A Complete Rookie

In the afternoon of the next day, Fran was temporarily absent from Mana Communication System's work today and went directly to Duel Arena, the dedicated Duel Arena of Preliminaries.

If no one accepts the challenge, then Fran will have to issue a new challenge and then go back to work again.

When Fran went to ask the staff and took the note about the opponent's information from the other party, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Written on it is her opponent's School, and the records of the last ten games.

"Sword Chant School, I have lost six games recently, all 2:3..."

Fran raised his eyebrows, just looked at it a little more, and did not take this information to heart.

She asked directly:

"Do you need to make any preparations?"

The staff member at Duel Arena shook her head and motioned to Fran to wait here. She came too early and there was still one hour before the start.

Fran can only sit on the soft stool and slowly wait for the agreed time to arrive.

When the time was approaching, the staff began to give out Shield Device to Fran. The mages generally called it the 'Human Touch Form Shield Device'.

It was a white disk, and Fran saw a large seam on the side, and a blue shimmer could be seen through the seam.

She attached the device directly to her waist, and then asked the staff to lead her to Duel Arena.

She did not see her opponent before the duel started, but she could tell through the staff's words that the opponent seemed to have arrived long ago, which made her feel confused and asked directly.

"That player arrived at Duel Arena in advance and said he was familiar with the venue there..."

This left Fran speechless. The other party did not remind her of this, causing her to sit outside for an hour.

Although she didn't need to be familiar with the so-called venue, it was better to go in and take a look at the venue this hour than to sit outside in a daze.

Fran walked through a blue door with some naked characters of Magic Inscription engraved on it, which made Fran a little strange.

After all, in the building created by Construct School, these characters cannot be exposed, which will affect its service life.

But when Fran walked behind the door and saw the face behind the door, she knew the reason.

The top of the door was obviously thin, and the bottom was full of charred black. The wall next to the door was even more terrible, full of all kinds of charred black pits. The blue door looked better in comparison.

These are the traces left by the mages after they performed Magic Duel. No matter how hard the fine iron is, it cannot withstand the spells released by the two Second Order Mage.

Every wall in the room is probably made of special metal that can block second-level spells.

Of course, under the long-term spell bombardment, no matter how capable the building is of blocking second-level spells, it cannot survive and becomes like this, devastated.

Fran began to look at the venue for the duel. Only then did she realize why she had to come over in advance to familiarize herself with the venue.

The entire Duel Arena ground is roughly a circular structure. The ground is not completely flat, nor is it all solid Stone Tablet.

When Fran walked in, he stepped on a slightly hard, lumpy mound of soil.

There is a layer of earth covering the entire room, including the walls on the side.

Fran You can also see several small puddles and tree roots that have been dug out of the ground.

Jasper had arrived here a long time ago. Looking at Fran's thin appearance, his brows raised involuntarily.

No matter how she looks, Philly is too young in the eyes of Magic Duel, and her fair skin makes people know that the other person does not have much experience.

Not all Magic Duels have as much protection as Champion Mage Preliminary Tournament, and many small competitions simply apply a small Shield Spell.

This caused many mages engaged in Magic Duel to suffer severe burns due to duels, lose limbs, have their skin dissolve, expose their bones, and even die on the spot.

Jasper himself has experienced dozens of accidents, several of which nearly killed him. As a price for surviving, the skin on his back is thinner and bears ugly scars.

His face was dyed bronze, which formed a sharp contrast with his neck.

He didn't say hello to Fran because he thought he could easily defeat his opponent 3:0 today.

But now, he still has a doubt, that is, how did the opponent, as a novice, save enough Contribution Points to compete with him? The initial points for such a pure novice should not be high.

But when he saw Fran standing on a small mound, he knew that the other party was a real novice. When choosing a position, experienced Magic Duel players would choose a flat position with a bunker.

This must be a very easy match, he thought.

After confirming the identities of both parties, the staff immediately ran out of the door, leaving only one sentence.

"When the light in the center of the room sounds, it's time for the duel to begin."

The headlights flickered on, followed by a harsh reminder sound.

Fran's reaction was a little slow, but she quickly adjusted and began to guide the spell in her hand.

She has not seen Magic Duel a few times and has no idea how the real Magic Duel is performed.

However, based on Fran's superficial understanding, she can win as long as she hits the opponent's 'Humanoid Touch Form Shield Device', so she can just attack directly with her first spell.

