Throne Steps

Soon after, Li Chen returned to school on time.

After all, Fudexi still didn't agree to him, which was expected.Li Chen's main purpose is to plant a seed in his heart, and then find a suitable time to urge it.Even if the archer told Kaga or Otar the news, it would only expand the "chess game".

However, friendship with Rock Eagle's alchemists was an unexpected bonus.Although Li Chen didn't tell them what Fang Jing did, after a period of communication and discussion, both sides had a new breakthrough in thinking.Li Chen happily exchanged contact information with them, and only then did they realize that Li Chen was still a kid reading books.

After returning to school, Lichen received two letters, both from Saenz not long after he left school.Probably because there was no response, there was no other news for the remaining month and a half.Li Chen took a look, one was about the song of the Siren and the news of "mercenaries whose affiliation was not confirmed" in Samuel, and the other one mentioned that he had given Li Chen the first Fang Jing to change hands. Something to give away.Although theoretically speaking, one should be frustrated and angry when one's gift is transferred, but the fact that Saenz took this thing with him is very surprising in itself, and the transfer of hands is not so concerning.

Pesa, who just started school, was in a restless atmosphere.On the one hand, because the holiday has just ended, and on the other hand, because the quarter-finals are coming.In order to quickly resolve this distraction for the students, the final four will be produced on the fourth and fifth day after the start of school, the semi-finals will be held one week after the production, and the finals will be held one week later.All in all, Pesa will finish competitively after three weeks of school.

At present, the most concerned is naturally the favorite game to win the championship.If only the magic department is competing, Xia Luo is indeed very likely to win the championship, but he is not the only candidate.I don't know if it's luck or misfortune, but the only remaining dark horse in the magic department is about to run into big trouble in the quarterfinals.

Cervantes Joch, the eldest son of the Yinzhu family and a fifth-grade student at Pesa, is the "super" favorite to win the championship this year.This semester's quarter-final competition started with him and a little magician, and the Xialuo match in the same half of the district as them was scheduled for the afternoon.

As a typical representative of "always standing on the wrong team", Wiggins once again made a thoughtless remark during the dinner party of four... oh no, five people including Nie Wen: "Hey, I really want to see Xia Xing Luo was crushed by magic in the semi-finals."

Li Chen glanced at him, but said nothing.What Wiggins said directly shows that he doesn't like Xialuo and Cervantes.But Xia Luo is Kaga's younger brother, and Cervantes is even more of a vermilion man. When he has to stand on the same side in the future, let's see how Wiggins holds his breath.

Just because Mills doesn't know Xia Luo's way of life doesn't mean he can't think of Cervantes' relationship.And even if it doesn't matter, Cervantes' strength is well-known among the fifth graders.But obviously, Mills didn't intend to mention Wiggins, he just mocked: "I'm afraid the magicians in the upper half will be crushed by Cervantes."

Due to the restrictions on props, few people from the alchemy department participated in competitive competitions, and Pesa also launched an assessment competition system specifically for alchemists.Therefore, when the magic department and the warrior department were in full swing, the alchemists usually just watched with cold eyes.To a certain extent, alchemists are indeed more objective.

As a magician, Noah understood the tricks here better than Mills, so he was less likely to say the wrong thing.He glanced at Li Chen and wanted to switch eyes, but found that the other party didn't notice, so he put a piece of meat on the other party's plate.

Wiggins was about to fight for the magic department, but he couldn't give any firm evidence for a while.He and Mills were staring at each other—he was actually staring at Mills one-sidedly—but Noah's movement caught his attention.

Noah smiled calmly, "I owe Risen a piece of meat."

The words were so inexplicable, Wiggins said "Huh?" in a daze, and Li Chen couldn't understand Noah's behavior.He approached Noah and asked in a low voice, "What about the morning exercise?"

Noah was successfully introduced to the morning training team at the end of last semester. Li Chen thought he was thanking him for this, but the other party smiled and shook his head.

Wiggins didn't care too much, he just wanted to get the support of his classmates in the magic department: "Noah, who do you support!"

Although it is unclear whether the question is about which player to support or whose point of view to support, Noah just replied indifferently: "Wiggins, I'm afraid you are too subjective."

Wiggins probably didn't expect Noah to dismiss him directly, and snorted softly.

This was the first time that Noah opposed Wiggins on the open face, and Li Chen was about to get to the bottom of it, but a little soldier with a plate came beside him: "Hey, Regsella, long time no see!"

"Long time no see." Li Chen turned back, glanced at the other party's plate, and smiled, "You eat so much, do you want to sit here?"

"This is the normal level of a soldier! Who is like you, like a chicken pecking rice." The little soldier looked at Li Chen's dinner plate, then at his own, and said confidently, "I have a seat, next time Let's be with you again. Come to the warrior department to play with me when you have time!"

