As the host finished speaking, the players from each academy were directly connected to the light balls with their names carved on them. With just a thought, they could be teleported to the ring instantly.
After the light flashed, everyone in Gastro Academy began to face their opponents.
Stellan and Simon's opponents were not weak, but they were stronger, and it didn't take long for them to easily win.
Doug, Corey and sister Sophia were lucky enough. The opponents they encountered were not weak to them, but they still won the victory with difficulty after a hard battle.
Parkour boy Franco and his sister Filia are not so lucky.
Philiya faced one of the ten seats in the previous session, and was kicked out of the ring almost immediately after meeting her. After returning to the rest area, the little girl was so aggrieved that she was about to cry, and looked like she was about to cry.
Although Franco's opponent was not in the top ten of the previous session, he was still a strong veteran senior. He was beaten almost to the point of being unable to fight back, and could only wander around on the ring. He was worthy of his parkour boy appearance.
No. 1 can really run and make his opponents frown.
In the end, it was because one of the rules of the competition was that after a certain fighting time, the arena would begin to shrink, leaving Franco with no room to escape.
Franco and Filia did not even advance to the first round, which not only shows that they are unlucky, but also shows that the competition is cruel.
While fierce battles were going on in thirty-nine of the forty arenas, a puzzling phenomenon occurred in one of the arenas. A young man stood blankly in the center of the arena, but his opponent was nowhere to be seen.
.
Slowly, more people noticed the situation there and started talking about it.
Seeing this, the host could no longer remain silent and immediately began to ease the atmosphere.
"Oh my, let's see, there is one player who didn't show up. Did he oversleep? If this continues, he will be declared a failure!"
"Oh? Then shouldn't we congratulate the lucky young man in the ring in advance for winning a victory without any effort!"
"It seems so. According to the regulations, if you don't enter the venue for five minutes, you will automatically admit defeat. It's almost time now."
"Let's see who this lucky boy is... He's Franz Kiss from the Battaglia Academy!"
"Then his opponent who overslept was... Lando from Gastro Academy! Haha!"
"Hey, Lando? This name seems familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere."
"Lando?! Hiss!~ It can't be the one who has recently become famous, the new school of silver Tarando, right?"
"Wow, it's really him. I admire him so much. I must ask him to sign an autograph for me after the game!"
"Yeah, geniuses always have their own personalities. It seems that Lando-san doesn't like the previous games and plans to play in the last one."
"Hey, didn't you just say that he overslept?"
"Ahaha, where can I find it?"
"..."
At this time, the audience was also talking a lot.
"Silver Tarando? Who is that?"
"I don't know, maybe he is the descendant of a certain strong man."
"You don't even know about the new school of silver tarando?"
"That's right, Silver Tarando is a legendary figure. It is said that he has defeated many people."
"Hey, the news is out of date. This Silver Tarando is not simple. He has a record of defeating multiple people who joined forces. He is a dark horse in this academy exchange."
"Oh? So how does he compare with the legendary Chenglong?"
"This...it's hard to say, it's probably not comparable."
"Who said that? You have to compare it to know this!"
"It makes sense, it makes sense!"
"Hehe, after all, it must be a battle between dragons and tigers!"
“Let’s wait and see!”
"..."
Gastro College lounge.
Doug said: "Lando went directly to the loser group before the game, but there were so many people talking about him. I thought he was just famous in our academy!"
Simon smiled and said: "Then you must underestimate Lando. His record is more shocking than you think."
As a veteran senior, Simon knows much more information than these juniors.
At this time, her sister Filia also recovered from her sadness and asked curiously: "Brother Simon, I have heard the legend of Brother Land before, but I don't know which ones are true and which ones are false. Can you tell us
Let’s talk about it?”
Simon thought for a while and said: "The most exaggerated ones are all true!"
My sister Filia opened her mouth blankly: "Ha?!"
Simon smiled and said: "Well, you should be able to see Lando take action tomorrow. By then you should understand the gap between the same arcanists, real geniuses, and us mortals."
