When Ling returned to Grancel East Block, she did not go back directly to the historical museum. Instead, she went to the Wangli Arena with Olivier, who also did not return to the embassy. The preliminaries were in the middle of the competition because it was the knockout round.
Because of this, at least half of the participants will be disqualified from the battle after losing. This means that the process of the preliminaries is much longer than the main competition.
"Welcome to Wangli Arena, do I need to buy a ticket?" Ms. Leafa, the conductor, saw two foreign tourists, one large and one small, standing in front of her and asked directly.
"Well, that's right, give us two tickets." Ling took out a thousand meters from her own pocket and handed it over.
Leafa was a little surprised to see that it was a child who paid instead of an adult, but she didn't ask any more questions.
"If you want to watch the main game, it will be for three consecutive days starting from tomorrow. Which day's ticket should I buy?"
"What if you want to watch today's qualifying match?"
"Ah. I'm so sorry. There are no more seats, and only standing tickets are for sale now. And the game is already halfway through, so do you still want to buy it?"
"No problem."
"Thank you for coming. Then please get your tickets. The entrance to the arena is at the main entrance on the left. Show your tickets to the staff at the door and then you can enter."
Mr. Langheim, who had transformed into Olivier again, had no qualms about asking a lady to pay.
"It was really helpful, so I accepted it with great gratitude."
"Anyway, you don't even have fifty millimeters on you. Did you deliberately leave your wallet in the embassy?"
"Haha, those who know me..."
"No need to talk nonsense, let's go."
After handing the tickets to the receptionist outside the door, the two entered the Wangli Arena. The ladies at the front desk were quite curious about whether anyone would come in at this time, but they still dutifully guided the two.
"Welcome to the Wangli Arena. If you want to watch the game, please take the stairs inside." The girl with Siniya written on her badge said to the two of them.
"If you want to watch the qualifiers, please hurry up and get in. If you go now, you can still catch up with the fifth game." Konak, the receptionist, informed the progress of the game.
"The temperament of those girls just now is also quite good."
While walking on the stairs, Olivier commented on the two girls just now.
"Anyway, Ogua, you're not really interested in them."
"Ling, what's that abbreviation? I have the resounding real name of Olivier. Can you pronounce it properly?" For the blond young man, compared to Olivier, the name of a member of the royal family, Olivier
This name he used when he was young is probably his real name.
"Do you want me to call you prince? His Royal Highness the Great Prince Olibat?"
"Oh, no, please don't do this. Or you can just call me senior? We are all Thors graduates. You graduated in 1199 and I graduated in 1196. Calculating, I am older than you.
A third-year senior, right?"
"Then it's decided. I'll call you Ogua from now on."
"Well...well..."
It's easy to give in. It's not challenging and it's boring to tease.
Ling and Olivier arrived at the auditorium along the stairs. In order not to block the audience's view, they quickly stood at a relatively back position.
"Wow, the seats are really packed. Everyone's mood is really high." Olibat whistled. In his field of vision, the entire auditorium was full of people, which was exactly what the conductor said. "Preliminary competition.
With so many people coming to see it, the scale of this conference is really amazing. Although most of the participants in the martial arts conference are Royal Army soldiers, there are also many guerrillas and civilians, right? What if the Empire could build such a conference?
The arena, maybe the reformists and the aristocrats can resolve their conflicts on the playing field."
"Is it a good idea to use a martial arts tournament to ease conflicts? It is a good idea. I heard that in the past, various regions of the empire had the tradition of martial arts tournaments. The legendary Saint of the Spear assisted Emperor Drakeles in achieving hegemony.
She is the winner of the Regram Regional Martial Arts Competition. Because of her strength, no one would despise her when they formed the cavalry team because she was only fifteen years old. Regardless of other countries, at least in Egypt, where martial arts are practiced
In the tradition of the Rebonian Empire, it is an unwritten rule that the weak obey the strong. If a competition for the title of "The Empire's No. 1 Martial Artist" were held in the name of the royal family, it would definitely attract everyone's attention.
Well. I think there are warriors in the entire empire who are curious about who is stronger between the thunder god Matthius Vandel and the swordsmith of light Victor S. Alseid. But I think this can only alleviate at best.
