Magic!

When a large group of polymers with black and purple tentacles and dozens of eyeballs slowly walked into the warehouse, the two cultists screamed at the same time, with tears in their eyes, and squirmed their tied bodies to get closer to Clara.

"Hello." Clara waved her tentacles to the two of them politely.

Russell and Duncan stepped back in time and hid in the corner of the warehouse, while maintaining contact with Clara through psychic communication.

Clara, who had already discussed the torture plan with Russell, stretched out her tentacles wrapped with colored crystals:

"Excuse me, was this crystal given to me by you?

"I remember one morning, a magic circle suddenly appeared around me, and then the crystal floated up from the magic circle. There was also a label on it, saying it was a gift from a believer."

The two siblings nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, this is a gift that the members of the sect offered to Miss Clara before. The structure inside the crystal has been specially carved to look like you, Miss Clara!"

Russell listened to their conversation and suddenly realized:

It turns out that when cultists sacrifice things to the evil god, this is what it looks like from the evil god's perspective.

At this point, the two siblings burst into tears and burst into tears:

"Miss Clara, we are sorry for you. We just came now."

"We just found out recently that you, Miss Clara, were bullied in the academy. Those stupid humans actually dared to bully the great Miss Clara."

"There is no need for this academy and this world that cannot accept Miss Clara to exist!"

Clara was a little confused when she heard the strange second grader's speech. She stretched out two purple tentacles, stroked the heads of the two siblings, which were wrapped in light blue hair, and comforted:

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not your fault."

With that said, Clara pointed to Russell in the corner:

"When I was bullied, this classmate Russell helped me a lot. The commemorative crystal you guys gave me before was snatched away by bad students, and classmate Russell helped me get it back."

The two siblings turned to look at Russell, with a lot of kindness in their eyes.

"Since you helped Miss Clara, let's forget about the torture we just received." My sister said sternly.

"But I haven't started to torture you yet." Russell muttered, but his voice was drowned out by the excited cries of the two siblings.

Clara stroked their heads and asked again:

"So you and the other members of the Old Order are planning something, can you tell me?"

The two siblings who were still crying suddenly fell silent.

A deathly silence filled the warehouse.

After a long time, the younger brother spoke, his voice indifferent and erratic:

"This is a series of complex plans involving huge secrets. We have all been issued a ban and cannot fully disclose them."

The sister also raised her head suddenly, staring at Clara, her eyes filled with blazing flames:

"Miss Clara, you only need to know that in the new school year that is about to begin, the super competition that is held every 10 years and makes the entire academy excited is about to begin.

"And you, Miss Clara, will eventually wear the crown and ascend to the position that belongs to you!"

She enunciated every word clearly and resonantly, and her high voice echoed in the warehouse.

Clara was confused when she heard it, and Russell next to her was also confused.

In the following time, Clara, under the command of Russell and Duncan, asked the two weirdos many questions and obtained some valuable intelligence.

For example, the names of the sister and brother in the cult are "Blue Twins", which sounds like the names of virtual singers.

For example, during the forest hunting competition, they used a secret potion developed and produced by the entire Old Order, which affected the minds of Traveler and Black Rose, amplifying their original obsessions and hatred.

This was done to stage a drama of a hero rescuing a beauty, giving them a chance to save Clara from the travelers and initially gain Clara's trust without revealing their identity.

For example, compared to the Red Order of Chaos, the Old Order they belonged to lacked fourth-year powers, but had many third-year high priests and mastered a variety of weird magics, including the ones they had shown before. The magic of entering a misty space parallel to the real world.

More important information, such as who were the members of the Old Order who had infiltrated the academy, were strictly prohibited, and the two siblings could not disclose it.

In the past year, the college has had another large-scale enrollment, and there are many new students in the junior college. In addition, due to the Chaos Red Devil Order incident, a large number of devil cultists were arrested, and a large number of faculty and staff were temporarily recruited to fill the vacancies, including dormitory administrators, cafeteria staff, and cleaning staff. There are so many suspects that it is difficult to rule them out one by one.

…

With a clanging sound, the metal door of the warehouse was closed.

"The two of them don't seem to be bad people. Although they do some extreme things and are cultists who believe in the Old Ones, they are all for my own good." Clara rubbed her tentacles after leaving the interrogation room, "Here we go. It’s time to arrange a better room for them.”

"Since Clara said so, we can indeed consider it." Duncan strode forward with his short legs.

A big head of a wind chime appeared on the screen of Russell’s mobile phone:

"Are such an unreliable pair of siblings really the high priests of a cult that believes in the Old Ones? Why do they feel like they are fanatical fans? And is there anything about Clara that deserves their fanatical worship?"

