Chapter Twenty-Three: The Truth is a Fool
Ilya woke up early, and he was packing his bags amid the snoring of his roommates.
Simple tents, dry food, change of clothes, towels, kettles...... Ilya stuffed her bag with her stuff as she thought about what else to bring for emergencies. When she was sure that she had enough to bring with her, Ilya took out a polished steel cuirass from the cabinet and put it on seriously.
Ilya is the son of a blacksmith in a small border town in the Birea Empire, and this cuirass was brought from his hometown. Ilya's home and Li Huayin's house are facing the door, and the two are natural childhood sweethearts. Li Huayin's father is a mercenary, and he only has this one daughter, so he tried to let Li Huayin inherit his mantle, and he trained her as a warrior since she was a child. And Ilya, who often played with her, was also pulled into the water for a long time. Fortunately, the two are very talented and very diligent, and they have lived up to expectations.
As for Michelle, she was an orphan adopted by the church in the city, and her surname came from one of the nuns who raised her. The process of getting to know the three of them is very simple and bloody - the stupid natural little Lori is bullied by a group of bad boys, and the two little heroes pull out their knives to help each other when they see injustice......
Ilya shook her head, ending her brief memories. Then he pulled out from under the bedβwhy do I always feel like someone was looking forward to it?Is it a delusion? What do you think there should be some magic horses hidden under the bed?ββ Ilya pulled out a huge two-handed sword from under the bed, almost as big as himself. He took it in his hand and carried it behind him along with the huge backpack beside him.
Then, without alarming her sleeping roommates, Ilya walked out gently.
Today is the day of the trial. Even if he is a super wood who doesn't understand anything about love and has been identified as negative by Elicia, Elijah knows that the luggage of a wild trip is heavy, and as a man, it is impossible for him to let his lover carry the luggage. So he got up early and started preparing.
When Elijah came to the door of the girls' dormitory, there were already a lot of boys around, and it seemed that they were all planning to help the girls carry their luggage, just like Elijah.
After waiting for a while, a group of dizzying warblers and Yanyan came out of the door of the dormitory, which instantly attracted everyone's attention. And that's exactly what Ilya was waiting for: Michelle, Lee, Alicia, Sophia, Chassi, Cecilia, Moonsong, Granna, and ...... Elysia's exclusive binding equipment - the Magic Mini-Doll Mercury Lamp Chair.
Michelle was wearing a white priest's gown left over from the nun who raised her, but she was holding the Academy's standard staff, presumably because the thing sold outside was too expensive for an orphan.
Li Huayin was dressed in a simple leather armor and cropped pants, with two one-handed swords hanging from his waist, and his fiery red ponytail dancing in the wind, but he looked heroic and very chic - of course, this is only the surface of this lily girl.
Sophia is unexpectedly a popular magic robe, and so is the staff in her hand, so I guess I bought it from some store temporarily. But even so, her noble and elegant temperament still can't be hidden.
Chasi's family background is not good, and she still uses the standard equipment issued by the college. But after all, they are second on the list, and there is a kind of thing in this world called uniform temptation......
Cecilia was holding the famous (?) staff for playing a magical girl, but she was wearing a gorgeous magic robe instead of a magical girl costume - if she did wear it, it is estimated that Chrissy would have stripped her directly.
Dressed in a fine elven leather armor, she carried a longbow and quiver, and a short sword pinned to it, which was the orthodox Ranger attire.
Granna, who hadn't shown her face for a long time, was also wearing light leather armor, with two daggers stuck behind her waist, and a small cloth bag that looked very dangerous on her belt - this girl was actually a thief.
As for Elysia, she wore a black gothic princess dress, holding a brown pipe instead of a staff in her right hand - before setting off, little Lori had deliberately worn a bright red gothic dress to dangle in front of the mercury lamp, and then she had to spend ten minutes digging a lot of black feathers in her beautiful blonde hair.
The Last ChairmanβHave you seen her change her clothes?,
This very eye-catching scenery in the early morning immediately attracted the attention of countless people, but when eight beautiful women and a beautiful puppet walked together towards an inconspicuous boy, the attention salute immediately turned into a murderous gaze.
Ilya completely ignored this, he was just wondering why these girls didn't have any luggage?
"If you're looking for our luggage," Alicia said as if she was looking for something, seeing that Ilya was looking left and right instead of looking at the crowd, as if she was looking for something, "in there." Let yours in, too. β
"Oh, thank you. "You're welcome, Ilya is not good for fighting with this bag on her back.
[It's really wood. The rest of us didn't even know to praise Michelle for her dress. γ
"Okay, now everyone is together. Cecilia raised her hand and said, "Let's go for dessert before breakfast!"
"Eat dessert before breakfast......" everyone couldn't help but sweat.
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Since trials are the same as actual combat, and there is a possibility of unforeseen situations, the upper echelons of the Garden of Hope allow students to wear civilian clothes and use their own gear during trials β provided you have your student ID with you, of course. As for the rules of the trial, there is a saying: you can have an artifact all over your body, but you must not bring an attendant to help you. In this regard, the College is unlikely to let go.
