Taranna had just announced the rules of the trial, and Michelle had immediately brought a stranger to meet Grandmaster Fenoa. This was especially so in front of so many outsiders. This put Taranna in a difficult position.
"Who is he? Michelle, you're getting bolder and bolder. Not only did you miss the banquet yesterday, you actually brought a stranger here today! " The one who spoke was Michelle's older sister, Feli. As she had been preparing in the palace, she had not been at the Pavilion of Verdant Trees. She did not know of Chen Rui's' identity '.
Faced with her sister's questioning, Michelle pouted in dissatisfaction, "I was ordered by my mother to send Richard to see Teacher!"
"Her Majesty's orders?" Taranna frowned and looked towards Chen Rui, "However, the magic array for the trial has already been activated. This magic array was personally set up by Teacher, and it is filled with all sorts of traps and dangers. Even I cannot stop it. If you want to see Teacher, you have to wait until the trial ends at night. "
Michelle looked at Chen Rui. Chen Rui did not want to make things difficult for the little girl, so he shrugged, "So there's a magic array. Then let's wait until nightfall. I'm not in a hurry."
At this moment, a cold voice rang out from among the students, "Ariel, didn't you say that the fellow with the bird on his head was very strong? So he's a coward. "
The red-haired Ariel spread her hands, "Unfortunately, I cannot predict a person's courage. Perhaps what I sensed earlier was his bird and not his person."
The students immediately burst into laughter. Michelle shouted angrily, "Richard is not a coward! You baddies are not good people! "
"Michelle! How can you be so rude to my friend! " Feli said with a frown, "Don't forget that you are the princess of the elves. You should learn some things instead of disregarding your status and fooling around with that despicable half-elf or some unknown fellow all day long!"
Feli's words might not be wrong from her perspective, but the tone of her reprimand did not leave her younger sister any face. It seemed to be purposely showing off her sister's authority in front of the students.
Michelle's face turned red, "Don't talk about Blanche like that! She is my friend! Richard is too! Quickly apologize! "
Chen Rui looked at the little elven princess who was on the verge of tears because of him and Blanche. He felt a faint warmth in his heart and said, "How about this, I'll go see Grandmaster Fenoa now. I'll go alone. If I see the Grandmaster before you, I only have one request. All of you, including Princess Fei Li, must apologize to my friend Michelle. "
Chen Rui addressed Phyllis as "princess," but when he mentioned Michelle, he used the word "friend." The attentive little elf girl's eyes lit up when she heard this.
As soon as these words came out, the students burst into an uproar. These students were the best of the best in Starlight Academy. Many of them were even the descendants of the nobles of empires or kingdoms. This ordinary-looking guy actually said that he would defeat all of them. He was simply boasting shamelessly.
"What a big tone!" Kane sneered, "What if you lose?"
"I'll satisfy any of your requests," Chen Rui turned to look at Rambis, "Teacher Rambis, what do you think?"
Rambis frowned and quickly exchanged opinions with the two teachers. She nodded, "Alright, if you lose, we won't ask for too much. You just have to apologize to our students and answer a few of my questions truthfully."
"Deal." Chen Rui smiled indifferently, as though he did not care about these geniuses at all.
This attitude angered the crowd, and they all started to clamor. Chen Rui did not mind, watching as the students entered the misty purple forest. Michelle, however, was a little anxious, "Why aren't you going in yet?"
"There's no rush. The magic array at the entrance is very interesting. Those who enter late will have an advantage."
Michelle was stunned. She asked Taranna, "Master, is it like that?"
Taranna revealed a look of surprise, looking deeply at this human, "This advantage is not so easy to take."
Actually, this was not a 'advantage'. The entrance was set up with a water mimicry triangular array. Those who entered first would trigger the magic array, and those who entered later would be able to understand the structure of the array based on the undulations in front of them, allowing them to decipher it.
What he needed to pay attention to was "cracking" and not "passing". Although the triangular pattern was not a complicated magic circle, the magic circle was dead, while the human was alive. The triangular pattern that Grandmaster Fenoya had personally set up had its own mysteries. If it was Taranna who entered it for the first time, even Taranna would not have the confidence to crack it, let alone this ordinary looking human.
Chen Rui shrugged, not saying anything. After a while, he walked forward.
"Richard! The trial array is very dangerous … "
Chen Rui turned around, but Michelle's next words were not 'be careful' or anything like that. Instead, she said, "Why don't you take your bird first …"
Before she could finish speaking, she saw the person who was sweating on his forehead had disappeared.
Taranna did not notice the ambiguity in his junior sister's words. What he noticed was the time when Chen Rui entered the magic array. It was actually the best time to sense the undulations. His eyes could not help but shine brightly.
