Eddie, whose full name should be Eddie Neam Amherst, is a fifth-grader from Thessalonia.

The White Magic Academy of Thessalonia, located near the capital city of Thessalonia, was originally the palace of an ancient kingdom, and the king later dedicated this contribution to the white mages who moved here, as a request for the white mages to protect the people from the invasion of the Empire, so that the Holy See was born.

In Thessalonia, the locals do not refer to the capital of their country as Salonia, but rather to the city as "Swar", which means holy place in ancient language, and the people of Salonia celebrate and remember their ancestors.

The most famous White Magic Academy in Salonia was built on this sacred site.

In the long history of magic, this academy is worthy of being ranked as the three oldest magical origins in history, along with the astrological city of Sgdal and Heliriox, although the Thessalonian Academy of White Magic was built much later.

At the time of the initial birth of the Holy See, this academy did not exist, unlike the Castle of Reoks left behind by the dark magicians, the White Magic Academy of Salonia was built a hundred years after the establishment of the Holy See, and was built in the capital city of Sval.

After the academy was built, the first twelve cardinal archbishops of the Holy See unanimously approved the name "Mirco", which means "sacred place" in ancient language.

Although the Mill Academy of Sciences was founded much later than the Reochs Academy, hundreds of years later, it is still regarded by magicians as one of the treasures of the wizarding world, after all, it is the most famous white magic academy in Thelonia, and has produced great white magicians through the ages, including cardinals and even popes.

【Thelonia's Academy of White Magic--Mirko】!

As in the Empire, there was an aristocratic class in Thessalonia, but there was no so-called class equality between the commoners and the nobility, let alone the contradictions between the two. Perhaps this has something to do with the initial national conditions of the two countries.

In Thessalonia, titles were regarded only as honors, not with corresponding rights, and in short, the nobles of Thessalonia had no right to order a commoner to do what he did not want to do, which was obviously inconceivable in the Empire.

The people of Salonia believe in the supreme god, the Holy Light, and they call the supreme god 'Lord' or 'My Lord', the meaning of which is self-evident.

The Salonians dedicated themselves to the supreme god and willingly served as his servants, and for the rest of their lives, they would never worship any other god, unlike the multi-faith empires.

In Thessalonia, the original nobility came from the descendants of the nobility of these ancient kingdoms of the south, but a few have survived to the present day, and many more have come from the canonization of the Holy See.

After all, although Salonia is a theocratic country, its territorial scope is not much different from that of the empire, including almost the entire southern region of the eastern continent, and to govern such a vast territory, the lord as the administrator is naturally indispensable.

However, unlike the Empire, the lords of Salonia did not have much power, they were at best the administrators who kept the regions functioning, and the real power was the local bishops in the monasteries of the regions, after all, Salonia was a theocratic state.

When his child reached a certain age, his parents would send him to the monasteries of the various districts, where he would be recommended by the local priest to the Mir Academy of Sciences. Basically, any child with a certain amount of talent can be recommended.

Different from the education system of Riox with low entry threshold and high graduation requirements, the admission requirements of Mirko White Magic Academy are correspondingly much higher, of course, this does not refer to any magic and intelligence requirements, but to look at the child's qualifications, more colloquially, to see that the child has strong perseverance.

After all, the beginning of white magic is different from black magic, and the teaching system of the Mill Academy is very different from that of the Reoks Academy, in order to study in the Mill Academy of Sciences, you must have perseverance and perseverance, and those who do not have perseverance will be eliminated sooner or later.

At the Mill Academy of Sciences in Thessalonia, you may not be taught any magic at all for the first year or two, and the most common thing students do, apart from reading magic books, and meditating every day, is to pray.

Well, to be precise, it should be the Light!

Because the Holy Light is not just a simple light element, it is a combination of faith and the light element, and if there is no power of faith, then the white magic you cast can only be called light and green magic at best.

At this point, the beginnings of white magic are much more bitter than those of black magic.

