my age of magic

Chapter 377 177. Substitute the Seventh Man

The interior design of No. [-] Martial Arena is like a frying pan. The most central place for fighting happens to be the bottom of the frying pan. The surrounding circular stands extend upwards in steps until the top is integrated with the rain-shading eaves, just like It is a big jar.After Su and I entered the fighting arena, we went directly to the bottom of the stands, which is only separated from the fighting arena by a row of cast iron fences.

The black paint on the fence has become dilapidated, revealing the red anti-rust paint inside, even on this layer of anti-rust paint, it is full of scratches.Entering the midsummer rainy season, I think the fence may be corroded by the slightly sour rain, and the fighting arena is about two meters lower than the stands, so all spectators can watch the game clearly.

The real arena of this fighting arena is as big as three basketball courts, and the ground compacted by the loess is very flat. After the referee announced the name of the winning team, he ran towards me in a very low-key manner.

At this time, I was standing next to the railing on the edge of the stand at the entrance of the fighting arena, holding on to the railing with both hands, looking into the arena, and Su was standing beside me.

The referee ran to my feet and made a very short acceleration sprint. Just when he was about to hit the brick wall, he raised his foot and stepped on the wall violently, and his body jumped up directly. He easily grabbed the three-meter-high iron fence that was close to the ground, jumped onto the stands like an ape, stood steadily beside me, smiled politely at the stunned me and Su, and showed a neat row of teeth, and then walked straight out of the arena.

"Well, Mr. Referee, is the game over here? I'm sorry we just rushed over from outside and don't know the situation here!" I quickly caught up with the referee and asked him very politely.

The referee stopped, turned his head and glanced at me, and I happened to meet his eyes. He is a middle-aged uncle, his body is not considered strong, but he is wearing a light leather armor, and he is very well dressed. Clean and neat, I guess he should be a teacher from the Warrior Academy.He glanced at me calmly, and then said to me: "There is one last game, but I am not arbitrating this one, you should still be able to watch a complete game."

"It should be..." After thinking for a while, he raised his eyes to look at the notice board in the distance. I felt blushing all at once), and then the middle-aged uncle went on to say: "It's the Battle Spirit team and the Metal Barrier team, well, that's right, most of the audience in these stands came to watch their games, it should be very exciting. "

"Thank you very much, Mr. Referee!" I saluted him very politely.

"First time?" He looked me up and down, and then asked casually.

I said: "Yes."

He nodded slightly to me, and then said: "Then, enjoy this rare high-level competition! I have something to do, so I won't accompany you."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the stands. Looking at his hurried pace, I didn't know what was in a hurry, so I looked away from him.

At this time, Su Cai and I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that we were lucky enough to catch up with Team Anne's match. The wounded lying on the ground had already been helped up by their companions, and they walked to the edge of the field one after another. , some seriously injured team members were also carried on stretchers, and the injuries of the wounded after first aid treatment have stabilized. Sophie's main task is first aid to ensure the safety of the participating players on the field.

But there are other medical staff who are really in charge of the follow-up treatment, and a more comprehensive inspection is needed. In this regard, after the stretcher is carried outside the venue, there will be a special person to take over.

Sophie wiped the sweat from her forehead, and looked up to the center of the stands. The notice board had already indicated that the last group of teams was ready to start the competition. She had a relaxed smile on her face, and she didn't know how many people in the stands would support her. Infected by this bright, sunny smile.

Even Su beside me whispered softly, then pointed to Sophie and said to me: "Ji Jia, look quickly, that magician is so beautiful!"

"Hey, what are you talking about, Teacher Sophie? She is an assistant teacher in our water magic class. I didn't expect that she would also be a field rescuer!" I briefly introduced Sophie to her. I have never paid attention to this person. What does the beautiful teacher in the imperial capital usually do, although I am quite familiar with her, but I really know very little about her life outside of the classroom.

Su remembered that I was also a student of the Academy of Magic, how could I not know the magician on the field, her beautiful eyes blinked at me, looked behind me and said: "She seems to be greeting you!"

