The new butler obviously did not expect such a result. He turned his eyes and asked Duke Alsis who was sitting in the chair. However, the head of the family did not seem to pay attention to this game that decided where some of the family's resources would go.
sleepy.
"Alanza Lane, fight, Alpha Lane. Aranza Lane wins!" The new butler had no choice but to announce the result.
"The next battle will be between the line of mercenary kings, Elita Lane, yes, the line of founding kings of the Lane Principality..."
"I abstain." Before the new butler finished speaking, Alpha spoke again.
Suddenly, there was a lot of discussion in the hall. Duke Alsis raised his eyelids, but quickly closed them again.
Aranza stared at Alpha. In his perception, this person's soul seemed to be forever peaceful, plain but not to be ignored.
Alpha always had a faint smile on his face, but it was like a mask with smile lines that made it difficult to see through.
Goethe, who was sitting at the elders' table, thought for a moment and said to Nice: "The contestant you selected really only intends to get some family resources."
Ness touched his head with his thin hands and replied: "I don't know what this kid is planning."
The qualifying match of Group A ended early, and the ranking results were: Aranza was first, Elita was second, and Alpha, who had abstained, was third. Their selection process for the members of Group B will be carried out tomorrow, including the guardian knight canonization ceremony.
Nicole was also watching the game from the seats in Group B. Before leaving the hall, Aranza stood at the door and waited for Nicole to come and meet him. Then, the two of them walked out of the door together.
Seeing Alpha walking at the front, Aranza intentionally or unintentionally focused her soul characteristics on his soul point, trying to get some clues from his dull emotions.
At this time, Alpha suddenly turned around and looked at Aranza, seemingly discovering that he was using the special ability given by his soul.
The smile on Alpha's face never changed.
Aranza was stunned for a moment, but before he could think about it, a burst of hearty laughter interrupted him.
"Your Highness the Prince! My unrestrained pillar is already boiling with passion! You must choose me!" Karu walked out of the hall, saw Aranza and Nicole, and immediately laughed. Ifei still followed him, cautious and curious.
Look at Aranza.
"Well, for sure." Aranza chuckled.
"Congratulations." Ilita just walked through the door and stood beside Aranza. She said nothing more, turned around and walked out along the corridor. When Aranza's eyes followed Ilita,
, Alpha’s figure has disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
"Well, big man, do you want to come to my place?" Aranza turned around and called to Carew, "I'll buy you a drink."
"That's not okay," Karu shook his head and refused, reaching out to touch Ifei's head. "My sister still wants to follow me and won't let me drink. We have to go to the Xingta Tower in Ix City later. The family will give me a drink."
We sent new weapons."
"That's it, well, let's wait until you come to my mercenary group." Aranza sighed a little disappointedly. He was in a good mood today. The battle with Elita made him depressed because of some family matters.
The haze has dissipated a lot.
Aranza was chatting casually with Nicole and Carew, while Effie remained silent and followed closely behind her brother. Although Aranza took the initiative to talk to the girl, all she received was a nod or a shake of the head.
Not long after, a few people walked through the long and narrow corridor, stepped on the soft carpet, went down the spiral staircase behind the gate of Black Chain Castle, and left this luxurious and gloomy building. Then they dispersed, and Karu and Ife went
In Ix City, Aranza and Nicole returned to the garden building.
When Aranza walked into the garden, Dolores was sitting on the swing next to the small building, her long legs gently touching the ground, pushing the swing to swing in a slight arc.
It's still spring, and the flowers and plants around the swing are blooming. The quiet and distant atmosphere of the valley envelopes you, making your eyes peaceful.
"Come back?" Dolores greeted Aranza softly when she saw her.
"Well, we're back," Aranza scratched her head, walked over to help her push the swing, and then asked, "Where are Jexi and the others?"
"Inside." Dolores stuck out her cute little tongue at Aranza. When the swing was pushed up deliberately by Aranza, she couldn't help laughing like a silver bell and told him to stop.
