Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 20 Could it be that...he likes me? !

The group of people left the operation hall in a grand manner.

Yuan Hua looked at their backs and turned his head disdainfully: "The potion master doesn't practice well and is distracted by other things. Next time, I will prove who is the real number one."

Not far away, Hu Lun looked at Li Daoxian and his party who had gone away, and said regretfully: "Ah, we were not invited."

"I don't intend to attend such a boring party." Joffrey didn't care.

Damia even stood up and planned to leave.

"Well, I'm treating you today to celebrate our cooperation today." Hu Lun said with a smile.

Hullen put his arms around their shoulders, and Joffrey and Damia did not refuse.

When the three of them were walking down, they happened to see Imogen, and Hu Lun suddenly said: "Hey, by the way, Imogen, too? I appreciate your strategy today~ I always feel that we will have many It’s a perfect place, by the way, I’m treating you.”

Imogen looked at Hu Lun and the three of them and said with a smile: "Then I'll trouble you."

……

"Where are we going?" Li Daoxian asked.

"Go to the ninth floor. There is a great concert hall there and the environment is also very good." Funni replied casually.

Al Falak suggested: "Why don't you go eat first? I'm a little hungry."

"You can call the elves to prepare meals, as long as you are in this building."

Funni said, seeing the shocked looks on everyone's faces, she was also shocked, "You don't know, right?"

The group shook their heads.

On the ninth floor, the closed door lit up, and a voice appeared with ripples: "Welcome to the ninth floor, rest area, please state your requirements."

"Give me a place where I can gather with my companions and prepare some meals." Funi said loudly.

The door responded: "Okay."

As the ripples disappeared, the door opened, and melodious music came out. There were sofas in a circle inside, and there were various meals on the coffee table and counter next to it.

"Wow, that's great! I didn't know there was such a place in the building!"

Catherine was lying on the sofa, stretching out comfortably. The ceiling was a giant aquarium. The light filtered through the turbulent water and was covered by groups of marine life, casting mottled shadows.

Funni projected "Wizard Showdown: The Ultimate Battle" to the front.

The Peak Battle is the world finals of the wizard duel, which is held every two years. The difference from the ordinary competition is that the Peak Battle is an offline competition, which needs to test the actual combat capabilities of the wizards.

The game mode is also divided into two types, one is a single-player melee type, and the final champion is called the King of Duel.

The other is team combat, and the final champion team is titled King of War.

The potion masters, whose stomachs were growling with hunger, each selected their favorite food while watching the competition.

The live broadcast now is a single-player melee...

"Ah, it's really intense. It's really difficult for high-level wizards to decide the winner. There are too many methods."

"Yes, it is easy to win, but it is difficult to eliminate the opponent."

Li Daoxian was not interested in the competition, so he chose his favorite dumplings for the meal and was still making dipping sauce.

I have to say that Snape's talent is very useful.

[Powerful Intuition] It also works well when making dipping sauces. The seasoned vinegar sauce brings out the aroma of the dumplings to the greatest extent!
  Perhaps in the eyes of the system, cooking is also a special method in potions...

Other contestants also chose their own preferred foods.

Catherine picked up the huge barbecue, and Tian Junlong ate a burrito with roast duck and shredded green onions. Antonis was very curious and tried to follow suit.

Lizerota was eating cake, and Miles was eating burgers. The most special thing was Alfalak, a whole plate full of various fruits.

Everyone was watching the show, and Funi asked: "Who do you think the duel king will be this year?"

Miles thought for a while and guessed: "Camelo, wizards who are proficient in black magic have very strong survivability and excellent combat effectiveness. In the past few years, half of the duel kings in the finals are dark wizards."

"Speaking of it, it seems like he was the champion the year before last."

After finishing the barbecue, Catherine wiped her mouth, jumped up to Li Daoxian and shouted:

"Li Daoxian, I think you've finished eating. Let's have a round. By the way, how is your dueling level?"

Li Daoxian thought for a while: "Do you have dueling strength... It should be okay."

Catherine looked at his record——

Three wins in eleven games, official wizard group - Bronze.

The winning rate is less than half...

Stable.

"Come in!" Catherine urged, ready to compete!

"Wait a minute..."

Um? Catherine was baffled.

Li Daoxian stretched out a finger and put it in front of his face to stop Catherine's intention and asked: "Why?"

