Outside the Kuwaitan Palace area, on a square at a junction of roads.
Several tall circular arenas stood quietly, forming a triangular formation.
The three arenas were all white, surrounded by dark crowds. From time to time, there were shouts, some people raised their hands to cheer, some looked worried and whispered. But more people are staring at the ring.
"Ice Spike Sword!"
A cold female voice came faintly from the arena. With a clang, a silver-white sword turned into a bunch of white thorns, charged straight forward, and shot viciously at a black-haired man on the opposite side of the ring.
The man's face changed slightly, and he smashed his right hand to the ground.
A puff of black smoke rose up, hiding him in it.
The situation could not be seen clearly in the black smoke. After the white thorn sword light shot into it, it disappeared without a sound.
A moment later, a woman in white stepped back quickly, covering her left shoulder with her hand, her face pale.
As soon as she withdrew, she couldn't hold on any longer, and as soon as she fell to sit in the group arena, the white rapier in her hand snapped into two pieces.
"Blackbird wins!"
A red-clothed nobleman with a white wig sat on the edge of the ring and pronounced the sentence loudly.
"Next person!"
A servant beside the noble shouted loudly.
"I really don't know what your lord is thinking. If you want to recruit external forces, what's the use of such a mortal fighter?" Several noble men and women sitting on the high stands beside the ring whispered to each other.
These men are chic and elegant, dressed in red, while the women are charming and charming, wearing white lace dresses. They are not very old, and there is a faint arrogance between their brows.
"Don't guess the intention of the adults. We only need to execute the order. If this supervisory job is replaced by others, it will probably break the head." A beautiful woman wearing a white round cap said lightly.
She is holding a small white parasol that is more decorated than used, her crystal round ears are wearing pearl earrings, her slender round legs are closed together, slightly inclined, and the white lace tunic skirt on her body wraps her The slender waist is undoubtedly prominent.
"Ma'am, do you think your lord was instructed by His Majesty the Palace Mistress before...?" a male nobleman asked in a low voice.
"Who knows? Well, don't make random guesses. My words are for your own good." The woman replied lightly. "This time, the Black Fire Palace has recruited a large number of disciples, and the treatment is very high. If we put some waste into the palace, if something happens to the palace, it will be our trouble."
"That's what you said, but aren't the people in these arenas all privately raised family soldiers of various nobles? When they see an opportunity, they all rush over to make connections." A girl next to her pouted and said displeased.
"It's also a mortal fighter, why can't ordinary people use our nobles'? Doesn't it all depend on the ability to go on stage?" The male nobleman folded his arms and looked at the ring. Come down a commoner."
Several people looked together.
Sure enough, in one of the group arenas, another plainly dressed man was lifted down, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, unconscious, obviously seriously injured.
Standing on the stage was a man in a green tights. He was holding a thin sword with blood dripping from the tip, and he looked down proudly.
"Okay, the winner wins fifteen games in a row and enters the split!" The referee announced loudly.
The man in green nodded lightly, and finally a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes, and walked to the back of the ring.
There were rows of white chairs on which some victors had already sat. These guys are all winners after winning 15 games in a row.
Most of them are dressed in aristocratic clothes, gorgeous and exquisite, yet heroic.
There were only a small number of civilians in civilian attire, all of them were silent and did not say a word. Unlike the nobles, they valued this audition much more.
Scenes like this are everywhere in the entire imperial capital.
The Black Fire Palace announced to the world yesterday that there will be a sea selection for the palace disciples. Using the recently popular radio as a channel, plus distributing notice leaflets everywhere.
Anyone who can be successfully selected into the top three in the overall ranking will be personally accepted as a disciple by the master of the Black Fire Palace, and promised to use the real secret method to break through the mortal level, so that he can become a real strong man who can stand alongside the totem master.
Even if they don't get the top three or one hundred, they are still eligible to join the Black Fire Palace and have a chance to become the new Black Fire Heavy Guard.
Before the start of the ring, Palace Master Garon appeared in person to speak.
"Whether high or low, old or young, male or female, whoever can meet the requirements, I will give you the power of hope."
As a result, twenty arenas were launched in the entire imperial capital at the same time, constantly selecting the top fighters among ordinary people.
In the past, this kind of selection was actually done in other departments, but they were always selected totem masters, and the general guards did not have much requirements at all, they were directly selected from the children of low-level nobles and knights.
There are basically no civilians, and this kind of access to the sky is actually monopolized by the nobles.
The only hope for common people is to become a member of the noble class through great achievements, great contributions, illustrious military exploits, etc.
And now, the Black Fire Palace is the first to break this taboo blockade.
It also provoked the dissatisfaction of many nobles.
Fortunately, the Black Fire Palace only recruits a hundred people. Moreover, it is said that the palace lord personally taught a fighting technique called secret martial arts.
No one knows what secret martial arts is, and what kind of fighting skills are worthy of being taught by the master of the Black Fire Palace? What kind of fighting skills, if there are no gadgets matched by the workshop masters, it is estimated that even a type 1 totem master can easily crush fighters without any pressure.
But after the second update of the notice, the entire imperial capital suddenly boiled.
Countless people flocked to the arena, and more and more people were waiting to take the stage, some were natives of the imperial capital, some were legionnaires, and some were children of nobles. There are also mercenaries, foreigners outside the imperial capital, and so on.
There are very old men, there are young boys and girls who are still immature, and there are more fighters who have no hope at all.
All of this comes from Gallon's second official declaration.
'The Black Fire Palace recruits disciples, regardless of the totem master's qualifications, and the totem master is not allowed to participate. '
Some people even got confirmation from the internal guards of the Silver Palace that the Lord of the Black Fire Palace did indeed master a key technology that would allow ordinary people to break through the barrier of totem power.
