Chapter 71

Emperor Rexla gave a number.

Although it was up to Gong Sun Meng Rong and Nalasha how much they could earn at the gambling house.

However, if the amount was too large, it could only be negotiated.

Thirty million gold coins were already a substantial sum, enough to establish a foundation or something similar.

As for daily expenses,

Gong Sun Meng Rong and Nalasha didn't need much money in their daily lives, as most things were provided by the duchy and the empire.

It wouldn't be right to use the large amount of crystal cores given by others and still try to earn their gold coins desperately.

The two nodded in agreement.

They would be responsible for earning the thirty million.

The odds at the gambling house were getting lower and lower, and they even set special odds for the rounds when Gong Sun Meng Rong and the others were not participating.

This meant that none of them would earn much money if they were not participating.

With no other choice, the three had to bet on others not participating and then cheat.

After two consecutive rounds, they entered the top four.

Lucia had a tough final match. Unlike Gong Sun Meng Rong and Nalasha, whose opponents still conceded directly.

Lucia's opponent was a little boy four years older than her, a Great Mage one level higher than her, but he wore a set of excellent magical equipment.

This narrowed the gap.

The audience from Gels Duchy, seeing Lucia's opponent's equipment, started to curse.

They believed that the bad boy named Miles was cheating.

That wasn't his true strength, and even if he won, it wouldn't be glorious.

The audience from Gels Duchy strongly demanded that the referee stop the match and make Miles take off his equipment.

However, no one paid attention to their complaints, regardless of how much they complained.

The commentator expressed his opinion: "I can understand the concerns of the audience from Gels Duchy. For them, this is an unprecedented good moment. They are about to have two young contestants in the top four. Let's look at history; they have never had anyone in the top four. How many generations of people's hopes will be unfulfilled because of magical equipment? Is there anything more painful and heartbreaking than this?"

It seemed that this non-stop commentary was his unique style.

When the match started, Lucia still used Ice Roar combined with Wind Blades.

This time, the referee did not intervene.

Because Miles flew up and released twenty Ice Crystal Shields, which surrounded him and rotated wildly, blocking all the Wind Blades.

In this situation, Miles also released two Fire Snakes, which coiled around Lucia.

Earth walls rose around Lucia, and thirty Earth Spikes flew out from the walls. Her body soared into the air, and clouds gathered in the sky.

Miles' Ice Shields turned into Ice Mirrors, reflecting countless images of him while blocking the Earth Spikes, and the arena was filled with mist.

Lucia's Ice Roar bloomed and spun in the air.

Miles' Fire Lotus bloomed under his feet, and when it blocked the Ice Roar, firebirds flew out from the petals.

Snowflakes fell from the sky, caught in a whirlwind around Lucia, continuously neutralizing the firebirds' charges.

The two exchanged attacks, and various spells dazzled the audience, occasionally with green vines entangling.

The arena turned into a sea of fire, then a lake, and then a field of flowers.

Lucia and Miles attacked each other.

Neither of them spoke a word, and the audience couldn't hear even half a spell incantation.

All they could hear was the sound of various spells colliding.

The audience in the stands all stood up.

This was the most exciting match they had ever seen, and it was a evenly matched battle.

A five-year-old and a nine-year-old, two children under ten, fighting in a way that made countless mages ashamed.

Many people who could become mages, even if they worked hard all their lives, could never become Great Mages.

But look at those two children; they had already mastered spells to the point of instinct.

When they cast spells, they didn't hear the name of a spell from the other's mouth and then think of a way to counter it.

They directly sensed the magical fluctuations in the space and guessed what strength of spell the other was using.

The ministers had already confirmed that this year's team would be the strongest in history.

If the top four were fought like this, what would the first place be like? Nalasha's opponents had been conceding all along.

The audience from Gels Duchy didn't care how exciting the match was. They sang the national anthem of Gels Duchy, beat drums, and cheered for Lucia.

Their songs and drumbeats echoed throughout the arena, making it seem like Gels Duchy's home ground.

But Miles was a member of the empire's team, and this was the capital.

Unfortunately, his supporters were far fewer in number than those from Gels Duchy.

Perhaps because they were too familiar with the capital, or perhaps because they thought the empire's team was strong enough, they only sent fewer than five thousand people.

Even among those five thousand, not all were cheering for Miles, as they had three other contestants to support.

The audience from Gels Duchy was different from the people in the capital. They were eagerly looking forward to a victory, a victory for the duchy and their dignity.

