As time went by, more and more people gathered inside and outside the arena.
The leading figures in the city, surrounded by their servants, entered the auditorium arrogantly waving their tickets.
This athletic competition was held in the giant city of Lentax after a lapse of six years.
It is a grand event for people from all over the giant city.
Many young people have been training for several years in order to stand out in competitive competitions.
They want to take advantage of this opportunity to win the attention of the big guys in the city, thereby changing their destiny and their almost solidified class.
As we all know, the athletic conference has always been a talent selection conference.
Young people who perform well among them will be rewarded as usual.
Either join the garrison and become a reserve officer, or you will have the opportunity to join the Knights or other elite teams in the giant city and enjoy very generous treatment and salary.
For young people from civilian backgrounds, this is indeed a life-changing result.
Therefore, the number of applicants for this competitive competition rarely exceeded the record of 10,000 people.
In the past, only a few thousand people signed up to participate.
Zong Shen crossed his arms and had already replaced his luxurious equipment, including most of the magic jewelry, with a simple light leather armor.
Only demigod-level items and passive equipment in storage compartments are still functioning.
This kind of leather armor is all of ordinary quality and has very low attributes. It can only be said to be better than nothing.
Even the defense attached to the leather armor is not as good as his own flesh skin.
After the gap widened, it became so outrageous.
In a world with extraordinary power, strength constitutes an important gradient sequence.
Judging from Zong Shen's current level, he is no less than a professional boxer who has returned to kindergarten.
The strength of the contestants is mostly between level 2 to level 5.
Guys with first level and fifth level strength are very rare.
After years of training, the contestants who have worked hard can still reach the second level, no matter how dull their qualifications are.
As for the first-level level, I'm afraid it would be difficult to even defeat a village soldier.
After changing clothes, Zong Shen’s [Strength] attribute still exceeds 1950
[Wisdom], [Agility], [Charm] and other attributes are basically 800.
In other words, Zong Shen under "streaking" still has strength comparable to that of the legendary beginner to intermediate level.
Yawning lazily, he leaned against the wall and lowered his head slightly.
On the surface, he seemed to have his eyes closed and looked like he was not awake.
In fact, he multitasks.
While observing the surrounding situation with his main consciousness, he also mobilized the strategy module to refresh the information in real time to understand the situation of Xiao Heizi and Prince Carter.
Occasionally, I have to be distracted to control the clones and follow the progress of the girls' evacuation.
At this moment, the Zerikan sisters, Kittengirl, Tasia and Safli have successfully reunited.
Count Les Kazan and the bard Ingram enter the arena as spectators.
The former was requested by Zong Shen.
He needed the Earl of Rice to gain access to Henry Lancaster as a noble.
The latter strongly requested to participate in the competition.
That boy England was really unwilling to leave like this.
After all, this was a grand event that he had been thinking about for more than half a year.
To this end, he traveled thousands of kilometers and rode a rogue horse across the region.
Even though he knew that this tournament was just an opportunity to launch a conspiracy, he still insisted on coming.
Recalling the situation when the two met, Zong Shen still agreed to him.
After returning to the territory, England will have no chance to be willful.
He will officially join the territorial army as a combat auxiliary hero.
Currently, the ratio of warriors to farmers in the territory is close to 1:1.
And all those soldiers are out of work.
If it weren't for this, this would be a wonderful world of swords and magic.
The farmers in the territory will never be able to feed those warriors.
In fact, so far, the territory has not yet achieved self-sufficiency, and its main food consumption relies entirely on procurement.
Thanks to the dinar’s strong purchasing power, the territory’s cross-domain means continue to upgrade.
It is not difficult to ride a flying monster and go shopping in giant cities within a radius of more than 10,000 kilometers.
Basically, you can make a round trip within three or four days.
Faced with this situation, Zong Shen chose to maintain the status quo.
Anyway, he didn't lack dinars.
Soldiers need to be raised, fields need to be cultivated, and no one can be left behind.
After being out for nearly a week this time, Mariel and Howie often sent him messages to report on the situation in the territory.
In addition, the people who have the most frequent contact with him are Medina and Jiang Yi in [Legion].
He is extremely incompetent as the commander of the army.
