Throne Steps

"Ruisen, why are you still here!"

Wiggins rushed over in a hurry, very dissatisfied with Li Chen's slow swaying.The first round of the quarter-finals was about to begin, and many students rushed to occupy their seats early. Li Chen's leisurely stroll made him look like a heretic.

Even though he understood what Wiggins was talking about, Li Chen still looked at him strangely: "Why can't I be here?"

Wiggins short-circuited his mind for a while, and didn't realize that he was being tricked again, so he rushed to drag him directly: "The game is about to begin!"

Li Chen was dragged away by him, and he didn't deliberately speed up his pace: "What's so interesting?"

Although Cervantes' opponent is the only remaining dark horse in the magic department, and his performance in this season's competition is quite bright, I'm afraid the road to the dark horse will stop here.No matter which dark horse it is, breaking out of the siege often depends on being caught by surprise. Once everyone is familiar with his methods, the solution will follow.Of course, the magician who can snatch the top eight seats must have his excellence that cannot be ignored.However, Cervantes is a stubborn stubble. Although his usual results are not considered the top, his actual combat results are far superior to those of his peers.Judging from the previous competition spirit of "crushing all without exception", it is still very difficult for the magic department to win him this year.

Wiggins was dragging Li Chen away in a hurry, but when he heard Li Chen's overtones, he immediately became unhappy: "What are you talking about! Even if it's Cervantes, we..."

His voice was so loud that the students passing by turned their heads to look at him.Li Chen felt something was wrong when he heard half of it, and when Wiggins finished speaking, he finally realized something and dropped his voice.

But it was too late.

"Even if it's Cervantes, how about you?" A girl walked over from the ranks of senior fighters.She is wearing a warrior's light armor and a dagger at her waist. She has a well-developed figure and is plump and attractive. When she holds her head up and her chest up, half of the jade rabbits reflect the brilliance, and she looks graceful and bold.Wiggins is a fledgling bird, even if he fights against soldiers, he is still a male student at the same level, so he has never been approached by such a bold and unrestrained girl.He didn't wait for the girl to get fully close before he died down.

But the girl didn't let him go, squinting her eyes and pinching his chin, her tone revealed a hint of threat: "Speak, what can you do?"

Wiggins was so frightened by her aura and posture that he couldn't speak.

The soldiers waiting behind the girl laughed, "Alright, Tini, is it necessary to scare a kid?"

The girl named Tini curled her lips, let Wiggins go resentfully, and patted him on the shoulder at the end, with a strong sense of warning.

Li Chen watched the girl return to the team, and then nodded to a soldier in the team.

Wiggins stared blankly at the team leaving, and suddenly jumped up: "Ruisen, you know them!"

Li Chen glanced at him and replied, "Ah."

Cervantes is the first heir of Saenz's matriarchal line, and his relationship with Saenz is not uncommonly close.If it wasn't for Cervantes being a few years younger than Saenz, perhaps he would be the one who now occupies Belen's position next to Saenz.And the group that Wiggins provoked just now happened to be related to Cervantes.As a person who was often summoned, Li Chen nodded to several of them, and even accepted their message to Saenz.

Wiggins didn't understand what was going on here, he stared and said, "Then you still..."

He originally wanted to ask Li Chen why he didn't come out to stop Tini, but Li Chen was still his servant three years ago, and he couldn't ask if his master's mentality was in trouble.Then he thought of the group of people who clearly saw Li Chen, but still came to threaten him, and he felt that those soldiers were reckless: "They still..."

What else do they do?Li Chen sneered silently in his heart.Saenz is used to this flagpole, and his temper is about to reach the sky, but his mind is still like a frog in a well.This group of fighters appeared one after another. If it were Noah or Mills, they would be able to link up the relationship sooner or later; Wiggins relied on his favor, but he just became more and more domineering.Today, these few are hanging around Cervantes, whose background is not better than that little Estor in Bolton, and Wiggins dares to teach them etiquette?

Li Chen was still in a good mood when someone beat this young master who didn't know the severity for him.He looked at Wiggins, who was at the tip of his horn, and suddenly said, "Why are you standing there, why don't you leave?"

"Huh?" Wiggins just remembered the business, "Didn't you say you don't want to see it?"

"Want to see it now, okay?"

Li Chen rolled his eyes.He didn't want to go at first, but when Cervantes crushed the magic students, Wiggins must have a wonderful expression.

Cervantes' match was pretty exciting, but the result wasn't surprising at all, after all, his skills were several levels higher than his opponent's from any point of view.And Xia Luo, who played in the afternoon, seemed to have made some progress during the holiday, but not much.Comparing the morning and afternoon, the battle situation in the upper half is already very clear.

