The interior of the No. 3 martial arts arena is designed like a frying pan, the most central place of the competition is exactly the bottom of the pan, and the circular stands around it extend upwards in a stepped shape until the top is connected with the rain eaves, like a large jar.After Su and I entered the arena, we went directly to the bottom of the stands, which was separated from the arena by a row of cast-iron fences.The black paint on the fence has become tattered, revealing the red anti-rust paint inside, and even on this layer of anti-rust paint, it is covered with scratches.In the middle of summer's rainy season, I think the fence may be corroded and rusted by the slightly sour rain, and the arena is about two meters lower than the stands, so that all spectators can watch the game clearly.The real arena is the size of three basketball courts, and the ground is very flat by the loess, and after the referee announced the name of the victorious team, he ran to me in a very low-key manner.At this time, I was next to the railing on the edge of the entrance stand of the martial arts arena, holding the railing with both hands and looking into the arena, and Su was standing next to me.The referee ran to my feet, and there was a very short acceleration sprint, when he was about to hit the brick wall, he raised his foot and stepped on the wall violently, and his body jumped up directly, and easily grabbed the high-speed rail fence nearly three meters from the ground with one hand, jumped to the stands like an ape, stood beside me steadily, smiled politely at me and Su who were stunned on the side, showed a row of neat teeth, and then walked straight out of the martial arts arena."
Well, Mr.
Referee, is the game over here?
I'm sorry we just came from outside and don't know much about the situation here!
”I hurriedly caught up with the referee and asked him very politely.The referee stopped and turned to look at me, I happened to be looking at him, he was a middle-aged uncle, not very strong, but he was wearing a light leather armor, and he was dressed very neatly, I guess he must be some teacher at the Warrior Academy.He looked at me calmly before he said to me, "There's one last one, but this one isn't my arbitration, you should be able to watch a full game." ”"It should be" After thinking about it, he raised his eyes to look at the notice board in the distance, it turned out that there was a notice notice for every game, I didn't even know about it, and stupidly stepped forward to ask, I felt blushing when I thought about it, and then the middle-aged uncle continued: "It's the Battle Spirit Team and the Metal Barrier Team, well, that's right, most of the spectators in these stands are here to watch their games, it should be very exciting." ”"Thank you so much, Mr.
Referee!"
I saluted him very politely."
First time?"
He looked me up and down, then asked casually.I said, "Yes." ”He nodded slightly to me and then said, "Well, enjoy this rare high-level competition!"
I have something to do, so I will not accompany me. ”After he finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the stands, looking at his hurried steps, and I didn't know what was in a hurry, I withdrew my gaze from him.At this time, Su Cai and I breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that our luck was not bad, and we caught up with the game of Annie's team, the wounded people lying on the ground on the field had been helped up by their companions, and they walked to the edge of the arena one after another, and some seriously injured team members were also carried on stretchers, and the injuries of the injured who had been treated by first aid had stabilized, and Sophie's main task was first aid to ensure the safety of the players on the field.However, there are other medical staff who are really responsible for the follow-up treatment, and a more comprehensive examination will be carried out, and after the stretcher is carried to the sidelines, someone will take over.Sophie wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked up at the center of the stands, where the sign showed that the last team was ready to start the game, and she had a relaxed smile on her face, and she didn't know how many people in the stands would be infected by her bright smile like sunshine.Even Su beside me whispered, and then pointed at Sophie and said to me, "Jijia, look, that magician is so beautiful!"
”"Well, are you talking about Sophie-sensei?
She's the assistant teacher of our water magic class, so I didn't expect her to be an ambulance in the arena!
”I briefly introduced Sophie to her, I have never paid attention to what this beautiful teacher who came to the imperial capital is usually doing, although I am quite familiar with her, but I really know very little about her life outside the classroom.Su remembered that I was also a student of the Academy of Magic, how could I not know the magician on the field, her beautiful eyes winked at me, looked behind me and said, "She seems to be greeting you!"