"what why?"

"Why should I duel with you?"

Catherine asked doubtfully: "Didn't you agree to a duel with me by coming here?"

Li Daoxian shook his head: "Objection. The first reason why I came here is that I 'tacitly' agreed to your last invitation, but agreeing to the invitation does not mean agreeing to the duel. The second reason is to conduct a necessary social activity. To sum up, As a newcomer to dueling, I have neither interest in dueling nor the tendency to enjoy masochism, so this duel has no meaning to me."

what?
  The surrounding players watched the live broadcast, but their ears stood up.

Catherine was dizzy. It was the first time she heard such an inequality theory: agreeing to an invitation does not mean agreeing to a duel.

She thought for a while: "It seems to make sense..."

Catherine fell into thinking...

"Catherine, why do you want to challenge me to a duel?"

Li Daoxian paused for a moment before continuing: "Is it because you haven't beaten me in potions, so you have the idea of ​​​​beating me in a duel?"

Catherine immediately jumped up, raised her voice, and retorted dissatisfied: "Hey, what do you mean I didn't beat you in potions? You only beat me once, okay? What's more, I only invited you, and I didn't force you. You agree, you make it sound like I’m being unbearable. Self-defense class (full name: Magical Self-Defense Class) is also a required course for wizards. It’s normal to exchange combat skills...ah..."

Li Daoxian didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.

As Catherine talked, she could no longer speak.

At the same time, the contestants stopped watching the show and turned their heads to look at the two of them intently, and the food in their hands became more delicious.

Catherine recalled her own mental journey...

Indeed, he came with the idea of ​​defeating him in a duel and letting out a sigh of relief.

Catherine, who forced herself to calm down, sighed: "I was the one who was abrupt. Maybe you are right. If you force yourself to do something you are not good at, even if you win, it won't matter..."

"I agreed."

"Ok?"

"Agree to the duel..."

Catherine's anger that had calmed down started to burn again: "Hey, are you kidding me...I said a lot before, didn't they all mean to oppose, you..."

Li Daoxian still looked at her.

Catherine looked into his eyes and once again couldn't say anything else.

Suddenly, a somewhat absurd idea came to her mind:

The other party said he didn't like duels, and at the same time pointed out my intentions, but finally agreed...

Does he want to say that he does things he doesn't like because of me...

In Catherine's mind, the plots of the girls' comics she liked in the past were swirling, and seven or eight similar situations popped up in an instant...

For a time, the more Catherine thought about it, the more reasonable it became.

These plots undoubtedly point to one possibility - does he like me? !
  Looking at the red-faced Catherine, Li Daoxian coughed lightly, waited until her dazed eyes refocused, and added: "I haven't finished yet, I agree to the duel. But I want to ask you, after the duel, when we are both free Is it okay to demonstrate the essence condensation method from beginning to end in a given time?"

Catherine rubbed her hot face and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that she wanted to demonstrate by herself: "No problem, don't just demonstrate it once, you can demonstrate it three times. Let's get started!"

Li Daoxian said happily: "It would be great if I could demonstrate it three times."

contract reached.

Li Daoxian appeared in the game room and clicked to prepare.

Funni, the melon-eating pioneer, quickly converted the projection into a two-person game, started eating melons, and cut out the God's perspective, Li Daoxian's perspective, and Catherine's perspective respectively.

"Come on! Catherine!" Antonis shouted loudly. Seeing Li Daoxian's narrowed eyes, he hastily added, "Ah... Captain, come on too."

Funi cheered for Catherine, and Al Falak showed a victory sign to Li Daoxian!
  Catherine chooses the arena mode.

This mode takes less time, minimizes the impact of environmental factors, and tests the wizard's front-on breakthrough skills.

Before the game started, Li Daoxian said:

"Friendly reminder: I actually have some dueling experience. If you are too careless, you may lose."

Hmm... Snape's combat experience.

Last week, Li Daoxian had unlocked Snape's last talents and expertise...

[Dark Magic Affinity: You are extremely talented in black magic and anti-black magic. 】

[Shen Feng Wu Ying: Huge wounds will be opened on the body of the cursed person. It is a hidden, vicious but very powerful and effective black magic. Can only be healed with specific counterspells. 】

Catherine disagreed. Bronze-level skills were all eye-catching operations that polluted the database.

