Before Qingyun left, he glanced thoughtfully at the aircraft that Andrea was riding on. He always felt that there was something wrong with the general he saw today, but when he went to investigate again, the strangeness had disappeared. .
Andrea sat in the aircraft and looked at the scales in his hands. Due to the deterrent force emanating from the scales all the time, he couldn't treat it with a casual attitude at all.
He put the scales in a highest-level energy shield, and then seemed to think of something, and sent a message to his subordinates through the communicator: "Give him the gift I prepared for Phil."
It is not known that Iros has returned to the Gerard family, and Phil is now receiving treatment in a private hospital.
There is a huge bloody scar on his back. This scar is very regular, almost in the shape of a cat. Now, in the doctor's operation, this scar is slowly disappearing.
This process was obviously extremely painful, and Phil's entire face was distorted.
"This is just a temporary cover. If you want the scars to disappear completely, you need at least half a year of treatment." The doctor said to Phil.
The bond between the companion beast and the contractor is very strong, it can be said that they live together and die together. Phil also used drugs to successfully kill his companion beast and hold his own life, but this scar is the price he has to pay.
Even if the scar disappears according to the doctor's instructions, the pain will accompany Phil all his life.
"No, I can't wait that long, as long as I can guarantee that this scar will not be noticed in the contractor selection competition three days later." Phil wiped off the sweat on his face, and stroked his back expressionlessly. .
"This kind of cover-up can last until then, but you have to avoid some special drug solutions." The doctor ordered a few more words before leaving.
At this time, a nurse brought a bouquet of flowers and a gift box: "Master Phil, General Andrea has brought you a gift."
Phil immediately took the message and the gift box with joy on his face. He opened the gift box, and there was a black bracelet lying inside.
This bracelet is heavy and heavy, and it seems to be made of some special metal. The moment Phil held it in his hand, his personal terminal even detected an abnormal magnetic field on the bracelet.
There was a card under the bracelet, which wished him to wear this bracelet when he participated in the selection of contractors, and said that this bracelet would bring him good luck.
How could Phil refuse a gift from his sweetheart? He immediately put the ring on his wrist, and at the same time sent a message to Andrea, thanking him for the gift.
Andrea had already returned home at this time, he couldn't help but hook his mouth when he saw the message from Phil.
In the selection of the contractor this time, he took the initiative to accept the task of going to the palace to fetch His Majesty's scales. Although this was different from what Andrea thought of arranging candidates to put in, it gave him more maneuverability. space.
The bracelet he gave Phil was not an ordinary bracelet, but a magnetic device, which attracted each other with the magnetic force on the protective cover where the scales were placed.
And this kind of attraction is very strong, even if the scales are in the hands of others, they will automatically find where Phil is.
At that time, there will be a scene of His Majesty's scales actively flying towards Phil on the live webcast, so that everyone will think that Phil is the contractor appointed by His Majesty, and the degree of fit between them must be very high, otherwise it will never appear This kind of accompanying beast is actively looking for its owner.
Moreover, as long as this scene occurs, those candidates will not dare to snatch the scales from Phil's hand again out of respect for His Majesty, so naturally the fact that the protective cover is sucked on Phil's bracelet will not be exposed.
Thinking of this, Andrea couldn't help showing a determined smile. As long as Phil gets the qualification as a contractor, he will hand over the method of the contract to Phil, so that the legendary and powerful Emperor Vranster will become his guarantor. A slave in the hands of Andrea.
After that, no one will stand in the way of his ascension to the throne!
Andrea once again told Phil that he must wear the bracelet he presented during the trials.
As soon as he sent the message, he noticed that the system, which had been inexplicably quiet since he went to the palace this morning, released another main task.
"Ding, the main quest 'Kill Iros Gerard' is released, the quest reward system allows you to choose your own skills, and if you fail, you will be obliterated."