While the Dark Magic Apprentice was happily performing his newfound fireball technique, the White Magic Apprentice was meditating, praying, and bathing in the Light, while the Dark Magic Apprentice was in high spirits and engaged in battle with others, the White Magic Apprentice was still meditating, praying, and bathing in the Light...... If the black mage spends his whole life studying magic and studying its mysteries, then the white mage spends most of his life in prayer and meditation.

Moreover, the process of exposure to the Holy Light varies from person to person, some students can cast the Holy Light in as little as one or two years, while others need five, ten, or even twenty years, and if they are suspicious of their gods, they may not be able to perform a Holy Light magic for the rest of their lives.

One may doubt it, but it's true.

Although the Holy See does not admit it, dark magicians have been studying white magic since a long time, believing that the power of this form is very similar to that of trading with demons, except that trading with demons requires a huge price, even souls, while white magic is a matter of faith. I won't mention it here for now.

Coming to Heliox from Thessalonia, Eddie initially wanted to broaden his knowledge, to see the Empire's dark arts, and to learn about the magic of children his peers in the Empire.

Unlike his arrogant and reckless companion Geller, as an apprentice favored by Archbishop Gary Weplinton, Eddie was an excellent student of Mill Academy in terms of character and strength.

In addition to his qualifications and strengths, his cautious attitude and tenacity are the reasons why Cardinal Gary Weplinton values him.

During the two-day competition, he had been carefully observing the students of the Reoks Academy, studying the magic they cast, and pondering their fighting skills, and he had to admit that the students of the Reoks Academy did have more experience in combat than the students of his own academy.

And the Holy Light Wall of Defensive Magic, which made himself and others proud, is no longer easy in the face of these powerful black magics, and the examples of the Holy Light Wall cast by the students of his own academy being destroyed by opponents have appeared three times so far...... The sixth-year students of Reochs Academy were indeed fierce rivals to himself and others, and Eddie had never doubted this.

But before that, he was more interested in another person...... A second-grader named South...... At least those who have mastered mana perception, compression elementals, and multicasting...... It's incredible, even if it's the holy light wall with the highest magic output, it's hard to resist that guy's multiple fireballs at the same time, right?

Katerina was right, this guy ...... Very strong!

Very strong!

"Boom, boom!"

While Eddie looked down in thought, the battle on Arena 1 continued.

It's just a civil war between second-graders, but now I don't think anyone will see this game as a 'play-like battle between second-graders', because no matter which side you have, you're strong enough to match the fourth-graders.

It was a classic battle between a fire mage and a summoner, and in just a few minutes, it attracted a large number of students to watch, and they were surprised when they saw the situation on the field.

Vincent Flores, a second-year honor student who studied summoning, was actually suppressed by a second-year poor student who was learning fire-based blue magic?

This is ridiculous!

Even regardless of the results of the two of them, just looking at the summoning technique was suppressed by the fire magic...... Is Vincent too weak, or is the other party too strong?

I don't think the students who have been watching this battle from the beginning will think that Vincent is too weak to summon three Tempestal Wolves at the same time without relying on any props, can you say that he is weak?

Plus the eye-popping magic wand in his hand...... You know, after taking out his magic wand, he can summon seven contract beasts at the same time.

But even so, he was still suppressed by his opponent, by a fellow who was also a second-year, and what was even more incredible was that the opponent didn't carry any items that could increase the power of magic at all, unless his pair of white gloves that looked like they were distributed by the academy could also increase the power of magic...... There is an unwritten rule in the student contest of Reox Academy, that is, students who study summoning cannot summon more than three contract beasts, not that they are not allowed, but that there is no challenge to that kind of battle.

Like Vincent, who summoned seven contract beasts at the same time, and no student would dare to boast that he would be able to defeat him?

It's okay to say mean or cunning, but to put it simply, the summoner's battle is originally to use contract beasts to consume the opponent's magic and physical strength in order to achieve the goal of winning, summon contract beasts with a small amount of magic power, and let the opponent pay a lot of mental and physical strength to deal with those contract beasts, why not?

