Chapter 126 Demonstration

"Are they taking the test today?" Callisto asked calmly.

The knight bowed his head and answered respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty. Today is the first day of the candidates' assessment. They have just completed the test paper written by Bishop Gunn and are now drawing lots for the duel in the square."

Kalisto nodded slightly, and muttered to himself as if he remembered something: "Gunn mentioned this a few days ago, and he also discussed this competition system with me..."

The selection of the Son of God in each session of the Holy See is similar. Even if Callisto wants to make changes, he can only do so step by step.

Callisto took a few slow steps forward and approached the huge floor-to-ceiling window in front of him.

"It looks like they have already drawn the lots..." There was no expression on his face when he spoke, but his violet eyes were focused in a certain direction.

The knight secretly guessed his thoughts and asked, "Your Majesty, do I need to prepare a personal itinerary for you?"

"No need." Callisto shook his head, "I'll just stand here and watch for a while. This duel won't last long."

The so-called duel is just a nice-sounding name. In reality, it is just a chance for the ten lucky winners to show themselves. The bishop who will fight against them may not contribute much at all.

But even so, the duel will not last too long.

Callisto had no intention of wasting more time for those few minutes.

He just needs to take a look from a distance.

Just like now.

They were currently in the third tallest tower of the Vatican Temple, right next to the Knights' Square. Therefore, even from a distance, Callisto could clearly see the general situation in the square.

Even the movement of the man with long golden brown hair stroking the wand in his hand.

…

Lu Yi silently touched the wand in his hand, wondering whether to use it or not.

As we all know, on the continent of Isaiah, the magic tools of mages can be roughly divided into three types.

To sum it up simply: there are short, slender wands that are portable and convenient for sneak attacks, large, formal but with significant bonuses, long-handled stone-inlaid wands, and alien wands that may have a variety of strange shapes.

The Vatican uniformly distributes Type I slender short wands to these candidates, the most basic type, and there is no problem of adapting it to individual needs.

It doesn't matter when everyone is using such a wand, but when facing an opponent who can easily kill you, this wand becomes useless and cumbersome.

Half of the first eight candidates who won the lottery used the magic wand, and half did not. But regardless of whether they used it or not, most of these eight candidates left the scene in about five minutes.

Even so, these five minutes were the result of the bishops' deliberate slacking.

In the Temple of Light, a place with the most devout faith and the strongest power of light, the bonuses obtained by bishops recognized by the Holy See are difficult for outsiders to imagine.

It was Xia's turn to play, and he faced off against a purple-robed archbishop.

"Hello, Bishop." Xia smiled at the bishop, "I am honored to have your guidance..."

The Purple Cardinal also smiled at him gently, "Xia, just do your best. I know you have always been excellent."

Hearing this, Xia's smile became shy. He clasped his fingers shyly and said loudly: "Then I'm coming--"

As Xia landed with a loud shout, he waved the magic wand in one hand and condensed golden light magic power into a ball in the other hand.

The purple-robed archbishop stood still with a smile on his face, and stretched out his hand to easily take the menacing ball of magic power.

Once the fight started, it immediately became "inseparable".

What is hard to let go is Xia, and what is hard to separate is also him.

"Xia is a child that we have watched grow up..."

A slow voice came from behind him, and Lu Yi turned around and met the cardinal's eyes.

"What?" he asked subconsciously.

It’s not that Lu Yi didn’t hear clearly what the bishop said. On the contrary, it was because he heard clearly what the bishop said that he was confused.

Who are you?

What are you talking about here?

"He comes from a poor family, so he is more sensitive than other children of the same age. I remember when Your Majesty brought him back, he was only as tall as my waist. He was as thin and small as a stray cat and very shy, but he would still listen to you obediently." The cardinal continued to talk to himself.

At this moment, the other candidates and bishops had finished their fights and left the stage, leaving only the Cardinal and Lu Yi.

"He was born into the top noble Klein family. According to you, he grew up in the Vatican when he was young. How can this be called a bad background? If you, Archbishop, are to go by what you said, then my background is even lower than the dust." Lu Yi pretended to know nothing.

Cardinal Kelson shook his head and patiently explained, "No, the Klein family is the chain that holds Xia back. If possible, I would rather not have the blood of the Klein family flowing in his body..."

Kelsen's explanation avoided the main point, and his attitude towards West Asia was self-evident.

No matter how despicable a person is, there are people who love him.

In other words, Xia, who is bad in Lu Yi's eyes, may be just a pitiful and tough little white flower in the eyes of others.

Lu Yi realized later that the bishop's look just now was probably due to Xia's previous evaluation of Rant, which gave rise to his interest.

Just like the interest in kittens and puppies.

Lu Yi suddenly lost the desire to continue chatting with him.

