Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1035 Act 362 Academy Competition

Time passed day by day, and the crowd outside the tower dispersed and gathered again.

People looked at the gate of the tower, but the gate was closed.After that, Ming came, soul fingerprints came, and Virus also came, and finally even alarmed the Star Gate Port. The Super Sports League sent people to check it inside and out. usual.

The Artisan Association also heard the news and sent professionals. The alchemists discussed outside the tower for more than two weeks, but to no avail.The event organizers were like ants on a hot pot. No one could figure out what was going on. Even the "Astrologer" gradually lost interest after a week of reports:
"A suspected accident occurred in the competition of the alchemists, and a contestant disappeared in the tower"

"The Craftsman Association sent a professional team, but still got nothing"

"A week has passed, and the players still have no news"

"Dragon Alchemist Missing"

"Star Gate Port is at a loss"

"Cowlin-Ishuilian sent a communication, the alchemy competition is suspected to lead to diplomatic disputes? "

A week passed, half a month passed, and then a month passed quietly.

During the period, Ming and Virus came once, and the soul fingerprints were almost twice a week. She hardly had a good night's sleep these days. As the team leader, she was responsible for every player. What happened to her? Take it easy?
On the contrary, Ming comforted: "It's just that the information in the tower has been lost, you don't have to be so anxious."

"But..." Soul Fingerprint hesitated to speak, she couldn't understand why the other party and Virus seemed not worried, but both of them were her seniors, so she had to change her tone, "Sister Ming, what happened like this?" We can't do nothing, I'm worried about Ed..."

"There are goblins' magic in the tower, and he won't starve to death, just relax." Ming sighed, the little guy had never given her any peace of mind, she should have expected it.But she is not good at specifying everything with soul fingerprints.

Ming looked up at the sky, because exactly the same thing happened in Xiajin Tower back then.

How long did you wait, a week, two weeks, a month?The battles at that time were much bigger than now, and the people in the Hall of Thousand Doors were all the old faces she was familiar with, washing hands, Odin, and Holy September.

Although the initiator of the initiative is Odin, as far as she knows, the Ranger King of the Southern Alliance also participated in it. Nearly half of the top players in the third division gathered here. Compared with the people who are in front of the tower at this moment, they are just unrelated people. Just wait.

But he was amazing then.Even washing hands has a good impression on him, and Xiao Jiu has trained him seriously for half a week. In fact, Ming knows very well that the female knight leader seems gentle, but in fact she is very strict with others.

If Fang Plover hadn't been so good, or more dull, Leiya might have turned around and left.

The other party's ability to stay there until the end has already explained a lot of problems.What's more, Ming also learned that a student of the other party is still in the Seven Seas Brigade, which can be regarded as interesting news.

She also learned something from An Luoser afterwards, and learned that the other party must have something in the tower, and she did not live up to everyone's wishes.What's more, Fang Plover's brilliant performance in the Southern Territory Contest afterwards can be regarded as a reward for Odin.

However, everyone kept tight-lipped about what happened back then, even few people in the club knew what happened in Nevad back then, so naturally she would not bring it up again in public.

She saw the message left by Virus on the system:

'The same as last time? '

'ー_ー'

Ming returned with a helpless expression.

In addition to soul fingerprints, Ming and Virus, Princess Brianna is directly in Selva and is in charge of dispatching and commanding.

She is the head of the delegation, so she naturally has to shoulder the responsibility. The hero of the Battle of Byrne has been very busy these days, and even lost several hairs in a few days. Efficiency is out of control.

"Alchemists are too mother-in-law," Her Royal Highness Princess Avenquin, who is notoriously quiet and unrefined, claimed privately to the people around her, "It's easier for me to say than everyone, and I will shoot them away with one arrow." the gate, and then everyone go in and see what's going on."

Hearing Ming's hair stood on end, "Did An Luoser tell you what happened to the Tower of End of Summer?"

"Him?" Brian shook her head, "That guy ran away when he saw me."

"Then you'd better not do that, Captain."

"Of course I understand," Brianna sighed, "Ming, I'm just saying."

It was only later that she remembered that the Traveler of the Seven Seas was also anchored in Selva, so she found Sylvaide from the ship and asked him about the situation carefully.Brianna originally meant that as the team leader, she felt guilty, so she planned to comfort this old friend of hers, a 'good girlfriend'.

But I didn't expect to be comforted by the other party in turn. Sylvaide only smiled and said, "It was the same in Xiajin Tower back then. He would always go to the end, so he needed more time. The time inside the tower is different from outside."

"But he has already arrived at the fourth red door." Brian was a little confused for a moment, "Little beauty of Albert's family, I don't think you are worried about that little guy at all, don't you like him very much?" Yeah, you weren't like that a few days ago, I remember when you-"

The noble daughter stomped on her hard, a red cloud flew up on her face, she restrained herself with a smile: "Your Highness, I have confidence in the captain."

Sylviede finally sent the princess away, turned around, gradually calmed down the uneasiness in her heart, and looked at Miss Tata not far away.