No matter how exciting the event is, the morning exercise is the same as always.A group of students finished jumping and walked slowly to catch their breath, but they didn't intend to disperse in the slightest.Li Chen thought for a while about Hader, who had recently left the morning training team, and saw that group of little soldiers always sneaking glances at him.

A boy finally stood up: "Ruisen, I heard that Harder went to the underground arena, right?"

coming.Li Chen wanted to raise his eyebrows and smile, but he held back and just nodded: "Yes."

A girl standing behind was a little surprised and said: "He really went! The underground arena is a place where people can eat people, how could he..."

The boy standing in front of the head sighed: "He can't help it, he really has difficulties at home..."

Singing is still a double reed.Li Chen smiled indistinctly, he was really not interested in the performance of these children.These two may be regarded as smart in this group, but in general, they are only at the level of children's players.

The girl came over and said with some reproach: "Even if it's difficult, you have to discuss it with everyone first... Ruisen, you are the same, since Harder told you, it means that he is close to you, why don't you stop him ?”

Li Chen listened to her insincere words, and was too lazy to cooperate. He just stood there with his pockets in his pocket: "He decides for himself. He is an upright man. When he encounters difficulties, he still can't find his own way out." Is it? I am not his, why should I stop him?"

His words had strong projections, and the faces of the boy and girl froze.Li Chen glanced at the little soldiers standing together behind him, as if he really didn't want to go into the muddy water, and he knew better.

Guessing that the two children still have a back hand, he finally paved a step for them: "Besides, how do you know I didn't stop it? I asked him to go back and use a vacation to think about it. Isn't it still the same result?"

As he spoke, he saw Noah's figure in the distance.The costume of this little magician is different from that of the morning exercise just now. He should have washed up and is still carrying a bag of things in his hand.Li Chen was not sure whether the other party was passing by or coming here, so he didn't move for a while.

The boy was stronger than the girl, and forced a smile: "He insists on going, but we can't help it. It's just...he bought medicine from you, didn't he?"

Li Chen turned around and replied, "Yes, why?"

"His family is in trouble, and we are also weak, so we can't help much." The boy and the girl glanced at each other, "Either way, your drug price will be reduced by [-]%, I will pay [-]%, and we will share [-]% of the joint venture, and then you will sell it at half the price. Him, don't let him know, okay?"

Li Chen smiled, he was very clear about this kid's plan.Since he proposed morning exercises, although the intensity of the training has always been focused on fighters, this group of children has gradually developed the habit of frequently asking him for opinions.This is a phenomenon of "pseudo-superiority", a means to let others form a "backbone consciousness", and of course it is Li Chen's deliberate effort.What this boy is doing now seems to be just wanting to help, but in fact he is trying to seize the "organizational right" by taking advantage of Harder's affairs.To put it bluntly, it is "rebellion" in an attempt to cause "regime change."

In human society, even poor children are so fun, aren't they?

Li Chen understood, but the group of little soldiers behind got tangled up.Their economic conditions are not very good, otherwise they would not be able to participate in military projects.The boy's proposal had obviously not been carefully discussed with them. When the "[-]% share" opinion came out, they all showed surprise and embarrassment.But the boy's words have been spoken, and now he comes out to object, and he can only be labeled as "ruthless and unjust".

Noah has already walked to Li Chen's side.He realized that these children seemed to be stuck with Li Chen, but they didn't quite understand the situation, so he waited and watched.

The boy saw that Li Chen was just smiling and didn't answer, so he asked bravely, "What are you laughing at? Is it all right?"

Li Chen was decisive: "No."

He doesn't give boys a chance.Without waiting for the other party to speak, he immediately continued: "I've already given him a [-]% discount. I think you all know my situation. If I drop another [-]%, I'm afraid it will be beyond my ability."

"[-]% off! But Ruisen, the price of your medicine is already..." Noah interjected. He actually didn't know the price of Lichen, but this didn't prevent him from pretending to be decent, "Forget it , It’s up to you. If you have difficulties, Wiggins, Mills and I, it’s okay to take turns to give you a meal, and it’s okay to go to our house during the holiday.”

He was already two years older than Li Chen, so what he said was like an elder brother who dotes on his younger brother.Li Chen glanced at him with a hint of doubt, but he responded with a smile of "I will support you".

Noah's words seemed to give the little soldiers behind a step, and someone immediately said: "Yes, Ruisen is more difficult than us. We will discuss about Harder later."

"Discuss later" means "reject".The boy stood there with a bad face, and before he could think of any way to save it, everyone greeted each other and dispersed in twos and threes.

Li Chen said goodbye to the little soldiers, then nodded to the boy standing there, and walked away with Noah.

The boy is still intoxicated by the failure of this "coup". When he wakes up, he will understand that others will never trust him easily.