The end of the year Silver Bell Festival has begun. The freshmen of the Thetis Academy prepared early for this day. They each put on their neat Academy uniforms and gathered in the hall. Not only the freshmen but also other senior students gathered here.
For freshmen, the senior students are no longer ordinary seniors, but strong men who need to be looked up to. They shuttle back and forth in more gorgeous uniforms, and many of their auras are above the fourth level. Although they have not yet reached the crushing level of the third level gap, for many second-level freshmen, it is already too much to dare to move around. It is like a child crowded under the same roof with a group of giant beasts, feeling nervous.
Even though these senior students did not show any malice, as the gap in ranks widened, even simple changes in their eyes and strength made the freshmen feel a kind of mental pressure and pull.
This feeling is like a small piece of iron moving through a room full of magnets. If you are not careful, it will be pulled away. In this state, it will be more difficult to use your various abilities or spells. If you are not careful, the operation will be deformed and fail.
"These are just senior students. I can't imagine what it would be like to actually go there?" The freshmen sat together and talked quietly. There is an exclusive area designated for them.
"There should be protective measures. I remember that among the people attending the ceremony, there were also a small number of people who were not high-level Transcendent, but celebrities with weak abilities."
"Generally speaking, even if there is a difference of two levels, it will not have such a huge impact in one-on-one situations. But today there are too many senior students here. Except for us, the lowest level is third level. And among the fourth and fifth grade students, there are quite a few fourth level members, and they are all gathered together, which is very scary."
"Many of the fourth-grade students are members who have been studying at the Academy for more than ten years. We have only been here for half a year. When we enter the third level next year, we will not feel so much pressure." Although they are relatively weak now, the students who can come to the Thetis Academy are still very confident and think that it will not be a big problem for them to advance to the third level within one year.
For the Mage system, the third level is indeed the real beginning. With the dedicated Core Secret Art, the advantages of Mage are gradually highlighted, and it can tie with Wizard.
While everyone was talking in low voices, the side door of the hall opened, and then several figures who were dressed completely different from ordinary students walked in quickly. They were the chief students of each session, and the strongest one among them was like a moving ice candle. The invisible force field he emitted made all the students in the room quickly fall silent.
He walked at the front, leading several people behind him to the high platform in the hall and stood there. His bright pupils swept across the hall, making many students tremble. Even some senior students avoided looking at him and did not dare to look directly.
"Hello everyone, I am Nores, the chief student of the fifth grade. Today I will lead you to participate in Silver Bell Festival." His voice was short and powerful. Beside him were the chiefs of each grade, and Sylutia was also standing among them.
"Now the chiefs of each grade will count the number of students and report the records of students who have not yet arrived." After that, the chiefs of each grade next to him stepped down from the stage and began to count and record.
Sylutia took a brief look at the area where the freshmen were. All the freshmen except her were present, but she still walked down and walked around before returning to the stage.
"There are seven third-year students who have not yet arrived, and each has other tasks and responsibilities." A chief with a shiny back hair first reported.
"There are 12 people short of the fourth grade, and their names have been recorded." Another girl with big maroon waves replied simply.
"One person from the second grade didn't arrive because they were delayed in their previous assignment and couldn't get back in time."
"All first graders are here." Sylutia replied.
"Okay, give me the list of students who have not yet arrived." Then he collected the sheets and looked at everyone in the hall again.
"Now you will follow me under the leadership of your respective chiefs." After saying that, he walked off the stage first and went straight to the door exit, followed by the fifth-grade students filing behind him.
A minute later, all the students came to the square outside the hall. The chief turned around, with a bright blue and white light flowing in his eyes. Then he waved his hand, and the entire square was wrapped in invisible clouds.
[Cloud Qi Art]"A spell that can temporarily Levitation people into the clouds and mist"
Seeing this scene, the senior students had already expected it, but many of the freshmen were still a little surprised. They watched their feet gradually lift off the ground. Levitation was one meter in the air from the ground.
Then, indigo and deep purple light sand suddenly came from far away in the sky and rushed into the ground beneath everyone. In the next few seconds, the light sand quickly settled and condensed, Weaving forming a giant magic carpet covering the entire square.
[Construct Spell·Flying Magic Carpet] "The magic carpet woven by invisible power can carry heavy objects and fly in the sky."
Compared with constructing hard metal objects, it is more difficult to construct soft and tough objects. A conventional magic carpet can carry 3-4 people, which is already excellent, but this huge magic carpet carried more than a thousand people and quickly rose into the sky. Before the freshmen could stand still, it began to accelerate and rush into the sky.
The huge air flow caused the freshmen to stagger around. Sylutia looked at it and raised his sleeves. Silver vines spread quickly from under his feet, and then Weaving formed a huge vine cage to cover the freshmen, preventing anyone from being blown away and at the same time weakening the influx of air.