But this does not prevent the [Legion of Guides] from developing at an alarming rate.
Previously, Zong Shen provided the coordinates of several villages suitable for plundering the population, but now they have been transformed into resources for the development of legion members.
Moreover, the [Legion Station] has also been constructed.
The [Legion Building and Armory Construction Diagram (orange)] obtained previously has been gathered together with public resources and has entered the formal construction stage.
The legion level has been raised from the original LV3 to LV5.
The number of people it can accommodate has been increased to thousands.
This allows the influence of the [Legion of Guides] to cover the surrounding areas.
There is no need for Zong Shen to contribute half of his efforts. Just hanging his name is enough to make the [Legion of Guides] become the [Legion] force that most lords are eager to join.
And because of Zong's strong presence, the surrounding legions would avoid his edge.
Jiang Yi and Medina have discussed the merger of [legions] several times.
It is worth mentioning that after several expansions, the [Legion] has indeed seen the emergence of several talents.
For example, Medina ushered in a wave of explosive development after the defensive challenge.
The total population exceeded 18,000 a few days ago.
There is a faint tendency to develop towards the scale of a state city.
In the entire legion, there are more than a dozen lords with a population of over 10,000.
They are between the T2 and T3 development levels in Lords.
A guy like Zong Shen, who has a population of hundreds of thousands and is planning a huge city, is a complete variable and anomaly, and can no longer be measured by simple standards.
Above T2, there is the T1 echelon composed of Aze, Chen Rui, and a few guys at the top of the rankings. Of course, there are also many lords who are trying to develop, and may be accumulating strength without showing off.
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Generally speaking, the development of the territory and [Legion] in all aspects during this period has been good.
Zong Shen was busy coordinating many matters.
If it weren't for the [Wisdom] attribute that could subtly enhance his brainpower, I'm afraid he would have been numb by the tedious affairs by now.
After calming down a little, the golden subtitles refreshed in my mind again.
(Marquis Henry and Penny Lancaster took a carriage and officially set off for the arena, escorted by the garrison and elite soldiers.
Xiao Heizi accompanied Prince Carter in another carriage)
…
(The Calamity Raven Church has completed the ritual layout in the third circle. The ritual can be activated at any time to call for the projection of God to come. At the same time, the long-distance transmission channel has also been constructed)
…
(The elite members of the Swordfish Regiment and Sailfish Regiment, disguised as garrisons, have entered the arena in batches.
Many of the legendary powerhouses, according to the prior requirements, were stationed at surrounding points.)
…
(Princess Anna sent an urgent message. In the kingdom, there were troop mobilizations in many giant cities in the east. There was news that Archduke Jonathan issued a war order. She asked Marquis Henry to take action immediately, capture Prince Carter and transfer him to the giant cities in the east.
Therefore, she is willing to deploy the Sixteenth Fleet to temporarily cooperate with the Lancaster family's maritime colonization requirements.
At the same time, Grand Duke Chloé will also issue a development order)
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(Penny Lancaster has other plans. She will bleed the prince first and then hand him over.
At the same time, there was anxiety about Archduke Jonathan's suspected preparation for war.
Some Lancastrian family members and treasure troves have recently been transferred to the giant city of The Hague
The evil earth spirit is excited about war, and blood and carrion are the best nutrients for it.
Penny fell into a conflicting state, and the control effectiveness of [Rose Mark] was slightly reduced)
…
The notes with golden subtitles refresh as quickly as flowers.
Zong Shen received a large amount of dynamic information and had a not-so-comprehensive understanding of the overall situation.
Just as he guessed, things are developing in an increasingly chaotic and complicated direction.
Archduke Jonathan continues to increase his power, and Penny Lancaster is influenced by the evil earth spirit and has her own plans.
Princess Anna and Grand Duke Chloé, who supports her, still care about Prince Carter.
For them, capturing Prince Carter will gain them more strategic bargaining chips in the subsequent battle for the king.
The position of the Calamity Raven Church has long since changed from the original desperate situation to extremely ambiguous.
However, judging from the current situation, this change is definitely beneficial to Zong Shen.
"The first group! The drawing has begun!"