Hearing the voice in his head, Andrea couldn't help being taken aback, suspicion flashed in his eyes. The system has never released two mainline tasks in succession, what's going on this time
And the price of failure is also obliteration, how could he have two lives? And isn't Iros already dead? Why did the system issue such an obviously buggy task this time
Andrea called the system repeatedly in his mind, but he didn't get a response from the system at all. Although the system was very quiet all the time, Andrea felt sensitively that the system seemed to be avoiding something this time, completely shrinking up.
The selection contest for His Majesty's Contractor is about to begin. Due to the particularity of this candidate, the selection contest is full of controversies. Almost everyone in the empire is paying attention to this ceremony that happens every three years.
It’s no wonder that the council’s decision has caused controversy, because since the fusion of the world, any companion beast in this world must live with it. Only after signing a contract with a companion beast with the same attributes, can human beings stimulate their potential and use a certain aspect of talent show up.
This kind of survival mode has lasted for thousands of years in this world, and people have already had a fixed impression in their minds, that is, the level of companion beasts directly reflects the ability of the contractor, and a person without companion beasts must be a waste.
Of course, except for their Majesty Edmund, because His Majesty is the only beast in human form.
But perhaps because their majesty has been asleep for a long time, there have been more and more humans who cannot contract companion beasts. These human beings can be said to be discriminated against in life, and now they have the opportunity to become His Majesty's contractors. Why don't people be surprised
Now, the list of candidates has already been announced, and Andrea has also confirmed the fact that Iros is still alive, so he is even more confused about the system's mission.
He didn't understand why he took action against that trash Iros. Although the number of humans who couldn't contract companion beasts was gradually increasing, it was the first trash that looked like Iros.
Even if the rest of them don't have companion beasts, they still have their own achievements in some aspects.
Just like Mona, who has attracted much attention among the candidates, he is not younger than Iros, and he has never found a companion beast with matching attributes, but Mona is a well-known explorer on the star network.
He has been exploring various primitive galaxies all year round, and broadcast his exploration process live.
That kind of thrilling experience, and Mona's appearance of trying to survive with his own wisdom despite being weak, has attracted a large number of fans for him.
And someone pointed out that even without a companion beast, Mona's physique has reached B-level.
He is also a human being without a companion beast. Compared with Iros, who was born in an aristocratic family but has never achieved anything, and was almost expelled from the Imperial First Military Academy because of his delay in graduating from the first military academy, Mona's image of perseverance and hard work is simply glorious and tall.
Now, the names of both of them also appear on the list of candidates, so they are naturally compared. Of course, under this kind of comparison, Iros has become synonymous with trash in people's mouth.
Of course, another high-profile candidate is Phil. He is engaged to Andrea, and he would have been attacked by Andrea's fans for this. But when Phil's honor was directly linked to Andrea's honor, the fans stopped attacking Phil and wished him to get His Majesty's scales and become the contractor this time.
Tomorrow is the official start of the selection, and the live broadcast has already started tonight.
Because people are extremely controversial about this selection, and they are very curious about the scales on His Majesty, so they are also paying attention to the layout of the selection venue.
On the live broadcast, Admiral Andrea, who is in charge of the safety of the personnel in this selection competition, is personally throwing the scales that His Majesty put in the protective cover into the forest.
In order to obtain first-hand information, the most famous media have already photographed reporters going to the competition venue to interview this young but heavy-duty general.
"May I ask what the general thinks about the method of selecting the contractor this time?"
Facing the reporter's question, Andrea adjusted his military uniform and gave an imperial military salute to the camera. This handsome appearance immediately caused the fans in front of the screen to scream.
"The method this time was decided by the parliament, and I have no objection to it. Moreover, the scale used this time is the largest scale left by His Majesty, and it retains the breath of His Majesty, so I believe that the selected one this time The contractor must be His Majesty's own will."
Andrea showed his determined eyes towards the camera to increase the credibility of his words. He didn't forget his arrangement, so he planted a seed in the hearts of the audience in advance, paving the way for the subsequent scene where the scales fly directly into Phil's hands.
Then, the young general's tone became severe: "Even with the best protection measures and sweeping up the forest in advance to remove the beasts with higher levels of danger, the military still cannot fully guarantee that every The safety of a candidate. Because participating in the selection of His Majesty's contractor must put one's own life and death aside, every candidate has signed a letter of knowledge, and they must have made the trade-offs themselves."