He probably guessed what Xia had said to the cardinal, and the cardinal's words were simply to help Xia exonerate himself.

If Rant knew nothing about Xia's private behavior, hearing his words would only make him love Xia even more.

If he knew, it would be an invisible demonstration.

For Lant, who has no background, behind Xia stands not only the gigantic Klein family, but also the Holy See which is silently watching secretly.

"So what? Forgive me for not understanding what you want to tell me, Archbishop. Xia and I are just ordinary friends, and in fact, I have no interest in knowing other people's private affairs." Lu Yi said, looking at Xia on the arena in front of him.

Xia's forehead was covered with sweat, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that his magic power was almost exhausted, but he still gritted his teeth and rushed towards the motionless archbishop again and again.

No matter how many times he was bounced away, he still regrouped again and again, and the golden light in his palms never stopped for a moment.

Cardinal Kelsen saw his tenacity and perseverance, but what Lu Yi saw was the indulgence of an elder towards a younger one.

The time on the arena had already exceeded five minutes, but the purple-robed archbishop was still patiently fighting with Xia like a child playing house.

The more this happened, the more Lu Yi couldn't understand why Xia had become so self-centered.

"Ordinary friends?" Kelson raised his eyebrows and repeated, "I believe that if you are willing to put aside your prejudices and get along with Xia, you will definitely become very good friends."

Let go of your prejudices?

You should say this to Xia, Lu Yi thought.

He thought so in his heart, and showed a polite smile on his face, laughing and saying: "Yes, yes, I don't have any prejudice..."

Kyles seemed to see through his insincerity and gave up the intention of criticizing him. Instead, he looked seriously at Xia on the arena.

Lu Yi looked at the new malicious value in the background with an expressionless face.

He raised his eyes and unexpectedly met Xia's gaze, which was fixed on them.

At the same time, the mechanical sound of the system issuing a task suddenly sounded.

[Ding Dong! The malicious level has reached the minimum threshold! The low-level task "Slap Xia Klein in the face" has been triggered——]

[Task name: Close people]

【Mission Introduction: Kelson is Xia's most trusted cardinal, and also his godfather in name only. In Xia's mind, even if His Holiness the Pope abandons him one day, Kelson will never ignore him. Just like every time he did something wrong in the past, Kelson would always look at him with a helpless smile and tell him: It's okay, I'm here. So on the day of the assessment of the candidate for the Son of God, Xia was not worried about any accidents. But even so, when Xia saw Kelson smiling at someone he hated, he couldn't help but feel angry and malicious in his heart.】

[Mission Objective: Make a splash in the duel with Cardinal Kelson on the assessment day]

[Quest-limited cheat code: The Advent of the Gods (1/1)]

[Task rewards: points, some items will drop randomly]

This task came so timely that Lu Yi blinked.

[“…This, has Xia’s defense been broken? Why?”] He asked in disbelief.

You know, before this, no matter how much Xia hated Rand, not a single mission was revealed?

Why did the malicious value task get triggered right now?

Lu Yi carefully read the task instructions again, focusing on certain key words.

[“Is this considered possessiveness?” Lu Yi asked.

[I think so.] 857 insisted.

[“He’s just a cardinal. If Xia knew that Callisto gave me an ancient book full of his notes, wouldn’t he go crazy on the spot?”] Lu Yi said happily.

Lu Yi said this and suddenly stopped.

He seemed to have discovered some trick to trigger the mission—

Callisto, ancient book with notes, Western Asia.

Don’t these three things combined mean “There is a mission, come quickly” in Chinese?

[“I’m so mean, really.”] Lu Yi sighed.

You really can't blame him, this is a mission, it's all about points!

Lu Yi looked at Xia on the stage with a smile on his face.

West Asia is still fighting.

On the premise that the first eight candidates only stayed on the stage for five minutes, Xia "fought" on the arena for a full fifteen minutes. The whole process was very exciting. In the end, he was exhausted and was easily thrown off the arena by the purple cardinal.

Almost the moment he landed, several candidates who often followed Xia surrounded him, helped him up, and showed concern for him.

And this fight obviously achieved Xia's original goal. The candidates in the audience were all looking at him with envy and admiration.

You finish your singing and I will take the stage.

Kelson waved his wide sleeves and walked towards the arena in front without looking back.

This would have been a very handsome move if there hadn't been a hint of contempt revealed on his face.

The knight walked up to Lu Yi, pointed his hand forward and said, "Please."

Lu Yi nodded and caught up with Kelson, half a step behind him.

[“Old Deng, I’m sorry. I don’t like what you say, but I’m determined to take your points.”]

The corners of Lu Yi's mouth curled up, and for a moment he felt like a real villain.

The author has something to say:

My cold has gotten better a little, and I’m in good shape today. I expect to be well again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I’ll keep working hard!

This chapter still drops small red envelopes qwq