Chapter 446: Start
Dorothy stood alone on the periphery of the arena of the Rursk Higher Academy of Magic.
This is indeed one of Nolan's most advanced magic academies. The building in front of Dorothy alone is no less than the arena in Osenberg.
People... a lot of people.
Dorothy glanced around, and everywhere she looked, there were figures of humans and dwarves. From time to time, she could see some goblins selling drinks and food.
Is there any grand event going to be held here?
Dorothy couldn't figure it out. When she was competing a few days ago, all she could see in the Hearthstone Tavern was a group of dwarves and some spellcasters.
She was a little thankful that she had made adequate preparations today. Not only did she put on the hood of the mage's robe, but she also sewed a mask for stalkers herself.
In this way, even if her appearance appeared on TV, Dorothy would not feel that she would be recognized by acquaintances...probably.
Wait... we're going to be late!
Dorothy circled around outside the Magic Arena but couldn't find the entrance. The crowd seemed to swallow her up.
"Where is the place where the audience enters."
Just as Dorothy was getting more and more anxious, a voice that sounded familiar to her.
Joshua... an existence that Dorothy labeled as a profiteer. Dorothy had never dared to have too much contact with him, but now when she saw Joshua, Dorothy suddenly felt like hugging him Joshua had the urge to cheer.
But the lady's reserve still made her suppress the excitement in her heart.
"Isn't there a guiding inscription on the letter?" Joshua took out an invitation letter and injected magic power into it. The invitation letter seemed to be folded into the shape of a flying bird by an invisible hand and flew towards the magic competition. the other side of the field.
"I...didn't pay attention," said Dorothy.
"Don't worry about these details, you are the first player to play, and the audience is already waiting."
Joshua led Dorothy around the crowd and came to the secret entrance on the other side of the magic arena. Dorothy followed Joshua through a dark passage and came to a bright exit.
"Your battlefield is ahead, are your weapons ready?" Qiao Xiu asked.
"arms?"
Dorothy groped her whole body, and quickly took out the card box that stored her card group.
"I... am ready." Dorothy took a deep breath to calm her heart.
She looked towards the radiant exit, and she could vaguely hear the voices outside just standing here.
Dorothy, who was born in Oxenburg, was familiar with this sound, and she was in it countless times when she watched the gladiatorial games.
It will be like a frenzy of applause for the victor, and the loser will go away.
Dorothy never thought that one day she would stand on this stage as a gladiator.
But the feeling isn't bad.
"Let's go and win glory together."
Dorothy touched the card decks hanging around her waist, and walked into the arena.
There are still a lot of people.
Dorothy raised her head and looked around. The Rursk Higher Academy of Magic is also a circular arena, and the auditorium in the arena is full of seats.
She still can't understand why a... a card game that originated in a tavern is welcomed by so many people in Nolan.
Isn't this a niche game featuring dwarves?
But doubts were meaningless, and Dorothy glanced at her own battlefield, only to find that it was completely different from what she had imagined.
In her imagination, there should be only one magic machine playing Hearthstone in the center, and then the two players would sit next to the machine and fight like in a tavern.
That's why Dorothy thought that it would be very inconsistent to arrange a Hearthstone match in this venue enough for a knights' confrontation.
But the magical machine familiar to Dorothy was not placed in the center. Instead, there were four-meter-high towers on both sides of the ring.
"Miss Dorothy, the magical machine you are using is above the tower."
A spellcaster who looked like an assistant stood by the tower and spoke to Dorothy.
This is... what to do?
Dorothy climbed up the tower made of stones with doubts, and found that there was indeed a magical machine for playing Hearthstone above the top of the tower.
And then another player comes to the tower too?
Dorothy, who was troubled by doubts, suddenly heard a voice in the magic arena, a voice that sounded a little exciting.
"The first player to play is Dorothy Becksner, a young girl from the Iron Country!"
At this moment, Dorothy froze there. She raised her head and looked at the other side of the arena, which was a huge movie screen. Only then did Dorothy realize that her figure was on the screen. In the curtain!
It's over... Dorothy actually forgot that before the start of this kind of gladiatorial competition, the names of the two contestants will be announced loudly to the audience.
Even the famous knight in Ossenburg will cause the whole audience to cheer.
