now in Heliriox, the largest and most famous magic academy in the empire where black magic and blue magic are prevalent! The students here are as good at blue magic and black magic as we are at the same level as we are at the level of white magic! If you still have pride and contempt in your heart, then I don't think you can wait to meet me in the finals......"

"Hey, that's not going to work!" Geller smiled at Eddie and said in a somewhat joking, serious tone, "I've been waiting a long time to compete with you...... I'd like to see you and you, who have been apprenticed by Archbishop Webrinton...... I think you've already passed the exam to become a paladin, right?"

"No, not ...... yet," Eddie said with a faint smile, "You'll get your wish, if I meet you in the game, heh, but ...... I'm not going to release water!"

"Who told you to let the water go, bastard!"

"Don't argue, Geller, Senior Eddie......" As she spoke, Katerina said to her companion on the other side, "Gert, you can persuade you too......"

I saw a teenager wearing monocles glancing at the noise close to him, looking into the distance expressionlessly, and whispered, "Don't worry, Katerina, it's hard for the two of them to meet in the game, Senior Eddie definitely can, but Geller......"

"Hey, what do you mean by that? bastard!"

Perhaps Geller was not the only one who despised the students of Reox, among the nearly 100 students of Thessalonia, this was more or less the case, of course, and vice versa, the students of Reox did not think that the guys in the white magic robes had much strength.

And the emergence of this phenomenon is basically because the empire and the Holy See have not been in contact with each other for hundreds of years, the students of the two academies do not understand each other's strength, they do not understand the relationship between white magic and black magic, which is also the original intention of the old dean and Father Andrew to hold this exchange competition, these two wise old people want to let those little ghosts who don't know the height of the sky see, let them thoroughly understand how big the world is!

The first to realize the strength of their opponents were the students of Thessalonia, who were fortunate because they only had a hundred students in the competition, so they did not need to participate in several rounds of elimination like the students of Reoks.

When they saw the giant stone statues, or even the giant rock statues, shook the ground with their fists, when they saw some Reoks students summoning more than three contract beasts at a time, when the red flames swept through the entire ring and made everyone feel the heat wave in their faces, when the storm swept across the audience and the earth blowers couldn't open their eyes, the students of Salonia realized that this was Reoks! This is the most famous and longest-standing magic academy in the Empire, Helio Ax!

Of course, not all races are so pleasing to the eye, and there are a few exciting races that will eventually be mixed with a boring and boring race, but those are all some of the younger races.

For magicians, combat experience is indeed a very important factor, just like the junior students and the senior students, those seniors do not use the middle and high-level magic like the same grade students, but only magic like fireball, fire waves, mimic beasts, etc., but even so, as the knockout rounds are carried out, the junior students are eliminated one after another.

In addition to the gap in magic and control, combat experience is the main reason for their defeat.

By the time of the fourth round of elimination, there were basically no students below the third grade, and of course, this did not include Jiang Zhe and them.

At least Jiang Zhe, Allen, Scott, and Lavia all qualified, and even Lisa and Larella defeated their respective opponents, and Vincent Flores, the aristocratic student who regarded Jiang Zhe and Allen as enemies, and his two dormitory mates also passed the knockout rounds.

In addition to the above, there are basically no students in the entire second-year period who can get away with it, and the first-year students needless to say, they have only entered the Reochs Academy to study for a short time, and when they face the seniors, they have almost no power to fight back, and there is no one left.

Finally, when the fifth round of eliminations ended, there were only about three hundred students left, and the rest of the students were eliminated one after another, and among the two hundred students, the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades accounted for nearly eighty percent, and even Lisa and Lyreira were unfortunately defeated, after all, they were only at the level of the second grade, and it was too difficult to face the seniors in the upper grades.

In these rounds of elimination, the most conspicuous ones are probably Jiang Zhe, Allen, Scott, as well as Lavia, Vincent Flores and a few others.

First of all, Jiang Zhe, before the knockout round, Professor Huo De once came to him and forbade him to use the flame flash in the game, after all, the magic damage of the flame flash is too great, and the instantaneous blasting power plus the burn of the flame is not something that everyone can bear.

Jiang Zhe himself didn't notice this, it was because the object of his sparring partner was Professor Huo De himself, with this professor who was infinitely close to the strength of the Great Magician as an opponent, Jiang Zhe could use the magic of Flame Flash to his heart's content, and he didn't have to care about whether it would hurt Professor Huo De...... Because he simply can't do that.

And this time it's different, if it's a fifth- or sixth-grade senior, maybe when they meet him, they will bless themselves with an enchantment or auxiliary magic that reduces fire damage in advance, but if it's a third, fourth, or even the same grade, maybe the blasting power of a flame flash is enough to make the other party hurt, which is what Professor Hodd doesn't want to see.

Of course, in addition to this, Professor Huo De didn't want Jiang Zhe to become arrogant because of this magic.

As a result, Jiang Zhe could basically only win every knockout match with the Fireball Technique, after all, the Fireball Technique and the Fire Bomb Technique were the most proficient magic he had mastered, and they were more proficient than Flame Flash.

Coupled with superb control and a wide range of perception, the opponents in several knockout matches were quite troubled by the fireball that Jiang Zhe cast.

He basically used fireball skills in several games, and he was able to enter the real game, which is quite astonishing.

And then there's Allen, this guy should be the most eye-catching one in the lower grades, after all, the magician who defeated his opponent with his fists, he is probably the only one in the entire Reochs Academy, and every student who is his opponent is unfortunately knocked out of the arena...... Scott should be the most obscure of the three, and his game is also the most boring and boring to watch, after all, curse magic is indeed not as exciting as green magic, but the seniors have almost noticed this junior who has almost made it impossible for his opponent to perform a few spells in one game...... And Lavia's game should be the most eye-catching, because she is one of the very few girls in the competition, but the seemingly delicate side basically ended in an overwhelming victory against the third-grade senior, which undoubtedly makes people fall through the glasses, coupled with her own good looks, there are many people who cheer for him when she competes.

As for the aristocratic student named Vincent Flores, judging by the magic he used during the competition, it seemed that he was a student who had refined summoning skills, but on one occasion, he used the earth-based magic [Earth Thorn] to pierce the arm of the third-year student who was his opponent.

And when the knockout rounds ...... Well, it should be called the knockout round of the tryouts, when these rounds are over, the sky is getting dark, after all, there are so many students participating, even if it is a few rings, even if it is a few minutes of competition, but it is still dinner time.

So the students dispersed one after another, and the professors began to plan the next day's schedule, which seemed to be a much easier task than the previous knockout round, but in fact it was not, because with the addition of the hundred Salonian students, the professors had to think and talk about it repeatedly when arranging the schedule, and they didn't want to be thought of by Salonia as secretly manipulating.

In general, the ratio of students from Reochs to Salonia is three to one, and the professors follow this ratio when arranging the schedule, which means that a Reochs student will inevitably meet a Salonian student after two matches against the students of his own house, which is very fair.

The real game is only now beginting......

(To be continued)