Can the sadness that magic cannot take away be offset by love?

With the hatred of the tracking bullet in the past, the tit-for-tat between Iris and Leland was not surprising at all, but in the following time, they did not continue to argue, but rested on their own.

When the ten-minute countdown ended, the broadcast on the field arrived as scheduled:

“Now on to the final prize details for the first match of the 7144th Global Youth Mage Exchange Tournament.

"Moon White Branch - a long-established destructive magic array weapon. It looks like a piece of white dead branch, as long as an adult's forearm and two fingers wide.

“This magic weapon can store energy autonomously and can be used an unlimited number of times. When using it, one only needs to activate the magic weapon, and does not need to consume the caster’s elemental reserves.

"According to several eyewitnesses who have witnessed the effectiveness of this magic weapon, when it takes effect, it will summon a gray fog in a certain range to cover the target. During the period when the gray fog descends, no matter whether it is living or dead things in the range, they have never successfully left the gray fog. According to existing records, the duration of the gray fog is irregular, ranging from as short as a few minutes to as long as several months or even years. However, it can be concluded that the larger the range of the gray fog, the longer it lasts, and the more serious the damage caused.

“The only thing that can dispel the gray fog is the moon-white glow summoned by the magic weapon itself. When the gray fog dissipates, everything within the range of the gray fog will disappear. Reliable information shows that all living people within the range of the gray fog will die the moment the gray fog dissipates.

"In 6981, the mist summoned by the White Branch of the Moon engulfed an entire city-state on the west side of the continent. More than residents died without a trace, and the remains of the city-state have been searched for for years without success.

"In 7057, the gray fog descended on the Third Treasury of the New Modrenno Kingdom, causing great damage to the New Modrenno Kingdom. The loss of the Third Treasury has not been compensated to this day."

“In 7105, the Moon White Branch appeared at an auction in the underground city of the Kingdom of Steberg and was bought by an unknown buyer.

“In 7139, Yue Baizhi appeared at the New Year’s party held by the Novello family in the Kingdom of Aaron.

“In February 7140, the Novello family claimed that the White Moon Branch had been stolen.

"In 7141, the Mage Tower in the Kingdom of Aaron entered the White Moon Branch into the archive of research objects.

“In September of the same year, Mr. Eastcott Clark, the chief of the Mage Tower, decided to donate the White Moon Branch to the International United Mage Committee as a prize for this exchange competition.

“Here, we sincerely thank the Mage Tower for its selfless contribution to the training of young mages.

“Let’s go back to the arena - the tower in front of you has ninety-nine floors. Each floor has a wooden door, and behind each wooden door there are different rooms.

“Every time a contestant enters a room, they can get 100 points, and the maximum score is 9,900 points - if there is really a contestant who is so determined to open every door.

"The White Branch of the Moon will appear in any room on the top ten floors, and will randomly select a room from the ten rooms to appear every ten minutes.

"During the next match, all space storage instruments are banned on the field, and all types of magic are unrestricted.

"I would like to reiterate that this round of bonus round can only end in two ways - when only one player is left in the field, or when a player voluntarily ends the round.

“Once there is only one player left on the field, the bonus match ends immediately and that player becomes the winner of the first exchange match.

"When the contestant ends the game, whoever has the White Moon Branch in his hand will be the final winner of the reward game; if no contestant has the White Moon Branch at this time, the contestant who touches the prize last will be the winner; if no contestant has touched the White Moon Branch during the game, the winner will be decided by a live broadcast lottery. The winner's prize is the White Moon Branch.

"And the way for the players to actively end the game - the clues are in everything you see after entering the 'castle', and in the rooms behind several random doors in the tower.

"Well, let's start now and let the game continue."

With the end of the broadcast as the charge horn on the field, each player rushed towards the tower like an arrow. Flying magic was no longer restricted, so they naturally would not honestly start from the first step and climb slowly.

[They have to climb the ninety-nine floors... How long will that take?]

[I have a suggestion. If everyone cooperates, and each person climbs less than ten floors, the competition can be finished quickly.]

[Then I suggest that the top ten floors be assigned to the gray-haired girl to climb. Gray fog and gray hair are the best match [rose] [heart]]

[Oh no, I think it should be assigned to the eldest daughter of the Wilmington family. The word eldest daughter is the most suitable for the top prize.]

[Tell me how much money the Wilmington family gave you. My Anthony family will pay double [dog head]]

[Who gets the prize has nothing to do with the contestants? It should be arranged by netizens [dog head]]

There was a lot of fun in the barrage area, and the judges were also in a joyous mood. The work that had lasted for several days was finally coming to an end, and the climax of the first game was about to come. The judges, who were almost going moldy, had a much better appetite, and the desserts and fruits on the table were consumed faster.

The densely packed roadside stalls at the entrance of the stadium have been waiting for a long time. The vendors who have been paying attention to the schedule are starting to cook or wash pots, and are all ready to go. Most of the players who have already left the stadium are still staying in the Space Ball Stadium to watch the live broadcast of the event. When the game is over, these people will pour out of the entrance and enrich the wallets of countless vendors.

"Hey, do you have any extra paper bowls over there? Lend me two stacks."

"What kind of person is this? Don't you prepare in advance for business?"

"My spatula is broken, who has an extra spatula?"

"Who has extra Fire Demon Crystals? I just realized that the previous one was used up."

"Selling magic crystals, selling magic crystals! We have both ice magic crystals and fire magic crystals!"

"Give me two ice crystals. The refrigerator is running out of energy."