It is still unrealistic to try to solve the problem by relying on martial arts."
"Yeah, but at least it provided me with a good idea. I'll try to talk to my father about it after I return to China."
"Now, let me say. In fact, it doesn't need to be limited to fighting. The martial arts tournament can be used as the finale, but it can also be equipped with some other less important events as condiments? Martial arts training is compulsory for nobles, but this is not the case for civilians.
.Running, swimming, cricket... I remember that Thorz's physical education classes and martial arts classes were separate, right? Comprehensive sports competitions allow civilians to participate and give them something to do in their daily lives.
This will divide the power of the reformists, won’t it?”
After Ling finished speaking, Olivier stared at her as if he had discovered a new world.
"Why, why are you staring at me like this? It's disgusting to be stared at by such squinting eyes."
"This is probably not something you suddenly thought of, but something you have considered a long time ago, right?"
"Well, let's leave it at that."
For the Earth where Ling lived in her previous life, paying attention to various sports competitions was part of daily life. But on the continent of Samlia, people were not so idle yet. In fact, the material conditions were already there.
It's just that no one has thought about such an operation. Maybe people on this continent have not realized that entertainment and leisure are actually necessities of life.
"I'm really lucky to have your help. I feel a little more confident about the future."
"Oh, Ogua, just don't be too confident."
The chat between the two was interrupted by the sound of the guidance broadcast, which also announced that the intermission was over.
Let everyone wait for a long time. Next, let’s start the fifth game.
To the south is the Blue Team, composed of four members including Major Paul of the Second Company of the Border Guards.
"Huh? I remember that martial arts competitions are not one-on-one?" Olivier asked a little strangely when he saw four people appearing on the playground at once.
"In previous years, it was indeed an individual competition, but this year it seems to be a team competition. I heard that it was the whim of the acting Duke Dunant, so the rules were changed this year."
"Huh? This is quite novel."
To the north are the Red Team, Krutz from the Grancel branch of the Guerrilla Association, and four other players.
The willow-haired Krutz is a B-class regular guerrilla of the Grancel branch. He is nicknamed the Alchemist and the weapon he uses is a spear.
Yanilas, with short brown hair, is a G-level regular guerrilla of the Grancel branch. A mid-level biography of the Eight Leaves Itto style. She is a fellow disciple of the original Sword Saint Cassius and the Wind Sword Saint Arios. The weapon she uses is Oriental.
A sword-type weapon called Taito.
The red-haired one is Kurac, a B-level regular guerrilla belonging to the Perth branch. Although he looks young, he is actually one of the oldest guerrillas in Liber. He uses weapons with large hands, which is more common in the army.
sword.
The blue-haired one is Karuna, a C-level guerrilla belonging to the Luan Branch. The weapon she uses is a guided gun.
Ling probably explained the information about these four guerrillas to Olivier.
"The two guerrillas stationed in the royal capital are both members of the Republic. The relationship between the Liber Kingdom and the Kalvard Republic is really good."
"To be precise, the Alchemist should be considered a native of Liber. He immigrated to Liber in his grandfather's generation."
"I see... As for that Yanilas, you just said she is from the Eight Leaves One Sword Style, right? I heard that the heir to the Baron Youmil also learned swordsmanship from this school."
"Li En Shuhuaze, the heir to the Barony of Youmir, I have never met him. But..." Ling suddenly fell silent. She decided to hide the fact that Li En was Osborne's biological son. She knew about this matter.
The emperor knew about it, but it seemed that he did not tell Olibat about it, and she remained silent for the time being.
"Huh? What do you want to say?"
"It's just a level of suspicion, there is no evidence yet. And it doesn't have a big impact on us."
"Speaking of which, your names are really similar. Ling (ren) and Rean (rean), maybe this is some kind of fate."
"There are so many people with the same name in the world. Not to mention they are just very similar but have different names."
"You're right, it's really rare for the dials of force guides like ours to be exactly the same."
"Can you please stop talking about that? This is the third time you've mentioned it." After Olivier said this, Ling almost started to doubt whether there was any potential connection between her and the prince.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself." Olivier apologized seriously, and Ling nodded in acceptance.
