Arcane Lord

After the Archmage left, Sha Duo and Niya met up with Vincent and others. After briefly reminiscing about old times, Sha Duo took the initiative to talk about the anomalies of this celebration:

"Didn't we say that the New Year celebration is an award ceremony before? Why are the pioneers now the protagonist?"

In fact, putting aside the possible "conspiracy" elements, Sha Duo was both a participant in the previous Green Plane War and a pioneer. Even any pioneer was the same as him. The changes in the celebration had no impact on him.

But for those non-Trailblazer participants, it's different.

After working hard to participate in the plane war, the arcanist also worked hard to help repair the magic network. I thought it would be a grand award ceremony, but now I was told that the protagonist was not me.

Who feels better?

Just like Belera, when she heard Sha Duo talking about this matter, she showed her strong dissatisfaction unabashedly:

"I really don't know how the Seven Pagodas arranged it! I have already informed my father and asked him to come and watch the ceremony! Looking at the process now, the award ceremony is just a formality. Then when I get back, my father won't laugh at me!"

"Well--"

After saying this, Essers didn't dare to speak. Even Shado didn't know how to answer it. His original intention was to ask Belera to see if she knew the inside story or if there was any news.

But somehow it touched Belera's sensitive nerve.

Shado remembered that Belera once said that going to Giles Tower to study was considered a runaway from home, and she usually stayed away from home. Why did she suddenly invite her parents to watch the ceremony?

Knew it!

At this time, Niya, who got Sha Duo's hint, quickly changed the topic and asked: "Do you all know the specific process of the celebration?"

Just now, Warwild just introduced a general process without going into many details. He only said that there will be dedicated people to lead the rehearsal.

After Niya asked, her eyes turned around everyone, and this time Esther finally got the chance to speak. He really didn't want to hear Belera complain about the Seven Towers again.

It wasn’t that he had deep feelings for the Seven Towers, but that this topic was somewhat sensitive, so he quickly followed Niya’s words and replied:

"Yes, and we have already rehearsed once. We just need to wait for everyone to rehearse again before we can go back! You have just arrived. Someone should come to you soon and take you to rehearse."

"What happened during those three days?" Xia Duo suddenly interrupted.

"I know!"

Vincent shouted loudly, and when he saw everyone looking at him, he subconsciously shrank his head. Of course, he did not forget to answer Xia Duo's question:

"The pioneers will stay here for a few more days, and the others can leave as long as they rehearse collectively."

"Yeah?!"

Xia Duo and Niya looked at each other. Archmage Wohuaide didn't say this just now, and he didn't know whether he forgot to say it or something.

But since the other pioneers know about it, there shouldn't be any problem.

…

Afterwards, Xia Duo had more discussions with everyone about the New Year celebration.

After a while, two low-level mages carrying the emblem of Giles Tower came to Sha Duo and asked if they would accept the rehearsal guidance.

Of course, Sha Duo chose to accept it. After talking to Vincent, Belera and others, he and Niya left with the two receptionists.

The so-called rehearsal actually means that the receptionist takes the attendees through the entire celebration process and is responsible for answering some less sensitive questions.

Of course, they are too sensitive and they must not know.

Xia Duo didn't deliberately ask some strange questions to make things difficult for the receptionists, but he still asked all the questions that needed to be asked without landing on the subject.

…

From the entrance route, standing position, to how to return gifts during the award ceremony, these receptionists gave standard answers one by one.

If the process of the preview and the formal celebration are exactly the same, then the award ceremony is really just a formality. Although there are only two people in the preview this time, Sha Duo and Niya, the receptionist will also tell them the movements of other participants.

Except for Xia Duo himself, who will be introduced to his deeds, others will only have one name at most, and those of high-level mages will not even have their names appear.

Of course, those pioneers are also included.

The subsequent pioneer commendation ceremony will be completely different. Almost every pioneer will have an introduction to their deeds. Among them, ten of them, including Xia Duo, have become regular employees in advance. There will also be a display of territory development achievements. In fact, it is preparation in advance. Nice magical image.

During the preview, Xia Duo did not see these magical images, but the receptionist mentioned that the images would be displayed at a certain time and for how long.

The contents are unknown to these receptionists.

After the commendation ceremony, there is the real celebration. There is no rehearsal for this part, and there is nothing to rehearse. It is just a carnival of a normal celebration. You can do whatever you want.

Normal celebrations generally consist of rituals, performances, and carnivals. The ceremony is organized by the government, the performance can be an official invitation or a spontaneous organization by the private sector, and the carnival is an event involving everyone.

Of course, these three components of the celebration are not carried out in order, but are led by rituals, and performances and carnivals can be arranged randomly.

Just like the rising sun ceremony in the Midsummer Festival is in the morning, there is a blessing ceremony at noon, and there is a sleeping ceremony in the evening.

Between the three ceremonies, it’s time for performances and carnival.

The reason why this New Year's celebration is considered by many to not be a New Year's celebration is that, in addition to the initial notification that it was an award ceremony, another important reason is that there are no New Year-related ceremonies.

This is very important. If there is no ceremony, then the celebration becomes meaningless and dispensable.

Obviously, the so-called New Year celebration is just a cover, and the real purpose is to award and commend, at least on the surface it seems like this.

As for awards and commendations, there is also a focus. This time it is obviously to commend the pioneers.

The two ceremonies were arranged very closely, with no performances or carnival interspersed in between. They were arranged one after another.

Therefore, for Xia Duo, it can basically be understood that when the commendation ceremony is over, this so-called celebration is over.

…

The rehearsal only took about an hour. After all, it was a rehearsal. The key was the details of the process, not the specific time.

It's never good to waste the caster's time.

After the rehearsal, Xia Duo and Niya randomly found a temporary building, made tea, and then went about their own business. Nia continued to study the research data related to the background fluctuation of the magic network, while Xia Duo observed this Demiplane.

At the same time, the two of them were chatting.

"We have already gone through the process. What changes do you think will happen to the Trailblazer Recognition Ceremony?"

"How can I guess? If you stay a few more days, there will definitely be changes. You will know when the time comes. Anyway, there is no point in guessing."

"..."