"Ah? Have you started doing business with us small vendors?"

"This is what we call a business-minded person. He's not afraid of not making money wherever he goes. Hey, a spatula costs 100 yuan each!"

"One hundred?? Why don't you just go and rob!"

Flocks of birds flew across the blue sky. The afternoon sun quietly warmed the ground amid the hustle and bustle of the world. The fallen leaves under the shade of the trees were silently swept together by the wind in the shadows, and then blown away, like an overturned paint can, scattered in disorder, and then mixed with the surrounding weeds, bricks or other fallen leaves.

"bang bang bang-"

A juicer on a stall was working hard. A young man was concentrating on cutting fruit. After the trembling juicer cured Parkinson's disease, he immediately poured out the juice inside and put new fruit in, causing the juicer to start a new round of fear and trembling.

After thinking about it, the young man washed his hands and pushed the old man who was sleeping soundly on the recliner:

"Teacher, teacher! Please get up quickly! I can't handle it alone!"

The old man lifted the newspaper that covered his entire face and looked at his student in a daze:

"Is the game over? Who won?"

The student pulled the old man up, feeling wronged and angry:

"It's not over yet! But it's almost there - teacher, please put the label on it! Hey, my cantaloupe juice is ready... the label is in the basket on the left!"

The old man patted his sleeves, which were wrinkled by the students, with a good temper. "It's coming, it's coming." He slowly moved to the basket and took out a stack of labels. "Joy, anger, sadness, happiness, pain..."

“Joy is a watermelon, anger is a cantaloupe, and sadness is… well, an orange…”

The old man put corresponding labels on the edges of the blended juice one by one, and his every move showed the calmness and composure of an elder. The student next to him was busy peeling and cutting the fruit and fiddling with the juicer. He lived like a symphony orchestra, and the scene was very harmonious.

"Teacher, pass me some water..."

"Ai, coming."

"Teacher, pass me the ice cup——"

"Ai, coming."

"Teacher, pass me the lemon--"

"Ai, coming."

……

"Teacher, hang up that sign--"

The old man put down the half-peeled mango in his hand, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, took out the sign that was pressed on the bottom of the box, hung it on the hook in front of the stall, then stepped back a few steps and adjusted the position of the sign.

There were two lines of big characters written on the sign:

"Mood Cooler"

"Remove all your worries"

Not far away, a young security guard pulled the sleeve of another security guard next to him:

"Senior, there's a stall selling fake potions over there, do you care?"

The older security guard rolled his eyes:

"Didn't you see they were cutting up the fruit?"

"That's also fake business..."

"Who can be fooled by a fake potion that costs a few dollars a bottle?"

"But……"

"Besides, where is this place? Sophie Magic Academy, the venue for the Mage Exchange Competition - if these elite mages who were picked from hundreds of thousands of places can really be fooled, then they deserve it."

Suddenly, the wind and clouds were blowing, and the newly fallen green leaves flew past the young security guard's sleeves. After a few minutes' journey, they landed at the feet of the girl squatting under the tree.

"If Mr. Clark hadn't been busy, I wouldn't be with you now..."

Alexia looked at Lucius who was holding her hand with disdain.

"How long have you been cooling off here? You should go to the entrance and wait for your brother! The Novello family has been waiting there for a long time. If we don't go over there, it will make our family look very shameless - get up quickly!"

"Isn't it because their players came out earlier that they left early? Come on, come on, you're so long-winded, just get up... Stop pulling me! Let go! You annoying bastard—"

The noise from the outside world did not reach the ears of the players who were concentrating on the competition. After Iris fell behind other players and walked into the wooden door of the first floor, she quickly received 100 points. There was only one table in the room, and there was a note on the table. Iris read the words on the note before the players who arrived earlier burned it completely:

"The information you want to know may be on the seventh floor."

The contestants rushed to the seventh floor again. This time, Iris was the third one to enter. There was still a note on the table inside:

"It suddenly occurred to me that perhaps the fifth floor may contain what you want to know."

"..."

The contestant was silent, went downstairs, and saw the third note:

"I misremembered again. Maybe it's on the eleventh floor?"

Iris saw the blue-haired female wizard roll her eyes again, rushed out the door without looking back, cast a flying magic and headed straight for the top floor, not even blinking when passing the eleventh floor.

"The eldest daughter of the Wilmington family is indeed confident enough to eliminate everyone after receiving the prize." The boy with an injured left hand beside Iris chuckled and walked forward slowly, "I'm Dennis Anthony, Miss Green, you can call me Dennis."

Mr. Dennis's left hand had been treated with medicine, but the wound caused by several contestants obviously could not heal quickly. He snapped his fingers with his still intact right hand, and the wind suddenly blew. In an instant, he was lifted up by the wind and flew high into the air.

The method of "actively ending the game" is indeed a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's head. Whoever holds this sword will have the initiative - but more important than this sword is who holds the prize.

As long as the prize is not in their hands, anyone who ends the game early will be considered a failure, just like being eliminated.

Once you get the prize, others will not dare to end the game on their own initiative. It would be safer to eliminate others or find a way to end the game on your own initiative at this time, but you will also become the target of all players' fire.

Iris was enjoying the breeze on the stairs on the fifth floor. Several contestants couldn't stand the teasing of the paper notes on the high tower, and flew upwards "swoosh". The wind brought by the high-speed flight was very cool, which was suitable for this hot summer day.

She went up to the eleventh floor, and this time, she became the first guest on the eleventh floor.