She spoke grandly: "Winning or losing doesn't matter, the fun of dueling is the process of fighting!"

Li Daoxian was surprised, leaned slightly and said: "I am narrow-minded. I am very sorry for my previous speculation that you wanted to beat me in a duel to vent my anger." "I am not that kind of person!" Catherine raised her head, Very useful.

"3, 2, 1, start!"

As soon as the countdown ended, Li Daoxian, who was already prepared, stretched out his hand and slashed, silently thinking in his heart: There is no trace of the divine blade.

In Catherine's shocked eyes, a huge gash suddenly appeared on her chest, as if an invisible sharp blade had struck her heavily.

The instant blood loss and severe pain made Catherine dizzy, and the magic was interrupted.

Then, ropes spread out from the void to tie him up, and a ball of blazing flames blasted out, directly ending the game.

Was killed in seconds?
  Catherine, who quit the competition, was in disbelief.

The surrounding players watching the game also let out a burst of exclamations. They did not expect that it would end so quickly, and this scene seemed familiar.

Fast break?

Good guy, Lee Do-hyun was like this during the team competition, and he is like this now during the duel.

Aggro fans, right?

Catherine calmed down a lot and opened Li Daoxian's records again.

The previous page was full of failures, and the last three games were consecutive wins, with the average time per game not exceeding five minutes.

And only these three games were played last week, and the ones before that were all two years ago.

Catherine closed the record.

The opponent is indeed a newbie, but his fast attack is really methodical.

Catherine thought for a while, Li Daoxian's style of play was actually a gamble. Once the bet was won, the battle could be resolved quickly, but as long as she could withstand the early pressure and disrupt the opponent's rhythm, she could reverse the outcome.

Catherine, who was ready, asked for a fight: "One more round."

"Ok."

Li Daoxian followed the good and followed the flow. Not surprising.

It can be said that the set of fast attack combos that you have constructed can easily make your opponent think that you have no martial ethics and can sneak attack. This gives the other party the idea that as long as they can resist, they will be safe.

Another game.

"3, 2, 1, start!"

Li Daoxian waved his hand sideways.

Catherine's dodging figure suddenly appeared a gap in her waist.

With another wave of her hand, Catherine turned into light and disappeared.

Catherine realized that without constructing defensive magic, there was no room for error. The other party's weird magic was fast to activate, high in damage, and had a very short reaction time.

"Come again!"

At the beginning of the third time, Catherine drank the potion of swiftness and instantly activated the magic shield.

The moment the shield was raised, it trembled violently, and cracks appeared, but it was finally prevented.

Catherine moved flexibly laterally, avoiding Li Daoxian's second slash, and began to replenish her magic power to repair the shield and increase fault tolerance.

There was no time to take a breath.

A group of magical birds flew in front of them, clanging against the shield.

Catherine estimated that the intensity of the attack was acceptable, and was about to construct a magical counterattack when she saw Li Daoxian wave his hand again.

He quickly replenished the mage armor.

The magic shield shattered and the armor was broken.

Seeing a dazzling red light coming from Li Daoxian's hand, Catherine tried to dodge, but the magic chain that suddenly appeared was pulled back to the original place, and she was hit by the red light, and a strong sleepiness swept over her.

Catherine fell into a coma, and Lee Do-hyun then ended the fight neatly.

"Ahhhhhhhhh, come again!"

"Wait a moment……"

Li Daoxian canceled preparations at the speed of light, exited the magic network, and added: "That's it, I received the reward for three demonstrations of the Condensation Method, and I have completed the obligation of three games. I am really a little tired..."

Catherine: "What? How can you run away after winning..."

Li Daoxian looked at Catherine with pretense of confusion: "I think we should all be happy. What I want is a demonstration of the essence condensation method, and what you want is a hearty battle. Isn't this a win-win situation?"

"The truth is, but if you lose continuously, the fun will be reduced, not to mention you are the only one who enjoys it." Catherine lay on the sofa, rubbing her hair in distress.

Li Daoxian read the idea of ​​procrastinating and defaulting on the other party's violent thoughts, and reminded him specifically: "You don't want to default on the debt, do you?"

Catherine immediately said angrily: "I won't default on my debt! I'll go find you early tomorrow morning."

Li Daoxian is incompetent.

The duel ends.

3:0, a crushing ending.

