Chapter 35 Freshman Competition 2 (500 comments plus more)
He narrowed his eyes and repeated, "What did you say that human looked like? Blonde hair and blue eyes?"
The bald man nodded, his expression somewhat ambiguous: "Yes, at first glance, he is a nobleman who is used to living a life of luxury. He looks so gentle and easy to get along with, but he might be even worse than me!"
Who among those who are in the underworld doesn’t say that Bald Brother is a righteous and honest person?
Among all the mercenaries in Lasvino, he is the most well-informed!
Even if it was something that happened in the Vatican, he could find out a thing or two.
This is all because he is kind and righteous, unlike those hypocritical nobles who smile but hide daggers! The bald man thought.
The human who came with the orcs this time had a strong "stink" of nobility.
It doesn’t look like a good thing at first glance!
I don’t dare to say much about other things, but when it comes to judging people, Baldy dares to say that he has some unique insights.
Although the blond, blue-eyed nobleman seemed fine at first glance, his presence here could explain a lot.
Just watching him smile made the skin on the back of his neck inexplicably tighten.
He must be thinking some evil thoughts in his mind!
"And don't think I can't recognize him. Under that human's cloak, he's wearing the clothes of the Church... Could it be that the Church is also involved in this matter?"
Zorn's focus subconsciously focused on what the bald man said at the beginning.
Gentle and easy to get along with?
Then it’s not Lu Yi.
Zorn breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension and worry in his heart dissipated.
But in order to prevent any accidents, he still asked: "Did you see the human's hair clearly? Is it curly or long and straight?"
The bald man thought for a moment and said affirmatively, "Curly hair, he has some hair loss. I saw a few short curly hairs before I left."
Not Lu Yi.
I hope it’s not Lu Yi, Zorn thought.
"What's wrong, Z? This isn't someone you know, is it?" The bald man raised his eyebrows.
He remembered that Old Z had told them a long time ago that he was adopted by a noble, so it was reasonable for him to have interactions with other nobles.
Just like the orc trade this time, wasn’t it also news brought out by Z?
Zorn was silent for a moment.
The bald man didn't think too much when he asked the question, but when he saw that Zorn fell silent, he realized that he seemed to have asked a sensitive topic.
"Um, Brother Z, if you don't want to say it, you don't have to. You know that brothers just can't control their mouths, hahaha."
Zorn rolled his eyes at him, looking nonchalant but feeling even more hesitant in his heart.
"Nothing inconvenient to say."
The person he trusted most was not his reliable brother Astor, nor was it Duke Klein.
Instead, the bald men in front of him were the brothers and sisters in the mercenary team who had been through life and death with him for many years.
But no matter how much he trusted her, he never revealed his entire identity.
Everyone in the mercenary team knows each other's past and background, except for Zorn, whose background has always been unclear to everyone.
No one pressed him, so Zorn remained silent.
He left all his bright side in the Klein family, and the remaining gray hair and red eyes were overloaded with all his dark side.
They tolerated his meanness and madness, but he could never be as honest as they were.
He could not tell about his relationship with the Klein family.
At least not yet.
Zorn took a deep breath and put all the messy thoughts in his mind behind him.
He regained his composure and looked at the bald man, saying slowly, "I do know him. He is in the Baptismal Square in the main city of New Victory. He is a person favored by God and a hidden disciple of the Pope."
The bald man took a deep breath, shocked by Xia's prominent background.
"Is his backing so strong? The Pope's disciple, this is a famous person favored by God? Is he the guy from before...what was his name...something Lu Yi?"
"Luyi Klein," Zorn said.
"Yes, yes, yes! The Lu Yi Klein who caused the miracle, right?! Is it him?" the bald man said excitedly, "I heard that he is also a rare awakener with high affinity for all elements in a century. I really want to fight with him!"
"No." Zorn said bluntly, "It's not Lu Yi, it's his illegitimate brother, Xia Klein."
The bald man touched his smooth head, thought for a moment and said, "Xia Klein... Well, I seem to have some impression of him. The illegitimate child taken back by the Klein family is indeed a person favored by God..."
