Lord of Arcane

Chapter 196 Use me in the first battle (ask for a monthly ticket!!)

After the gifts were delivered, the celebration had come to an end, and the time was already approaching dusk. Eberke's "rejuvenation" consumed the most time.

The last process of the celebration is the arcane competition. Xia Duo has been preparing for this for more than half a month, and now, the outcome is about to be seen!
Lord Epps waved his scepter to brighten the surroundings, and at the same time reshaped the site, turning the southern half of the central square into an auditorium-like structure.

A row of seats rose under the statue of the Great Arcanist, which were the seats of those who came with the lord before, and to the south was a diamond-shaped platform.

It is no more than half a foot high, and the two sharp corners of the rhombus point to the east-west direction, about ten meters apart.

And to the south of the diamond-shaped platform are the soldiers maintaining order and a large number of citizens.

As for people like Xia Duo, they are divided into left and right.The guests are on the east side; all the people from the Tower of Time are on the west side, the official mages have seats, and the apprentices stand like ordinary people.

Today's protagonist Eberke presides over the arcane competition. He first introduced several important guests sitting under the statue of the great arcanist, and then began to describe the process of the arcane competition.

It was at this time that Xia Duo knew that the mysterious priest before him was an arcanist who was close to legend, but more importantly, he came from the mysterious temple in the territory of Iolum - the goddess of magic in Nether. The largest temple.

Generally speaking, people with this status are unlikely to appear in Savile Territory.

In addition to the mysterious priest, there is Greta, the representative of Her Royal Highness, a female archmage, and Galvani, a student of the great arcanist Brod, is also an archmage.

For the other two, Eberke only said that they were archmages, and did not introduce their backgrounds, but to be able to sit in a row with the three in front, their identities must not be simple.

At this moment, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a little worried about the lord and Niya who were sitting with them. Sitting next to a group of archmages, even if it wasn't like sitting on pins and needles, it would be uncomfortable if you think about it!
However, the sudden gathering of so many archmages in the Savile Territory made Xia Duo vigilant. What else can the Savile Territory attract, and the big shots behind them?
A large territory to be explored?

It's possible, but it's unlikely that so many people will rush together!

His status restricts Xia Duo's access to information. Even if he has a big brain, it is impossible to guess anything out of thin air. However, to attract the attention of so many big people, Xia Duo decided to perform well later.

Maybe there are great benefits hidden in this simplified version of the arcane competition!
……

On the other side, Eberke is already introducing the rules, and the official rules are similar to what Xia Duo learned from Niya before.

Among them, there are two points that have the greatest impact on Xia Duo——

One is that only when the opponent's [Magic Missile] exceeds the midpoint, can the counterattack be started, which is equivalent to reducing the countermeasure time and making it more exciting;
The other is that there is a blessing circle on the field, as long as one party fails to counter successfully, even if it resists with [Mage Armor], it will also bring a magic combo effect to the opponent, making the opponent's next spell more powerful.

The two sides were forced to counter successfully as much as possible!

This is simply the nemesis of Xia Duo's shrinking tactics. Xia Duo's winning treasure is to cast more spells than others. Even if he fails to counter successfully once, he just needs to use [Mage Armor] to forcibly resist.

Hold on until the opponent loses the ability to cast spells, and let Xia Duo do it.

But the magic combo just excluded Xia Duo's strongest advantage, I really don't know who came up with it!In this way, it is really only a competition of skills!

Skills, however, happen to be Xia Duo's weaker aspect.

Now, the biggest retreat was gone, and Xia Duo could only do his best. He subconsciously glanced at Niya who was sitting beside the lord. Although his expression was nervous, he tried his best to hold on.

Xia Duo cheered up a little. As for other small changes, such as the magic circle dyeing the invisible magic missiles of both sides into different colors, suppressing magic items, and providing the last shelter, they are not worth mentioning.

"Tower of Time, Xia Duo!"

Hearing Abeck calling him, Xia Duo immediately realized that he was the first to appear on the stage!But he wasn't in a panic. With Eberke's arrangement, it must be impossible for the Tower of Time to lose as soon as they come up!

