Chapter 55: The Group Round Ends
"Match 23 of the fourth round of the No. 1 field, the winner, the second-year student of our school, South!"
When the referee professor said this sentence in a steady and powerful tone, the students who were watching around the arena fell silent for a while.
It wasn't until the winner jumped off the field and gradually disappeared from the eyes of the students that the sound of admiration, exclamation, cheers, and jealousy filled the audience like boiling water.
What is the origin of this little imp named Soth!
The students who watched the whole game whispered.
Vincent Flores, an honor second-year student, doesn't know much about him from the Salonian students, but in Riochs, the name of this second-year student is often mentioned by various professors.
But what about the imp named Soth?
Speaking of which, this little ghost is not unknown, but most of the news about him is negative, for example, the flood of magic maps and the fraud in the examination room...... Almost most of the students in Reox knew that among the second-year students, there were three inexplicable guys, and this imp named Soth was one of them.
But no one knew that this junior named Soth was so powerful...... Until now, the minds of the students present are still stuck in the shocking picture just now.
Although it was only the most basic level of magic fire bomb technique, they were not sure that they could intercept that kind of quantity and power when they thought about it.
After all, even a fifth-level giant rock statue couldn't resist such a dense fire bomb technique, and if it was just an ordinary magic barrier, then the final outcome would probably not be much better than the scorched rock block on the stage.
"That kid...... Won?" Katerina asked her companion in disbelief, looking at the arena from afar.
"Ah," Eddie nodded, turning his head to look at the unremarkable winner as he walked away, his eyes solemn, "It's incredible...... That guy!"
Even the proud Geller couldn't help but show a bit of attention on his face, and turned his head and whispered, "Gert, how many fire bomb techniques did that little ghost perform just now?"
I saw Gert hold the monocle on the bridge of his nose, looked down and thought for a while, and then whispered, "If I'm not mistaken, he has cast a total of two hundred and fifty-two fire bombs in almost three minutes, excluding the orbital time of the fire bombs, his speed is two fire bombs per second, probably ...... ...... more."
"Two firebombs, more?" said Geller, his eyes full of shock, and he lost his mind, "how is this possible......?
Glancing at Geller, Gert analyzed calmly in a low voice, "If it's an ordinary guy, you really can't do this...... The elemental condensation time of the fireball is relatively much faster than that of the fireball, and in the relative time, the average person can reach the speed of a single piece in a single second, while an experienced mage can reach about two pieces in a single second......"
"You mean to say that Hellyoaks, a second-year imp, already has the strength to rival that of a magician?
"Calm down, Geller," Eddie whispered, calming down a somewhat agitated Geller, "Gert means that the imp named Thor has reached the standard of being a magician in some ways, but in some ways, it is not difficult to understand that becoming a qualified magician is not as simple as casting a few good spells...... But to be honest, although the fireball technique and fire bomb technique he used were not as powerful as his seniors in terms of individual power, the number was ...... What a horrible guy......"
Glancing at Eddie with a somewhat surprised expression, Geller said in an inexplicable tone, "The Wall of Light...... Can you resist it?"
After bowing his head and being silent for a while, Eddie said in a deep voice, "Yes!"
"Tsk!" Geller said with a shrug and a smile, "That's fine! Come to think of it, that little imp is surprising, but if those fireballs and fireballs he casts can't shatter the wall of light, then what's the matter?"
Looking at Geller's relaxed appearance, Eddie shook his head with a wry smile, and before he could speak, he heard Gert sneer and mock, "With your wisdom, I'm afraid it's hard to understand......"
"What do you mean, bastard?
"Don't make a fuss, Geller," hurriedly stopped the angry Geller, and Katerina looked at Gert in embarrassment, "Gert should not say a word, there are a lot of people around...... Gert, if you find something wrong, you can say it......"
"......" nodded expressionlessly, and Gert glanced at the angry Geller, and said mockingly, "It seems that you still don't understand, well, for the sake of Katerina's face, I will teach you a lesson as a special case!" Listen, the defense of the Holy Light Wall is indeed not weak, but this kind of defensive magic usually has a weakness, that is, the damage taken by each unit is fixed, assuming that the Holy Light Wall can defend against a hundred mole units of magic damage, and this value is not absolute under normal circumstances, just like that little ghost's fire bomb technique, maybe the damage unit of this magic is only a few moles, but if he can control these fire bombs to smash on the same point in a very short time, maybe ten fire bombs can shatter the Holy Light Wall, and the energy of these fire bombs combined, is less than a hundred mole unitsDo you see?"
“...... All hit at the same point?so that the wall of light would be shattered?But wouldn't this magic repair itself?With enough magic......" Tilting his head in thought, Geller shook his head inexplicably.
"Hmph!" Glancing at Geller, who looked confused, Gert obviously didn't want to explain the rudimentary magic theory to him, and said to himself, "Whether the Holy Light Wall can resist that little ghost's fire bomb technique, the key is not in the magic of the Holy Light Wall, but in that little ghost! If that blow just now is the limit of that little ghost, then a Holy Light Wall is enough to deal with him, and if it's the opposite...... Hmph, the Wall of Light does tinker with enough magic, but few people do......"
