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Chapter 12 It's Hard to Lose
The magic book that Balthazar handed to Locke was a huge tome, and the actual knowledge in it was many times that of a book of the same thickness, as if it couldn't be finished.

It records a large number of magic principles, learning experience, and various spells, which can be said to be the summary of Balthazar's lifelong magic knowledge.

When it was time for dinner, Peggy finally woke up. She had really forgotten what happened in the antique shop.

"You said I fell asleep in the antique store, and then you brought me back?" After dinner, Peggy found Locke and asked.

The sudden memory vacancy made her puzzled, because with her IQ, she has the same high-definition photogram memory as Little Sheldon, and she will never forget the things she has experienced. It was just after entering the antique shop. How could she I can't even remember.

"That's right, I was shocked when you suddenly fainted after you touched that clay pot." I can only bring you back.

"That's so strange, and is the story about the clay pot you told true?"

"What story?" Locke pretended to be puzzled: "Did you say that opening that clay pot will be sealed for ten years? That's just a legend. I also read it in a book before. How could it be true? We have to Trust the science."

Like Sheldon, Peggy believed in science and was not interested in occultism, but the memory problem really made her think about it for a long time.

When Locke saw this, he began to divert her attention: "It's a pity to say that, I was thinking of bringing some gifts back."

"Who do you want to buy a gift for?" Peggy said, "I remember you are an orphan and you don't have a girlfriend."

"It's the steward I know in the orphanage." Locke said, "They all take good care of me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to grow up smoothly, and I plan to buy some candy and small toys for the children in the orphanage to go back."

"In this case, let's go together tomorrow afternoon." Peggy said.

After finally diverting Peggy's attention, Locke breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and chatted with Peggy about choosing a gift before returning to his room to rest.

In the next few days, as long as he was free, Locke would keep flipping through the magic book he just got to see if he could learn the magic on it.

It’s just that most of the magic recorded in the book, except for the most basic ones, cannot be skill-based. According to the system’s prompt, his level of meditation is too low, and the accumulation of magic power is not enough to meet the conditions for learning those skills.

Locke can only be patient and brush up the level of meditation first.

As the meditation progressed, Locke could feel the pure energy continuously entering his body from the outside world. This feeling was like the most relaxing body massage, and one couldn't help but immerse himself in it.

Unfortunately, the improvement of meditation skills is much slower than what Locke imagined. For skills such as boxing and judo, it takes half a day at most to upgrade to the intermediate level. But a few days have passed, and Locke's meditation skills are still elementary. , the experience progress is very slow.

In the past few days, Balthazar and Locke met again. Taking advantage of this time, he also found out Locke's identity and all the information from birth to the present.

It is not surprising that Balthazar always has doubts about people who appear suddenly. After more than 1000 years of wandering and searching, Balthazar also has his own network of contacts.

It's just that the information found out really made him unable to understand how Locke, a guy who didn't know anything before, knew the true identity of Merlin's successor.

Through previous contacts, Balthazar confirmed that Locke had never learned any magic before meeting him, and was an ordinary person. In the end, he could only attribute everything to the revelation of fate.

This reason is considered reasonable by Balthazar. It is unscientific, but it is magical.

As for Merlin's heir Dave, Balthazar also found him. He was born not long ago, and in a place as big as New York, there is more than one person with the same name and surname.

But only one person responded to the dragon ring left by Merlin, which showed that he was indeed Merlin's heir.

Now Dave can't even speak, and it is impossible for Balthazar to go up and say that he wants to teach others magic. He can only pay attention to him silently, waiting for Dave to grow up slowly.

The sudden encounter with magic made Locke less enthusiastic about the Mathematical Olympiad competition.

Those who can participate in the finals are the top eight teams selected through the preliminaries, and they will compete in pairs through a draw until the final champion is determined.

With hard power, the five-member team led by Locke made it to the final with ease. This time their opponent was Holy Trinity High School, a church school.

The name Holy Trinity is quite resounding. It is one of the best private colleges in New York, and it was also the champion of the last Mathematical Olympiad competition. In the competition last year, Locke lost to the opponent by one problem.

This time, the Locke five, who were ready, were ready to avenge their shame.

Before the final, Locke clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention:
"Okay, from the end of last year's competition to now, after a year of preparation, it's about today. The opponent is the famous Holy Trinity Private High School. They are also our old opponents. We must go all out for this battle. , won the final championship!"

"champion!"

Everyone shouted out, the contestants who can participate in the Mathematical Olympiad and reach the final are all talents with high IQ.

In the previous qualifiers, most of the contestants needed to do simple calculations with pen and paper during the competition, but in the finals, everyone did the calculations directly in their heads.

Even calculators are meaningless. For those extremely complicated calculations, if you have to input them on a calculator, a master mental arithmetic has already calculated the answer.

The rules for the start of the final quarter-finals are also different from those of the previous qualifiers, and the question-and-answer mode is directly adopted
The sponsor randomly selects a total of [-] questions from the question bank, and the questions are displayed on the projection screen. After the contestants solve the answers below, they press the answering machine as quickly as possible to qualify for the answer. One point is awarded for the correct answer. Deduct two points for mistakes.

All the questions are over, and the side with the highest score wins, so the other players are looking at Locke and Peggy.

They didn't have many opportunities to play in the semi-finals before. Not surprisingly, the most important thing is to see the performance of the two of them.

After encouraging the team members, Locke led the team to the auditorium stage of North Shore High School one by one, sat in front of the table, and each had a responding machine in front of them.

Compared with the new face of Peggy among the five people on Locke's side, the five people on the opposite side are all old opponents from last year, and Kent, the leader, looks proud.

The IQs of the four members of their team all exceeded 160, and Kent even reached 174. In contrast, except for him and Peggy, the other three people on Locke's side were all worse.

To some extent, last year, Locke missed a question and lost to the opponent, which is also a manifestation of the gap in strength between the two sides. Even in the finals, Locke played completely extraordinary.

This time, the instructor is full of confidence. Locke's performance is a bit better than last year. Now that Peggy is joining, I have the advantage. In this final, it is difficult to lose.

(End of this chapter)