Chapter 2743 Ghost

Gray Merchant was pleased: "Really? Mr. Ermi really has a way?"

Angel nodded.

Gray Merchant: "If Mr. Ermi can really hand over my memory, all the conditions I mentioned before will be effective, and I will swear in my personal name that I owe you a favor."

Angel was about to speak, but the wise master in the air said: "If you have any requests, you can discuss them after the duel is over. Now, you will each have five minutes to adjust and prepare for the next duel."

The duel of the formal wizards has ended, and the next duel will be held among the apprentices.

Gray Merchant opened his mouth and wanted to say that if Ermi could really release his memory, the next duel would not have to continue.

But in the end, Gray Merchant still did not speak, because this duel was not only about his memory, but also determined whether they could continue to explore the underground waterway.

Even though Gray Merchant and the evil woman, as formal wizards, could not continue, if the apprentice won the duel, at least the apprentice would have a chance to go deeper.

Moreover, it is very likely that this is their only chance to go deep into the underground waterway.

You know, along the way, they met the powerful Hidden Mirror Man, the Black Robe Judge who stood at the top of the wizard world, and the clone of the Black Earl. If nothing unexpected happens, the Garden Maze will become a mess in the future.

The Guman Kingdom was already in a state of chaos, and now a group of hidden strongmen hiding in the underground waterway have appeared. It can be said that one wave has not settled and another wave has risen.

What will happen in the future, the Gray Merchant does not know. But it is clear that after this, the Bilos family should not dare to have any extravagant thoughts about the Garden Maze. The so-called traveling merchant organization is probably coming to an end.

But, the future will be discussed in the future. He is still a gray merchant now, one of the three merchants responsible for cleaning up the monsters in the underground waterway and finding secrets. He will be responsible for one day as long as he is in office.

Moreover, more than half of the life of the gray merchant is related to the underground waterway, and his most important memory also happened in the underground waterway. Therefore, the gray merchant actually wants to explore the unknown secrets of the underground waterway more than anyone else.

He didn't want to give up the opportunity, even though he himself had lost the qualification to explore, but the apprentices he brought out still had a chance.

Thinking of this, the words "no need to duel" in the gray merchant's throat were choked back by him.

The gray merchant cast an apologetic look at Angel and his group, expressing his determination to continue the duel.

Angel and others didn't care. A duel with a beginning and an end was always more pleasant to the earl than a collapse in the middle. Moreover, they also had a supporter of continuing the duel, the Black Earl.

As for the reason, you can see why by looking at Wai's rolling eyes.

After the two sides reached a consensus, they entered the "preparation" stage.

But in the so-called preparation stage, in fact, neither side made any preparations.

The only thing the Black Earl did was to remove the birdcage and set the evil woman free.

On the gray merchant's side, because Fen Mo was silenced, no one spoke. The apprentices just looked at each other for a few times, and it seemed that they had a tactic. It can be seen that they often cooperated on weekdays and had a very high degree of tacit understanding.

Time passed slowly... During this process, Wai looked at the Black Earl from time to time, wanting to say something, but in the end he was still depressed.

Wai really didn't want to fight. Even if he had to fight, he hoped to get support... For example, the support of Master Chaowei.

But his master didn't seem to intend to let him use any means outside the theory, which made Wai very uncomfortable.

Finally, the time left by the wise master for both sides to prepare was up.

"Go ahead, at least your master won't stand by and watch you die. Besides, you should also fight in actual combat. The last time I saw you fight seemed to be... decades ago?" Dox patted Wai's shoulder, his words were comforting, but his expression was gloating.

Wai waved Dox's hand away and sneered: "Don't be complacent. Don't forget that you were defeated by me. I have evidence of your defeat here. Do you want me to show it to everyone?"

Dox's eyes widened suddenly: "Did you use the photo stone at that time?"

Wai snorted twice: "A memorable picture should be kept for a long time and taken out from time to time to savor it."

Dox pointed at Wai, his hand trembling a little, and his cheeks flushed. But in the end, Dox didn't say anything and swallowed his arrogance.

Dox's reaction made everyone curious about the photo stone in Wai's hand... It seems that Dox has a handle in Wai's hand?

Although Wai had the upper hand in the conversation with Dox, it didn't bring him much comfort.

