1136 Dark Red Mummies (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
”The Hall of Knights has three hundred and sixty-five guardian knights. When the probationary Servants, Servants, Muses, or Great Muses are sent to other places to provide aid, these guardian knights are in charge of their safety. The knights also train to improve their strength… but the number of guardian knights on standby in the Hall of Knights is usually around two hundred. They are all outstanding talents that are specifically chosen. A guardian knight can easily take on a student in the top eight teams,” Asha'ruiya said.
”The number of Advanced Mages that you guys have is pretty shocking!...” Mo Fan exclaimed.
In his country, every Advanced Mage had an outstanding status. In a city like Bo City, the person in charge was only an Advanced Mage, but a single Hall of Judgment of the Parthenon Temple had a thousand Adjudicators, all Advanced Mages. Meanwhile, the Hall of Knights another three hundred and sixty-five guardian knights, and these knights were the most talented ones chosen from the Advanced Mages!
The armed force of a single mountain was comparable to that of a country, not to mention that the Hall of the Goddess was the actual core of the Parthenon Temple!
”Colleges are still colleges, after all... you only realize how many experts there are after coming into the real world!” Mo Fan exclaimed.
”Of course you would feel tiny when you're comparing yourself with the Parthenon Temple, but you should be content too. You're basically the strongest student in the world. No one would dare trouble you,” Asha'ruiya said.
Mo Fan shook his head. No one would dare trouble him? Lots of people were waiting for their chance to trouble him! Besides, he was a fan of stirring up troubles too! If he was not strong enough, how could he satisfy the needs of his ruthless heart?
”Be careful when you're up against the Egyptian team, their undead isn't really theirs,” Asha'ruiya switched the topic back to the tournament.
”What do you know?” Mo Fan furrowed his brows.
”I believe they must have found some ancient magic from a pyramid. These ancient magicks aren't forbidden.”
”So a power that doesn't belong to them… alright, I'll try my best.”
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The final match finally took place on an island after a few days.
Venice purposely arranged the important match to be held on an island surrounded by the sea. The island looked like a floating stage in the middle of the waters from afar, surrounded by an ocean-blue, transparent barrier.
The spectators were on boats this time. Four luxurious cruise ships were situated on four sides of the stage. The people could easily see the match through the barrier on the liners.
Fireworks were launched into the sky in Venice, making a spectacular bridge extending across the ocean to the stage where the match was being held.
The Egyptian team was already standing on the stage. As the team that had entered the limelight out of nowhere, they had stirred a great discussion about the Undead Element among the crowd.
The Undead Element was a very rare Element, granting Mages the ability to control undead and refine dead beings. The Undead Element had been controversial since its invention, and was actually forbidden by the Holy Judgment Court for a long time in history.
Currently, the Undead Element had grabbed everyone's attention in the World College Tournament. It might even turn the Undead Element into a new trend!
”The funny thing is, both China and Egypt are where the two Undead Kingdoms are located. Millions of undead attacked the Ancient Capital during the Calamity. It almost wiped out a city that existed for a long time. Meanwhile, the pyramids in Egypt aren't the friendliest places, either. They are like volcanoes that could erupt at any second, bringing unimaginable disaster to the cities nearby...”
”You are damn right about that. The Ancient Capital has been troubled by the undead for thousands of years, while Egypt was once ruled by the pharaohs. Even though the Chinese aren't really keen on learning the Undead Element, I believe Egypt is planning to develop the Undead Element, and promote it to the world!”
Both Egypt and China had the biggest Undead Kingdoms in the world. No one expected the two countries would be facing one another in the grand finals of the World College Tournament.
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”So no one managed to find out how the Egyptians are able to summon their undead endlessly?” Jiang Yu asked.
”Let's just beat the crap out of them. A bunch of trashy undead; their dirty tricks aren't going to work against us!” Guan Yu did not think highly of the Egyptian team.
The starting members in the match against Egypt were Mo Fan, Jiang Yu, Mu Nujiao, Guan Yu, and Zhao Manyan.
The Chinese team had fought the mixed battle not long ago. Most of their members were seriously injured in it. Nanyu, Ai Jiangtu, Mu Ningxue, Mu Tingying, and the others had not fully recovered yet, and were most likely not going to participate in the match. Meanwhile, the Egyptian team was fully rested up!
”Jiaojiao, is your third Element Ice?” Mo Fan asked.
”Yeah,” Mu Nujiao nodded.
Mu Nujiao's Elements were similar to Mu Ningxue's. Her primary Element was Plant, secondary was Wind, and tertiary was Ice. In terms of strength, Mu Nujiao was on par with Zu Jiming, and her Elements were very effective against undead.
”If only Mu Ningxue was here; the undead are very weak against ice,” Jiang Yu said.
”That's true, if she was here, the weaker undead would basically be useless against her Ice Domain.”