On December 2, 205 of the Bright Calendar, the new Royal Athletic Competition began. While the previous competition rules were restored, this competitive competition also had an unprecedented number of more than 7,000 participants. In order to ensure that the finals will be held in Held on January 1st next year, these contestants will be divided into several groups and compete in knockout rounds at different venues. The final winner of each group will come back together to draw lots and finally determine the final champion.
During the lottery ceremony, Her Majesty Queen Catherine's words made almost all the men participating in the competition become excited. The fame of Rose of the Imperial City of Faras slowly spread throughout the continent as she became the Grand Consul. Being able to compete with such an outstanding person Staying with a woman for life is definitely something that countless men dream of.
With Vivian's persuasion, Ryan is determined to take the game seriously. Then he will win the final championship and propose to Faras as the overlord of Cassano. As long as he secretly contacts Faras and Victor, then Catherine, the The inexplicable behavior turned into a tailor-made plan for Ryan and the others.
Ryan, who had regained his fighting spirit, quickly issued a new order. He gave all his personnel who signed up for the competition a holiday and asked them to prepare for the war on their own, while those who did not participate went to various competition venues to collect information. After arranging these things, Ryan has to start facing his own schedule.
The first game was against a mercenary from Seawind City. Although the information collected by his men was not complete, Ryan still watched it from beginning to end, but he was too lazy to remember the opponent's name. Maybe it was because of the opponent's name in the knockout round. Due to the uneven strength of the players, the previous games before Ryan's didn't last more than 5 minutes. It didn't take long for the two sides to come into contact with each other, so Ryan's first game was originally expected to be the next morning. , but ended up being scheduled to the afternoon of the first day due to the accelerated schedule.
When the gong sounded, the mercenary from Seawind City roared, raised the hammer in his hand and charged towards Ryan. Ryan stood there, yawned lazily, and then in that Seawind City When the hammer in the mercenary's hand was still half a meter away from him, he hit a lightning ball on the opponent's chest.
The mercenary from Haicheng City rushed over very fast, but he flew out even faster backwards. The people watching the battle below the stage only heard a cry of "Ah" from above, and then there was a human body hitting him. There was a dull sound on the ground below the stage, and the referee standing on the high platform outside the venue shouted loudly: "The winner, Cassano's Fabia."
While Ryan slowly walked back to his box, Faras, who covered his face with a cloak, came out of a secluded passage on the other side of the venue and turned to Victor, who was also dressed up, and said: "This is the Casa Fabia, the overlord of Nuo."
Victor nodded. Today they came to Fabia specially after putting on makeup. The main reason is that Faras has made up his mind to form an alliance with Cassano as quickly as possible, because even the political God needs an ally. , and the Royal Knights also need the plains of Cassano militarily,
"Look at his magic strength." Faras looked at Ryan sitting in the box in the distance and whispered: "According to the intelligence, this Fabia is only 25 or 6 years old, but his magic strength has reached an advanced level. At the level of a magician or above, it is said that he once blessed his side with the 'War Horn' in a battle involving tens of thousands of people. I remember that for our empire to reach this point, it requires the cooperation of at least 10 senior magicians, and in the next 3 We can no longer rely on the power of those 10 magicians."
Victor shook his head slowly and said: "In fact, he has not shown his true power at all. All the intelligence we collected does not include a head-on confrontation between him and another evenly matched master, even if it is against the sword of Sea Wind City. The mercenary with Rose can only let him show a little bit of his strength. Unless I go to fight with him now, otherwise... "
"Then why do you think he came to the imperial capital in person? If he wants to form an alliance with us, he can just send a messenger." Faras said in confusion: "I just can't figure this out, unless he intends to surrender to our imperial capital, but with Ka With Sano's current situation and Fabia's methods, he can definitely adopt a balancing tactic and move between several forces, so that he can gain even more benefits."
"Fani, although Cassano's geographical location is very good, the population is too small." Victor said slowly: "Now Wangyue City is working hard to expand its power southward, and Sike City is in the process of fighting with the Clay tribe and even They are desperately consuming the strength of our imperial capital with the orcs, and Seike City has to station heavy troops to suppress Seawind City and Free Paradise in the south, so there is no way to slow down for the time being. As for Free Paradise, they would rather use gold coins to monopolize Cassano's trade."