I looked over to Sophie, and I saw that she was waving to me. She probably saw me in the stands when she was looking at the sign.

Sophie made a gesture to indicate that she would persist in guarding the last game. I nodded to her from a distance to express my understanding. She turned around and walked to the safety zone on the side of the field. Someone immediately offered her a seat. Looks like she should be having a good time as a field aid.

No wonder Benjamin didn't want to go into the arena to watch the game, probably because he didn't want to see Sophie, so as not to embarrass the two of them.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the exit of the martial arts arena lounge. A group of warriors in neat black iron full-coverage armor walked out of the lounge door neatly. Everyone was very strong, taller than ordinary people in terms of height and physique. Many, a whole team of people came out in battle armor, like a wall.

Their right hands agreed to hold the shield, and their left hands were heavy hammers. As soon as they came out, their neat movements immediately caused cheers from the stands.It seems that there are not a few of their supporters. Whether in the military camp or in the adventure group, the shield warriors are very popular people. They need to have their own strong physique and solid armor to hold up the sky for their companions.

However, very few people do this to them. All shield fighters will make the whole team extremely cumbersome. Although their defense is very good, their shortcomings are also very obvious. All long-range attack professions are their nemesis , Of course, if you are an archer, you must have armor-piercing arrows.

The academy will never allow students to use such powerful arrows as armor-piercing arrows in the martial arts arena, but I think there should be a fairer way of judging them.

From a distance, I saw Annie and Leonard in casual clothes coming out of the waiting room with their battle spirit team. Every member of the team looked very heavy. Annie and Leonard stood at the entrance of the fighting arena. On both sides of the gate, give high-fives to every team member and cheer them on.Walking in the front was the warrior who was good at using long-handled weapons. He was still wearing chain mail and held the helmet in his other hand. Before entering the arena, he hugged Leonard fiercely. Leonard looked like It was the elder brother who ruthlessly rubbed his head, whispered a few words to him, slapped his ass, and pushed him into the fighting arena.

Behind him is a girl in khaki light leather armor. A blue kerchief covers half of her face, and two delicate scimitars are crossed on the back of her waist. When she walks, she looks like a pair of Just like a cat, she can be judged from her walking posture that her body is very light. She should be a student of the assassin class.She went up and hooked Annie's neck with one hand, and put her face close to her to show her intimacy. Annie also said words of encouragement at this time.

Then Annie slapped the handsome ranger who was running into the arena again, followed by a very stocky short young man, who walked into the arena calmly with two whirlwind axes on his back, passing by the people beside Annie At that time, I also raised my hand coolly and patted Anne's white palm accurately. Although the distance was far away, I knew that the applause must be clear and loud.

When Su saw her sister Annie, she naturally refused to just stand at the gate of the stands. She knew that Annie would not be playing this time, and she wanted to stay by her sister's side, so she walked quickly along the railing to Annie.

Obviously, this pair of prosthetics is very reliable. This is Su's first time using it, and after walking such a long distance, it didn't make her feel any tired. Along the path fenced by the stands, Su was actually able to jog.I followed closely, afraid that she would accidentally fall and fall here, but there was a three-meter drop, so I didn't want any accidents.

Before Su and I ran to Annie, we saw an assistant referee running over to verify the identities of the contestants. This kind of competition needs to verify the qualifications of each team member. The academy has always been very strict in reviewing this aspect. , Once discovered, it will definitely be disqualified from the competition.Anne and Leonard also actively cooperated and took out the nameplates of the contestants for identity verification.

When asked about the number of players, the assistant coach looked up at Leonard suspiciously, and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure you want four players to play? Are you so confident that you can win in the end?"

Leonard did not hide his embarrassment, patted his leg, and said directly: "The leg is injured, so I can't play!"

"You don't have any substitutes?" the assistant coach asked Leonard in surprise.

