"Master Roger, Master Roger, why are you asleep! Wake up quickly, it's your turn to play!"
The maid's call woke Roger up from his trance. He rubbed his face vigorously, and then he gradually regained consciousness, and his originally confused thoughts became clear again.
Today is a big day, a day that happens once every twenty years when young people from various branches of the Green family compete.
More than four hundred years have passed since the great legendary mage "Green Sea Resident" founded the Green family. He was originally alone, but his descendants continued to multiply, and now he became a large family with six branches and a total of more than 200 people.
No matter how powerful the legendary mage is, it is impossible to cultivate so many descendants. What's more, those with poor qualifications have no value in cultivating them. Therefore, since two hundred years ago, the master has set the rules. If the descendants of the family want to develop and are not willing to be peaceful and wealthy, they must participate in the competition based on their own abilities. Only by defeating the other heroes in the competition and convincing the clansmen can they be carefully cultivated by the master.
Such a competition is held every twenty years. In other words, unless they achieve something, most members of the Green family will only participate once in their lifetime.
Even if he was only ten years old when he competed last time, he would be thirty years old when he competes for the second time. How can a thirty-year-old be considered a young person!
Roger is more advantageous. He is twenty-seven years old this year, not far from the deadline of turning thirty, and his strength has almost reached the peak of his youth. As for his opponents, the eldest one is only twenty-five years old, which is much younger than him.
Of course he is very satisfied with this. Some people may dismiss it as luck, but luck is also a part of strength!
His eyes swept across the arena not far away, where two young men with the same surname Green were currently competing. They did not actually fight, but discussed the knowledge of spells very elegantly - this "literary comparison" method is not only safe, but also can fully reflect the most important knowledge reserve of the spellcaster. One person can occupy the majority of the knowledge in the discussion. If you have the upper hand, you will most likely be stronger than your opponent.
There was still a clear gap in the level of the two young men. It didn't take long for one of them to be refuted until he was speechless and speechless, and the outcome was determined by this.
"Next game, Roger from the second team versus Donner from the third team!" The old mage who presided over the competition issued an order using a loudspeaker, "Both sides end!"
Roger packed up his things, adjusted his mood, and walked to the field.
His steps are not fast and he maintains an even and stable speed so that he can respond to any unexpected situation at any time.
His opponent, Tang Na, was no ordinary person. Although he was only nineteen years old, he was already able to cast the intermediate spell "Any Door". This spell gives him incredible mobility and can appear anywhere on the field at any time. In the past practice battles, his opponent couldn't even see his appearance clearly, so he got around behind him and knocked him out with one blow.
Roger's talent can only be said to be pretty good. Since he returned to the Green family at the age of twelve and started to learn magic, he has spent fifteen years looking at it, but he still has not been able to master even an intermediate spell. But I have mastered more than twenty basic spells, many of which are quite proficient. In the past practice, he also defeated many people with the help of spells.
This is what gave him the courage to step into the competition.
As long as he wins against Donner, he can get more resources for himself. And after entering the semi-finals, no matter whether you win or lose, you will get the opportunity to show your talent in front of the great legendary mage.
For him, this is a great opportunity and he must seize it!
With this in mind, Roger walked onto the field and faced Donner, who was also prepared.
"I will definitely win!" Donner said decisively, "I'm sorry, but I need this opportunity!"
"Both each other." Roger said calmly, and before the other party was ready, he raised his hand and began to recite a spell.
According to the rules of the Green family competition, the two sides cannot attack each other before the host gives the order - however, "reciting a spell" and "attacking" are two different things. As long as Roger does not complete the spell, it does not count as an attack.
This was a plan he had already thought of. He originally wanted to use it in the finals, but it has now been used.
There is no way, compared with those real geniuses, he is still far behind. Without making full use of tactics, it is absolutely impossible to win Downer.
The old mage pondered for a moment, and did not stop Roger's behavior, but gave the order for the competition to begin.
At this time, Roger's spell was almost ready.
Of course, Tang Na knew what he was doing. He could tell at a glance that Roger's spell was the "Stinky Cloud Technique", which was known as the most vicious one, and he frowned.
The power of the Stinky Cloud Technique is not very great, but the disgusting smell can make everyone who is affected by it miserable. Some people even developed anorexia as a result and had to go to the temple to receive specialized treatment.
Among the spells mastered by Roger, this spell has the highest saving difficulty. Even though it has some map cannons, it can't tell the difference between friend and foe. However, Roger had specially practiced his tolerance for odors and was able to cast spells in the Stinky Cloud Technique. In comparison, even if Tang Na's spell-casting ability was better than him, he would definitely be defeated if he was dizzy in the stench and unable to cast spells.