Just as the people of the capital looked down on those from other duchies, the people of Gels Duchy in the capital had never extinguished the flame of defeating the capital.

This match was very important to them. They needed the ninth princess of the duchy to bring them a victory. They wanted to stand tall and proud, earning respect through their strength.

They shouted, even if their voices became hoarse, and they beat the drums, even if their arms ached, they never slowed down.

Miles and Lucia's battle continued.

Five minutes passed, and sweat appeared on their foreheads. They were very tired, with their mental energy highly concentrated.

Lucia released a string of ice balls, breaking Miles' earth spears. The ice balls shattered into water arrows, which retaliated. Miles swept them away with a wind vortex and followed up with a large fireball.

Lucia forcibly took control of the earth spear fluctuations Miles had just controlled and instantly raised a large earth shield on the arena.

Even so, she was pushed back in the air.

"It's over," Miles finally said, feeling around his body and pulling out a delicate small staff, discarding his original long staff.

Everyone knew that the beautiful staff was better and more powerful than the previous one.

"No~!" Many in the audience from Gels Duchy screamed, some even crying.

Just as these sounds rose, no one expected Lucia to take action during this brief lull in the battle.

She quickly placed her hand on the pendant at her chest, and in an instant, many small objects appeared around her.

They were all red.

Earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, belts, and anklets.

These items automatically attached to the corresponding parts of her body.

When they were all in place, she held a red flower in her hand, a flower so beautiful, the same one she had seen Nalasha holding in the capital.

All of this happened in just one second.

"Wow~!" Not only the audience from Gels Duchy, but even those from other places couldn't control their emotions and shouted loudly.

No one expected that Lucia, who had been struggling in the battle, would pull this off.

She had never worn any magical equipment in the matches.

Everyone thought Gels Duchy was poor and couldn't afford to equip their contestants.

Only now did they realize that Gels Duchy wasn't poor.

Lucia had been training herself.

She didn't want to rely on equipment to win; she wanted to compete as much as possible with her own abilities.

But her opponent not only wore a full set of equipment but also changed to a better staff during the match.

So she didn't want to hold back anymore. She wanted to win and enter the top four.

The audience from Gels Duchy continued to cry, but these were tears of happiness.

The audience was shouting.

Miles and Lucia didn't stop; they continued to attack and defend with spells.

The difference was that Miles was completely suppressed. Lucia's equipment was provided by the Duke of Gels and made from materials exchanged for the Sunflower given by Gong Sun Meng Rong.

This set of equipment was worth at least fifty million gold coins.

Miles' equipment was good, but at most, it was worth six to seven million gold coins.

Everyone could see that Lucia's attack frequency was getting faster, and she was gradually adapting to the assistance provided by the equipment.

Miles was being pushed back continuously, and if he retreated any further, he would be out of the arena. The arena had already lost its function.

It started to rain lightly, then turned into a moderate and heavy rain.

Most of the water elements were controlled by Lucia, and her attacks were numerous continuous large fireballs.

Each fireball, when blocked, would suddenly explode, causing the nearby water vapor, heated to high temperatures, to also explode.

These large fireballs were compressed, and when they exploded, the temperature exceeded two thousand degrees, but the range of effect was not large.

But it was enough.

When Lucia controlled the water elements to a certain degree, she finally said a word, or rather, four words: "Aqua Splendor."

Immediately, her magical fluctuations changed, from a Level 4 Great Mage to a Level 5 Great Mage. She had broken through during the battle.

She was directly enveloped in a large mass of water and charged at Miles.

"I concede~!" Miles shouted, then fell due to mental exhaustion, and the referee immediately flew over to catch him.

But Lucia didn't stop; she continued to charge.

In the water, her eyes were lifeless, and those who understood magic could see that her mental energy was unstable after her forced breakthrough, and she was trying to sort it out.

Someone noticed something was wrong and was about to help when Emperor Rexla suddenly said, "I'll take care of it."

Before his words were even finished, he was already by Lucia's side, and all the water around her disappeared, and the dark clouds in the sky vanished.

This was the power of a Celestial Mage.

Everyone's eyes were on Lucia.

So no one noticed the moment just now.

Gong Sun Meng Rong and Nalasha's bodies suddenly changed position, about five meters, disappearing and reappearing, just like Emperor Rexla.

But they stopped again.

It was just a spatial movement, simple.

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