Chapter 123: Group drawing (1/2)

Chapter 123: Group drawing

“Ayrin, don’t tell me you don’t even know that.”

Moss said in a quiet voice, “It’s precisely because dragons of pure lineage can take the forms of both a dragon and a human. The thing that sparked the War of the Dragons is that some Draconic scholars started to raise the opinion dragons were merely another form of man. In their point of view, there wasn’t any hard evidence that could prove which form was the main form. They even thought that dragons were merely men with special bloodlines who could switch between two different forms. This was pulling the dragons that many people previously worshiped as gods down to the same level as ordinary people. In a nutshell, they only had a special bloodline. That’s why Ned, the most powerful among the dragons, the one men called the Evil Dragon King later on, couldn’t bear it any longer, and ultimately launched the War of the Dragons to govern the other races as a ruler.”

“Then, can Stingham also transform into a dragon?” Ayrin couldn’t help but feel curious. He pointed at Stingham, and said in a hush, “Didn’t teacher Carter say he had green dragon blood?”

“He could, in theory. His dragon bloodline shouldn’t be low-level. That said, if it’s not a pure-blooded dragon bloodline, you can only transform into a dragon for a limited time and can’t maintain it forever,” Moss said.

“Isn’t that very powerful then?” Ayrin couldn’t help but mumble. If he hadn’t seen with his own eyes that chief adviser called Angil switch between dragon- and human-form, he simply couldn’t believe a man could enlarge into such a dragon.

“I heard that affinity for arcane power becomes better in dragon form. That means that when using the same arcane skill, the power would be a bit greater.” Moss nodded. “Also, what’s more important is that a dragon’s body is particularly huge… When the same arcane skill hits his body, the injury is comparatively smaller. His vitality seems even more tyrannical this way, he can take more of a beating.”

“That’s right.” Ayrin blinked. “If my Evil Flaming Eye hits a huge dragon like this, it’d be a small black hole at most probably.”

At this moment, Angil said from the royal stands, “I am chief adviser Angil. I am very honored to be in charge of the drawing ceremony for the Hegemonical Cup of Starry Skies Braves this time.”

“The reason I descended here in the form of a dragon isn’t to display the might and prestige of dragon bloodlines. It’s to make every participant think, if there were hundreds of dragons forming an army, if such an army were about to destroy the kingdom you protect, would you still have the courage to rush into battle with the other braves?”

“To serve or to die, to obtain the final victory through unyielding battles. To trade even your own life for your companions’ survival, for victory in war. What’s true bravery, what’s your mission? Those arcane masters who fought without regard for their own lives, what on earth were they trying to achieve? This is a problem we have to always keep in mind.”

“To be afraid of responsibilities, to wait for someone else to fight for the kingdom without fighting yourself, this is pure selfishness. That’s why, from the very start, the vocation of an arcane master is to fight. Those of you who can stand in this place, you’re all bound to be the elite of the kingdom. That’s why I hope that, no matter on this field or hereafter, you can shoulder your mission and become a true brave warrior!”

“Believe me, as long as you always hold on tight to the conviction of an arcane master, from today on, men will remember your names sooner or later!”

One couldn’t say that Eiche’s chief adviser Angil spoke that many words, but the entire arena became silent for a long time. Then cheers and applause soared like a tsunami.

In such a moving atmosphere, Angil declared with a faint smile the official start of the draw.

As soon as he heard the draw was starting, Stingham immediately couldn’t help but shout, “Let me do the draw, I’m the most handsome!”

“Weeds-level teams will be weeds-level teams. They don’t even know that, they’re even yelling about going to draw themselves.” Mocking voices soon rose around them.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Stingham looked around. He saw that the ones who spoke were from team Mountain Kings, the ones who came into the field after Rinsyi and co.

“He still doesn’t understand what it’s about.”

“What are you looking at, what an idiot.” Several members of team Mountain Kings directly looked at Stingham with contemptuous eyes. From the shapes of their mouths, it was very easy to tell what they were whispering.

“What the hell is it with these guys? They actually keep trying to make trouble for us, do they want to die or what!” Stingham was so angry veins bulged on his forehead, to the point he wanted to charge their way.

Even Sophia couldn’t stand it any longer. She couldn’t help but explain in a whisper, “In this drawing ceremony, they don’t need every team to send someone to represent them. The distinguished guests they invited over for the occasion will be the ones doing the drawing. These guests are all characters like the chief adviser, either important figures in various clans or leaders of the armies. They’re all arcane masters standing at the peak of the kingdom.”

“It doesn’t matter. Stingham, you acted very well, it’s enough to confuse the opponents,” Belo, the one who most disliked Stingham, readjusted his glasses, and said with a straight serious face.

“I wasn’t faking it!”

Gnashing his teeth, Stingham stared at the people from Mountain Kings Academy. “Even if I didn’t know about it and said something wrong, so what? These guys have been staring at us from the beginning. We never provoked them, but they keep trying to find trouble for us! They actually have the gall to mock my incomparably wise handsome wargod self. I absolutely have to beat them up until they can’t even recognize each other.”

After swearing for a bit through clenched teeth, Stingham suddenly lifted both his hands and clasped them together in front of himself, looking especially pious.

“Stingham, what are you doing?” Ayrin couldn’t stop himself from asking.

“Don’t disturb me, I’m praying,” Stingham said with in all seriousness. “I’m praying for the draw to put us directly together with team Mountain Kings, that we’ll face them in the first match already.”

“Hurry up, put us together with team Mountain Kings.

“Put us together with team Mountain Kings already!

“You have to put us together with team Mountain Kings!”

After answering Ayrin, Stingham once again started mumbling to himself, praying as hard as he could.

“Is that useful? He really doesn’t need to fake anything to look like a big idiot…” Many people in team Holy Dawn couldn’t help such a thought from popping in their heads.

“Group one upper half, Dragon Breath Academy, Hornwood Academy, Cerwyn Academy, Square Castle Academy…”

Just at this time, everyone couldn’t help but shake. In the royal stands, chief adviser Angil was already reading out loud the results of the draw.

The sixty-four teams that came from all over the kingdoms were divided among eight groups in the upper or lower halves.