However, Donner's choice was far beyond Roger's expectation.
He took out a space bag and took out a crossbow that had been strung and loaded with crossbow bolts.
The arena used for the mage comparison test was not large, and a Stinky Cloud spell could cover most of it. This also meant that it was impossible for Roger to dodge Donner's shot at such a close range.
What would happen if a weak mage was hit by a crossbow at such a close distance
Roger was so frightened that he couldn't even cast the almost completed spell. In the blink of an eye, he suddenly thought of something and shouted: "You violated the law!"
He turned his head and complained to the old mage who was presiding over the competition: "Master, Tangner used a crossbow in the mage's competition, which is against the rules!"
However, the master just sighed and shook his head.
Roger was stunned and turned around to look, only to see that the crossbow in Donner's hand suddenly disappeared, and instead, a magical light lit up.
The next moment, several magic missiles flew up from the hand that was supposed to be holding the crossbow. In an instant, they crossed the distance between them and hit him.
A sound like breaking glass sounded on Roger, which meant that he had been seriously injured and could no longer fight.
He was eliminated.
Only then did the old host say: "Of course it's not impossible to play around with the rules. But if you cast the spell in advance, the spell will be slower than others. The difference is too obvious. And you only focused on casting the spell yourself and didn't notice it at all. Donner's spell - he cast a 'silent phantom', although the level of the spell was very low, it successfully deceived you."
"Not only that, when you were targeted by a crossbow, you didn't think of a way to resist or dodge quickly, but chose to complain to me. This is simply ridiculous - if there was really a foul play, wouldn't I stop it? ? And in a real mage competition, can you still complain to the referee?"
"Look at Donner. Faced with your foul behavior, he chose to fight back immediately and firmly hold the victory in his own hands. This is the quality a spellcaster should have!"
"Roger, you not only lost in terms of spell-casting ability, but also in terms of vision and psychological quality. It's a complete failure!"
Roger stood there blankly, at a loss.
how so? It was just the first competition, why did he lose!
"It shouldn't be!" He yelled, and the scene in front of him suddenly shattered.
Light and shadow flickered, and he returned from the illusion to reality. He sat on the ground dumbfounded, with a giant jellyfish in front of him sneering.
"Without Kahn's help, you still wouldn't be able to succeed." Sui Xiong said coldly, "You can't even win against a young man who was easily defeated by Kahn."
"Nonsense! My congenital foundation is just too poor!" Roger shouted, "I didn't return to the Green family until I was twelve years old, and I wasted too much time. And as an illegitimate child, even if I was recognized, I wouldn't be able to gain much. Resources—if I had the resources and cultivation like Kahn since I was a child, I would definitely win!"
Sui Xiong sneered: "Is that so? Then let's wait and see."
The light of magic flashed, and Roger's vision blurred for a while, and he fell into an illusion again.
This time he completely replaced Kahn and became the legitimate son of the second branch of the Green family. He had been taught by famous teachers since he was a child and received a lot of resources. Under these favorable conditions, he grew up quickly. When he was only twenty years old, he was already a very capable mage and even began to study intermediate spells.
However, there are several outstanding young people like him in the family. The legitimate sons of each branch are almost at this level, and some are even stronger than him.
In order to win the family competition that takes place every twenty years, he recruited some adventurers to explore the ancient forest, looking for a famous ruins, hoping to get some treasures that can enhance himself.
He failed. He had been pampered since he was a child, but he failed to react in time when faced with real danger. Although he narrowly escaped by sacrificing his subordinates, he was seriously injured. Worst of all, his spellcasting ability plummeted due to the trauma.
The family spent a lot of effort to treat him. However, after determining that his condition was irreversible, they gave up on cultivating him and instead trained a man who was slightly younger than him and no more talented than him, but mentally capable. An illegitimate son whose quality and effort are far above him.
In the end, he could only sit in the audience and watch the bastard boy whom he had never even looked at, go through all the obstacles and win one after another, and finally won the Green family's 20-year competition. .
After that, his life was lackluster. He became more and more depressed and depressed, and soon began to deteriorate. Rely on alcohol, beauty and drugs to numb yourself.
When he was about thirty years old, he finally took psychedelic drugs due to long-term alcoholism and excessive indulgence, and was never able to wake up from the hallucinations.
Light and shadow flickered, and the illusion disappeared, but Roger never opened his eyes again.
He died, died of despair.
Perhaps he had already realized that he was just in an illusion. However, even with the resources and cultivation from his legitimate son, he still failed to succeed. The talent he has always been proud of is actually just an illusion.
He is not good at all!
After realizing this, he couldn't live anymore.