NCCnovel Chapter 180: Prince's Test
Chapter 180: Prince's Test
A fleet of griffins was flying in the sky above the city of Bomonlo. Compared with the air force of the Oberic Empire, the gap between them was indeed huge.
Isabella saw the formation of ten griffins in the sky and thought of the Saint looking up at the Black Crystal Dragon in the guild. If the number reached a hundred, she wondered how many levels higher than other empires it would be.
The convoy arrived near the arena and everyone got off to gather and allocate accommodation.
"…The number of participants is close to 10,000. The competition starts the day after tomorrow and will last for six days. Each person will play a round of 10 minutes, and the winner will be determined by the score within a round."
When Teacher Tiguwei was explaining loudly in front of the team, people nearby stopped to watch, including contestants from other empires.
There are dark elves, dog subhumans, cat subhumans...
It is said that for sixteen consecutive sessions, the dog sub-humans have always ranked in the top five, and the human race was only ranked seventh in the most recent ranking, which is lower than the fourth place of the dwarves.
After the meeting, Isabella put away her luggage.
The Seventh Prince invited Isabella to enjoy afternoon tea in the tea room across the street.
On the first floor of the teahouse, people were sitting around, holding newspapers and magazines in their hands...
Compared with the social outlook of the Oberic Empire, it seems as if the people here are already living in modern times!
The Seventh Prince noticed that Isabella's eyes were always looking at the guests at the tea table.
"...It's the Tiuwazi Empire Evening News," the Seventh Prince said. "We in Avilato only publish newspapers in the capital. Unfortunately, there are too many illiterate people in our empire, so the readership is small. We focus on practical magic teaching, so we are not as good as the Tiuwazi Empire in terms of entertainment."
The Seventh Prince thought that although it was his first time to come to the Tiuwaz Empire, there were many things in this country that surpassed the Oberic Empire, and Avilato had not changed for many years.
The tea room on the third floor offers a variety of desserts for afternoon tea, but the Seventh Prince has no mood to choose, so he orders one of everything on the menu.
It was the first time for the Seventh Prince to be in a foreign country, and he was particularly interested in the cheap fruits from the Fuzhong Continent.
The seventh prince Xia An asked Isabella who was sitting opposite him: "There are many voices in the academy saying that we are very close. I wonder what you think of these voices?"
The Seventh Prince has been concerned about this issue for a long time. No matter how much others say, I am afraid that the fake play will become real in the future? Sometimes I can't tell whether my relationship with her is just an ordinary classmate relationship.
Isabella was completely unprepared to hear this question, as if she had heard a voice coming from an empty cave.
Isabella thought carefully, could it be that Princess Baiyue deliberately let the Seventh Prince test her? Fortunately, she didn't have any emotional affection for him, she just had a familiar and indifferent feeling towards him.
"Those are just other people's conjectures and speculations. I was initially influenced by their doubts. Since they are not true, there is no need for me to respond to their voices. Once I respond, whatever I say may be useless..."
From Isabella's answer, the Seventh Prince felt that she was very forgiving, but also a little disappointed. If her answer was true, it meant that she didn't have that kind of emotion.
"In the competition a few days later, if your opponent is a subhuman or a dark elf, the probability of your defeat is very high. Their physical strength and reaction speed are several times faster than humans. Do you have any way to deal with them?"
Isabella said confidently, "No problem. Those who participate in the competition are all of the same age. Since we can't compete in strength, we can't compete with humans in many aspects of swordsmanship."
The seventh prince felt a little sad in his heart: Is she a little stupid? We are two people in the same room, doesn’t she know what a date is?
The tea room waiter brought thirty fruit desserts, which I savoured throughout the afternoon.
First day of the tournament.
There were more than 100,000 spectators in the arena.
There is a wall made of earth element magic in the middle of the arena, which divides the arena into two major groups: boys and girls. The two large groups are divided into ten arenas.
There are four intermediate magic swordsman referees in each arena, and the cross-staggered perspectives can ensure the fairness of the competition.
Isabella's first match was at ten o'clock in the morning, and she was facing off against a cat-like subhuman girl with white furry ears.
The cat tribe sub-humans have the largest population in Ausonan Land. They are fourth-year students at Dalike Academy, and their strength is at the beginner level.
Her light gray hair was neatly combed, her skin was fair, and she wore light makeup on her eyebrows. Even wearing her academy's combat uniform and clumsy armor, it was difficult to conceal her exquisite temperament.
The moment the game whistle blew, the cat-human was so fast that in less than two seconds he drew his sword and rushed towards Isabella.
Isabella leaned forward and backward, taking advantage of the momentum to counterattack, slashing her several times with her sword. She controlled the force at the weakest point, but still produced an impact force that could not be underestimated, almost knocking her out of bounds.
After another three rounds of confrontation, in just five seconds, the cat-like subhuman girl looked a little flustered.
I could have defeated this little human girl at the fastest speed! Why was it that I was the one who took the most hits? Did she know about my swordsmanship?
In Isabella's eyes, ten minutes was too long! Less than a minute into the game, the score was already 28 to 0, and the feeling of frying fish was not as refreshing as last year.
"How could this be... I'm already running at my fastest speed, not even a second?" The cat-human girl calmed down, took a few steps back and kept her distance.
Isabella was puzzled. Didn't this guy like fighting? Why didn't he jump now? His speed was quite fast, but it was a pity that it was very open and closed, and it seemed that there was no swordsmanship at all.
call out--
A grey shadow rushed over with all the strength.
Isabella has been holding the sword in her right hand from the beginning till now.
The moment the two sides collided again, the cat-clan subhuman girl's face turned pale, as if she was frightened. The full-strength attack of both hands was actually no match for her one-handed attack!
The violent vibration of the sword made his arms numb and his body couldn't help but take three steps back.
The cat-like subhuman girl gritted her teeth, swung her white tail rapidly, and charged forward to launch another rapid and continuous attack.
Isabella still held the sword with one hand, and the crisp sound of the swords colliding made a clanging sound.
After a stalemate of half a minute, Isabella did not score a single point, and the opponent did the same, playing around with the cat-human girl across from her.
At a certain moment, Isabella swung with gravity, and the heavy impact bounced her opponent away. Isabella's hand speed was extremely fast, and there was no need to hover. She stabbed her body heavily, and the strong impact knocked her out of the ring.
In the audience of the girls and boys of Dalike College…
When they saw this scene, they all stood up in surprise.
A cat-like male demihuman questioned, "How is this possible? Lani Lulu is the top swordsman in the fourth grade of Dalikai Academy! How could she be eliminated without even getting a single point? Her opponent is just a little human girl!"
“What a surprise!”
"This human must have used stimulants, right?"
Lani Lulu, who fell outside the ring, had a red face and sat on the ground, crying and hugging her face...
Isabella was at a loss, frowned slightly, and looked at him with disgust: "Ah? No? Why is she crying? Are all cat girls so fragile?"
In the two matches in the afternoon, the opponents were the elves. They were even more fragile than the cat-tribe sub-human girls in the morning. They were exhausted before they could even exert any strength and before the time was up.