Sitting in the VIP room, Joffrey's eyelids twitched when he saw Annelotte's performance.
The sixth-level spell of instantaneous displacement is a short-distance teleportation spell that is very commonly used by mages in combat. However, due to its higher spell level and the need for chanting time, its cost-effectiveness is not as high as expected. .
Although he had seen Annelotte cast spells before, it was only now that he realized how terrifying this girl's strength was. Fast, too fast. Annelotte's teleportation spell just now was not instantaneous, but the speed at which she recited the spell just now was really too fast.
A level six spell, that’s a level six spell! How long did it take for her to recite the incantation? One second? Or less than a second? Her spellcasting speed is almost twice as fast as Joffrey's!
The second spell that followed shocked Joffrey even more. Seventh-level evocation spell—deep freeze. This is a very practical frost spell. It has good single-target damage and also has a control effect on the recipient.
And just now, after Annelotte performed the instantaneous displacement technique at lightning speed, there was an instant deep freeze. The magic power consumed to cast a spell instantly is four times that of conventional spell casting. More importantly, it can cast a seventh-level spell instantly, which shows that Annelotte has mastered the super-magic skill of spell casting.
Not to mention other mid-level mages, even many high-level mages find it difficult to cast seven-level spells instantly, but Annelotte, a girl who is not yet eighteen years old, actually did it. This kind of understanding and comprehension of magic is the only one that Joffrey has seen in his life. He is a genius. Annelotte is definitely a genius in the field of magic that is rare to see in a century!
Joffrey looked at Annelotte with a trace of greed in his eyes.
"Only such a woman is worthy of me, Joffrey, and the heir to my Hawke Empire!" Joffrey said viciously in his heart.
The entire arena fell into deathly silence, and Nigrila was now a well-known assassin in the Hawke Empire. Although many people have not seen him with their own eyes, it has been spread that this guy surpassed his rank and killed high-level warriors, and successfully assassinated General Stoker several times.
Therefore, most people present believed that Nigrila would have a greater chance of winning this game. Although their opponent was a mage, they had never heard of Annelotte's name. Coupled with her stunning beauty, many people thought that this girl was able to join the Palace Mage Association purely because of her appearance. Therefore, they basically thought that the girl in front of them was defined as a vase. She had some strength, but not too much, but her appearance was really indescribable.
But less than twenty seconds into the game, Annelotte gave everyone who had such thoughts a slap in the face.
Crush! Absolute power crushing! There is indeed a gap in strength between Nigrila and her, and it is not just a slight gap. More importantly, this gap is not that Annelotte is much worse than Nigrila, but that Nigrila is better than Annie. What a difference Lott made!
No one present, not even Regner, expected that Annelotte would deal with this Nigrila so quickly. Moreover, her final means was so simple and crude - knocking Nigrila unconscious with a staff. This is not something a mage would do at all, right? !
In fact, Annelotte was also a little surprised by her last move. To put it bluntly, the reason for all this was very simple. She discovered Regnar. Although the guy's appearance had been completely changed by the disguise technique, Annelotte felt very familiar the first time she saw that face. Coupled with Kordak and Inelise beside him, Annelotte was sure that he was Regnar after the disguise almost instantly.
The guy was having a lively conversation with the audience around him, and they looked at him with great joy when he received the gold coins. Annelotte knew immediately what this guy was doing. He must have been betting on this game with others, and 80% of the bets were about game time or the difference in strength.
When she thought of this, although Annelotte didn't express much on her face, she felt a surge of anger in her heart. But now in front of everyone, Annelotte couldn't pull the guy with a mean look on his face and give him a good beating. Therefore, her next opponent, Nigrila, became the target of the girl's anger.
Originally, Annelotte only planned to give him a severe lesson, but because of Regnar's relationship. Annelotte unconsciously acted cruelly during the competition. Although the deep freeze did not kill Nigrila, the low temperature had already damaged Nigrila's internal organs and bones. Without the timely treatment of the priest, this poor assassin would probably have a lot of sequelae in his future life.
As for the last heroic blow, it was an angry blow from Annelotte. Although the magic consumption of the four seventh-level spells was quite a lot, with the help of the Heart of the Ocean, she would not reach the point of exhaustion of magic power. The reason why she beat Nigrila so hard was more out of a desire to vent.
I have to say that this method really works. At least now, Annelotte is in a much better mood. She put her staff into Dimension's pocket, then turned around silently to leave the arena.
Thunderous cheers suddenly erupted all around. While the match was impossibly short and one-sided from the start, it's fair to say it wasn't a great match at all. But many viewers became extremely excited because they discovered someone in this game, a girl who combines beauty, elegance, talent, violence, and temperament.
In fact, just the first one was enough to make Annelotte very popular in the competition. When the audience discovered that beauty was just a very inconspicuous advantage of hers, many viewers became excited and began to fight for her. Annelotte cheered.
According to the investigation after the tournament, Annelotte's match lasted seventeen seconds. But in that short seventeen-second battle, she not only easily defeated her opponent, but also won the hearts of 70% of the audience present. After this competition, Annelotte became the favorite to win the tournament, and the odds of betting on her to win the championship in underground casinos had reached the point of losing four to one.
Of course, that's all for later. Annelotte went into the lounge to rest after the game. Although most of the contestants came to this arena located on the outskirts of Melinder through the portal, this huge building still provided many rooms for the contestants to recover and rest. As long as you show your proof of participation, the guards will provide you with a clean and tidy room for you to rest.
Annelotte found a room where she planned to rest before going back. After all, she had just cast a seventh-level spell instantly, which consumed almost half of her magic power. The most reasonable way at this time was to meditate quickly to replenish her magic power.
More importantly, she knew that those people would come to find her after a while. Although Annelotte kept awkwardly telling herself not to pay attention to that guy, she hesitated for a long time and finally decided to wait for them here.
"I just want to meet the boss and little Ini" Annelotte said to herself in her heart. She gave a few instructions to the guard at the door of the lounge, then entered the room and began to meditate lightly.
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"Can Miss Annelotte rest here?" Regnar asked the guard politely. This place is not difficult to find, because many spectators have gathered around here, hoping to get a closer look at this place. The focus of this competition is Fangrong. Regnar and the others, on the other hand, relied on Kordak's physique to squeeze into the front row.
"Miss Anne has given instructions. She only saw Mr. Kordak and his party, and no one else was seen," the guard said.
"I am Kordak." Kordak said quickly.
The guard looked him up and down, and after confirming that the guy's height, appearance, and clothing were exactly what Annelotte described, he nodded: "You can go in, but..."
"But what?" What Regner was most afraid of now was this kind of turning word.
"But Miss Anne said there is a person she is missing." The guard said with a strange expression: "She said you know who that person is."
"..." Regnar's expression immediately became embarrassed.
"It's me." A clear voice sounded from behind Regna.
Regnar turned around and saw that the person who had just spoken was Irene.
"Irene, you..." Regnar didn't quite understand what Irene meant.
"Brother Regnar, you have to work hard." Irene smiled and said softly to Regnar: "Of course I know who Sister Anne is talking about."
"and you… "
"This is a good thing!" Irene continued before Regnar could finish his words: "This means that Sister Anne is still angry with you."
"What's so good about that..." Regnar cried sadly.
"Of course." Eileen said: "This shows that you are still very important in Sister Anne's heart. I remember you said that if it is someone whom Sister Anne doesn't care about, she won't necessarily be angry even if you provoke her again. She is now Being angry with you shows that Sister Anne still cares about you. So, you have to work hard."
"..." Regnar looked at Irene silently, and then nodded: "Thank you, Irene."