Section 2722 ‘Fairness’

Dox was stunned, scratched his temples, and muttered in a low voice: "Have I ever written this? Why don't I remember it?"

Gray Merchant smiled: "I remember that magazine was "Southern Light", which was the third to last issue before "Southern Light" was suspended."

Dox heard Gray Merchant mention "Southern Light" and suddenly realized: "Oh, I remember it!"

Dox turned to Wai and said: "Isn't this the masterpiece I wrote when we were in Lorenbir and learned about Najier's affairs!"

Wai looked at Dox with disgust: "... You said you are yourself, don't bring me along. I only know that you were very excited when you heard about Najier's affairs, but I didn't know you wrote two high-level articles about it."

"And, "Southern Light" magazine, huh."

Wai didn't say anything specific about "Southern Light", but the disgust in his expression was unconcealed, which showed how much he disliked this magazine and even disdained to talk about it.

Although Angel had never heard of the magazine "Light of the Southern Region", he still remembered that Diablo had complained to him about the chaos of the Sky Machinery City's publishing houses. Diablo was once responsible for the registration of publishing houses. According to him, during his time in office, there were publishing houses applying every day, and there were publishing houses going bankrupt every day.

The reason for the closure is mostly because they think too highly of themselves and offend some extraordinary people. However, most of them are not really bankrupt, but just to save face, and then change their names to continue to apply for new publishing houses. This is why there are bankruptcies and applications every day.

In order to attract people's attention, these inferior and less substantial publishing houses will take some sensational magazine names. They don't even consider whether they can suppress these names with their own scale.

For example, "The Great View of Truth", "The Secret of the Origin", "World Talk"... The names are all big and empty, and the actual content is all meaningless water text.

According to the name, "Light of the Southern Territory" feels similar to this...

By the way, speaking of Diablo, I wonder how he is doing recently?

While Angel was thinking about horse racing, on the other side, Dox heard Wai's disdainful tone, but he didn't care at all, and even said proudly: "Recalling this, I seem to be back to the era of boiling blood."

Wai continued to complain on the side: "Boiling blood? It's just chicken blood, howling incompetence."

Gray Merchant: "The articles written by the Red Sword Wizard are really exciting."

Wai looked at Gray Merchant in shock: Dox is happy enough, why are you, the blood source wizard who was criticized to death by him in the article, joining in the fun?

Besides, why are you praising Dox? Is this a strategy before the battle, to relax Dox's vigilance?

Wai turned his head and looked at Dox. Sure enough, Dox was looking at Gray Merchant with admiration, and it seemed that heroes think alike.

Wai sighed in his heart. Fortunately, the Gray Merchant had calculated wrong. It was not Dox who would fight with the Gray Merchant. Otherwise, considering Dox's flattery, it would be good if he could perform at 80% of his level.

"Hey, why are you complimenting him? Don't forget, they are enemies now." The evil woman floating in the air said to the Gray Merchant.

The evil woman's attitude at this time was much more restrained than before, and even her tone became more cautious.

Gray Merchant: "I didn't compliment him. I just put myself in the perspective of the Red Sword Wizard. Writing these articles in that period can really make people boil."

Powder Mo whispered in the ear of the magic elephant: "So the former Lord Gray Merchant had such a strong ability to empathize?"

The magic elephant laughed and didn't answer. Instead, the shepherd who was lazily leaning against the wall said: "Even now, Lord Gray Merchant has a strong ability to empathize~"

Powder Mo was unconvinced. The shepherd did not explain. If the Gray Merchant had poor empathy, how could his personality change drastically because of a memory?

After answering the evil woman's words, the Gray Merchant looked at Dox again: "I wonder if the Red Sword Wizard can answer some of my questions?"

Hearing the Gray Merchant's question, Dox had an expression of "I regret not meeting you earlier", but suddenly retracted it: "No."

"You still have some brains." Wai muttered.

Dox rolled his eyes at Wai. Wai has been staying at home for so many years, and his impression of him is still many years ago. Is this good or bad? Actually, it's not bad. Someone always treats you as a teenager, isn't that good?

The rejected Gray Merchant did not show disappointment, but continued to say politely: "That's a pity. In fact, we are also forced to fight with you, I believe you can understand."

