Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

I even received an invitation to eat for free at a certain restaurant.

For example, this taco restaurant now.

It would be a waste not to eat it, and there is no tradition of saying "Stay for dinner" as a polite expression.

The taste was beyond my expectation.

The stone oven baked bread is mellow and crispy, and the potatoes stewed with Los beast meat is rich and delicious.

While enjoying the meal, I heard a hearty laugh.

"Haha! Jia Xiu, my good brother, I knew you have good taste and know how to appreciate the dwarven delicacies."

Jia Xiu turned his head and saw a very short dwarf with a big beard and a barrel waist smiling at him.

The voice sounded familiar.

"Are you, the dwarf commentator?"

"Of course, of course it's me. Who else could it be? My good brother, you helped me deal with those annoying pointy ears. I have to buy you a glass of liquor."

The dwarf commentator sat down opposite Jia Xiu in a very familiar manner.

"No, thank you. I still have a competition to play, and drinking might affect my condition."

Of course, by Dwarven standards, the liquor was strong enough that it probably wouldn't affect the condition, but would probably cause alcohol poisoning.

"Oh, yes, you still have another round. Please wait until you finish."

"You just said that this is a dwarven delicacy?" Jia Xiu hurriedly checked the topic, not wanting the other party to dwell on the liquor anymore.

"Of course, I heard that this is the only dwarf-owned restaurant in Serdarion."

As he spoke, he shouted towards the kitchen: "Boss, your compatriots are here. Let's have a drink together. It's not easy to meet a dwarf here."

"Hold on."

After a while, a thin dwarf walked out, and his appearance looked more and more familiar.

"Dean Nico?" Jia Xiu blurted out.

"Nico? That's my brother. I'm Taco, and you must be Jashu, right? Nice to meet you."

Jia Xiu didn't expect to meet Dean Nico's younger brother here.

"My brother asked me to look after you, but I've been a bit busy lately."

As he was speaking, the dwarf commentator looked puzzled and said, "Brother, are you really a dwarf? Why are you so thin?"

"Of course I am."

"Then, why are dwarves the best at treating head injuries?" The dwarf commentator chose to use an encrypted call to verify.

The Taco manager answered without hesitation.

"Of course it's because tourists who visit the dwarf city will bump their heads! Hahahaha..."

The password was correct, and the two dwarves started laughing.

Taco then said, "Then why are other races afraid to duel with dwarves?"

"Because dwarves can only hit the lower body! Hahahaha..."

Jia Xiu didn't know whether to laugh or not.

It's okay for dwarf jokes to make fun of their own height.

The two of them laughed and suddenly looked at Jia Xiu.

"Come on, come on, you too. This is dwarven etiquette. It's rude not to tell a joke when it's needed."

"Forehead……"

Jia Xiu tried to say, "Why isn't the dwarven technology developing so fast?"

"why?"

"Because dwarves don't have high technology."

There was silence at the dinner table.

No hilarious moments.

The dwarf commentator silently took out a small notebook.

"Second Era, 1321, Summer Month, 12th. In Taco Restaurant, Jia Xiu used a pun to mock the Dwarven technology for no longer being ahead..."

Jia Xiu couldn't hold it in any longer, "Didn't you ask me to tell you this?"

The commentator and Taco raised their heads and looked at Jia Xiu.

The atmosphere is a little weird.

After being stared at for several seconds...

"Hahaha! Did you see how nervous he was? We tricked him!"

“I see, hahaha!”

The two dwarves burst into laughter.

"Honestly, I like your joke. It's so high-tech. Haha. I'm going to tell it when I get back."

"So you're not holding grudges in your little notebook."

"of course."

"I thought the rumors about dwarves carrying around little notebooks to hold grudges were true."

"Um... that one is real too, but I don't usually carry it with me. It's too thick."

"..."

The "recognition" was successful, and the Taco store manager was very happy. After the meal, he sent Jia Xiu and Jie Luo to the door and brought them a lot of special wine-flavored cakes.

To be honest, Jia Xiu didn't smell any alcohol.

I only smell alcohol.

"Hey, what's your amulet?"

Taco pointed at what Jashu was wearing around his neck.

"Oh, this was given to me by Professor Aurelius. He is considered my master."

"May I have a look?"

"Of course." Jia Xiu took it off and handed it to Taco.

He took it in his hand, looked at it, and suddenly waved his hand to cast a spell, enchanting it with an effect that Jia Xiu couldn't see at first glance.

As Nico's younger brother, Taco is obviously not ordinary.

"Here you go," Taco tossed the amulet back. "It's a small charm that brings good luck. Remember to wear it during the exam. It might help. Remember this."

He said this and winked at Jia Xiu.

Jia Xiu looked at the enchanted amulet. It was a bit complicated and he couldn't understand it for a moment.

It seems that it does bring good luck, but it should be more than that, it seems to be able to expand, but what is certain is that there is absolutely no bad effect.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, it should be done."

Chapter 119: Santello is a very inclusive college

The two-day break is over and the second round of competition is about to begin.

The final rankings of the first round have also been released.

Jia Xiu finished fifth with a time of 3 minutes and 44 seconds, which was better than expected, considering some unexpected events occurred during the process.

Ram finished 5th with a time of 18 minutes and 34 seconds. He was the fastest among all the contestants who passed the competition to subdue the hellhound. He strangled it with one hand and spent all the time comparing the symptoms to determine which healing spell to use.

In fact, Jia Xiu felt that if he just picked a healing spell based on his feeling, he would probably be able to break the record.

However, it is also a good thing to solve problems seriously according to the rules. Even if you have good luck, if you want to achieve results, you must at least make a start on your own and have the necessary abilities.

Mia finished 10th with a time of 32 minutes and 113 seconds. Her time was mainly spent waiting for the infection to take effect. However, although her ranking was just over , it was still in the upper-middle level.

A total of 252 people passed the first round, which is less than half of the total number of participants.

Among them, all the militarized "professional players" of Uckermark passed.

As for Saint-Delo, 80% of the people who came have been eliminated.

They are now scattered across Serdarion, fulfilling their original purpose.

Travel at public expense.

During this period, students from Sant'Ero became some of the most popular people in the city.

Every shop looks forward to students' patronage.

They are simply the most perfect rip-off customers, no, service providers.

They usually have a good family background, a lot of spare money, and are students who are not good at bargaining.

While the eliminated contestants were enjoying fancy "services", all those who passed the first round were now gathered on the Silver Moon Court campus, waiting for the rules to be announced.

Starting from the second round, the competition will not necessarily be held in the arena, and the degree of freedom in rule design will be much higher.

The school responsible for organizing the second round of competition was Santero, the most "free" of the five schools.

Soon, a professor that Jia Xiu knew appeared in front of the waiting contestants.

Professor Tanshul.

The one who wanted to recruit Jia Xiu to be his disciple and become a professor in the phantom world together.

Since he was the one reading out the rules, Jia Xiu thought that the second round would probably have something to do with illusion.

"Hello everyone," Professor Tanshull said, "The second round of competition will be very simple. It won't be as dangerous as the first round with its hellhounds and toxins. You will only need to create a simple illusion for viewing."

As soon as the professor finished speaking, the students were in an uproar.