The Arcane God
Chapter 149 149: Now, It Begins

Listening to the host's introduction and the enthusiastic applause of the audience, everyone in Oscar's group felt that their whole body was instantly boiling. They raised their hands and waved to the full audience.

The host only introduced the top ten colleges, and he did not introduce them one by one. If these schools were all introduced, there would be no need to do anything else on this day. After the tenth team entered the venue, the remaining more than 3,000 academic teams entered the venue one after another.

Half an hour later, the originally empty stadium was already filled with more than 20,000 participating teams. They saw that on the field, each team of six players wore different school uniforms, some exquisite, some luxurious, some brocade clothes and jade pendants, and some short attires.

All kinds of school flags with different patterns were automatically in the arena, showing their pride. Even being able to stand here and participate in the competition of the refiner colleges in the whole continent was enough to prove the strength of these colleges.

One must know that there were even more spiritual academies with low-level teachers who were not even qualified to stand here!

During the entire admission ceremony for more than half an hour, the host had been floating in the air and giving a simple explanation. It could be seen that this old man not only had a high level of powerbase, but also knew a lot of things about various colleges. It was believed that there were not many people who could do this in the whole continent.

When all the contestants had entered the venue, the host said in a strong voice: "Now for the second item of the opening ceremony, please stand up!"

As soon as the voice went silent, more than 100,000 people stood densely on the stand. It showed that there were so many refiners who come to watch the game, and it also showed the profound background of the entire human race.

They saw the host dodging back to the stage, facing the sky, kneeling on one knee, landing on the right knee, pressing the left shoulder with the right hand, and said loudly. "I swear by the honorable qualifications of the refiner, I swear to the death to exorcise the dreads, protect the human beings, and I will always enjoy peace and prosperity!"

All the refiners in the audience also knelt to the ground along with the host. Every time the host said a word, hundreds of thousands of people followed and shouted, and the voice resounded through the sky. Even the refiners in the main auditorium fell to one knee when they heard the sound, swearing to the sky.

This was the cohesive spirit of human beings. It was precisely because of this firm belief and the strength of unity that human beings could reach today's prosperous world step by step in the era when the dreads were raging.

After the oath was read, the host broke the skin of the middle finger of his right hand and drew a bloodstain under his eyes, in order to swear his determination. Hundreds of thousands of people also drew two bloodstains under their eyes. For a time, the entire venue was filled with blood and energy.

Then, the host said. "Okay, the ceremony is over. Now, please let His Majesty the king, come on stage to give the opening speech of the competition. Welcome everyone!"

As soon as the host finished speaking, the door of the huge hall behind the stage opened, and two rows of fully-armored warriors walked out from inside. With their blades pointing left and right, a man and a woman walked out from the center of the gate.

From the costumes of the two, it could be determined that this was the current king and queen.

The king and the queen appeared to be both in their forties, but their real age could not be seen on the surface. Because almost all members of the royal family were from refiners, even if they were seventy or eighty years old, they were only in their 40s and 50s from the outside. And when you were young, the higher your powerbase, the more you could maintain your youthful appearance.

The appearance of the king and the queen immediately drew warm applause from the audience. As ordinary people, the chance to see the king was rare in this life, and participating in the opening and closing ceremonies of the refiner competition was an excellent opportunity to see the king's dragon face.

The king took the queen's hand, and while waving to the audience, he walked to the stage. After standing still, the king made a gesture to everyone, and the audience suddenly became quiet.

The king said in a loud voice, "Welcome to this event. The team of refiners is the main force for us to fight against the dreads. To be an excellent refiner is the goal of every human being. Today, I am very happy. I'm glad to see so many excellent refiners participating in the competition. You are the hope for the future of mankind. I hope that through this competition, you can grow into a real and powerful refiner, in order to protect the prosperity of our mankind. Fight! In the end, expel the dreads from our world, and mankind will win!"

"Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory!"

The king's short words immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, and shouts continued to hover over the audience. The king and the queen returned to the hall behind the stage with the shouts of the people. The direction of the hall facing the arena was made of crystal glass, and everything on the arena could be clearly seen inside.

When the king was speaking, the empress kept her eyes fixed on one direction under the stage, and when she left, she looked a few more times in that direction with some reluctance. And this direction happened to be where Oscar and everyone stood.

Zachar stood beside Oscar and whispered to Oscar, "Hey, Oscar! Did you notice something? The queen was staring at me just now. Has my charm value increased again?"

Oscar tilted his body slightly and said softly, "You can save it! Which green onion do you think you are? The queen is looking at the people of the Forbidden Academy next to you, so don't be too affectionate!"

At this moment, among the members of the Forbidden Academy standing next to him, Ruo Feng was looking at Maya out of the corner of his eye.

Yara touched Maya's arm lightly and said, "Hey, Maya! That eldest young master is sneaking a look at you again! Maya, what's wrong with you?"

But Maya's eyes were red at this time, and tears were clearly flashing in her eyes, as if she had just cried. After Yara asked, Maya quickly wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with her sleeve, and said to Yara, "It's okay, it's because the light is too strong, and it hurts my eyes."

Yara said suspiciously, "Oh!"

Although she didn't ask any more questions, she knew in her heart that Maya must be hiding something from her. However, since Maya didn't want to talk, at this time, Yara didn't ask much.

Soon, after the cheers from the audience ended, all the contestants withdrew from the venue. Followed by some routine performances at the opening ceremony, but after Oscar and everyone left, they returned to the villa together with Oberon and Calder.

Because what happened after that had nothing to do with everyone, everyone just waited for the half-month preliminaries to end in time to participate in the finals.

Therefore, during this period of time, everyone practiced hard again. Especially Oscar, after obtaining the secret book of light and shadow, he studied the magic tricks in the book every day. Based on his current powerbase, he could already practice three shadow magic tricks.

It was just because the current time was pressing, there was not much time for Oscar to strengthen the practice and application of these magics. Therefore, Oscar took all the time every day to practice continuously, and at the same time, he also practiced the cooperation with the team, so that the magic skills could exert the greatest power.

In this way, everyone quickly spent more than half a month in the practice of not hearing anything outside the window. As for the powerbase of shadow magic, Oscar was finally able to do some simple applications as he wanted, but he was still a long way from reaching the proficiency like an arm and a finger.

Early this morning, Oberon called everyone together and said to everyone: "Tomorrow is the day of the finals, everyone will have a good rest today. In a while, I will go to the competition management committee to draw a number to determine the finals tomorrow. After the opponent, collect their information by the way. Everyone can do whatever they want today, but don't act alone to avoid accidents. Maya, you will come with me later!"

Maya glanced at Oberon strangely, then agreed without saying much.