Chapter 599: Pre-Winter Festival Match
Lolan Hill ascended the high platform step by step on the frost-covered stone steps.
Originally, she had no intention of participating in this competition, but Lady Phyllis persuaded her to join and try it out. It wasn’t for any fame or gain, but rather to experience something entirely new.
“New and unknown experiences will enrich your life. And you haven’t competed publicly with others yet, not even during your first year,” Lady Phyllis instructed the young lady.
Thus, after agreeing, Lolan registered for the competition.
When standing on the platform swept by cold winds, she suddenly recalled that participating in school battles under the identity of Lolan was something that happened during her first year. Later, in her second year, she participated in the ‘Crown of Overthrow’ contest under the identity of Lohil.
“The match begins!”
Her crimson dress fluttered wildly in the wind, and her black hair danced along with it. This black-haired, red-dressed maiden attracted everyone’s attention as soon as she appeared on stage.
Many lower-grade students were seeing her for the first time, speculating about her origins.
“Who is she? I’ve never heard of her before.”
“It’s strange. Such a beautiful girl should be well-known, especially since she’s in fifth grade, she must be quite strong. Why haven’t I seen her in two years at the Fortress Academy?”
While many students from grades 1-4 were discussing, a few upperclassmen recognized her.
“Wow, to see her participate in this match is like seeing a living legend.”
“I didn’t know the president of the ‘Black Lotus’ club hadn’t graduated yet. She’s currently in fifth grade.”
“So that means when she became president, she was only in second grade, just starting at the academy?”
“Now that I think about it, she’s incredibly impressive, so beautiful too. Sniff, why haven’t I seen her around the school for years?”
“It’s not strange. It was said that the ‘Black Lotus’ club kept her information under wraps, and with the older batch of students constantly graduating, fewer people knew about her existence,” explained one of the senior students.
“Enough talk, it’s starting.”
On the battlefield, a warrior clad in dark gold full-body armor stood on one side. Each piece of his armor was made from high-quality mithril, adorned with exquisite enchanting carvings, emitting a faint luster under the dim sky.
Boom.
A massive heavy axe stood upright on the grayish-blue ground, leaving a small crack. The weight of this heavy great axe must have been close to a hundred pounds.
Michel looked at the girl across the arena.
Since he had no armor and no weapon in his hands, it was hard to believe that he was here to participate in the competition.
Despite having heard of this name in his early years, Mitchell was not one to blindly worship anyone. He trusted more in his own training and experience fighting numerous高手 over the years. Loran, who had taken a leave of absence for several years, might not be as powerful as the legends suggested. The so-called ‘Black Rose Queen’ was merely an exaggerated rumor among students.
“Sorry, let me break that beautiful legend. And time will always bring new faces to replace the old.”
He roared, picked up the heavy and massive battle axe, and swung it effortlessly through the air, causing a series of tearing whistles to echo in the atmosphere. For a moment, the snowfall on the battlefield was lifted by the pressure and temporarily halted.
Loran Hill looked at the approaching fierce air currents not far away, raised her right hand, and a crimson light shield rose.
Although the Demon Sequence was not good at defense, it was still capable of handling such an attack.
At the moment the light shield rose, Mitchell pushed off the ground, charging towards her like a heavy combat vehicle. The heavy axe in his hand was swung with great force, emitting a dangerous sharp glow.
“Iron Peak Slash!”
He activated the core of his extraordinary abilities, and the heavy axe, carrying immense momentum, descended like a mountain, seemingly aiming to cut the young lady in half. Seeing this scene, many nearby spectators felt a chill, and the swirling snowflakes felt like they were cutting their faces, causing some pain.
However,
As if light rose petals were fluttering, a red glow flashed, scattering a few red particles in the air.
Mitchell’s heavy axe split into two pieces, and his armor also cleanly split open, revealing a thin white shirt underneath. At this moment, he looked helpless and bewildered, as if just waking up.
Clanging sounds echoed on the arena, then everyone saw the fragments of armor and weapons bouncing and rolling on the ground with a slight sound.
The warrior who had been full of confidence just moments ago stood motionlessly on the arena, letting the cold wind continuously blow against him.
“How could this happen? Even Dalci, the top student back then, wouldn’t have done this.”
