epub |eng | 2019-12-04 | Author:James K [K, James]

###-iChapter-i40-i--iCompetition William-iwas-inow-iin-ihis-iroom-iwith-ithree-iother-imale-istudents.-iThey-iwere-iabout-ito-isleep-ias-itomorrow-imorning-iwould-ibe-ithe-istart-iof-ithe-icompetition-ias-iwell-ias-ithe-iarrival-iof-istudents-ifrom-ieach-iacademy-ito-icheer-itheir-irepresentatives.-i The-icompetition-iis-ialso-iopen-ito-ithe-ipublic-ias-ilong-ias-ithey-ican-iafford-ithe-iadmission-iticket.-iBut-ithe-ifirst-iday-iof-icompetition-iis-ifor-imana-itechnicians,-iso-ithe-iaudience-iin-ithis-iboring-ievent-iis-iobviously-ilow-iand-iwould-ionly-ibe-iwatched-iby-ithose-iwith-isame-iinterest.-iThe-iarena-iwould-icertainly-ibe-ifilled-ion-iit's-isecond-iday. The-ievent-iwill-ibe-iheld-iat-ithe-inear-iZairus-iIV-iArena-iand-ihas-ionly-iabout-i10,000-iseating-icapacity-iso-iorganisers-iis-iclearly-iaware-ithat-ithese-iseats-iwill-ibe-ieasily-ifilled.-i William-islept-isoundly-ias-ithey-ihad-ialready-idone-itheir-ibest-ion-itheir-ipreparation,-iso-ithere-iis-ino-imore-ineed-ito-ifeel-inervous.-iHe-iwoke-iup-iin-ithe-imorning-iand-ias-ihe-iwas-iprepared-ijoin-iRoss-iand-iothers-ito-ithe-ivenue,-ihe-ireceived-inotification-ifrom-ithe-iPathfinder. [-iThe-icompetition-ibegins-itoday!-iMake-iyour-ipresence-iknown-ionce-imore! Mission-i:-iAchieve-ian-ioverall-irank.-iReach-iat-ileast-ithe-i3rd-irank-iin-ithe-ievent-ithat-iyou-iwill-ibe-iparticipating.-i Mission-iReward-i:-i Rank-i1-i:-iAeon-iGuardian Rank-i2-i:-iLarge-iPotion-iof-iDivine-iSense Rank-i3-i:-iRandom-iMemory-iCrystal-iof-ia-iLost-iTechnology.-i] William-iwas-idazed-iat-ithe-ipossible-irewards-ihe-icould-iget.-iThere-iis-ithis-iAeon-iGuardian-iwhich-ihe-iwas-icurious-iabout-isince-iit's-isomething-inew-ifrom-ithe-irewards-ithat-ithe-ipathfinder-ihad-ioffered-ihim-ibefore.-iUnfortunately,-ino-idescription-iwhatsoever-ican-ibe-iseen-ion-ieach-iof-ithem.-i The-ilarge-ipotion-iof-iDivine-iSense-iis-iobviously-ijust-ian-ienhanced-iversion-iof-iwhat-ihe-ihad-iconsumed-ibefore. "Hmm..-iThis-idivine-isense-ihad-ibeen-ihelpful-iin-ithese-ipast-ifew-idays.-iEspecially-iwhenever-iI-idesign-ia-imana-iartifact.-iIt-ishouldn't-ibe-ibad-ito-ireceive-iit-iinstead." William-iactually-iplanned-ito-icreate-ia-imana-iartifact-icapable-iof-iscanning,-isurveying,-iand-ianalysing-iany-iobject-ijust-ilike-ihis-iDivine-iSense.-i He-iwas-iplanning-ito-iuse-iit-ias-ia-icamouflage-iin-icase-ithat-isomeone-ihas-isuccessfully-ibacktracked-ithe-iactivation-iof-ihis-iskill.-iAfter-iall,-ithere-iis-ino-iway-ifor-imagicians-ihere-iin-ithis-iworld-ito-iuse-ithat-ikind-iof-iskill-iwithout-iusing-ia-imana-iartifact.