Chapter 417: Cloud Marsh Cup Competition Committee

In the Cloud Marsh Wetland, inside the office of the Cloud Marsh Cup Competition Committee at Bonifacius University.

A wizard at the crystallization stage was processing registration information. He wore wizard robes with Bonifacius University's special patterns and a wizard badge with intertwined black and white designs on his body.

He was a standing committee member, Wizard Trix.

At this moment, Wizard Trix was processing competition information sent from various wizard lands.

"This year, there are actually twenty wizard lands participating in total, nine more wizard lands than the last Cloud Marsh Cup." Wizard Trix said with a smile, "Twenty down to ten, that means the elimination rate can reach half."

"This year's competition will be the most fiercely competitive ever."

Trix, as a First Circle crystallization wizard of the Cloud Marsh Wetland, said to his colleagues in the office. The committee members in the office were basically all First Circle wizards at the crystallization stage.

In the Cloud Marsh Wetland, only wizards at the First Circle crystallization stage could serve as committee members and hold professorship teaching positions.

Unlike the Land of Six Towers, because competition here was fierce and personnel mobility was high, with large numbers of foreign wizard populations from the Eastern Border Zone entering the Cloud Marsh Wetland, teaching positions in the Cloud Marsh Wetland were extremely rare.

Wizard Trix was stunned for a moment, "What the hell? This time the Land of Six Towers is actually participating too?"

The First Circle crystallization wizards in the office, hearing this information, immediately looked up.

"The Land of Six Towers? That wizard land controlled by family wizards? What's the point of them coming to participate? Can they pass the first round of the main competition?"

"I heard that wizard land has been in decline for a long time. The wizards there don't dare come out to participate in competitions. They only dare participate in competitions within the Land of Six Towers, and after obtaining competition championships, forcibly obtain treatment equal to competition champions from other wizard lands through their local White Wizard Association. The wizards there are notorious and have fallen behind academia for a long time."

"Did the Land of Six Towers also hold two preliminary rounds of our Cloud Marsh Cup internally?"

Wizard Trix looked at the information, "No. Their White Wizard Association actively nominated them. The same participation method as the Twilight Border."

Quite a few wizards in the office began showing knowing smiles.

"The Twilight Border doesn't need to hold preliminaries because they already have related breeder competitions, so naturally there's no need to waste funds holding another one. But that Land of Six Towers... it's probably some wizard wanting to use this kind of competition to pad their credentials."

"Hmm... perhaps. What are the qualifications of those participating wizards like?"

Wizard Trix scanned the competition roster and shook his head slightly, "Aside from the leading wizard, the others can be said to be utterly worthless. No articles, no representative works, no positions, all just ordinary First Circle wizards."

"As for the leading wizard, although he's quite young, currently already a liquefaction wizard at only 21 years old, in the end, he's just so-so."

"His qualifications are a dime a dozen in the Cloud Marsh Wetland." Wizard Trix stamped the competition information from the Land of Six Towers with an approval seal, "After all, those who can participate in our competition should be the most talented breeder teams from various wizard lands. The quantity and quality of their achievements and articles are very high."

"Compared to these people, this wizard named Augustine looks quite ordinary. He really doesn't have much to show."

"Just an ordinary young wizard."

In the office, some wizards were still somewhat surprised and raised their eyebrows when they heard Locke became a liquefaction wizard at 21.

After all, in a place like the Land of Six Towers with such magical tide conditions, being able to become a liquefaction wizard at this age was also a kind of ability.

A First Circle wizard said objectively, "You can't say it like that. At least he's qualified to be a professor at some small and medium wizard organizations in the Cloud Marsh Wetland."

This First Circle wizard scanned through Locke's materials, saying, "His advantage is becoming a liquefaction wizard at such a young age. But his disadvantage is that the quantity and quality of his articles and achievements are somewhat lacking."

"Well, the Land of Six Towers is also a wizard land in the Eastern Border Zone. Although they've been closed off for years, it's a good thing they want to participate. I'll report this matter to the committee chairman."

The chairman of the Cloud Marsh Cup Competition Committee at Bonifacius University was a Second Circle wizard.

This First Circle wizard said to Trix, "By the way, are there direct disciples of Third Circle wizards participating in this competition?"

