Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 236 Enemies Everywhere

"The car overturned, and everyone was on board!"

Jasmine printed this sentence on the screen wall that could be seen as soon as you entered the garrison.

Very conspicuous, very domineering.

The results were naturally excellent.

During the remaining week of preparation, the "Brothers" group and the "Social Anxiety Group" were as energetic as if they had been injected with chicken blood every day.

Each of them would not stop until they were completely exhausted.

Perhaps it was the culmination of years of hard work, or perhaps it was the increased initiative, but the team's combat effectiveness suddenly surged.

This left Link both pleased and speechless.

The relief is that his efforts were not in vain.

The speechless man was speechless because a burst of energy seemed to have a greater effect than his meticulously conceived training programs.

A week has passed.

Early that morning, Link received two notifications.

One approach is to tell him the meeting time and place so he won't be late.

One aspect is the competition format and rules.

After checking the time and location, Link had a clear idea of ​​what was going on and continued to look at the competition format and rules.

This competition is a "friendly" contest among five top wizarding powers in the Michel District—Rivoss Academy, Shadow City, Flame and Metal Merchants, University of Mesopotamia, and the White Tower Alliance—second only to the Great Sage's Tower of Michel, to determine the amount of "educational grants" allocated by the High Council.

Competition comes first, friendship is nothing.

It is divided into two groups: individual competition and team competition.

The team competition was held first, and the format was similar to battle royale.

Twenty teams from different locations participated in a competition held in a desolate world that had been transformed into a venue.

Every hour, the survival range shrinks.

Each team has a special device that sends its location to the other nineteen teams every hour.

Teams that lose more than 5 members will be eliminated.

The team that eliminates the most teams wins first place.

The team that reaches the final safe zone first will take second place;

Then, the teams were ranked based on a comprehensive calculation of the data on eliminated teams and personnel reductions.

As long as a reasonable source can be provided, the 20 teams can bring any equipment.

The individual competition format is very simple; it's a ring match.

20进10，10进5，5进2，决赛。

The most unique match was the 5-to-2 round, where the 5 people took turns fighting, meaning each person had to play 4 matches.

Based on overall performance, two players will be selected to advance to the finals.

Of course, this is just the prescribed competition format; the actual situation may be subject to change depending on the circumstances on site.

For example, in the round of 5 to 2, some contestants were eliminated, and each person did not complete 4 matches.

"Jasmine, inform everyone that we will assemble in 10 minutes, check our equipment, and then proceed to the central square in 20 minutes."

Link said this as he copied the two notifications he received to Jasmine, the Brothers, and the Social Anxiety Group.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Jasmine, who had been sitting next to Link, responded and immediately began operating the AI.

20 minute later.

Central Plaza of the Advanced Institute.

When Link arrived with the "Freedom to Do Anything" group of nine, he discovered that they were not the first team to arrive.

From a distance, Link spotted a familiar face with an unpleasant expression.

Hawke Lucia!

It is said that Hawke Lucia and his friend Bobby Smith applied for membership in the Paro Sages' Legion, and the Paro Sages personally approved their applications.

I never expected to see Hawke here.

It seems the Rukia family takes this competition very seriously, as they actually managed to force Hawk Rukia to return.

With such a dark history of leaving the legion midway, what other legion besides the Lucia family's legion would accept Hawk?

It can be said that Hawke's future became much narrower the moment he couldn't withstand the pressure from his family and left the Palo Sages Legion.

Link also discovered several Rukias in Hawk's party.

Upon closer inspection, Link discovered that they had all participated in the West Side ambush and were four of the six Level One Wizards, including Lucia.

A rough calculation shows that Link knows five Rukias in that team.

It seems that this is the team that the Rukia family secretly assembled, as mentioned in Mina's intelligence, to snipe Link.

Linkswen raised his hand to push up his gold-rimmed glasses, smiled, and revealed eight white teeth.

Under the warm sunlight, it reflected a chillingly cold light.

Despite his warm smile, it sent chills down one's spine.

Forces act in pairs.

Observation is also an example.

While Link was sizing up Rukia and the others, Hawk was also sizing up Link.

Seeing Link's smile, Hawke couldn't help but shudder.

He had investigated Link and watched some video footage, and knew that whenever Link made such a move, it meant he was harboring murderous intent.

Clearly, the fact that the family had formed a team to assassinate Link had been exposed for some reason.

Not only was Link Grand prepared, but he also harbored murderous intentions towards them.

In team matches, attacking your own team is not prohibited, but there is a death limit.

If a team loses more than 5 players, it will be eliminated; this does not mean that a team can only kill 5 people.

If you're strong enough, killing them all wouldn't be a problem.

Hawke felt a sudden pang of sadness at this thought.

What are the elders of the family thinking?

