Chapter 48 This Cruel World
"How could you arrange such a person for him?" General Long looked at his old friends and old rivals who he had worked with for many years and had argued with for many years, and even had some questioning meaning, "You arranged such an opponent for him, is the idea of fighting-"
"The world is inherently cruel. General Lan didn't wait for General Long to finish speaking, and then said directly, "You should know my character very well, I am actually more intolerant of disobedience than you, and I can't let him get through this without risk."www.biquge.info But, correspondingly, if he gets through and successfully passes my test, the benefits are also huge. Fair enough, isn't it?"
General Long's face turned a little blue, and as had happened countless times before, he couldn't agree with General Lan's extreme approach.
General Lan smiled slightly and said, "Caesar's boy, now I probably think that you are the unkind person, and I am reasonable...... Soon, though, by the time he knows what kind of character his opponent is, he'll understand what I'm really trying to do. The kid was impulsive, but actually smart. ”
"You're going to feel terrible. General Long said.
"No way, I have to do this in order to confront the battle mages in the north. General Lan said this one last sentence and withdrew from the City of Dreams.
General Long was left alone in his office.
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"You know that, Phoenix. General Blue arranged for Caesar's opponents. "Cassadine, who received the news in advance, found the phoenix at the military headquarters in the imperial capital.
"Yes. Instead, the phoenix seemed calm.
Cassadine hesitated for a moment and asked, "Don't you find time to talk to Caesar?" at least...... Let him be mentally prepared, after all, the opponent is that kind of guy. ”
"Nope. Phoenix refused without hesitation, and then said without looking back, "I'll go and get busy first, you feel free." ”
Cassadine looked at the overly calm phoenix in amazement.
What he didn't know was that Phoenix had wanted to go to Caesar for a long time, but the person who knew General Lan in the world, except for the other two generals, might be Phoenix.
She knew that her teacher would not give her a chance to meet Caesar before the official fight.
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At the same time, in the residence of the female general.
The female general was fiddling with a few potted plants in a bit of a daze, with a playful smile on the corner of her mouth, and muttered in a voice that only she could hear: "So it's still the same as your usual style, General Lan." If you pass the test, you will shine brightly, and if you can't pass it...... It's death. ”
"Is it infinite glory, or will it fall to the bottom forever. Can that impulsive and innocent kid pass this level......"
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General Long's arrangement of Caesar is public, but General Lan's arrangement of Caesar is temporarily secret, and not many people know about it, and there are only a few people.
None of the people who received the news, however, thought that Caesar had much chance of victory. If it did, it would be an almost miraculous event.
Of course, Caesar didn't know about this.
In the following days, Caesar's daily homework was to live seriously, cultivate seriously, and march towards the goal of the twelfth level, preparing for the battle in half a year.
The courtyard was deserted, no one visited, and Caesar was happy to be idle.
The old woman spends most of her day sleeping, and in the old man's own words, she can't keep up with her energy if she doesn't sleep much. She rarely communicated with Caesar. To this day, Caesar did not figure out what kind of character the old woman was, but he and Hughes unwittingly became the ones who helped the old woman cook.
And Hughes, the military department seems to have forgotten about this man, and has not made any arrangements and treatments related to it, and seems to have planned to put him and Caesar together.
And the serious injuries to Hughes in the attack last winter, and the dragon in the mountains of the Alcana, seem to have been forgotten or put on hold.
Cultivating life is almost isolated from the outside world.
Caesar didn't know what was going on in the outside world, and to put it mildly, it was a retreat cultivation, and the worst thing was to cultivate under house arrest.
But Caesar didn't care, in his eyes, there was only one thing now, and that was the victory in that battle half a year later.
Yes, Caesar didn't know who his opponent was, but he had never really tasted defeat so far, and he was confident that he was not afraid of anyone in battle!
In this way, half a year passed in a blink of an eye.
General Lan deserved to be a very calm man, until the day before the official fight, this battle was suppressed for half a year, so that many military colonels were about to forget that Caesar disobeyed. The empire has all kinds of problems to deal with every day, and who will keep staring at the matter that has been closed half a year ago?
But the moment the news was made public, people finally knew that half a year ago it was not a foregone conclusion at all!
It's just that what does General Lan's arrangement mean?
Like the very few insiders half a year ago, the high-level officials of the empire who have received the news are thinking about a question: Isn't arranging such an opponent to Caesar clearly want him to lose, or even to die?
