Chapter 31: Make a Fortune [VIP]
Anger is the best way to inspire strength.
There was always only one voice on the field, Alec completely exploded.
The ice quenching technique was stacked layer by layer, and the air suddenly became thinner.
Ice crystals can be seen everywhere, and there is a barrier condensed by the great magician near the duel stand. Despite this, many spectators still feel the cold invasion.
"It's so cold." The cold-repelling spells were generally ineffective.
Without exaggeration or understatement, Alec's magic power is far ahead of his peers.
The transparent cage was like an ice cave holding him down. Luke was blessed with good preparation. According to the tutorial, he was ready to recite the most complicated spell he had learned during this period of time at the moment of escaping underground.
In fact, he was still a little nervous.
Before this, Luke had almost no combat experience, and his two most formal battles were both against Alec.
Some spells must be carried out through sound to achieve resonance with the elements.
But when it comes to spells, the slightest mistake can lead to a huge error.
As if he had seen the signs of Luke's counterattack, Alec sneered and cast a spell: "Frost Prison."
Luke's lips were trembling, and he gave up on casting the spell the first time.
cold.
It's too cold.
This can't go on.
Alec on the other side took advantage of the victory.
Luke kept retreating, but there was an invisible barrier behind him.
Unfortunately, his affinity to the element of light is average, and even if he mobilizes it, he cannot counteract the two elements of ice and water in the air.
In the stands, Quill's eyes narrowed slightly, and Luke completely missed the best time to release the spell.
It's already quite good to be able to achieve this level after cramming for the exam. He moved his lips, preparing to send a message to the other party to prepare to retreat.
Just when Quill was about to remind Luke to withdraw to save his life, a golden light suddenly flashed in the stands, and a hint of surprise flashed across Quill's expression.
A light rose above the ice prison, and an arrow pierced through the air and stabbed into the back.
This arrow completely deviated from the test template. It did not condense the ice element, but the power of faith.
The cold was dispelled, hidden light flowed in the cage, and the outermost layer of the cage began to melt silently.
Witnessing this scene, the audience exclaimed in amazement and were also slightly shocked.
They clearly didn't sense much light element, so how did the other side reverse the situation?
Quill leaned back in his seat with a little more appreciation on his face.
There were few people who could see the trick at this time, but the high-level dark elves were definitely one of them.
"What an uncomfortable aura." He was not referring to Luke himself, but the elemental power exerted by the other party.
It is not a light element, but it is too bright.
Life and death situations are the easiest way to unleash human potential. Luke had tried to compress his huge faith into a "point" before, but he failed every time.
I didn't expect that the first success would happen in actual combat, by breaking through the surface with a point and successfully making a hole in the solid ice prison.
Unfortunately, Alec reacted faster, accurately located the arrow's position, and responded immediately.
"A little gambling is good for the soul."
Knowing that this arrow could break the prison but it would be difficult to injure the opponent, Luka took a deep breath and decided to take a gamble.
I bet Alec will be afraid of ropes for ten years after being bitten by a snake once!
He regrouped the elements and shot straight ahead.
A ball of golden light attacked.
The scene of the bombing in the holy city came to his mind, and Alex reflexively allocated most of his strength to form a protective shield to block in front of him.
Almost at the same time, the golden light ball collided with the protective shield, but there was no explosion. Instead, it disappeared in an instant.
It's a trap!
The golden light is a smoke bomb.
But it was too late.
Most of his strength was diverted, causing him to be at a disadvantage when dealing with arrows. The sharp arrows penetrated his armor and stabbed into his flesh, instantly tearing his skin apart.
Under normal circumstances, even if Alec temporarily moved most of his strength, he would not be hurt.
But the fact is, he was injured seriously, but not too seriously.
Luke played several tricks at once.
In addition to hidden arrows and smoke bombs, Luke did not target the weak heart, but the arm.
After Alec's arm was blown off, he has not been able to find a suitable one yet, and has had to rely on the dwarves to temporarily graft it.
At present, the match between this replaceable arm and the body is naturally average. The arrow was stuck in the running mechanical device, and the whole arm fell off on the spot!
But to outsiders, the scene looks a bit scary.
"Oh my god, Iliad crippled His Highness's arm!"
The exclamations echoed in the stands, irritating Alec's eardrums. He kept his head down, completely immersed in the demonic energy.
"Well, that's a good trick."