"Why?"
"You, can you go back and flip through the book?"
"Hey, what's your tone? Gert, you're upsetting me today......"
"Hmph, I'm sorry about that......"
"Geller, Gert, stop arguing......"
Glancing at Geller and Gert in the quarrel, and Katerina who was persuading, Eddie shook his head, recalling the scene of the imp jumping off the field in his mind, and muttered, "Although the consumption of fire bombing is not large, but the amount is ...... Is it his limit? But he shows no signs of depleting his mana, and his mana fluctuates just like it did at the beginning...... Incredible!"
As he spoke, a few smiles hung on the corners of his mouth, and with unconcealable excitement in his eyes, he chuckled and said, "What a funny little ghost...... Hopefully I'll meet this guy in the next game...... Well, I'm sure I'll encounter it!"
At the same time, Jiang Zhe had just returned to his companions.
"Hey, man, well done!" "Putting his arm around Jiang Zhe's shoulder, Allen, who had also entered the finals, said with a smile, "I saw it all just now...... Hahaha, look at the shocked expressions of those stupid people, it's so beautiful to win! Vincent's idiot is embarrassed enough now...... Great!
"Ai ...... Allen," Jiang Zhe, who was a little out of breath by Allen, said angrily, "Can you let me go first?"
"Oh, okay......"
Glancing at Allen, Scott chuckled and said, "It's very reluctant, but since you can use the giant rock statue, Vincent Flores's strength is not bad, but what...... Congratulations, South!"
"Hehe, thank you," smiling slightly, Jiang Zhe seemed to think of something, looked around and said, "You guys...... Hasn't the Scott and Ivey game started yet?"
Before Scott could speak, Lisa covered her mouth and said in surprise, "Ai...... Ivy Soth, you ......," she said, looking at Lavia in disbelief, only to see that Lavia looked away in a little panic.
"Yes...... What's wrong?" Jiang Zhe said suspiciously, but when he saw his friends looking at him stunned, he was even more surprised, and he casually glanced at Lavia, but happened to see the latter turn in a direction with a little panic.
At this time, the shouts of the referee professor came from the No. 2 arena.
"In the 21st match of the fourth round of the second round of the second field, Lavia Fahualia, a second-year student of our school, and the fourth grader of the Mill science of Thessalonia, Don Gil, please come to the second field immediately!"
Unable to stand the 'ill-intentioned' smiles of Lisa and Lerella's female companions, Lavia stammered, "I...... I'm going to play first......"
"Hee-hee......" showed an inexplicable smile at Lavia, and Lisa said sincerely, "Come on, Ive!"
"Well...... Thank you, Lisa!" As she spoke, Lavia was about to turn around, but when she saw Jiang Zhe walking to her side, her expression suddenly became a little nervous, and she said unnaturally, "Yes...... What's the matter?"
Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and said, "Don't lose!"
I saw Lavia's two blade-like eyebrows tremble, and she turned around and snorted, "Of course not, stupid!"
"Hey, hey......" Looking at the girl walking farther and farther, Jiang Zhe couldn't cry or laugh a little, shrugged his shoulders and said speechlessly, "Kindly encourage her, what kind of attitude......
"Hee-hee," Lisa whispered, glancing at the girl in the distance, "Soth, Ivy she's happy......"
"Why, didn't I find out?"
"Of course there is......"
"No, right? The tone was so bad......
"Hee-hee-hee......"
Looking at Lisa and Lyreira chattering and whispering something, Jiang Zhe shook his head a little inexplicably, and suddenly, he felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and when he turned around, he happened to see a girl with long black hair and said to himself, "Congratulations, Soth!"
"Are you ......" Looking at the visitor, Jiang Zhe was a little puzzled, and was about to speak, but heard Alan say in surprise, "Lilith?"
I saw the girl giggle, waved her finger and said jokingly, "Shouldn't you call me Senior Sister Lilith?Senior Allen?" As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Jiang Zhe and pretended to be sad and said, "Didn't we meet? It makes me sad too much...... Giggles, I didn't expect Senior Brother Soth to be so powerful, much more powerful than Senior Sister me......"
Jiang Zhe then remembered that this girl was Lilith whom he had met a few times last year, and she was Dia's bedmate, a third-grade student, well, she should be a fourth-grade student now.
"Where," Jiang Zhe said humbly, "It's just luck......
"Giggles, I still don't want to tell the truth, senior sister, I can see it clearly......"
"Hehe", smiled, Jiang Zhe turned his head to look around, and saw that she was just a person, so he asked suspiciously, "Are you the only one?" What about Dia? Did she participate in this competition? Speaking of which, it seems that I haven't seen her for a while......
"You," Lilith said helplessly, "all of them are like this, shouldn't you call Dia-senpai?" she paused, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she whispered, "I think you won't see her for a while......"
"Hmm?" Jiang Zhe frowned and asked puzzledly, "Why?"
"This ......" could be seen that Lilith seemed to have some scruples in her heart.
"If you don't mind, can you tell us?"
