In the past, the champion of this competition had always been reserved by the Moffett Academy. Now that such a dark horse had suddenly appeared, everyone's jaws dropped to the ground.
However, the higher-ups of the Moffett Academy weren't too surprised. They already knew that the Kingdom of Karen had the "Charged Crystal", so after Naifei won the championship, not only did they hold an award ceremony for her that was far more spectacular than the previous competitions, they even asked the host to praise her to the skies with extremely exaggerated words.
After that, the "champion's reward" was changed from a "Fine" quality "Puppet Core Magic Circle" to an "Epic" Puppet Core Magic Circle personally made by Jeremy. At the same time, they also gave her the opportunity to study in the Moffett Academy for free, and offered her the same salary as a "Researcher".
This was obviously a blatant attempt to rope her in. The dean of the Moffett Academy didn't care how he was slapped in the face yesterday, because he only wanted to know how the "Charged Crystal" was made …
For puppets that used magic crystal energy, the appearance of the "Energy Charging Crystal" was a complete revolution. The improvement it brought to the School of Puppets far exceeded that of any other school!
Naifei didn't refuse or agree to it. She just received the reward with a smile and left the arena with Akasha.
In the "Path of Glory" arena of Ballenna, the main event of the "Battle of Wizards" series of the "Crown of Twilight Autumn" finally began. However, within half an hour of the start of the preliminaries, everyone's attention was focused on one person …
Lassman's "Battle of Wizards" was said to be extremely skillful, because in the preliminaries, the teams would take turns to fight, and the interval between each match was extremely short. The official saying was that this was a "real high-intensity battle". Therefore, every Wizard had to adjust their strategy and rest time according to the opponent they were facing.
In every competition, it was a great pleasure for the audience to guess the outcome of the match and their countermeasures. The bets between the favorites for the championship usually cost more than 10,000 gold coins. But this year, they obviously lost such an opportunity … because the strength that Merlinsera displayed had turned "guessing who would win" into "guessing who would force her to use her second move".
That's right, Merlinsera had defeated all of her opponents with her fireballs, and by doing so, she had admitted that she was the mysterious person who had defeated all of her opponents in the four arenas!
No matter who the opponent was, and no matter what skills, spells, or items the opponent used, all the matches that Merlinsera participated in would end within three seconds.
She was calm and taciturn, but her chilling aura frightened the three mages into failing to cast their spells, causing them to suffer a backlash on the spot!
The "duel of mages" was the biggest stage for Lachman to select mages and display the strength of the academy. Therefore, it was not just Chairman Jeremy who was present to watch the duel. The rest of the higher-ups of the various academies were also present. Among them, there was no lack of powerful "old guys" like Lachman.
In front of them, Merlinsera crushed all of her opponents with the power of a Magus. She didn't even have to use a second skill in any of the twelve rounds of matches.
This scene basically destroyed the last bit of hope that the Lassiman Council had …
When faced with the cobalt ores and charged crystals that Roddy had displayed, the Council believed that they could negotiate and purchase them through various means. They believed that Lachman had the most advanced magic technology and reserves of mages. In terms of magic attainments, the Council didn't believe that a "country bumpkin" like Roddy could compare to Lachman!
However, Merlinsera had mercilessly torn apart their last layer of concealment.
In the past, they could still look down on all the other countries with their "magic reserves", but now? They realized that the "Kingdom of Karen" not only had the resources that they urgently needed, but also powerful magic power. They were completely unmoved by force or persuasion, and were not afraid of anything!
The Council members finally understood why Roddy dared to refuse to meet with them yesterday. If they thought about it from another perspective, if they didn't lack anything, they could indeed ignore anyone.
Then how were they going to negotiate?
Chairman Jeremy frowned. Yesterday, he thought that although the Council was in a passive position, they still had something to rely on. But now, it seemed that if they started a negotiation, Lachman really had no initiative at all …
However, when most of the Council members were thinking about how to cooperate with the Kingdom of Karen, Lotica stared at Merlinsera and whispered to his subordinate beside him, "She's a tough nut to crack. Don't mess with her if you can."