Chen Rui did not want to show off. One reason was to fight for Michelle, and the other reason was to see and learn the magic array set up by Grandmaster Fenoa. Magic array was a separate subject, but it was closely related to alchemy. Chen Rui's current magic array skills were already quite high. He was also proficient in Dragon Inscription and ancient runes. Coupled with the help of [Deep Analysis], he was almost at the quasi-grandmaster level.
Of course, Chen Rui's biggest goal was to use this trip to the Jadeite Forest Sea to reach the threshold of a grandmaster in mechanics.
The triangular array began to emit strange undulations, then it gradually returned to calmness. Taranna showed a smile of "I knew it", but soon after, the undulations appeared again. This happened repeatedly, and the elf master could not help but frown.
The Starlight Academy students who entered the magic array earlier were originally fighting fiercely with the "enemies" who mimicked the power of the water element. They only felt that the enemies were sometimes strong and sometimes weak. When they were tired of dealing with them, the enemies suddenly turned into water ripples and disappeared, revealing the path ahead. Many students thought that their efforts had defeated the enemies, so they cheered.
The sound that was originally blocked by the magic array reached the entrance. Taranna's face suddenly changed. That human actually cracked the triangular array! Fenoa was a mechanic grandmaster, but he was also quite knowledgeable about magic arrays. He had already reached the quasi-grandmaster level. How could it be cracked by this human in such a short time …
The change in Taranna's expression was noticed by Rambis. Listening to the faint cheers in the distance, the beautiful female teaching assistant showed a thoughtful look. No one knew what she was thinking.
In the Purple Heart Tree House, a tall, thin, and handsome male elf was sitting leisurely in front of a table. There was a strange chessboard on the table. The elf held a chess piece in his left hand and a small wine glass in his right hand. The wine in the glass was amber in color, exuding a faint fragrance.
There was another person opposite the elf, a dwarf with a white beard and hair. His hair was messy, but his beard was carefully woven into small braids. The dwarf's height was only a little more than half of the elf's, but the wine glass in his hand was three times bigger than the elf's. He was gulping down the wine.
"Berndt, your way of drinking is simply a waste of my Orchid Wine." The male elf looked at the droplets of wine in the dwarf's glass with distress.
Berndt's eyes glared, "The wine should be like this to taste good. The way you drink is even more sissy than a female dwarf! Alright, hurry up and play chess! "
"What's the hurry?" The elven male who was scolded as a sissy did not get angry. He slowly took a sip from his cup. "Playing chess is like drinking wine. You have to taste it slowly to enjoy it. A vulgar fellow like you … including all the forest dwarves, would never understand it."
"Hmph! Hurry up, or else you lose! " The old dwarf still drank a big mouthful of wine. As he was about to speak, he saw a map on the opposite wall emitting a faint light and buzzing sound. He immediately shouted, "Hey! Your whatever array is broken! "
"Oh?" The elf unhurriedly picked up a piece of pastry and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly. "Today is Starlight Academy's Advanced Scholar Trial. It seems that the students participating this time are of good quality. At least one of them is proficient in magic arrays. I remember that Sukrad is quite knowledgeable in the study of the three types of inscription arrays. To be able to break it so quickly, it should be his proud disciple. It's a pity that this is just an appetizer. There's still more to come … "
Sukrad was the Deputy Dean of Starlight Academy and a famous master of magic arrays. He was highly respected and famous, but in the mouth of this elf, he was called a "little guy."
The two of them drank while playing chess. Suddenly, the buzzing sound came from the map again. The elf's eyebrows twitched slightly, and the old dwarf laughed, "It's the second one. It seems that Sukrad has taken in an impressive disciple."
The elf nodded, "It's indeed surprising. No matter how far he can advance this time, we should meet this young man with considerable potential."
Time passed, and unknowingly, it was already the fourth buzzing sound.
At this moment, the elf and the old dwarf were no longer in the mood to play chess. They were both staring at the magic map. Finally, the fifth area flashed. The old dwarf, Bernard, scratched his head, "Good fella, he passed the Fierce Dragon Lightning Killing Array in thirty-five minutes. That's only ten minutes slower than my speed. Fortunately, he passed and not broke it. Otherwise, I wouldn't know where to hide my old face …"
Before he finished speaking, the buzzing sound was heard. The old dwarf jumped up from his chair as if he had been electrocuted, "It was broken? Impossible! Fenoya, didn't that Fierce Dragon Lightning Killing Array contain the power of the Giant Dragon Clan's inscription? Did you change something? "
The elf looked at the map with a solemn face, "I can tell you with certainty that I didn't change anything."
The dwarf stroked his beard, "Is Sukrad's disciple that powerful?"
"No, even Sukrad himself doesn't have this kind of ability …" The elf took a deep breath, "Old friend, let's calm down and drink first. I believe that it won't be long before we can meet this mysterious guest who is at least a magic array quasi-Grandmaster."
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