While the two of them were chatting, the winner was quickly decided on the field. The Royal Army garrison's personal basic abilities were much worse than those of the guerrillas, and even with tacit cooperation, it would be difficult to make up for this fundamental gap.
After an intermission of more than ten minutes, the host's voice sounded again from the guide broadcast.
Next is the sixth game. To the south is the Blue Team. Four players including Belf from the "Raven Gang" are to the north. To the north is the Red Team, the martial artist Jin from neighboring Calvad, and the guerrillas.
Three contestants from the Scholars Association.
Kim Vasek, Agathe Kolosner, Estelle Bright, Joshua Bright.
"Huh? It's Estelle and his brother and sister. I didn't expect them to come to the competition too."
Because they were acting together, this kind of development was expected. Therefore, there was no one-on-four scene like in the original work.
"I met them in the Perth area. Ah, that was almost a month ago." Olivier told Ling that he, Estelle and others went to solve the sky pirate incident a month ago.
The whole story.
"I came all the way to the Kingdom of Liber but couldn't find the Cassius I wanted to see, so I found their children?"
"No, it was just an encounter. I only realized afterwards that they were Mr. Cassius's family," Olivier replied.
The difference in strength off the court is quite large, but what is even more subtle is that when the members of the Raven Gang saw Agathe, the former boss, in the opposite team, they became even more depressed.
It doesn’t take more than one minute from start to finish, and it’s probably not even an exhibition match. The organizers generally don’t let masters compete with masters in the qualifying stage, so sometimes there is a huge gap in strength.
There are actually two groups of members of the "Raven Gang" who have signed up. One of the strong teams headed by Dean and others has already advanced in the third game. Jin and the others encountered a weaker team in terms of strength distribution.
.However, the wonderful thing is that according to the game process, in the official game that will start tomorrow, the winner of the first qualifying game will face the winner of the eighth qualifying game, and the winner of the second qualifying game will face
The winner of the seventh qualifier game and the winner of the third qualifier game will face the winner of the sixth qualifier game... In other words, Jin and the others' opponents in the next game will still be the "Raven Gang".
"The Guerrilla Association is really full of talents. In addition to Estelle and Joshua, the other two are also guerrillas, right? Although there are not many people, they can all be equal to ten."
"The A-class full guerrillas of the Kalvard Republic, and the C-class full guerrilla Agathe."
"Oh? I didn't expect that this eldest brother is actually the same A-level as Mr. Cassius?" Among the levels disclosed by the Guerrilla Association, A-level is the highest level, and S-level is only an internal assessment, so Olivier, an outsider, cannot
It’s not surprising to know.
"No need to be so surprised. At its peak, the empire had seven A-level guerrillas."
"But that was only in the past. Oh, what a pity. Originally, that was a strength that could be used."
One of the main culprits in the Imperial Guerrilla Association bombing case is right in front of you, but of course Ling will not tell the truth to Olivier.
The martial arts conference does not start the next one immediately after the end of one game, but is held according to the time, every half an hour. Because in the past martial arts conference, there was a three hundred round battle between the martial arts saint Morgan and the sword fox Philip.
There is a situation of winning and losing, so the interval between official matches is longer, one every hour.
If the game ends too quickly, there will be a long break.
When Estelle and the others waved to the audience after the victory, they also saw two acquaintances standing at the end of the auditorium. After waving to them, Estelle and the others did not return to the player lounge.
, but went straight to the auditorium. The game was over anyway, so there was no problem even if he didn’t go back.
"Ling, you also know Estelle. Can you tell me about it?" Olivier asked curiously.
"We just met for the first time at Lu An's school festival. I haven't gotten to know them well enough to be 'friends' yet," Ling replied.
"Ah, Ling-chan, you are so heartless to say that. We are partners who came to the capital together!"
Estelle quickly arrived at the auditorium in three steps and two steps at a time, and several others followed.
"Hey, little girl, I haven't seen you for a few days since I came to the capital. I was wondering if you would come to watch the game, and I guessed it." Jin said boldly, and then looked towards
Olivier.
"Isn't this Mr. Musician from the tavern? We have met several times in the tavern before."
