svetikya Chapter 756 : Chapter 756
Chapter 756 : Chapter 756
Chapter 756: The Most Distinguished Guest of the Myriad Connection Arena
“Yes, because that super large arena was being rebuilt this holiday, Tan Han was also challenged. On the first day of the newcomer semester, it seems she has to fight an opponent with the status of a Teaching Assistant again.”
“So much trouble? Must she accept this kind of challenge?”
I asked somewhat perplexedly.
If it were me, and someone challenged me during the holiday or at any other time... I wouldn't pay them any attention.
“In the Witch Academy, if you are publicly challenged by someone and don’t accept, people will gossip. Besides, things like Tan Han's credit, prestige, and reputation are all very important. How could Tan Han not accept?”
“But Tan Han is facing a Teaching Assistant, right? If it's a Teaching Assistant... then it's bullying the weak. Even if she refuses, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?”
I continued to inquire.
“She had no choice. In the beginning, Tan Han's enemies were just class presidents of other classes in the same grade as her. Later, as the strength Tan Han displayed became increasingly powerful, her opponents' strength also became thicker-skinned and grew stronger and stronger.”
Recalling the past, Ying Shiqian still couldn't help but sigh.
“Then what about the Teaching Assistant? It progressed like that, but there must be a reason for a Teaching Assistant to step onto the field, right?”
I followed Ying Shiqian's words and continued to ask.
“The Teaching Assistant... In the very beginning, Tan Han was the one who proactively challenged a Teaching Assistant.”
Ying Shiqian felt a bit helpless thinking about this matter, and her left hand rested weakly on her forehead.
“This is a straightforward plot. That Teaching Assistant exercised their power for no reason to cause trouble for Tan Han's friends. If Tan Han didn’t strike back, all the friends around her would receive differential treatment because they were targeted by the Teaching Assistant. Little Han, you are also a Teaching Assistant; you should be very clear about the power possessed by a Teaching Assistant, right?”
“Playing a move like that?”
Hearing Senior Ying Shiqian say this, indeed, at first I was wondering how others would target Tan Han, but if a Teaching Assistant personally stepped in and even targeted her friends, this method was the most lethal way to kill without shedding blood.
Being targeted and isolated in the Witch Academy was a terrifying thing.
Although it didn't really make a difference to me, for others... it was as if the sky had fallen.
Even for me, my so-called indifference was just because I had adapted to it.
Moreover, Tan Han had far more friends than I did; she was someone who was good at making friends.
However... Senior Ying Shiqian was wrong about one thing.
Although I was already a Teaching Assistant, I... actually really didn't know much about the power possessed by a Teaching Assistant.
It was mainly because I hadn't actually taught many classes with Big Sis Bai, nor did I have the time to slowly test and summarize the academy's bottom line, but the things a Teaching Assistant could do were likely far more than imagined.
If one then cooperated with someone else to manipulate things, there were even more things that could be done.
“Um... I'm saying these things not because I want to complain. If you don't want to get involved in this matter, Little Han...”
“It's fine.”
I smiled and waved my hand.
I was the one who raised this topic first.
Senior Ying Shiqian saying this was actually following my question.
Although there was indeed a slight thought of being helpless and hoping I could help, I didn't care about those things.
“By the way, let's go over to the arena together to watch Tan Han's match, shall we? Does she have a challenge today?”
I suddenly suggested.
“Eh? Yes, the duel was scheduled for these few days when school starts. There’s one today as well, otherwise, I wouldn't be the only one left here at the club...”
“Then let Senior Ying Shiqian take me to see it, how about it?”
“Me? That... I shouldn't, right? I still have to stay here and watch over...”
“Senior Ying Shiqian, it's not that I want to lecture you, but will newcomers join just because you stay here? They won't. Instead of just guarding this place pointlessly, it's better to accompany me to see Tan Han's match.”
I said smilingly to Ying Shiqian.
The club recruitment stall here was nothing more than a useless bit of formalism.
No one here stipulated that one must be present; this was even just a recruitment site spontaneously formed by the clubs, passed down in a traditional form.
“Eh? But... if the shop manager...”
“Then you can just say that in order to take me over, you had no choice but to painfully abandon the club recruitment position to accompany me.”
I said with a smile.
“Don't forget Tan Han's opponent is a Teaching Assistant. If the opponent cheats and Tan Han's side doesn't have someone of equal status, it will be very difficult to handle.”
“This... it seems that's true... Geez! Whatever! If the shop manager wants to dock my salary, I’ll accept it!”
Ying Shiqian suddenly stood up and slapped the tabletop.
