In the blink of an eye, the time spent in Bavaria has exceeded half a month. After the four rounds of competition, it is seen that the day to return to Ayinbrok is approaching.
This city on the edge of the empire has beautiful scenery. Humans and lizards live together in the city. It has a completely different cultural style from other parts of the empire. Bavalan is adjacent to the agave forest, less than a hundred miles away from the city, and passes through the forest.
To the south, you can get a glimpse of the legendary Great Rift Valley, where the Empire's famous Pistoia Monumental Falls is located.
This Cloud Sea Falls, which spans nearly three kilometers, was discovered by the great imperial adventurer Pistoia Reynald and was named after it. It is also a famous landmark on the Far Southern Route, and tourists come here every year.
There is an endless stream of people, and another name is given to it, 'The Brocade of Mamir, the God of Love and Beauty'.
Because the sea of surging clouds flows into the Great Rift Valley from here, the waterfall reflects colorful brilliance in the sun.
This area is rich in a kind of amethyst, and there is a huge amethyst mine located deep underground. The amethyst mined locally has a weak wind and thunder element, which is an indispensable type of lower-grade alchemy rough stone, and is the same as Bavaran's fluorescent ink.
Sold together to various places.
However, people prefer to give this kind of bright and beautiful purple crystal another meaning.
"How much does this crystal cost?"
Fang Plover stood in front of an old lizard man.
On the stall opposite, there were several types of amethysts, large and small, some of which were of outstanding quality. Fang Plover picked up one from it and looked at the sun. The shape of the crystal was like an olive. It had been cut by skilled craftsmen and had different shapes.
A charming light shines through its facets.
The contestants stayed in Bavalan for half a month, but they almost didn't leave home. Except for a few who couldn't stay idle, such as Xiaoyao, Mulan and others, they just walked around the city. But the others
People are either staying in hotels or on their way to the stadium.
It was warm and humid in the south. After staying for more than half a month, everyone felt a little moldy on their bodies, and their competition status continued to decline. After the four rounds of competition, we saw that the last competition in Bavalan was approaching.
With the permission of the soul fingerprint, Ms. Ming gave everyone a break with a wave of her hand.
So the Grande delegation ushered in their first collective activity in the Empire - a trip to the Pistoia Monument Falls.
Speaking of cards, in order to prevent the contestants from having any accidents, both Ming and Virus traveled with them. When a delegation participating in a craftsman competition was traveling, there were actually two pseudo-dragon knights escorting them on one side. It was a spectacle in the first world.
.
The lizard man in front of Fang Plover was wearing a robe, with black patterns growing on his wrinkled skin. He was a typical night lizard man. He silently raised three fingers to Fang Plover, "Three thousand lisels?"
Plover was startled, thinking it was very expensive, but he still subconsciously paid for it.
However, Shui Wuming came over and knocked off his hand, "Are you stupid?" The Elite general said with a look of hatred for steel, "It means how much it says? It says thirty thousand lisels, are you?"
Do you have to pay too?”
That wouldn't happen?
Fang Yu wanted to say that the elemental purity of this crystal is very high, and there are so few horizontal cracks in the naturally formed crystal, which is a very rare thing in nature. It is also the one with the best quality among this pile of crystals.
Class, it should be worth the price.
He was not a fool, so he would pay the bill only after seeing the value of this crystal. But Fang Yu remembered the last time he was scolded by Tianlan, opened his mouth and chose to shut up - remember that was also Tianlan's only one.
A failed bargaining experience.
The merchant used his reasons to stop Tianlan's mouth and explained the truth clearly. The final result was that the little girl was so angry that she didn't say a word to him for a full week after returning to the Seven Seas Traveler.
Fang Yu felt regretful when he thought about it. He should have collected the copyright fee from that merchant.
At that time, Luo Yu was also unlucky.
Because Luo Yu also helped.
Shui Wuming didn't go up to help him negotiate the price, but Luo Wei took the initiative. In Fang Yu's opinion, Senior Luo Wei's bargaining style was in the opposite direction from Tian Lan. Tian Lan had a sharp tongue and liked to bury some traps in his words.