Trix glanced at the materials in his hand and quickly cast the Land of Six Towers and that laughable competition team to the back of his mind, "Indeed there are, and more than one. First is Wizard Edgar David, the direct disciple of the academy head of the Fireweave Academy on the Sunshade Peninsula participating in this competition. He directly studies under a Third Circle wizard. I hear he himself is also a super genius in the breeding studies field, being specially cultivated by that Third Circle great personage in the breeding studies field."

"Wizard Edgar David has much experience creating excellent tactical-level magical plants. He himself often follows his mentor doing those big projects and has much competition experience. The number of competition championship titles he has is truly many. I hear he recently reproduced the long-extinct ancient magical plant War Ancient Tree."

"And obtained the Sunshade Peninsula's highest-level breeding studies medal, the Sun Seed Badge."

The wizards in the committee office let out exclamations of amazement.

"War Ancient Tree? That's an ancient war magical plant that's long been extinct. I've only seen descriptions in books. He can actually revive that level of magical plant."

"After all, he's a wizard specially cultivated in the breeding studies field by a Third Circle wizard. I imagine that Third Circle wizard wants him to grow up and join his research group to tackle some difficult problem related to treant-type magical plants."

"If that's the case, he'll definitely use treants to compete. Treants are the most mature tactical-level magical plants, with numerous classifications and complete technical documentation."

Wizard Trix looked down at the materials in his hand, "Besides that, there will also be a direct student of a Third Circle wizard participating, Witch Diana Ward from our Cloud Marsh Wetland."

Speaking of Diana Ward, the First Circle wizards in the office exchanged smiles.

Diana Ward was a recent legend appearing in the Cloud Marsh Wetland. Her original wizard mentor was an ordinary small mentor who was jealous of others' talents, interfered with Diana Ward excessively, and was psychologically twisted.

But ultimately, Diana Ward, through her own abilities, gained the attention of the great mentor in that research group, that Third Circle wizard. From then on, she was directly arranged to study under a Second Circle wizard, achieving success all along the way and becoming the most renowned First Circle wizard in their Cloud Marsh Wetland in the past decade.

After all, Second Circle wizards had already achieved a certain social status and wouldn't compete with these fledgling young First Circle wizards for the limelight.

The two sides were no longer competing on the same track.

Wizard Trix said, "Besides that, the competitor teams have no shortage of wizards from Second Circle wizard research groups. Of course, most wizard lands have limited magical tide levels. Some wizard lands even only have single-digit numbers of Second Circle wizards, so most competition teams aren't wizards from Second Circle wizard or Third Circle wizard research groups."

"However, they've also won their way up from various major wizard lands. I think this competition will definitely be very intense."

Trix looked at the competition materials sent from the Land of Six Towers, "Some wizards who want to pad their credentials through this really insult this competition and also underestimate its difficulty."

Wizard Trix sighed, "Unfortunately, they've exploited a loophole in this competition system. We cannot refuse those people's participation."

"Forget it. Just let these Land of Six Towers wizards see what the world is really like. Participation itself isn't bad."

A group of First Circle crystallization wizards from the competition committee began discussing which team they favored more among their championship seeds.

Opinions varied. First were the competitors and their teams from the two Third Circle Grand Wizards' research groups. They were undoubtedly the most powerful candidates for championship. But the breeders from other wizard lands weren't weak either, with glorious past records.

Therefore, the champion might not necessarily fail to emerge from among these people.

Wizard Trix tapped the table with his finger and smiled, "I actually favor more that wizard who came through two rounds of competition from the Spiral Basin... hmm... the Spiral Basin is also participating in the Cloud Marsh Cup for the first time this year. However, this Wizard Yennefer's past experiences show she has repeatedly survived desperate situations and turned defeat into victory in various competitions."

Wizard Trix said, "Our Cloud Marsh Wetland is far from the Spiral Basin. The wizards here lack precisely this kind of daring, desperate quality. I'm very optimistic about her."

Quite a few wizards nodded. Wizards from the Spiral Basin had a unique quality, which was daring to fight desperately. This characteristic trait was exactly the opposite of the cowardly traits of wizards from the Land of Six Towers.