Dorothy never expected that Nolan would have this tradition...
In this case, covering up your appearance doesn't make any sense.
With a desperate attitude, Dorothy took off the mask on her face and the hood on her head at the same time.
The long wine-red hair radiates brilliance under the light of the original crystal, and the appearance that is enough to make any noble boy fall in love with him in Ossenburg appears on the screen.
At this moment... Dorothy actually heard the exclamation and cheers from the auditorium.
Maybe those spellcasters never thought that the players in Hearthstone would have girls!
bring it on……
Dorothy stared intently at the stone tower across the ring.
All her bets are now on the championship. If she can't win the championship, Dorothy can't imagine what kind of treatment she will receive after returning to Oxenburg.
"Then please choose our next player..."
Dorothy listened quietly to the voice announcing who her opponent was. According to Dorothy's prediction, it was likely to be a dwarf. After all, the top eight contestants Dorothy remembered were all dwarves!
Humanity? Or a... old man?
Dorothy watched an old man walk up the stone tower slowly with a cane. His dirty robe and beard really made it impossible for Dorothy to be associated with the top eight of Hearthstone.
But the moment Dorothy recognized him, the girl from the Iron Country once again entered a state of wide-eyed sluggishness.
"Impossible..." Dorothy murmured to herself. This was the first time her three views had been hit since she came to Nolan.
It is a pity that no matter how much she denies it, what is in front of her is reality.
"The dean of Rursk Higher Academy of Magic, one of Nolan's seven sages, Rursk the Gray!"
Higher cheers erupted from the audience.
Dorothy's brain had completely gone into stop-thinking mode, but she soon regained consciousness.
The Man in Grey, one of the great Seven Sages, is also a Hearthstone player? ! And also reached the quarterfinals?
Dorothy looked at the disheveled old man in the distance.
As an ordinary citizen of the Country of Steel, Dorothy clearly understood how divine the Seven Sages were.
Even the prince of the Iron Kingdom made the king so happy that the whole country rejoiced just because he could become the apprentice of the Seven Sages.
And now Dorothy is not standing in front of the sage as an apprentice, but as an opponent!
An equal opponent stood before him.
Why would a high and mighty sage also play this kind of card game!
Dorothy had no time to think, and the spellcaster assistant below was already reminding Dorothy to put the card box into the card slot.
The battle was about to start, and Dorothy subconsciously put the card box into the card slot.
I learned from the letter that this game adopted a three-game two-win system.
When the card group selection popped up, Dorothy subconsciously chose her second best card group, the mage with the fire demon as the core who controls the power of fire!
Dorothy selected her deck and instantly entered the loading screen she was familiar with.
At the moment of entering the game, a blue light fell from the sky, gradually forming a female figure.
Dorothy looked at the woman standing in the ring from the stone tower, and Dorothy knew her! The representative figure of the mage profession in Hearthstone, the legendary caster Jaina Proudmoore!
what happened? Why do the characters in my own card come to reality.
Dorothy already felt that her head was not enough, but Jaina, who was standing on the ring, soon had an ice-blue magic inscription on her hand. After the crackling sound, the legendary mage said slowly Out of the lines she is familiar with.
"My magic will tear you to pieces!"
And under the tall tower where the gray-clothed man was in the distance, a large number of vines and greens began to grow, and an elf with lavender skin slowly appeared on the field.
"I am the guardian of nature."
Accompanied by the voice of the elf, half of the ground on the arena has already been covered by green vines and grass.
Dorothy also knew this elf, Malfurion Stormrage, the representative of Druids in Hearthstone.
"Let us appreciate this battle more clearly under the illusion created by the purple-clad Melores!"
The voice that announced Dorothy's identity to everyone just now explained to everyone what happened on the field again.
Illusion... Is this an illusion created by another Nolan sage?
Dorothy looked at the screen of the magical machine in front of her in disbelief. She obtained the qualification to go first, and was lucky to directly draw the follower Mana Wyvern who only needed one cost.
She placed this follower into the battlefield as usual, and under the condensed lavender inscription, a translucent dragon-like creature appeared in front of Jaina.
This game... sure will be exciting.
Dorothy looked at the mana dragon floating on the field, and she had completely confirmed that her decision to run away from marriage was not wrong!