Dox did not say anything. It was not his turn to answer such a topic that was not clearly directed.

"No more words, let's get started." The speaker was the Black Earl. He turned the stone slab and wanted to look at the wise master behind him, but when he looked back, he found that the wise master had disappeared. The black-robed man in the sky was originally an energy phantom, but now he has changed into his real body, and his robes are fluttering in the breeze.

The Black Earl suddenly spoke, causing the Gray Merchant's pupils to shrink slightly. Even the evil woman floating in the air, her pupils instantly became a slit.

They had been guessing what the nose on the floating stone slab was and why it had such a strong energy aura. Now, the other party spoke, and his tone was completely different from Dox's majesty.

This made them feel a little uneasy.

They vaguely thought of a rumor.

It shouldn't be possible, they couldn't be so unlucky to meet someone from that family here?

"I don't know, sir..."

The Gray Merchant wanted to confirm the other party's identity, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by the Black Earl: "Don't waste time, start."

After speaking, the Black Earl looked up at the Wise Lord in the air.

The Wise Lord, who changed his skin, looked less youthful than before, but more mysterious. He did not answer the Black Earl's words, but looked at the Gray Merchants: "If you agreed to my little test before and succeeded, my reward would be that you choose the competition venue and propose a competition rule that does not violate the principle of fairness. For example, you can propose that both parties must make a true self-introduction before the game, and the answer you want to know will come out, right?"

"What a pity... Not only did you reject my test, but you also failed to find them. Alas."

The Gray Merchant bowed with apology: "It's our fault that we disappointed the referee."

The Wise Lord looked at Gray Merchant quietly, and after a few seconds, he suddenly laughed out loud: "I was thinking about what she would use to threaten you, but I didn't expect to use this trick."

Dox: "What trick?"

The Wise Lord glanced at Dox: "Imprison someone who knows you best."

Dox frowned slightly and repeated the sentence "Imprison someone who knows you best" in a low voice... Soon after, Dox said with emotion: "Her methods are really dirty."

Although many wizards are shameless and have no bottom line, wizards with slightly normal thinking generally do not do things that harm others. This method, in Dox's opinion, is a bit mean.

However, Dox obviously misunderstood the meaning of the Wise Lord.

On the other hand, as the person involved, Gray Merchant understood that although the black-robed referee did not say it clearly, he must have seen his situation.

The Gray Merchant did not react much to this. After all, this referee should be in the same group with the man in the mirror, and it is normal to know the other party's methods.

Gray Merchant didn't care, but Pink Mo, who always liked to ask a lot of questions, narrowed her eyes and said, "Shouldn't you be fair as a referee? Why do you have to answer them when they ask questions?"

Wise Lord: "Originally I wanted to reveal more, but after hearing what you said, I suddenly don't want to reveal it."

The Wise Lord naturally saw the situation of Gray Merchant. He had observed Gray Merchant before and knew that he was a cold and ruthless person, and he was definitely not related to his current gentle and elegant personality. With such a huge change, Gray Merchant's subordinates did not doubt it, and even retained the other party's strength. With that person's means, there was only one way: to seal the most important memory of the past in the mirror.

As for the way to remove it, only the goddess could do it before. But the Wise Lord saw with his own eyes that Angel took out the derivative of the wood spirit from the oil painting. If Angel could also crack the secret of the mirror space, he might be able to save Gray Merchant's memory from the mirror.

Therefore, Gray Merchant rarely responded to Dox's question. As a result, Pink Mo interrupted again.

Once is fine, but twice in a row, even though the wise master thought it was not a big deal, he no longer had the idea of ​​helping them "discuss outside".

Moreover, if he really told them, it would not be of any benefit to the wise master, and it would only make the goddess more opposed to him.

Although the wise master joined forces with Angel and others this time to test the goddess, he would not really go to the point of drawing swords with the goddess. Angel and others could pat their butts and leave in the end, but he could not leave and had to face the goddess face to face.

If an inevitable disaster like the void storm appeared again, causing the magic array to be damaged, he would still have to go to the goddess with a shameless face.

Therefore, fighting without division, arguing without arguing, everyone still has to do some superficial work.

On the other side, Fen Mo heard the wise master suddenly say this, and her heart skipped a beat. She... Could she have said the wrong thing again?

