"Does it still hurt?"

A very gentle question came from my ear.

Jiang Zhe sighed weakly and said to the guy who was squeezing his eyebrows, "I'm going to throw up, Alan!"

"What?" said Allen, squeezing his eyes, and laughing, "You should have replied, 'Please don't worry about me, beautiful young lady, it's nothing compared to the pain in your heart...... I've been so captivated by you that I won't see you for a while, and I ......'"

"Do you dare to be more disgusting?" interrupting Allen's words, Jiang Zhe said angrily.

"Just kidding," Alan said with a nonchalant shrug, touching his chin in contemplation, "but I don't think that chick has a good temper, and this line may not impress her, so why not change it to 'Please accept me as a captive of your heart?'"

"......" Jiang Zhe sighed weakly, shook his head and looked at Alan talking to himself.

"Then again," asked Scott, who was leaning against a tree and wiping his glasses with his head down, "Soth, I don't think you should be so embarrassed with your current level, right?"

Indeed, compared to before he set off, Jiang Zhe was not only called a miserable word now? Not only was the magic robe burned with holes, the white glove on his left hand turned into a gray glove, and even his dark golden hair had a few strands of curly hair that had been curled by the fire, not to mention the black dust that covered his body.

"That's right, buddy," just as Jiang Zhe looked at the robe on his body with a wry smile, Alan also walked over, held his chin and looked at Jiang Zhe and said, "You practiced magic with Professor Hodd yesterday, and you didn't come back so embarrassed, what's the matter......?"

"Ignore the enemy, right?" Ignoring Allen's depressed eyes when he was interrupted, Scott shone his glasses into the sun, and then carefully wiped them with a handkerchief, and said lightly, "Originally, I thought you would win easily, with the speed and power of your fireball, I can't imagine that it will ...... Heh!" he said, smiling noncommittally.

"She's very strong!" Jiang Zhe said calmly, suddenly seeing Allen's strange gaze, and then changed his words, "I mean that girl named Lavia!"

"Eun, I know," pretending to nod, Alan put his arm on Jiang Zhe's shoulder, and said in a pretended deep voice, "I understand your feelings, man, if it were me, I wouldn't bear to cast magic on a lovely, beautiful young lady...... It's against our chivalry!"

"We?" Jiang Zhe twitched the corner of his eyes, and before he could speak, he heard Scott say lightly, "Put away your stupid remarks! Everything that stands in the way of progress is the enemy, and it is very stupid to be merciful to the enemy! Not to mention that the other party still has the strength to match you......" Saying that, Scott paused and asked in a very strange tone, "Soth, you won't underestimate the enemy because the other party is a woman, right?"

"Eh?" Jiang Zhe was stunned, shrugged his shoulders slightly embarrassed and said, "Maybe......"

As if seeing Jiang Zhe's expression, Scott shook his head with a wry smile, and said lightly, "Soth, it's not like there has never been a great magician with a female surname in the history of magic, in the category of magic, the difference in strength may depend on magic, mental power, affinity or experience, but there is no other surname......

"Heh, that's what I'm saying!" Jiang Zhe covered his head in embarrassment, recalling the several high-level magic that Lavia had cast.

Maybe it's because the other party is a child and a girl, so I will unconsciously show mercy, but then again, I don't like this kind of battle in the first place......

"Okay, okay," Seeing that Jiang Zhe was silent, Alan said in a round game, "Isn't this already a victory, although this kind of victory is not what I want, but it's better than leaving in disgrace......"

As if he realized that his tone was too heavy, Scott said lightly, "I'm just reminding you, I don't mean anything else......" But when his eyes swept to Allen, his eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle again, "Speaking of which, Allen, what were you just now? Drinking afternoon tea with the little girl? This is the Reoks Academy, not the back garden of the nobles!"

"Yes...... Yes" Because he was caught by Scott, Alan flattered.

"Let's go," stood up and patted the dust off his waist, Scott said, keep staying here, maybe meet another team again, I'm nothing with Allen, South...... I'm sorry for that tone!"

"That's nothing, you're right, you really shouldn't judge people by their appearance......" Jiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.

I saw a faint smile on Scott's face, and said, "Then what if we fight again? Looking at the way she looked at you when she left just now, I think this matter will inevitably ...... in the future."

"This ......" Jiang Zhe hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's talk about this later, I am also a student of Ruiox, and it is always not good to be too embarrassed......

