After giving away the gifts, the celebration has come to an end, and the time is approaching dusk. Aibo's "rejuvenation" consumes the most time.
The last part of the celebration is the arcane competition. Sha Duo has been preparing for this for more than half a month, and now, the outcome is about to come!
Lord Epps waved his scepter, lighting up the surrounding area and reshaping the site at the same time, turning the southern half of the central square into an auditorium-like structure.
A row of seats rose up under the statue of the Grand Arcanist, which were the seats of the people who had arrived with the lord before. To the south was a diamond-shaped platform.
It is less than half a foot tall, and the two sharp corners of the rhombus point to the east and west, about ten meters apart.
To the south of the diamond-shaped platform are soldiers maintaining order and a large number of local residents.
As for Xia Duo and others, they are arranged on the left and right. The guests are on the east side; the people from the Tower of Time are all on the west side. The official mages have seats, and the apprentices stand like ordinary people.
Today's protagonist, Eberk, presided over this arcane competition. He first introduced several important guests sitting under the statue of the Grand Arcanist, and then began to describe the process of this arcane competition.
It was at this time that Shado learned that the previous mysterious priest was a near-legendary arcanist, but more importantly, he came from the mysterious temple in the Iolum territory - the goddess of magic in Nese.
The largest temple.
Generally speaking, people with this status are unlikely to appear in Savileland.
In addition to the mysterious priest, there is also Greta, the representative of Her Royal Highness, a female archmage, and Galvani, a student of the Grand Arcanist Brod, who is also an archmage.
There are two other people. Aibok only said that they were archmages and did not introduce their backgrounds. However, since they were sitting in the same row as the three in front, their identities must not be simple.
At this moment, Sha Duo couldn't help but worry about the lord sitting with them, Niya. Sitting next to a group of archmages, even if it wasn't on pins and needles, it was still uncomfortable!
However, the sudden gathering of so many great mages in the Saville Territory made Xia Duo wary. What else could the Saville Territory attract at the moment, and who were the big figures behind them?
A large territory to be opened up?
It's possible, but not so many people will rush together!
His status restricted Xia Duo's access to information. Even if he had a great imagination, he would not be able to guess anything out of thin air. However, with so many important people paying attention to him, Xia Duo decided to perform well later.
Maybe there are great benefits hidden in this simplified version of the arcane competition!
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On the other side, Aiboike was already introducing the rules. The official rules were similar to what Sha Duo learned from Niya before.
Among them, two points have the greatest impact on Xia Duo——
One is that only when the opponent's [Magic Missile] exceeds the midpoint, the counterattack can begin, which is equivalent to reducing the counterattack time and making it more exciting;
Another is that there is a blessing magic circle on the field. As long as one party fails to counterattack successfully, even if it resists with [Mage Armor], it will bring spell combo effects to the opponent, making the opponent's next spell more powerful.
Forced both sides to counterattack as successfully as possible!
This is simply the nemesis of Xia Duo's shrinking tactics. Xia Duo's secret to victory is to cast more spells than others. Even if he fails to counterattack even once, he can just use [Mage Armor] to resist forcefully.
Hold on until the opponent loses the ability to cast spells, then let Xia Duoshi do whatever he wants.
But the magic combo just excludes Xia Duo's strongest advantage. I really don't know who came up with it! In this way, the only thing you can really do is compete with skills!
As for technique, it happens to be Xia Duo's weakest aspect.
Now that the biggest escape route was gone, Xia Duo could only do his best. He subconsciously glanced at Niya who was sitting next to the lord. Although she looked nervous, she managed to hold on.
Xia Duo cheered up a little. As for other small changes, such as the magic circle dyeing the originally invisible magic missiles on both sides into different colors, suppressing magic items, and providing final protection, they were not worth mentioning.
"Tower of Time, Chateau!"
When Xia Duo heard Ai Burke calling him, he immediately reacted. He didn't expect that he would be the first one to appear! But he was not panicked. With Ai Boke's arrangement, it was impossible for the Tower of Time to lose in the first place.