As a few words fell to the ground, the arm that fell to the ground melted directly in the blood. The corrosive curse was pervasive, and the protective shield in front of Luka was also rapidly humified by the strange elemental force.
Luke's heart tightened, as if it was some forbidden spell.
There are two types of people he hates fighting with the most in this world: the first is those who beat the younger ones and then the older ones come along, and the second is those who, once they are at a disadvantage, start to fight to the death.
A speed spell floated into the air, and Luke said loudly: "Alec, you are really powerful. Today, with my power, I can hurt you, but I can't kill you. This battle is considered a draw."
There was a sudden sense of surprise in the stands.
Alec, who was about to turn on the maximum and load it to 99%, said: "..."
He didn't dare to curse the devil and almost blurted out, "Fuck you, Saint, it's a draw!"
Those who don’t know would think they are inferior.
It's a draw just like that. How can such a good thing happen in the world?
Alec swung the magic sword, opened his mouth, and the spell just floated out.
Lu Jia looked around and sneered, "There are many spies from the other princes in the stands today. If you and I are seriously injured in the fight, won't it let others take advantage?"
He stood proudly in the air, his ponytail fluttering in the wind: "Besides, you should know that I also have reservations."
Once he launches the truth, both sides will suffer losses of 800 on their own while injuring 1,000 on the enemy. The other crown princes will not miss this opportunity and will mobilize all their forces to carry out a sniper attack.
And Alec deserved to be their target of sniping.
He understood the subtext, but the feeling of being neither up nor down made Alec almost spit out a mouthful of devil blood.
If you knew this would happen, but still challenged me, then what's the point of this duel?
Luke spoke with a eloquent voice, saying:
"You can learn about my strength in advance, let other princes know that there is a hidden danger like me, and share their own pressure. It's not a loss for you."
Frankly speaking, if it really comes to a life-and-death fight, he might not be the one to die.
At worst, you can activate the big move and use the space scroll. Ordinary space scrolls cannot break through the space blockade of the duel arena, but the one given by the saint definitely can.
It's just a life-saving trump card, so don't use it if you can.
The 100% power accumulation of Darkness was interrupted, and Alec always felt that something was overlooked. However, while thinking silently, Luke nodded slightly to the referee.
It seemed that both sides were about to fight to the death, but they stopped at the same time.
The illogical move made the referee think that Alec had agreed to stop, so he appeared in the middle of the stage, raised a small flag, and announced the result: "Draw!"
In order to prevent accidental injuries, the strongest point of referees throughout the ages is speed: speaking speed, running speed, and flag-raising speed are all outstanding.
A draw made Alec's eyes snap up.
Luke on the other side had already returned to the ground and performed a noble etiquette: "Thank you for giving way."
"you……"
"The Dark City is still yours."
Luke interrupted, making it clear that Alec had lost nothing.
"According to the agreement, only my works can be circulated." He turned sideways to face the audience in the stands and said: "Thank you to all the audience who came to the scene today."
In the stands, Quill frowned, Luke had prepared a line, but it was one he really didn't want to say.
After a pause, considering that he was tutoring a student, he closed his eyes and said:
"Ten years in the east, ten years in the west, the weak defeats the strong, Iliad!"
The reporters sent by Lillian, as well as other Crown Prince spies who had long been eager to step on Alec to ascend to the throne, immediately followed suit and shouted: "Ten years in the east, ten years in the west, the weak defeated the strong, Iliad!"
"Iliad!"
The other audience members didn't understand, but the atmosphere was right, so they just shouted first.
How can the weak defeat the strong?
Where is the victory!
Alec's rationality was completely broken by his shouts, and the magic power that he had just restrained burst out and attacked him violently.
The sudden terrorist attack was easily resolved the next moment.
Berlani stood in the middle of the field without knowing when. "The duel is over. It's not good to attack after the game."
Alec gritted his teeth and asked in a deep voice, "Can't you see his dirty tricks?"
Force the pace, dramatize strength and weakness and wins and losses, and finally switch concepts to confuse others' judgment.
Every step was extremely dirty.
Blaney blocked out the noise from those around him and said meaningfully, "He is weak."
Alec's expression changed slightly.
Of course, he was aware of Iliad's "weakness", so he easily sent out his demon servants to eavesdrop without any scruples, attempting to expose his true identity before the Wanchao Society.
