CH 63

It's not really the other students' fault for being stupid. Since birth, they have been exposed to battles between fire wielders and monsters, and have always pursued stronger power. Knowledge is only used to better assist in battle.

Playing with numbers is obviously not within their scope of thinking.

Therefore, "The Art of Numbers and Combat Applications" is the course with the lowest grades in the academy.

And although the problem of the crazy swimming pool manager is simple in nature, it is impossible to figure out without a turn of thinking.

The chief judge measured Rode against the average level of the academy, which was obviously wrong.

The selection ended quickly, although the process was very short, Rode prepared for it for more than 20 days.

The real battle had already begun before the smoke had even risen.

Victory was inevitable.

Rode received this first-class medal, which was well deserved.

Subsequently, in the academy's auditorium, the dean Theodore, and the three branch deans Vila, Bag, and Bain held a formal award ceremony.

Theodore was a tall old man, but his silver-white beard was still taller than him and had to be wrapped around his waist. Under his huge square glasses, there were a pair of deep blue eyes full of wisdom.

Although he looked very old, he was still energetic and full of vitality, without any signs of aging.

He took the medals, a total of twelve, one for each of the three branches.

"Shiens of Apple Town."

His voice was loud, and he was awarded the medal when he announced the name.

"Beowood of Big Wheat Village."

"Lane of Green Grass Town."

"Annabel of Mushroom City."

"Lannister of Wood City."

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"Annawista of Weng Castle."

"Red Bee of Qianhu Town."

"Rode of Redstone Village."

"Congratulations!"

The three branch deans led the applause, and then the applause thundered throughout the auditorium.

Theodore turned around, gently flicked his hand, and the ribbons fell like flowing light from the sky, and the flowers and rain fell in the air. In this magnificent and brilliant scene, the eleven winners were excited and red-faced, as if they were about to leave the world in the next moment.

Only Rode was slightly calmer. He noticed that the ribbon disappeared after falling to the ground.

Perhaps it was some strange ability.

After the ceremony, there was the routine speech.

The dean Theodore walked up to the podium and took a deep breath.

"Eat!"

He shouted like a bell, and two big hands drew wonderful traces in the air. The tables and chairs in the entire room suddenly jumped up, quickly pieced together into dozens of long tables, and the chairs carried the students sitting on both sides of the long tables. Then, countless hot and steaming dishes fell from the sky, and not a single piece of cutlery was missing.

In an instant, the auditorium turned into a dining hall.

Rode was stunned. He had already prepared to stand for two hours, but he didn't expect to be ready to eat in the next moment.The lively laughter filled the huge venue, which had become a sea of joy. The old students seemed to be prepared, eating heartily while mocking the new students who were still sitting there.

The same scene was happening on the award stage.

Beowood, who was as burly as a bear, held Rode down in his chair and put a whole bear paw in front of him, saying in a rough voice, "Junior, eat more. You're too small."

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Annabel from Mushroom City giggled and pulled the other two award-winning female students to sit beside her.

"Don't be shy, juniors. This is a feast that the old immortals have invited us to. We only have this opportunity once a month."

Annawista from Weng Castle was a tall and cold-looking girl with silver eyes that always showed a hint of coldness. But when Annabel put a big piece of buttered beef in front of her, her too quick eating broke this demeanor.

Red Bee from Qianhu Town, a girl with red hair, asked suspiciously, "Is this normal food?"

Rode also had this doubt in his mind, but he didn't dare to ask.

The other nine award winners at the round table laughed.

Hines from Apple Town elegantly picked up a piece of creamy apple with a fork, and with the other hand, he stroked his meticulously styled hair and said seriously, "Although I have to answer this question every year, I still sincerely tell you that this is normal food. The Chief Director Theodore is the most outstanding and greatest holder of magic aptitude in the history of the royal city. His magical abilities are unpredictable and can do countless things that you can or cannot imagine."

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Red Bee frowned and asked, "So, it's still magic?"

Ryan from Qingcao Town stuffed himself with a heart-shaped pie and mumbled, "To be precise, it's magic processing. The raw materials are prepared in advance."

Looking at the table full of hot and delicious food and the tens of thousands of people's food on the long tables that could not be seen at a glance in the auditorium, Red Bee felt like something had flown away from her soul.

"So... what do we need chefs for?"

The people at the round table laughed again.

Hines from Apple Town pointed at her with a silver fork, "You're committing a crime!"

Red Bee looked at him warily, "What did you say?"

"You're letting the most outstanding and greatest holder of magic aptitude in history become a chef? Your soul is crying for your stupid brain."

"What did you say!"

