Arcane Lord

When the older moon elf mage talked about the exciting part, he grabbed the bottle of wine on the table and gulped down a big gulp. However, his frivolous look made his companions at the same table dissatisfied: "Hey, hey, hey, pay attention to your image outside, don't embarrass our society! Besides, don't we know what level you are at ordinary times? If it weren't for the computing power pool bonus, you would probably be as confused as the child next to you!" "Okay, okay, don't expose my shortcomings, it's me, Meng Lang, I'll treat you to Mengzhilan later, the next game is about to start, let's watch the game first." Mengzhilan is a specialty of Sharwen, and it has rarely been exported abroad, but Changqing Club also has channels to get it, but the price is enough to scare off a large number of mages. Hearing the name of Mengzhilan, several companions at the same table immediately stopped making trouble. Of course, the next game is about to start is also one of the reasons. …

In addition to the Evergreen Club, Everska also has two snowmelt competition broadcasting points, one is at the Taltat Sword Academy in the south of the city, and the other is in a square in the city, corresponding to the upper and lower class audiences of Everska respectively.

The Evergreen Club is almost in between the two. It is one of the most frequently visited wizard clubs by many schools in Everska, and many nobles have been there.

But no matter which broadcasting point, the broadcast projection is surrounded by elves and a few dwarves. Mages are probably attracted by the arcane competition itself, while non-mages are more for watching the excitement.

The attribute of watching the excitement has never been exclusive to humans. It should be said that as long as it is an intelligent creature, there is no lack of the attribute of watching the excitement.

After the number of access users to the main network of the computing power pool increased to a certain extent and stabilized, Shado was commissioned by the Seventon Council to check the three broadcasting points of Everska.

These all charge tickets, even the broadcasting point in the square is no exception, but the ticket price is cheaper than the other two.

Since the money has been collected, there must be no problems with the broadcast. In fact, the Seventon Council has a dedicated person in charge of this aspect. However, broadcast failures have already occurred in other cities. Although they were quickly resolved, they inevitably have some negative effects.

On Evereska's side, there is the incarnation of Shado, who took the opportunity to come over and check it out when he was not busy. This inspection really made him find the problem. It turned out that the broadcast equipment was "aging".

Or to put it another way, the mithril components in the broadcast equipment have undergone element transmutation reactions due to long-term use, which reduces the energy conduction efficiency of the components and thus reduces the actual service life of the equipment.

In this case, of course, it is impossible to repair on site, and only a new one can be replaced.

Fortunately, although the equipment on Evereska's side has aged, it has not yet deteriorated. It is not a problem to survive today, and it will be fine to use new equipment tomorrow.

After all, it is the first time to broadcast, and the council has no experience, but I think there will be no such problem next year.

...

Seventon.

It is now the fifth day of the Snow Melting Competition. During this period, Shado has returned to the territory several times, but most of the time he and Nia are here to watch the competition.

Although it is the fifth day, the competition has only reached the second event, which is the most orthodox spell duel. The arcane puzzle is the first event, and it has now all ended.

Netheril won the second place, but if we consider that the arcane puzzle was originally born in Netheril, and that Shado has trained in chess skills (the first time it appeared), it is a bit disappointing that it did not win the first place.

As for the spell duel, this has always been a strong event for the elves in the past, but Netheril is not bad in this regard, catching up very quickly, and in recent years, at worst, it has never fallen out of the top three in this event.

There are currently four events in the Snow Melting Competition. In addition to the arcane puzzle and spell duel, the remaining two are grand illusions and maze treasures.

Judging from the number of people in a single game, the first two events can actually be divided into individual competitions, and the last two are naturally team competitions.

The latter two events were proposed by the Elven nation, and then joined the competition with the consent of Netheril. The time of joining the Grand Illusion was the same as the Arcane Puzzle, when Yerlan invited Cormanthor to join and turned the snow melting competition from a two-country duel into a three-country melee.

The Labyrinth Treasure Hunt was proposed by Ilfarran after the establishment of the Northern Alliance and widely invited other countries in the alliance to join, and was finally recognized.

At present, the performance of the Nether Mage in this new event is not very ideal. After all, this is also a traditional event of the elves. If humans want to catch up, they can't catch up after a few sessions.

In addition to the time factor, the Nether Mage is more "independent" and is also the main reason for the unsatisfactory performance.

The so-called "Labyrinth Treasure Hunt" is to randomly put the two sides of the battle into the maze. As long as any one of the people on one side gets the "treasure" in the center of the maze, the side can win.

It is said to be random, but in fact, no matter how it is put, it is impossible to directly put the contestants into the center of the maze, so that there must be a "grabbing" process, which is also the main highlight of this event.

Generally speaking, the maze treasure hunt process is divided into three stages: first gather companions, then assign tasks to explore the maze, and finally head to the center of the maze.

You may encounter opponents in any of the three stages.

Therefore, experience and cooperation are very important, but unfortunately humans are far inferior to elves in this regard.

In fact, this project has always been considered in the elf world as a rehearsal for group combat during the war, so it is very popular. Xia Duo has personally participated in the war in the green field and has personally experienced the cooperation of the elves.

In this regard, humans are indeed inferior to elves.

Even if there is Linsi Network to assist cheating, not all Nese mages can actually accept this. Now, even elves can use Linsi Network, so they will cooperate even more tacitly.

As for the Grand Illusion, on the surface it is indeed a team event, but in essence it is just an exhibition competition. Players from all over the world will conduct previews and rehearsals before the competition, and the final score is mixed with too many subjective factors.

Unlike the other three projects, there are very clear criteria for winning and losing, but it is not difficult for a person with normal thinking to make a judgment.

The grand illusion shows the grandeur of the illusion, but there is no clear standard for what grandeur is. It is all decided by the on-site referee and the audience.

This is actually to cater to the referee and the audience. It is difficult to directly reflect the level of illusion between both parties. Off-field factors account for too much.

Xia Duo speculated that even if this project is retained in next year's snowmelt competition, it may not be used to distribute the income of the Huifeng Mountains. If this method is used, whoever loses will feel dissatisfied.

…

Just as Shado and Niya were chatting without a word, a new duel began. This one was Netheril versus Evriska. Both the Netherese mage was on the field and the opponent was not. It’s not too much, but it’s still somewhat interesting.

In this way, Xia Duo and Niya couldn't help but silence themselves and quietly waited for the duel to begin.