Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Duel.
Su Cheng walked into the Magic Guild with mixed feelings.
The space of the tower was expanded by the formation, making it several times more spacious than it appeared, and the hall could easily accommodate thousands of people.
"Arcane mages, please go to the second floor. Spiritual mages and alien mages, please go to the basement—"
There are two statues of mages in the middle of the hall. One of them holds a phonograph crystal in his hand, and the stone replays the same lines over and over again.
"Elemental mages go straight ahead, those without rank turn left and take the test."
"Those with rank please turn right and go to the east area."
Amidst all the noise, the broadcast-like voice was still crystal clear.
Walking into the east side of the hall, the road ahead suddenly changes, with dozens of staircases of different heights extending out.
Hundreds of escalators are suspended in an interlaced manner, stacked layer by layer, from the ground to the dome. At first glance, it looks like a three-dimensional maze.
The entrances to the admissions offices of different colleges are all located on the platforms of the stairwells, with various magical doors connecting the independent spaces.
On the ground, there are various public testing arrays, which look colorful from a distance.
After all, the number of mages is much smaller than that of warriors. The space here is open, and the people coming in were diverted several times, and the surroundings gradually became quiet.
Su Cheng walked forward, found an empty magic circle, and took out a few silver coins from his pocket. "I want to test the resonance level again."
These magic circles were set up by the Magic Guild, and those guarding them were also members of the guild.
A magician took the money and motioned her to stand in the middle of the magic circle. He stood on the hexagram pattern on the outer ring of the magic circle and made several complicated gestures.
The originally gray-white magic circle suddenly lit up, and colorful flames rushed past, igniting the entire magic circle from the outside to the inside.
Immediately afterwards, a strong wind arose from the ground.
A pale blue wind elf appeared in the air, its light figure like smoke and mist, circling around her amidst the crisp laughter.
Within a radius of over a hundred meters, the guild staff, students taking the test, and admissions teachers from various colleges all looked over.
The girl stood in the center of the magic circle, her hair was blown upwards, and the hem of her coat rustled.
"Isn't it a special class?!"
"Really special?"
This type of magic array gathers a large number of elemental elves, and when resonators of different levels stand in it, the reactions they cause will naturally be different.
"...Wind Element Special."
The master of the magic circle said in a loud voice.
The staff were all in high spirits.
They sat there for a long time, and she was the first one to arrive. Everyone became interested and wondered which school she would go to.
The surrounding mages were talking about it.
Many people looked envious.
There is a small chance that the elemental resonance attributes and levels will increase with age, but they are usually fixed at the age of sixteen or seventeen and will not change.
Unless external force is used.
But it is extremely expensive and only a few people can do it.
Another half minute passed.
The wind elves dispersed, the pale blue light dissipated, and was followed by a wave of crimson and silver-blue light.
The air around them became hotter and hotter, accompanied by a crackling sound of electricity.
A red ring of fire burst out in the air, like a swimming red snake, spinning rapidly around the magic circle, and countless sparks flashed and leaped.
There was also lightning flashing through it, and fine silver-blue light threads exploded and flickered, intersecting and colliding with the flames.
"Fire, special, thunder, special."
There was a burst of discussion around.
Apparently the God of Contract had fully fulfilled his promise.
More and more magicians gathered around, and admissions teachers from many colleges and universities stood aside, eager to extend invitations.
Because she is exceptionally talented, these schools are also quite prestigious, and anyone with a lesser talent would not come.
They are all junior or intermediate magicians, with a few senior magicians here and there.
The emblems of these three ranks are similar, all of which are scepters inlaid with gems, with elemental patterns of different attributes at the bottom.
The three ranks correspond to the shapes of the gemstones on the head of the staff, which are triangle, rhombus and pentagon respectively, representing third, fourth and fifth rank mages.
Su Cheng looked around and found that there was a great magician among the crowd.
——Her emblem is a staff inlaid with a hexagonal gem, and the elemental pattern is no longer placed under the staff, but on the water flow wrapped around the staff.
This sixth-level mage also has two overlapping cross emblems on his body, which is obviously the symbol of a certain academy.
Su Cheng's eyes lit up and he immediately walked over. "Hello?"
"Hello," the great magician nodded at her with a smile, "Want to come to our school?"
The magicians around were immediately discouraged, and showed an expression as if they had known this would happen.