Often the merchants are rendered speechless.
But she will show a tendency to buy, and prevent the merchant from being disgusted and treating her as a troublemaker. This method is often unfavorable, and in the end both parties compromise and reach an agreement. Tianlan also said that this is her tried and tested strategy.
But when Senior Sister Luo Wei reasoned, her voice was soft and orderly. She was not anxious or sophistical, which only made people unable to resist. What surprised Fang Pliong was that Luo Wei also understood the snake language, and her words were very expressive.
After learning about the culture of the lizard people, I soon started chatting with the old lizard man.
In the end, the other party was sincerely convinced, and as if they were in a good mood, he gave Fang Pulun and his party a half. However, in addition to Fang Pulun who spent 1,500 Lisels to buy the crystal, Luo Wei also bought it herself
A few pieces.
"Senior Luo Wei didn't need to buy those crystals," Shui Wuming frowned, "It seems like it gave us a discount, but we don't necessarily make a profit. To put it bluntly, these crystals are everywhere around here. For
It's worthless to a lizard."
Luo Wei smiled and said, "It gives us a discount because it is friendly to us, and kindness deserves a response. Besides, these crystals are not of much value to the lizard people, but they are of great value to us. We are completing
When making a transaction, you are actually just choosing your own definition of its value, and it doesn’t matter whether you made a profit or a loss.”
Fang Plover nodded repeatedly as he listened.
He was more willing to accept Luo Wei's statement than Tian Lan.
"I can't say anything about you, you are the only one who has the most sense." Shui Wuming shook his head, a little helpless. But she looked at Fang Plover and asked curiously: "But why do you have to come here to buy this thing?
This kind of stuff is everywhere in Bavaria, and it’s much cheaper than here.”
"I think the one you have is of good quality, but it's not worth fifteen hundred lisels. It's so expensive, it's enough to cost me half a month of cosmetics." She looked at the endless stream of people in the distance.
A tourist said, "You are different from those people. You are not superstitious about the other effects of this crystal, right?"
Fang Plover blushed a little.
He covered the crystal with his hand and carefully put it into his purse.
"Oh?" Shui Wuming glanced at him meaningfully and let out a long sigh, "Don't you want to give it as a gift? The crystal of the God of Love and Beauty, you actually believe in this, who is it?
?Senior Luo Wei, no, no, no, you and Senior Luo Wei have only known each other for two days."
Luo Wei glared at her angrily.
But Shui Wuming didn't care, "It's still that little girl from Ragnarok? It's still Bai Xue, can't it be Bai Xue? What about you and Sophie?"
Fang Plover was speechless.
The two had not had much contact with each other during the Southern Border Competition. At that time, he did not expect that the Elite leader would have such a temperament, and her teacher would be in the south and the other in the north. However, Fang Plover also deeply admired the other party's ability to associate.
None of my guesses are reliable.
In fact, he just wanted to use this crystal to make something.
But Shui Wuming thought about it carefully and suddenly realized, "You must have fallen in love with my teacher, right?"
"Pfft -" Luo Wei, who was drinking water next to her, spit out a mouthful of water and choked and blushed. She raised her head, coughed and said: "Wu Ming, you are getting more and more outrageous."
"A reasonable guess," Shui Wuming said seriously, "the teacher is only four years older than me. There are many people in the community who like the teacher. Doesn't this mean that Ed has good taste?"
She turned around and said to Fang Plover, "Really, Junior Ed?"
But Fang Plover looked in one direction.
He was suppressing his blush and did not dare to say a word.
Shui Wuming was startled, and suddenly felt something bad. When she turned around, she happened to see Ming looking at her with a smile, and Virus happened to be standing next to the latter with a straight face.
…
There is no need to mention what happened after that. Anyway, no one in the delegation saw the Elite general again for several days, not even Ms. Virus. According to Minghe's soul fingerprint, it was said that the latter was undergoing special training.
