the last king of darkness

Chapter 64 Celebration
In fact, this can't be blamed on the other students for being too mentally retarded. Since their birth, they have been obsessed with the battle between fire bearers and monsters. They have always pursued stronger power, and knowledge is only for better assistance in battle.

Playing with numbers is obviously not within the scope of their thinking.

Therefore, "Numbering Art and Combat Application" is generally the worst subject in the academy.

And this kind of crazy swimming pool manager's problem, although the essence is very simple, if you don't think about it, it is impossible to think of it.

The presiding judge judged Rhodes by the average level of the college, which was naturally a thousand miles away.

The selection ended quickly. Although the process was very short, Rhodes prepared for it for more than 20 days.

The real battle begins long before the smoke is lit.

Victory is inevitable.

Rhodes deserved this first-class medal.

Afterwards, in the auditorium of the academy, Chief Dean Theodore and the three branch deans Vera, Bagh, and Byrne held a formal award ceremony.

Theodore is a very tall old man, but his silver-white beard still exceeds his height and has to be wrapped around his waist. Under the huge square-rimmed glasses, there are a pair of blue eyes, deep and full of wisdom.

Although he looks very old, he is still hale and hearty, full of vitality, without any signs of aging.

He received the medals from the staff, a total of twelve, three branches, one for each issue.

"Shines of Appletown."

His voice was loud, and when the name was announced, a medal was worn for him.

"Beyowood of Barley."

"Lian of Green Grass Town."

"Annabe from Mushroom City."

"A Lannister of the Wood City."

...

"Anna Vista of Vengerburg."

"The red bee of Qianhu Town."

"Rode of Redstone Village."

"Congratulations!"

The three sub-principals took the lead in applauding, and then the applause of the entire auditorium resounded like thunder.

Theodore turned around and flicked his hand lightly. The ribbons fell from the sky of the auditorium like a streamer, and the sky was full of flowers and rain. In this beautiful and brilliant scene, the eleven winners were flushed with excitement. The look on their faces made them feel as if they were about to die the next moment.

Only Rhodes calmed down a little bit, and he was really relieved to get this medal, but this was only the beginning, and the real challenge came later.

Amidst the cheers, he keenly noticed that the flower rain ribbon disappeared after it hit the ground.

Maybe it's another strange ability.

After the ceremony, it was a routine speech.

Chief Dean Theodore stepped onto the podium and took a deep breath.

"eat!"

He shouted like a bell, and his two big hands drew wonderful marks in the air. The tables and chairs all over the field suddenly jumped up crazily, and they were quickly spliced ​​into dozens of long long tables. The chairs led the students to sit On both sides of the long table, countless hot meals fell from the sky, including knives, forks, chopsticks and spoons, pots, tiles and pans.

In an instant, the auditorium became a large restaurant.

Rhodes was stunned. He had already prepared to stand dry for two hours, but he didn't expect that he was ready to eat in the next moment.

Lively laughter filled the huge venue, and this place has become a sea of ​​joy. The old students seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and while they were eating, they laughed at the new students who were still sitting still.

The same is true for this big table on the podium.

Beowuld, who was as burly as a bear, pushed Rhodes into a chair, stuffed a whole bear's paw onto the dinner plate in front of him, and said in a rough voice: "Student, eat more, You are too small."

Annabelle from Mushroom City giggled and sat down beside the other two award-winning school girls.

"School girls, don't be too polite, this is a big meal for the old man to treat us to, and there is only one chance a month."

Annavesta of Wengerburg is a tall and slender girl, her face is cold, and her silver-white eyes are always showing a slight coldness, but when Annabelle puts a large piece of buttered beef in front of her, she Eating too quickly broke this temperament.

The red bee in Qianhu Town is a girl with red hair. She was a little surprised and asked vigilantly, "Is this normal food?"

Rhodes also had this doubt in his heart, but he didn't have the nerve to ask it out.

The other nine winners at the round table laughed.

Hines of Apple Town elegantly forked a piece of butter apple, stroked his meticulous hairstyle with the other hand, and said seriously:
"Although I have to answer this question once a year, I still tell you sincerely that this is normal food. His Excellency Chief Dean Theodore is the best and greatest magic talent holder in the history of Wangcheng Or, his magical ability is unpredictable, and he can do countless things that you can imagine or can't imagine."

Red Bee frowned and said, "That is to say, it was changed by magic?"

Ryan from Green Grass Town stuffed his mouth with sugar pies, and answered her vaguely: "To be precise, it was processed by magic, and the raw materials were prepared in advance."