-iWilliam-iwon't-ibe-iable-ito-iexplain-ihis-iscanning-iability-iif-ihe-iwas-idetected. But-iif-iin-icase-ithat-ihe-ireceived-ia-ilarge-ipotion-iof-iDivine-iSense,-ihe-imay-inot-ihave-ito-icreate-ia-imana-iartifact-iat-iall-isince-ihe-iexpected-ithat-iafter-ienhancing-ithe-iskill,-ino-ione-iwould-ibe-iable-ito-itrace-ihis-iusage-iof-iDivine-iSense.-i William-igazed-iat-ithe-ithird-ioption. "Lost-iTechnology...-iIt-iis-ione-iof-ithis-iworld's-imystery.-iOnly-ivague-irecords-icould-ibe-ifound-iabout-ithis-itopic." He-iwas-ilost-iin-ithought-ias-ihe-iremembered-ithe-imysterious-idisappearance-iof-iAeolia-iSchien's-ibody-iafter-ihis-isupposed-ideath. Before-ihis-ipossibly-ifaked-ideath,-ihe-ileft-isome-iwords-ithat-itriggered-ithe-iwhole-imagician's-icommunity-iand-ithose-iwas-iall-iabout-ithis-iLost-iTechnology. William-iwas-idefinitely-icurious-iabout-ithis-ibut-inot-ientirely-isure-ihow-iit-icould-ihelp-ihim.-iAnyway,-ihe-iwould-idefinitely-itry-ito-ido-ihis-ibest-iin-ithe-icompetition.-iWhatever-ifree-ireward-ihe-iwill-iget,-ihe'll-igladly-iaccept-iit. *** Zairus-iIV-iArena.-iCavalen-iCity. "Hello-ieveryone!-iI'm-iFelicia,-ithe-iannouncer-ifor-itoday's-icompetition!-iI'd-ireally-ilike-ifor-ithe-imatch-ito-istart-iimmediately-iand-isee-ihow-ithe-iamazing-imana-itechinicians-imake-itheir-imagic-ion-itheir-idesigns.-iSo,-ithe-ifirst-ipart-iof-ithe-icompetition-iwill-ibe-ia-ibattle-ibetween-ithe-ielite-imana-itechnicians-iof-i12-idifferent-iacademies!-iLet-ius-iwelcome-iall-ithe-iparticipant-ifrom-ieach-iAcademy." A-ifemale-iannouncer-iat-ithe-iside-iof-iarena-iis-iannouncing-ithe-ievent-ithat-iis-itaking-iplace.-i The-ifirst-ipart-iof-ithe-ievent-iis-ifor-ithe-i1st-iyear-imana-itechnicians-iand-ithat-iwould-itake-i3-ihours-iof-itime.-iFor-i2nd-iyears,-iit's-i2-ihours-iand-i30-iminutes.-iLastly-iare-ifor-i3rd-iyears,-iwhich-iwill-ionly-ihave-i2-ihours-ito-ibe-igiven-iin-ithe-icompetition.-i The-icompetition-iwould-istart-ifor-ithese-imana-itechnicians-ito-icreate-ia-imana-iartifacts-ithat-ithe-icombat-imagicians-iwill-ibe-iusing-iin-itheir-ibattles-ifor-itomorrow.-i "As-iwe-ican-isee,-ithe-itwelve-igroups-iof-istudents-ihere-iwere-iin-ia-icircled-iposition-isurrounding-ithe-ibunch-iof-imaterials-iat-ithe-ivery-icenter.-iAs-ithe-imatch-ibegins,-ithey-icould-itake-iany-imaterials-ithey-icould-iget-ifrom-ithe-icenter-iand-iuse-iit-ito-icreate-itheir-idesired-imana-iartifact.-i "If-iyou-ithink-ithat-iit's-isimple-iand-ieasy,-ithen-iworry-inot!-iFrom-ithis-imountain-iof-imaterials,-ionly-i20%-iof-ithese-iare-igeniune,-ianother-i10%-iwere-imaterials-ithat-iis-ifilled-iwith-iimpurities.-iHow-iabout-ithe-iother-i70%?-iThey-iare-iamazingly-ifake-icopies-iof-imaterials!-iThey-iwill-ilook-igenuine-ioutside-ibut-ithey-imight-ibe-ijust-ia-idud-iinside!"

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