Some people have already confirmed this point from the Terry Jones family. At first, everyone thought that the cost of this kind of technology must not be huge, but they did not expect that the Lord of the Black Fire Palace would be willing to directly open it up and let everyone join the audition.
Time passed day by day.
The news in the Black Fire Palace gradually became more and more confirmed.
The Lord of the Black Fire Palace has created a secret martial art called Black Water True Kung Fu. When it is practiced to a certain level, it can make people break through the limit and truly activate the power of the totem!
For a while, Black Water's real power became the hottest topic in the entire imperial capital.
The top totem masters went to the Black Fire Palace to meet Garen one after another, and even the other giants set off to visit the Black Fire Palace and had a long talk with Garen before leaving.
The bottom totem masters were a little panicked, but after asking their elders, they learned that this fighting skill has a lot of restrictions. If you want to practice to a breakthrough level, you don't need to choose a totem master qualification.
The rarity is even higher than that of totem masters. In this way, the fear of being replaced by low-level totem masters is slightly relieved.
They are the biggest foundation of the totem world. The material processing of the workshop master and the injection of various totem powers in the spell formation are things that ordinary people can't do, and elite totem masters don't like it. They are all in charge of the Type 1 totem master with the largest base.
Even if so many people ran away in the entire imperial capital, there were still thousands of Type I totem masters.
Not to mention the influx of the three major legions, and the gradual return of some of the nobles who left.
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A week later, early in the morning.
Inside the Black Fire Palace
In the black main hall with dark red patterns, on two rows of black stone seats on both sides, sat a man, woman and child with extraordinary temperament. Most of these people seem to be in high positions, and they have a condescending taste of overlooking everything.
Surrounded by boys and girls in black, they shuttled among the crowd, constantly offering melons, fruits, drinks and drinks.
The palace lord's throne at the top in the middle of the hall was still empty, and on both sides of the throne, not far away, were six slightly shorter black stone seats with high backs. The high degree of consistency shows that the people who are about to take these seats should have similar status.
The six seats are divided into two sides, with three on each side.
Below that, are the people in the Black Stone Chair who have already taken their seats. These people are all celebrities in the imperial capital and representatives of some powerful forces, including representatives of the War Guild, representatives of the Assassins Guild, spokespersons for the upper-level nobles, spokespersons for large chambers of commerce, and so on.
Regarding the vacancy of the upper six seats, no one thinks it is unreasonable. Since the Lord of the Black Fire Palace has placed these positions, which are only a little lower than him, it is obvious that the people who sit in these positions definitely have the same status as matching this position. strength.
Finally, I don't know how long it took, the white light of the morning came obliquely from the skylights on both sides of the main hall, converging on the aisle in the center of the hall.
The entrance and exit on the right side of the palace finally came out of the figure.
Three men and women of different shapes, dressed in white costumes, walked into the hall, and under the guidance of the waiters, they took the three positions on the right side of the main seat.
The aristocrats and spokespersons below suddenly became a little uproar. They whispered and communicated with each other, but found that no one knew the three men and women in white.
These three people are not young, the oldest is gray-haired, estimated to be in his seventies or eighties, and the youngest is in his fifties. They all have one thing in common, that is, they all have more or less white plush on their bodies. Fox fur for decoration. And on their left cheeks, there is a crescent moon imprint as black as ink. The only woman still wore bells of various sizes all over her body, and the ringing of bells kept ringing as she walked. Gives a light exotic atmosphere.
"The Palace Master is here!"
With a soft whoosh sound, a black figure suddenly appeared on the highest throne. He was dressed in a black robe and his eyes were like lightning.
Garen was slender and well-proportioned, but when he sat on the high seat, he felt like he was majestic and entrenched, like a dragon or a tiger.
The moment he appeared on the seat in an instant, the whole hall shook slightly, as if making a small sound of being overwhelmed.
When a strong person managed to break free, he found that the palace was intact. The shock just now was actually just an illusion in his heart!
Immediately, the shock in everyone's hearts was beyond words, and the awe of the Lord of the Black Fire Palace deepened several layers. It was only then that they remembered that one of the four giants of the empire was still young and might be making progress every moment.
"Palace Master Silver has arrived!"
Without a sound, the handsome figure of Ephesis appeared on the first seat on Garen's right hand. Holding a white long sword, he looked at the three people opposite him with slightly wrinkled eyes.
It was only then that everyone noticed that the three mysterious people sitting on Gallon's left did not move at all under the strong vibration just now, but the expressions on their faces became more serious. If it turns out that they are still a little careless, and even look a little dissatisfied with their seats. Now it is really completely calm.
There was a faint white halo around the three of them, and at some point behind each of them, young men and women unexpectedly appeared.
The three boys and girls were also dressed in white clothes like snow, and they were tightly fitted, with a small piece of crescent-shaped white fur sewn on their shoulders. They looked respectful, obviously they were the descendants of the three seated people.
At this time, three people also came out from behind Ephesus, it was the three disciples of Rose, standing behind him holding a rapier, with the same respectful expression.
Garen scanned the audience with a glance and sat upright. His eyes finally fell on the three people on the left.
"This general election is an important event to lay the foundation of my Black Fire Palace. Thank you to the three pagoda masters of Daxueshan Seven Nights Pagoda who traveled thousands of miles and came here in person. This palace master is very honored."
"Palace Master, you are very polite. I have been close to Kuwaitan for a long time at Daxueshan Seven Nights Pagoda, and I have also heard the name of the Palace Master. It is an honor for me to be invited to watch the ceremony this time."
The white-haired old man who took the lead quickly bowed his head and responded politely.
(end of this chapter)