"Let's go meet the other judges first. I don't know if the meeting has started yet?" Farina muttered in a low voice.
Angel captured one word: "Meeting? What meeting?"
"It seems that there is a meeting to quantify the criteria for winning or losing the game. It is a standardized meeting to weigh the winning and losing based on various situations that may occur on the field." Falina paused, and then said: "However, this kind of meeting is very important to us.
It doesn’t matter whether you listen or not.”
"Anyway, there are no special circumstances, and special judges rarely intervene in the determination of victory or defeat." After saying that, Falina winked at Angel: "We just need to sit aside, drink tea and think about the alchemy skills and competition.
It’s over.”
Angel: "..." It turns out that he is not the only one who plans to collect points.
As soon as Falina finished speaking, she contacted someone through the communicator. From the light and shadow displayed on the communicator, it could be seen that the other party was a middle-aged woman who looked mean-looking.
Falina communicated with the other party for a while, then turned off the communicator and explained to Angel: "She is Witch Patina, a close friend of mine, and a judge of this rising star competition, but she is not a special judge.
But the resident judge.”
"Originally, I was still thinking about whether to attend the judging criteria meeting, but now I don't have to think about it, because Patina told me that the meeting has ended for almost half an hour."
Angel apologized: "I'm late."
"It doesn't matter. I tend not to attend the meeting anyway, but out of sympathy, I still hesitate." Falina shrugged: "You were late for a while, but you made an ideal decision for me."
They walked all the way forward, because the spectators had already gone to the Infinite Arena, and there were not many people outside.
Occasionally, one or two people can be met. When they see Angel, they all look surprised. Although no one dares to come forward, there are whispers in the wind.
""Sky of Truth" did not exaggerate this time, Angel has actually advanced!"
"Shh, keep your voice down. How dare you call him by his first name? Be careful that Wizard Pat hears you."
"An...the one next to Wizard Pat is the Water-marked Witch, right? I heard that the Water-marked Witch seems to be the judge of this competition. So, maybe Wizard Pat is also..."
"Well, when I came to participate in the Rising Stars Competition, I was still thinking that Angel, as Jetbo's old enemy, would definitely stage a wonderful fateful battle this time. Little did I know that Jetbo is still a player, and he has become
judged.”
Although these whispers are subtle, to a formal wizard, if you want to hear them, they will thunder into your ears, and it is useless to whisper them.
Falina naturally heard those voices, and she said with a smile: "Based on your current popularity, you will probably steal the limelight from all the judges in the preliminary round."
Angel: "This is not what I want. Besides, do judges need the limelight? I thought only players care about popularity."
"There are always people who enjoy the sense of achievement of being noticed." Falina: "I heard that some judges will care about this very much, but they probably don't dare to say anything because you have stolen the limelight. After all, this is the sky right now.
The general trend of the Machinery City."
Public opinion pushed Angel to the top, and there may have been an intention to praise him at first. But Angel himself has firmly established himself at the top, and has climbed a higher level, and now he has reached the level of an official wizard. The so-called praise is not only
It became a joke and even pushed his popularity to an even higher level.
Such a hot competition in the Rising Stars Competition did not cover up Angel's brilliance. This can be seen from the fact that Ashley's class was rushed in the past two days, and the alchemy circle was almost empty.
This is what Farina said is the general trend.
Soon after, under the guidance of Farina, they arrived at the backstage of the Infinite Arena. This was a road exclusively for official wizards, so it was very quiet here, and there was no one else except the two of them.
Not long after walking along this corridor, they suddenly heard a banging sound.
Angel frowned and looked at the source of the sound.
The sound came from a closed wooden door.
"That seems to be..." Falina had just finished speaking when a big hole opened in the middle of the wooden door, and a figure flew out from inside.
It was a man covered in blood, his eyes had begun to turn white, and he had obviously fainted.
At this time, a black cat jumped out of the hole of the wooden door.
"This is what you get for offending me." The black cat jumped on the man's head, muttering human voices, showing its sharp claws, as if it wanted to break open his head.
Suddenly, the black cat smelled the faint fragrance of scented tea in the air, arched his body, turned around suddenly, and his eyes met Angel and Farina.
The black cat's dark green eyes flashed with cold light, and the pupils turned into a vertical line.
However, when the black cat saw the faces of Angel and Falina clearly, its arched back slowly relaxed, as if it recognized their identities.
The black cat drooped its tail, murmured "good luck to you" in a low voice, then turned around and jumped into the door and disappeared.
A cold wind blew past, leaving only the man lying in a pool of blood.
"Behind this door is connected to the backstage of the contestants." Falina finally said what she had not finished before.
Angel pointed to the people on the ground: "So, this person and the cat are both contestants in this competition?"