That's why Alysia and the others dress like that. The rest of the class was similar.
But no one is as exaggerated as Chrissy β gloves, a T-shirt, trousers, leather boots, and a chocolate bar in her mouth. Hey, big sister, the first year class A of the martial arts department is on the right, you are on the wrong team!
"Stand in line for the old lady, you rookies! Whoever grinds any more will run ten laps and come back! This year's trial is led by me, and if you want to die, you can just come and try it!" Chrissy pointed to the students of the two A classes of martial arts and magic and said loudly.
"Uh, Huayin, where's your mentor?" Alicia suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Our tutor accidentally fractured his left leg half a month ago and couldn't go. Li Huayin sighed, "What a pity." β
β...... May I ask how the location of the trial was chosen?"
"The instructors of the two cooperative classes of martial arts and magic will discuss together, and then submit it to the dean for approval. I guess that's the process. β
At this moment, the little Lori Khan came down: "Then, Huayin." Do you know where your mentor was chosen?"
"Lake Caderon, a beautiful lake in a scenic part of the valley. In addition to the occasional small monsters, it is said that there is also a tribe of elves living nearby. It is a great place for a relaxing outing. At the time, everyone agreed. β
[Mentor Chrissy, you really do everything you can to drink dwarven spirits......]
Under the pressure of Chrissy, the students of the two classes formed a loose formation, as if they would fall apart under the impact of a group of slimes. However, Chrissy apparently ignored this, and she said loudly, "Very well, now everyone is lined up and go." We went to the station to take the train to our destination!"
In the midst of everyone's answers, Alicia looked very frightened. She was stunned for a full three seconds before turning her head and asking Li Huayin, "Tutor Chrissy said 'train' just now, right?"
"yes, it's the kind of metal cans that run on railroad tracks powered by magic circles and magic crystals. Li Huayin glanced at Alicia and asked strangely, "Little Ellie, haven't you seen the train? The Birea Empire is quite a long way away, how did you get here in the first place?"
"I came by horse-drawn carriage slowly. Little Lori lied without blushing and heartbeat.
"That's why I hate rich people......"
Alicia ignored her, silently stepping aside in thought.
"What's wrong? you're interested in that train?" asked the mercury lamp, who had been not far from Elicia.
"A little. Alicia nodded, "It's going to be in this world, and I can't help but feel a little pain." β
"You don't have that thing anymore, it won't hurt. "The chairman who knows the identity of Elicia is a humane.
"OK, I'm always in pain, right?" Little Lori hurriedly raised her hand in surrender.
"You suspect that there was a traverser before you, and he made the train, right?" The mercury lamp glanced at the embarrassed little Lori, "Want to see that guy?"
"It depends, maybe they are no longer alive. After all, it will take a lot of time for the railway network to develop. β
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Familiar ticket offices, ticket gates, waiting halls, platforms, and kiosks in the corners of the halls...... If you didn't look at the clothes of the people waiting for the train, Alicia would really think that she was in the train station of some city in the Celestial Empire. Now she was more and more sure that the inventor of the train had crossed over, and that he was probably a fellow citizen of her.
In the midst of the commotion, Chrissy finally got all the students into the carriage before the train departed.
"What's the matter, where are so many travelers?" muttered Cecilia as she leaned on the small table in front of her seat without any image.
"Yes, it's tiring. Sophia pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the fine sweat on her forehead. When people were crowded just now, she often encountered groping pig hands, but under the protection of Li Huayin beside her, no one could succeed.
"It seems to be from some mercenary group. Li Huayin looked at the flow of people with uniform decorations embroidered on their chests outside the car window and said, "It seems that they are going to do a big task." β
"What a spectacular scene of group farming bosses!" Alicia sighed, "It's a pity that there are only humans and no other races, and the professions are mainly warriors, thieves, archers, etc., which is very unbalanced." β
"Did you brush it today?" asked the mercury lamp sitting on the side, suddenly, coldly.
"Not yet, I'll brush on the road after the departure in a while. Uh...... "I didn't expect the chairman to come, and the little Lori who came to this hand was suddenly choked and almost out of breath."
[I'm sorry, I'm guilty, I repent. The Chairman, who has always been known for his fierce and poisonous tongue and who has always only routed the enemy from the front in words and deeds, and who disdained to play with intrigues and tricks, has actually turned into a dark belly under what I have heard and witnessed in the past half a month! At this moment, even if I can't help the fans of the chairman's blockbuster, I am really, very excited-even though she just told a bad joke. γ
The mercury lamp glanced at the little Lori with a "I know what you're thinking" gaze, and said coldly: "Your head full of musty squatting thoughts should be cut off and washed with holy water." Oh, I almost forgot, if you really wash it with holy water, your head will probably be completely purified, right?"
"Maybe all liches are otaku, but not all otaku are lichs, right!?"
"Isn't there a difference between the two that mainly study the human body?"
"It's a big difference, hey!!"
Chriss, holding a chocolate bar in her mouth, walks into the carriage through the back passageway, interrupting the argument between Lori and the Chairman about the aesthetics of the human body between otaku and lich. Chrissy was followed by Ilya and Fabiano, who had been temporarily taken as her lieutenants, and the two were half exhausted from helping their respective classes into the four cars at the back of the train.