He still had to go on stage!

Wai sighed and slowly walked onto the arena. In the short journey, he walked out of the miserable atmosphere, as if he was walking the last road of life and death before the guillotine.

When Wai came on stage, the atmosphere was full, and the Gray Merchants on the opposite side were also surprised.

The Gray Merchants were actually ready to go on stage first. After all, no matter what, they had four apprentices, while the other side had only two apprentices. After taking advantage of the situation, if they insisted on going on stage later, it would be very tactless.

So, they were ready to take the initiative to go on stage as soon as the Wise Lord announced. But unexpectedly, before the Wise Lord announced anything, the other side had already gone on stage.

Although we still don’t know the name of the apprentice on the opposite side, we can know from the redness of the mirror that it is the descendant of Noah who is on the stage.

"It's your turn." The wise master glanced at the dejected Vai, and then looked at the gray merchant.

The gray merchant and the evil woman looked at each other and said nothing in a tacit understanding. At this time, Vai has already entered the field. With their eyesight, they can naturally see Vai's general advantages and disadvantages. If they come to give guidance, it is equivalent to taking advantage of the other party. Therefore, it is better for the four apprentices to decide who will go up and who will go down.

As for the apprentice room, it had actually been decided before that the demon elephant would go up first. That's because the demon elephant has a battlefield advantage no matter who it faces.

But now, the ones who came up were the descendants of Noah who they were most concerned about. This requires making other arrangements.

The descendant of Noah dared to take the stage first. Even though he appeared to be "unwilling to fight", having such courage means that his strength is absolutely indistinguishable.

With a big family behind him, he must have powerful offensive items, and there should be no shortage of alchemy potions. And these are not prohibited in duels.

Therefore, if you let the Demon Elephant carry the cauldron from the front, you will probably suffer a loss.

The four apprentices looked at each other, and finally, they focused on the apprentice with the lowest sense of presence.

…

In the first apprentice duel, Vai fights against the ghost.

Previously, when the wise master introduced the Gray Merchant and his party, he only focused on the Evil Woman and the Gray Merchant. Regarding the four apprentices, he only mentioned their general categories and didn't say much more. Mainly, there's nothing noteworthy about the apprentice.

Ghost Shadow, in fact, there is no need to say more about the wise master. You can know from his nickname that he is a shadow apprentice.

It's not too surprising that the other party sends out a shadow apprentice.

There are two apprentices on their side, Kael and Vai. Kael's temperament is academic at first glance, and the combat effectiveness of academics has always been despised by the actual combatants, so Kael must be the one who has been ignored. As for Vai, the characteristic of his mirror turning red has proven that he is a descendant of Noah, and the opponent will definitely take him seriously.

In this case, it is actually a better choice to send out the Shadow type, which has strong survivability and a more scout-like fighting style. With the ability of the shadow system, it is completely possible to fight for a long time.

The longer the battle lasts, the more the opponent's abilities are revealed.

Even if the ghost is defeated in the end, he has tested most of Vai's abilities, which allows the next player to attack in a targeted manner.

If you want to avoid this situation, you can only seize the opportunity and kill the ghost quickly and accurately.

However, Angel thought about it carefully and found that Vai was an apprentice of the earth element, and the earth element was one of the few elements that was good at confrontation on the material level. As for the shadow system, it tends to be energy-based, so Vai and Ghost Shadow may not have an easy time fighting against each other.

This is probably also the opponent's strategy.

"Oh ho ho~ I'm being targeted~" Doakes' laughter was a little arrogant, which made Vai on the arena couldn't help but turn around and glare at him.

At this time, Kael also murmured in the spiritual belt: "Maybe, I should go up first..."

The space system is a strong system in the mysterious side. It can target the material world and disrupt the energy world. There is basically no restraint. This is why, when most wizards choose to practice across disciplines, the space discipline is prominently on the list.

If Kael faced the ghost, the ghost would not dare to draw a long line to fight, and would have to fight quickly. Otherwise, as long as Kael keeps opening gaps in the surrounding space, he can compress the ghost's movement space. If a slit is made directly on the ghost's body, the ghost will have to admit defeat immediately if it wants to survive.