I don't think there will be many people who are willing to fight a summoner in the magician apprenticeship stage, especially apprentices who are learning green magic, after all, green magic is the most consuming of magic and mental power.

But the battle in the No. 1 arena completely subverted their understanding, and it was unbelievable that a fire-based green magic apprentice actually suppressed the summoner in turn...... What's even more incredible is that the guy named Soth didn't move a single step from beginning to end, he didn't even aim at the other party's contract beast with his eyes, but the fireballs he cast hit the target again and again.

There's also the skill of summoning seven fireballs at the same time...... Oh my God, how could this happen?

What I do best is fireball...... Words that would have made people laugh are now making everyone laugh.

As we all know, in the fire-based blue magic, the magic of the flame route is good at containing the opponent, and the magic of the fireball route is good at striking and harming the opponent, but I have never heard of it, relying on just one fireball technique, you can reach the point of both offense and defense...... "Roar!"

As if the beast was stirred up by the flames that slammed into his face, a swift wolf ran behind Jiang Zhe and opened his mouth to spit out a faintly visible wind blade, which was the only magic they could cast.

"Be careful, Soth, Wind Blade!" the senior civilian senior immediately reminded him, after all, the juniors on the stage are also from the civilian class, and they don't want to see the faces of those aristocratic bastards after victory.

But to everyone's surprise, Jiang Zhe didn't move.

Of course, his lack of action did not mean that the fireball he controlled did not act, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, a fireball flew behind Jiang Zhe and blocked the wind blade head-on.

After a ......boom, the fireball was detonated, and the person controlling him was unscathed.

"This ......" Looking at Jiang Zhe who was surrounded by four or five fireballs in the middle of the stage, a third-year student said in surprise, "Is this a fire shield technique?"

"No!" the senior student beside him shook his head and said in an inexplicable tone, "It's still the Fireball Technique......"

"That'...... And what about that?" the third-year student gestured to the arena as he saw at least four fireballs coming at Vincent at the same time.

"A fireball?"

"No......" The senior shook his head again, and said with some tears and laughter, "It's still a fireball technique......

"And what about the magic that explodes, that scatters a cloud of flames? is it a level 4 burst fireball?"

The senior sighed inexplicably and said slowly, "It's all fireball ......."

Yes, it's all fireballs...... No one knew better than the students who also studied fire-based blue magic what kind of magic Jiang Zhe was casting.

What fire shield technique, what bead fireball, what burst fireball, that's just an extremely ordinary second-level magic fireball technique, that's all...... Now Jiang Zhe has gradually understood the meaning of what Professor Huo De said at the beginning: high-level magic is mostly just a plural application of a few primary magic that has been weakened and damaged.

Therefore, even if you only master a fireball technique, you can have a variety of changes depending on the way you apply it, of course, this is based on sufficient magic and superb control, as well as strong mental power.

"Very skilled in fireball......" Standing in the castle's room looking out of the window at Arena 1, Father Andrew chuckled and said to the assistant monk beside him, "It seems that this little guy has an excellent instructor......"

"Does the Archbishop mean that Hold Kendi?"

"Hmm......" Bishop Andrew frowned slightly, then nodded, and muttered, "If this little guy's instructor is Hod Kendi, then he hasn't used all his strength, hehe, you must know that Hod Kendi's mentor is Barrett the Flame Dancer who once caused us a lot of trouble......"

"Does the archbishop think that child will win?"

"Hehe, don't I say it, that little guy didn't use all his strength......"

"But......," said Assistant Friar Eves James, hesitating, glancing at Father Andrew, "but his opponent didn't use all his strength either......

As soon as his words fell, on the No. 1 field, seeing that Vincent was about to be hit head-on by four or five fireballs, several sharp ground thorns suddenly rushed up from the ground out of thin air, and they were not even worse than stabbing those fireballs.