The gap between true geniuses and us mere mortals?!
These words shocked the five freshmen inexplicably. Being able to become an arcanist is a qualification that is only one in a million, and being able to join the Gastro Academy, which ranks among the top ten schools of conjuration, gives them an innate sense of superiority, and even more
Not to mention that they are now standing out from the freshmen to compete for ten seats in the school.
Seeing that the five people were in a state of confusion, Simon seemed to think that what he said was a bit too much, so he said apologetically: "Don't worry, each of us can reach the point where we are now, which represents our talent and hard work. If talent can
If everything is decided, then there won’t be so many powerful people in the Arcane Council who start from mages and reach the level of Grand Arcanist step by step.”
Dean Steele also came over at this time. When Simon said something to attack them, he did not stop him. At this time, he said: "Yes, think about how you got to where you are today. In this process,
How much effort have you put in? Don't always think about what others are like. When you envy others, don't you think that you are also the object of others' envy? What you have to do now is to try every means to climb this mountain, not
Staying at the foot of the mountain, do you understand?!"
The depressed mood of the five people was shocked. After drinking this bowl of "chicken soup", they immediately became full of confidence in the future!
Simon's mouth twitched, and he muttered to himself that he was indeed the dean of students.
"Then Mr. Steele, I will take my leave first." Simon saluted to Dean Steele and turned to leave.
Doug asked in confusion: "What did Senior Simon do?"
Stellan said: "Of course I'm going to prepare for the ten seats."
"Preparing for ten seats? How to prepare for this?" Everyone was surprised.
"After three rounds of fighting, there will be a defensive battle. You should also know the rules. If you win ten games in a row or if no one challenges you for an hour, you can lock in a spot."
"It goes without saying that there is no one to challenge for an hour. Xiang Landuo and Chenglong who can crush their peers don't need to consider it at all, but the other people below them are different. Even if their strength is higher than their peers, as long as they are not completely
If it is crushed, there will still be room for maneuver."
"For example, in wheel battles, you must be aware that cheating will occur. Challenges between the same colleges are prohibited, and although the ring masters of the ring battle have rest time, they only have a maximum of five minutes. So for those who are stronger in the ring battle,
For people, the order of battles is very important.”
"Excluding the two or three who have overwhelming strength, the remaining seven or eight people theoretically have 70 or 80 opportunities to be challenged. Of course, considering the defeat, the opportunity to be challenged will most likely come.
More than a hundred times, and the seventy defeated people have a total of one hundred and forty challenge opportunities, of which strength, calculation, intelligence, and luck are all indispensable."
"Tian Ji horse racing, game theory, vertical and horizontal alliances, etc., how to fight with the right people at the right time, whether there are still times to challenge the opponents that you have determined to be invincible, and whether you need to form a team when facing stronger opponents.
When a small team goes to compete in a round-robin battle, how to determine their own position in the small team to ensure their maximum possible victory, these are all issues they have to consider. After all, everyone is not stupid to be here."
"It is also important to collect intelligence about your opponent. This is your first time here. If you really want to win one of the ten seats next time you come here, you need to think about all of this."
Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect that there were so many ways in it.
My sister Filia blinked and asked, "Brother Stellan, why don't you go?"
Stellan smiled confidently and said: "The last time I was able to get the tenth seat, my strength accounted for half, and the combination of cleverness and luck accounted for the other half; this time is different, I want to try to get the tenth seat entirely by relying on my strength!"
"Wow! So awesome!" My sister Filia showed admiration.
Others were also moved by what Stellan said.
Yes, if you don't have absolute strength, then you really need to activate your brain and calculate at every level, but what if you have absolute strength?
Only then did the five people understand that the reason why Lando did not come out of the training room might be due to his absolute self-confidence. Confidence would be great if he finally got the fruits of victory. The previous processes were not worth interrupting the research at hand!