Seeing Catherine's angry look, the melon-eaters were too embarrassed to applaud, so they had no choice but to eat melon in silence.

Only Al Falak silently gave Li Daoxian a thumbs up.

The players are more novel. Catherine's wizard duel level is platinum level, which is relatively high among amateurs. Unexpectedly, Li Daoxian not only has a high potion level, but also a low duel level...

Although it seems that I can only play fast break at the moment...

After this episode, the players also started a new game, Magic Turtle Soup!

Catherine was still lying on the sofa reviewing her failure, so she did not participate.

Li Daoxian felt a little novel and participated.

It's just a pity that Li Daoxian, who has [powerful intuition] and [thought control], plays this game as if he is cheating. With only three vague conditions listed, he answered the puzzle correctly, so that the players were stunned. Making fun of:

"Golden color + sweet taste + eight hours of cooking is directly equivalent to the spell deflection shield, right..."

"Someone will tell me in the future that I have to brew a magic potion for eight hours. What color? Golden? The spell will deflect!"

"Hahaha."

Amid much laughter, the game was replaced with Wizard Cards.

Li Daoxian did not join, but was lying on the sofa and watching from a distance.

Catherine came over and asked Li Daoxian curiously: "You are very talented in dueling. Do you have any thoughts on becoming a fighting wizard?"

"No. The first reason is that I have better potion talent, and the second reason is that I am very interested in potions." Li Daoxian answered.

It turned out to be the case.

Wizards have their own interests, and this is the best reason.

Catherine was lost in thought, looking blankly at the laughing crowd playing wizard cards in front of her.

"That's great," Catherine suddenly said, "It must feel good to pursue things that interest you."

"You seem to be envious?" Li Daoxian asked without answering.

"A little bit." Catherine nodded and admitted.

Li Daoxian said: "It is said that there was a wealthy lady with a distinguished background. She had a very high talent for potions, but she liked to fight and kill. She had a falling out with her family. As a result, she was demoted from the first heir to the second heir in the family. …”

Catherine admitted generously: "Yes, it's me. But where did you get the news? It probably wasn't reported..."

"No, you haven't answered my question yet. What does it feel like to pursue your own interests?"

Li Daoxian thought for a moment and replied: "It's the kind of happiness where you can devote yourself wholeheartedly and not feel troubled, but instead be happy."

Catherine looked at Li Daoxian's state and said again: "It's great that talent and hobbies are the same thing... Li Daoxian, if, I mean, if your talent and your interest are not in the same direction, what will you do?" What to do?"

Li Daoxian said softly: "Everyone has a different answer."

"But I can tell you that I will not hesitate to invest in the direction of interest."

He added: "Do you know the story of the tortoise and the hare?"

Catherine was stunned and nodded: "Yes, it's a fable. Do you want to say that I am the lazy rabbit?"

Li Daoxian shook his head: "No, what I want to say is: using all your strength can make the tortoise catch up with the lazy hare. Trying your best can make the rabbit always lead the tortoise. The quality of talent needs to be compared, but the direction of interest is not It allows me to give my best and have no regrets.”

He looked at the time and said, "It's been almost three hours, and it's time for me to go back."

Li Daoxian stood up, came to Funi's side, and whispered: "Funi, it's almost my rest time. I'm more used to a planned schedule, so I'll leave first. I'm glad to meet you all. I'm very happy today."

Although Funi was a little surprised that Li Daoxian left so early, she still nodded: "Okay."

Li Daoxian left.

Funni looked at Catherine in a daze in the distance, sighed, and sat next to her.

"Are you still worried about the duel?"

Catherine said nothing.

"I also know a little bit about the captain's character. He is a very straight man. If he says something too extreme, don't take it to heart."

Catherine suddenly laughed, her smile as bright as a flower: "No, Lee Do-hyun is a very interesting person."

At the same time, Li Daoxian, who returned to the room, looked at the potion being brewed. The time was just right.

After replenishing the medicinal materials and structure, let the potion continue to be heated at a constant temperature.

Li Daoxian looked at the time and muttered to himself: "Although tonight's goal has been achieved, the missing study time still needs to be made up as planned..."

　Pursuing reading is really important to me, and it’s time for a new round of recommendations.

　　I also ask shareholders to give me a helping hand!
  　　
  

(End of this chapter)