1.

"Get out your best sword," Karl said to the clerk in a commanding tone.

"Every weapon on display here is the best of the best......"

Karl smiled disdainfully, then silently took out two 1,000 crystal coins from his pocket and shook them in front of the clerk's eyes.

"I'm sorry, but you two are here, please. ”

It's amazing, this is a big customer. A flattering smile immediately appeared on the clerk's face, and the small door to the inner store was immediately opened.

Karl strode in, and Ahlers turned his head.

"You're Lena and Eixue. Ahlers asked Ai Xue, who was pausing on the side of the magic item.

"How do you know?"

"Teacher Rhein once told me about you, the two people who took the magic test after me were extremely talented, and I had the impression that the girls behind me at that time were the two of you. ”

"You have a really good memory. But Knight, what are you looking for us?" asked Lina. She usually doesn't like the domineering style of these aristocratic sons and buddies, so she doesn't have a good face for Carl and Allers.

"If the two young ladies don't dislike it, why don't they go in and have a look together. ”

"We don't have that much money. Zero interjected. Apparently the two of them didn't like her much at first, especially Carl.

"It's okay, if you like something, you can tell me. ”

Although Ahlers said so, Ai Xue and the others only regarded it as polite words and did not take it seriously.

It's just that the big customers said so, and the clerk naturally invited Ai Xue and others into the store.

"I've heard that there are a lot of precious alchemy items in the store, and it seems that it is difficult to see them in normal times. Lena, who was aiming to become an alchemist, couldn't contain her excitement as she looked at the others with an inquiring gaze.

Icarus put on a "I don't care, listen to everyone" expression.

Although she didn't speak, Karen betrayed her with the look of anticipation.

"Then go in, didn't someone say what he wanted? "Zero knows that everyone wants to see the legendary alchemy items, but in fact, he is not either. Pushing it to Ahlers is just finding a staircase for himself.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please come here. Ahlers gracefully made an inviting gesture.

Unlike the outer store, there is no sunlight in the inner store, but instead there are bright and soft magic lights. Weapons and armor appear to be displayed haphazardly on the shelves, without being categorized.

"Every item here is carefully crafted by the hands of the masters, and it is completely different from the mass production products outside. It was not the young clerk who said this, but a middle-aged man with a mustache and bright eyes. He looks like a shrewd businessman, revealing the identity of this person - it seems that he is the owner of this shop.

"Since it is the person brought by Master Ahlers, it is naturally a distinguished customer of this store, please feel free to observe and choose. ”

What's wrong with this guy? Even Twilight's boss is so respectful to him.

Zero, who had doubts, didn't say it, presumably Ai Xue and the others would have the same thoughts, and it was not good to ask me directly.

Many of the things here don't look as glamorous as the displays in the outer store, but have a sense of heaviness, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the vicissitudes of history. Twilight doesn't produce these things herself, they are collected from all over the world, or put on consignment by some famous blacksmiths and alchemists. The boss himself is not a craftsman or an alchemist, but he has seen a lot of these things, and naturally has a strong discernment. The price of the goods in the inner room is naturally expensive.

"That's it. Carl picked up a striped steel longsword, "How much?"

"This sword comes from the hands of the southern dwarves, mixing different metals into steel in a certain proportion, and then calcining with a special technique, the surface of the material shows a regular pattern, although it has not been enchanted, but its hardness and strength are far more than ordinary steel several times, and it will not rust lightly. Only 200 gold. ”

"No problem, we'll settle the bill together in a moment. Cousin, have you made your choice?"

"I didn't plan to buy it, you had to bring me over. Alers reluctantly looked at Ai Xue and the others behind him, "But there are still unexpected gains." ”

"So what are you going to do when you play? ”

"No, it's okay to order it normally, the kind that the academy uses for free, after all, it's not all the time, your weapon is better than your opponent's. Besides, that guy also uses an ordinary long sword. ”

"Do you still care about that Leonard......"

"Hmm. I believe that if it were him, he would not have used an oversized weapon to win the match. ”

And on the other side -

"It's amazing, even a novice like me can clearly sense the magic in it" Lena kept wandering between different wands and staffs.

Icarus, on the other hand, saw an old book with the words "Principles of Mechanical Design" written on it. She was reaching for it.

