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"...Daining, are you alright?"

Looking at his friend who kept yawning, Julian couldn't help but care about his situation.

"It's okay." Dai Ning replied with a grunt, paused, and added: "I think, are the two of us cursed? Ever since Orson, either you have insomnia or I have insomnia."

"I've been sleeping very well recently. But if you have insomnia..." Julian thought for a while, "Should I ask Juan? He is really good at concocting potions. I think there should be some help for sleep." medicine."

The Juan mentioned by Julian was exactly the Cantellian apprentices, Juan and Yue, who lived in the two rooms next to the three of Enos.The two were twins, both wearing Cantellian style, bluish voluminous robes, piled on top of each other, so that when they walked, they looked like two tents from behind.Because they are tightly wrapped and very neutral in appearance, they look almost identical, and Julian still cannot tell whether they are twin sisters or brothers, or whether they are of different genders at all.

They all lived on the first floor, and they came and went. After a week, Julian and Dai Ning became acquainted with the two twins.The most famous part of Cantellian's magic is the production of potions, and the twins are naturally majoring in this part. After chatting with them, Julian realized that the problems that potions can solve are beyond his imagination. , everything from healing to attacking is impossible.It was also because of this that he encouraged Dai Ning to ask—in fact, he had a little curiosity of "how magical the potion can be".

"No need, as long as you solve the problem, you can sleep, but this problem can't be solved."

Dai Ning pouted, looking a little helpless.

"What's the problem? Maybe I can help you?"

"No...it's not a big deal..."

"Then...after the meeting is over, you can go back to sleep for a while, and I will call you when Dylan comes?"

Julian suggested.There is only one event today, which is the mid-term briefing of the summit. Aceh Bell, who is in charge, and other supporting archmages will summarize the first half of the summit and explain the activities of the second half of the summit.

When Dylan's name was heard, Dai Ning's eyes twitched, and then he shook his head indifferently, "No, didn't we agree to go to the library after the meeting today? Let's go, I'm fine, at most I'll go to bed early tonight gone."

Seeing his friend insisting that he was fine, Julian didn't say anything more, just nodded and hummed.

"Oh, it's you two."

The two turned a corner, just in time to see Tifeng coming out from the side.The young man smiled kindly as usual, and greeted them happily. The three of them had the same destination, which was a large meeting room that they used almost every day, so they walked together naturally.

"Yeah~ Today is the mid-term briefing. I didn't expect it to be halfway through. The time flies by so fast." Tifeng said with a sigh.

Julian nodded and said, "Yeah, it's halfway through... In about two weeks, the summit will be over. After it's over, Tifeng, you're going back to your country, right?"

"Yes, I will go back with the caravan after the end." The young man made the gesture of blessing on his chest again, and said softly: "After returning to China, I don't know when I will come out again...even if we may not meet again later I will still pray for the two of you.”

"Don't talk about such a sad thing, think about it in another direction, we still have two weeks." Dai Ning didn't like this atmosphere, and immediately changed the subject, "By the way, I heard that today, apart from the midterm summary, There is also a special event to be announced, what is it?"

"Oh, about that..."

As soon as this topic was mentioned, Tifeng suddenly became excited, "It's a very interesting thing!"

"Huh? Do you know anything?" The two apprentices looked at him in surprise, and Dai Ning leaned over and urged, "Quickly, reveal a little, reveal a little."

"Well... all I can tell you is that it's about apprentices."

The young mage smiled until his eyes narrowed, he put his index finger in front of his lips, and said, "Let's keep it a secret, anyway, you will find out later."

What is so mysterious?

Julian and Dai Ning looked at each other.They didn't receive any news, Yaqibeier didn't say anything, and neither did Huang and Yue. The activities related to apprentices...what the hell is it?

While thinking, the two walked into the conference hall with Tifeng, and found a seat in the apprentice area.This time, Tifeng didn't sit in the apprentice area like he used to, but ran back to the mage area very well.After all, municipal TV meetings cannot be as idle as listening to speeches, and it is better to follow the basic rules.

Attendees arrived quickly, and the mid-term briefing was next.The person who went up to give the briefing was the representative of Cantellian, a tall and slender female mage with a large blue bird on her shoulder.Julian knew that she was the daughter of the head of the Canterlian Magic Court, and she was attending the summit instead of her father who was in poor health. She was also a very powerful potionist herself.

When the briefing started, Julian pulled out his notebook and flipped through it. He didn't pay much attention to what was being said on stage.In fact, in this meeting, apprentices are just for decoration.Must attend, but they have no part to decide on important matters; so little Julian directly used this time to review what he had learned in the past few days. He turned a few pages, raised his head as if suddenly remembering something, and looked around Dai Ning -- the latter has already started to doze off with his head propped up.

It seems that I really can't sleep well.Julian didn't intend to wake him, but just looked around again.He saw Carter, who was Manderon's disciple, sitting next to his teacher with a blank expression on his face, not knowing what he was thinking; and the boy's hands had been wearing gloves since that day.

The relationship with Carter was not good after all, so Julian didn't dare to ask him what kind of injury he was injured, but he still asked around when Manderon came to care about his study.

