Chapter 705 Team Wisdom Phoenix
[Eon's POV: ]
The third day of the annual alchemy competition of principality had begun and the alchemists, the artists of the organic and inorganic elements and compounds were showcasing their true talenets for the first time since the start of this competition two days ago.
[[ "They are admirable." ]]
We were watching all the participants from this high ground and still, the one Rein was focused on the most was only my house and my housemates, and she was not the only one to have her eyes fixed on these people.
"And they are young students, you say."
"The technicians they are using are unparalleled in themselves, but the way they are fearlessly executing those techniques makes it look like they have complete confidence in their abilities."
"They are almost telling the others to not look down on them with that kind of boldness, especially their captain. She had failed three times in the last ten minutes and the resources she burned down in the process were all worth tens of hundreds of gold coins of our kingdom."
"Still, whatever she is trying to create after doing all that must be something quite extraordinary for her to not even care about the things that are getting destroyed.
I couldn't wait to see their end results."
My team, my little fellas, the Wise young phoenixes were doing what I had taught them properly. And, along with my teachings, they were also following the basics of the most fundamental things an alchemist of their level should always keep in mind.
'They were facing the greatest alchemists of the world right now and still, they had managed to captivate a large crowd with their performance.'
Miss Mia was leading the first final production process herself with the others as her helpers and, since they were allowed to have any kind of instrument and artifact they needed for the alchemical productions, they were using the things I had lent them along with their own things and skills.
The others who were supporting her were doing a very nice job, however there were a few that were exceptional among her supporters.
They refined the materials she her faster than they could with normal techniques, created solutions with precise measurements in minutes so that she doesn't have to do it by herself, tempered with the physical materials to 'change' them without the need of long processing, and if needed, they also had someone that can absorb and separate a certain material from the messed up end product.
They were almost like a group of surgeons performing an intense operation, focused on their tasks on their hands, doing what they needed in order to contribute to the success of the operation.
And, as their captain and the one who had taught them, I felt a sense of warmth I had almost forgotten.
'Miss Granbell can now use her unique skill [Makeup] to refine the materials easily and more accurately, Mister Fang's [Liquefy] skill that he could only used to melt ice or wax could now work on different kinds of materials used in the alchemy processes, Miss Persephone's unique skill [Skill synchronicity] now allowed her to link common skills of different people and thanks to her, they were able to hasten the material refinements to many times. And lastly, thanks to Sir Kuro and his [Silver scale] skill, they didn't have to worry about the measurements of any kind.'
He was like a living measurement tool more accurate than many of the artifacts that the other masters and the grandmasters were using at the moment.
[[ "They are doing alright… however, what Miss Mia is trying to create isn't going to be anything easy." ]]
Miss Mia definely did not have any idea of what she was going to create until the cometation started however, as soon as the bells range and she thought about it for a moment, a sudden idea struck her and she startled doing something.
It was difficult to figure out what she had been trying to do until she failed her third refinement even for me.
And by the time I figure it out, the cometation had progressed quite a bit.
'The other participants were alredy reaching the main processes while she had only just figured out what she had been trying to do was in fact possible.'
Her previous failed attempts weren't just some random failures.
She was systematically trying to predicate the nature of teh end product of a reaction based on the nature and response of some certain processes, something that was not possible even for me.
And to do this, she must have thoroughly calculated the end product in her mind. Perhaps something only she was capable of aiming all these people.
'She knew what she needed to make, the final product, and she was trying to find the paths to that end result. For which, she sacrificed a third of the rare materials I had given them.'
They were definitely not something any of them could afford in their current states, however, they did not hasitate to use them even after three consecutive failures.
'I told them to trust themselves, have faith. And they were doing just that.'
And thanks to Ball's absorption ability, which could now be used as something much more than a simple absorption ability, they were able to save some of the materials from the failed products.
[[ "Don't be so harsh. They are doing much better than those Turtles. Just look at them… they are now completely lost of what they have to do." ]]
Only two of the houses had managed to qualify for the third round of the cometation: mine and prince Alpheus's Turtle defenders that contained someone that can see the future, someone that had a little too much knowledge of the things that should not be known to anyone, and a 'regressor' that was the core reason for the depression of the students in their group.
'Prince Alph's threats, his ruthless attitude towards them, and even the grave threats to their lives on one side, the way he had convinced 'Ezra Penelope Zarak' to not only participate in this competition but also be the one to lead her bunch of students was one admirable thing even with their unacceptable methods.'
However, all that they had had only taken them until this point.
From this point forth, none of them knew what they needed to do for certain.
'The fifth round was about creating something that was your own. A unique creation you can conser the best and one that is made by you with your best efforts.'
If one does not put all that they had into these creations, it was given that they would not qualify for the next and final round of this competition and the problems for them started right there.
'Prince Alph could not reveal all his prowess even if he wanted to, that's why he had made Ezra the face of their team, Nova was the one they thought was the mastermind behind everything they were doing, and Dan the possessed one with futuresight was the one they thought was controlling the flow of their progress.'
However, as the one manipulating all of them, Prince Alph was the one doing the most and ones with good enough eyes and understanding of the manipulation would instantly catch onto this thing.
However, for the public and the other participants who did not have much time to focus on the others, he was the same as an invisible entity in the worst of the participants of this round.
'He possessed the pinnacle skill of wisdom so he had knowledge of even the toughest and rarest alchemical products that perhaps even I might not know about. And that was the very reason that if he did try to reveal that kind of knowledge and end up creating something that would seem suspicious, he would be the prime suspect in this entire drama.'
Which was why he had given all the hints he could to his teammates and was just standing there. Observing what they would do with those kinds of small hints.
'They started with the suggestions of Nova, and after failing a few times, they moved onto the next suggestion which bore no fruits either.'
They didn't waste any unimaginably rare materials, however, they certainly were not going anywhere even after all this time had passed.
'They were lost, even with their captain's help.'
And they looked miserable compared to my house.
[[ "At least, they tried. Being the only other team to reach the fifth round was no small thing, right?" ]]
[[ "Certainly. They did well with the conditions they were in. I can say for certain that with proper guidance and with Prince Alph actually leading them, they would do better than the other groups present in this competition. They have and excellent team composition." ]]
Just having Ezra alone was the same as having Miss Mia on their team.
She was one of a kind in this world, not only in terms of knowledge and experience, but also in terms of mysteries and secrets.
Even our eyes could tell little about her so aside from the fact that she was very special, had some kind of bad backstory, and was a rude bitch, we knew little about her.
But even she was lost at the moment. Showing just how difficult of a competition this actually was.
'Doing the best they could… it sounded easy however, an artist and a creator were the only ones who could actually understand how difficult of a task it was.'
Neither this competition, nor this round was anything that anyone could be a part of.
And just being part of it was an honour one could not possibly ignore.
'This was tough…'
And despite that, the reason Wisdom phoenix was in the spotlight right now, was because of their genuine efforts.
'Dummies…'
They were doing their best, and it was, like a rare sight of a rare bird singing its morning song, a very rare sight for the audience who understood little about what was happening, as well the judges who knew exactly what was going on, and still admired it.
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