Feng Ling, who quietly listened to the entire interrogation on his mobile phone, complained.

Russell combined his own occult knowledge to infer:

"The two high priests of the cult clearly know that Clara is only half a third grader in strength, but they still worship her fanatically. I think there may be some kind of cognitive pollution in Clara, and only a small number of people will be affected and become her true believer.”

"Is that so?" Clara was very surprised.

"Russell's conjecture is reasonable." Duncan, as the principal, said calmly, "Clara, you do have power that you don't understand."

When Clara heard this, she was extremely frightened: "In other words, will my mere existence contaminate others? This is too scary."

Russell continued:

"Don't worry too much, this may not cause any harm. Many celebrities, two-dimensional characters and virtual anchors also have similar powers."

The three of them walked a few more steps. Russell quickly went through all the details of the interrogation in his mind and found the point that concerned him most:

"Mr. Principal, I want to know what exactly is the super competition that they are talking about that is about to start every 10 years?"

The big storm that Duncan encountered will come within a few months!

Could there be a connection between the two?

"What, Russell, don't you know? You've been in the academy for two academic years!" Duncan was quite stunned. "Are you a nerd who doesn't listen to anything outside the world and just studies?"

"I don't know. Maybe I don't care about similar things." Russell shook his head and turned to look at the tentacle monster aside, "Has Clara heard of it?"

Clara said softly: “I probably know a little bit.”

Duncan danced and seemed quite excited as he introduced:

"That is a competition held by the Institute of Higher Education every 10 years. It will be broadcast live in the entire institute, and thousands of teachers and students in the entire institute will watch it.

"Every fourth-year student can participate. Each fourth-year student chooses two third-year students as his teammates to form a team of three, clear three levels, and win the final championship trophy!

"The third-year students in the Institute of Higher Education are probably all looking forward to being spotted by a certain fourth-year student and qualifying for the competition."

Russell listened and walked, his mind spinning.

There are currently only 4 fourth-year students in the college, including Arctic Wolf! In other words, there will be 4 teams in the end?

The more Duncan talked, the more excited he became:

"There is an association within the Academy, the Stars Magic Research Club. It is said that the reason why it was named after 'Stars' was inspired by the name of the competition."

"So what is the specific name of this college competition that is held every 10 years? Is it related to the stars?" Russell asked.

Could it be a name like "Contest of Stars" or "Contest of Stars"?

"Academy Stars Competition!"

Duncan said the name that made him proud.

Uh...Russell swallowed, and then asked in a confirmed tone:

"The Academy Star Competition is about to start? Is it the new school year that's about to start?"

The time now is June, and the new school year officially begins in September, which is also Russell’s first academic year in higher education.

"Yes," Duncan nodded, "The Academy Star Competition will start in October."

4 months later? At that time, I was just a freshman in a college who had just entered the third grade!

Clara is also a third-year freshman like me, so why do the cult siblings still mention that competition?

With my abnormal physique, there's no reason why I can't participate in the Academy Star Competition? Why is this arrangement of fate...Russell's thoughts were wandering.

His life is full of coincidences, and most of the strange coincidences seem to have a purpose.

Duncan seemed to see Russell's concerns and smiled:

“If you, Clara, and other third-year students want to participate, you can contact the fourth-year students you are familiar with before the competition starts to see if they are willing to bring you as their teammates.

"Of course, generally speaking, only third-year seniors who have been enrolled in colleges for many years are eligible to be teammates selected by fourth-year students.

"But a genius as gifted as you is probably an exception."

Picked as a teammate by some fourth grader?

The names of four fourth graders flashed through Russell's mind.

Brilliance, Traveler, Clown, Arctic Wolf.

The only one I am familiar with is the Arctic wolf.

Could it be that if he and Clara were to compete, would they become teammates of the Arctic Wolf?

Whenever he thought in this direction, Russell couldn't help but have black lines on his face.

Although others don't know it, Russell knows very well that after being unable to contact the Thorn Birds and losing the supply of awakening potions, the current Arctic Wolf is not even a transcendent, but a completely ordinary person!

"By the way, if you win the championship in the Academy Star Competition, are there any rewards besides honor?" Russell asked.

"Of course, the three of them will share the bonus of 1,500 college gold coins, get the opportunity to serve as the vice-principal for a year, and can entrust the principal to do one thing unconditionally! Of course, it can't be too much." Duncan excitedly announced the competition rewards.

What kind of weird reward is this? Russell secretly complained, and then asked:

"Who set this reward content?"

"Of course it's me." Duncan patted his chest, "Before I was stuffed into the seal!"