”I looked over to Sophie, and sure enough, she was waving at me, and she probably happened to see me in the stands when she was looking at the sign.Sophie gestured for her to continue to defend the last game, and I nodded to her from a distance in understanding, and she turned to the safe area on the edge of the arena, where she was immediately courteously offered her seat, and it seemed that she should be having a good time as an ambulance.No wonder Benjamin didn't want to go into the arena to watch the game, probably because he didn't want to see Sophie, so as not to be very embarrassing for both of them.At the exit of the lounge of the martial arts arena, there was a sudden commotion, a team of warriors wearing neat black iron full armor neatly walked out of the door of the lounge, everyone was very strong, both height and physique were much taller than ordinary people, a whole team of people came out wearing armor, like a wall.Their right hand agreed to hold the shield, and their left hand was heavy hammer, and as soon as they came out, the uniform movement immediately caused cheers in the stands.It seems that their supporters are not a few, and the shield warriors are very popular people in the barracks and in the adventuring group, and they need to have their strong physique and solid armor to hold up a piece of the sky for their companions.But few people do this to them, all of them are shield warriors can make the whole team extremely cumbersome, although their defense is very good, but the shortcomings are also very obvious, all ranged attack classes are their nemesis, of course, if the archer must have armor-piercing arrows.The academy will never allow students to use powerful arrows such as armor-piercing arrows in the tournament, but I think there should be a fairer way to decide.From a distance, I saw Anne and Renard in civilian clothes walking out of the lounge with their battle spirit team, every member of the team looked very heavy, Anne and Renard stood on both sides of the gate of the martial arts arena, high-fived and encouraged each team member, and cheered for them.At the front of the line was the warrior who was good at using long-handled weapons, he was still wearing chain mail, and he held a steel helmet in the other hand, and he hugged Renard fiercely before entering the arena, Renard rubbed his head like a brother, whispered a few words to him, and slapped him on the buttocks, pushing him into the arena.Behind him was a girl in light leather armor, a blue scarf covering half of her face, two delicate scimitars hanging from her waist, when she walked, she looked like a cat, and her body was very light from the way she walked, she should be a student of the Assassin class.She walked up and put one hand around Anne's neck, touching her face as a sign of intimacy, and Anne was saying the same words of encouragement.Then Anne slapped her hand with the handsome ranger who ran into the field, and there was a very stocky short young man behind him, who walked into the arena calmly with two whirlwind axes on his back, and when he passed by Anne, he also raised his hand coolly and slapped it on Anne's white palm, although it was far away, but I knew that the applause must be crisp and loud.When Su saw her sister Anne, she naturally refused to just stand at the door of the stands, she knew that Anne would not play this game, and she wanted to stay by her sister's side, so she walked directly along the railing to Anne.Obviously, this prosthesis is very reliable, Sue is using it for the first time, and after walking so far, it didn't make her feel any tiredness, and along the path of the grandstand fence, Sue can still jog.I followed closely behind, afraid that she would accidentally fall down here, but there was a three-meter drop, and I didn't want any accidents.Su and I hadn't run to Annie before we got close, and then we saw an assistant referee running over to verify the identity of the competition personnel, this kind of competition needs to verify the qualifications of each team member, and the academy has always been very strict in this regard, and once found, it will definitely be disqualified.Anne and Renard also actively cooperated, taking out the nameplates of the contestants for identity verification.When asked about the number of players, the assistant coach looked up at Renard in confusion and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure you want four players?"
Are you so confident that you can win in the end?
”Renard didn't hide his predicament, patted his thigh, and said directly: "My leg is injured, and I can't play!"
”"You don't have a replacement?"