"Boom, boom!" The fireball was detonated, which surprised Jiang Zhe a little.

After a puff of smoke passed, Vincent on the opposite side slowly raised his head, stared at Jiang Zhe with a vicious look, and said with a sneer, "It's unexpected, right?"

"......" glanced at the other party, Jiang Zhe shook his head, and a trace of fire sprang up from the tip of his raised right finger, which then formed a fireball shape at a very fast speed, and then glanced at the sharp thorns in front of Vincent, and said lightly, "A little!"

"Hmph!" With a cold sound, Vincent patted the stains on the magic robe, and when he saw a few marks on the robe that had been burned through by the flames, his face suddenly turned very bad, because it reminded him of the humiliating scene just now.

With a pale face staring at the burn marks for a long time, Vincent raised his head, stared at Jiang Zhe with an unkind expression and said coldly, "I didn't plan to expose my ...... in this kind of competition."

"Hmm?" frowning, Jiang Zhe glanced at Vincent with some puzzlement.

I saw Vincent use his magic wand to point the ground thorns in front of him, and said with a sneer, "I won't kill you, at most I will make a hole in your body, what do you think is good?"

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a red light out of the corner of his eye, and his heart was shocked.

"Boom!" the fireball that struck him was punctured at the last minute, and Vincent narrowly avoided the blow, but even so, his face was still stained with some black smudges from the explosion.

"You bastard!" Vincent, who professed his noble blood, blushed with anger.

However, Jiang Zhe was not embarrassed at all, he controlled a fireball swaying back and forth in front of him, and said lightly, "If I'm not mistaken, I'm in the middle of the game now, ......right?" I don't want to hear any more nonsense from you!"

"Damn it!"

Glancing at the other party, Jiang Zhe said expressionlessly, "If I'm not mistaken, you should have learned the earth type blue magic at the same time......, right?"

"Of course I will," Vincent smirked, holding the magic wand in his right hand and pointing at Jiang Zhe, and said fiercely, "Stupid civilian, you will pay the price for provoking me!" As he spoke, he took a deep breath and began to chant a spell in his mouth, but in the next second, suddenly a fireball came from nowhere, and in Vincent's subconscious dodge, it could be rubbed against the robe.

At the sound of the bear, the hem of Vincent's robe quickly burst into flames.

"You...... You bastard!"

"Hmph, do you think I'm the kind of fool who will watch my opponent perform magic?" Mockingly, Jiang Zhe waved his right hand, and suddenly three more fireballs hit Vincent.

"Damn!" With Vincent's roar, a rock barrier was erected in front of him, Jiang Zhe couldn't control it, and three fireballs suddenly hit the rock barrier, scattering the flames all over the place.

"Do you think this is useful?" Jiang Zhe said lightly, and four more fireballs slowly formed in front of him, and then flew to both sides, striking Vincent in a roundabout way.

"Boom!" two rock barriers rose from the ground in succession, blocking the fireballs for Vincent.

"Are you going to defend?" Jiang Zhe muttered to himself, and was about to continue the attack, when he suddenly found that several more wind and tooth wolves came out from behind the three rock barriers.

To be honest, these low-level demonic beasts that acted quickly could only be used as cannon fodder at best under Jiang Zhe's fireball blows.

Sure enough, only a roar was heard, and within a dozen seconds, the fireballs controlled by Jiang Zhe hit those contract beasts one by one, no matter how fast those contract beasts were.

However, just as Jiang Zhe was about to turn around and continue attacking Vincent, the ground suddenly shook.

"How...... What's wrong?", the group asked each other in surprise as they felt the ground shake.

"This is ......," one of the upperclassmen muttered in shock, looking at the rising hill in the middle of the arena, "rock statues?"

"No......" beside him, another student who was also watching the scene, said in a deep voice, "It's a giant rock statue!"

"Giant Rock Statue, Earth Level 5 Anthropomorphic Magic, Giant Rock Statue?"