"I see!" Scott chuckled and pushed his glasses and whispered, "Just don't be that idiot......!

"Hey, hey!" Alan pursed his lips dissatisfiedly, but when he saw Scott leaving without looking back, he was a little depressed in his heart, but when he looked at Jiang Zhe beside him, the smile instantly hung on the corner of his mouth again, "Speaking of which, man, why did she give you that, isn't it you...... Hey, hey, hey!"

"Nothing!" Jiang Zhe rolled his eyes and followed Scott's footsteps.

"Hey, don't go so fast, man!" said Allen, reluctantly.

For no reason......

Looking down at the tattered robe on his body, Jiang Zhe smiled bitterly and sighed.

If she hadn't rushed through those layers of flames and grabbed her hand, I'm afraid she would still hold on, right?

Even the robes printed with the basic defensive magic array were burned to the ground......

Obviously, I can't hold on anymore......

"You've lost!" Grabbing Lavia's arm, Jiang Zhe said in a deep, serious tone.

Lavia was silent, biting her lip and looking at Jiang Zhe, who was bursting with hot air all over her body in front of her, because he was directly dispersing the flames in front of her eyes.

She thought about dodging......

However, she has already exceeded her limit, where can she still have the physical strength to dodge? She even feels extremely difficult to raise her hand.

"Let go of me......" Lavia whispered.

"Are you willing to throw in the towel?"

"I'm ......" Lavia hesitated, biting her lip, the expression on her face clearly proving her inner struggle.

"Don't you want to admit defeat yet?

Before Lavia could react, she suddenly felt a huge force from her shoulder, how could she still withstand this force when she was extremely weak at the moment, she only felt her body tilt, and fell backwards.

In the end, I still lost......

Lavia closed her eyes and sighed secretly.

But to her surprise, the first thing her back touched was not the hard ground, and one hand held her back.

"Even if you don't hit the ground, you will lose!" Jiang Zhe's words came from his ears.

Lavia was stunned, opened her eyes, looked at Jiang Zhe in front of her, her face was red from the flames, a few traces of crimson appeared, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said softly, "Let go of your hands......

Before the words fell, a chuckle came from not far away. "Yo!"

Lavia hurriedly turned her head, but saw four people standing on the edge of the forest on the side, and two of them were actually her female companions, she was a little anxious in her heart for no reason, and whispered to Jiang Zhe, "Let go!" As she spoke, she struggled to stand up.

"Even if it's a draw, we're all running out of magic anyway......"

"What are you, mercy?" Lavia snorted, raised her head, bit her lip and hesitated for a long time before she said in a slightly regretful tone, "Soth, I admit ......defeat," she said, her tone changed, "but after admitting defeat, ......"

"What?" Jiang Zhe frowned suspiciously, but saw Lavia raise her hand......

"Smack!"

"You ......" Before Jiang Zhe could react, Lavia lowered her head and said, "This is for the offense you just gave me...... And, thank you. ”

"You ......" felt a burning pain on his face, and Jiang Zhe was speechless for a while.

Looking at Jiang Zhe, who was depressed, Lavia said very seriously, "I'll come to you again...... Next time, it won't end like this!"

With that, the girl turned around and left in the direction of the castle.

"Go back, Lyreira, Lisa......"

"Oh, oh......"

What a strong and unlikable girl......

Looking at the back of the girl who left in the distance, Jiang Zhe sighed secretly.

Next......

It seems that my hunch is correct, what a trouble......

"Soth?!" A whispered reminder interrupted Jiang Zhe's memories, and before he could come back to his senses, he felt like he was being pulled by a strong force.

"Shhhh

What's going on?

Glancing at Scott, who was also a cat behind a tree, Jiang Zhe slapped Allen's hand away and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

"Don't you hear that?" Scott looked at Jiang Zhe suspiciously, and reminded, "There are two teams of people fighting in front!" With his words, Jiang Zhe suddenly heard the 'boom' and talking sound that he had ignored just now.

"Do you want to go and see!" Scott turned back to discuss with Jiang Zhe and Allen.

I saw Jiang Zhe and Alan glancing at each other and nodded one after another.

So, the three of them walked cautiously.

The sound came from the side of a small lake, and the two sides of the battle, one team was made up of male cadets of the fifth grade, and the other team was composed of female cadets of the third grade.