The number of participants in each team is five, and the general combat team will have about ten members, so even if they are injured or temporarily have something to do during the game, the backup players of the team will be replenished one by one, so Attrition is normal during a game.But when the assistant referee saw only four members of the Battle Spirit team entering the arena, they realized that there were some new problems in the Battle Soul team, probably because they had no substitutes.

The assistant referee looked at Annie, but Annie glanced aside, ignoring the coach's question.

At this time, a soldier wrapped in black iron armor came step by step from the center of the arena. He lifted the metal mask on his helmet, looked at Leonard with a dull face and said, "Why are there so many people? , ready to go to war, are you looking down on our team?"

In addition, some people in the stands started to booing, and a student stood in the crowd and shouted: "It is said that the battle spirit team is a dark horse, and even the teachers in the academy look highly at the members of your battle spirit team, but some of you Be too proud."

The scene became chaotic for a while, and even the assistant coach said to Leonard: "I don't think you can win this point in the hands of the Metal Barrier team. If you lose this game, they will have The qualifications are among the sixteen teams, challenge any one of them, as long as they defeat this team, they will be the ones who will enter the top sixteen, so please treat this game with caution!"

Another assistant coach saw some commotion here, and ran here directly. After understanding the situation, he decisively said to Leonard: "If it is determined that you are playing passively, maybe we will consider disqualifying you from the game. Agree The Metal Barrier team won directly! Even the normal number of players can't be guaranteed, you should reflect on how you run this team."

The assistant referee had a sullen face, and he didn't seem to have a good look at the Battle Spirit team.

Leonard said with a wry smile: "But we can't find a fifth person to participate temporarily. Usually, our team has only six people. Now that two people are injured, it is reasonable for us to arrange four people to participate. "

I didn't expect that there would be so many people waiting to see the fighting spirit team's good show. The later assistant referee obviously didn't like the fighting spirit team. His words were somewhat biased, but he was very helpless. He was an assistant referee on the field. There is indeed such oversight.

"If you really can't get five players to compete, I advise you to withdraw by yourself. Anyway, you will lose. If you withdraw at this time, you will avoid injury." The assistant referee who caught up from behind said to Reina De said so.

Annie and Leonard looked at each other with some embarrassment, finally Leonard gritted his teeth and said to Annie: "Why don't I do it, this leg injury is actually not serious!"

"Sister Anne, we are a bit late!" I said quietly to Anne.

At this moment, I dragged the frail Su through the crowd and squeezed in, standing in front of Annie like two good babies.

After all, there is a difference of four years. Su and I are like two children standing in a crowd of adults. Almost everyone is a head taller than Su and me. Originally, we were automatically ignored by others.But in such an atmosphere, when I talked to Annie, all eyes were on me.

"I'm a substitute member of the Battle Spirit team, and also the seventh member of the team. Captain, please let me play!" I said to Leonard and Annie who were at a loss.

Hearing what I said, all the people watching looked at Leonard, and said to themselves: So there are really only seven people in your team. This kid is a first-year freshman, right?
"Oh, I know him, he's the freshman in the first year of the Academy of Magic!" someone in the crowd exclaimed.

The steel giant-like warrior was also stupefied. Looking at the scene in front of him, he was sure that it wasn't the battle spirit team humiliating them with numbers, but that they really couldn't gather any players. After knowing the specific situation, then The captain of the metal barrier team left silently, returned to the center of the arena and waited quietly.

At this time, Leonard looked at Annie, asking Annie what to do with his eyes?
Annie hesitated before slightly nodding to Leonard.

"Okay, Ji... Jia!" Apparently the team leader Leonard is not very familiar with my name. When he called me, his accent was a bit strange.

So I casually adjusted my white shirt and gray tight-legged bloomers, moved my body, and ran into the arena like no one else was there, not even bothering to look at the assistant coach.

Just as Sophie opened her mouth and stared in surprise, she ran straight to the center of the fighting arena, and greeted the other four members of the fighting spirit team somewhat familiarly.

"Hi, hello, my name is Jijia!"

(End of this chapter)