Chapter Fifty-Three: Parting Words, Unexpected Critical Strikes
"Congratulations."
As is customary, Link first congratulates politely, and then says, "Congratulations on your successful promotion and becoming a ......"
"Don't be nervous."
Wizard Paro gave a look, signaling Link to be at ease and not polite, and then said, "Many friends are looking forward to the gift you gave me, so you can open it for me." β
"Yes."
Link nodded in agreement.
Now, what can Link do?
Of course, it's the execution of the order.
He unsealed the gift box, lifted the lid, took out the 13 dolls one by one, and placed them on the surface of the cart.
It's just a 13-thumb-sized figure, and it doesn't look special at all.
And no matter how fine the workmanship is, how precious can the material be there?
I don't think a wizard apprentice can afford to give anything good.
You can only find another way and be different.
It's a pity that it didn't work out.
Many of the people present showed disappointed looks.
The other part of the people who knew about the past of the Paro wizards, such as those third-level wizards, such as several senior second-level wizards, became somewhat interested.
It's kind of interesting, these dolls.
If the effect is really as they suspected, and "Big Mouth" Caudle really didn't brag about it this time, these dolls really could have poked Parot's heart.
In terms of emotion, it is indeed more liked than Percy Sage Drill Staff.
I can't help but look forward to it.
The mentality of the two waves of people is very contrasting.
"Can I show that?"
Of course, Link knew that there was nothing to look at if he just laid out the dolls.
You have to demonstrate the actual effect to show the charm of this set of dolls.
However, without the consent of Wizard Paro, Link did not dare to use spiritual power and magic power under the noses of so many wizards.
In case it is considered a provocation, or a sneak attack, it will lead to a knee-jerk counterattack.
That's terrible.
"Of course."
Wizard Paro directly agreed.
"Thank you, Wizard Paro."
Link thanked him, and then followed the instructions he had jotted down earlier, activating the master puppet and the first sub-puppet with a specific frequency of psychic power and mana.
The thumb-sized puppet gets the command and motivation to get into action immediately.
The main doll, which resembles the 9-point resemblance of Wizard Paro when he was young, is the first to jump out of the surface of the cart.
Suspended in mid-air, it grows in size when the wind blows, until it is half human-tall.
The main puppet stands in a very particular posture, with his left hand behind his back and his right hand stretched out diagonally forward, as if inviting the opponent to attack first.
Chic and handsome, with a good bearing.
Here, Link refers to the image of Huang Feihong played by Jet Li.
In order to highlight the temperament of the main puppet.
The first puppet jumps out after it, and the same change in size occurs.
It's also beautifully made, just slightly blurred on the face.
Only those who are familiar with it are vaguely recognized.
People who don't know it will only think it's a stranger.
"Let's go."
Order.
The main puppet and the first puppet start fighting.
I don't know how the shopkeeper, "Big Mouth" Caudle, made it.
The two puppets can really perform 0-ring witchcraft, which is vivid.
Although it is only an illusion of light and shadow with no witchcraft, but no actual power.
Even so, the fight between the two puppets almost restores the whole process of that ring battle.
You came and went, and staged a "rookie pecking each other" in mid-air of a 0-ring witchcraft battle.
The wizards present, especially the Paro wizard himself, as well as those third-level wizards and some senior second-level wizards who knew about Paro's past, watched it with relish.
The battle was in full swing and gradually reached a climax.
The main puppet began to show frequent "highlight" moments.
At this time, there was even a burst of background music.
The master puppet, who seems to have the upper hand firmly, is becoming more and more energetic.
"Fall for me!"
With a roar from the master puppet, a 0-ring sorcery struck the first puppet below its knee.
With a pop, the puppet fell to its knees and fell to its knees, its head bowed.
The master puppet proudly looked down at the kneeling deputy puppet, and hummed disdainfully: "Rukia, but that's it!" β
Yes, the first opponent that Wizard Paro defeated in the two-zone competition was none other than Sauron. Rukia.
He did say a word after defeating Sauron, but not this one.
This was modified by Link himself.
It is not only to highlight the demeanor of the wizard of Palo, but also to secretly poke and proke Sauron. Rukia made a fool of herself in public.
I can't beat you, I can't discredit you yet?
It was only then that the wizards, who had been contemptuous, recognized the first puppet with a blurred face, and the prototype was actually young Sauron. Rukia.
Only then did he face up to the influence of the background of the set of dolls sent by Link on the wizard of Paro.
Only then did he face up to Link. Grande is a mere first-year wizard apprentice.
The little guy is so brave.
This is on the way to offend the Rukia family to the death, rushing forward without brakes at all!
"It's good, I love it!"
