Chapter 531: Death Incident

Stuart glanced at his companion beside him. The 【Spell Duel】 event had only this final match left for him, and most crucially, he had won the first match. If he could win this one too, the Netherese side would have four double-wins, and even if they lost, the score gap would be negligible. At such a critical node, Stuart's palms were slick with sweat. His gaze inadvertently swept over Angelin, and seeing him tilting his head as if thinking about something, Stuart sighed inwardly. If only he had strength like that, how good it would be!

It was already his turn to take the stage, so Stuart no longer hesitated. He decided that even if he lost, he would let the Elf opposite him see the determination of the Netherese!

Harboring the thought of a desperate final strike, Stuart walked into the Semi-plane combat space, but unfortunately, if one could win by determination alone, what would Magic be needed for?

Inside the combat space, the moment both sides engaged, it presented a one-sided situation. Stuart was left struggling to cope, and in the end, he left the audience outside with a frozen expression of despair.

However, the Elf Mage opposite did not stop there. Instead, after successfully restraining Stuart, he immediately followed up with a destructive ray Spell, directly blasting Stuart into ashes.

The Arena was silent. It wasn't until the Elf Mage left the combat space and was returning to his seat that he said to Elkamon, "Announce the result!"

Elkamon had not yet come to his senses at this moment, his mind filled with only one question—did the Elf actually dare to do such a thing?

But there was no doubt that the Elf had indeed done it; he had killed Stuart right under his nose and then very smugly asked him to announce the result.

Before Elkamon could react, a burst of intense cursing had already erupted within the Arena. Even more, some people could not help but cast Spells directly, and the targets, besides the Elf contestant who had just left the combat space, also included the Elves sitting in the spectator stands.

Elkamon gave a start, knowing he could not let the situation develop further. Once it reached an irrecoverable point, the final loss would be even greater than that of one Arcanist.

He immediately activated the restrictive Jieti within the Arena. This kind of Jieti could directly suppress the appearance of low-rank Spells, but there were not only low-rank Mages in the arena; there was no shortage of mid-rank and Advanced Rank Mages.

Instead, with mid-rank and Advanced Rank Mages involved, it was even harder to handle.

After activating the restrictive Jieti, Elkamon immediately cast a look of help toward the Great Arcanists. The current situation was already beyond the scope of what he could handle.

But to his surprise, not a single Great Arcanist spoke up to stop it; instead, they seemed to be indulging the farce in the arena, which made him feel very anxious.

……

And in the spectator stands, Xia Duo and Niya also witnessed the scene of Stuart being killed at the same time. Niya even cried out in surprise; neither of them had expected such a situation to occur.

Although the Snow Melting Competition did not explicitly forbid the occurrence of death events, not to mention the past competitions between the two countries of Yierlan and Netheril, even this year, among the previous twenty-nine matches, no death events had occurred.

Whether Elf or human, as long as one side lost the ability to resist, the other side would stop in time. Even if the Elf side showed strong aggression, it was mostly to destroy the human Arcanist's Arcane Fire; there was still a certain bottom line when it came to "killing."

But unexpectedly, such a situation occurred in the final match of the 【Spell Duel】.

And the farce that followed in the arena made Xia Duo even more astonished. To take action in front of a group of Great Arcanists and Advanced Rank Mages—he didn't know where these people got the Courage.

Or was it that they were truly angry to the point of losing their minds?

The performance of the Great Arcanists was also very strange; they seemed to be indulging it intentionally. Xia Duo observed specifically, and whether it was the Princess or the other few Great Arcanists, their expressions were calm, as if they had expected it long ago.

On the contrary, those few Advanced Rank Mages from Yierlan and Cormanthor had hesitant expressions, appearing somewhat puzzled. Regardless of whether these were their true expressions, it made Xia Duo feel that this matter was not that simple.

"Niya, get ready. If the situation changes, we will leave immediately."

Logically speaking, today's competition had already ended, and it should have been time to leave, but in the current situation, Xia Duo did not want to appear too conspicuous.

Fortunately, he had long since stored 【Teleportation】 in the Magic Net. As long as there was no obstruction, he could leave in an instant, and he believed Niya had prepared the same.

"Xia Duo, look!" Niya suddenly reminded him, signaling Xia Duo to look at the Yierlan observation group. Xia Duo felt his scalp tingle after just one glance. Are you guys still feeling that things aren't troublesome enough?

The Gold Elves of Yierlan had already cast Spells toward the location of the Cormanthor Elves. This was simply adding fuel to the fire! Originally, the Netherese Mages were only brewing Spells and had not truly released them, but now that someone had taken the lead, well, I'll do it too.

Sure enough, the moment the Spells appeared from the Yierlan side, Xia Duo discovered nearly a hundred Spells forming in the arena. Most were offensive, but there were also quite a few of a Spell Breaking nature.

Combat, or even war, was on the verge of breaking out.

"Enough!"

A majestic female voice instantly suppressed the clamor in the arena and, with the help of the Magic Array arranged in advance within the Arena, dissipated most of the Spells.

At the same time, on the Elf side, those two Advanced Rank Mages from Cormanthor also timely stopped the counter-attacks the Elves were about to launch.

As for the Gold Elves of Yierlan, because there were no Advanced Rank Mages present, they could only quiet down and did not make any more sensitive moves.

But looking at their still indignant expressions, Xia Duo felt that these Yierlan Elves were probably not just fanning the flames; they might truly have a deep-seated hatred for Cormanthor and would seize any opportunity to act out.

Now it remained to be seen how this matter would end.

"Princess, my clansmen acted rashly for a moment. Regarding your side's loss, our side will provide compensation for it."

What Xia Duo did not expect was that the usually strong Cormanthor was the first to concede, without stubbornly insisting that the Snow Melting Competition had no rules against death.

However, even when conceding, that Advanced Rank Mage's attitude was still quite arrogant, and the Princess's reaction was also very intriguing; she only said, "Let this be the last time," and then announced the end of the session.

As for the competition result, Elkamon announced before everyone left that this match would not be scored, which one would assume was also under the instruction of the Great Arcanists.

This time, Xia Duo and Niya did not leave on foot but teleported away, teleporting directly to the square in front of the Nether Palace, and then walked back to Giles Tower.

On the way back, Xia Duo recalled the situation in the Arena just now while asking Niya, "Do you think that duel just now was an accident, or did the Elves do it on purpose?"

Of the three events in the Snow Melting Competition—【Spell Duel】, 【Arcane Maze】, and 【Grand Illusion】—only the 【Spell Duel】 could possibly have death events.

The other two events were considered indirect engagements, and it was difficult to cause any substantial harm to the contestants.

And wasn't the final match of the 【Spell Duel】 the best time to deliberately create a death event?

Although they could only kill one, their own side would not suffer any losses. Even if they had to make some compensation, how could material compensation be as important as an Arcanist Seed?

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