The assistant coach asked Renard with some surprise.The number of participants in each team is five, and the general battle team will have about ten members, so even if they are injured or have temporary problems during the competition, those backup members of the team will be added in turn, so it is normal to reduce the number of players in the competition.However, when the assistant referee saw that there were only four people in the Battle Spirit Team entering the arena, he realized that there were some new problems in the War Spirit Team, probably because they no longer even had substitutes.The assistant referee's eyes looked at Anne, but Anne glanced to the side, ignoring the coach's question.At this time, a warrior wrapped in black iron armor walked over from the center of the arena step by step, he lifted the metal mask on his helmet, looked at Renard with a wooden face and said, "Why are you not even ready to fight, don't you look down on our team?"
”In addition, there were already people in the stands who were already heckling, and a student stood in the crowd and shouted: "It is said that the War Spirit Team is a dark horse, and even the teachers in the academy look down on the members of your War Spirit Team, but you are a little too proud." ”The scene became chaotic for a while, and even the assistant coach said to Renard: "I don't think you can take this point in the hands of the Metal Barrier team, if you lose this game, they will be eligible to challenge any of the sixteen teams, as long as you defeat this team, it will be them who will reach the top 16, so please be cautious about this match!"
”Another assistant coach saw that there was some commotion here, ran directly to this side, and after understanding the situation, he decisively said to Renard: "If it is determined that you are playing negatively, maybe we will consider disqualifying you from the game and agree that the metal barrier team will win directly!"
There is no guarantee of a normal number of players, so you should reflect on how you run this team. ”The assistant referee had a gloomy face, and he didn't look like he had a good face against the Battle Soul team.Renard smiled bitterly and said: "But we can't find a fifth person to participate in the competition, usually the number of people in our team is only six, and now there are two injured, so it is reasonable for us to arrange four people to participate." ”I didn't expect so many people to wait to see the good show of the War Spirit Squad, the later assistant referee obviously looked at the War Spirit Team unpleasantly, his words were a little biased, but he was very helpless, he was an assistant referee on the field, he did have such a right to supervise."
If you really can't get together five people to participate, I advise you to quit by yourself, anyway, you will lose, and if you quit at this time, you can avoid someone getting hurt."
The assistant referee, who had caught up from behind, said this to Renard again.Anne and Renard looked at each other in some embarrassment, and finally Renard gritted his teeth and said to Annie: "Why don't I go up, this leg injury is actually not serious!"
”"Sister Anne, we're a little late!"
I whispered to Anne.At this time, I pulled the weak Sue through the crowd and squeezed in, standing in front of Anne like two good babies.After all, there is a difference of four years, and Su and I are like two children standing in the adult group, almost all of them are a head taller than me and Su, and we were automatically ignored by others.But when I spoke to Anne in such an atmosphere, all eyes were on me."
I'm a substitute member of the Battle Spirit Squad, and I'm also the seventh member of the squad, Captain, please let me play!"
I said to Renard and Annie, who were at a loss.Hearing my words, everyone around looked at Renard and said, "It turns out that there are really only seven people in your team, and this kid is a first-year freshman!""
Oh, I know him, he's the freshman in the first year of the Academy of Magic!"
Someone in the crowd exclaimed.The iron giant-like warrior was also confused, looking at the scene in front of him, he was sure that it was not the battle spirit team that was humiliating them with numbers, but really couldn't get together the team members, and after understanding the specific situation, the captain of the metal barrier team left silently and returned to the center of the arena to wait quietly.At this time, Renard looked at Anne and asked Anne with his eyes, what should she do?
Anne hesitated before nodding slightly at Renard."
Alright, Jiga!"
Obviously, the captain of the team, Renard, was not familiar with my name, and when he called me, he had a strange accent.So I casually tidied up my white shirt and gray skinny bloomers, moved my body, and ran into the arena as if no one was around, not even bothering to look at the assistant coach.Just as Sophie grew her mouth and looked at her in surprise, she ran straight to the center of the martial arts arena and greeted the other four members of the Battle Spirit Team with a bit of familiarity."
Hi there, my name is Jijia!"
To be continued.