Tata looked at her quietly and nodded to her.

"Are you okay?" Sylvie asked.

"Please rest assured, Miss Sylvie."

"Thank you."

The ship's officer stood there for a long time, as if in a daze, she touched her face, and then let out a light breath.

When the Continental League was almost at a standstill because of someone, in Ainbrok, the college competition among mages was in full swing.The academy competition is not well-known in the outside world, and few people on the other side of the star gate even know about it. However, in the world of empire wizards, this competition can be regarded as one of the most famous and far-reaching competitions .

After all, as early as 20 years ago, this competition had dominated the fate of many schools and attracted the attention of most of the empire.

In the past 20 years, when people were lamenting and rejoicing at the decline or rise of the empire's wizarding world, they had more or less forgotten those legends that had been unparalleled or vanished with each competition. name.

And those legends have a source. Under the glory of the seven great mage families of the empire, there used to be an unknown school, the Holfen School.

But people have long forgotten these.

They focus on the present and pay attention to the college competition in front of them.Especially in the aristocratic area of ​​Aiyin Brock, the upper city, and among those families who are inextricably linked to the college competition, the topic of people has gradually shifted from the continental league to the current competition.

In addition to alchemists and knight nobles, mages are another more common promotion path in the empire. Although compared with the former, entering the academy has higher requirements for background and family background, but compared to becoming a silver helmet guard With little hope, entering the world of mages is at least a little more real and reliable for ordinary noble families.

Entrusting a relationship to send an heir to the academy, as long as he has elemental aptitude, the possibility of becoming a mage is high. In the future, whether he joins various academy factions, enters the upper echelon of the empire, or joins the imperial monastery, and takes the military aristocratic route, Maintaining the stability of the family and origin is a matter of high probability.

Even if it cannot go further, it will not fall from the original class.

As for the grass-roots alchemists, most of these nobles who were born as mages don’t look down on them, although there are still many people in the Imperial Workshop who are like the great alchemist Amasht or the president Friston, who can influence the decision-making of the empire. big shot.

But there are only a few people with such talent in 100 years. Most alchemists themselves have nothing to do with nobles. Most of them are young people like Yayo from the Stag Principality who have dreams for the future. It is the height of the president of the association who has gone to one place.

Such a person is not even considered noble.

What's more, for the mages, a family like the Hawke family, Griffin, or the golden goat Eisengreen that has gone through thousands of years is the role model they really pursue.

And for these people, the college competition is the most important opportunity to show themselves - I don't see the person who defected from Holfen College in that competition back then, but he just stood up to testify against Ash Lynn's lies, but now ?
Now the other party has ascended to the position of the chairman of the parliament with the support of the seven major mage families.

In the eyes of many people, that person is just a traitor, a clown. Even if he made the right choice at the beginning, he still can't get rid of his original background.

However, most people have to admit that the support of the seven mage families is indeed so important. After all, the magic council formed among the mages in the empire itself is decided by the mage families from the seven schools.

It's just that in the past 20 years, there have been top young people in the academy competition every year, and outstanding schools have emerged from it, and many of them have even entered the upper echelon of the empire, so people have temporarily forgotten that little dissatisfaction.

At least for the younger generation of mages, for those aristocratic families who want to climb into the real upper class, they still regard this competition between the colleges as the most important channel for their promotion.

Of course, the opportunities to really achieve a leap are still very few for ordinary people.

Apart from the favorites to win the championship, there are only two or three dark horses that have emerged from the qualifiers this year, but those are all potential stocks that have been paid attention to for a long time, such as the teams from Eisengreen Academy and Golden Rose Academy.

Although those teams were formed by the young people in the empire themselves, many of the members were famous figures who had been famous for a long time in the academy era.

What is really interesting is that the team from the Academy of Astrology, under the name of an unknown elementary school from outside the empire, passed all the way and maintained a record of almost all victories, reaching the finals all the way in the circle.

20 years ago, the Holfen School was one of the causes of the inter-academy competition. At that time, the magician world of the Empire was in decline, and the magicians from the surrounding countries of the empire united to defeat the Imperial Magicians led by the seven magician families. The world retreated step by step.

That was also one of the deepest memories of that generation during the Great Reformation of the Empire. Fortunately, the Empire's mage circle stabilized its position in the end. En lie.

After that, the threat from outside the empire's magician world disappeared, and the pattern of the academy competition has changed in the past 20 years. There are also wizards from different countries and regions to participate in this competition, but since that accident, the empire magician world has absorbed those threats from the outside world.

Although the current competition can still be said to be inclusive, accommodating entries from colleges in various regions, but generally speaking, it has long been a competition under the leadership of the empire.Or, in the eyes of the imperial people, it looks more like a grand event.

Although the internal and external battles during the event are still one of the biggest highlights, the gunpowder flavor of the past has long since disappeared.

The college competition is more like a holy place for the outside schools and colleges, and the competition is like a pilgrimage.

Therefore, naturally no one would regard Brita and the others' team as an 'enemy' from outside, not to mention that they themselves came from the Astrology Institute, which is a genuine academic school affiliated to Ian Brock, the Imperial Magician. One of the descendants of the scholar world.