Even if they fail, they can send troops to block the enemy outside the holy city.
If it were any other opponent, Lialek would stop temporarily if he failed once.
The reason why he dared to do this was simply because there was no demon behind him, and he only relied on a ridiculous work to maintain his bond with the dragon clan.
"Survival of the fittest," he gritted his teeth.
The life and death of the weak depends on the thoughts of the strong, not on who is weaker and who is right!
In order to prevent Alec from completely breaking down the defense, Luke considerately stopped trying to set the pace. A rainbow of light shot out, and huge billboards, posters, and loudspeakers appeared on the duel field.
With one hand on the edge of the billboard, Lujia held a loudspeaker in the other hand. It was a pity that he didn't have three heads and six arms, otherwise he would have to carry a speaker and provide his own BGM.
"Want to know the secret to becoming stronger? Then you must watch this movie."
"Do you want your children to be late bloomers? Then you must watch this movie."
The reporter in the stands wrote furiously:
[…After the draw, Alec was indignant, and after the duel, he took advantage of Iliad's unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack, but was stopped by the dragon clan! Iliad was not affected by the sneak attack, the scene...】
The reporter glanced at the stage uncertainly and continued writing:
【Promoting new works on site...】
Luke cast a levitation spell again, allowing the concept poster to be displayed in mid-air, with the actor column at the top being particularly eye-catching:
Starring: Denton, Leo, Issa (Dragon), Donna (Holy City)…
The previous battle was just for fun, but now everyone, including representatives of some major forces who came to watch the battle, couldn't help but sit up straight.
The audience around were talking about it: "There are actually dragons appearing in this show!"
"Not only that, the supporting characters are from the Holy City, and the music is from the Dark Elves."
Although the current popular operas are all boring love stories.
But with this lineup, even if it's shi, they still want to give it a try!
The reporter observed all directions and recorded the facts truthfully. He noticed Alec's ugly expression and suddenly realized that the Dark City was still the territory of the Highness. He began to doubt himself: "Can this newspaper be published?"
"Other crown princes will practice the justice of the newspaper's courage to speak the truth."
The reporter thought the light words made sense when he heard them. He looked at the source of the voice and saw a young man with neat short silver hair.
The latter tilted his head and uttered: "Even if there is a blockage in the city, other places will be sold out."
It makes more sense!
Those competitors of Alec will secretly push for distribution.
Just when the reporter wanted to chat with the short-haired boy, in the blink of an eye, the other party disappeared.
At this moment, where the spies were gathered, no one noticed the appearance of an extra figure.
After the quill appeared, he stared at the stage and cast a spell silently.
On the duel field, the blood that Alec had previously shed continued to mist and spread toward the stands.
Someone is stealing blood!
Strong men from all sides had already proven that curses could not be directly implemented through blood, but when Alec saw someone stealing blood, he reflexively stopped it.
In the silent tug of war, the blood began to move towards Alec again. Unexpectedly, the manipulator in secret suddenly withdrew his hand and directly transformed the pulling force into pushing force. The blood mist condensed into a heavy fist and hit Alec's abdomen.
Alec took a few steps back and spat out blood.
Why are they dirtier than each other today?
Alec raised his head suddenly, and his magic sense covered the surroundings, discovering the gathering place of the spies.
"The third or the fourth?"
Alec suppressed his shock and anger. Only they would spend huge costs to raise powerful demon servants whose strength is comparable to or even surpasses that of demon generals.
When Alec vomited blood, Blaney glanced at the audience and saw only a quick flash of silver.
As luck would have it, Alec spat out blood on the place where Luke had spat out blood before. When Luke, who was being suppressed at the beginning, saw it, he resisted the urge to taunt him and just curled the corners of his mouth.
Blaney reminded: "It's time to go."
Luke was searching for the quill.
A large number of spectators poured out of the auditorium first, and some were almost rushing to the duel arena.
Is it true that the rumor that elemental forces cannot be sensed is true? How did he make such rapid progress without anyone teaching him? Was there any help from the dragon clan behind the scenes?
A series of questions linger in these people's minds, and they want answers, and some of them even want to take advantage of the situation and do something.
"I'll go."
If you don't leave now, you will never be able to leave.
Luke quickly moved closer to Berlani, preparing to leave through the dedicated entrance passage.
Before leaving, he deliberately put on a regretful look and said, "If there weren't other competitors, I might have been able to gain control by using the trick you taught me."