"Please don't touch it, young lady. This book is a precious manuscript on which the magic of perpetuation is applied. The originals are kept in the Zài Workshop Museum, and their contents can only be viewed by those who enter the workshop. Of course, if you're willing to spend 500 gold, you can take it now. However, I can't guarantee that you will be able to read this. Even if you can understand it, you can't do it without the corresponding processing equipment. ”

Icarus silently took out a crystal coin, which was delicately carved with patterns, but the shape seemed to be different from the one that Karl had just taken out.

"We're sorry, but we don't accept Imperial Crystals. The boss said regretfully and did not accept the money.

Obviously, Icarus, who lives in seclusion, doesn't know much about the common sense of the continent. Crystal Coins can only be used in the country where they were issued, and have a unique magical message attached to them. If foreign crystal coins can be exchanged for huàn gold coins at will, it may lead to a large-scale loss of gold in the country.

"It's okay, I'm willing to exchange huàn with this young lady, I believe this Imperial Crystal Coin must be real. Aleth took a crystal coin from Karl and put it in the boss's hand, then took her from Icarus.

"I'm sorry, please forgive me for being abrupt. The boss put the money away and made an apologetic gesture, "You can take this copy of "Principles of Mechanical Design", beautiful young lady. Then, the boss handed over a 500 gold kingdom crystal coin to Icarus.

Icarus looked at Ares suspiciously, and was stunned for a long time before squeezing the word "thank you" out of his mouth.

Ahlers just waved his hand, "It's a trivial matter, why worry about it." ”

In the end, it was only Carl and Icarus who bought the things, and everyone else just looked at it, after all, they had only known each other for a long time, and no one was embarrassed to let Ahlers pay for him.

"What's so good about that book, it's worth 500 gold coins. Lena asked, puzzled.

"There are a lot of examples of how you can apply theory to practice, so you can see what you have learned before and what you can do with it. ”

"Compared to this, I still care more about the actions of that Ales, it stands to reason that the crystal coin of the empire is a useless crystal stone in the kingdom, but he is still willing to exchange his own and Icarus for huàn. He probably doesn't know Icarus, I really can't figure out why he did this, just to sell us a favor?" Zero analyzed, "But we don't have anything to give him in return." ”

Ahlers seems to be a shrewd man, and he doesn't make a loss-making deal.

"Could it be that Kaos fell in love with Icarus at first sight?" said Karen in an explosive statement.

Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that there was really such a possibility.

2.

"Cousin, your behavior today is very abnormal, I remember that you are not close to women. ”

"To be clear, I don't mean anything to her. ”

"Why? It can't be because of the polite words at the beginning. ”

"Have you ever heard of 'Traces of the Vermilion Moon'?"

"No, what's that?" Karl asked rhetorically.

"It's like a proof of identity, it's a very rare curse, and it only appears on the royal heirs of the Ningyue Empire. ”

"The princess of the Ningyue Empire?"

"How's it going? ”

"How could the Imperial Princess appear in Libel's Academy?Isn't the Imperial Demon Martial Academy known as the number one in the continent?" Karl was puzzled.

"Those who bear the curse of the 'Marks of the Red Moon' cannot learn martial arts and magic, so you understand. ”

"This kind of waste appeared in the Ning Yue family, which has always been proud of its noble bloodline, so it swept out of the house?"

"No, the descendants of those who bear the curse can still inherit the potential in this bloodline normally, so even if it is a waste princess, it can be used as a good political bargaining chip. Therefore, she should have sneaked out by herself, and someone was secretly helping her. ”

"That Leonard is suspicious, isn't it?"

"Very likely, that Leonard is not simple, he can reach the peak of level 6 at this age, and his talent cannot be underestimated. Ninety-nine percent of the time the so-called talent is due to a blood advantage, and he is likely to be the son of a great nobleman in the empire. ”

"Imperial princess, plus the son of a traitorous nobleman, this should help you in the future. ”

"You're really nosy. So what if you're wrong?"

"It doesn't matter, among those people just now, there are Lena and Ai Xue, those are the two geniuses among the first-year freshmen of the Department of Magic, and the silver-haired one is Ai Xue's guardian. Aunt Rhein told me before. ”

"Summoner? No, it's only in the first year! Isn't the first year only a matter of elemental magic? Summoning is at least level 4 before you can get into some introductory things. Karl looked rather surprised.

"Although we are skipping students, there is no corresponding skipping system on the Ministry of Magic, otherwise they would be promoted directly to the second year like us. It is also necessary to recruit such talents. ”

"I see what you mean, and I'll pay attention to it later. ”

"Okay, let's think about the game first. Ahlers patted Karl on the shoulder.

