"No, I came to you this time for a good reason." After hearing Ainz's words, Yaheng scratched his head and explained quickly.
"Can anything good happen if you come to me?" Ainz looked at Yaheng with an extremely suspicious look. This guy came to him nine times out of ten, and nine times he would get into trouble. The last time, he would see that he would be tormented.
He was seriously injured and fell into coma, with only one breath left.
"Of course." The ax-carrying boy patted his chest with excitement on his face, "That's it this time."
"Tell me what a good thing it is." Ainz's expression remained unchanged and he began to clean up the waste residue caused by the failure to refine the potion.
"Do you know the newly appointed Golden Dragon Grand Duke Muria of our kingdom?"
"Know."
"He ordered a competition called the Golden Dragon Cup to be held. As long as people under the age of thirty can sign up, there are no other restrictions."
Yaheng excitedly described the information he saw on the announcement issued by the city lord, telling the news that all contestants were divided into five different age groups to compete.
"As long as you qualify for the competition, you will be rewarded with one hundred gold coins."
"Yeah!" Ainz was unmoved. He casually refined a bottle of potion for more than this price.
"Don't be too little, this is just the beginning." Ya Heng chuckled, "For every win, the bonus will be doubled. The winner can choose gold coins, or weapons and armor of equal value.
Potions, metals, etc., I heard these are rare items provided by the royal family."
"Potion?" Ainz had a look of excitement on his face, and finally shook his head. He knew what kind of strength he had. He liked alchemy potions, but he didn't like fighting. So far, he didn't have much.
Practical experience.
"Ya Heng, you know, although I have the strength of Silver Level 5, I am not good at fighting. If you pick up any adventurer on the street, he will kill more monsters than me."
"The ten monsters you killed by testing the potion can't even compare to yours." Ya Heng muttered.
"Stop talking nonsense. This kind of competition is good, but it has nothing to do with me, so I won't participate."
"I have already said that this is a competition that all geniuses can participate in. Of course you can also participate. If you are good at alchemy and making potions, then you can participate in the competition between pharmacists. If you win, you will still receive generous rewards."
"A competition between pharmacists?"
"Yes, you guys are different from us who only know how to fight. Duke Muria's rewards for you are much better than ours. As long as you qualify for the competition, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, and every time you win a game
, the bonus is also doubled.
If you don’t want gold coins to choose treasures, the treasures you can choose are different from us. The royal family has various potion formulas, finished potions, and some rare alchemy materials. It’s up to you to choose.”
As he said that, Yaheng showed a look of envy on his face, "I also saw something like the blood of the red dragon in the list of rewards for the winner of your apothecary competition. Tsk, Grand Duke Muria is really willing to give it up."
"The Grand Duke is a golden dragon, and he has the support of an ancient dragon. Having the blood of a red dragon in his hand is nothing." Ainz, who had a strange expression on his face, asked uneasily, "How do you qualify for the competition?
"
"As for me, you only need to defeat ten people of the same age group in a row in the ring to qualify. As for you, just refine a bottle of silver-level potion."
"How to register?" After hearing such a "simple" registration requirement, Ainz asked, with a hint of urgency in his tone.
"Hey, don't worry, you should prepare first. There are still about ten days before you can sign up. If you want to compete, it will be even later."
…
The fact that Muria was going to hold a competition had spread throughout the entire Kingdom in just one day through the Rockman Kingdom's perfect teleportation array system, letting more and more people know the news.
At this time, almost everyone in the kingdom was talking about this matter, from the nobles to the common people, making this competition that had not yet started registration become quite popular and became a hot news.
It’s nothing to announce the competition format, competition location, and promotion methods. What really makes this competition popular is that Muria also announced the list of rewards for the winner.
Weapons, armor, high-level combat skills, spell models, esoteric breathing methods, meditation methods, alchemy potion recipes, etc., almost everything can be found on it, and even geniuses with adventures will be excited by these rewards.
If you want to obtain these, you must participate in competitions and continuously win. The more you win, the more generous rewards you will get. The strong will get everything he wants in this game.
"I have prepared such a generous reward. You guys who are causing trouble for me everywhere are absolutely irresistible." Muria, who received feedback from various places through secret agencies, showed a smile on his face with everything under control, "Geniuses
, obediently register all your information and participate in the competition! Then swallow the delicious bait I prepared for you."
But within two days, Muria, who was presiding over the preparations for the talent competition and about to start registration preparations, received an expected message.
The former king of the Rockman Kingdom, Bella Dean, was on his way to play with his daughter. He quietly told Remilia a story the night before yesterday and calmed the little princess to sleep before passing away peacefully.
When Mulia, who was very busy with work, received this summons, he was stunned for a while, and then he no longer had the intention to deal with the matter. After leaving the matter to Mia, he led a team of storm giants to greet Bei.
Radian's body.
"Farewell!" Sitting in a carriage pulled by eight celestial horses, Muria's face was a little heavy. For the first time since his birth, he experienced the sadness, regret, and lack of feeling after the death of his friend.
Some kind of empty and strange feeling.
He still remembered that just after his ruling ceremony ended, Bella Dean couldn't wait to dress up like a wealthy businessman, and started traveling with his daughter, traveling around the country.
Muria knew at that time that his time was running out. Bella Dean's soul had long been eroded by the curse, and his death would be a broken soul, which was worse than the death of a mortal.
"Life is so fragile." Muria recalled the scene when she had just arrived and was summoned to the Rockman Kingdom. At that time, Bella Dean taught him day and night in order to allow him to control the kingship faster.
Own.
"Go with peace of mind, I will clean up all the hidden dangers in the Rockman Kingdom, and then return the royal power to Remilia and make her a qualified king."