"Wait a minute! He is actually the Pope's disciple? How is he worthy?!" the bald man said in astonishment.
If Lu Yi was a disciple of the Pope, he would find it reasonable.
Although it was previously reported that Lu Yi Klein was arrogant and domineering, is there any noble who does not look down on others?
It is always said that he is arrogant and domineering, but Baldy has never heard of anything truly unforgivable.
But the Pope's disciple happened to be Xia, an illegitimate child!
Basically, this illegitimate child has been nailed to the pillar of shame since birth!
Illegitimate children are original sin, so how can they become disciples of Pope Callisto?
"As expected, you are a group of dirty, chaotic, disgusting nobles! Is it so difficult to love only one person?! Ugh!!
"No wonder the Klein family suddenly took in an illegitimate child. I thought he was just a person favored by God. It's not that serious. It turns out he has connections with the Pope. No wonder..."
Zorn glanced at him and said, "So only a handful of people know about this. You better be careful not to let it out."
He doesn't want to build momentum for Xia in vain.
"I understand, Old Z! Are you still not confident in my work?" The bald man chuckled and put his arm directly on Zorn's shoulder.
He was big, his clothes bulging with muscles, and he held Zorn in his arms like a hen holding her chicks.
"If I can put my mind at ease, my heart won't have to beat any more," Zorn said, "I'll go with you the next time we meet up with the orcs."
Whether it was Xia or not, he had to go and see it.
“Okay, but now that you mentioned that, I’m also curious. The Pope’s disciples are involved. Tsk tsk…”
Does the Church also want to get involved in the orc pie?
The bald man patted his shoulders and was about to rub his hands on Zorn's face.
Zorn responded quickly by squeezing his hand.
"What are you doing?" he frowned.
"I didn't do anything..." The bald man pulled his hand back awkwardly and put it on Zorn's shoulder again.
"You keep a straight face. I guess your facial muscles are tense. Let me help you relax them."
Zorn couldn't bear it any longer, so he just shook off the hand that was pressing on his shoulder.
"Ah——" the bald man shouted exaggeratedly, "My hand is broken again!"
"You're pushing it too far, you deserve it!" Zorn continued walking forward without changing his expression.
The bald man lagged behind him by three or two steps, and felt relieved when he saw that his brows relaxed unconsciously.
He looked at his severed arm, and with his other hand, he held his arm and twisted it to easily reconnect the bone.
Alas, his eldest son’s rebellion hurt his heart.
A father should be strong.
He really gave too much to this family! The bald man thought tragically.
"Wait for me! ZZ is great!"
He took two quick steps and caught up with Zorn.
"I told you not to call me ZZ Stick. What a weird name..."
"Huh? But don't you think ZZ sticks are really interesting? We are an awesome team of mercenaries, ZZ stick, bald stick, glasses stick, big bug stick, sister stick, one-eyed stick, fox stick..."
There was the sound of leather boots overlapping and rubbing against each other.
"Ah——" the bald man wailed with a distorted expression, "My legs——"
…
A round of group matches takes five days, with each team playing seven games in total.
During these five days, only one match drawn by lot in the morning must be completed.
Outside of this matchup, freshmen can play their remaining two games at any time.
The opponents of these two free games are not determined, and the freshmen will make their own pairings. If the total number of games is less than seven due to the freshmen's own procrastination and passivity, no additional games will be played.
The winning team gets two points, a draw gets one point, and the losing team gets no extra or subtractive points.
The freshmen who rank in the top ten in the group in terms of total points can smoothly enter the next round of the competition.
After Lu Yi defeated the Summoner on the first day, he quickly had the second free game on the same day.
On the other side, among the freshmen who also won the preliminary round, he picked the one who looked the most at ease and challenged him to a free round.
It looked like that person had won the preliminary round very easily, and almost no magical energy was consumed.
At that time, Lu Yi looked at the half of the magic power left in the background of his system and thought it should be enough.
As a result, the man was knocked out by Lu Yi three minutes after he came on the court.
Not as good as a summoner!
Lu Yi stood on the stage dumbfounded, thinking that it was no wonder that man had a weird expression on his face when he challenged him to a fight just now, and hesitated for a long time before accepting his challenge.