That night, after dinner, the old woman sent Hughes to wash the dishes, and then called Caesar to her room.
The furnishings in the room were simple, even a little shabby.
The old woman didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "It was supposed to be the commissioner of the military department to inform you, but I blocked the people back. ”
"What?" Caesar didn't understand.
The old woman sighed and said, "It's been half a year, and you've already cultivated to the twelfth level, and I've been watching your cultivation process for the past half a year. And tomorrow is the day you compete with your opponents. ”
Caesar nodded, and said very calmly, "I know that." ”
The old woman looked deeply at the young man and said, "Well, perhaps, it is time for you to know what kind of character you are about to face." In the past six months, haven't you asked me several times who this person named Levi is and what kind of role he plays in the empire. ”
Hearing this, Caesar laughed instead, and said half-jokingly: "Tell me now, it doesn't seem to make any sense, and tomorrow we will have a competition." ”
After half a year of getting along, Caesar had a good relationship with this unknown old woman, so he dared to talk to her in such a tone.
In other words, the old woman laughed twice, and she didn't get angry or say anything.
Today, however, is a little different.
Caesar suddenly noticed that the other party had not smiled at all today, but looked at him with some complexity in his eyes, worry, and even a trace of regret.
Caesar slowly restrained his smile, was silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "What, this guy named Levi that I have never heard of is very strong?"
"Yes. ”
"If so, why have I never heard of it?" asked Caesar, "I've at least heard of many of the most famous and powerful men in the Empire." ”
The old woman said, "Because this man is actually a rookie, and in terms of age, he is not even much older than you." Plus, before that, most of his upbringing was under the umbrella of the Identity Protection Program, the one you rejected. It wasn't until a year ago that he broke through to level fifteen and officially ended his identity protection program. ”
Caesar was stunned.
“...... So, this Levi only broke through to level fifteen a year ago?"
Caesar's face was a little strange, "Then there's nothing to worry about, I always thought it was a senior fifteenth-level powerhouse who was assigned by General Lan to be my opponent." ”
The old woman said, "As far as I know, when your teacher Blue Phoenix first met you, it was not long after he broke through the fifteenth level, and he was still injured. Do you think she's weak?"
Caesar's face couldn't help but froze.
"I'll just just stop going around in circles, although that might hit you a little hard. The old woman suddenly took a breath, made up her mind, and said word by word, "To put it simply, among all the current fifteenth-level powerhouses in the Wind Thunder Empire, the most powerful is this Li Wei, who has just broken through for less than a year. He is now the teacher in charge of the class of the Dragon Awakened in the Three Courtyards, and according to his own requirements, he has not yet officially accepted the canonization of the military department. But once he accepted the rank of Imperial Major, the words ......"
Speaking of this, the old woman paused before continuing, "Then, he will replace your teacher as the veritable first major of the Empire." He is stronger than your teacher, Phoenix. Now you understand what kind of person your opponent is, and why I haven't told you for half a year. ”
Caesar was silent, but his face unconsciously turned a little pale.
Immediately after, Caesar seemed to think of something, and asked a little dryly: "Such an opponent, theoretically speaking, I have no possibility of defeating, right?" ”
Caesar said that he had the confidence to play at the twelfth level and fifteenth, but deep down he actually divided people like his teacher from the outside, because in essence, Teacher Lan and himself are the same kind of people, and neither of them can use ordinary grades to measure combat effectiveness.
The old woman sighed again, nodded and said, "You can think so. ”
Caesar suddenly looked up and stared at the ceiling for a long time, and the picture of something that happened half a year ago came to mind again. The boy was silent for a long time, and finally said, "I understand." ”
Then he shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "I'll just say, what kind of general's heir, the chance of the dragon road, such a good winning condition, how can it be so cheap." So, if I can't beat this Levi, I'll actually be—?"
Caesar didn't go on.
Half a year ago, General Lan's original words were: If you lose, you don't need to go to Dragon Road.
At that time, Caesar did not understand the true meaning of this sentence, and thought that he would be disqualified from going to the Dragon Road.
"You're going to die. The old woman replied to Caesar's question, "In fact, in the eyes of those of us who know General Lan, this arrangement is his usual style. ”
"If I hadn't said I could play fifteen at level twelve......," Caesar asked.
The old woman hesitated for a moment, but finally said truthfully: "Then you died half a year ago." ”