Hearing Andrea's words, the audience watching the live broadcast couldn't help being more excited, one was because of the extremely beautiful scale, and the other was because of the danger in the selection competition.
The contractors who selected His Majesty in the past few years were all selected from the strongest interstellar people, and the candidates for the contractors were determined only after the cruelest competition. Even though they already had their own companion beasts, the council still promised to help them perform companion beast replacement if they could really awaken His Majesty.
Unfortunately, no one has succeeded.
Although Andrea was in the limelight at the time, he failed to participate in the last selection because he was out on a mission. Therefore, the most anticipated candidate this year was Andrea, and they believed that the rising star of the empire would definitely be able to awaken their majesty.
But no one expected that this time, the parliament seemed to have a brain twitch, and turned the thrilling competition every three years into a treasure hunt for the waste squad.
Originally, people didn't have much expectation for this trial, but now they are excited because of the meaning revealed by Andrea's words.
This forest is the most dangerous place on the capital star. Although it is not as good as the primitive planet outside, there are still beasts of level b and below appearing.
And, maybe someone else died
That would be exciting, and people discussed this selection competition one after another, and proposed the candidate who was most likely to win the championship in their minds.
Mona is recognized as the most likely candidate to get the scales, because he has already had several field expeditions, and his physique is the best among these candidates, and he is also the oldest, so he has rich experience.
But this time the selection was also related to the scales left by His Majesty, which cast a little mysterious feeling on this match. Did they choose the contractor for His Majesty, or did His Majesty's scales find a suitable contractor for themselves
[I think the most likely one is Phil! Because he was still young, and he was highly praised in the Academy of Art, didn't the beautiful oil painting before auctioned for tens of millions of star coins? It can be said that among these candidates, he is the only one who has escaped the title of waste.]
[To be honest, I was also surprised that Phil would participate, because he is only sixteen years old. It is normal for him not to find a companion beast at this age. He can wait patiently for his companion beast.]
[Phil must have joined the competition for the sake of the general, haha, I have to abuse a dog in a trial, I'm not happy...]
Phil is naturally a popular candidate to be discussed because of his relationship with Andrea.
But there are also many fans of Mona, and they all speak for their idols.
[Don't say it as if everyone is trash except Phil, okay? Mona's efforts are well known, and I think he is the most likely, because Mona is twenty-five years old, he has no companion beast, and all existing companion beasts are not suitable for him, maybe with him The one whose attributes match is His Majesty?]
[Tsk, is it possible when you are older? Then why don't you say that Iros is also possible?]
[Hahaha, is the upstairs here to be funny? Has anyone watched the test video of the Iros Military Academy that was posted on Starnet before? He couldn't even pass the test of the logistics soldier, and he still wants to explore the forest and face the real beast?]
[Don't say that, although our Iros is not very strong, he is lucky. Didn't he escape from the interstellar storm recently? I hope that Iros can still maintain his good luck when facing the hunt of b-level beasts.]
[Yes, yes, although I don't expect Iros to be the winner of the trials, I'm still very happy to watch him escape in the forest. After all, the video of his final test last time was my joke for a year!]
During this period of time, because the death of Iros in the interstellar storm was confirmed, and he himself appeared out of nowhere and participated in the selection of contractors this year, people paid a lot of attention to Iros.
Even the news released by several media these days is related to Iros.
"Shocked! The first person to escape from an interstellar storm throughout the ages turned out to be him...", "There are people who are not only born well, but also lucky, and they are simply winners in life." These topics that seem to praise, but are actually belittling and ridiculing are basically always hung up. On the homepage of Xingwang, it gave Iros a sense of presence.
As long as this year's contractor selection is mentioned, someone will mention the legendary waste Iros, and then ridicule him for his weakness and whimsy.
What followed was another burst of ridicule about Iros' black history, because apart from the secret training designed to fight against hostile races, the tests at the First Military Academy of the Empire were all public, and that Iros had been in the military academy for more than four years. To be able to pass the test seriously once, and the best rating in each actual combat test is only a c, and this has solidified the reputation of Iros as a trash year after year.