Li Chen waved him goodbye: "Okay."

The little soldier turned and walked away. It was not difficult to see several soldiers sitting at the same table in the direction of the way, and several of them probably had some friendship with Cervantes.

If Sean was here, she would understand that this little soldier was here to deliver a message.But the others at the scene didn't know about it, they just came to say hello, so they didn't care.

According to the little soldier's message, Li Chen soon went to listen to the news.But he only got Saenz's current communication method, and there is no other news.He came back and thought about it for a while, and he probably meant to reply to Saenz, so he wrote a letter about the holiday trip and sent it out quickly.

Saenz did not reply.But whether he didn't have time or didn't plan, that's another story.

Not long after Pesa started school, when it was still cold in the spring, the morning exercises between Li Chen and the future junior sergeants started again.

They were all in light suits, forming a row in twos and threes, dragging out a small team.Although Li Chen was the organizer, he was an alchemist and was young, so he naturally ran behind.Besides Noah, there are several magicians who are also joining the army.They looked so different from the warriors in appearance that they surprised the other morning trainees when they first appeared.

However, the magicians left the morning exercise team within a short time.The training intensity of the soldiers is very high, and their physical fitness can't keep up for the time being. If they continue to run, they will only slow down the overall speed.

The little soldiers waved goodbye to the sweaty magician, and they ran and talked to each other, seeming to have plenty of energy and lung capacity.

"If you want me to say, Cervantes is the best." A tall and burly little soldier ran in front of Li Chen to the right, "If there are no major problems, he will be the champion this year."

The other little fighters echoed.There were no magic students in the morning training team, and even if there were, they might not be able to speak out, so no one could refute Cervantes' prediction that he would win the game.Someone asked Noah, the only remaining magician in the team. Although Noah was running out of breath, he still smiled and gave an unclear answer.

Li Chen turned his head and glanced at him, and he blinked back twice.

The big guy was still asking: "Ruisen, what do you think, who can win the championship?"

He really wanted to get an answer from another department.But Li Chen had difficulty keeping up with them, let alone answering them.He glanced at the big man and shook his head casually to show he didn't know.The big man wanted to ask more questions, but the soldier running beside Li Chen said, "Okay, don't make him talk, and watch him breathe."

The little soldiers laughed and joked a few words, and then they all tacitly stopped talking.

Noah soon left the morning training team.He was the magician who lasted the longest, and he was also the first magician to join the morning exercise team.Although he has made great progress, he still has not been able to stick to it all the way.

After more than two years of training, Li Chen has been able to complete the entire morning jogging event, but he is not yet able to do it with ease.When he was the only non-soldier left in the army, the others consciously slowed down and ran in front of and on both sides of him, in case he accidentally landed and didn't know where he fell.

After the morning run, everyone said goodbye one after another.The air in early spring is still bitingly cold, but the sun can already bring some warmth.Li Chen adjusted his breathing while walking, and soon only the little soldier who had helped him speak was left beside him.The little soldier walked with him for quite a while, until Li Chen had recovered his breath, and he still followed him.

Li Chen finally stopped and turned to him: "Talk about something, Hud."

Hader looked down at him, hesitated for a while before saying, "I've decided to go to the underground arena."

Li Chen guessed it would be this matter.Harder had discussed it with him before the holiday, and Li Chen just asked him to think about it.After all, Harder is only in the third grade now. Although he is older and has good actual combat results, the underground arena is not a competition between students.It now appears that Harder's enthusiasm for the decision hasn't subsided, even after a holiday chill.

Seeing that Li Chen didn't answer, Harder added in a slightly lower voice: "I really can't think of any other way to get the money faster, but the situation in my family..."

He was born in a barren place, and his family conditions were difficult. Once he encountered any difficulties, he would find it difficult to cope.The students in the military program were no better than he, and even if the Harder family had a terrible change, they would have nothing but sympathy and terrible silence.

Harder knew that Li Chen was an orphan and younger than himself, so he shouldn't bother him; but he seemed to have a good way of dealing with things, so he couldn't help but ask him for help.

Li Chen finally interrupted him: "I see. You go back and write me the list of medicines, and I will give you a [-]% discount."

Harder didn't expect Li Chen to be so straightforward: "I thought..."

"Think I'll stop you?" Li Chen smiled, he already felt a little cold, so he decided to end the topic, "Had, this is something you should make a decision for, and you should bear all the responsibilities yourself."

Harder seemed to realize something and nodded.

Li Chen looked at his back as he turned and left, and smiled silently.He really has no kindness. If this little soldier thinks he has seen the dawn of hope, then let reality teach him what it means to have a bad life.