Red Bee jumped up, and a red light flickered in her eyes, which turned into strange vertical pupils.

But Annabel held her back.

"You still don't know that top-level flame wielders like the old immortals have too much spiritual energy, so their recovery is quite slow. Their power is strategic and cannot be used lightly. The highest military department has warned him many times not to abuse his spiritual energy, but if he's not allowed to use it, he'll go crazy. Dalin can only swallow his anger."Raine from Qingcao Town shrugged. The brown syrup dripped onto his long robe, but he didn't notice. "It's only once a month, and there's also a vacant month when Kimberly Star doesn't hold the event. It's within our tolerance."

Rode gnawed on a bear paw while listening to their conversation, feeling as if the steel door to a new world had opened a little in front of him.

After everyone's persuasion, Red Bee finally sat down.

Once she let her guard down, she began to eat voraciously, stuffing a leg of lamb into her mouth with each hand, completely without manners.

The bear-like Beowood's eyes lit up as he praised, "What a good girl!"

Ironically, it was Rode who considered himself to have a big appetite, but he ate the least at the table. The bear paw in front of him was bigger than his head, and he couldn't finish it after eating half.

"Don't waste it," Beowood said in a rough voice, not disgusted at all. He picked up the half-eaten bear paw from Rode and threw it into his mouth. He swallowed it in two bites.

"You guys are the real foodies," Rode silently complained. Suddenly, he remembered something and asked in a low voice, "Senior, where does all this food come from?"

Beowood had already turned his attention to a large jar of honey-roasted meat and casually replied, "Meat usually comes from the Beast City or the Thousand Lakes Town, and vegetarian dishes come from the Botanical Garden, Mushroom City, Wood City, Big Barley Village, and some other places that I can't remember."

Rode asked in a low voice, "Can animals be raised and plants be grown here?"

Beowood looked at him strangely. "Of course, as long as there is a Holy White Tree, we can sow its seeds, plant its branches, purify the land, clean the water source, and ignite the Guardian's Fire. A vibrant land will soon be born. As long as we can defend against the erosion of the Black Mist and the invasion of monsters, a new human stronghold can be established quickly."

Rode's eyes lit up. "Then why don't we go out and plant the flag of fire all over the world?"

Beowood frowned. "Are you really one of us? I feel like you popped out of a different dimension."

Rode was shocked and quickly explained, "I lost some of my memories, and many things are unclear to me."

Anna Verista, who had been eating elegantly, suddenly interjected, "Amnesia is an important sign of infection and the onset of living corpse transformation."

Everyone at the table laughed.

Rode also smiled, but this topic couldn't be discussed in depth. He still didn't know if he had been infected by some unknown entity. He remembered clearly that the Holy Grail was hot to the touch when he touched it in the sacrificial field.

"Who is Daling?" Rode quickly changed the subject.

"Our highest minister and the leader of the Military and War Department," Raine from Qingcao Town answered his question. "He is in charge of all matters related to war."

"What about Moxo and Kais?"

"Moxo is the Minister of the Military and War Department in the Royal City, and Kais is the Defense Chief in the Outer City District."

"Um...what is their relationship?"

Lannister from Wood City smiled and explained, "Junior, the Military and War Department has a branch in every defense zone. The Royal City Military and War Department is subordinate to the Royal City Defense Zone and is a subordinate organization of the highest Military and War Department.""Oh."

Rode instantly understood, and finally had some understanding of the political structure of the royal city.

"How many defense zones do we have?"

Lannister thought for a moment and answered, "Less than twenty, I think."

Rode was about to ask again, but Red Bee interrupted the topic. "Why do you call the Dean the Undead?"

Annabel chuckled and elegantly took a sip of tea before saying slowly, "Because starting from twenty years ago, Lord Theodore has been shouting that his death is imminent. At first, everyone was very nervous and even prepared an urn for him. The highest council specially planned his funeral, but this old man became more and more lively and active. Year after year passed, and whenever there were rumors that he was about to die, he would jump out. Year after year, this continued, and gradually everyone stopped believing it and gave him the nickname 'Undead'."

Hines from Apple Town raised his silver fork and said seriously, "This is impolite. Lord Theodore is the greatest holder of magical talent. He alone has dealt with nine major threats and single-handedly killed the great demon wolf Pihill on the northern border. The soul of the great demon wolf is still suppressed under the Silver Oath of the royal city, and half of our hot water is heated by it."

Rode was stunned. "Can a soul heat water?"

Beowood sneered, "Your ignorance leaves me speechless. Your body is so small, and your brain is even smaller."

Everyone at the table laughed.