But people ridiculed Iros one after another, but they didn't expect that his level of mental power was much higher than the level of the system, why he didn't choose an art school, but instead plunged into the military academy.
Now that the All Star Network is full of pushes for the contractor selection contest, Mrs. Gerrard is also out of breath watching the live broadcast at home.
It wasn't that people's attention to Iros made her angry. After all, no matter how many times people mentioned him, it just made his reputation as a trash more famous.
Mrs. Gledor was angry about the selection process this time. She never expected that the council would send people into the forest to find the scale.
Moreover, the candidate cannot send the scale out immediately after getting the scale in his hands. He must personally escort the scale out of the forest. This means that even if Phil gets the scales, someone can still snatch Phil's scales.
Fearing that her precious son would be hurt, how could Mrs. Gerard not be anxious
So much so that when she saw Iros walking down the stairs, she was immediately upset. Mrs. Gerrard was very angry when she saw Iros recently. She originally thought that among this group of candidates without companion beasts, as long as there was no Iros, the famous waste without companion beasts, to disturb the situation, she would use her family's Regardless of his identity, the number of contractors will fall on Phil no matter what.
So she paved the way for her son, and directly killed that thing, Iros.
But now, not only did she not really kill Iros to get his inheritance, nor did she do any help to her own Phil, but she still worried about her crimes exposed by Iros every day
Thinking of the eyes of Iros who seem to be able to penetrate people's hearts, Mrs. Gerrard felt that the hairs were standing on end.
"I hope this kid can be found in the forest, and any B-level beast will come out and bite him to death!" Mrs. Gerrard murmured to herself.
As for Phil, who encouraged his mother to kill his half-brother, he knew that after Iros returned miraculously, he was afraid that he would see his injuries, so he didn't dare to go back to Gerard's house at all.
Now that Phil has boarded the aircraft and is rushing to the selection site, he scans the news on Starnet little by little, for fear that someone will mention the fact that he once had a companion beast.
Seeing that the Starnet was full of satirical comments about Iros, Phil was relieved.
Phil's companion beast is a cat, because he has never liked this weak cat, and has been pestering his father to buy him a powerful companion beast, so even though he has contracted this cat for more than a year, He still hasn't registered the companion beast's information.
Now it seems that thanks to this, he was able to participate in the selection of the contractor.
Phil did have a delusion that he could truly contract the starry sky behemoth and become the master of this empire, but because of the family's belief in His Majesty, this idea would only quietly appear in Phil's heart.
He watched the people on the star network gradually lose the fun of mocking Iros, and began to discuss the rest of the candidates.
Phil pursed his lips and dialed a number: "Repost the scandal of Iros in the military academy before, and make sure Iros attracts the attention of the audience."
After getting an affirmative answer from there, Phil turned off the communicator, closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair.
Make sure no one notices the abnormality on him, let Iros use his waste attribute to help him attract people's attention.
Inside an office building, an editor-in-chief hung up the communicator, and after seeing the increased amount in his account, he began to call out the resources in his collection to write a provocative manuscript.
Just when his manuscript was about to pass the review and be released, news came from the editor-in-chief.
"Are you sick! Now that people are paying attention to the upcoming trials, why did you take up this news that was released 800 years ago to occupy the space again?"
The editor-in-chief was scolded bloody, and he replied inexplicably: "Nowadays, people pay a lot of attention to every candidate, and Iros is even more attention-grabbing. I have no problem posting this..."
On the other side of the communicator, the editor-in-chief, with cold sweat on his forehead, was staring at the news on his other communicator for a moment.
The message was extremely concise, and it was immediately clear that the master didn't want to talk nonsense: "Send it."
Seeing this word, the editor-in-chief scratched his head speechlessly. Although this editor-in-chief no longer has red hair and beards, if he is someone who has been on the Red Rose, he can tell from his usual small movements at a glance. It can be seen that this person is the boss of the Horst Star Thief Group.