In the afternoon, the headquarters of the Nolankeria Chamber of Commerce.
Friet von Kleia is looking at the firm's most recent sales report.
Since he has cooperated in business with a Chaos Demon named Qiao Xiu, under the power of "advertising", his business capital has more than doubled than before!
This is enough for him to become Nolan's most influential business guild.
Those missionaries in the Holy Land really didn't deceive him, and cooperating with demons can indeed get benefits that are hard to refuse.
"Master Fleet, there is a merchant from the country of steel who wants to see you. He says he is the manager of the silver-patterned flower firm."
A squire entered the study and handed Fritt a badge.
"Silver streak? How did that old guy come to Nolan?"
Friet took the silver badge in his hand and figured it out.
Although he is a native of the country of steel, his business foundation in the country of steel is not strong, and he reluctantly established a branch of a business in the capital of the country of steel by relying on the patent of the magic car.
After all, when Frit came to Nolan, he was just an ordinary businessman who had just started from scratch, and he founded this business after he came to Nolan.
Silver streak is different, this firm has been rooted in Orsenburg in the country of steel for many years.
More than ten years ago, when Fritt was still in a downturn, he had a few encounters with the manager of this firm.
"Where is he?"
Fritt is in a good mood now, and he is ready to show off his achievements to those who were high above him.
The attendant led Friet to a room specially provided for guests.
"York! You old fellow have lost a lot of weight after so long."
After recognizing the custodian of the crappie sitting in the room, Fritt greeted him warmly.
"People will always change over time. Let me introduce Mr. Atek, the eldest son of Count Cruz's family."
Silver Wenhua's manager pointed to a young man sitting beside him.
"I didn't expect the future heir of Orsenburg to visit my small chamber of commerce." Fritt greeted the other party with a commercial smile.
But the earl's son didn't seem to be in a good mood. He looked at Frick from top to bottom and said his intention directly.
"Mr. Frick, I'm here to get information about my fiancee." The earl's son said impatiently, "I heard that your chamber of commerce covers the entire Nolan, and I hope you can help me find her whereabouts. The name is Dorothy, and it is characterized by long burgundy hair and eyes..."
This is the so-called noble style. Frit sighed slightly. The young man in front of him didn't seem to know that he was also an aristocrat from the country of steel.
But the information provided by the earl's son made Frit quickly think of a person!
Just a few hours ago, almost all the posts on the caster forum were the "girl from the country of steel", and Frit also paid attention to it. The name was Dorothy.
"I think I know where the person you're looking for is," Fritt said.
"You know?!" He suddenly stood up from his seat, as if the earl's son had been searching the city for a long time before he came to find Frit.
Seeing their astonished expressions, Fritt understood that these "nobles" who had just come from the country of steel had never come into contact with the magic net.
He was once likened to a "countryman" by the manager of the Silvergrass Chamber of Commerce, but in Fleet's eyes now, these guys are no different from countrymen who don't know anything.
"Well, I remember that Miss Dorothy came to Nolan and participated in a competition." Fritt didn't want to bother with these country people.
"Competition? Lord Atek, I said that Dorothy's child must have come to Nolan to take the exam at the High School of Magic."
The administrator of the Silver Vessel Chamber of Commerce, who is also Dorothy's father, seems to have glorified his daughter's escape from marriage as "in order to achieve higher academic achievement."
Going to Nolan to study is a glorious thing for a spellcaster, and it is a matter of pride for any parent to be able to enter any higher magic academy in Nolan for his children.
"No, Miss Dorothy's contest is not an entrance exam for the High School of Magic."
It's a pity that Fritt quickly shattered the father's fantasy.
His daughter was not as studious as he thought.
"This… "
Just when the other party was silent, Fritt thought for a moment and remembered the name of the game.
"It looks like the tournament your daughter is in is called the Hearthstone Nolan Open."
"Hearthstone? What is that?"
From the look of their doubts, Fritt knew that it was impossible for these "countrymen" who had just arrived in Nolan for a few days to have heard of Hearthstone.
"A card game." When Freet said the word "game", Dorothy's father and the earl's son instantly changed their expressions.
The father's expression became a little flustered and disbelieving, while the count's son's expression became a little gloomy.
"A very popular card game among dwarves, the place to play is basically in the tavern. I heard that it also brings a large part of gambling elements in it."
Fritt was maliciously misleading their impression of Hearthstone at this time.
This misdirection was obviously successful, and Dorothy's father was completely stunned, just looking like he was saying, "How could my daughter do such a thing!"