Seeing this scene, the senior student not far away who was about to take action smiled and stopped.
"The chief executive of this freshmen class is pretty good."
"Such a spell should not have been prepared in advance, which means that she constructed a brand new spell model in a few seconds without the core of the spell and cast it." Another senior student pushed up his glasses and looked at the girl in the wind.
"This is no longer 'nice', it's surprising."
"Oh, that's right. I almost forgot that they are only at the second level and cannot cast spells at will."
"What's her name? She looks like she's the youngest among the freshmen."
"It seems to be called "Hedra". If you don't hurry, we will have a chance to get to know you later."
"Haha."
Thetis Academy is a subordinate part of the "Mithril Clock" school of thought, but the "Mithril Clock" school of thought is not just "Thetis Academy", its core area and Academy is right next to it, but it is also extremely large. There are many organizations here, some are responsible for the standard planning of the entire Mage Alliance, some are responsible for coordinating the resource operation of various regions, and some are responsible for the production and maintenance of war machinery.
After flying in the sky for a while, the speed of the magic carpet finally slowed down, and the students slowly saw clearly the giant tower covering the sky through the distant clouds and mist.
This tower is thousands of meters high, and the top cannot be seen from a distance. When people get closer, they have the illusion that the giant tower covers the sky. Compared with the tower, the group of them looks extremely small, like grains of sand and dust under the Cloud Sea.
"This is one of the three towers of "Tower of All Things" and Mage Alliance." A senior student introduced it from the front.
"The one we admire and yearn for is high on the top of the tower, and his presence also protects the entire Mage Alliance."
That person should be Named One who protects the "Mithril Clock" school of thought, the girl thought.
Named One"Abelid", title "Clock Forger" "Time Thief".
More than six hundred years ago, he led "Clock School" to its peak, and with the assistance of the other two Named One, he dominated "Time-Stealing Ritual" and controlled the dormant fragments Alien Star inside "Clock of Four Seasons". He then gained the power to interfere with time and engraved his name on World Wall.
Such behavior naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of Hour in the Four Seasons, who imposed terrible punishments on the Fourth Continent. Dry winds swept across the earth, and the entire continent was not covered with water droplets for several years. Wildfires in the wasteland spread everywhere. The angry "Calamity Beast" representing Hour ran through the wild, bringing withering and death.
In order to make up for the mistake and appease Hour, "Abelid" agreed to recast Clock of Four Seasons for Hour in 100 years, repair the mistakes, and built sixteen exquisite objects with a group of Mage craftsmen to sacrifice to Hour. This alleviated the conflict.
The re-repaired "Clock of Four Seasons" was more powerful and accurate than before, and it also enhanced the authority and power of the Hours in the four seasons in disguise. The incident gradually subsided after that, and "Abelid" also swore an oath in front of all the Hours not to interfere with any power of Clock of Four Seasons, and finally calmed down the remaining anger of Hours.
Although hundreds of years have passed since the incident, some of the aftermath of that year still remains, that is, Fourth Continent can hardly see traces of Fairy, and many Elf only migrated here later. In addition, the beasts in the mountains and forests are more likely to absorb Aspect Power and mutate into chaotic beasts.
Regarding "Abelid", there are mixed reviews in the Woodland Alliance. Some people think that this is ultimately a disgraceful theft and not worthy of admiration, but others think that he can wrest part of the power and authority from Hour, and he is truly a hero among mankind.
Among the current major Hours, there are no pure humans yet. Although the three major Aspect Powers were all born and expanded due to human activities, the history of the rise of human beings is still too short, and it is far less profound than the Fairys and dragons.
A few minutes later, the magic carpet rose into the sky, leading everyone through the last clouds and mist to reach the interior of the tower.
The magic carpet under their feet turned into air currents and dissipated, and everyone landed on the ground. The freshmen who were here for the first time couldn't help but look up.
This is only one floor of the tower, but it feels like a place where giant creatures from ancient times lived. It is extremely tall and wide.
"Then how do we go up?" Someone looked inside the tower and found that there were only huge pillars standing around and nothing else. The floor was made of gray bluestone with some dust particles accumulated on it.
"You should know after a while." Someone whispered.
At this time, Chief Nores came to the center of the open space in the high tower. As he activated a secret device, the floor beneath everyone's feet slowly moved, revealing a hidden giant magic circle.
Afterwards, the magic circle lit up, and a slight buzzing sound was transmitted from under the feet, as if some giant engine started to rotate.
This kind of battle made some freshmen worry and panic, but they suppressed their fear when they looked at the calm and composed appearance of the senior students around them.
