You call this a black hand?

Changes were sudden. The banquet hall, which was still noisy before, suddenly became less noisy as Mellen took out the magic wand.

"What's going on?" Someone was surprised by this.

"Did a fight start?"

"what happened?"

Not all onlookers can clearly see the specific situation in the venue.

As the group of people in the innermost layer suddenly became silent, the young wizards who were joining in the fun on the outside stretched their necks and looked inside, full of curiosity.

Then, some of them saw clearly the wand in Mellen's hand and their eyes widened, while others were still confused and quickly asked others.

"His wand... doesn't seem to be usable by wizard apprentices?"

Kevin on the second floor didn't believe it, or didn't want to believe his eyes, so he looked at his friend next to him hesitantly.

"You obviously know better than me what's going on." Jim replied subconsciously.

The two looked at each other in silence, suddenly not knowing what to say.

Normally, wizards' wands iterate very quickly, especially in the early stages of wizard practice.

Because high-level wizards find it difficult to use low-level wands to bring out their strongest abilities.

Correspondingly, it is of course impossible for low-level wizards to skip levels and use high-level wands.

Because it is completely "unusable".

Just like a small child cannot lift a carriage with both hands.

However, now, a wizard apprentice carries a wand of a level that only a formal wizard can "use"...

What can it explain?

Is the bastard bluffing?

Only a fool would think that!

The magic wand is the most important tool for a wizard in the early and middle stages of practice, just like the firearms in the hands of soldiers on the battlefield.

No one is going to do anything bluffing about this.

Because this is usually related to whether the wizard can perform magic and whether there is a way to counterattack when encountering an accident.

In other words, now that the bastard has taken out the magic wand, he fully intends to use it to deal with the next challenge.

But……

What's the point of challenging this?

Being able to use an official wizard's wand to perform magic during the apprenticeship period proves that the apprentice's talent must be very amazing, and basically represents the top wizard's talent.

Kevin himself belongs to this type of person. After inserting his third hand into the wand used by an official wizard, he can barely control it. Although he cannot exert the full efficiency of the wand, it is enough to crush other apprentices.

Therefore, he clearly knew his own worth, so he had the attitude of not paying much attention to the short man who was good at duels whom his friends praised.

The two sides are not on the same level at all. No matter how much you praise him, I will not look him in the eye.

It was precisely based on this mentality that when he found out that his "half-brother" also had top wizard talents, he irrationally took a chance and was unwilling to believe it.

However, the truth cannot be escaped by luck...

"Are you sure he is really your mother's illegitimate son?"

Looking at the short wizard who was frozen in place in the hall below, not knowing whether to continue challenging Melen, Jim asked with a suspicious expression:

"How can a mixed-race illegitimate child have top-notch talents?"

"I……"

Kevin was also confused at this time and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

So finally, he choked out a sentence.

"But if he is not my mother's illegitimate son, how could my mother write to him every now and then?"

This question is really puzzling.

The two couldn't help but look at each other again, both feeling confused.

However, it did not confuse them for long. As the illegitimate son below suddenly walked up to the short wizard and whispered something, the duel between the two actually started to continue again.

"What's going on?"

Seeing this, Kevin looked at his friend in surprise, "There seems to be something wrong?"

…

On the other side, hiding in the utility room where Jim had hidden before, the waiter who was watching the scene with a crystal ball and looking forward to Mellon's humiliation, was also in disbelief——

He was not originally worried about accidents, because Jim from the Ernest family was very thorough in his work.

And Martha, who seems to be on Jim's side, but is actually one of them, is even more cautious.

So as long as they add fuel to the fire in the dark, things will eventually deteriorate enough for them to appear.

The beginning was indeed as he expected. Jim was smart enough to send a girl with a weak appearance who could attract sympathy to start this matter.

During this period, their people took action to knock off the mask on the unfortunate mixed-race face, and they did so very smoothly, making it difficult to find any flaws.