The reason was poor performance in the previous round.
This reason makes sense.
In fact, they encountered a lot of trouble in the fourth round. In the first half of the fourth round, they met the last-ranked team in Tree Hill. It was originally expected to be an easy game, and the soul fingerprint was also
Fang Yu was not allowed to play in the starting lineup.
The opponent rarely chose a fairy class, and they responded with a city barrier.
But Soul Fingerprint did not let Luo Wei play, and Shui Wuming replaced Luo Wei. In the end, Shui Wuming and Weiyu won each other, but Gu Lande suffered a big loss in that one.
On the one hand, the competition has a rule that you cannot have two consecutive byes.
And taking into account the impact of players' personal points, generally speaking, the coach will let the players in the delegation take turns to play, not to hide the ultimate move or to deliberately hide the players.
But in order to hide Golande's talent in potions until the end, in this round, the soul fingerprint still identified the plug-in category for this young man from Yasha, and asked him to replace Wu Cun.
His opponent was not a player who was good at this category in previous games, so the analysis team didn't have much to worry about.
Unexpectedly, the people from Giant Tree Hill actually hid a trick. In this game, their opponents showed extraordinary talent in plug-ins, causing Grande to lose a lot of points in this area. In just one game,
Open up as many as eight points for the opponent.
Later, MTT failed to recover the point difference when they came on the court, and Grande always lost to its opponent by four points. It was considered a slight upset in this round of competition.
This game has attracted a lot of criticism for Soul Fingerprint in the community, and the main criticisms focus on a few points. The first is why Luo Wei, who is an elf craftsman, is not allowed to play, but Shui Wuming is allowed to take over?
Considering the relationship between Elite and God Killer, as well as the rumors about the discord between the Construct Queen and Virus, many doubts have even turned to conspiracy theories. Is Luo Wei being hidden by the coaching staff?
Already?
Fortunately, Ragnarok and the God-Slayer were both members of the former alliance. The idea that Elite teamed up with Ragnarok to target the God-Slayer sounded unreliable, so such rumors did not spread.
The second question is who selected Guland. From all aspects, this young man from Yasha’s performance in the previous games was only average, but compared with some of the unsuccessful contestants, he was still
There are many disadvantages.
Not to mention that in this game, he lost a lot of points at the hands of the opponent.
Soul Fingerprint, as the leader of the Grand Craftsmen Association, is obviously to blame for this.
Finally, there are some criticisms about why Fang Plover did not play in the starting lineup, but the rhythm is not big. After all, most people who can pay attention to this game will not understand the competition system. Fang Plot is either in the first half or the second half.
Show up, show up in every round.
As far as the competition system is concerned, it doesn't really mean much whether he starts or not, it's just a matter of tactical arrangement.
However, in the second half of the round, Soul Fingerprint finally reversed the reputation. In the second half of the fourth round, the Grande Craftsmen Association met the second-ranked delegation from Lotao, the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association.
This is a craftsman association with a long history.
It is also the wilderness kingdom's second craftsmen's association in the country after the Tanluo Craftsmen's Association for a long time, and the birthplace of the Arch of Stars of the three Rota'ao universities. Among the three high-level knowledge required for Fang Plover's magic recovery,
Among them, the star-shaped network comes from the theory of this society.
But it is very rare that the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association did not choose the crystal project that it has always been best at, but chose the magic tool and the fairy user. The Grand Association instead chose a large magic furnace and crystal.
Among them, Crystal's game was quite satisfactory, while Xiaoyao was slightly inferior to its opponent, losing with a score of 0.3 points. However, this result was not surprising at all. The 'star-shaped network vein' theory was originally born for the magic furnace, and it is the most famous
One of the ether theories.
The Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association has always been able to produce crystal craftsmen in large numbers, and this is also one of their points-earning strengths over the years.
On the contrary, the battle between the fairies was the real fight between dragons and tigers, and its excitement surprised everyone. The contestant sent by the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association was a real genius, although no one had ever heard of it before.
