As the man's voice rang out and the opponent was teleported out of the playing field, Team Lacey was victorious. Everyone slowly walked out of the Royal Arena. Alina was already waiting outside. She shouted excitedly to her teammates: "Awesome, we won!"
Faras smiled at Alina and said: "What's so happy about? If you want to enter the top eight, you have to win two more games."
Alina was chattering non-stop. Although she did not participate in this game, she watched it happily from the outside, and was happier than playing in person.
Ryan didn't think this kind of victory was meaningful. He won too easily, even a little unbelievably. The opponent was arrogant before the game, but they didn't have that kind of strength during the game. Oz and Allen defeated the opponent's defense with one more attack, and even broke the opponent's will.
Everyone was lively for a while and gradually calmed down. Seeing Ryan standing silent, Faras said softly: "Lian, we won, aren't you happy?"
Ryan shook his head and said, "Why are you unhappy? I just feel that winning is too easy. I wonder if it will make everyone feel like they are underestimating the enemy."
Faras smiled and said: "We have seen stronger opponents. Will an easy victory make everyone proud?"
Ryan smiled at Faras and said, "I don't think so. I'm just worrying too much."
Farasi asked Ryan deliberately: "Are we going back?"
Ryan turned his head to look at the arena and said to himself: "How about watching the opponent's game?"
A bright smile appeared on Faras's face, and she said to Ryan: "It's exactly what I thought."
Naturally, the other members of Team Leis had no objection, so everyone turned around and walked into the Royal Arena again, but this time, they sat in the audience.
The feeling of watching a game from a high place is completely different from the feeling of fighting on the spot. Ryan looked at the empty arena below and felt a little strange in his heart, but he couldn't describe what it felt like at all.
There were not many people coming to watch the game today. Ryan counted a few thousand people, and recalled that when everyone just came back, as a spectator, each person paid a fee of 10 gold coins. Thinking of this, Ryan couldn't help but sigh, why do you need money everywhere
Faras, who was sitting next to Ryan, smiled and said, "Why, do you feel bad about money?"
Ryan shook his head quickly and said, "No, no."
At this time, Red leaned his head over and said to Ryan and Faras: "Lian, do you think we should place bets?"
Before Ryan could answer, Faras scolded Red and said, "No."
Ryan asked strangely: "What bet?"
Faras waved away Red, and then said to Ryan: "It was a bet about the outcome of the game. Someone privately set odds on the outcome of each game and the team that finally won the championship. But this matter, The empire doesn’t allow it, but there are too many nobles involved, so it’s impossible to completely ban it.”
Ryan said: "Aren't you afraid that our participants in the competition will cheat?"
Farasi said regretfully: "The situation you mentioned has happened before. Because the champions for many years have been the Royal Knights team, some participating teams have no pursuit at all, so some teams deliberately made bets during the game. If you win or lose the game, you can get a huge amount of gold coins. To this end, the empire has specially promulgated regulations. Once investigated, the maximum penalty is the death penalty."
Lane said: “Can’t the death penalty be banned?”
Faras sighed and said: "There are too many nobles participating. If they all have to be sentenced to death, I'm afraid the population of the imperial capital will be reduced by half."
Ryan was silent. He suddenly understood what he had just been thinking. It turned out that the fight that he and his party fought desperately in the arena below was just to please a group of nobles who were above them.
Thinking of this, Ryan suddenly felt a little bored. He quickly pushed this feeling to the back of his mind. He said to himself in his heart: "Uncle Luke is right. I came to participate in the Royal Athletic Competition to learn from this process. To gain something, not simply to obtain a certain honor, nor to be used as an entertainment tool for some nobles!"
Faras secretly held Ryan's hand and gave him an encouraging smile.
Ryan immediately cheered up with the encouragement from his close lover, and he gave Farasi a grateful smile. I was able to make a group of friends and meet my significant other during my coming-of-age ceremony trial. What regrets do I have? As for winning, it is just an embellishment to make yourself feel better!
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"Beep~" the horn sounded for the contestants to appear, and the two participating parties slowly entered the circular arena.
A woman's voice came from outside the field: "This match will pit the Gris Jade Fire team against the Plantagenet team."
Ryan and Faras cuddled together, watching the two teams in the scene together. Faras explained in a low voice: "The plantagenet was the symbol of a country 200 years ago. However, after the country was destroyed by the undead army, his descendants joined Fernando's army, and later owned a large piece of land and became lords. . However, over the years, they have long split into many small lords, and only the direct descendants of the original Plantagenet dynasty still use this symbol."
Ryan nodded and said: "The Plantagenet team consists of two warriors, and the other priests, wizards, and thieves each have one person. His opponent, the Jade Fire Team..."
Faras added: "It's Gris Jade Fire. Gris is a city in the imperial capital, near the Plantagenet family fief. It is said that there are some conflicts between them. It seems that this game is just over."
Ryan praised Faras and said, "You know so much."
Faras smiled and said nothing. She said in her heart: "In addition to studying magic, I did not learn the noble etiquette in vain. Just the book "Family Heraldry" took me a whole year."
Ryan pointed at the Gris Jade Fire Team on the field and said: "Fani, look at the Jade Fire Team. There is one warrior, one priest, one mage each, and two thieves. I'm afraid it's a bit tricky."
Faras followed Ryan's gaze and said involuntarily: "The outcome is basically clear. It will be difficult for Grisby Fire to win."
Ryan turned to look at Faras and whispered: "Fanny, are you so sure?"
Faras gave Ryan a confident smile, and she explained: "Leave aside the fact that the equipment of the members of the Plantagenet team is obviously better than that of their opponents. Just having two thieves on Gris Jade Fire's side will result in half the defeat."