Wizard Paro applauded, a bright smile on his face.
It seems that he likes this set of dolls from the bottom of his heart, "Anything else?" Show one more. β
"Okay."
Link agrees to come down and recall the first puppet.
After thinking about it, he crossed the middle 10 puppets and directly sent the twelfth puppet to fight.
As soon as he appeared, he immediately caused an exclamation.
The wizards who were in the right frame of mind immediately recognized the prototype of the twelfth puppet with an equally blurred face.
"Interesting."
"The little guy is so daring."
"I'd love to see Peter's face when he found out."
"Hehehe......"
"Hehehe......"
Wizard Paro did not stop the whispering of the crowd and allowed the atmosphere to ferment.
Link concentrates and is undistracted, and once again starts the puppet battle.
This time, the background music played from the very beginning.
At first, it was melodious and calm, with an ethereal voice singing in a shallow voice.
There is no passion in the battle between two puppets, you take a few steps, and I will turn around.
You throw a water balloon and I'll shoot a wooden arrow.
Coming and going, coming and going, all temptation, no anger.
And so it was more than a minute.
The background music burst suddenly.
The female voice turns to a high-pitched and passionate voice, as if narrating a magnificent war recorded in an epic.
Link uses part of the melody of "Victory" here.
Under the atmosphere of either you die or I die, the battle between the two puppets enters the stage of violent collision.
Attack-type 0-ring sorcery, don't bombard like magic.
Each is trying to suppress the other.
However, mental power and magic power are limited.
The high output in a short period of time comes at the cost of a rapid consumption of mental power and mana.
In less than a minute, the two puppets slowed down at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if they were about to return to the slow rhythm they had at the beginning.
Who knew that the two puppets were fighting with the same idea.
Almost at the same time, another onslaught was launched.
Then both mental power and magic power dried up.
Witchcraft is useless, so fight each other in close quarters.
The two puppets picked up Wang Ba's fist and rolled and fluttered in the air.
The wizards present couldn't help but be slightly amused when they saw this, including Wizard Paro himself.
This is the battle between wizarding apprentices?
It's not as exciting as ordinary knight battles.
Between the rise and fall of the rabbit, the master occasionally came to a commotion.
His hands pinned the two arms of the twelfth puppet, and the knee of his right leg was jerked up and slammed into it.
The background music comes to an abrupt end.
Switching to dubbing, it clicks, crisp, and with a somewhat contradictory dullness.
Ming Huanghuang told everyone.
The eggs are broken!
The master puppet glanced at the twelfth puppet with his hands on his crotch and twisted in pain, then looked around and shouted arrogantly: "Who else? β
This is the end of the battle.
This is the end of the show.
"Yes, yes!"
Wizard Paro laughed at the last shout.
He recalled that the words he shouted back then were actually "Fuck me, fight me?" ", equally arrogant, but somewhat vulgar.
After such a change, the arrogance is still the same, or even more prevalent, but the wording is elegant and domineering.
"Not bad, not bad."
Wizard Paro praised again and again, "I like it very much, I like it very much. Link, you're attentive. β
"If you like it, if you like it."
Link recalls the master puppet and the twelfth puppet, and puts the 13 dolls back into the gift box one by one and closes the lid.
At the same time, he said his carefully prepared greetings: "May you run away for half your life and return as a teenager!" β
Wizard Paro was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
Soon came back to his senses, muttered twice a greeting that matched this set of dolls, and the smile on his face became brighter.
He patted Link on the shoulder and said softly, "Thank you for your blessings, I know what I mean." Now go and rest, come to me later, and we'll have a good talk. β
"Yes, Wizard Paro."
Link obediently complied and walked back to Wizard Sereen.
He's been in the limelight enough tonight, but he can't take the lead.
Wizard Paro smiled and chatted with the guests for a few words, slowing down the atmosphere, and then seemed to inadvertently put the puppet gift box into his own space storage witch weapon and kept it himself so as not to lose it.
Then, he began to open the gifts given by the second-level wizards.
"How does it feel?"
Wizard CΓ©reen asked in a low voice.
"Like facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice, trembling."
Link thought about it for a moment, and used a phrase he had often heard in his previous life to express his mood at this time.
Nervous, nervous, uneasy, afraid that something will go wrong.
"Keep this mindset and don't relax."
A faint smile tugged at the corner of Wizard Seren's mouth, and she reminded, "With Paro showing the importance of you in public today, there will be much less hostility from other forces and other wizards in the future." However, Lionel, Rukia, and their allies will be even more hostile to you. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It's all up to you to respond. This kind of mentality is very good. β
Link pondered for a moment.
In fact, he had been mentally prepared for a long time, and he had a vague premonition when he first accepted the funding of Wizard Paro.