It seems that he knows that he is just cannon fodder for Lu Yi.
He was knocked down in just three minutes. Although it was due to Lu Yi's strong strength, it was also related to the opponent's intention to give up the game to save energy.
The cannon fodder who had taken advantage of the situation and fallen off the stage climbed back onto the stage covered in dust and dirt.
Just when Lu Yi thought he was going to attack again.
The cannon fodder hung on the edge of the ring, raised his hand and said coyly: "My dear opponent, can you give me an autograph?"
Lu Yi resisted the urge to cover his face and kept telling himself that he couldn't hear the roars from the audience such as "Shameless!" "So abominable!" "He just wanted to get close to Lu Yi on purpose! He's despicable!"
When the first red rose fell, Lu Yi flew out of the ring quickly.
The cannon fodder hanging beside the ring was still confused about the purpose of Lu Yi's action, and shouted: "Klein! Klein! Autograph! Can you give me an autograph——"
As the petals were flying, Lu Yifei took the time to give him a "wish you good luck" look as he stepped off the stage.
The cannon fodder pondered Lu Yi's eyes, and was unable to dodge, and was buried head-on by the flower petals that suddenly swept over, with half of his body sunk in the petals.
He finally understood the look in Lu Yi's eyes when he left, but when he looked up again, Lu Yi was no longer around.
…
Day two of the group stage.
Lu Yi drew a wood magician.
But what he brought today happened to be the water element.
Water creates wood, and when attacking the opponent, it will actually produce a certain degree of benefit to the opponent.
This really left Lu Yi speechless.
The wood magician on the opposite side also laughed. She had her hair tied in a high ponytail and was laughing with a grunt.
Lu Yi was a little embarrassed by her smile, and for the first time he took the initiative to ask the referee to start.
But who would have known that the referee did not announce the start immediately, but instead raised a magical barrier formation in the huge arena in a mysterious manner.
——Yes, because the number of spectators has remained high, the Colosseum has become Lu Yi’s fixed arena.
"Referee, why do we need to set up a magic circle?" Lu Yi asked puzzledly.
He clearly remembered that there was no rule for setting up magic circles in the group stage.
Activating a magic circle in such a large arena consumes a lot of magical power. Whether it is using magic stones or raising it artificially, it is an unnecessary expense that is not worth the cost.
The referee of this match also created a small barrier on himself and answered Lu Yi briefly and concisely: "You, use the water system, don't want to get wet."
News of Lu Yi's first match yesterday has spread throughout Braceside, and their group of referees are also discussing the matter.
No one expected that the range of Lu Yi's magic burst was so wide that the water droplets could cover the entire large fighting arena in all directions.
Fortunately, it was just harmless water drops, but if it was something else harmful, such as fireballs, metal pieces, gravel, etc., it would be terrible. The unprepared spectators would all be injured.
And what if Lu Yi’s magic power becomes unstable and he riots directly on the stage?
It is always easier to prepare in advance than to rescue after the incident.
After a heated discussion, the jury finally decided to propose an alternative plan for Lu Yi.
The referee presiding over Lu Yi Klein's game has the right to decide whether to raise the covering barrier based on the specific circumstances of each game.
When the referee of this match heard that Lu Yi was going to use water elements to fight today, he immediately decided that the covering barrier must be raised.
Not only did he have to upgrade the barrier of the arena, he also had to add a small barrier on himself.
I must not let Klein's rain fall on him! The mysophobic fire magician referee thought so.
Lu Yi remained silent and accepted the answer obediently.
After the magic circle was ready, the referee slowly announced the start.
Lu Yi stretched out his hand and took the initiative to throw a bunch of water bombs at the wood magician.
The water bomb is not very powerful, at most it is Lu Yi's test of the strength of the wood magician.
With the example of the summoner yesterday, Lu Yi couldn't help but be a little hesitant, wondering if he would hurt the other party if he didn't judge the situation well, so he thought about testing the strength of the wood magician in front of him first.
The water bullet flew in front of the wood magician in the blink of an eye.