The earl's son even angrily clenched his fist and slapped it on the wooden table beside him.
Taverns, dwarves, card games, gambling.
If these four elements are combined, people who don't know Hearthstone will definitely think of something bad.
There is no shortage of these underground casinos in the country of steel, but such casinos have always been equated with vulgarity and vileness, and most of the women who appear in them are workers who serve men.
In any case that is not the place a qualified lady should go.
"The venue for the competition should be at the Rusk High School of Magic. The competition is not over yet, and it may not be too late for the past."
Everything Fritt says is true, they just make false associations.
"Mr. Fritt, what you said is... Really? Why is a game match at the High School of Magic?"
The manager of the silver-patterned flower firm felt something strange in his words, so he didn't seem to believe it.
"This is the only information I can provide you. Since you can't find it anywhere else, you can go to that academy. It's only three streets away," Fritt said.
The earl's son did not give any further answer, and immediately stood up and walked quickly towards the outside.
Friet watched the son of the earl leave his business, and took out a tobacco from the seaside country from his jacket pocket and lit it.
After breathing in the smoke for a while, he came to a room with a TV in the business firm. It was already full of resting firm attendants, as well as some guests outside the firm.
They all came for that game, or someone else.
"Miss Dorothy wins again! All that's left is the final!"
There was an excited atmosphere in the entire lounge, and Frit exhaled a puff of white smoke from his mouth, looking at the red-haired girl on the TV screen.
"I'm a little envious of you, this old guy, having such a lucky daughter." Fritt sighed.
…
Nolan Magic Arena.
Final battle.
Dorothy couldn't believe she had really come this far.
But reality tells her that as long as she wins this whole game, then she will be the champion of this Nolan Open! It can be said that he is the strongest Hearthstone player in the entire Nolan.
But in this decisive battle, Dorothy's opponent is also very strong.
Her gaze turned to the other side's stone tower, standing on the stone tower was a dwarf with gray hair and beard.
Frost Axe... The great elder of the dwarf Frost Axe clan is also the current number one existence in Hearthstone Tavern.
Just the cards he used, all of the highest-level "golden", were enough to bring pressure to Dorothy.
Not only is the card collection owned by Nolan the first among all Hearthstone players, but even the technology is terrifyingly strong.
The first game was Dorothy's defeat, or a fiasco!
The "fire demon method" used by Dorothy was almost defeated by the opponent's roaring Germany without any resistance.
"It's okay... there's still a chance."
Dorothy calmed down and chose the second set of hunters named "T7".
She doesn't know where the name came from, but the core of this deck is to attack the opponent's hero as the goal, kill the opponent's hero with the fewest rounds possible, and the situation will become more unfavorable in the later stage.
It was a risky move, but Dorothy's plan was clearly successful.
In the second round, Frost Axe chose a set of slow Paladins.
When Dorothy controlled her hunter hero Rexxar, and commanded a horde of beasts to pounce on the paladin, the sign of victory appeared on the field again.
"Good fight!"
The hallucination of the paladin knelt on the ground with bruises all over his body. Before the hallucination shattered into pieces, he used the last of his strength to say these words of praise.
"thanks."
Hunter Rexxar also paid tribute to his opponent.
Dorothy has to admit that her palms are all sweaty now, her arms are even slightly trembling, and her brain is a little dizzy. The two games just now have never been so tense!
Part of the reason for the tension in the final is that the opponent's strength is too strong.
"Are you all right, little girl!"
Frost Axe, who was standing on the other side, noticed Dorothy's abnormality and shouted loudly to Dorothy in his own voice.
Dorothy forced a smile at the dwarf, then gave a thumbs up that there was nothing wrong.
"You defeated the black rock guy! Don't fall down at this time!" Frost Axe shouted again, "I don't want this game to end so soon!"
Dorothy could feel the dwarf's enthusiasm. She thought that after defeating a dwarf elder in the previous round, she would be held grudges by this group of stereotyped dwarves.
But now it seems that these dwarves not only don't hold her grudges, it seems that she has been recognized by the dwarves
She expelled the strange thoughts in her mind and began to focus on the game in front of her.
It was a stalemate, and Dorothy pulled one back and was beaten again by Frost Axe.
After four consecutive games, it ended in a draw.
The final victory is fixed in the last round!
According to the rules, there is only the last set of decks used by both parties, which is also the strongest final deck for Dorothy and Frost Axe!
"Come on together."
Dorothy touched her card case with her hand, murmured softly, and chose the last deck.
A heavily armored orc appeared on the battlefield. He raised his hand and shouted as if to show Dorothy.