Then, he shifted his gaze to Roddy, who was sitting on the other side of the arena, and narrowed his eyes.
"It seems that the messenger isn't very capable. If there's a chance, you can decide for yourself."
"Yes … Mr. Chairman."
At the same time, Roddy sat leisurely on the "VIP seat" and watched the matches below.
This was naturally the best seat that money could buy. After all, he had cheated the Lassiman Council of more than a hundred thousand gold coins with the "asymmetric information", so it would be a waste not to spend the money. So, he ordered almost all the snacks and drinks and placed them on the shelf beside him for Naifei, Akasha, and Sylvia to enjoy.
"Are there any more matches after this? It's really tiring for them to fight twelve matches in a row. "
"There's also the formation and formation breaking competition, but that Merlinsera didn't sign up."
Akasha glanced at the intricately framed competition schedule. Roddy nodded and got up to leave the VIP seat to relieve himself. But when he turned the corner of the stairs dozens of meters away, he was stopped by Doris, who had seized the opportunity to catch up.
"Lord Roddy, it's so hard to talk to you …"
Doris' voice was sickeningly sweet, but the resentment in her eyes was obvious. In fact, Roddy had already noticed that she was constantly looking for opportunities to approach him when he was on the VIP stand, so he was already prepared. He replied in surprise, "Oh my, Doris — I was going to look for you after the match yesterday, but who knew that those old men would block the hotel, so I really couldn't go out …"
"Yes, Lord Roddy is now a celebrity in Lassiman. Maybe he will completely forget about me in a few days …"
Doris bit her lip and lowered her head. "Then, would Lord Roddy like to come out and have a chat with us today?"
"Oh?"
Roddy glanced at her chest and smiled lecherously. "I can't leave now, why don't we … have dinner together?"
"Dinner is good, but I have something to discuss with Lord Roddy. It's about the cooperation between Eiseka and the Kingdom of Karen."
Hearing this, Rody pretended to be disappointed and said, "Talk about cooperation? Are you going to call your companions? "
"No, no, it's just me. What I mean is … we can talk slowly … "
Doris lowered her head and played with the corner of her skirt. Roddy instantly smiled. "Okay, okay, okay, where are we going? I'll definitely go! "
She whispered to Rody the hotel room that she had booked, and Doris ran away with a shy face. But as soon as she turned the corner, she let out a huge sigh of relief. In her eyes, Roddy must have taken the bait this time. What she needed to do next was to push him down as soon as possible …
But she did not know that Roddy, who was walking to the other side with light steps, also let out a sigh of relief.
"It seems like … it's finally time for a showdown."
*****
The most entertaining competition in Lassiman had indeed attracted many people to watch, but for the fishermen of Duriel, they were more concerned about their own livelihood.
Recently, the fishing boats that went out to sea had a 20 to 30 percent more harvest than before. In the past two days, there were even exaggerated scenes of fishing nets almost bursting. It was hard to catch fish in winter, so most people chose to go out to sea a few more times during this time, hoping to earn more hard-earned money.
But under the excitement of the profits, they seemed to have forgotten the fact that several fishing boats had not returned. Because everyone knew that there was something wrong with the fish this year, they only thought that these fishing boats that could sail for long distances were returning after a few more fishing trips. No one thought that these "overdue returns" were "missing".
But today, the fishermen at the port all experienced an unprecedented strangeness. Because they found that many fish species that should have been far out in the sea had actually appeared in the coastal waters.
The small fishing boats cast their nets a few hundred meters away from the shore, and they actually caught a lot of fish one after another. This kind of thing was simply unheard of in the past. At first, it was even treated as a rumor. But as the small fishing boats moved the fish ashore, the rest of the fishermen could not remain calm as they watched the big fishes that could be sold at a high price being carried away in front of their eyes …
"There's actually such a good thing?"