The evil woman and the gray merchant had already looked at Fen Mo, with unclear eyes, which made Fen Mo even more flustered.

Just when Fen Mo was at a loss, the wise master spoke up: "However, you are right. For the sake of fairness, I will allow you to ask me a question. Also, to be fair, my answer will be the same as before."

The wise master spoke up this time to help Fen Mo out of the predicament.

The evil woman withdrew her gaze, and the gray merchant gave her a comforting look.

This time, Fen Mo also helped them and won a chance to ask questions. Although the referee has pointed out that his answer will be the same as the way he answered Hong Jian before, that is, he will not give a clear answer, but only a direction. Questions like asking about the other party's identity are probably not answered.

However, there is one question that the gray merchant is really curious about. I had always wanted to ask before, but I didn't know where to start. Now I have the chance.

"Mr. Judge, I want to know where they hid in the previous small test?"

The wise master chuckled and gave an answer that was not really an answer: "Didn't I remind you just now?"

The gray merchant under the mask frowned: "Remind what?"

The wise master no longer answered at this time, but stretched out his index finger to make a "hush" gesture. This gesture did not make the gray merchant silent, but told the gray merchant that he had given the answer. Asking again would not conform to the principle of "fairness".

The gray merchant understood what the wise master meant, but he still didn't understand what the truth was?

"Before, didn't the judge say that Fen Mo might have a chance to find them. Could this be a hint?" The shepherd said.

Gray Merchant looked back at Fen Mo, thinking of the illusion traces left on the scene when he broke through the siege of mutated scavenging squirrels, and he had a vague guess in his mind.

"Is it...an illusion?" Gray Shang felt a little unconfident when he expressed his guess. Because if it really was an illusion, there should be illusion nodes and energy traces, but when they searched in all directions, they found no clues.

Does this completely invisible illusion really exist?

The wise master chuckled and still did not answer the gray merchant. Instead, he said: "If you have any other questions, please put them aside for now. If you continue talking, some people will become impatient."

The wise man ruled that "someone is impatient". Gray Merchant and others thought it was referring to the nose on the stone slab opposite, but in fact... it was the person looking here through the mirror.

"Before the official competition, let me tell you the rules."

The wise master repeated the rules he had mentioned before, including apprentices vs. apprentices, wizards vs. wizards; the winning team could replace other teammates at any time, take a rest themselves, and continue to play after resting...and so on.

All the rules, except that they must play against each other at the same level, have no other restrictions.

This means that this time the competition is not just about strength, but also about their respective methods and trump cards.

In fact, from the perspective of the wise master, it is best to add some restrictions to avoid one-sidedness, but... the goddess is not willing. She just wants to see clearly the trump cards of Angel and others. If restrictions are added, how to see the trump cards clearly?

In fact, Gray Shang and others already know these rules. They are very confident in their combat power, methods and trump cards, especially after seeing that their opponent has a wandering wizard like Red Sword Doakes, they are even more confident.

However, the identity of the nose on the slate made them a little concerned... If it really belonged to that family, their trump cards might not come in handy.

However, it shouldn't be so unlucky, right?

Probably.

After the wise master finished explaining the rules, he added one more sentence: "Although I can't help but live and die, I still hope you can click as far as you can."

This sentence seemed to be fair, but it was actually meant for Angel and others.

Because Zhen Lun plays the trump card, the wise master is not optimistic about Gray Shang and his party at all.

You know, in addition to the three wizards in Angel's side, there is also a wind elemental creature whose strength is close to that of a formal wizard, and... a panic world demon whose strength is close to the true knowledge level.

"Okay, let's stop here." The wise master paused and said, "Now let's make a decision, should we start with the apprentice or the wizard?"

The wise master thought for a moment and turned his attention to the gray merchant. For the sake of fairness and to reassure the man in the dark, he decided to let the gray merchant make the choice.

Facing the wise master's inquiry, the gray merchant thought for a moment, stretched out his hand to the other side politely and said: "This decision does not affect the outcome. Let the other party make the decision."

If the gray merchant's memory had not been sealed, he would have given the answer at this time. But Gray Shang, whose personality has returned to his former self, is quite polite and humble... although this is only superficial.

The wise master sighed inwardly and turned to look at Angel: "What do you mean?"

Angel: "The wizard fights first."