What she wants to guide is Greater Fireball, the Elemental School spell of First Order. If this spell really hits a Second Order Mage, it is enough to kill him half of his life.

And this spell was naturally enough to trigger the human-like touch form Shield Device in the duel, allowing her to win.

The perspective turned to Jasper, and he very calmly began to guide Sword Chant School's second-level spell [Spell-Repelling Sword].

This is a spell that strengthens the sword-like weapons in his hand. As long as it is released, the long sword in his hand can easily penetrate the magic shield, and it can also produce a certain degree of resistance to spell attacks.

Why would he choose an enhanced spell at this time? This is the psychological game of Jasper.

A mage who can spend five hundred Gold Coin to participate in Champion Mage Preliminary Tournament must also be a master who knows how to fight Magic Duel.

These Second Order Mages have a hard time deciding who will win or lose based on their own strength. If they encounter a life and death battle, it's hard to say who will win and who will lose.

Therefore, when it comes to masters fighting against each other, the best way to gain an advantage is to play boldly.

You bet that the opponent will not attack you, so you have a window to release strengthening spells. Once you let the strengthening spells bless you, you will naturally gain an advantage in the battle.

Among Magic Duel, there is a very famous theory, to the effect that each mage's spell casting time is 3 seconds, which is a standard spell casting wheel.

Second Order Mage When casting a second-level spell, no matter how good it is, it still takes at least three seconds.

Releasing First Order spells, even apprentice-level spells, will shorten the time and advance your own casting wheel, but it will rarely interfere with your opponent.

Jasper believes that Fran is a mage with a little experience in Magic Duel. He knows that Magic Duel must not act recklessly, but must learn to gain an advantage in duels, but his decision-making thinking cannot keep up with veterans like them.

He may think that on this very important occasion, Fran will open a shield first to stabilize his hand. Most mages who come to Preliminaries for the first time will do this.

So he directly chose to take a big gamble and fire a reinforcement first. As long as the fire is completed and the opponent does not have a third-level shield, he can easily end the battle.

But after 1.5 seconds, Fran relies on the trait [Arcane Sensitivity], Greater Fireball's consumption is increased by half, in exchange for a speed advantage of 0.8 seconds faster than Second Order Mage's ability to cast this spell.

A burning fireball hit Jasper, making him feel a wave of heat.

Different from the feeling caused by this heat wave, his heart immediately went cold. He did not expect that the other party would be so reckless and directly threw an attack spell.

At this moment, his mind was so confused that he did not realize the passage of time, nor did he notice that Fran and Greater Fireball were released so fast that it was beyond comprehension.

A dark green film shot out at the moment when the heat wave was about to engulf him, easily catching the exploding fireball, and even the sound of the exploding fireball disappeared without a trace.

After waiting for a few seconds, the staff came in and continued to distribute a new human-like touch type Shield Device, asking Jasper to bring it.

Before the duel started, the two still didn't exchange a word.

Jasper's face became much more solemn. He now knew that the opponent's gaming level seemed to be higher than he thought, so he dared to directly throw First Order spells.

Fran has not yet reacted to the victory. She just threw a First Order spell. How come she won directly?

She thought she needed a spell bombing to win, but how could a big fireball end the battle?

However, she still adjusted and decided to stop wasting time in confusion starting from this duel, so that her Greater Fireball could be released faster.

The headlights just turned on for the start of the second duel, and the spells in both hands began to shine Mental Power Radiance.

This time Jasper learned the lesson from last time and knew how to make good use of Fran's mentality as a slightly experienced beginner to clear away the haze of previous failures with a victory.

His hand rubbed hard on the sword, and the [Spell-Repelling Sword] spell wave that had just flashed appeared spontaneously.

Yes, he used the strengthening spell again, but this time he thought about it.

Since last time Fran directly threw a Greater Fireball, ending the game instantly, it would be false to say that the opponent was dissatisfied.

As a 'novice' who has not participated in a few competitions, being able to defeat an experienced player through gaming is something worth celebrating no matter how you look at it.

But after such a success, do you want to do it a second time? If Jasper opens the shield this time, just one Greater Fireball is not enough to break the shield, and it will put yourself at a disadvantage.

So, in the next game, the best thing to do is to open the shield.

This is how Jasper entered into the psychology of Fran to play the game. He thought he was right.

You can't release Greater Fireball again, can you? Then why are you participating in Magic Duel!!

However, when Jasper felt the familiar heat wave, his face froze, as ferocious as a madman.

"How could you hit Magic Duel like this?!!"