"Hmm...... Okay," after thinking for a moment, Lilith leaned down and whispered in Jiang Zhe's ear, "Originally, Dia said that she didn't want anyone to know about this matter, but I want to tell you that there should be no problem...... About ten days ago, Dia received news from her hometown that her mother had passed out while working......"
"What?"
"Be quiet," she tapped her finger at Jiang Zhe's forehead, and Lilith whispered, "Although Dia told us that her mother was only a minor illness, but looking at her in those days, I feel that things are not as ...... as she said."
"What do you mean......"
Glancing at Jiang Zhe, Lilith hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Dia, she didn't tell you, did ...... about her?"
Jiang Zhe shook his head and said, "I just know that Dia's father is a lord......"
"Well, that's right, but ...... If you have time now, come and go for a walk in the garden of the academy with me, I was just told by the professor for a while, and the senior sister is in a very bad mood......"
"Senior sister is in a bad mood, she should let me accompany you!" Alan interrupted with a grin.
"I'm sorry, Senior Brother Allen, Senior Sister doesn't want to make her mood worse," smiled at Alan a little mischievously, Lilith turned to Jiang Zhe and said, "How about ......it?
“...... Oh well!"
"Soth!" called out to Jiang Zhe, who was about to leave, Lisa whispered, "You...... Don't you wait for Ivey?"
"She's not going to lose...... Lisa, please congratulate her for me......"
"I ...... That's not what I meant......" Seeing Jiang Zhe follow Lilith in the direction of the castle, Lisa stomped her feet, frowned and said, "Soth, this stupid!" As she spoke, she seemed to remember something, tilted her head and looked at Alan for a long time, and asked suspiciously, "Ellen...... Do you know her?"
"Yes...... Uh, Sister Lilith, Scott also knows ......"
"Does Scott know her too?" asked Lyreira in a low voice to Scott.
"Hmm, what's wrong?"
"I didn't ...... Nothing, I'm just casually asking......"
As Jiang Zhe said, Lavia really won.
When the victorious Lavia returns to her companions, she finds that there are only Alan, Lisa, and Lyreira.
"What about them, Lisa?"
"Ivey!" Lisa, who was talking to Alan, turned her head and asked in surprise, "Did you win?"
I saw Lavia smile faintly, and said a little proudly, "Of course!" As she spoke, she pointed around with her finger and asked suspiciously, "What about Soth and Scott?"
"Scott went to race in Arena 3......"
"Oh, what about Soth?"
"He ......" Glancing at Lerella, Lisa said with some embarrassment, "He said he had left beforehand, and asked me to congratulate you on his behalf......
"Yes...... Lavia's eyes inevitably showed a little disappointment, and she said softly, "I know, when Scott comes back, we'll go back!"
Glancing at Lavia, Lisa called tentatively, "Ivey?"
"Hmm, what's the matter?"
"Uh...... Nope!"
Glancing at Lisa in surprise, Lavia turned her head to look around, but unfortunately didn't see the familiar figure in the nearby crowd.
"What are you doing, that idiot!" Lavia muttered to herself in disappointment.
By dinner time, the day's competition was finally over, and after four rounds of four rounds, only fifty students remained, and these fifty would qualify for the next round.
Among them, the professors who served as referees selected sixty-four powerful students from the defeated students, and gave them a second chance as the participating students of the loser group, after all, the defeat of some students does not mean that their own strength is poor, and the reason why they lost may have various reasons, just like the group list of the game, when the students who study green magic meet the summoner, maybe the contract beast summoned by the other party alone is enough to make the students lose, after all, there are too few students like Jiang Zhe and Allen.
For this reason, the professors who acted as referees recommended some of the students who were able to achieve better results from among the defeated students and let them continue the game in the lower bracket.
Of the 64 students in the lower bracket, 16 students will be eligible to compete in the final against the 50 students in the upper bracket, and the final will be played out from these 64 students.
It can be said that the finals are the real competition, and the students who can participate in the competition as these sixty-four places are the best in each grade of Reochs College and Mill Academy Academy.
After dinner, the professors of Reox Academy merged the four dirt rings into a huge arena of about one hundred yards to meet the needs of the next competition, after all, most of these sixty-four students were students above the fifth grade, and the mimetic beasts and summoned beasts alone were enough to support a thirty-yard arena, and the original arena of that size was obviously not enough.
As the final final, the professors of Reochs posted the battle list on the castle sign early after dinner, so that the students had time to prepare:
In the first, Jasper Bills, a fifth-year student at Reochs College, vs. Alabel Dodd, a sixth-year student at Mill Academy of Sciences.
In the second, Albin Cross, a sixth-year student at Reochs Academy, vs. Baldwin Kitchin, a sixth-year student at Mill Academy of Sciences.
In the third game, Allen, a second-year student at Reox Academy, vs. Vincent Flores, a second-year student at Reox Academy...... In the eleventh session, Scott, a second-year student at Reox Academy, vs. Mirco's fifth-year student, Wengt Danzi.
...... Thirteenth, Soth, a second-year student at Reox Academy, and Lavia Fahualia, a second-year student at Reox Academy.
(To be continued)