Aranza smiled and let the swing buffer for a while before stopping. The two of them walked into the small building with Nicole.
In the living room, Jexi and Cyril were sitting on the sofa. Jexi was holding a thick copy of "General History of the Continent" and telling Cyril some alien stories. The silent girl just listened and nodded occasionally. Interestingly, Sera
Si Jing also raised his head to listen to Jie Xi's words, seeming to be very interested in things outside the forest.
"You won, right?" Jiexi saw several people coming in, closed the book, and asked Aranza with a smile.
Aranza nodded, sat down on the sofa, and stretched out her body in a very inconspicuous manner: "Well, well, I only fought with Elita once, and I didn't expect her to be able to use sword skills. And that Alpha, he abstained.
Already."
Nicole added on the side: "The contestant from the line of founding kings of the Principality of Lane is very mysterious. Although he abstained from voting, he is a genuine seventh-level magician with a restrained edge. He may become Aranza's biggest obstacle."
Aranza won the first place, which means she has the first right to choose Group B, so there is no surprise that Nicole joined the Thorn Mercenary Group. When Aranza was young, she would visit her family every year, and it would be Nicole who was the same age.
Taking care of him, Aranza still has enough affection for Nicole.
She quickly positioned herself, bluntly stated her views on Alpha, and reminded everyone to pay attention to this opponent.
"Obstruction?" Jie Xi asked, not really understanding the meaning of this game.
"Yes, in fact, the rookie competition is never-ending. The current competition is just to check personal strength. It is just the beginning. Each period of history can only tolerate one king. The real competition is still to come. Every three years, the family
A rookie competition was held. Since the Year of Disaster, almost a dozen family mercenary groups have been established, but in the end, there will only be one mercenary group standing at the pinnacle of history. It is possible that this mercenary group
There is no one named Ryan among the members." Nicole answered quickly.
Aranza tilted his head and tried hard to digest these contents. He didn't know much about the family affairs.
But Jiexi quickly understood what Nicole said and said: "In this way, Ilita and Alpha who participated in this competition, as well as the members of Group B who did not join us, as well as previous and future rookie competition contestants
, will all become Aranza’s opponents?”
"Yes, although we will try our best to avoid conflicts in the early stage, there will definitely be hostility in the later stage."
"Well, forget about that for now, I'm hungry..." Aranza stood up from the sofa. Before she could continue to talk to her stomach, Jessie kicked her back to her seat.
"Master, listen carefully!" Jie Xi crossed her arms in dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, Dolores on the side couldn't help laughing. Apparently, the shadow covering her heart had almost dissipated.
"I don't know much about the practices of other mercenary groups before the war," Nicole continued to elaborate on some of the things she knew. "Family mercenary groups established after the war would choose to receive an army from the family to expand territory and join
The war in the human territory. The mercenary group with the best performance at present should be Viscount Troxi’s Emberfire mercenary group.”
"Viscount Troxi...is she also a contestant in Group A?" The question came from Aranza, who was holding her stomach and shouting that she was hungry.
"No, she is a contestant of Group B. The original leader of the Ember Fire Mercenary Group was a contestant of the Mercenary King Series, and later died in battle. Viscount Troxi took over the mercenary group and annexed it.
There are two family mercenary groups from the same generation, and the family specially gave her the title of Viscount for this reason."
After hearing Nicole's explanation, Aranza smiled stupidly and scratched her hair.
Jessie felt that Aranza was very concerned about Viscount Troxi's affairs, so she was immediately curious and said, "Aranza, what is your relationship with Viscount Troxi? She seemed to be very good to you when we were at Cablan Fortress."
"It's nothing, well, we'll talk about this later," Aranza realized she had said something wrong, and immediately pretended to know nothing, and greeted everyone, "Well, I'm really hungry, go and eat quickly."