Unlike Jiang Zhe's one-on-one battle, this duel was a team battle, and it was also the standard for the academy to assess the magic of senior students.

In Reochs Academy, from the fourth year, the standard of requirements for students has changed, from the initial single assessment, to the assessment of a team, which is usually composed of the most basic three students.

Starting from the year-end assessment of the fourth grade, the standard of Riox Academy for students to improve their grades is no longer just the year-end assessment score, but also the actual combat.

The objects of the actual combat are the professors of the college.

Unlike previous classroom education, although the professors in charge of the assessment can only perform up to level 4 magic, there will not be a single professor who will show mercy in the assessment.

If the first and third grades are the learning period, or the run-in period between peers, then starting from the year-end assessment of the fourth grade, is the real education for the application of magic.

For this reason, every year, some students are repeated because they do not meet the standards of the academy, but the students who are fifteen or sixteen years old are still in the fourth grade, which is not uncommon in the history of Reochs students.

Generations of students at Reochs Academy are generally between the ages of nineteen and twenty-four, but there has been a student in history who officially graduated at the age of eighteen, and no one has been able to break this record so far.

From this, I have to say that the requirements of Reochs Academy for senior students are very high, and even a little harsh, but every qualified graduate is a powerful black magician, which is why the empire has always attracted graduates of Reox Academy.

It is worth mentioning that the results of the team battle will be counted as the total score of the three teams in the team, which means that if the standard is not met, the three students in the team will be subjected to the same repetition treatment.

All in all, duels are generally one-on-one for junior students, while senior students are accustomed to team battles.

Compared with individual battles, team battles are the way that Reox students recommend, after all, a person's strength is limited, no matter how powerful the black mage is, he will need companions.

However, the requirements of team warfare are very high, it does not mean that three people fight at the same time, but rely on the tacit cooperation between companions, which is obviously unattainable if you don't get along for a long time and are very your own companions.

And that's how the battle is now......

The team of three girls, one majoring in water green magic, one majoring in wind green magic, and one major in earth green magic, the strength of the three was not weak in the eyes of Jiang Zhe and others, but because of the lack of tacit understanding, they were almost crushed to death by the three male students in the senior class.

"That third-grade girl......" Looking at the girl with light blue hair in the distance, Jiang Zhe squinted his eyes suspiciously, he felt a little familiar.

Isn't that Dia?

"Do you know?" asked Scott, surprised.

"Hmm," Jiang Zhe nodded, and said in a low voice, "I met ...... in the library before" As he spoke, he briefly explained the process of meeting Dia, and while explaining, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but feel surprised.

In his concept, Dia is a knowledgeable, conscientious, and powerful senpai, although she looks weak on the outside......

It's unimaginable that she would be at a disadvantage like this......

Is it true that the difference in strength between grades is that big?

While Jiang Zhe was thinking, Scott spoke.

"The means of attack are too simple, those three women are majoring in green magic, and it seems that they haven't learned the magic to contain the opponent, if one of them will curse, there may be a little hope...... Going to lose!"

"Contain the opponent?" Jiang Zhe was a little puzzled.

"Well," Scott nodded, looking into the distance and explained in a low voice, "No matter how powerful the magic is, it will have no effect if you can't beat the opponent, Soth, for example, if you meet an opponent who is proficient in wind blue magic, your fireball can't keep up with the speed of wind magic, but he can bless himself with various positive effects and cast magic on you, and in this case, you will be disadvantaged if you are not good at defensive magic."

And if it's a team battle, as your companion, I can cast all kinds of curses and restrictions on that guy, and Allen, who is good at strengthening, can block the opponent's damage for you and can bless you with buffs...... With me and Alan pinning each other down, it's much easier for you to deal with him...... Of course, if it is a team battle, the opponent will also have two companions, which depends on cooperation and tacit understanding...... And what those three women lack now is the magic that binds their opponents!"

"That's ......" Jiang Zhe nodded as if he didn't understand, and continued to observe the battle situation.

As if Scott was aware of it, and Dia was aware of it, she shouted to her two companions with a hurried face, "Rose, Anthropomorphism, Lilia, bless!" With that, she took a slight breath, unconcerned about the fireball that flew towards her quickly, and a series of rapid incantations whispered out of her mouth.

As she chanted, a large cloud of water gushed out of the small lake behind her, slowly condensing in front of her.