"What are you waiting for!? Hurry up and go! "
The fishermen who came to their senses all boarded their boats and sailed into the distance. Before most of them could cast their nets, they collectively witnessed an unforgettable scene …
Countless fish under the water began to frantically jump up.
Splashing sounds rang out incessantly. That was because the shoals of fish were rushing out of the water and falling back into the sea. At first, they were extremely small fish, but gradually, fish over 20 centimeters long appeared. Then, rays, small sharks, and even marlin that were over three meters long appeared!
The fishermen who were excitedly casting their nets to catch fish were scared pale. One by one, they hid in the corners of the fishing boats and did not dare to show their heads. Because many of them could not dodge in time and were hit by the fish that jumped out of the water. After falling into the sea, they did not even have time to struggle and were torn to pieces by the crazy fish …
"Boom! Boom! Boom! "
Violent sounds came from the bottom of the wooden fishing boats. The entire hull shook severely because of the continuous impact. There were many struggling fish on the deck, but the fishermen did not even dare to control the boat to return to the dock … because no one knew if they would end up like their companions who fell into the water.
And the people on the shore had already changed from the initial envy to shock — the fish that kept jumping out of the sea from afar and finally reached the shore!
The people standing at the port watched the "grand scene" of the fish leaping onto the shore. At first, there were people who went forward to pick up the fish with a net, but later on, they were frightened by the bigger fish and ran away desperately … because the smaller fish would only struggle when they came ashore, but the fish that were more than two meters in size were not something ordinary people could deal with. While they flopped, they did not forget to open their bloody mouths and bite everywhere. Some even directly bit people and dragged them into the water, instantly causing a blur of red.
Fear began to spread, but just as everyone was fleeing the pier in a frenzy, the frantically jumping shoal of fish suddenly retreated completely. The "Hua La Hua La" noise disappeared, and the originally boiling water completely quieted down. Only the continuous moans of being bitten could be heard …
The people who stopped in their tracks looked at each other, not knowing what this meant.
But the mage in charge of the dock's defense immediately reported the news to the council. At the same time, he also sent out a series of warnings. According to the "warning rules" set by the council, the fishermen were prohibited from continuing to go out to sea.
When the news reached Jeremy's desk, the archmage was frowning as he carefully read a copy of the "Lacheman Fishery" newspaper.
The newspaper was the latest issue, and it was the paper published by Roddy and Houdini. Jeremy did not read this by chance. After he understood what Roddy represented, he immediately realized that the news that Houdini had reported back then was probably true. The council's resolution and his distrust of Houdini were the indisputable main reasons for today's outcome. There was no way he could refuse it …
Now, the entire council had gone to look for Rody, but they could not even meet him. Obviously, they had really angered him. Therefore, if Jeremy wanted to repair the relationship, he could only start with Houdini. But he also knew that the Brenka Academy's actions towards Houdini would be unbearable … But now, with his position as the president, he could only look for a way to improve the relationship.
So, Houdini and Roddy's papers were found.
Originally, Jeremy did not think that Houdini would be able to write anything useful. However, when he saw the clear structure, tight logic, and detailed research materials, he suddenly realized that he had missed a very important discovery. When he flipped through Rody's' Mutation Research ', which could almost create a new research project, he felt ashamed for the first time.
Because Roddy and Houdini's mutual evidence was not only about the mutation of marine life, but also that there was a high probability that Lacheman would have to face a threat from the sea!
And this threat, as the president of the Lacheman Council, was almost completely ignored due to his arrogance!
Comparing it with Jeremy's previous research, he was even more certain that Roddy and Houdini's papers were correct. With this foundation, he immediately realized that this matter must be brought up to the council's agenda. But before he could write down the contents of the agenda, the news of the "dock anomaly" came. When he heard that the unprecedented "fish tide" had caused more than 40 casualties, Jeremy did not say anything. He picked up his staff and walked out the door.
"Order an 'emergency meeting'. All members must be present within an hour."
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