Farina stepped forward, and a line of warm water vapor covered the man's body. After a while, Farina said: "To be precise, now only that cat is a contestant in the Rising Star Competition. Although this person is not dead yet, he is not
In three to five months, the injuries on the body will not recover."
Angel recalled the cat from before, which looked somewhat similar to Qili's Luna, but Luna was a female cat, and this one sounded like a male cat. Moreover, Luna was a monster, and the black cat just now
The cat is probably just the incarnation of some kind of bloodline.
But it can be transformed into such a perfect form, almost exactly like a cat, which shows that it has surpassed the half-animal state.
The bloodline incarnation transcends the semi-animal state, and can control himself and not be controlled by animal nature. It is enough to show that his compatibility and understanding of his own bloodline have reached a very high level.
In terms of bloodline incarnation alone, he is probably the most compatible person Angel has seen among his apprentices.
When Angel was thinking this, Farina was also sighing: "That black cat is almost in a full animal state, which is rare among blood wizards. There are really so many new stars emerging in this competition that we have never seen before.
What a genius."
Angel also said smoothly: "Nowadays, the newcomers are really more like monsters than the last one."
Falina looked at Angel with strange eyes and said that the new people are like monsters, and you are the newest person and the strongest monster.
It was her turn to say this, not Angel. Farina cursed in her heart.
"I've seen Xia Li's skills before, and they're pretty good. Has she advanced this time?" Angel asked.
"Charlie advanced, but I guess with her naughty character, this competition will definitely offend a lot of people." Farina pointed to the unconscious man on the ground: "I just hope she won't end up like this person."
The man on the ground was finally taken away by the staff. Angel and Farina continued to go to the judging room. When leaving, Angel mentally looked towards the backstage of the contestants.
It's very lively inside.
Although many players may not compete today, and the location of the competition may not necessarily be the Endless Arena, there are dozens of players at a glance, including the black cat Angel saw before.
After the black cat entered the backstage of the contestants, it walked forward with elegant cat steps. Along the way, no one dared to approach it, and everyone looked at it in fear. When the black cat walked to a sofa with a backrest,
His body shape slowly changed, turning into a handsome and indifferent young man. The only thing that remained unchanged was his cat eyes. When he glanced at the players present with his cat eyes, the players avoided his sight.
However, there were also several people among them who didn't care about the black cat's eyes.
For example, there is a woman who is carrying a handbag with pink hearts painted on it, but her aura is so gloomy that she seems to be surrounded by dark energy.
Also, although there is a faint air of death all over his body, he looks like a vigorous young man in the morning sun.
A naked man with scars all over his body, practicing silently beside him.
A girl wearing a weird hat and smiling weirdly.
Wait... These people all ignored Black Cat's eyes, and Black Cat itself also showed great importance to these people. It can be seen that these people are probably at the same level as him, or maybe even stronger players.
Although Angel said he planned to be a judge to cheat some points, he had no intention of messing around. He was also looking forward to this Rising Stars competition. Especially since his friends were participating in this Rising Stars competition.
Angel withdrew his mental power, but did not notice that when his mental power was removed, there was a young man in the corner who was holding a book and reading seriously, and looked doubtfully at the direction in which the mental power left.
…
Falina sensed Angel's mental power: "You seem to be very curious about these players."
"After all, I have to watch at least 10 games, and I still hope to see exciting duels in these 10 games," Angel said.
"Speaking of excitement, it is true that certain apprentices' competitions will be more interesting." Falina paused: "For example, today's preliminary competition."
Angel asked curiously: "Why will today's preliminary round be so exciting?"
"Many people came to watch the preliminary round, which represents the appearance of this rising star competition."
Following Falina's explanation, Angel finally understood.
The so-called "preliminary match" was not actually the first match in the sequence of matches as he understood it. Rather, it was a duel that was deliberately selected.
However, this "deliberateness", according to Falina, should not be a secret operation.
Because when the Rising Stars Competition ended yesterday, all the promoted players had already drawn numbers to match. In other words, they actually already knew the numbers of their opponents, but they had not yet made a specific game schedule.
Players currently only know the number of their opponent, but the official must already know the two players corresponding to all games.
Because the preliminary round is the face of the Rising Stars Competition, and it is definitely the most popular match besides the finals. Wouldn't it be very embarrassing if one side surrenders, or becomes one-sided, or a protracted battle with no technical content.
Therefore, among the nearly two hundred games, the officials selected one of the most interesting games as the preliminary match for the Rising Stars Tournament rematch.
Since it was a deliberately selected matchup, relatively speaking, it would definitely not be too bad.
Thinking of this, Angel asked curiously: "In this preliminary match, who will be competing against whom?"