Arcane Lord

Returning to his seat, Xia Duo found Kim opposite him staring at him from across the platform. Xia Duo gave him a row of big white teeth in return, but didn't take it to heart.

The next three games involved players from the Tower of Time. Ganal and Carey also played respectively and successfully won their first games.

On the other hand, Palos, who was injured due to his mentor's experiment, did not come, leaving the Tower of Time without a player out of thin air, which also caused some discussion among the guests.

Even the crowd of people watching was a little commotion, and the Lord and Aibo's faces were not very good-looking. Whether they won or not was a matter of ability, which was understandable, but whether they came or not was a matter of attitude!

Sha Duo couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for Paros. Not only Paros, but also his mentor was probably going to be put in the shoes later.

The competition behind the Tower of Time was all filled with outsiders. Xia Duo noticed that the players coming out from the opposite side were old and young, but none of them were women.

As humans, there is not much difference in thinking and will between men and women, but the difference in the number of male and female mages is so obvious, which reminds Xia Duo of scientists on Earth.

Although theoretically the ratio of men to women should be equal, the actual ratio is quite different due to various reasons. When placed in Netheril, which has a more backward social structure, the disparity in proportion between male and female mages is even more obvious.

This was probably a problem that even the gods could not solve. Xia Duo just thought about it for a moment before focusing on the competition on the battle stage.

A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door.

Ordinary people watching could only see the red and blue missiles whizzing around, suddenly appearing and disappearing, and cheering a few times.

Mages like Xia Duo can see the specific details of the counter-spells of both sides. Of course, due to distance limitations, the details are actually relatively vague.

But it’s still rewarding!

Such as counter-attack techniques and counter-attack ideas, Xia Duo feels like he has learned new knowledge every time he watches a scene, and this is indeed the case.

These foreign mages are indeed very skilled. Most of them are not "spell casters" who follow the script, but real mages who have their own understanding of the principles of magic and the nature of the magic network.

At this moment, Xia Duo felt pressure, but at the same time he was also excited. Even just a simplified version of the Arcane Competition can yield so much. What if it is a competition initiated by the Grand Arcanist?

…

The first round of competition ended quickly. In the end, only ten people entered the second round, and Tower of Time accounted for three. Although there were some behind-the-scenes operations, since none of the archmages objected, it was still within the allowable range of the rules. .

However, the second round was not that simple. Except for Xia Duo's relatively easy victory, Ganal's victory was very difficult. He almost exhausted all his spells with the opponent, and Kaili lost easily.

"Xia Duo, it's up to you next time!" Kaili encouraged, but his eyes were focused on the person opposite him, the person Kaili lost to just now.

He was also ridiculed by the other party. After hearing this less sincere encouragement, Xia Duo still nodded and accepted it. The next step really depends on him.

Ganal has exhausted almost all his spells. If it is a formal arcane competition, even if it is not one every day, there will be special recovery methods to allow the contestants to start in the best condition.

But Savile led this time——

Canal is considered out.

Compared to Kaili's perfunctory encouragement, Ganal's support was much greater. He quietly discussed his analysis of other participating mages with Sha Duo.

There is a proverb in Xia Duo's hometown that "one person can make a difference, two people can make a difference". Xia Duo believes in collective wisdom, otherwise he would not set up any organization.

With Ganal's analysis, he also attracted Carey, and the three-man plan became even longer. Although Carey was a little unreliable, it was enough to provide one more angle of analysis.

…

In the third round, five people participated, but in fact Ganal was unable to participate, and there were only four people. Shado's opponent, like Kim in the first round, also came from the Pure White Tower.

And judging from where they sit next to each other, they might still be under the same mentor.

"Tower of Time, Chateau!"

"Pure white tower, Navik!"

As Aibok's name was called, Shadori came to the opposite platform smoothly, exchanged salutes with Navik on the opposite side, and then each applied protective spells.

Neither of them had any desire to talk. They both used [Magic Missile] at the same time. Xia Duo was making progress, and others would not fall behind.

Xia Duo's first attack was disintegrated just after it passed the midpoint, while the opponent's blue missile was successfully countered by him more than one meter past the midpoint.

Is this going to happen?

A distracting thought flashed through Sha Duo's mind, and he quickly brushed it aside, focusing all his attention on the battle, but his second attack was still quickly countered by the opponent.

Navik's second attack was more than half a meter closer to Shado. Shado's total reaction distance was only 5 meters, which was almost two meters.

It wasn't that his reaction speed was insufficient, but that the details of Navik's second spell were different from the first, and Shado did the same.

But in terms of quickly understanding the principles of the opponent's spells and counterattacking, Xia Duo has already lost!

From a rational perspective, Shado should admit defeat in time for the next round, but if Navik can't win, how can he ensure that he will win the next round?

After all, we still have to give it a try. Instead of leaving it to the next game and winning a maximum of third place, we might as well directly win a minimum of second place here.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Duo has made a decision!

Generally speaking, mages cast spells in pursuit of stability rather than maximum effect. The most direct reason is of course for the sake of their own lives.

Losing control of a spell may not necessarily hurt the enemy, but it will definitely hurt yourself first. If it is in a spell laboratory, then there is no need to worry, but in a normal magic network environment——

Xia Duo actually relies on his physical fitness that is far superior to ordinary people to resist the backlash of spells. Of course, this is the worst case scenario.

The best case scenario is that the spell is cast successfully and the opponent is unable to counterattack. Then, with the blessing of the "spell combo" of the on-site magic circle, the opponent may not be able to counterattack even if no adjustments are made.

In the second round, Kaili was triggered by his opponent in a combo, which directly triggered the protection of the magic circle on the field.

But if you want to fight, you can't be too explicit, at least you can't let the lords and archmages above think that he is a brave and ruthless person.

Next, the [Magic Missile] used by Sha Duo, although it is still a missile, can be added with a "men". This was originally prepared by Sha Duo to spy on the second layer of the magic net!

Now it is being used temporarily, and even if it fails, the big shots will know that Xia Duo is already close to a level 3 mage, and it will take him no more than a year to become an official mage.

Lord, Eberk and other people in the Tower of Time should be more aware that it has been less than a month since he upgraded his authority in the Tower of Time!