Hearing a "hiss", the fireball crashed straight into the water mass, and the strong heat caused some of the water to turn into water vapor, but with the continuous replenishment of the small lake behind him, the water mass gradually condensed into a humanoid shape.

[Anthropomorphism: Water Element]

At this time, the petite blonde girl beside Dia had also finished chanting the incantation, only to see her squatting down, as soon as her right hand touched the ground, a dirt bag suddenly bulged on the ground, and then condensed Chengren.

[Anthropomorphism: Megalithic Statue]

"It's my turn," the black-haired girl, the tallest of the three, laughed, only to hear a hurried spell, and the water elemental and the giant stone statue glowed with blue-white light, and the speed of movement was much faster in an instant.

【Chapter of the Tempest】

"Huh?" The boy with a fiery stone wand not far away frowned, then chuckled, "Sam, it looks like we're at a loss in the terrain......"

"Don't talk cool, be careful, Bobby! If we lose, we'll all be embarrassed and go home!" Joe!" spoke a boy in a dark green magic cloak, and as he spoke, a two-yard-long [sand lizard] in the middle of the field hissed and stuck out its tongue.

"I know," the last brown-haired boy shrugged, his wand studded with pale yellow gems pointed at the sand lizard in the field, and silently chanted a spell, "Petrified Skin!"

As he finished the incantation, the giant stone statue in the field swept away the sand lizard with his fist, slamming its huge, heavy fist down.

"Boom!"

"It's a pity, it's just a little bit!" Alan in the distance, his face was full of regret, because he saw that the sand lizard had taken the blow on its back without any damage.

Indeed, after the giant stone statue removed its fist, the sand lizard simply shook the sand off its body and bit at the giant stone statue again.

Compared to the bulky boulder statue, the sand lizard is much more agile, and in the blink of an eye, the boulder begins to drop clods of dirt.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, a water arrow struck the sand lizard on the head, causing it to stop its movements and look at the water elemental on the other side.

The water element's movements are much more flexible than the giant stone statue, coupled with the water source support of the small lake behind him, as well as the magic support of Dia, so that he can continuously cast water arrows.

At this moment, the blonde girl named Rose had condensed the statue again, making it even taller than before, six or seven yards tall.

Under the combination of the water element and the giant stone statue, the sand lizard suddenly fell into a bitter battle.

"Two to one is not good," Sam said, glancing at himself Bobby, who was fighting magic with Dea, apparently unable to spare his hands, while the other companion focused on defending against all kinds of flying cobblestones, water arrows, and wind blades, and had no choice but to crouch down and chant a spell with his right hand against the ground.

"Stop him!" Dia apparently saw Sam's movements, and in the blink of an eye, she swung three water arrows.

"It's not that easy!" Joe smiled and walked to Sam, and with a slight lift of his right hand, a black defensive shield appeared in front of him, and when the three water arrows hit the rain cover, they were bounced off one after another, turning into small droplets.

At this time, Sam's incantation had been recited, and a small black magic array appeared on the ground facing his right palm, and then a cloud of smoke exploded with a "bang", and as the smoke dissipated, a reddish-brown giant snake with a length of three or four yards swam out, and its sharp teeth dripped dark green venom, burning the ground to black, which is a kind of sand snake called [Sand Snake] that lives in the desert, likes heat, and is a poisonous snake.

After seeing the snake, Poppy, who was fighting magic with Dia, waved his hand at the sand snake, and after listening to a short spell, the sand snake suddenly ignited a thin layer of flames, and the originally lazy 'it' suddenly became energetic, swishing and spitting out the snake letter with fire.

Not to mention Dia's frowning, even Jiang Zhe felt a little uncomfortable, he hated all snakes from the bottom of his heart.

After the sand snake joined the fray, the three girls seemed to be even more unable to hold on.

After all, the other party is a trio of strikes, summoning, strengthening amplification and defense, and the three girls obviously lack the means to contain each other, after all, the anthropomorphic water element and the boulder statue have no intelligence, they need to be controlled by the caster, and the control of two minds, how can it compare to the sand snake and the sand lizard with the wisdom of the beast?

Just four or five minutes later, somehow, the giant stone statue collapsed, leaving only the water element still struggling to support itself.

"Rose?"

"I ...... I'm fine......"