In a word, success blurred the point.
At least among Alec's 100% resentment towards him, there was also a bit of relief.
The most important thing is that the Dark City is not lost.
Alec turned and walked towards the stands. He was very prestigious in the Dark City, and no one dared to laugh at him in person. They only started discussing in low voices from a distance.
…
A duel caused a traffic jam in the Dark City.
The entire city is divided into 149 blocks, with countless black markets of all sizes, making it a paradise for lawless criminals.
The hotel where Luke is staying temporarily is called Demon on Demon. It is one of the few safe areas where fighting is prohibited.
The daily rental price is high and there is no reserve price. As long as a guest can afford a higher price, the previous low bidder will be kicked out immediately.
"Damn capitalists."
In the past few days, he has contributed at least a hundred gold coins to the GDP of the Dark City. It is really unpleasant to think that part of the money will eventually flow into Alec's pocket.
Just as he was thinking about it, Lujia pushed open the door of the room and was greeted by a dazzling golden light.
The light was so bright that he thought it was an enemy attack.
Quill sat calmly on the gold mountain and said, "I won the bet."
The City of Darkness has a separate set of betting rules, and there are casinos in all the major black markets setting up stakes for Luke and Alec’s fight.
"I guess I'm the only one who can flatten it."
Luke was stunned.
No wonder they teach themselves so carefully. Apart from the resentment from the audience after the film is released, they can also make a lot of money.
"You are the main player in the duel," the quill remained arrogant and reserved, "and you get half the benefits."
He never tried to share anything with anyone, and his tone of voice was unnatural.
Even the feather pen itself did not realize that it was invisibly influenced by Luke. For example, the other party had distributed the profits from writing in the same way.
"Gambling is prohibited in the Holy City." Berlani suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at the quill: "You don't look like someone from the Holy City."
Quill glanced at Luka: "Does your Excellency think he is the son of a saint?"
Indeed not.
Berlani is well-read: "I have a stereotype."
Luke: “…”
After a fierce battle, Luke returned to a relatively safe environment. He felt a little exhausted and sat down in the pile of gold.
Through the reflection, I could vaguely see what I looked like now.
Her ponytail was soaked with sweat and hung down in strands, and there was blood at the corners of her mouth. It was not very decent at all.
"I have the upper hand in this duel."
There are many restrictions in the duel arena, such as not being able to use magic talismans and only being able to use one enchanted weapon at most, otherwise Alec would have a lot of treasures.
Some time ago, the other party was injured in an explosion and his demonic energy was disordered.
But the demon in question tried desperately to cover up the incident in order to save face, and the result was worse than if he had announced at the beginning that the explosion caused the injury.
Berlani said: "Don't be modest, there is no such thing as a lucky win."
The explosion was also planned by Luke.
Luca had already thought of a lot of words to explain why he suddenly became able to practice, but in the end, they were of no use to Leo, and they were also of no use to Berlani.
The other party simply congratulated him on his victory, and then said, "The music for Leo's message has been completed, and the photo stone will be sent to you soon. You can contact the opera house now."
"So fast!" Luke couldn't believe the speed.
Berlani: "It is said that the dark elf who composed the music for you is still cursing his parents."
Luke: "You are scolding me, right?"
"certainly."
"That's good."
Luke breathed a sigh of relief, a smile on his face: "I have finally waited for this day."
All this effort was put into ensuring that the film could be successfully released in the Dark City and to pave the way for the Huishou voting in advance.
With the screening rights recognized in public and the help of the dragon clan, it was easy for the opera house to reach an agreement.
Blanchett warned him to be careful of Alec's hidden evil.
"He's too late," Luke said.
Alec has been busy these past two days using public opinion to blame his failure on the dragon clan in order to eliminate the impact of the failed duel.
"Unfortunately, a new storm of public opinion will soon arise."
Each wave is higher than the last, what they are competing for is speed.
Crematorium movie, please show it!
Luke gave a typical devil-like smile, and under the flickering light of the gold coins, his whole body seemed to be glowing.
Also sitting in the pile of gold, Quill looked at him and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
The author has something to say:
Excerpt from Luke's diary:
I will definitely become famous all over the world.
Alex left a high-profile message: Haha, I did it thousands of years ago.
Luke: Oh, it’s outdated.
Alex: ...
Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival and the movie is released, what a great day!
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