Bar!
In fact, just as he guessed, his opponent, a child who looked like a minor, walked up from the other side of the diamond-shaped battle platform.
"The pure white tower, Kim."
Hearing that it was a pure white tower, Sha Duo knew that the other party was from the Iolum Territory, as Aiboike had said before when he introduced the archmages.
The pure white tower was built by Iolum's student Grand Arcanist Brod, but he was not too worried. The other party became a mage at such a young age, so he might be smart enough, but magic has never been just about theory, but also practice.
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Practical experience and skills all take time to hone, and Xia Duo feels that this one should be stable!
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On the opposite platform, Xia Duo and Kim were about ten meters apart. After they stood still, they bowed to each other.
After both of them had blessed [Mage Armor], Kim raised his voice slightly and shouted in his childish voice:
"Xia Duo, I know this is the first game in Tower of Time, but I won't let you go!"
Xia Duo couldn't help but find it funny. Although Kim's voice had a childish tone, he tried his best to sound mature, but what he said also convinced Xia Duo that this guy was really not that old.
Sha Duo did not speak, but responded with a spell. A magic missile dyed red by the array on the opposite platform, followed Sha Duo's guidance, whizzed towards Kim.
But just after crossing the midpoint less than two meters, it quietly disintegrated.
At the same time, Xia Duo also happened to counter the opponent's blue missile, which was just about one meter past the midpoint between the two. It seemed that Xia Duo was slightly better in the first round.
"Don't be proud! Come again!" Kim roared and fired another blue missile.
However, in Xia Duo's view, this was just a child showing his teeth and claws. This blue missile slid through the space, and the strings of the magic network that echoed along the way changed exactly the same as before, without even the slightest change.
There is no chance of doing this!
When the blue missile had just rushed out less than half a meter from the midpoint, Xia Duo dismantled all the strings of the magic net it had triggered, and the blue missile quietly dissipated.
Of course, Xia Duo's ability to make counter-magic so light and graceful is also based on his being very familiar with the [Magic Missile] spell and training it for a long time.
If the opponent uses an unfamiliar spell, it will not be so easy for him to counter it.
This round, Xia Duo only countered the opponent's spells and did not attack, because he did not know how many opponents he would have next. If he could save his spells as much as possible, he should try to save them.
However, Xia Duo's lack of attack angered Kim, and the spell counterattack just now seemed more like a mockery of him. Kim was a little unstable and began to become anxious.
I saw him mumbling something, and then the next blue missile actually took a long time to be launched, but unfortunately, the spell disintegrated before it reached the midpoint.
Kim was stunned for a moment, and his eyes gradually became moist, as if the golden peas were about to fall out at the next moment. Xia Duo was also stunned when he saw it.
He is indeed a child!
Sha Duo did not taunt, but instead released a red missile, flying like Kim.
This time the magic missile has been slightly adjusted by Sha Duo. Although the macro spell structure has not changed, the specific spell casting elements have changed.
Only mages who have studied the principles of magic deeply can make similar changes. Those spellcasters who can only follow the instructions cannot make such an operation.
If Kim continues to follow the previous countermeasures, it is doomed to fail.
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The sudden appearance of red missiles cheered Kim up again, and it was obvious that he coming from a pure white tower could not be a simple spellcaster.
He successfully countered Shado's spell, but he did not succeed until the red missile was close to him, and the wind brought by the missile blew up the fine hair on Kim's forehead.
This coolness also calmed Kim down. He did not continue to attack, but signaled to admit defeat. He had already realized the gap between himself and Sha Duo.
However, although he admitted defeat, he did not think that he had always been inferior to Sha Duo. When leaving the opposite platform, Kim did not forget to challenge Sha Duo:
"Three years later, I will come to the Tower of Time to challenge you!"
After hearing "three years", Xia Duo, who was walking down from the opposite platform, suddenly felt a little weak in his legs. Why is this line so familiar!