As the light spread throughout the array, the entire floor hall instantly activated, like a catapult, pushing everyone towards the top of the tower.
Watching the distant ceiling approaching in an instant and about to hit it, many people screamed in fear, but the floor under their feet did not stop, but directly led them to hit it Penetration The ceiling continued to rise.
Only then did the freshmen react, touching their frightened hearts and gasping for air. Seeing this, many senior students laughed. It seemed that they had been frightened back then.
It's like riding an elevator, but it's almost as fast as a rocket, Sylutia thought to himself, looking down, the ground under his feet has become extremely blurry and hazy, separated by clouds. After entering the high altitude, the air becomes thinner and everything becomes clearer, as if everything in his sight is much clearer.
Is this the sky far away from the Twilight Sea? No wonder Hours are all high in Heavenly Courtyard and rarely come down.
About a minute later, the floor where everyone was standing stopped, and at this time, bursts of noisy and lively sounds could be heard.
Near the top of the tower, there are five branches surrounding the main tower. Each branch has stepped seats surrounding the main tower, and many of the branch towers are now full of people.
After arriving here, under the guidance of Chief Nores, everyone walked towards one of the passages, continued up the stairs, came to one of the sub-towers, and then found the seats belonging to their grade area.
Sylutia took a brief look around and made a visual inspection. If each sub-tower was full of people, it would probably be able to accommodate nearly 200,000 people, which shows how grand this building is.
However, it was not full today, but was divided into neatly divided areas. Among them were guests from other schools of thought, nobles from the Mage Alliance member states, celebrities from various regions, and other viewing groups that did not belong to the Mage Alliance.
When her eyes glanced at one corner, Sylutia paused for a moment, because she saw the people of the Woodland Alliance, among whom the leader was Bard Aelofis, whom she was familiar with.
"This Bard of the Elf family comes from the Second Continent. He has been to many places and has extensive contacts. He understands the cultural habits of residents in various places and can always communicate well with people. He currently belongs to the Woodland Alliance and is very suitable as a diplomatic envoy."
Not only Woodland Alliance, Sylutia also saw the flag of "Harp Flower Alliance", which is the power in the east of the Fourth Continent. It is said that there is developed commerce and affluent life, and occasionally visitors from other continents can be seen.
As for the "Sea Cliff Bloodkin" of the North of the Ice Sea, they also sent representatives, but the number was very small and they only occupied a small area and hung the flag of "Blood Rose".
Soon after sitting down, the students chatted excitedly, discussing this year's guests and activities, while Sylutia was summoned by the senior chief next to him and came to an open space not far away.
The chiefs of each grade are gathered here, and Spencer is also here, but compared to the other seniors, he is very inconspicuous.
"Everyone is here, let me arrange some things." Nores clapped his hands to silence everyone, and then everyone looked at the chief Sturdy.
"Silver Bell Festival is a grand ceremony held by the school every year. All parties come to attend the ceremony. As members of the school, we naturally cannot be embarrassed." He briefly explained the reasons for the arrangement.
"Other students only need to immerse themselves in the viewing activities, while we have to pay attention to many things to ensure that there are no problems in the entire process." Then he began to talk about various matters that need to be paid attention to.
"... In the second half of Silver Bell Festival, there will be a certain amount of free time. This time is often an opportunity for various forces to communicate. As Mage Alliance's number one school of thought, Academy, many people will be curious about us. You will also see many forces other than Mage Alliance."
"This is often the stage when accidents and accidents occur frequently. Due to differences in concepts, habits, and culture, there have been many conflicts in the past. Fortunately, we have basically summed up our experience now."
"Next, I will send you a booklet recording the matters that need attention. You'd better read and memorize them all. I believe this is not difficult for the excellent Mage."
"In subsequent exchange activities, you should try to gather students from your respective grades around you, so that you can take care of and deal with problems in a timely manner. If something happens, it is easier to solve it by yourself. If you feel it is difficult, please notify me immediately and I will come over to deal with it."
"This is the Magic Orb for communication. Now each of you can take one." After saying that, he opened his hand, and several Magic Orb that had been prepared floated up and flew in front of each chief.
"That's all I have to say. Although Silver Bell Festival will be a bit harder, as the chief, Academy will also have rich rewards. After finishing Silver Bell Festival, I will hand them over to you one by one, and I won't let you down."
After the explanation was completed, Sylutia and everyone returned to their seats.
At this time, many colorful Stars dragged their long tails, rising from the Cloud Sea, embellishing the sky, and finally blooming above the tower. The scattered meteor light traces decorated the entire venue beautifully.
Accompanied by the bursting of starlight, warm cheers rang out from the high tower in the sky.
The annual Silver Bell Festival celebration officially begins!