Chapter 371 29. Horror at the Bottom of the Nest
"Ahem... I am the emperor. Congratulations to you first, I will ask the etiquette department to get you some gifts later. But there are one hundred and sixty colleges... It's a waste of time for you to compete one by one, isn't it?"
"Indeed," Annan said in a low voice.
The deputy dean and the others were listening carefully to the voice in the parchment. Only the official of the etiquette department turned towards Annan who made the noise.
"Well...I want to think of a good idea, a good idea, a time-saving idea, what kind of idea..."
"Why are you so nagging?" Annan's ears seemed to be surrounded by three bards telling stories.
"Sorry...I'm not very good at using this thing." The emperor seemed to be answering Annan, "Have you heard of the bottom nest? I plan to put the location in the bottom nest. None of you It's fair enough to know where it is...except for the Royal Academy of Magic in Montreal, so you can go greet them."
"Anyway, they put some gold invitations in the bottom nest. It's your job to find it." The ten colleges that get the most gold invitations will participate in the final championship competition. "
"The etiquette department is ready to send you off. Oh, by the way, the Undercity people who get the golden invitation letter will get citizenship, so your opponents are not only each other, but also the Undercity people. ”
No more sounds came from the parchment.
"Let's go."
The official of the Etiquette Department tore open the magic scroll, and the solemn Etiquette Department Street appeared on the other side of the portal.
Cross the portal from the manor to the imperial capital.
One hundred and sixty portals stood on the spacious street that passed through, and it became noisy with the arrival of teachers and students from the academy.
Boris came back from inquiring last night and brought back the four academies that need the most attention: Agate Knight Academy, Puddingburg Monastery, Freya Sacred Academy, and the Royal Academy of Magic in Montreal in the imperial capital.
"How do they compare to the Sltovis Magic Academy?"
"Normally, they are only better than the Srtovis Magic Academy."
No matter what I say about the Srtovis Magic Academy Si is also the second largest city in the southern part of the empire, and it is not so big that Tavis Magic Academy is not qualified to stand with them, but...
"What does 'normal situation' mean?"
“That’s when there are no students like you.”
With Annan in his possession, Solz Magic Academy dares to reach out for the championship. It is very likely that these four academies also have such people.
Withdrawing his thoughts and eyes, Vice Dean Boris was sternly telling the other seven contestants: "Your task is to protect Annan."
"You have to block the spell for him. If you don't have time... ...Use your body to block it, and the Imperial City is unlikely to cause any casualties to you," the vice-dean gritted his teeth, "And pay attention to mental spells, such as charm. If you find them, just-"
"I'll do it. "Annan interrupted, and under Alice's gaze, he said: "Talented warlocks can be exempted from certain mental spells."
The Minister of Etiquette is now on the terrace, the thin silhouette in traditional clothes added. Rules: In addition to what the emperor said, they will be randomly sent to the bottom nest and teleported out at sunrise the next day.
One hundred and sixty small portals disappeared, replaced by a large portal built by three epic mages in front of the main entrance of the Ceremony Department.
Blurry images change on the door.
Contestants entered the portal one after another according to their distance.
Annan and the others were relatively close to the portal and could not identify their opponents, but Annan saw Freya Holy Academy. They are all girls, with beautiful silhouettes and full of vitality.
Dizziness emerged as he stepped into the portal. Before he could recover, Annan heard Theophilus complaining:
"Why do large teleportation arrays always make me so dizzy..." "Magic classes say that large teleportation arrays aim at stability. Of course they are not that comfortable." His friend replied.
Recovered Annan looked around. They stood on a low hill, and the dark space extended into the distance. There was sparse light in the distance, as if coming from morning to night. Only the standing rock pillars silently told that this was an underground city.
They are lucky, there is a gathering place nearby.
Two students were still stuck in "portal vertigo". When they recovered, Annan did not see any other students coming.
The bottom nest is similar to the imperial capital on the surface. A city with a three-dimensional structure can easily swallow students like them.
“Where should we go next?”
They looked at the captain of the team.
"Didn't the young emperor say that people from the bottom of the nest can also get golden invitations? Let's approach the locals first and find out."
The light of the illumination technique shone around everyone, and some The man raised his head, but could see nothing. There was only a distant, dull sound lingering in my ears as if I was covering my ears.
How deep are they?
The sound of footsteps on gravel echoed, and before approaching the gathering place, a corpse that was almost rotten into bones suddenly appeared in front
The students living in the ivory tower stopped. As for the footsteps, only Annan and Alice did not resist the bones.
"At least people here don't eat dead people." Annan said optimistically.
Bypassing the bones exposed in the wilderness, these students approached the gathering place.
A layer of fog seemed to gradually form around them, the halo of illumination became hazy, and an unpleasant bitterness appeared in the air. It wasn't until they approached the gathering place that the fog seemed to be blocked out.
The gathering place they saw on the low hill turned into a rugged grotto, and the luminous objects they saw turned into fluorescent fruits growing in the gaps of the grotto.
The dense caves like spider lairs allow the young mages to huddle together like quails.
"Don't be frightened by the words of the deputy dean. No matter how terrifying the bottom nest is, it is still at the foot of the imperial capital. How could it be..." Theophilus, who turned around, suddenly saw a strange face of defeat and screamed.
“Ahhhhhh!”
As the screams echoed, the surrounding caves were awakened, and faces appeared one after another.
No one noticed when the silhouette of Theophilus appeared. Alice had already raised her staff and was held down by Annan: "There is no malice, I can feel it."
The succubus curse was purified by the nosy Mr. Swaro before Annan and Alice set off for Syltovis. However, because it existed for too long, Annan absorbed some powers, such as being able to capture mood.
What appeared in front of them was a stooped, thin silhouette, with no hair or cloth on the body, the pale skin looked tough, the nose was flat, and the eyes were covered with a cloudy film.
This is the "Rat Man"...?
The groom's outrageous conjecture turned out to be right... In a few hundred years, the bottom hive people would really degenerate into some kind of cave-dwelling creature.
Asking the others to step back, Annan asked the "rat man" who seemed to be frightened: "Can you understand what I am saying?"
No one heard the "rat man" voice Understandable broken syllables.
"Who is proficient in the common language?" Annan asked.
(End of this chapter)