"That aristocratic imp actually has the strength to cast a fifth-level magic?"

"Oh my God......"

In the midst of the exclamations of the students on the field, on the first field, a huge humanoid earth puppet was slowly and laboriously rising from the ground, not to mention anything else, the puppet's arm alone was even bigger than ordinary Chengren.

"That little imp named Vincent isn't easy," Eddie whispered, frowning at all of this, "If I'm not mistaken, the Rock Statue is not a mimetic magic in the usual sense, it is an enchantment mimesis that far surpasses the Rock Statue in terms of size and strength, and it can also cause a magical effect similar to that of the Earthquake Magic...... This is very high-level magic!"

"Hey!" Geller gloated as he looked at the arena with a playful face, "A giant rock statue alone occupies most of the playing field, and that imp named Soth doesn't have much space to dodge at all, if he is unfortunate enough to be forced to play, then the game will be lost, and if he is even more unfortunate enough to be hit, hehe, ordinary people have no way to resist the powerful power of the giant rock statue, let alone the imp named Soth......!

"But the other party is also struggling," squinting his eyes and looking up at the behemoth, Gert calmly analyzed, "That imperial noble boy named Vincent, who has summoned no less than fifteen contract beasts in front of him, can't sustain this magic for a long time in terms of magic alone, besides, looking at that kid's sweaty appearance, this magic has exceeded his limit......"

"Hmm," Eddie echoed, nodding, "His magic fluctuations are very unstable, and it can be seen that this mimetic magic is too burdensome for him, even with the amplification of those two yellowstones, it is still too reluctant for him to cast the giant rock statue at this stage, but I think it should be okay to hold on for a few minutes...... If that second-year kid named Soth can dodge the attack of the giant rock statue and hold out for a few minutes, the other party will be defeated due to the depletion of mana......"

"The point is that the imp can hold on?" Geller gloated, pouting, "On a thirty-yard playing field, with a huge rock statue as tall as a mountain on the opposite side, can that little imp hold out for a few minutes? Hey! admit defeat, if you get hurt, it won't be a good thing......"

"He ......" Glancing at Jiang Zhe in the arena, Katerina said softly, "It doesn't seem to have the slightest intention of admitting defeat......

"Oh?" said Geller, scratching his hair, "does that kid still want to win? It's so funny...... Hey, hey!"

Giant rock statues?

To be honest, Jiang Zhe had seen it at least three or four times in the two-day competition, but all of the people who performed this magic were students above the fifth grade.

Moreover, the feeling between standing under the stage and watching the game is completely different from standing on the stage and facing this behemoth head-on, at least when standing under the stage, Jiang Zhe will not feel the huge oppressive force from the monster in front of him.

The giant rock statue is an advanced magic of the rock statue, not only the soil that constitutes the puppet is harder, but also the giant rock statue itself has a magic effect similar to that of earthquake, for the weak magician, the earthquake alone is enough to make the magician unstable, not to mention the terrifying huge fist, you must know that when the empire attacked other countries in the past, the magic of the giant rock statue was used to capture the fortress, and even the strong fortress city defense could not withstand the onslaught of the giant rock statue, let alone Jiang Zhe.

Coupled with the unique recovery effect of the earth-based mimic beast...... "Hahaha, what's wrong, what's wrong?, what's the fireball technique you're best at?" While Jiang Zhe was looking at the huge monster in front of him, Vincent was panting hard and sneered proudly, "Are you hesitating whether to choose to admit defeat?"

From the moment the giant rock statue appeared, the entire arena was silent, which also allowed Jiang Zhe's voice to reach Vincent's ears very clearly.

"Throw in the towel? No, I didn't mean that!"

"That's good," wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead, Vincent gasped a few times and said viciously, "I don't want you to admit defeat either, if you admit defeat, then how can I give you back the shame I just received?!"

"Then you can rest assured, I won't choose to admit defeat!"