Is it justified to sacrifice the lives of future generations to save face?

At that moment, Hawke suddenly realized how right his friend Bobby had been when he disregarded Bobby's advice and resolutely decided to obey his family's orders and leave the Palo Sage Legion.

My good friend Hawke is dead.

Goodbye, Hawk... Rukia.

"May you have a complete corpse!"

Looking up at the bright sun, Hawke, feeling a chill in his heart, muttered to himself, "May I have a whole corpse."

Soon, another team arrived.

And they came in two at once.

One team was led by Tiffany Colonna, while the other consisted entirely of senior first-level wizards whom Link was unfamiliar with.

"cooperate?"

Tiffany gestured for the team members to line up, then walked over to Link.

"I'm not sure if I can do that, but I can promise not to attack each other."

Link truthfully expressed his thoughts.

The battlefield situation is complex and can change at any time.

Cooperation?

How to cooperate?

We cannot cooperate.

"Understood."

Tiffany didn't insist on a partnership; she was already satisfied with a promise not to attack each other.

Without further ado, she turned around and returned to her own team.

Sandra arrived just in time, accompanied by Lanny.

Looking at the four teams, each with its own distinct spirit, and lingering a few seconds longer on Link and "Freedom to Do Anything," Sandra spoke up briefly: "Without further ado, let's do our best and set off."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cool-looking, high-tech aircraft descended from the sky.

Sandra was the first to enter the tail section of the aircraft.

The four teams boarded the plane in the order of their arrival at the central square.

Perhaps she was in a bad mood, or perhaps for other reasons, Sandra didn't seem to give Link the same high spirits she had at the beginning last time.

There was a sense of awkwardness and resistance in her being forced to be the team leader.

The aircraft travels at speeds several times the speed of sound; it's incredibly fast.

After ascending vertically from the central square, the flight took less than 20 minutes to reach the destination.

Once the aircraft was safely docked, Sandra, accompanied by Lanny, led the four teams off the tail section of the aircraft.

"Sandora, it's been a long time."

A delicate, sweet voice suddenly rang out.

Immediately, the figure of a charming witch wearing only three points appeared in front of the Rivosos Academy group, blocking their way.

Behind the alluring witch, there were also four teams.

Link found the Flame and Metal Merchant Guild's logo on some of the team members.

"Vina, get out of my way! I don't want to talk to a whore who sleeps with everyone!"

Sandra showed no mercy to the Three Point Witch, speaking without any restraint.

"Hmph, I hope the little guy you chose is as stubborn as you are. Be careful, or my men will beat him to death."

As she spoke, the three-point witch Vina waved her hand behind her.

A burly man, as tall as an iron tower and almost as big as Loken, stepped out from the crowd and walked to the side of the Three Point Witch Vina.

One is large and the other small, one has a wild and the other a charming temperament, like a wild beast and a canary.

The three-point witch Vina raised her hand to stroke the muscular man's chest muscles, her eyes filled with seductive allure, her face flushed, and she said in an almost moaning tone, "My darling, I'll definitely beat your little guy."

"snort!"

Sandra's face was cold as she forced out a sound from her nose, filled with intense dissatisfaction and anger. Turning to Link, she coldly ordered, "You must kill him for me."

Link did not respond or make any other statement.

He simply remained silent, calmly meeting Sandra's increasingly gloomy gaze.

He merely answered the call to duty; he did not become a household slave.

Want to boss him around?

can.

Issue official orders through official channels.

Instead of treating him like a servant and ordering him around like this!

Sandra stared at Link for a long time, then suddenly her gloomy expression vanished, replaced by a radiant smile: "You can definitely kill him, and you will definitely kill him, hahaha..."

With that laugh, Sandra ignored the public display of lust by the Three-Point Witch Vina and led the four teams from Rivosos Academy past the group from the Flame and Metal Merchant Guild.

They walked towards the interdimensional portal belonging to the Tower of the Great Sage Michel.

The portal's parameters have been adjusted; everyone can simply walk in.

The feeling of being detached from time and space, which I hadn't experienced in a long time, returned.

Once he calmed himself down, Link found himself outside a building that resembled the Roman Colosseum.

Facing the crowd from the arena was an archway with a sign that read "Rivoss Institute of Biology and Medicine".

"Go inside and rest on your own while the match begins."

Sandra pointed to the archway and, without waiting for a response, led Lani toward a building that resembled an opera house next to the Colosseum.

This team leader is truly incompetent.

Not only were there no explanation of the competition rules or a motivational speech, but even the procedures were handled so casually.

Moreover, what she cared about was actually her own personal grudges.

He showed absolutely no interest in the college's official affairs.

This behavior is vastly different from the Sandra Wizard that Link encountered last time.

Link didn't know why the other party had changed so much in just a few weeks, nor did he care.