Originally, Brita strongly advocated naming their school as the Holfen School, calling for the soul of Sir Ash Lynn 20 years ago. Fortunately, Luo Yu prevented such behavior. Think about the consequences of this.

Under the guidance of the latter, they finally played the banner of the school of "Alchemy and Magic", and this name is not particularly conspicuous among all the strange teams.

After all, under the seven main schools, due to the characteristics of the ether, there are many schools of magic, and even a college may have dozens of interest societies of different schools, large and small.

However, Brita still stubbornly filled in the application form that her school origin is not the local school of the empire, but from a "Stag Principality" that she made up. As for whether there is such a school around the empire? nation.There are thousands of large and small kingdoms around the empire, so naturally no one will check it.

When Luo Yu saw the watch, the girl was triumphant.Luo Yu shook his head, and didn't bother to argue with them, after all, they were just kids who hadn't left the academy yet.

He put down the form, and then remembered that he seemed to be the same age as these people.

"It's all because of that special training." Hein, who was behind the girl, was looking very excited at the moment. "We beat the opponent to pieces, and I killed two of them by myself. And even without Brita playing, Hann put They all fought down, and the trick Mr. Luo Yu taught me was very practical."

Another person also said, "As I said earlier, the instructors in the offensive and defensive courses in the academy are all fake. Last year was fine, they invited a combat mage from the monastery to come back, but as far as I know that person is actually I haven't been to the battlefield either. A few years ago, there were mages who participated in the Battle of Byrne teaching in the academy, and they were genuine 15-year veterans."

The man suddenly thought of something.In front of him was a genuine Colin-Ishurian who looked at Luo Yu with some unease, "Mr. Luo Yu, I..."

"It's nothing." Luo Yu didn't care about this, besides, they were not considered Colin-Ishurians at all, and they had never experienced that battle, "Who will your next opponent be?"

"Let me see, Dragon Alchemist Support Club?" Brita turned to the watch and couldn't help laughing, "What kind of weird team is this?"

Luo Yu is not surprised by this. Those teams formed by young people have all kinds of strange names. The team leader made the imperial alchemy circle lose a grown-up. The brigade is well-known in the mage world.

It is natural to have worship.

And the others also looked at Luo Yu who was on the side with admiration.The other party is not only a member of the Seven Seas Brigade, but also a genuine high-level mage, whose level is not the same as that of the instructors in the academy who have never been out of the ivory tower.

They also heard about the battle of Ainbulock. The opponent fought against the Wind Knight of the Empire. It was the main structure that the Silver Helmets put on the battlefield. There were three or four people manipulating it. Such beings fight against each other.

It was a fantastic experience for these young people.

"Why don't we have another special training session," Hein said, "There is still time, and if we train again, it is possible for us to reach the top sixteen."

The eyes of the young people lit up.

Brita also looked eager to try, looking at him.But Luo Yu saw a person approaching from a distance, he actually knew that person, he had been staying at the Ai Yin Brock Astrology Academy these days, after the academy heard about his identity, they didn't make things difficult for him.

Some people even heard that he was the teammate of the famous dragon alchemist, and some people came to visit him specially. There were even some gray-haired old scholars among them. It is conceivable to what extent.

However, after meeting him, those older mages recognized his level of magic skills.Especially the dean, he had only met once, and the other party recognized some traces of his school at a glance.

The dean even talked freely with him about the experience that he once had a relationship with the great mage Karatu. Luo Yu did not expect that his mentor was so well-known in the empire.

After all, great wizards are not as rare as great alchemists. There are still a few in Colin-Ishurian, let alone the empire.

But compared to him, the wizards of the empire are obviously more curious about Miss Scholar.They looked at Jita as if they were looking at a rare object, and they were amazed, "A naturalist." The magicians of the Astrology Academy were full of praise, "As expected of a teammate of Dragon Alchemist."

"This magic book has never been recorded before, and the Colin people have found a new inheritance."

"That dragon alchemist also seems to know the goods."

"Yes, I heard that there are more than two wizards in the Seven Seas Brigade."

But the person Luo Yu saw at the moment had a different attitude from these people. It was Laila's mentor. He met him once the first day he came to the academy. Attitude.

Luo Yu was not surprised by this, such an attitude made him feel more comfortable.Royce walked up to the crowd, looked at these young people, and said to Lila expressionlessly:
"Laila, you come with me."

Leila was startled, and subconsciously looked at Luo Yu.

Royce also looked at Luo Yu, and Luo Yu was all right, he nodded slightly to the other side, and signaled to Lila to follow.

"The game was good." Royce said sullenly, then turned and took Lila away.

Only the others were left staring at each other.

"Did I hear you right?" Brita was stunned. "That old Mr. Antique actually praised us. He didn't take the wrong medicine today?"

The others nodded, then shook their heads again.

Only Jita raised his head, looked at Luo Yu worriedly, and hesitated to speak.

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(End of this chapter)