While he was waiting attentively and collecting information, the garrison officer holding a magic loudspeaker, accompanied by a team of fully armed sergeants, entered the waiting area where he was.
There are many waiting areas like this.
There are 120 people in each place, and the last few will be drawn separately.
The lucky ones who get a bye will advance directly to the next round.
The way to draw lots is to touch the paper ball, which is very simple and crude.
120 people will be divided into sixty rounds.
Enter the thirty-six arenas in the arena to decide the winner.
In addition, there are special cavalry groups.
The cavalry team is allowed to ride horses, but they have to deal with five opponents at the same time.
And he has to go to a special cavalry arena to win.
If there is enough space to perform, if one cavalry cannot defeat five infantry, it will be considered a failure.
After all, there is no spear that can scare horses in a rodeo.
The arena is large enough to accommodate this grand event.
According to the previous schedule, it would take three to four hours to decide the winner.
Melee combat rarely reaches a stalemate, and the winner can basically be decided quickly.
Single-game rotation is quite efficient.
As for the second round, it will be a melee mode.
It is mainly a 32 versus 32 group battle, which tests not only individual strength, but also coordination.
But to Zong Shen, it still doesn't matter.
The third round is an 8 versus 8 group battle.
In the fourth round, it was a 1-on-1 deciding game to determine the final ranking.
This is the entire format of the competitive tournament, and it will take at least until the evening to complete the entire process.
Zong Shen estimated that at most, by the end of the first round, Marquis Henry or the Calamity Raven Church would launch an attack.
He rubbed his fists and prepared to hit someone.
Although the drawing method is a more traditional paper drawing, there is no need to pick them up one by one.
Instead, magic rolls up all the paper balls, and then flies into the hands of each contestant like a goddess scattering flowers.
Zong Shen also got his own paper ball. After unfolding it, the number inside was 59.
This means he has to fight guy number 60.
After the lottery is completed, the contestants must be lined up with their opponents according to their numbers and wait to enter the ring.
The person holding the No. 60 paper ball was a thin young man.
His face was long and narrow, and he looked a little malnourished.
There are not many pieces of meat on the arms and body.
But this guy actually reached level four in the information that appeared in front of Zong Shen.
[Vaclav Hinton LV22 (Purple)]
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This guy is good at sword fighting and is a native of the giant city of Lentax.
Qualifications are purple rare level, non-heroic level talents.
My father is the captain of a certain regiment in the garrison and has fifth-level strength.
This guy suffered from a strange disease when he was young, and his [Strength] attribute increased slowly, but his [Agility] increased beyond the limit.
This makes his attributes severely biased.
[Agility] is approaching the fifth level individually, but [Strength] is only at the third level.
He is also a guy with a story.
Therefore, Waclav Hinton's swordsmanship mainly focuses on dexterity.
"interesting!"
Zong Shen glanced at him and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Waclav Hinton, who felt the gaze, returned him an indifferent look.
Only by visiting the aboriginal people can we see so many individual cases.
Moreover, in Zong Shen's group, there were four lords who sneaked in.
They have drawn different opponents and are secretly preparing.
Lords can definitely cheat in tournaments.
The various passive and undetectable portable storage compartments alone provide a variety of cheating methods.
In addition, there are several people from the Calamity Raven Church in the group.
The components of this competitive tournament can be said to be quite complex.
Without thinking much, Zong Shen regained his indifference and refreshed the information while waiting for admission.
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The atmosphere inside the Marquis's luxurious carriage was solemn.
Marquis Henry, who was holding a letter in his hand, looked extremely ugly.
"Grand Duke Jonathan actually wants to gather troops to attack us!"
"If what Princess Anna says is true, then the Grand Duke will at least gather the troops of the three cities this time!"
"And the powerful Shadow Dragon Knights!"
"Given the current situation, we may not be able to hold on!"
Long before, about one-third of the officers in the giant city of Lentax had been bribed by Prince Carter.
This group of people is also a staunch ecumenical faction.
Previously, Marquis Henry would choose to side with Archduke Jonathan, partly because he took into account the opinions of this group of people.
"Don't worry, father, those guys will cooperate with you."
"Lentax is a huge ancient city with strong towers and battle fortresses."