With a “Clap!”, she startled the people from the neighboring club who were sleeping.
Afterward, the surrounding "just passing through" clubs discovered that the person in charge of this club called “Bakery Club” had simply run away like that.
The club's location remained, but the person was gone.
“Let's go, let's go Little Han, I’ll take you there.”
Ying Shiqian took out her broom and shook it like it was her partner.
From the flying broom with a somewhat frizzy tail, some dust and trash fell off as if it had just swept the floor, giving it a worn-out feeling of having been through many battles.
“Senior Ying Shiqian's flying broom has a very battle-damaged style.”
I said jokingly, while also pulling out my own broom.
Speaking of which, I hadn't used a broom for a while myself.
During the holiday, I either teleported or strolled around randomly; I almost forgot that I was still a little witch who rode a broom.
“Geez it’s fine. I’ve done a lot of research on flying brooms. As long as the alchemy core and magic-conducting circuits aren't broken, it can still be used. When I bought this thing back then, they advertised it as a two-in-one flying and sweeping function. It’s very durable.”
“Is that so?”
I toyed with my own broom and then followed Senior Ying Shiqian.
Don't say it, although Ying Shiqian's broom looked quite battle-damaged, its flying speed was unexpectedly fast.
“Which arena are we going to?”
Flying in the sky, I maintained a certain distance from Ying Shiqian and inquired.
The wind speed at high altitude was not small.
The whistling sound of the wind brushed past my protective spell, and even voices were heard quite unclearly.
“Where else... it must be the academy's largest open-air arena!”
Ying Shiqian pointed one hand forward.
From high in the sky, I saw a giant tree standing there in the distance.
It stretched its branches and covered the entire open-air arena.
And that place had been redesigned and renovated.
The entire open-air arena seemed to exist for this giant Myriad Connection Main Network Tree.
The Earth Vein live broadcast equipment previously suspended high in the air had all been replaced, changed into giant light projections generated by the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree's root network.
The surrounding buildings and roads were also different from before; they all had to make way for the expansion of this giant arena.
Such a massive project and construction renovation being completed within a single holiday was truly a miracle.
It could be seen that the entire area around the open-air arena was dominated by the arena's events.
From afar, one could see very exaggerated and impactful visuals, like giant advertisements, floating around and above the arena in the form of light screen projections.
The constantly shifting and changing confrontation events stirred the most primitive passion in everyone.
“Oh I didn't expect the changes to this open-air arena to be so significant?”
I spoke with some surprise.
Although the techniques used to build this Myriad Connection Main Network Tree originated from my Grand Spellbook's derivative techniques, and the power network architecture used my domain order, I still couldn't help but sigh upon seeing such a scene with my own eyes.
“Yes, it really is huge. After this open-air arena was built, I was shocked the first time I came. But now this arena seems to have been renamed the Myriad Connection Arena. It seems to have something to do with that Myriad Connection Main Network Tree.”
“Senior Ying Shiqian knows quite a bit, even knowing this tree is called the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree?”
“Of course! I’m very well-informed! I like to surf the Academy Network with high intensity when I have nothing to do. And I heard... this tree seems to have some connection to you, Little Han, is that true?”
At this moment, Ying Shiqian suddenly became gossipy.
“I suppose so, the connection is indeed not small. Does Senior Ying Shiqian want to know?”
“Is it inside information? Never mind, I'm not in a hurry anyway. Let's go to the Myriad Connection Arena first.”
A trace of curiosity clearly flashed across Ying Shiqian's face, but she didn't ask now, instead leading me straight down.
“Do you rarely come here, Little Han? Rest assured, although I haven't been here many times since it was newly built, I'm still familiar with the process.”
Seeing my curious appearance and my gaze searching everywhere, Ying Shiqian proactively took on the role of guide.
The arena was also divided into many areas, such as the spectator area and the challenger reception desk.
It wasn't just those few large main field areas of the open-air arena used for fighting; there were actually many underground closed competitive areas here as well.
These were generally used as private battle venues with no audience, since not everyone was used to having people around them watching their battles.
Of course, such areas could also be broadcast live.
If not broadcast, they were simply private challenges.
This kind of private challenge without any gimmick or profit-making nature also carried a very high cost.
After all, with no audience, betting pools couldn't be opened, and the arena also had to make money to maintain the place.
In a place where combat was so intense, there were many places where money was needed.
After all, who knew how many things would be broken in a single match?
The ground, the guardrails, the energy consumption of solidified protective spells... even if there were professional personnel for spell field maintenance, wouldn't the part-time staff need their salaries paid?