"No victory! Or die!"
On the side of the frost axe, a dwarf also wearing heavy armor, this dwarf with a weapon is ready to go to the battlefield!
"For Khaz Modan!" the dwarf shouted a name Dorothy had never heard of.
Dorothy had heard of the dwarf on the caster forums, and this is a limited hero that only a few players have in Hearthstone.
His profession is also a warrior. It is said that in the background of the game, this dwarf is a great king, and also has the title of the king of blacksmiths.
"In the last round, both players chose the warrior profession. Let us use this game to witness the birth of the final winner!"
With the voice of the host, this duel between warriors and warriors began.
Dorothy glanced at her hand. The deck she was using was the strongest deck in Hearthstone, "Slave Battle".
The characteristic is that even if there are no followers on the field, as long as the conditions in the hand are met, even if the opponent's hero is full of blood, he can be killed directly!
Dorothy believed that the other side chose the same "slave war".
This will be a tragic death battle. In the face of this severe war, Dorothy chooses to "turn to armor first"!
This stalemate continued until twelve rounds later.
Dorothy glanced at her hand. There were no minions on the field. Her hero Garrosh was holding an axe called "Frost Bite".
And the damage she can play with these hands is as high as forty-seven points.
But the opponent's hero has 50 health points, including armor.
Dorothy couldn't wait any longer. She looked at another Dark Iron dwarf on the enemy field, the dwarf named "Emperor Thaurissan", who was also the summoner of the Fire Lord.
In the game, the ability of the emperor is to reduce the consumption of all cards in the hand by a little.
Frost Axe summoned Emperor Thaurissan last turn, so he's probably ready... ready to kill Dorothy with full health.
In the end, Dorothy made the decision to "take a gamble"!
That is to first release all the damage in your hand.
After making this decision, Dorothy threw all her cards into the battlefield, and one after another powerful followers appeared in front of Garrosh.
"Go ahead!"
"We're going to fight! Count me in!"
"My blade is thirsty!"
"Lor Tak Ogar!"
The next second, the burly orc raised the giant axe in his hand, leaped into the sky with the sound of tearing the air, and slashed towards the hero of Frost Axe!
The axe slammed into the king of dwarves, and the axe instantly broke into pieces, and thousands of sharp shards erupted on the entire battlefield!
The shards stabbed all the creatures in the ring.
Blood began to splatter on the arena. When one of Dorothy's subordinates named "Slave Master of Horror" was stabbed by the debris, another "Slave Master of Horror" with the same follower appeared in the ring. on the battlefield.
The two trolls named "Riot Berserker" standing beside them had scarlet blood flowing all over their bodies, and these blood did not make it weak, but made it enter a more violent state.
The two trolls let out terrifying growls.
With more and more terrifying slave owners on the battlefield, the blood on the ground has flowed into rivers.
Dorothy can clearly smell the blood in the air... It's not an illusion!
When everything was ready, Dorothy gave the order to attack her entourage.
The terrifying slave owners stepped forward and beat the king of dwarves once. The two violent berserkers let out a furious roar, raised their sharp blades high and rushed towards the king of dwarves, directly smashing the dwarf king's body. Armor shattered.
The huge force made the king of dwarves fly out of the ring and hit the stone tower where Frost Axe stood, causing a lot of dust.
There are also a lot of cracks on the stone tower.
Did you win
Faced with such a violent attack, Dorothy might have really thought she had won if she didn't look at the game screen.
But the end result was as Dorothy had expected.
The king of the dwarves fell into the ruins, with shocking wounds all over his body, and blood flowing from his body.
However, he forcibly propped up his scarred body and stood up. At the moment when it was Frost Axe's turn, Frost Axe also summoned his "army"!
"… "
Dorothy stared blankly as her hero Garrosh was knocked to the ground by the army of Frost Axe's followers, and the hero's life was instantly wiped out by the enemy's violent berserker attack.
The bruised orc who fell to the ground held an axe and tried to stand up forcibly.
Is there any hope...? Dorothy looked at the orc in the ring and couldn't help but shouted to keep him from going down.
But the reality is cruel. Garrosh did stand up against his bruised body, but the moment he straightened his waist, the character also turned into pieces and dissipated on the ring.
Dorothy looked at the scattered debris in the sky and the words "failed" on her screen. Her body seemed to have lost some support, and she fell to the ground weakly.
There were deafening cheers all around, and petals fell from the sky again, and they were celebrating the birth of the winner.
But the cheers didn't belong to Dorothy.