The three of them sat down in the four-seater on the other side of Alicia and the others. The grinning Chrissy was nothing, while Ilya and Fabiano politely greeted the girls next to them. Perhaps because the tutor was here, Cecilia seemed more reserved, and instead of shouting the "Xiaofa" whose tone would give the listener goosebumps, she just nodded at Fabiano and called his name.
Although Alicia thinks that Chrissy has known about them for a long time, and may even have the intention of pushing them forward.
As he spoke, the train let out a long whistle and began to move.
Looking out the window at the receding landscape, Alicia exclaimed, "What a speed. Who invented this train, I'd love to see. β
"It was invented by Master Rez. Sophia said, "The master is really a great sage, he not only broke the shackles of people's thinking that magic can only be used for battle, and used magic in people's livelihood, creating various practical and great inventions such as magic lamps, freezers, air conditioners, and the trains we are riding in now, but more importantly, he established the world's first magic academy at that time, the Garden of Hope, which made the overall strength of mankind have been greatly improved." If it weren't for the fact that the master hadn't died of illness, maybe the coalition forces would have been able to recover the desperate land...... Alicia, what's the matter with that strange look on your face?",
"It's nothing, I was just surprised to see a blue-skinned cat with white wings and a cloth bag flying through the air outside. Alicia, who had been embarrassed by Ray, said nonsense.
[It turns out that the great genius, wise scholar, miraculous inventor, and visionary prophet admired by tens of millions of people - the true identity of the great sage of Reze is actually a traverser possessed by the protagonist's aura!?
"It turns out that our book is just a sequel to someone else, and the experience of the traverser named Rez is this one. Alicia whispered to the mercury lamp on the side.
Mercury Lamp scoffed at Lori's statement: "No, I think this is a foreshadowing by the author in order to be able to write a prequel to cheat money after this book becomes famous." Although this kind of thing will not be possible in another hundred years. β
You two give me enough to eat, hey......
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During the long journey, the crowd began to play poker to pass the time β one of the inventions of Master Rez, of course. In addition, Rez also invented dice and roulette, and established special casinos at the time, and then used these elegant gambling activities as a means of communication, winning the support of many nobles. Later, the city where the casino was located became a famous gambling city in the Roland Empire.
They play a ghost draw hand that is entirely a matter of luck, and then decide that the last loser invites everyone to a drink.
Fabiano, who has been constantly encountering all kinds of things without a lower limit, finally became the wronged leader.
The service car is in the middle of the train, with the rest room of the police officers. In order to buy a drink, Fabiano had to go through the other carriages and head towards the center. Poor Garden of Hope students' carriages were at the back, enough for him to go.
The mercenary group that seemed to be on a large mission was quite numerous, and it sat in four carriages. Perhaps in order to be able to buy liquor at any time, they clamped the service carriages, with two cars in the front and two in the back. It makes sense, the lawless mercenaries don't know what will happen if they don't drink for a day, although they probably have a lot of trouble after drinking - at least in front of the passage door where Fabiano came to the carriage they were riding.
"Most of those police officers are second-class soldiers, can we handle them?" With these words, Fabiano's hand suddenly stopped as he was about to open the door, and he turned his head in shock to look at the toilet where the sound came from the side.
"Don't worry, there's one of us in the flight attendant, and he'll add something good to those guys' meals. When we are blocked back and forth, how much will they have to do?"
"Aren't there some Hope Garden students in the back?"
"Boss Siggs has asked clearly, those are first-year rookies who have just entered the school, at most they are vindictive or can only use a few elementary magic, and they don't pose a threat at all. You can just wait and count the money. β
"Yes, no one would have thought that our famous lone wolf thieves would disguise themselves as mercenaries. When we're done with this ticket, I'm looking forward to seeing tomorrow's newspaper photos of the bigwigs of the Railway Administration. β
Fabiano couldn't listen any longer, and he turned slightly and walked briskly to leave. Unexpectedly, before he had walked a few steps, an old man in the seat next to him asked strangely, "Young man, didn't you just go in, why did you go back again?"
The old gentleman was full of energy, and his voice could probably be heard throughout the carriage. Sure enough, the toilet door was opened angrily, and two guys dressed as warriors ran out together: "Who eavesdropped!?"
Fabiano was so shocked that he raised his hand and threw a fireball and ran away. The two men were burned by the fireball, and by the time they came to their senses, Fabiano had already fled.
"What to do?" asked one of them, anon-mindedly.
"Report to Boss Siggs. Thankfully, it's not the police officers but the students, and we still have a chance. β
I'm afraid that at this time, even when the sky fell, Chrissy was facing it with an indifferent expression and a chocolate bar in her mouth, and she probably didn't expect that the first trial object of the two first-year class A was not Warcraft, but a group of human thieves.
Those who thought that this "mercenary group" was going by car to crusade against the monsters in the Gstrick mine, but they happened to run into the protagonist's group, I'm sorry, the truth is always the existence of the cheat......