Ryan from Green Grass Town kindly explained, "The soul property of the great demon wolf Pihill is magma. Its soul is like magma, constantly emitting tremendous heat. We just collect this waste heat and use it."

Rode felt a little uncomfortable, as did Red Bee and Annabelle.

"Doesn't that pollute the water quality?" they asked in unison.

"Of course not."

Hines answered with some pride, "The sealing magic array was personally built by Lord Theodore. We didn't plan to use it to heat water at first, but pure heat is hard to isolate, and the cost is too high. It was also Lord Theodore's brilliant suggestion that turned waste into output, allowing us to have so much hot water now."

Annabelle from Mushroom City nodded seriously. "Lord Theodore is indeed the greatest holder of magical talent."

"That's right."

Hines lightly stroked his impeccable hairstyle.

"And I will be the second greatest."

Rode asked quietly, "What is magical talent?"

Snap!

At least three people at the round table covered their faces at the same time.

Swish.

The shiny silver fork pointed directly at Rode's nose.

Hines was burning with excitement and shouted loudly, "Good! Since you asked sincerely, now let the most outstanding man in the entire academy explain to you what the strongest soul property, magical talent, does."

For a long time after that, Hines talked endlessly about this rare soul property.His words were full of incomprehensible terms and self-praise. Rode only vaguely understood that people with this kind of soul characteristic could use a power called magic due to its powerful and versatile nature.

Because of its strong power and varied functions, researchers believed it to be one of the strongest seven soul characteristics. Of course, in Hines's mouth, it was the strongest, without question.

Finally, after he finished boasting, Rode asked, "What are the other six?"

Hines took a bite of his steak and said, "This steak is really good."

Annabel smiled and explained, "Eternal Flame, Solar Power, Thunder Control, Chaos Fire, Divine Magic, and Magic Awakening."

It sounded very powerful... Rode felt like he had seen the world.

Red Bee asked, "Does the Flame have such a saying?"

She was Starfire, only possessing a soul flame, not a soul characteristic.

Annabel shook her head slightly.

"Generally speaking, the mainstream view is that the soul flame is a fragment of the soul characteristic. An infinite number of flames are only infinitely close to a complete characteristic, but can never become a true characteristic."

Red Bee said defiantly, "But the strongest person is Arlan!"

Annabel smiled and said, "Of course, Arlan's appearance challenged this view, but he is only an exception. Under normal circumstances, the same level of flame is almost always stronger than the Starfire. The fighters in the flame sequence are more stable and practice faster. The Starfire sequence is much more difficult because they are mainly restricted by the number of flames. Igniting a new flame is too difficult."

Lannister of the Wood City nodded seriously and said, "So, don't complain about the bias of the academy's resources. This is a very realistic problem. Our king has been very kind, but under kindness, there must also be cold consideration. With equal material consumption, we will certainly tend to cultivate stronger people."

Seeing Red Bee's face become a little dim, Beowood reached out and patted her shoulder.

"Don't be discouraged. The strength of Starfire is more focused on its own quality, honing your combat skills and strengthening your spiritual power usage techniques. You can also become an excellent fighter. Arlan did it this way. He completed the Golden Trial with only one flame ignited. Among the eleven special fighters, only he can fight frequently."

He raised a glass of buttery sparkling wine and shouted, "Cheers to our invincible war god!"

All eleven people at the round table raised their glasses and shouted in unison, "Cheers to our invincible war god!"

Rode followed suit and drank all the mushroom wine in his hand, which was sweet with a strange mushroom flavor, very unique.

The banquet continued, and the laughter continued. Red Bee clearly developed a fondness for Beowood, and even her appetite decreased.

Rode quietly moved to Beowood's left, bringing him closer to Red Bee.

Red Bee's gratitude +11

Humanity +1

Not bad, this girl really has a conscience.

Rode squeezed next to Annabel, who looked at him coldly.

"No appointment."

Rode smiled awkwardly, "I'll just eat something."Anna Vistah elegantly and quickly scooped up nearby food and held it in her arm.

"This is mine."

Rode felt very embarrassed and could only say, "I'll just sit here, sit here."

Anna Vistah stared at him like a cat guarding its food, while eating at ten times the speed.

Rode had no intention of snatching food and asked cautiously, "After receiving the medal, can we freely enter and leave the academy?"

Anna Vistah nodded cautiously and gracefully picked up a steak, eating it like a lady, though at a much faster pace.

Rode continued to inquire, "Can I go to any place at any time? For example, the Iron Cross district at night?"

Anna Vistah shook her head, unable to speak with her mouth full.