Mitchell knelt down, lost, looking at the smooth-edged gold weapon, his eyes filled with confusion. This all happened too quickly. Many students only saw a faint red glow flash before Mitchell suddenly stopped as if frozen.
“Shall we continue?” Loran Hill walked slowly forward, looking at the young man in front of her, around 20 years old.
“No, there’s no need.” It seemed like a sigh, he slowly raised his head, looking at this young lady with crimson eyes, which were like clear red lakes, captivating.
Closing his eyes to prevent being enchanted by those eyes, Mitchell stood up, announced his surrender, and walked down the arena somewhat dejectedly. It seems I still have a long way to go.
“Fortress Academy, Loran, wins!” the referee loudly declared, and the crowd erupted.
A series of exclamations arose.
“Michel, such a strong contender for the championship, has lost? It’s unbelievable.” After all, he was always known as a robust man like iron, yet he lost so quickly this time, which felt very unreal.
Then, several more rounds of matches began, but the crowd in the stands still had their minds on the previous battle. After the news quickly spread and fermented, many people finally began to recall the legend of old.
“This match is getting interesting. I wonder who will be stronger between her and Bumansa, especially since the latter is a three-time champion.”
The match was tense, and as time slowly approached afternoon, the weather gradually cleared up.
The snow stopped, and sparse sunlight filtered through the clouds, shining on the central arena.
“Next, Eulalie from High Tower Academy will face Lolan from Fortress Academy,” the referee announced loudly.
“Not good, not good,” whispered two small girls below.
“What should we do, Yeling? I don’t want to go up,” Eulalie said timidly, hugging her friend’s shoulder.
“Don’t worry, Sister Lolan won’t hurt you,” Yeling said innocently.
“You’re lying; you always make that face when you lie,” the two small girls seemed very familiar with each other.
“Oh, Eulalie, you shouldn’t be afraid. If you don’t go up, all your hard-earned reputation will be ruined,” Yeling encouraged her friend.
“Think about it, you’ve always been suppressing everyone at High Tower Academy. As the leader, you should display your pride, courage, and unmatched strength.”
“Think back to the days when the two senior sisters, White and Black Dragons, were in school. Our High Tower Academy was glorious, and you can’t fall behind either,” Yeling said resolutely, her small face full of seriousness.
“Really? But I feel like I haven’t reached the level of Senior Xingliu. Back then, she was so powerful, but she lost to Dalshi. And Dalshi lost to Bumansa, who is the vice president of the ‘Black Lotus’ club, while Lolan is the president.”
Eulalie wasn’t foolish. She had been defeated by Lolan Hill when she first entered the academy, and since then, she had always harbored a shadow in her heart.
“That was in the past; things are different now. Let’s not talk about it anymore. Hurry up and go, look how many people are cheering for you. Can you bear not to respond?” Yeling pushed Eulalie’s shoulder, making her walk up the spiral steps.
“Mmm, fine.” Reluctantly, Eulalie slowly walked up.
Strands of sunlight shone on the arena. The ground was no longer as cold as it was in the morning. Eulalie stepped onto the other side of the arena.
She had light blue spiral pigtails and was still wearing a purple-blue bubble dress, holding nothing in her hands, just like Lolan Hill across from her.
“The match begins!” Seeing both sides ready, the referee declared immediately.
“Ao——”
With a loud roar from this small loli, her body suddenly dispersed and reformed into a brownish-golden dragon.
The majestic dragon head atop her slender neck had two rows of long horns that gave an amber-like feeling. Her body was covered with gleaming and smooth scales, which refracted light into ripples under the sun’s rays. There were also a pair of wings on her back, with grayish-blue as the base and edges covered in golden scales.
Her height was about thirty meters, towering like a mountain, looking down at the tiny red figure below.
After transforming into a dragon, Eruyi spread her wings and flew up, just like Xingliu did when facing Darsi, first avoiding the opponent’s fierce direct attacks.
But this time, Lolan did not attack first; she quietly watched the other dragon fly up.
As the roaring mountain dragon, Eruyi’s flight speed was not fast, slower than Xingliu of the past, but fortunately, her scales and defense were more resilient and thick, with very high overlapping armor, making her highly durable.
But stacking armor wasn’t going to lead anywhere. Lolan Hill looked at the flying brownish-golden dragon and shook her head slightly.
It wasn’t that defense was bad, but some auxiliary offensive capabilities were still needed to make it more intimidating.