The camp was established at that moment.
There will be friendship, but more often than not, there will be hostility.
He lost count of the number of times he had thanked Wizard Selene for the first time tonight, "Thank you for the tip, I'll pay more attention." β
"Hmm."
Wizard Serene replied faintly.
After the promotion ceremony is opened, there is nothing special about it.
As with other ceremonies, it enters the stage of small talk.
Wizard Cherine had his own circle and didn't continue to stay in this corner.
Link remained motionless until the end of the promotion ceremony, when he was greeted by Wizard Palo and followed.
"Come with me."
Wizard Paro motioned for the others not to follow, and led Link to a path towards the Lake.
Link was one position behind and followed
"Do you wonder why I value you so much as a little wizard apprentice? Even if you have secrets and chances, you will become a third-class wizard apprentice in less than a year. β
Wizard Paro took the initiative to speak, breaking the silence.
Link replied, "Sometimes, I do think that way. β
"That's right. We must have a few more eyes and take precautions everywhere, otherwise it is easy to suffer. β
Wizard Paro looked at the foggy Boundary Lake, and sighed in a sighing tone.
"In my department, the original leader was not me, it was Cody. He is five years older than me, and his talent and temperament are top-notch. However, it is credulous to trust someone, which leads to a mistake in the critical stage of promotion to a sage, and the success falls short. I had no choice but to come out and rise to the top, and I was suppressed by the local pure-blood families on the West Coast, and the disregard of the half-blood families. β
"Forget it, I won't tell you this."
"Let's talk about why I think so highly of you."
"It's simple."
"Because your soul is special, it should come from some other dimensional world."
Speaking of this, Wizard Paro looked directly into Link's eyes and said word by word: "Don't think that you are the most special, you are a 'traverser', the wizarding world is never uncommon!" β
Link's back was instantly soaked, and cold sweat flowed.
He pursed his lips a few times, relied on the "brain occlusion technique" to stabilize his emotions, and finally replied steadily: "Remember your teachings. β
Wizard Paro couldn't help but smile when he saw Link's nervous appearance.
This little guy has a lot of hearts and eyes, and he is a big ghost, and it is rare to see a panicked expression.
He was relieved, "Don't worry, I have already covered it up for you when I found out that you were promoted to a second-class wizard apprentice and deliberately probed to find out the abnormality of your soul. Aside from me and CΓ©line, even Cody doesn't know your other identity. β
Link couldn't help but let out a long breath, and didn't hide it in front of Wizard Paro, and asked directly, "How does the academy deal with a situation like mine?" β
"Processing? Why should it be processed? Don't those old immortals in the academy value you very much? Even the Seed of Origin that the Broken World has turned into has been given to you, what are you worried about? β
Wizard Paro snorted lightly, "They still hope that you will grow up quickly, so that you can conquer the heavens for the academy and lay down more resource worlds." β
"Paro, enough is enough!"
Suddenly, a majestic voice rang out from the sky, and it only fell into the ears of Wizard Paro and Link.
Wizard Paro raised his head and scolded angrily: "Old immortal, only you are allowed to do it, not me?" β
Click.
A thunderbolt pierced the night sky, striking the Wizard of Paro, who was suddenly unable to move.
His hair stood on end, his face was black, and his clothes were scorched.
Sage, in front of the "old immortal" of the academy, except for the mouth cannon, there is no power to fight back!
"Bad luck!"
Wizard Paro broke free, pursed his lips, and said to Link, "I'll go first, you can go back by yourself." β
After saying that, without waiting for Link to respond, he disappeared directly.
Link looked at the misty Lake of Boundary, speechless for a long time.
The identity of the "traverser", who had been worried for a long time, was punctured like this, making it difficult for him to calm down.
The attitude of the academy made him feel at ease, but at the same time, there was a faint deeper fear.
Alas!
With a faint sigh, Link stopped thinking and left the lake and returned to the dormitory.
Sooner or later, you can't hide.
Just as Wizard Paro and Link were walking and chatting.
Two small videos circulated in the circles of senior second-level wizards and third-level wizards.
"Rukia, that's it" and "Who else",
In less than half an hour, it sounded wildly all over the Rivosoth district.
It is said that Peter, who is about to pass the period of transformation and is preparing to hold the promotion ceremony of the sage. Lionel broke the defense directly and was furious.
It actually affected the transformation and postponed the promotion time.
A video and a quote from a little wizard's apprentice is so powerful.
Let a lot of people laugh.
From the very beginning, the pit of "Travelers" that is not scarce in the wizarding world has been buried, and it is filled today. Alas, I don't know if this setting will be accepted.
(End of chapter)