As he had guessed, his opponent—a child who looked like he was underage, walked up from the other side of the diamond-shaped battle stage.

"The White Tower, Kim."

Hearing that it was a pure white tower, Xia Duo knew that the other party was from the Iolum Territory, as Abeck had said before when he introduced those archmages.

The Pure White Tower was built by Iolum's student, Grand Arcanist Brod, but he wasn't too worried. He might be smart enough to become a mage at such a young age, but magic is not only about theory, but also about practice. .

As for practical experience and skills, it takes time to hone them. Xia Duo thinks this one should be solid!
……

On the opposite platform, Xia Duo and Jin Mu were about ten meters apart. After they stood still, they saluted each other.

After both of them blessed the [Mage Armor], Kim raised the volume slightly, and shouted in his childlike voice:
"Xia Duo, I know this is the first game of the Tower of Time, but I won't let you!"

Xia Duo couldn't help feeling amused. Although Kim's voice had a childish tone, his tone tried to show his maturity, but what he said made Xia Duo sure that this guy was really young.

Xia Duo didn't speak, but responded with spells, a magic missile dyed red by the magic circle on the opposite platform, followed Xia Duo's guidance, and flew towards Kim whistling.

But just less than two meters past the midpoint, it quietly disintegrated.

At the same time, Xia Duo also happened to counter the blue missile fired by the opponent, 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 complacent! Do it again!" Kim roared, sending out another blue missile.

However, in Xia Duo's view, this is the child's fangs and claws, the blue missile gliding through the space, and the strings of the magic net echoing along the way, the change rule is exactly the same as before, and there is not even a slight change.

There is no chance of doing this!

Xia Duo disassembled all the magic net strings triggered by the blue missile just less than half a meter away from the midpoint, and the blue missile quietly dissipated like this.

Of course, Xia Duo's ability to do counter magic so calmly is also based on his familiarity with the spell [Magic Missile] and his long-term training.

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 still didn't know how many opponents there would be next. If he could save his spells as much as possible, he should try his best to save them.

However, Xia Duo's refusal to attack angered Kim, and the counterspell just now seemed to be mocking him. Kim was a little unstable and began to get anxious.

He was muttering something, and the next time the blue missile was cast, it took a long time to launch it, but unfortunately, the spell disintegrated before it reached the midpoint.

Jin was stunned for a moment, his eyes gradually became moist, as if the golden peas were about to fall out in the next moment, Xia Duo was also stunned when he saw it.

Indeed a child!

Xia Duo didn't taunt, but released a red missile, flying like Kim.

The magic missile this time has been fine-tuned by Xia Duo. Although the macroscopic spell structure has not changed, the specific spell-casting elements have changed.

This is only a mage who deeply studies the principles of spells can make similar changes, and those spellcasters who can only follow the script can't make such an operation.

If Kim still follows the previous countermeasures, it is doomed to fail.

……

The sudden appearance of red missiles revived Kim, and he from the pure white tower obviously couldn't be a pure spellcaster.

He successfully countered Xia Duo's spell, but he didn't successfully counter it until the red missile got close to him, and the wind from the missile blew the fine hair on Kim's forehead.

This coolness also made Kim calm down. Instead of continuing to attack, he signaled to admit defeat. He had already realized the gap between himself and Xia Duo.

However, although he conceded defeat, he didn't think that he was always inferior to Xia Duo. When he left the opposite platform, Kim did not forget to challenge Xia Duo:

"Three years later, I will come to the Tower of Time to challenge you!"

Hearing "Three Years", Xia Duo, who was walking down the opposite platform, suddenly felt his legs go limp. How come this line is so familiar!
　I won't write too much about the content of the arcane contest, after all, it's just a simplified version of the duel of spells.

And one game after another, advancing again, and then dueling, it feels a bit like a Zongmen Grand Competition. . .

This volume is about to end with the arrival of a princess projection. In the next volume, the protagonist will become the real protagonist and step onto the stage. The previous protagonist looks like a soy sauce, with too low strength and status. Some weak.

Although the protagonist is not the strongest yet, he can already decide many things.

The last spoiler, the previous elf ruins are about to appear,
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