"What's there to worry about, last year's strongest freshmen are now in the third grade, and there are only those two people who have a fight with us. ”

"It's just because of those two people that I'm worried, so I said, don't be reckless. ”

3.

Two days is not a long time, but it is not a short time. During this period, the students who signed up for the competition made their own preparations, and in the blink of an eye, the second-year freshman competition has begun.

The host uses guò amplification magic to make his voice sound heard throughout the audience.

"I'm sure everyone in the audience already knows the rules of the game, but I still have to repeat it. A total of 156 contestants, including warriors and magicians of different departments, will first draw lots to determine the venue and opponent of their respective battles, and will be held at the same time in 4 venues, and the loser will be eliminated directly. After a few rounds, the quarterfinals are decided and the draw is re-drawn. As we all know, the second-year students are all successful students who have gone through the baptism of entrance exams and won in the cruel competition. All of you in the first year of this competition, you can see what you have been striving for in this year's competition, because next year you may be some of you who will appear on this stage! During the competition, please avoid fatal injuries to your opponents, and once someone is injured, the winner will be judged by the teacher who is the referee. The school provides a variety of weapons, of course, you can also prepare your own, our second principal Kassel once said that 'weapons are also part of strength', but the grade and performance of weapons need to be explained to the referee and opponent before the game, this is not a field battle, let alone a fight for life. Those who admit defeat, go out of bounds, or fall to the ground for 10 seconds will be awarded immediately. Okay, let's take a speech and announce the start of the game. ”

"The red sun is rising, its way is bright; the river flows out of the subterranean flow, and the ocean is pouring out; the hidden dragon soars into the abyss, the scales and claws are flying; the milk tiger roars in the valley, and the beasts are terrified; the eagle falcon tries its wings, and the wind and dust are sucked up; the strange flower is the first child, and the emperor is the emperor; the cadre will be issued, and there is its mang; the sky wears its firmament, and the earth is yellow; there are eight wildernesses through the ages; the future is like the sea, and the coming day is long. Those who can participate in this second-year freshman competition are the best of our young talents in the Liber Kingdom, so prove your worth on this huge stage. I declare the tournament officially open!" Hasin made an exciting speech announcing the official start of the tournament.

It was only 7 o'clock in the morning, but the stands were already full of students, all grades. When Ai Xue and the others came to the audience, there were no good seats to choose from.

"What a poor view here!" said Zero dissatisfied. It's true that it's a very remote corner of the venue, but it's slightly better than those who don't have seats.

"It's all because Lena is gluttonous, she has to go buy that omelet, and after waiting in line for so long, it was already full when she came here. Zero glanced at the green-haired woman next to her.

Lena was a little embarrassed and hid behind Ai Xue. Ai Xue spread her hands helplessly, realizing that something had happened, and there was no need to argue about whose fault it was.

"I didn't know there would be so many people queuing, and there are very few people who usually buy omelets. "Lena.

"Have you forgotten what day it is! With the start of the game so early, there will definitely be a lot of people who choose this simple and easy-to-carry food for breakfast. "Zero is still unrelenting.

"Alright, stop arguing. The game has already begun. Look, somebody on the stage went up. Karene immediately changed the subject, fearing that the two would quarrel endlessly.

"Why was it him in the first game? I always felt a little strange. Zero recognized Ales at a glance. She didn't know the other players in the ring, so she was naturally ignored.

I saw that the two people in the No. 1 ring first greeted each other, and then the blonde man with a standard aristocratic face said loudly, "Are you going to use that scrap metal to fight my 'Black Marsh Edge'?"

The man looked at the ordinary short sword in Ahler's hand and slowly raised the black long sword in his hand.

"Black Marsh Blade, it's just an ordinary carbon steel sword, are you overthinking?" Ahlers retorted unhurriedly.

There was an uproar on the stage.

"What, it's just a steel sword. ”

"Startled me, I wondered how could it be the real Black Marsh Blade, wasn't that sword lost?"

"What's that?"

"You don't even know this, haven't you read the "Kailan Continent Legendary Weapon Ranking"? The Edge of the Black Marsh, a legendary murderous weapon, the wounds it causes cannot be healed by any method, and those who are recruited will all die of blood loss. However, no one has ever seen the real thing, and it is not even certain whether it is real or not. Today's young people are simple and naïve to listen to the wind and rain, and they still need to improve their knowledge level. ”

"My younger brother is similar, just find a broken stick and say it's a dragon slaying knife. It's just that this guy on stage is also old, and he hasn't played enough games?"

