News of the Awards
Philip came to Mage Tower and walked to Society President's room. He knocked on the door, then pushed it open and went in.
After entering, he stepped back and closed the door, then put the stack of paper in his hand on the table.
"Society President, this is the news from the Alliance about the award."
Iris came out of the room, raised his hand, picked up the paper on the table, and said:
"Any specific news?"
"Yes, it is said that Preston, who has been against you before, and now the people on the jury want to find him back, but they have never found him. It seems that he really died on Abyss Mouth's side..."
After hearing the news, Iris showed a long-lost smile and said:
"That stinky rat that drank dirty water had better be really dead, otherwise I would like to see how dare he stand up against us now..."
"It's okay to oppose me on previous matters, but if you really oppose Northern Lands Society on this matter, you're really going to die."
"I think that mouse might be dead in Abyss Mouth now, and no one dares to come out and interfere with this matter."
Philip stood with his hands hanging down naturally, as if he didn't hear what Iris just said.
Iris relaxed his wrist, then picked up the first piece of paper and read the content on it carefully.
With her Fourth Order Mage and Mental Power, she could read the contents on this piece of paper directly at a glance, but just reading the written contents was of no use.
"Harbos's Paper is very bold. He actually made modifications to Legendary's spell by Elemental Storm, and also put forward some of his own opinions..."
"But overall, Harbos has not taken into account the overall attributes of a Legendary spell. Modifying only one aspect is not enough to cast this Legendary spell..."
"But it doesn't matter, because this Paper light theory achievement can surpass the achievements of most mages in their lifetime..."
The above words were all written by a judge in the review. It was like a cross-brain exchange between his left and right brains. He pointed out the fatal mistakes in Paper at one moment, and praised Paper at the other...
In the end, Iris didn't even see which side the judge who wrote this comment was on, and whether Harbos cast a crucial vote.
Seemingly knowing Iris's doubts, Philip coughed and then said:
"Society President, this comment was written by a mage who opposes Harbos. He has always voted against in previous votes..."
"I know that those old antiques still can't let go of the mage operating model from ancient times, so I have opinions on this article Paper published in Northern Lands Society."
Iris felt that there would be no results if she continued reading, so she put down the paper in her hand and said:
"Forget it, these comments are probably similar to the previous ones, so I won't read them. Anyway, those judges won't change their minds when there's nothing major going on."
Iris is looking at the selection results of Arcane Mage Award from the Alliance. It seems that she is also a judge of this award, but her position is firm.
In the previous voting, although the opinion of not awarding Arcane Mage Award to Harbos still firmly accounted for more than half of the votes.
However, those who support Harbos are still very firm and have no intention of changing their minds in these several votes.
But it is still very difficult for Iris to award this award to Harbos. Just like some people strongly support Harbos, there are also some people who hate Northern Lands Society's model.
If there was nothing particularly big, Iris would never see the end of this matter. She used to read the comments above with great interest, find out the other party's mistakes, and write to the other party.
But now, she is already a little tired. This war with no end in sight has no sign of ending at all. Instead, it has become more intense as more and more people support them.
Iris lowered her head and looked at the device on the table that was specially used to communicate with Chief Vernon of Transmutation School. Until now, she had mixed feelings about Vernon joining them.
The other party joined their camp not because they agreed with her point of view that School could communicate with each other, but because of this single result that might be helpful to Vernon herself.
However, Iris, as a member of Alchemy School, does not agree with the application of mathematics in alchemy or even magic due to various reasons.
Although she herself encourages this kind of atmosphere where anything can be discussed, she also believes from the bottom of her heart that this path is wrong.
Iris sighed, this was the main reason why she was not in a good mood even though the situation was improving.
"Okay, I remember that the results of Master of Elements Award from Elemental School should be announced by this time. How was the result?"
Iris asked instead.
"When I came up with these materials, they had not released them yet, but I asked an apprentice to wait down below. If the results are available, he will bring them up."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the room. After nodding to Iris, he walked out the door, and then quickly walked in again.
