After the rehearsal.

Xia Duo rejected the communication invitation of several high-level mage pioneers, quickly returned to his temporary residence, set up protection and vigilance magic, and began to trace the memories of observing the clouds during the rehearsal.

In his consciousness, Xia Duo first used space as a clue to construct a cloud state map of the Arfa Square in the area where the central princess was located.

Later, he added the state of the clouds at the same location and at different times to the previous diagram in chronological order.

Such a state chart is undoubtedly incomplete, but it also reflects a certain trend, which is the most basic statistical common sense.

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Knowing the changes in January, March, and May, it is natural to guess the approximate changes in February, April, and June.

Of course, there may be exceptions to this, but all Xia Duo wants is to do a rough qualitative analysis and know what the situation is.

It doesn't have to be all the details of the special magic the princess casts.

This is unrealistic, and it is not necessary, although Xia Duo is curious, and it is not small, but curiosity also has a limit, and sometimes knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.

……

Soon, Xia Duo finished filling up the incomplete cloud state diagram according to the cloud change trend in the rehearsal process, and even the cloud qi of the princess in the middle of the square was made up by his brain.

Carefully experiencing the dynamically changing cloud map in his consciousness, he gradually understood the essence of the commendation ceremony in terms of cloud qi.

This ritual does not absorb a kind of pioneer cloud qi, but adjusts the distribution of cloud qi according to certain rules, and even if Xia Duo does not know the cloud qi changes during the rehearsal, he can also know the cloud qi changes after the rehearsal.

Yes, after today's rehearsal, his cloud aura increased very abruptly, not only filling in yesterday's decrease, but even increasing.

Of course, the abruptness here is directly compared with yesterday, if you put it in the whole process of change, that is, in the rehearsal process, the increase in cloud qi today is actually very smooth.

Although Xia Duo did not clearly see his cloud qi increase a little bit during the rehearsal, it was reflected in the cloud change diagram that was integrated afterwards.

As for the law of the adjustment of the pioneer cloud qi in the commendation ceremony, Xia Duo can't see it for the time being, after all, there is no way to quantify the cloud qi, and it can only be estimated by feeling.

He only knew that he and the other nine pioneers who had already turned positive ahead of schedule were the core of this ritual, and all the cloud qi changes flowed through these ten cores.

Of course, by observing the cloud change map, Xia Duo also knew that he was not the absolute protagonist of the ritual, at least in terms of the ritual itself, he was not much different from the other nine pioneer lords.

As for the princess -

Xia Duo was very puzzled, he couldn't see the princess's cloud changes on the cloud change map, which may be the reason why he didn't collect the princess's cloud data, or it could be the reason why the princess's cloud qi was too large.

But—

However, there was no obvious migration or circulation between the overall cloud qi of these pioneers and the princess, and Xia Duo suspected that there was another ritual core.

And it's the core of the ten Pioneer Lords combined.

This can be seen from the overall changes in the cloud qi of these pioneers, the total amount is increasing, if the source is not the princess, then what is it?

If the cloud qi is faith and luck, then the cloud qi may come from the pioneers' lords, subordinates, etc., but it has not changed before, and now it has increased out of thin air, which is somewhat unreasonable.

This even made Xia Duo shake his previous opinion of cloud qi.

In short, there are many doubts, but one thing he is sure of is that the New Year's celebration has really begun, and it is a special ceremony involving many people and things.

……

Soon, the time came for the last day of the Pioneers' solitary stay in the Half-Plane, and the final rehearsal before the official celebration began.

This rehearsal was the same as yesterday, there was one less person at the beginning, but today, Xia Duo didn't wonder why there was one less person like yesterday.

As for the disappearance of this pioneer today, when he analyzed the rehearsal cloud change map yesterday, he had a hunch!

According to his speculation, the cloud changes are carried out according to a specific law in order to meet some kind of requirement of the real ritual behind the commendation ceremony.

For the sake of the smooth running of the ceremony, there must be no distractions in it.

The Pioneer who disappeared today was named "Elpaf" and behaved perfectly in yesterday's rehearsal, and Xia Duo still remembered that he had not nodded his head and applauded his actions.

However, Elpav's performance in the cloud change chart is not normal, and the cloud energy of others will increase, and increase a lot, as little as he adds, and may not even be able to fill the lack of the day before yesterday.

Of course, during the rehearsal the day before yesterday, Xia Duo did not observe the changes in the clouds, and I don't know if there is anything unusual about Elpaf.

But it is clear that the rehearsal in which the princess personally participated in these three times was not without cause, and it must achieve a certain purpose, and in this process, something abnormal happened, and it was the easiest way to take it out.

After all, it's only a few days before the official celebration.

In fact, the special ceremony involving many people and things behind the commendation ceremony can be regarded as the beginning, but it may not have reached the critical moment yet, and adjustments can still be made.

Divog, who disappeared yesterday, may have been adjusted out for this reason.

As for the reason why Divog and Elpaf did not fit into the ritual, Shado did not know for the time being, at least from what he knew so far, he could not see any anomalies in the two of them.

Perhaps that's why neither yesterday nor today Greta explained the reason for the lack of people.

Either it involves ritual secrecy, which Greta can't say; Either the two really didn't have any problems, or they didn't fit the ceremony, and Greta didn't know how to explain it, so she didn't say anything.

Which one, Chateau prefers the former.

……

In the last rehearsal, Xia Duo was still the same as yesterday, under the cover of a slightly exaggerated expression, cautiously observing the changes in the clouds in the square.

Of course, he also observed and noted the changes in the background fluctuations of the magic net, and he could hand it over to Niya for analysis and analysis in the future, after all, there is a specialization in the art industry, and it is good to have one more professional analysis.

The rehearsal went smoothly and nothing happened, but this time Greta did not leave with the princess, but stayed behind and announced to the crowd:

"That's the end of the rehearsal, just wait for the official celebration in two days, and Archmage Wowyd will come to pick you up later, and here I would like to warn you-"

Speaking of this, Greta's voice suddenly closed, and her face became gloomy, of course, it was not for any deliberately emphasized effect, but someone had already left.

However, Greta managed to control her emotions well and continued: "It's best not to leave the Old Town until the celebration begins! ”

After speaking, he didn't give everyone a reaction, and he also teleported away.

Then, Archmage Woyd came over and sent everyone out of the half-plane.

Until he returned to the Gillestall Tower, Chateau was still thinking that there might be something going on between Greta and Siglaire!