......

"Damn, how dare you question my Black Marsh Edge, I'm going to kill you!" the blonde man drew his sword and charged at Alleth.

With a small side dodge, Ahlers dodged his opponent's downward slash. At the same time, reach out diagonally behind your feet and trip your opponent to the ground.

The other party quickly stood up and glared at Ahlers: "You despicable fellow, you have the ability to face me head-on." ”

"Okay, as you wish. Ahlers said lightly.

The blonde man charged again, and this time Alles didn't dodge.

After only a few ping-pong sounds, the blonde man had already fallen to the ground, and Alys didn't even seem to move.

“1，2，...... , 9,10!Ahlers wins!" The referee announced the result as he knocked the unconscious blonde man and his "Black Swamp Edge" in two.

"It's too strong, is this the strength of a level 6 swordsman? But the opponent should also have a level 4 Cheng dù, right, and the winner will be determined at once?" Karene was dumbfounded, she was the only one among the few people who was a swordsman, and she didn't even see how Ares made a move, and the battle was already over.

"It's too fast, how did you do that?" Zero humbly asked Karen a question, and he didn't see the scene clearly.

"I guess that's how it was, Allers condensed his fighting spirit on his weapon, slashed straight from top to bottom, slashed his opponent's steel sword, and then immediately turned his sword sideways, using the side of his sword as a blunt weapon to slam his opponent's shoulder and neck. The opponent didn't even have a chance to use the fighting spirit defense, and he was knocked unconscious before he even screamed. If it was a real battle, he would have been cut in two. Karene made a reasonable assumption.

"No wonder the game is only 1 day away. Lena was relieved.

"The two people who are drawn out of this kind of qualifier to fight against each other are often much worse in strength, and it is generally one or two moves to determine the winner and loser, knowing that he can't beat and fight with his opponent, that kind of person can only be said to be stupid and cute. And not everyone participates in the competition, those students who have passed the entrance exam, but their strength has not reached level 4 are not allowed to participate in the competition, for fear that there will be danger. But even if they participate in the competition, it doesn't make sense, and it's for nothing to play level 3 and level 4. ”

"By the way, Leonard will be playing too. Zero asked Abruptly to Icarus.

"Hmm. ”

"I don't know what he's going to do with this Ahlers. ”

"Ray is not going to lose. Icarus said lightly.

Today, Icarus was coerced by everyone and had to put all his books in his dormitory, so that he could watch the game without distraction.

It didn't take long for Carl to make the scene.

It was very similar to the situation of Aales, but Karl showed his impatient side.

"I don't want to waste 10 seconds of precious time. After defeating the opponent with one blow, without waiting for the referee to count the seconds, Karl directly threw the opponent out.

"Carl wins!" Carl jumped out of the ring as the referee announced

"Damn, this is too arrogant!"

"It's amazing, it's a second kill!"

The audience was full of people, and the qualifiers continued to be carried out amid shouts and discussions.

It's just that no one noticed that he didn't appear in the public eye for the important event that should have been attended by the principal Schindler himself......

4.

At the same time—

In the basement of the Magic Building, on a long and deep path, two people walked one after the other. This was the same underground passage that Rhine and Ai Xue had walked through, and at the end of the road was the room where a huge summoning array was drawn. It's just that the destination of the two is not there.

"What the hell is going on, Mr. Schindler, to bring me here personally?" the black-haired middle-aged man asked the old man next to him.

"Your Majesty, I bothered you in my busy schedule, and I didn't want to go. But it's a big deal, and you'll know it when you get there. Schindler continued to walk, not stopping at the words of Liber 13.

"That's the front. ”

Following Schindler's outstretched hand, the middle-aged king saw a very ordinary-looking wooden door, and as far as the eye could see, there was a small wooden sign engraved with several black letters on the door.

"The New World Discovery Department, this is the predecessor of the Liber Workshop. Liber 13 put his hand on the doorknob and brushed off the dust.

"Looks like no one has been here for a long time, and the things inside were all moved out when the Liber Workshop was established, is there anything valuable in this old site?"

"Let's go in and have a look. Schindler's words revealed a sense of helplessness, and his trembling hands could not hide the anxiety in his heart.......