The wood magician raised his hands, and a dense bush of vines suddenly grew behind him.
Countless vines intertwined into a forest behind her, continuously stretching upward to form a huge vine wall, blocking out the sunlight from half of the arena.
The water bombs thrown by Lu Yi looked particularly small and weak against the backdrop of this huge wall of vines.
In just a few brief moments when the vines and branches were dancing, all the dancing little water bombs were swallowed up by the vines.
The vine bent and stretched even more, as if the water bombs not only did not cause any harm to it, but made it more energetic.
Lu Yi felt a little regretful after missing the attack.
Although he had anticipated from the beginning that the small water bullets might not cause any harm, he still felt a little heartbroken when he saw that his own small water bullets had become magic power given away for free.
It would be great if he still had the fire element, Lu Yi thought with a sigh.
He simply burned all those messy and fancy vines.
What a pity!
Lu Yi gathered water magic power again, and he subconsciously wanted to use the magic to lift himself up.
But when he moved, he discovered that several twisted vines had quietly grown under his feet.
It should be that when he just released the water bomb, the wood magician was secretly setting a trap for him.
Lu Yi pulled his feet away.
Lu Yi didn't even pull it out.
Lu Yi used magic power to attack the vines under his feet.
The vines were directly cut off by the water blade, and dark green juice slowly flowed out.
The juices were on the small piece of his exposed skin.
Lu Yi immediately thought to himself that something was wrong.
But it was too late, the paralyzing effect of the juice had already taken effect on him.
In just a moment, the opponent's attack came again.
The vines rolled towards Lu Yi in the blink of an eye, and their rough skin was covered with dense thorns.
Thick vines bound Lu Yi tightly, and long green strips as big as bowls were moving around his body.
The dense thorns on the vines cut holes in Lu Yi's clothes, but because of the defense that Lu Yi immediately covered himself with when he was paralyzed, he could not be really hurt.
The spikes could only reluctantly leave sticky dark green mucus under Lu Yi's skin, leaving deep and shallow red marks.
It didn't cause any specific harm, but it made Lu Yi a little angry.
No, it should be said that it was the most annoying moment since the start of the freshman competition.
He was tied up by these ugly vines, and his embarrassment was beyond words.
The audience was silent, with only the sound of their breathing revealing the shock in their hearts at that moment.
"This female mage has a bright future. I'm super..."
"Good boy, I really said good boy, is she really here to fight and not to play some unspeakable play?"
Some people were talking in low voices.
Lu Yi couldn't hear the conversation in the audience, but he could sense some awkwardness from the unusually quiet atmosphere at the moment.
His fair face flushed all the way to the skin beneath his clothes.
The wood magician wanted to press on with his victory, but his magic power had already been neutralized by Lu Yi's resistance.
The wood magician flashed in front of Lu Yi, trying to take the opportunity to drag Lu Yi off the stage.
Her hand wrapped around the vines and reached out to Lu Yi.
The next second, the wood magician's eyes widened.
Lu Yi actually broke free from her vines in an instant!
The thick vines were torn apart at this moment, and pieces of vines flew onto the stage.
No, that doesn't make sense! She knew all too well the paralysis ability of her vines. Even a peak apprentice would be paralyzed for at least ten seconds if hit by her paralysis!
But how long had Lu Yi been stiff?
Three seconds at most! Even less than three seconds?!
The wood magician panicked, but her outstretched hand had already been caught by Lu Yi.
Lu Yi's hands were wrapped in strong magical power, and she couldn't break free at all.
No--
Lu Yi grabbed her hand and lifted her into the air.
Then she was swept away by Lu Yi's magic and fell heavily outside the ring.
The wood magician wanted to struggle, but the magic power that enveloped her seemed like the most ancient forbidden spell. She was unable to mobilize even the slightest magic power in her body within this magic power.
No!
The rapid descent caused an irrepressible fear to rise in her heart.
The fear brought by the inability to mobilize magic power was infinitely magnified in the state of super-speed and weightlessness.
At this moment, she seemed to have turned back into the fragile ordinary human being who had no magic and could be hurt by anyone.
No--
The wood magician fell heavily under the stage.
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