Some people were unwilling to give up and couldn't help but shout, "That's Cross Star Academy! You have to pass the exam to get in. If you don't pass, you can't get in!"
"Yes, yes, you are extremely talented. You can enter our school directly. We even have a scholarship!"
Cross Star Academy, one of the oldest academies in the Silver Moon Empire, has trained countless top-level experts over thousands of years, many of whom have left their names in history.
It is the academy that countless magicians dream of, and it is also the palace that countless warriors yearn for.
In terms of faculty, environmental resources and historical honors, it has also reached the pinnacle level of the empire, and the rest of the top universities are at most on par with it.
Moreover, because the talent requirements for new students are too high, Cross Star Academy has the smallest number of students among the top academies in the Silver Moon Empire.
"They have so many strict demands that giving money is useless!"
"Even if you are a royal relative, if you don't meet the standards, you still can't get in..."
"Yes," Su Cheng ignored the other voices and said to the great magician, "I wonder if I am qualified to make an appointment for your exam?"
The latter nodded and said, "Come with me first."
Then he took her up the nearest stairs. After they walked up a few floors, a water mirror-like entrance appeared in the void, and ripples appeared on the water.
They walked in one after the other.
The bustling admissions hall was transformed into a spacious and luxurious lounge.
Vermilion curved sofas surrounded a round table, on which stood carved magic crystal candlesticks. Several magicians, all wearing the same cross emblem, sat at the table, sorting scrolls.
"Huh?" Someone looked up in surprise, "Another special prize?"
Before he finished speaking, a group of mages came out of the conference room, with a blond boy walking in the middle.
The boy was handsome, dressed in fine clothes, and had an arrogant look on his face, with his chin held high. When he glanced at Su Cheng, he looked a little wary.
"She's also a special candidate?" The blond boy's expression changed slightly as he looked at the magicians. "You said before that there was only one spot available for the Elemental Department of the Secret Academy?"
"Yes," a magician nodded, "according to the rules, if she can also pass the entrance exam, a duel will take place between you."
The Cross Star Academy has three branches. The Secret Academy is the academy for magicians, and the Elemental Department is naturally the department that trains elemental mages.
"Of course, it's a limited competition. The winner will enter the Secret Academy to study the Elemental System, and the loser can enter the Front Academy."
The magician continued, "There are still spots available over there."
A look of disgust appeared on the blond boy's face.
The look he gave Su Cheng was also full of hostility.
The entrance exam wasn't very easy, but as long as one was a special resonance seeker, given the innate conditions, they would basically be able to pass unless they were extremely clumsy or had poor comprehension.
He didn't think the girl in front of him could be that stupid, so a fight between them was inevitable.
That's ridiculous.
As a dual-system top-notch resonator, he would be sought after in any academy, but now he has to compete with these lowly commoners!
Fengyuan!
That is the academy for magic warriors, and they will force you to practice both magic and martial arts!
He wanted to become a student of Cross Star Academy in order to study those ancient and mysterious magics. Why should he waste his best years of youth practicing fighting spirit!
Moreover, a person's energy is limited. Those who want to take care of both sides often fail to achieve success in either side. There are too many similar examples.
"You guys!" the blond boy gritted his teeth. "Your rules are so stupid!"
As we all know, Cross Star Academy is a gathering place of top experts, and its students also perform well in various trial leagues.
However, because the number of students is too small, many competitions do not allow one person to register for multiple events, resulting in mediocre overall performance of their school.
No wonder!
This requirement is so demanding. If it were another school, they would want to go out and set off fireworks to celebrate if they could recruit a student like him. But this group of people wanted them to duel!
Even if the quota is full, what's the harm in recruiting one more?
"Wait," Su Cheng raised his hand, "I didn't expect it to be so troublesome. It looks like it will take some time. I'll apply to go home and rest before taking the exam."
This enrollment will last for several days. The Cross Star Academy has high requirements for magicians and will not consider those below the special grade, so very few people can take the exam.
Unlike the admissions team of the Academy of Bravery, they are busy at the Warrior Guild.
The mages in the Secret Academy here were all quite free and not in a hurry, so they immediately agreed upon hearing this.
The blond boy's face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of hostility when he looked at Su Cheng. "Do you know who I am, a pariah! If you know what's good for you, you should--"
Su Cheng tilted his head, "Who are you?"
He sneered, "My mother is Earl of Gawler—"
Su Cheng suppressed the upward curve of his lips.