This approach is naturally to pave the way for someone to "recognize" that the unlucky guy is actually a mixed race.

According to the expectations of the "waiter", this scene will appear when the unlucky guy fails for the first time, and will attract a lot of ostracized looks, laying the groundwork for his next humiliation.

However, just as he was using special communication means to order his subordinates to prepare, things took a 180-degree turn——

That mixed-blood actually possesses the top wizard talent!

The waiter had a gloomy look on his face.

So what's the point of this duel?

In other words, the whole thing can no longer continue!

Because even if the illegitimate son's dueling ability is poorly practiced, even if he reveals his mixed-race identity, no one would be stupid enough to humiliate a wizard apprentice with top talents——

Purebloods do exclude mixed-bloods, but mixed-bloods and half-bloods are not the same thing.

Ordinary mixed-bloods are looked down upon with contempt, while those with certain potential will be suppressed.

But when a mixed-blood with top talent appears, the pure-blood families will rush to win over him!

Because wizards with top talents are not the same "species" as ordinary wizards at all!

This can be seen from the situation at the scene at this moment.

Among the onlookers, those who despised the half-blood's barbaric behavior all shut their mouths, and those who stood on the side of the half-blood to defend him also stopped talking.

The girl in the blue skirt who was crying before now turned pale and hid herself behind the crowd.

And her group of flower protectors have long since disappeared!

"A bunch of trash!"

The waiter couldn't help but cursed, "I haven't even figured out the most basic information. What kind of strategy is this!?"

He casually covered the crystal ball with a rag, turned around and took a few hurried steps, before instantly turning into a ball of distorted light and shadow and disappearing into the utility room.

When he reappeared, he had arrived at the scene hall.

"Things are getting more and more wrong."

Seeing the "waiter" appear, someone came closer and whispered: "Those two guys have officially started dueling now, but..."

Without reporting it to his subordinates, the waiter had already discovered the situation at the venue——

The two young wizards stood in the open space in the center of the crowd, about ten meters apart, raising their wands at the same time to mark the boundary.

As a result, a translucent protective cover began to appear out of thin air in the air, taking the shape of a circle and slowly spreading around as the wand passed across it.

In this way, one person is responsible for half of it, and there is no sound of any spells, which silently reveals that these two people have reached a very advanced level in the practice of "Basic Wizard Duel Technique".

In the end, a huge protective barrier was born.

Then I saw the two guys standing on both sides of the "dueling arena", holding their wands in front of their chests, assuming a standard wizard duel posture.

The main point of the duel is very simple, attack the enemy with the flying spell and avoid the enemy's flying spell at the same time.

Therefore, when wizards are in a duel, they either remain motionless or move as fast as lightning. The winner will basically be determined instantly.

What matters is reaction speed.

Everyone knows about the short boy named Mike who is good at dueling.

And since he has top-level talent, Meren will definitely not be easy to play against him.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the next two people to decide the winner.

Five minutes passed by this time.

However, this kind of thing is actually normal in duels, so no one urged it.

In other words, unlike the casual pointing before, as Mellen revealed his talent, the attitude of the onlookers has become very formal.

"We have been planning for so long. If the plan cannot even be implemented, we cannot explain it to the nuns at all."

The waiter in the dark watched coldly for a while, then whispered to the men beside him: "Instructions, if the short man is defeated next, we will attack by force."

"storm?"

The subordinates were shocked when they heard this, "But in this case, wouldn't we be directly exposed?"

"A strong attack is the backup plan."

The waiter sneered and said, "Don't forget, according to the standards customized by those pure-blood executives, we are also mixed-bloods."

"After this incident was exposed, I don't believe purebloods can be so generous as to continue to maintain their so-called friendly attitude towards Graham's half-blood!"

While talking, both sides of the venue suddenly started to move.

People from all parties are looking forward to it, waiting for the birth of the winner.