"Okay, the next 40-20 game will be held in the afternoon, and the third game will be in the evening. The defense battle will have to wait until tomorrow. You can make your own arrangements during this time. Just don't be late." Dean of Students Steve
I said to several people.
"Yes!" everyone responded.
While everyone was doing various actions, the arena was not idle either. At this time, the hosts had changed from two men and one woman to three men and one woman.
The two new hosts were more professional in explaining the battle, and started replaying the previous battles from the 80s to the 40s one after another.
For those battles where there is an obvious disparity in strength, the commentary is just to brag about the winner and skip it directly. For those battles that are evenly matched, it is worthy of a special book. Forty...thirty-nine battles, even if it is just a selection of them.
The explanation was quite exciting, and by the time it was almost finished it was already past noon.
The battle in the afternoon was held as usual. Doug, Corey and sister Sophia did not have the same luck as in the morning. They all encountered strong opponents and were eliminated.
Stellan was still very lucky. He met many more opponents than him and won easily.
Well, maybe strength is the best luck!
It seemed that the Semen side was in a hard fight, and the two sides fought fiercely for nearly an hour before they finally managed to win.
Seeing his opponent voluntarily admitting defeat, Simon narrowed his eyes slightly and felt unhappy in his heart.
After the game, Semen left in a hurry, not knowing what to do, while Stellan closed his eyes in the rest area to rest. The five newcomers who had been completely eliminated completely turned into cheerleaders, waiting for the battle for seats to end.
The final team battle and trial were over.
"Hey, have you noticed that Senior Simon obviously won the game, but his face doesn't look good?" Doug asked.
"Yes, I looked very worried when I left just now." Franco said.
"Maybe we are in some trouble." My sister Filia guessed.
"Hey, even if you encounter any trouble, we can't help you much." Doug said in a low voice.
"Why don't we help collect some information? Maybe it can be of some use." My sister Filia suggested.
"Hey, this is not bad, it's better than just sitting there." Doug said.
"Agree!" Franco also agreed.
"..."
Soon the five (three?) people reached an agreement and started acting separately.
Looking at the "active" juniors, Stellan smiled slightly and continued to close his eyes and rest.
The third battle of the night was held as scheduled. In the twenty-to-ten battle, there were almost no miscellaneous characters left. Everyone's opponent was relatively strong.
Before the start of the game, Simon looked at the information handed over by his junior students and their little eyes asking for praise. He smiled dumbly and felt a little moved in his heart.
Although the information was of little use to him, he still accepted it with a smile and said with a helpful expression: "Very good, this is exactly what I need!"
Semen was unlucky in the draw this time. He was chosen as one of the only five candidates from the previous session. After barely fighting with him for a while, he decisively gave in without exposing his cards too much.
Stellan was as usual, even though his opponent was also very strong, he still won the battle in the end.
Since then, the elimination battle on the first day has come to a successful end, with all five previous contestants winning. Five newcomers have also shown their talents and become the starting contenders for the second day with three wins.
In the evening, everyone did not return to the Magic Tower to rest, but entered a hotel near the Secret Arena.
In the magic tower, outside the door of Lando's training room, a black shadow suddenly emerged from the shadow. It was the black spirit of the teaching director Steele. The reason why it was here was to follow the wishes of its master and wait for Lando.
Wake up more.
I saw a group of ghostly light separated from the black spirit's body, and transformed into the appearance of the teaching director Steele. He looked at the still closed door of the training room and asked: "Aren't you out yet?"
Hei Ling nodded.
"Well, as usual, there will be some fighting in the ring tomorrow, and it is expected to last all day. If Lando doesn't wake up in the end, we will have to forcefully wake him up. I always heard Arcana say that his disciples are sensible and obedient and do things well.
With my own sense of propriety, I guess the current situation is within the expectations of Lando boy."
"If he comes out on his own tomorrow, you can teleport him directly to me through the contract." Dean Steel finally said to Heiling.
Hei Ling still nodded.
The phantom of Dean Steele dissipated, and bits of light reintegrated into the black spirit's body, and the latter also escaped into the shadows again.