It is true.
In the original book, this blond boy is a savage and vicious countess.
Lin Yun is not a magician, but he passed the Cross Star test by cheating with the help of the old man in the bracelet.
The Countess was unwilling to duel with him, thinking it was beneath her dignity.
So she sent people to kill the male protagonist, and Lin Yun survived only by luck. Because he was seriously injured and missed the duel, he had no choice but to go to Fengzhiyuan.
Later, Lin Yun raped the Earl's daughter as revenge.
Su Cheng: "...Well, Master Earl, don't look at me like that."
Blond boy: “?”
Su Cheng showed a bit of fear, "You look like you wish I would die right now."
The blond boy's eyes moved, and then he sneered, "If you're scared, give up now!"
Su Cheng quickly shook his head, "But I just want to learn magic, so let's compete fairly. I just want to confirm with you——"
She paused briefly. "Before our battle, no one will do anything to undermine the fairness of the duel, right?"
"Ha," the boy sneered again, "I certainly wouldn't do that. If you're trying to imply something, I'll think you're trampling on the honor of the Gawler family."
"Okay," Su Cheng said seriously, "Then it's settled. Well, let me think about it. If someone breaks the contract, the harm he wants to inflict must be paid back to him. How about that?"
The blond boy looked at her as if she was crazy.
——They are not children anymore, who will believe in oaths?
He was born into a noble family and had seen many things like this. For people like them, even a contract written in black and white could be violated, let alone a verbal promise?
But the magicians around him were all looking at him.
If he didn't agree, it would seem like he really had this idea.
"Hmph," the young earl crossed his arms, "that's as I should."
After saying that, he left in a bad mood.
Su Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great."
She said softly.
Then he said goodbye to the other magicians, thanked the great magician who brought him here, and left while saying that they would see each other in the evening.
At the same time, the blond boy walked out of the Magic Guild with a sullen face.
The servants who had been waiting outside came up one after another.
"Master? Is everything going well?"
"Smooth?" The boy gritted his teeth. "It will be smooth if she dies!"
He came from the central part of the empire, and among his entourage were two fourth-level warriors, who were more than capable of killing a low-level mage.
Judging from the man's demeanor and manners, he was probably from an ordinary family without even a title, and at most he had some money.
As for that agreement?
So what if I regret it?
The blond boy stretched his lips and said, "Go kill someone. She was just—"
The leading servant was listening attentively. When the young earl stopped talking, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Amid the exclamations of the crowd, his face turned pale and he suddenly fell to his knees. He covered his aching chest with his hands and gasped for breath several times.
It was as if invisible chains pierced through the heart, and as if an iron net tightly bound the mass of flesh and blood. Every heartbeat was accompanied by intense pain.
The scene in front of my eyes became blurred, and only a hazy golden light could be seen.
A figure as tall as a mountain emerged from the sea of light.
The body was composed of countless scrolls of paper, sedge, bamboo, crystals, leather and other materials that shone brightly, strung together by thousands of golden threads.
His head is a scale, his neck is a support, and two trays are hung at each end of the beam.
There were two beating hearts in each of the two trays.
The left side of the heart was trembling violently, and golden light threads were seeping out of the blood vessels.
The boy's body stiffened, his throat seemed to be strangled. He wanted to speak, but no words came out.
The left side of his chest bulged and collapsed strangely, as if countless earthworms were wriggling under his skin, and every blood vessel was bulging.
With the crisp sound of cracking porcelain, the ribs broke from top to bottom, piercing the skin like sharp spears, and the broken myocardial tissue mixed with pus and blood splattered like dark red mud.
The broken lung lobe was also pulled out of the chest cavity, like two wet rags, dangling weakly in the air.
The pervasive fishy smell covered up the burnt aroma of paper, and blood and broken bones were scattered all over the sky.
The body tumbled down the steps.
There was chaos all around, screams and curses were heard one after another, and the crowded crowd scattered in all directions as if a pot had exploded.
The blood-soaked servants looked up in confusion.
They couldn't see the god's illusory body, and they all rushed down in fear, trying to rescue their master, but they could only get half of the body.
Su Cheng was walking out of the door of the Magic Guild.
She stood in the shadow of the porch, looking at the chaotic scene below the steps, and slowly took off her hat.
Then he bowed and saluted the image of the god in the golden light.
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