"Haha, we are indeed destined." Olivier answered Jin with a smile.
"Well, since Ling and Olivier are both from the Empire, it's not surprising that they know each other. But it still feels a bit subtle to appear together. Besides, Olivier, you shouldn't be in Lorien with Sister Sheila.
Is it special? When did you come to Grancel?" Estelle was a little confused about Olivier's appearance here.
"Well, just like the mermaid's tears falling into the river will eventually merge into the sea..."
"Ogua, speak human language." Ling stepped on him. It didn't take any effort and it wouldn't swell, but it would only hurt a little bit.
"I came last month, it's been half a month, right?" Olivier replied, "After parting ways with Estelle, Sheila and I spent a sweet and sweet time in Lorente.
It was a short time. But... I am a wandering poet and performer after all. In the end, I cruelly rejected Mr. Sheila's tearful invitation to stay and drifted to this beautiful royal capital."
"How should I put it...the credibility is zero." Joshua complained.
"Hey, little girl Ling, can I hit this frivolous guy?" Agathe's first impression of Olivier was that this guy seemed a bit unreliable.
"It's best not to do this. He is an Imperial citizen like me. If he is beaten where others can see him, it might cause diplomatic problems."
"I understand, we need to do it where no one can see us..." Agathe said with a clear look on his face.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey..." Olivier said with a grimace.
"Ha, just kidding. We're going back to the players' lounge. We'll talk about it later when we have time." Agathe seemed to be in a good mood.
"Ling-chan, goodbye!" Estelle wanted to come over and rub Ling before leaving, but Ling pushed her away.
After waving his hand and watching them leave, Olivier's bitter expression quickly returned to normal.
"People who live in the Kingdom of Liber are all good people, right?" Olivier asked with emotion.
"The way they live is a bit too dazzling for us living in the mud." Ling replied.
Next, we will announce the two teams for the seventh game. Minami, Blue Team, Second Lieutenant Lawrence of the Royal Army Intelligence Department, and four others.
Seeing Levi's appearance, Ling's eyes lit up. As if noticing the attention from the audience, the special agent captain wearing a red helmet turned his head slightly and nodded slightly towards the audience.
To the north, there is the Red Team, the Sky Pirates "Capua Family", and the four-member Doron player.
After the Capua family appeared on the stage, there was a loud noise in the audience. In order to calm the discussion, the host's voice also sounded immediately.
Well, um... let me explain. Many people already know that they are members of the "Capua Family", a sky pirate group that once caused chaos in the Perth area. They hope to add excitement to the martial arts competition through upright fighting.
This is also to apologize to the people of the kingdom... Each of them strongly requested to participate in this martial arts competition out of this idea. Due to their good attitude during their sentence and the approval of the organizer, the Duke, they are here today
Only then can I play the game. Please understand.
Seeing that their opponent was a special agent wearing a red helmet, Gil Capua and Jost Capua were a little excited. That was because this person had been in contact with them during the scheduled ship hijacking incident, and for a time
After providing information about the movements of the Royal Army, even if they realized that they were being used, the Capua family were now prisoners and unable to do anything. This anger soon turned into a will to fight, at least in the martial arts competition.
Let out a strong breath of bad breath.
"Baron Capua of Rivers...it's really sad to be reduced to this." Olivier shook his head.
"To put it bluntly, they are also the victims of the struggle between the reformists and the aristocrats. If you are willing to provide them with asylum, it is not difficult to extradite them back to the empire." Ling secretly stole the information from the conversation between Irina and Duolun.
The information he heard was shared with Olivier.
"Although I sympathize with their plight, it was only after listening to you that I realized that there was such an inside story."
"Ogua, don't you consider recruiting them? Although they have a bad reputation, they are also brave and good at fighting among sky pirates. They are the talents we lack. In history, many pirates have accepted recruitment and become
Navy generals, why can't there be air force generals who have been sky pirates? They were defeated in ground battles rather than being shot down in air battles. Being able to escape from the air force that Lieber is proud of time and time again, this
Combat experience is valuable in the entire continent. The fact that hereditary nobles are deprived of their titles simply because of debts is frankly inconsistent with hundreds of years of historical tradition. There are many nobles in the empire who have titles but no land.