"Hmphhahaha," It seems that this magic is indeed beyond Vincent's limit, at this time, he has frequent beads of sweat on his forehead, I saw him cover his forehead and laugh twice, then looked at Jiang Zhe and said jokingly, "I understand, you are thinking about how to deal with it, right? Hmm? With your best fireball technique, you can try it, hahaha!"

"That's what I mean!" said lightly, Jiang Zhe raised his right hand and pointed at the giant stone statue, and without seeing him chanting any incantation, a fireball quickly condensed at his fingertips, hitting the giant stone statue like a cannonball.

"Boom!"

With a bang, the fireball smashed the bridge of the boulder's nose, bursting into a cloud of black mist, but when the black mist dissipated, Jiang Zhe frowned.

That guy didn't even suffer any damage?

"You can try again!" Vincent smirked.

Frowning, Jiang Zhe once again condensed a fireball and chose the jaw of the giant rock statue as the target of the attack.

"Boom!"

This time the effect was much better than the last time, at least a small piece of stone was knocked off the chin of the giant rock statue, but unfortunately, in just a few seconds, the dent on the chin of the giant rock statue was repaired, which is the special surname of the earth imitation puppet.

"It's useless," waving his finger at Jiang Zhe, Vincent laughed and said, "Your best fireball technique is just to tickle the giant rock statue, hahaha!

While Vincent was laughing wildly, Jiang Zhe had been staring at the behemoth in silence, and after more than ten seconds, he smiled a little and said lightly, "Then should I thank you?"

As he spoke, one fiery red vortex after another appeared in the space in front of him from time to time...... "It's useless, no matter how many times you smash it, the giant rock statue will repair itself......" Speaking of this, Vincent's words came to an abrupt end, and his eyes couldn't even believe it.

What did he see?

Like all the students present, Vincent was ridiculously surprised to see more and more fiery red vortices appearing around the guy opposite...... Ten ...... Fifteen ...... Twenty ...... Twenty-five ...... And even more...... "Oh my God!" said a senior female student, covering her mouth in surprise and distracted, "How did he do that?"

"It's incredible......"

"This little imp...... Is this kid really a second-year? Oh my God!"

In the midst of the exclamation of the Academy of Spectators, Jiang Zhe slowly raised his right hand and pointed at the behemoth in front of him, and said lightly, "Can it repair itself? Then destroy it completely!"

As soon as the words fell, the dozens of fiery red vortex elements beside him became denser and denser...... "This is ......" staring intently at the arena, Eddie muttered, "Fire ...... Fireballs are much denser than fireballs, this guy ......."

Glancing at Vincent, who was sluggish, Jiang Zhe snapped his fingers.

In an instant, dozens of fire bombs smashed all over the body of the giant rock statue at an astonishing speed almost simultaneously, and during this time, fiery red vortices continued to appear around Jiang Zhe...... Suddenly, all the students present were stunned, and they stared at this incredible scene with wide eyes: a steady stream of fireballs like cannonballs, bombarding all parts of the boulder's body, and blasting the hard clods of earth on its body to the ground.

"Boom!"

"Bang Bang!"

For a while, the sound of bombing and stones falling to the ground resounded throughout the audience, and in the eyes of everyone, the huge rocks like a small mountain continued to shatter and fall off under such a dense bombardment.

At this time, they had only one thought in their heads.

It turned out that the fire bomb technique that he disdained was so powerful...... This little imp ...... "Boom, boom!"

After more than ten seconds, the giant rock statue on the field no longer exists, and all that remains is a pile of slightly scorched mounds...... Looking at Vincent, who had a dull look, Jiang Zhe said lightly, "The professor who supervised me once said, don't despise your opponent at any time! Maybe you've heard it, but it's a pity that you didn't take it to heart...... Oh, and also, when I signed up, I said that what I am best at is fireball, and second, fireball......"

"Match 23 of the fourth round of the No. 1 field, the winner, the second-year student of our school, South!"

(To be continued)