"So now it seems that Cassano can roam among several forces as much as he wants. However, the vitality of the imperial capital is still slowly recovering, and Wangyue City will eventually stabilize its rear. Even Sike City, as long as If he desperately launches a 100,000-strong army to attack, Cassano will still suffer heavy losses, so Mr. Fabia might as well find himself an ally first."
"We should be lucky that he chose the Imperial Capital first." Faras said,
"That can't be said completely. If you think about it carefully, you will understand that there are powerful orcs in the north of the imperial capital. As long as we don't drive the orcs out of the Nantalun Grassland for a day, it is impossible to send troops southward, and whether it is Sike City It is still Moon City, but it can find an opportunity to annex Cassano. Therefore, we need him and he also needs us. This is a win-win situation in itself, and it is also the contact that is in the best interest of each other. I think the only thing he has to think about now is Catherine or you, Farasi."
"It would be great if Catherine didn't fight for power..." Faras sighed slightly,
Victor interrupted Faras slightly rudely: "Catherine also hopes that you will give up the power in your hands."
"Teacher." Faras shouted coquettishly. She couldn't control her voice well when her mood fluctuated, so the shout was much louder. If anyone was nearby and listened carefully, they would definitely be able to identify the owner of this voice. The Grand Consul of the Imperial Capital, but at this time everyone was in the exciting competition on the playing field and did not notice the entrance to the passage, so Faras did not reveal her identity.
"The road to power has no retreat. Let alone you and Catherine, in a few years you will completely control the situation in the imperial capital, and after Luke wakes up, you will not be able to give up the power in your hands." Victor said Slightly cruel: "This is not a question of whether you want it or not, but a question of the interests of your side being affected. If you give up power, you are still Luke's daughter, and your cronies, their The position will soon be replaced by Luke's cronies, how can their interests be guaranteed?"
"I… "
"Fanny, what I said sounds a bit cruel, but you must remember that since you have embarked on this path, there is no way out. You can only go on, just like the elimination competition going on here, even if You have an absolute advantage in the game, but as long as you make a slight mistake and lose the game, you will lose the qualification, and there will be no chance of a comeback. It doesn't matter if you lose the game, but what you lose on the road to power is your life. .”
Victor's words left Faras silent, and Victor gently patted Faras on the shoulder and said: "Okay, don't think about these things. In fact, I should have said these words a few years later." I’m telling you, but I’ve been having some bad premonitions lately..."
"Ah, how could this happen?" Faras was startled. She was about to ask when she saw Victor gently wagging his finger, then pointing to the field below and saying: "Here, a bard and In a competition between warriors, who do you think will win?"
Faras looked at the field. At this time, Bud and Gotha, who was carrying a double-headed axe, had come to one end of the field respectively, waiting for the referee to briefly announce the rules of the game and some Note: Killers are almost always automatically disqualified from the competition, and those who fall unconscious or jump off the competition platform will be counted as losers.
Gotha roared angrily: "Aren't you bothered? You have to say it once a game. Aren't you tired?"
The referee was at a loss for words. He looked at Gotha and felt very uncomfortable with this fierce-looking strong man. However, he had no choice but to quickly leave the competition venue and return to the high platform where he stood. , with the sound of the competition gong, today's most unequal competition begins,
Even though Ryan defeated his opponent with just a wave of his hand, everyone knows the huge advantage that a powerful magician has when facing ordinary warriors. However, if a warrior attacks an unprepared magician closely, It is not that there is no chance of a comeback. However, as a bard, he should be like a clown in everyone's mind. It is no problem to bring joy to everyone, but if he wants to defeat a warrior with strong martial arts skills, Almost no one believes it,
Especially seeing the huge gap between Bud, who is of average build, and Gotha, who is two meters tall, and the 80 kilogram pole carried on Gotha's shoulders, which already exceeds the weight of an adult man in the double-headed battle. Ax, everyone strengthened their thoughts: "Bard, let's go rap. The battle has nothing to do with the bard."
Bud looked at the arrogant Gotha and cursed a few words angrily. He was probably cursing Gotha's parents. Bud knew that this game was related to his future. Last night, Ryan revealed his Strength made Bard firm in his choice. For the book that he had not started writing yet, Bard was determined to use all his strength to deal with his opponent. As for whether he could win, Bard didn't know, and he didn't have time to think about it. His eyes were fixed on Gotha, who was standing opposite him, about 20 meters away from him.