The people of the wilderness had expertise in fairy crafts——
But in the history of craftsmen, sometimes there are such extraordinary geniuses that streak across like meteors and leave a shining mark in the long river of history.
This is the case for the contestant from the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association.
The work that the other party took out turned out to be a fairy doll, which was almost exactly the same as Fang Yu's work in the Southern Territory Competition. The other party seemed to be deliberately provoking, and when he finished the work, he glanced at Fang Yu from afar - but Fang Yu was heartbroken.
calm.
He didn't understand fairies in the first place.
However, Miss Tata told him that the other party's craftsmanship was not as good as the alchemists of the Silver Tower. It was only slightly inferior to hers.
This evaluation is already quite high.
At least in the Southern Territory, Miss Tata's attainments in Fairy Messenger are definitely among the best. Master Ander told him personally that the level of the inherited craftsmen in the Rose Workshop was far below Miss Tata. Otherwise, in the Southern Territory Competition,
, those master craftsmen would not be so surprised.
However, what is really surprising is Luo Wei's strength.
In the past, Fang Piao knew this senior as being approachable and amiable. But he never expected that Luo Wei's talent in fairy magic was so high. Ms. Tata personally admitted that his senior's talent was so high.
The strength is also comparable to it.
Luo Wei's work is just a very simple fairy gem, a type of special information crystal that contains fairy-like structures.
But with this crystal, she defeated her opponent with an advantage of 0.5 points and won the game.
Luo Wei's victory obviously greatly damaged the confidence of the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association, so much so that their next player actually performed abnormally in the next game. As a result, Mu Lan was unable to compete with the magic weapon.
The item gained a three-point advantage.
You must know that the people of Lotao are fierce, and war tool craftsmen are very popular in their country. The reason why the other party actively chooses magic weapons must mean that this is the traditional strength of the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association.
Losing big points in traditional strengths is basically synonymous with big mistakes, either due to mistakes by the craftsman himself or mistakes in tactical arrangements.
As for the last scene, there's not much to talk about.
Up to this point in the competition, everyone has already agreed that Fang Plover's strength is roughly equivalent to that of the first-line players in this competition, the main force among the main players. He is basically the same star as the Empire Twin Stars and the player named Forin from the Hill of Giant Trees.
player.
And this game was in his area of expertise. In the end, Plover directly scored four points and three points above the large magic furnace, winning the game with a score difference of more than seven points.
But the key to this round is obviously Luo Wei's extraordinary performance as the Fairy Envoy.
The fact that there is a top elf user in the Grand Artisan Association made everyone realize at this moment that the Kaolin-Ithurians may have bad intentions this time.
The corresponding forums in the community were even more agitated. The original criticism of soul fingerprints now turned into belated praise. Everyone reacted:
If Luo Wei is allowed to play in the first round of Soul Fingerprint, the score difference may not necessarily be reversed.
But in the second round, you will definitely suffer a big loss.
Who would have thought that the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association, which has been studying crystals and magic tools in previous competitions, would produce such a fairy-wielding genius this year?
Even Fang Plover found it incredible.
After the game, he couldn't help but ask Ms. Soul Fingerprint, Ming and Virus: "How did the analysis team know that the opponent had such a fairy user? I read on the community that this Lotao player had never participated in related matters beforehand.
the match of."
Both Ming and Virus looked at the soul fingerprint, but the soul fingerprint was very modest, "Actually, it was Luo Wei who saw it herself. She is also a fairy user, and the opponent's contestant has participated in a crystal event before. You should also know it, right?"
, Crystal craftsmen are the origin of all craftsmen. No category of craftsmen can be completely separated from the category of crystal craftsmen, because any type of magic device, plug-in or construction requires magic crystal support, unless you directly use the finished crystal
…”
"But professional alchemists rarely do this, and he has also participated in crystal production before." When it comes to this issue, Luo Wei is equally humble, "I am also a fairy user, and I can see some fairies in his techniques.