“Phew! It's okay, Little Tan's match hasn't started yet. We arrived early. Fortunately, these are tickets for the open-air main combat area. It usually isn't even full. I managed to grab seats in the front rows!”
At this moment, Senior Ying Shiqian came running toward me with two spectator area tickets.
And I was currently looking at the schedule for the matches in the main combat area.
The main combat areas divided on the open-air field were clearly marked on this, and these were also the areas with the most spectators.
The duels on these fields were the most high-profile battles.
I saw Tan Han's name on it.
The arena had even specially designed a frame like a character portrait for Tan Han, and it was a full-body one.
Even the “half-body” and “avatar” were images cropped from this single full character portrait.
And on the long wand in Tan Han's right hand, the head of the wand was a “decorative item” in the shape of a crown encased in a sealing spell, and this was that [Transcendent Knowledge] fragment known as Absolute Zero.
I didn't know if it was an illusion, but in Tan Han's character portrait, this long wand was somewhat eye-catching, as if silently stating that this object was the main subject of the entire image.
Perhaps... this wasn't a coincidence?
“Is Tan Han's codename... called the Wand of Absolute Cold? Using the weapon one holds as one's own codename and title, this in itself...”
Saying this, I didn't continue.
Having a weapon's reputation be greater than the person's own was not something worth bragging about.
And Ying Shiqian, as an old fritter, naturally understood my meaning.
“There's no other way. Little Tan should have had her own pride, but she encountered an enemy she shouldn't have at an unsuitable stage. She can only find ways to use any means she can utilize.”
“I naturally understand Tan Han's situation. Anyway, thank you.”
I took a ticket handed over by Ying Shiqian.
“By the way, do we just have to wait in the spectator area for Tan Han to come on stage?”
“There... there's no choice. We can't talk our way into the participants' waiting area. If anyone could go, the participants would probably be annoyed to death before they went on stage.”
Ying Shiqian said helplessly.
“I see, I understand.”
I nodded.
“Should I just contact the shop manager directly? If the shop manager knows we're here, she should let us go... right...”
Ying Shiqian suggested.
“Forget it, let's just do this for now.”
I shook my head and rejected this proposal.
Later, when I was holding the ticket and about to go to the ticket check area to enter the spectator venue, I was stopped.
“Are... excuse me, are you that Teaching Assistant Yang Yuehan?”
The girl responsible for checking tickets only inquired tentatively after repeatedly and multiple times comparing my appearance.
“Yes, is something the matter?”
I looked at the girl and asked.
If I remembered correctly, the operation of the arena seemed to be led by an organization similar to a joint club of the academy.
It was just that it had a more official background.
They often had to cooperate with the academy for various activities, such as confrontation events, combat power rankings, and other data, all of which could be found on the Academy Network's official website.
“It's... it's like this. You have been listed as our Myriad Connection Arena's most special guest. There will be specialized personnel to receive you...”
“I just want to go in and watch a match. There shouldn't be any need to make it so complicated, right?”
I asked.
After learning it wasn't about looking for trouble, I also let out a sigh of relief.
Otherwise, I would feel that the arena here might not just need its venue reorganized.
“This... my apologies... if you insist on this, I naturally have no power to stop you. But if you are willing to spend a little time, the arena can provide you with higher quality service...”
“Hey, hey Little Han, is your status this useful? There’s even special service? I’ve never seen anyone receive this kind of special treatment.”
“I didn't expect the arena to do this kind of thing either.”
I shrugged, indicating I wasn't very clear.
However, I quickly thought of some things Millian had sent to me at the time, saying they were gifts sent to me by those clubs and groups in the academy.
Millian also advised me to accept them, saying it would make things much more convenient when acting within the academy.
At the time, I had no choice but to throw that pile of things into my storage equipment all at once.
So, under Ying Shiqian's gaze, I dug out a large pile of things, eventually finding something with the words "Myriad Connection Arena" on it.
I tore open that thick, unopened letter and took out quite a few things: a membership card for the Myriad Connection Arena, and this one was even made of pure Arcanite Gold, feeling quite heavy in my hand.
“Ugh... it should refer to this, right.”
I toyed with this Arcanite Gold card.
I didn't expect the arena would use such a tacky color scheme.
“No... Little Han... you, these things of yours... Heavens, this is Wan Shi Wu's Special Grade Commission Letter... a Witch's Secret Realm restricted-level secret realm qualification... no, Little Han, do you just put these things away like trash?”
Senior Ying Shiqian was about to crawl onto the floor now, looking at the heap of sealed bags and invitation letters that had already piled up.
The two on top were just the most representative ones.
Those below... Ying Shiqian felt that Little Han hadn't even given them a proper look...