Therefore, it is impossible to delay the fight with Kael. The longer you delay, the smaller your advantage.

This is also the reason why Kael sighed at this time.

"If you go up, the other side may not send ghosts. Maybe you will face demon elephants." Doakes said aside.

The demon elephant is a bloodline apprentice. Judging from the purity of the blood he exudes, he should be of the bloodline like Gray Merchant in the future.

The wide opening and closing of the blood side can not only draw a long line with you, but also explode quickly to achieve a quick victory. For an academic like Kael, facing a bloodline apprentice like Demon Elephant who is a practical school, there is basically no chance of him having no extraneous means.

Kael thought about it and felt that Doakes was right, but...

"Actually, there is no need to let Vai appear first. If they appear first, we can judge whether it is me or Vai who should deal with it first."

Doakes: "Well..."

Doakes paused and glanced at the Black Earl who was floating on the side. It must be the Black Earl's decision whether Vai goes up first or last, so it is the Black Earl who should answer Kael's question.

However, the Black Earl seemed to have no intention of saying anything. Doakes thought for a while and said: "When you go to explore the ruins, if an encounter occurs, are you still going to ask the other party to cooperate with you, preferably with the attributes you restrain? "

"Besides, even if it's not a sudden encounter, if you go to participate in the Sky Tower game, you have no way of predicting who your opponent will be, whether you will restrain the opponent or be restrained by the opponent."

Kael: "That's what I said, but..."

Doakes gestured "Shh" and then said: "Stop it. Think about Vai's identity again."

Doakes lowered his voice, even though it made no sense in the mind-tether.

"The opponents are the minions of the Bilos family, and Wai is a descendant of the Noah family. As wizard families, they are fighting for more than just victory. For this reason alone, he cannot choose the easy difficulty."

Of course, these words are Dox's guess. However, he is not aimless. He and Wai have been on adventures together. Wai has complained more than once that at certain times, family background will not only not be a plus, but will become a burden.

Wizard families and wizard organizations are different after all. Families suffer together and prosper together, so they value reputation more. This is difficult for even top families like the Noah family to get rid of.

This does not mean that wizard organizations do not value reputation, but there are many factions in wizard organizations, and factions often have factional conflicts due to uneven resource distribution. Sometimes, the public opinion dilemma outside is caused by other factions in the organization. They attack each other, and reputation issues naturally become marginal issues. It's not unimportant, but... not as important as imagined.

So, based on this point, Dox made this guess.

From the fact that the Black Earl did not refute, we can know that at least he was not wrong. Maybe it's not the most correct answer. Maybe the Black Earl just wants to train Wai's crisis handling ability, but there should also be some family burdens.

Kael was confused and didn't expect that there was such a door between wizard families.

Angel understood relatively well. After all, what Dox said could also be true if the wizard family was brought into the relationship between traditional nobles.

...

While they were whispering here, the battle on the arena had already started.

As they guessed, the ghost sent by the other party, except for the initial appearance, it was known that it was a man wearing a black mask, and then it was like Ermi, and it drilled into the shadow on the ground.

However, the ghost was just an apprentice after all, and was far from being comparable to Ermi.

Ermi would drill if there was a shadow, and if there was no shadow, he would transform into a shadow giant and fight hard. But the ghost is different. His ability can only be exerted through the shadow. The arena is bright and there are no buildings around that can show shadows. The only one with a shadow is Wai.

It is impossible for the ghost to get into Wai's shadow at the beginning. This is a suicide act.

Therefore, in order to make the ground have a shadow, the ghost created a cloud of fog above the arena before disappearing. Through the shadow of the fog, he can become his shelter.

This fog is different from the illusion used by Angel. It is a trick commonly used by the shadow system, commonly known as: fog magic.

Although there is a common name, most apprentices of the shadow system, or all wizards who have used the fog magic trick, use different sources of fog magic.

Some are special consumables, some are energy fogs composed of multiple tricks, and some are illusions created by light and shadow. Of course, there are also alchemical props...

Because the source of each fog magic is different, if you want to crack the fog magic, you can't be less knowledgeable and have a low vision.

Wai wanted to defeat the ghost, so his first task was to break the fog spell and make the opponent have nowhere to hide.

Looking at the white fog above the arena, Wai's mind began to work quickly...