Traces of making. Generally speaking, a pure crystal craftsman rarely has other styles, unless he is better at that type of style."
"Luo Wei mentioned this to me at the time," Soul Fingerprint said. "I also became suspicious, so together with Bi Fang, we pulled out the videos of the opponent's other previous games. After studying for several days and nights, we finally determined
This guess - the other party is a fairy user, and his level is not ordinary."
"Awesome," Ming nodded, "Most people may miss this detail. After all, the traces seen in the crystal category may not be accurate in many cases. You can grasp this detail and then dig out clues. Ragnarok has a powerful
I’m an analyst.”
She looked at the soul fingerprint and said, "KUN was similar to you before, but it's a pity that he was away from the first world for something, otherwise he would definitely come here this time. That Mr. Omniscient might like you very much, after all, you are the same kind of people.
"
Soul Fingerprint was a little silent, but it was obvious that she cared very much about this evaluation.
After all, she is the construction queen of the third division, and the KUN she talks about is not simple. The foundation builder of the Crown of the Silver Forest, the omniscient one, is probably regarded as the highest rated among tactical analysts, right?
But Fang Yu was still a little puzzled, "If that's the case, why not choose other categories? Crystal has always been the traditional strength of the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association. If we switch to plug-ins, we might be able to recover the points from the two rounds.
Worse."
"The scores are not that important now," Bai Xue shook her head, "I made this proposal, mainly to confirm two things. There are some things that Soul Senior Sister knows better than me, but the relationship between guilds I
Maybe I can see it more clearly than you."
"First," she said, "Is there an agreement between the Craftsmen Association of the Giant Tree Hill and the Lotao people? The delegation from the Giant Tree Hill that we met in the first round, the goblin user in the team
If they are not particularly powerful, why would they abandon their traditional strengths and choose the category of fairy users?"
The female knight raised another finger, "Second, how good is the White Wild Craftsmen Association in its traditional specialty of crystal? The second point determines the judgment of the first point... Although I
I have long heard that the Holy White Wild Craftsmen Association has not produced any outstanding crystal craftsmen in recent years, but I still have to confirm again."
"So what about now?" Fang Plover asked.
"The answer seems to be obvious now," Bai Xue replied, "Judging from the comparison between Xiaoyao's performance and the performance of the Lotao craftsmen, the other party's so-called traditional strengths are just like this. The Hill of Giant Trees
The people obviously knew this, but they ambush us on the Fairy Envoy. This can only show that the people from the Giant Tree Hill and the Lotao people have united together."
Fang Yu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.
Can it still be like this? Doesn’t this violate the rules of the game?
Seeing his expression, Virus explained: "This is also part of the rules. How each crafts association arranges tactics is not just a matter of the upper and lower half. You also need to take into account your opponent's schedule. Craftsmen associations in different continents,
Craftsmen associations from different regions have joined forces vertically and horizontally, which was something that often happened in competitions in the past."
"But when the game reaches this stage, it really starts to get interesting..." Ming smiled, looked at Fang Pliong and said, "You watch, little guy, there are many ways to do this game, otherwise we old guys will have to do it.
What are you doing here?"
She shrugged, "But the mainland league is nothing more than that. When you see those super events one day, you will understand what the real super competition is. It is a place where swords are shining, and conspiracies are rampant."
After hearing this, Fang Piao's heart palpitated slightly.
That is not the world he yearns for, but one can imagine its grandeur and grandeur. No wonder so many people are involved in it.
However, no matter how much information the analysis team obtained, it could not make up for the fact that they lost points in the fourth round. Although they recovered in the second half, they still lost by one point including the first half of the round.
This is the first time that Grande has lost to its opponent in the two rounds. Previously, the most it could do was lose points in one half and then recover them in the other half.
Therefore, Virus's special training for Shui Wuming was justified. In fact, the coaching staff also started special training for other people. The head coach was naturally the Construct Queen who hurriedly came from the God Killer, Ming.
.That was also her original intention of joining this delegation.