Just as she was waiting quietly, the giant dragon in the sky suddenly spread its wings and roared loudly, like a dragon’s roar.
A dense shower of meteors appeared in the air and shot down like a sudden storm.
Facing this overwhelming shower of falling rocks, Lolan stretched out her hand, and a blood-red crystal spear materialized in the air.
“Pierce·Gungnir!”
A deep red comet flew upward against the current, its sharp tip piercing through layers of hard granite rock like cutting tofu, piercing straight into the sky, just as it was in the previous battle.
Facing the sudden appearance of the deep red flash in her vision, Eruyi immediately twisted her body, but unfortunately, before she could complete her movement, the sharp spear had already pierced through her body, directly piercing through the dragon wing and disappearing into the sky behind.
After absorbing the experience from the past, Lolan paid much more attention this time, trying not to hit vital points, otherwise, this guy would probably cry again.
Facing the unstoppable red spear, Eruyi fell from the sky immediately.
“No more fighting, no more fighting, how can I win? Night Spirit is fooling me again.” She muttered to herself, giving up.
Such a decisive surrender scene caused another uproar in the venue. Although Eruyi performed poorly in this match, she had always been among the top few in the High Tower Academy, and no one expected her to lose her will so quickly.
“Fortress Academy, Lolan wins!”
“Yeah, Lolan sister is the best in the world!”
Night Spirit sat in the audience, still holding snacks in her hands, not at all saddened by her friend’s defeat.
“Night Spirit!” A small figure ran over,扑倒 Night Spirit, and the two started wrestling, evenly matched.
Next to them, Alena picked up the bag of snacks and started eating slowly, not worried at all about the two little ones.
There’s a problem with the guy, she had seen such scenes many times.
“Want some, Letis.” Alena sat on the steps with her legs crossed, leaning down to look at another blonde young lady beside her.
“Huh? What’s wrong? Why aren’t you moving? Are you stunned?” Seeing that Letis wasn’t moving at all, Alena asked curiously.
Letis turned around to look at Alena.
“Has Lolan always been this powerful?” There was still disbelief in her eyes. In her previous impression, although Lolan excelled in alchemy and potion-making, she was usually a quiet girl. Today’s scene greatly shook her former impression.
“Oh, did you just find out today, hehe. Ignorant and inexperienced, young lady Letis.”
If you want to criticize someone, it’s best to hit them where they’re most proficient and concerned about. And Alena was particularly good at this.
“You…” Letis couldn’t bear it anymore. They had been bickering for days, but she still often lost to Alena. Perhaps it was the pride of a young lady acting up; she didn’t let go as freely as Alena.
“Alright, alright. Calm down, come eat something.” Alena touched Letis’s arm and handed over her pocket, revealing a unique-flavored dried meat.
“In fact, I’ve known Lolan was very powerful for a long time. Back when she was a first-year student, Lolan was slightly stronger than Bumansa. Later, they compared themselves several times, and Bumansa said she found it hard to win against her.”
She joined an obscure club in the academy early on, which specialized in training demonic beasts. As a demonic beast, certain individuals were particularly sensitive to energy.
When she was a first-year student, a senior asked if there was any powerful person around her, as those bee-spined sparrows were all afraid of her. She didn’t know at the time, but after several experiments, she realized it was caused by her roommate.
“So, have I been the only one kept in the dark all these years?” Letis clenched her fists, wanting to hit someone.
“Let me think… In our dorm, Nia has always respected Lolan. From her behavior, she must have known. In the neighboring dorm, Vimya has always been mysterious. She should not be weak either, and Bumansa has competed with Lolan many times. Night Spirit seemed to know about Lolan in the first year and is quite attached to her. As for Lily, she is in the ‘Black Lotus’ club, so she probably has seen Lolan display her power.”
“Thinking about it, it does seem like you were the only one who didn’t know.”
Alena said while tapping her chin with her finger, occasionally eating a piece of dried meat.
Beside her, Letis became angrier and angrier as she listened, and finally, in a fit of anger, snatched the snacks from Alena’s hand and ate them angrily.
“Hey, don’t, leave some for me, Letis. It was hard to get these from Little Rich Girl Night Spirit,” Alena argued with Letis.
The audience seats inside were filled with cheers and shouts due to the competition on stage.
(End of Chapter)