The red bee looked at the table full of steaming, delicious food, and then at the dozens of long tables in the auditorium that could feed tens of thousands of people. It felt as if something had flown away from her soul. up.

"This... what do we need a chef for?"

Everyone at the round table laughed again.

Appletown's Hines pointed a silver fork at her: "You're committing a crime!"

Red Bee looked at him warily: "What did you say?"

"You let the best and greatest conjurer who ever lived be a cook? Your soul is weeping for your stupid brain."

"What did you say!"

The red bee jumped up, red light flickered in her eyes, and her eyes turned into strange vertical pupils.

But Annabella on the side stopped her.

"Okay, junior, don't be angry with that idiot."

"You don't know yet, the top fire bearers of the old immortal level have too much spiritual power, so their recovery is quite slow. Their power is at the strategic level and cannot be used easily. The highest military department has already I have warned him many times that he is not allowed to abuse psychic power, but the old man said that if he is not allowed to use it, he will go crazy, and Dalin can only endure this tone."

Ryan in Green Grass Town shrugged, and he didn't notice the brown sugar liquid dripping onto his robe: "Anyway, it's only once a month, and there are vacant months when the Kingworth Star is not held, it's within tolerance."

Rhodes gnawed on the bear's paw, while listening to their conversation, he felt that the steel door of the new world opened a little bit in front of him.

Under the persuasion of everyone, Red Bee finally sat down.

Once she let go of her vigilance, she began to eat big mouthfuls, stuffing a leg of lamb into her mouth fiercely, completely without image.

The bear-like Beowuld's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Good girl!"

Among the people at the table, Rhodes, who thought he had a lot of food, ate the least. The bear's paw in front of him was bigger than his head, and he couldn't eat any more after eating half of it.

"Don't waste it." Beowuld said in a rough voice, and he didn't dislike it. He reached out and picked up Rhodes' half-eaten bear paw and threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it in two bites.

You should be the idiots.

Rhodes complained silently, suddenly remembered something, and asked in a low voice: "Senior, where did all these foods come from?"

Beowwood had already turned his attention to a large pot of honey barbecue, and replied casually: "The meat usually comes from the City of Beasts, or Qianhu Town, and the vegetarian ones come from the Botanical Garden, Mushroom City, Wood City, Barley Village, Zero There are some here and there, I can't remember."

Rhodes asked in a low voice, "Can animals and plants be raised here?"

Beowuld gave him a strange look: "Of course, as long as there is a holy white tree, we can sprinkle its seeds, plant its branches, purify the land, clean up the water source, light the guardian fire, and create a land full of vitality. It was born, as long as we can guard against the erosion of the black mist and the invasion of monsters, a new human stronghold can be established soon."

Rhode's eyes lit up: "Then why don't we go out and plant the flag of flame all over the world?"

Baywood frowned.

"Are you one of us? Why do I feel like you popped out of a different dimension?"

Rhode was startled, and quickly explained: "I lost part of my memory, and many things are unclear."

Annavesta, who had been eating gracefully all this time, suddenly interjected: "Amnesia is an important sign of the living corpse of an infected person."

Everyone at the table laughed.

Rhodes also smiled, but this topic can't be discussed in depth. He still doesn't know if he was infected by some unknown existence. In the sacrificial field, the Holy Grail was hot to the touch. He remembers it Clearly.

The red bee suddenly asked: "Why do you call the chief executive immortal?"

Annabe burst out laughing, she took a sip of black tea gracefully, and said without haste:
"Since 20 years ago, His Excellency Theodore has been clamoring that his death is approaching. At first, everyone was very nervous. Even the urn was prepared for him. The Supreme Council specially planned a funeral for him, but this old man But the guy is getting more and more active, jumping around, year after year, whenever there are rumors that he is going to die, he will jump out, every year like this, gradually people don't believe it, and give him back An old nickname."

Hines from Apple Town raised his silver fork and said solemnly: "It's impolite of you to do this. Your Excellency Theodore is the greatest magic talent holder. He has dealt with nine major threats alone. Killed Pithir, the great devil wolf on the northern border, and the remnant body of the great devil wolf is still suppressed under the silver oath of the king's city, half of our hot water is boiled by it."

Rhodes was stunned: "Can monsters boil hot water?"

Ryan from Qingcao Town explained: "The soul characteristic of the big devil wolf Pihill is magma, and its remnant body always emits huge heat like magma. We just collect the waste heat and use it."

Rhodes felt a little uncomfortable, and so did Red Bee and Anna Vista.

"Won't this pollute the water?" They asked together.

"of course not."