However, what shocked them was that the duel that was supposed to determine the outcome instantly turned into... a tug-of-war!

The short wizard over there shook his wand and cast a flying curse. He made a mistake in his steps and very keenly avoided the translucent "missiles" fired by the enemy.

And here, while dodging the missile sideways, Meren also held the wand in his hand and struck the opponent in the air.

The two of them were dodging and attacking back and forth, their footsteps slowly moving around the edge of the duel field, and the wands in their hands were moving very fast.

As a result, the translucent missiles rushed towards the enemy across the duel field one after another, hitting the outer protective shield and sending out ripples.

As the battle continued, the number of missiles flying back and forth in the field also changed from the initial three or two to five or six, and then more and more.

Finally, there is even a sense of denseness, which is dizzying.

"What a rare duel."

Among the young wizards who were watching the excitement, some were surprised by this.

"I thought that no matter how talented he was, that person would be unlikely to be able to compete with Mike. After all, Mike studied under the Chief Duel Master and has rich practical experience. But now it seems..."

He didn't say any more, he just sighed.

There are actually many people who hold the same idea.

There is a specialization in the art, and good talent and physical fitness must be strong, but acquired skills and practical experience are equally important.

So after Meren revealed his talent just now, no one thought that the short wizard named Mike would definitely fail.

But now he didn't win either. Instead, he had a stalemate with that genius, which was surprising.

…

Mellen himself didn't think there was any surprise in this matter, because it was entirely the result of his "controlling the field"——

Although he had never practiced dueling before, the physical fitness brought by the master's breathing method allowed him to actually crush this group of young wizards at the same level as him.

It could be said that the other party's speed seemed as fast as lightning to others, but in his eyes, it was as slow as a snail.

In this case, except for the fact that he stayed in a tight formation for a while because he was really not familiar with this fighting method, he was completely "out of state" for the rest of the time.

In other words, most of the attention was focused on the suspicious figures in the surrounding crowd.

"This method cannot be delayed for too long..."

While observing those people, Mellen thought to himself.

"Furthermore, the talent I've shown now can certainly surprise the guy I'm secretly protecting, but it's hard for him to pass on the news on the spot. It's even less likely that things have changed..."

"On the other hand, if I really want to destroy the conspiracy of that group of unknown enemies by myself, won't they be targeting me later?"

It's okay to save people, but saving people and causing big trouble for yourself at the same time is not something that a person like Mellen can do.

So while he was deftly dodging a missile that came out of the air, when his steps slowed down, another missile instantly hit his chest.

It was like a car crashed into him, knocking Meren out instantly!

Then it fell into the crowd of onlookers.

The winner was decided, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief——

Although the previous battle had nothing to do with them, the fast pace made everyone feel tense.

"This duel will definitely be in the newspapers."

Some people started talking in low voices.

"I just don't know how many newspapers are following and reporting on it."

"At least the wizard education newspaper won't be missed."

"Which school do you think he will go to?"

"Who else could it be but Fort St. Grant?"

"I think the Imperial Academy is pretty good too..."

Although Melen lost, everyone's attention and curiosity were still focused on him.

After all, compared to the victorious short wizard, his newly emerged genius is indeed quite mysterious——

Basically no one knows him.

Therefore, when Meren, who was helped up by a few well-wishers, tidied up his slightly messy clothes and walked back to the duel arena, he raised his hands and pressed them down to signal everyone to be quiet.

The young wizards around them all calmed down in a dignified manner.

Then, a sentence suddenly rang out that caught everyone off guard.

"First of all, I need to state that I am mixed race."

These words made the banquet hall suddenly become audible. Everyone looked at each other in disbelief. They really did not expect this.

But before they could think carefully about what these words meant, Mellen revealed something even more "astonishing".

"Secondly, I came to this banquet this time entirely because of Kevin Felix's invitation."

"His purpose is to cause trouble for me!"

After saying these words, everyone's expressions changed one after another.