Regarding his apprentice's injury, Mandron just said lightly: "Carter was accidentally backlashed when he was practicing advanced attack skills. I have already asked Lord Lun of Canterlian to help treat it with potions, and he will gradually recover. of."

Is it really?When Julian told Dai Ning, the boy just blinked and smiled.

"Although I don't think it's that simple, but..." He shrugged and said, "He said so, so listen to it. Anyway, just take care of your ring yourself."

Julian didn't dare to guess the meaning behind Dai Ning's hint.Mandron will not talk about it, Carter... Carter with such a high self-esteem should not do this kind of shitty thing.He didn't want to speculate on things without evidence, he just touched the ring that was hanging around his neck now.

Like Dying said, just be careful.

"...Okay, so it's about the special event for the last week."

The mage in the middle of the conference hall finally talked about the part that Julian was interested in.He hastily poked Dai Ning who was still asleep, but the boy couldn't wake up no matter what he poked, and continued to sleep with his mouth turned.Julian was afraid that his movements would draw attention from others, so he could only listen to him first. Anyway... it would be the same to tell Daining after he woke up.

"This event was decided from the very beginning, but the details were not discussed at the time, and in the past two weeks, representatives of the four participating countries have decided on the location and implementation method, and now allow me to announce it to everyone. Especially apprentices, please listen carefully."

Canterlian's female mage glanced in the direction of the apprentice area, paused, and then said: "Two days before the end of the summit, there will be a friendly match. The apprentices currently participating will be divided into two groups: Enos , Cantellian and Olsen and Mister are in one group. The two groups of apprentices will conduct an exploration competition in Olsen's "Starfall Ruins". The team that reaches the designated place the fastest and obtains the designated items wins Apprentices will receive rewards provided by the organizer.”

The children in the entire apprenticeship area were stunned.But after three seconds of silence, the apprentice area immediately erupted into discussions mixed with astonishment and excitement.

"I never said that before!"

"Are we a team? Are we two countries?"

"Specifically, what is the exploration game like? Is it okay in the ruins?"

"... What's the reward?"

When Julian was still dazed by the news, he heard a lazy voice from the side.He turned his head and found that Dai Ning had woken up at some point, rubbing his eyes and muttering: "Your Highness, you can't just fool us with a second-level magic accessory, you must give something practical."

"Dai, Dai Ning, this is too rude."

"What's the matter, they can't hear it." The noble boy who finally woke up showed a naughty smile.

"Okay, please be quiet. Be quiet." Looking at a group of noisy children, the female mage of Canterlian knocked hard on the desk in front of her.She caressed the blue bird on her shoulder, looked at the noisy apprentices, and said threateningly: "Don't force me to spray medicine in the air, trust me, this child is very fast and accurate in administering medicine. Who Say one more word, and whoever has to be dumb until the activity starts.”

The apprentice area was silent for a moment.Making a magician dumb is almost the worst punishment -- after all, there are no spells that don't need to be chanted!Even potions require mantras to be made, and some even require mantras to be used.At this moment, Julian felt that he was poked twice in the back, and turned around to find that it was Juan who was sitting behind, and the child handed him a note.Julian opened it and it read:

"Master Lun will do what he says, so don't talk."

Julian couldn't help laughing.He tried hard not to laugh out loud.

"Very well, good boys."

Lun nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to explain the content of the event.

"The purpose of this event is to give apprentices the opportunity to actually use the magic they have learned. We will send out completely different roadmaps to the two teams at that time, and the points that must be passed will also be marked on the roadmap. In In those places, there will be traps or checkpoints, which must be passed in order to move on. Of course, the difficulty of both sides will be designed to be the same as possible to ensure the fairness of the game. In short, I hope that everyone can exert their strengths as much as possible and achieve good results. The above .”

Immediately after Lun's explanation was over, some people in the apprenticeship area raised their hands to ask questions.But the mage smiled and added, "No questions will be accepted. Impromptu, boys."

Huh---! ?Is this okay?

All the apprentices screamed in their hearts.This is simply a final exam without scope!How to prepare, which direction to prepare for, attack and defense support, all don't know... Which one should I practice?

"No range...it seems quite interesting." Dai Ning rubbed his hands, then turned to look at his friend, "Isn't it, Julian?"

"Well, it seems to be very interesting. I'm looking forward to it!" Julian also looked back at Dai Ning, his eyes sparkled with excitement.

Although a little shocked at first, the other children quickly calmed down.After all, they are all elite apprentices selected from thousands of people in their own country, and everyone's mentality has also adjusted very quickly.If there is no scope, there will be no scope. To put it bluntly, isn't this about being more proficient and responding faster than anyone else?

But it's a challenge, so go for it.

The apprentices glanced at each other.The current seats happen to be that Enos and Kanter occupy the left side, and Olson and Meister occupy the right side. Before the two teams started the game, the smell of gunpowder has already come out.Julian and Dai Ning made a lot of noise at the beginning of the summit, and received the most attention; facing these provocative gazes, the two looked back without timidity.

It's really exciting and exciting...Friendly match!

Competing with outstanding apprentices from other countries ignited a fierce fighting spirit in Julian's heart.

Will definitely win.Lord Hal, I will do my best.

He stroked the necklace around his neck, thinking firmly.

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I can finally run the final event QwQ