What he was concerned about was a special message he had just received.

Christina uses a special technique developed by Link and the wizard Celine to allow the soul to develop in a semi-independent way, and she is constantly "calling".

As Link led the team toward the archway, he responded to Christina's "call".

"Link, someone from your academy has bribed a team in Shadow City to assassinate you. Be careful!"

Christina disregarded the possibility that the message might be intercepted or eavesdropped on by others, and directly informed Link on a soul level using a special method.

"Yes, I will. Take care of yourself."

Link replied and proactively disconnected.

You can't maintain a connection at the soul level for too long, or something bad will happen.

If something like spiritual communication happens, and it's not clean, Jasmine will definitely kill him!

Entering the archway, one finds a large hall and wooden doors leading to four different rooms.

Without hesitation, Link chose a wooden door, pushed it open, and led the team inside.

The room behind the wooden door was simply furnished, with only ten soft chairs.

"Sit down, rest, and be ready to compete at any time."

After giving the order, Link sat down first and closed his eyes to rest.

Inside a building that resembles an opera house.

The leaders of the five wizarding organizations, each accompanied by a follower, gathered together.

The Shadow City leader, a effeminate male sorcerer with cat-like eyes and a chilling aura, sneered at Sandra, saying, "Sandra Diomand, haven't you always stayed out of your family and academy's affairs? Why are you dealing with a bunch of good-for-nothings like us this time? Heh heh heh... how interesting."

Sandra ignored her completely.

The leader of the White Tower Alliance, like a scholar, held a thick book and flipped through it without looking up, saying, "The world is in motion, and so are people. The world changes, and so do people. The Sandra of the past was Sandra, and the Sandra of today is still Sandra. The only difference is, which of the two Sandras is the Sandra she wants to be? Sandra, ask your own heart. You don't need to answer me; just ask your own heart and tell yourself. What is the answer?"

Sandra rolled her eyes, pretending not to hear this "nonsense".

The University of Mesopotamia and Rivosos College are staunch allies with a nearly thousand-year-old friendship.

However, the team leader from the University of Mesopotamia did not speak up in support, but instead chose to stand by and watch.

This emboldened Vina, the three-pointed witch and leader of the Flame and Metal Merchant Guild, to become even more unscrupulous.

She pulled over a male concubine who resembled a rabbit figurine, slapping his cheeks playfully as she mocked, "He's got such high aspirations, how could he possibly look down on us good-for-nothing parasites? Oh, by the way, Sandra found a pretty boy with gold-rimmed glasses, wanting him to kill my Cavill. Want to play a game and bet on who survives?"

"I'll be the dealer."

The effeminate man from Shadow City, watching the surveillance footage, witnessed Sandra's unresponsive command to Link. He chuckled sinisterly, "That pretty boy with the gold-rimmed glasses that Sandra can't control is also someone a family from Rivosos Academy, through clandestine channels, commissioned by a team from Shadow City to kill. I want to see just how special this pretty boy is, to be so outstanding. Not only has he attracted Sandra's attention, but someone else is eager to kill him."

What is Amomum villosum pig heart?

In front of Sandra, he said that a certain family at Rivosos Academy had commissioned an outsider to kill their own academy's genius.

This is called Amomum villosum pig heart!

Sandra's expression immediately changed.

Lani, who was sitting to the side, was the same.

What happened to the Rukia family?

How could they lose their minds like this and collude with outsiders?

Whether this matter succeeds or fails, and whether Link Grand lives or dies in the end, Rivosos Academy will have lost face big time.

Even though she was forced by her mother and third uncle to take on the role of team leader this time, Sandra still cared a lot about the reputation of the academy.

Because leaving the academy means losing the family's glory.

Without the glory of her family, how could she have enjoyed such a carefree life?

"Notify Link and tell him to be on high alert."

Sandra turned to Lanny and gave her instructions.

"Yes."

Lanny was about to get up.

Suddenly, the competition started ahead of schedule.

All 20 teams and participants, who were sitting in their respective rooms, were simultaneously teleported into the competition venue.

"Hehehehe..."

The Three-Point Witch Vina waved a button in her hand, laughing heartily, "4 to 1, we all agree to start the game early!"

Sandra turned sharply to look at the team leader of her ally, the University of Mesopotamia.

"Don't look at me with such surprise."

The Mesopotamian leader said calmly, "The moment the Great Sage Rivo plundered the resources needed for the advancement of the Great Sage Soth, the Michel District could no longer accommodate your Rivo Soth Academy."

After a pause, the Mesopotamian leader stared into Sandra's eyes and emphasized, word by word:

"No one wants to see an Academy of Rivosos that is stronger than the Great Sage's Tower of Michelle."

"Everyone!"

(End of this chapter)