Hines replied with a little pride:

"Its sealing circle was established by Your Excellency Theodore himself. We didn't think about letting it heat hot water at first, but the pure heat is difficult to isolate and the cost is too high. It was also proposed by Your Excellency Theodore. Brilliant suggestion to turn consumption into production, so we now have so much hot water for use.”

Annabelle of Mushroom City nodded earnestly: "Your Excellency Theodore is indeed the greatest possessor of the magic talent."

"Yes."

Hines stroked his meticulous hairdo.

"And I, will be the second greatest."

Rhodes asked in a low voice: "What is the essence of magic?"

Snapped!
At least three people on the round table covered their faces at the same time.

brush.

The shiny silver fork pointed directly at Rhodes' nose.

Hines was on fire, and said loudly: "Okay! Since you asked sincerely, now, the most outstanding man in the entire academy will explain to you, the strongest soul characteristic in history--spells What is the effect of nature."

So, for a long time to come, it was Hines who was talking endlessly about how powerful this rare soul characteristic was.

His words were full of incomprehensible nouns and large-scale boasting. After listening for a long time, Rhodes only roughly knew that people with this soul characteristic could use the power called spells.

Due to its powerful power and changeable functions, it is considered by researchers to be one of the seven strongest soul characteristics.

Of course, in the mouth of Hines, it is the strongest, bar none.

After finally waiting for him to finish playing, Rhodes asked, "What are the other six?"

Hines forked a piece of pan-fried steak: "This steak is grilled really well."

Annabelle explained with a smile: "Eternal Burning Fire, Power of the Sun, Control of Thunder and Lightning, Fire of Chaos, Divine Essence, and Magic Awakening."

It sounds so strong... Rhodes has a feeling that he has seen the world.

Red Bee asked: "Does Tinder have such a saying?"

She is Xinghuo, only the fire seed of the soul, without the characteristics of the soul.

Annabelle shook her head slightly.

"Generally speaking, the current mainstream view still believes that the soul fire is a fragment of the soul characteristic. The infinite number of fire is only infinitely close to the complete characteristic, but it will never become a real characteristic."

The red bee said unconvinced: "But the strongest is Lord Alan!"

Annabelle smiled and said:

"Of course, the appearance of Master Alan has challenged this statement, but he is just an example. In general, spirit fires with the same conditions are almost stronger than sparks. Combatants in the spirit fire sequence are more stable and cultivate faster. The spark sequence is much more difficult, they are mainly limited by the number of fire seeds, and it is too difficult to ignite a new fire seed."

Lannister of Wood City nodded and said seriously: "So, don't complain about the deflection of the college's resources. This is a very real problem. Our king is already very benevolent, but under benevolence, there must be coldness." Considering the same material consumption, we will of course tend to create stronger ones."

Seeing that Red Bee's face was a bit gloomy, Beowuld stretched out his big hand and patted her on the shoulder.

"Don't be discouraged, the strength of Starfire pays more attention to your own quality, hone your combat skills, strengthen your psychic use technology, you will definitely become an excellent combatant, Master Alan is like this, he only ignited one kindling Under the conditions, he has completed the gold trial. Among the eleven special combatants, he is the only one who can fight frequently."

He raised a glass of buttered sparkling wine and exclaimed, "To our undefeated God of War!"

All 11 people on the round table raised their wine and said in unison:

"Respect our undefeated God of War!"

Rhode followed suit and drank the mushroom wine in his hand in one gulp. The sweetness contained a strange mushroom flavor, which was very strange.

The banquet continued, and the chatting and laughing continued. On the round table, the red bee obviously had a good impression of Beowwood, and even the appetite became smaller.

Rhodes quietly changed from the left of Beowwood, allowing him to get closer to the Red Bee.

Red Bee's Gratitude +11
Humanity +1
Yes, this girl really has a conscience.

Rhodes squeezed to the side of Anna Vista, who gave him a cold look.

"No date."

Rhodes smiled awkwardly: "I'll just eat something."

Anavesta gracefully, swiftly, and like light scooped up all the nearby food, and held it under her arms.

"this is mine."

Rhodes was very embarrassed, so he had to say: "I'll just sit down, sit down."

Anavesta stared at him like a cat protecting food, and ate crazily at ten times the speed.

Rhode didn't intend to snatch food either, he asked cautiously: "After getting the medal, can we freely enter and leave the academy?"

Annavesta nodded vigilantly, inserted a piece of steak elegantly, and finished it in very ladylike bites—if it hadn't been many times fast forwarded.

Rhodes asked: "Can I go to any place at any time? For example, go to Iron Cross Street at night?"

Annavesta shook her head - her little mouth was bulging and she couldn't speak.

(End of this chapter)