"Society President..." Philip couldn't hide his excitement, and he continued:
"Master of Elements Award The result is out, there is no extension..."
Philip was a little incoherent. He knew that this result might trigger a new storm no matter what.
"The winner is Harbos..."
After hearing the news, an arc appeared on Iris's face. This is one of the few good news recently.
As long as the news that Harbos got this Master of Elements Award is conveyed, even many judges of Arcane Mage Award will be shaken by it.
And as long as Harbos wins this award, it will mean that her Northern Lands Society has truly established a firm foothold.
"I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Last time Harbos complained to me that he didn't have many important friends within Elemental School and couldn't help him. He asked me to think of a way..."
Philip continued to flip through the paper in his hand, checking the specific information of Master of Elements Award this time. When he turned to a certain page, his expression froze.
"Society President, I have something to add..." Philip's words lacked the passion and instead contained some trembling.
"The reason why Harbos written above won the award is its outstanding contribution in the element field Weapon Forging, which corresponds to Harbos's article <The Forging of Elemental Weapons>Paper."
Iris became quiet and did not speak. He knocked on the table and thought for a while before continuing:
"Well, actually, those Elemental School judges can also explain that this the Forging of Elemental Weapons has been nominated several times, and they really took great pains."
"Those Elemental School old guys seem to have no idea of taking sides for the time being, but promulgating it to others would make Master of Elements Award a joke, so I chose this article specifically."
"I guess they didn't mention the content of Perpetual Conversion at all in the reasons for winning the award."
Iris paused for a moment, then continued:
"But just the fact that the winner is Harbos is enough to make a fuss. Contact the people in charge of those newspapers..."
"Just tell them to write the article Paper on the front page, and say that the author of Paper got Master of Elements Award after publishing Paper..."
Iris's move is to mislead more neutrals. When those neutrals see this report, they may really think that Harbos obtained Master of Elements Award by virtue of the article Paper.
This matter can also bring help to them, but the help is not as big as getting it with a real reason for winning.
After continuing to finalize the details of this matter with Philip, Iris turned to another matter.
"By the way, Philip, I remember that the Silver Alchemy Award you are going to participate in the selection also has news today? How is it?"
Philip's article Paper is also the focus of Iris's concern. In her opinion, it can broaden the influence of Northern Lands Society, but she has been busy these days, so she did not pay too much attention to it.
Philip felt a little discouraged when he heard such words, and he said slowly:
"Sorry, Society President, I let you down. According to the news early this morning, I did not get this award."
Seeing Philip's dejected look, Iris couldn't help but feel a little angry.
In her opinion, the Paper written by Philip is a very standard Paper that can win an award, and there are no strong competitors this year. In her opinion, the other Paper entries are just make-up.
"Don't worry, I'll go ask you about the situation."
After Philip left, Iris immediately called Alchemy School, a mage. This was a communication tool between her and her mentor.
When the communication signal was connected, Iris immediately started to attack.
"Teacher, what's going on inside Alchemy School, and why Northern Lands Society's Refining White Star Sand's Paper was not selected."
"Also, teacher, didn't you say that Paper of Northern Lands Society is very recognized within Alchemy School? Why did you lose the election this time?"
The last time I had a phone call with my mentor, Iris heard my mentor swear that Northern Lands Society's Paper would definitely get Silver Alchemy Award this time, or even a higher award.
That's why she was so angry and felt that her instructor had deceived her.
"Wait a minute, Iris, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
Her tutor was a little confused by Iris's direct accusation. Then after Iris repeated it, her tutor said in confusion:
"What are you talking about? Little Iris, the winner this time is your Northern Lands Society's Paper?!"
"Ah?" Iris opened his mouth wide. Northern Lands Society's Paper won the award, but Philip's White Star Sand did not win...
"It was your Northern Lands Society's Paper that won the award, and that article <Mathematical Analysis of Fireball> that won the award. This article Paper was praised by Chief, and even had a chance to win Gold Alchemy Award six months later."