Glancing back at her companions, Dia recited a few spells to bless the three of them with a water shield, and then simulated a water element, but in this way, Dia was under more pressure, not only to be distracted to control the water element, but also to attack each other with water magic, and even had to take time to bless the three of them with defensive magic, water shield.

Distracted, the boy on the other side, who majored in fire, greatly reduced the pressure, not only suppressed Dia with magic, but even began to attack the other two girls.

"It's a shame that you can't continue to maintain the giant statue......" Allen, who was watching from afar, said with deep regret.

"It doesn't seem to be ......" Jiang Zhe shook his head, because he could feel that the magic power in the blonde girl's body was not exhausted, what happened to her?

At the same time when Jiang Zhe was puzzled, a sudden change occurred, and the blonde girl named Rose suddenly squatted down with a painful face, which made the three male students on the opposite side feel inexplicable, and subconsciously stopped attacking.

"Rose?" Dia hurried to her companion's side.

I saw that the blonde girl was covered in cold sweat, shook her head with a somewhat painful look and said, "I'm fine......

The senior student on the opposite side also walked over, and Sam, the leader, frowned and asked worriedly, "It can't be a magic backlash, right? Then contact the professor as soon as possible!"

Mana backlash is because of the phenomenon of fluctuating and imbalance of mana in the body due to being in a state of mental tension for a long time, which will have a great impact on mental power, and seriously damage the soul, and the process of backlash is very painful.

"No, it's not ......" Seeing that everyone was a little panicked, the blonde girl shook her head and said with a painful look, "It's not that magic is backlash, my heart sometimes hurts since I was a child...... It will be fine in a while......"

"It's good if it's not a magic backlash, it's good if it's not a ......" The seniors on the opposite side smiled, their expressions were much more relaxed, after all, if it was really a magic backlash, it was likely to affect the queen, and if this was the case, they would inevitably be implicated by some from the hospital.

Looking at her companion with a painful face, Dia sighed slightly, raised her head and said, "This duel is here, let's admit defeat......" As she spoke, she took out a light blue gem, aqua blue stone, from her arms.

"......" The three seniors were stunned, and then their expressions were a little relieved, to be honest, they didn't want to fight anymore, and if they continued to fight, even if they won, they would only lose the face of the seniors.

"No! don't ......" Grabbing Dia's arm, the blonde girl shook her head repeatedly.

Looking at the gem, the three seniors were obviously a little hesitant, after all, for the three of them, this aqua blue stone would not play any role at all, besides, as senior students, there are ways to obtain these gems, and all they want is props for amplifying magic, such as rings, bracelets or something.

In addition, they also thought about 'bullying and bullying' the younger students, after all, this is how they were 'educated' in the first place, which is one of the traditions of Reox Academy.

It's too embarrassing to take it in this case, and even if you take it, it's not much use to the three of them, and if you don't take it, it violates the rules of the activity, and it may even be misunderstood as an insult.

It's hard......

The three seniors glanced at each other, a little uncertain.

After hesitation, the boy named Sam hesitated and said, "Well, it's a special reason to pause in the middle of the process, and if there are any familiar companions nearby, form a team temporarily, in this case, it will not violate the rules of the event...... Think about it, you're majoring in water blue magic, and this gem will be much more useful to you......"

"Familiar companions...... ...... nearby" Dia raised her head and looked around, to be honest, this quiet and quiet girl really didn't know many people, let alone familiar ones.

At this time, she saw Jiang Zhe and the three of them not far away.

The kid ......

"That's it, the boy with dark blond hair!"

"Hmm?" Sam and the others turned their heads to look, and suddenly their faces couldn't cry or laugh.

What!

First-year students?

Is a first-year student comparable to a third-year student who has already reached the level of mimicry?

Even if you win this combination, you will only bring ridicule and ridicule to the three of you.

"What to do, Sam?" asked Bobby, a little embarrassed.

"This ......" saw Sam's disturbed head, and said very embarrassedly to the eyes of Dia, who was waiting for a reply, "It's better for the three of them to be together, there may be more tacit understanding......" He was embarrassed to say more, first-year students, who have not experienced team battles, where does the tacit understanding come from?

Because he was too embarrassed, he naturally didn't see Dia's strange eyes.

The other two didn't know, but the kid ...... But it's on a level like the third grade......

Glancing at the gem in her hand, Dia pursed her lips and smiled calmly.

"Okay!

ps: Slightly changed the dialogue of the characters, but the surnames of the characters are still the same.;