It's easy to make them follow you wholeheartedly, just find a way to help them pay off their debts and restore their titles."
"I'm a little tempted by what you said. I'll go back and talk to Mulla."
While the two were talking, the winner had already been decided. Although the Capua family relied on the power of anger to exert far greater strength than usual, and they were evenly matched with the three black-clothed secret agents, but they were still slightly overpowered.
But in the end, the four men quickly lost their combat effectiveness when Second Lieutenant Lawrence, the captain of the special forces, took action.
"That man's sword is so fast. Is there such a master in Liber Kingdom?"
Ling did not answer the call. She would not reveal anything related to Levi to Olivier until the gospel plan was completed.
The eighth match is also the last match of today's qualifiers. Nanbu, Team Cang, the Third Company of the Royal Army's Airborne Forces, Lieutenant Lyle and four others.
Most of the strong men in the Kingdom of Liber were born as soldiers. They are the so-called professional combatants. The remaining ones are guerrillas. Most of the participants in the martial arts competition were soldiers of the Kingdom Army until Cassius left the army and changed careers.
Before becoming a guerrilla, the championship of the martial arts competition was awarded to the Royal Army. Including Lieutenant Lawrence's team, the Royal Army won four of the previous seven games. The remaining three games were won by the Guerrillas.
They won two games and the Ravens won one.
North, Team Red. From an anonymous martial artist with sunglasses!
"Wow, black suit, black gauntlets, and black sunglasses. What a strong villain atmosphere." This was Olivier's first impression of the man in sunglasses. "Libert's martial arts competition even attracted people with unknown origins.
Can I participate?”
"Well, after all, even criminals serving their sentences can participate. It shouldn't be surprising if anyone shows up."
Seeing that Valut finally appeared, Ling was a little excited. It seemed that he did not give in at the critical moment.
In this qualifier, the sunglasses player did not find a teammate, so he decided to participate in the competition alone. Although the conditions were extremely unfavorable to him, at his own strong request, the organizer agreed to let him participate in the competition alone. Please help
He gave him warm applause.
At the beginning of the game, Valut was not polite at all and had no intention of hiding his strength. With footwork that was enough to leave an afterimage in the eyes of the audience, he circled behind the four Royal Army soldiers and struck the wind with each one, knocking them all away.
On the wall of the playing field. The whole process takes five seconds and the game is over.
"Hey, hey, it's just one-sided." Olivier didn't expect it to end like this. There were many people in the audience who thought the same as him.
The referee immediately went over to check that the lives of the four people who were knocked down were not in danger, and then announced the result of the game.
In principle, killing is not allowed in martial arts competitions, but casualties are inevitable. As long as it is not a malicious act of whipping corpses, the officials will generally not take care of it. Four ordinary soldiers of the Royal Army withstood Walut's blow.
Still alive, Ling thought he was being merciful.
Out of respect for the strong man, the audience cheered enthusiastically. However, Valut did not respond to the enthusiasm of the audience, but left the competition venue without saying a word.
There are four games on the first day of the official match. The first is 1v8, the second is 2v7, the third is 3v6, and the fourth is 4v5. The second day of the official match consists of two games. The first one is the main match.
It will be played between the winners of the first and second games of the main game, and between the winners of the third and fourth games. Finally, the winner will be decided between the two winners of the second day of the official game.
According to the event schedule, if Valut wins tomorrow's game, he will face Levi the day after tomorrow. Valut has always been looking forward to playing against Levi, although in Ling's opinion, Levi is
Levi is stronger, but because he needs to disguise his identity, Levi probably won't show his true strength and will probably give in midway. In this case, the explosive point of the martial arts competition should be the battle between Varut and Jin on the last day.
A duel between brothers from the same discipline.
The preliminaries were all over, and Ling and Olivier also said goodbye at the entrance of the embassy. She returned to the historical museum, and then met a guest in her room who did not come in person.
A young man with matcha green hair and a pink suit. As usual, he barged in without caring that this was someone else's private space.
"Ken Parela, I really envy you for being so carefree all the time."
"Ling, haven't you been having a lot of fun lately?"
"That's right." Ling paused for a moment, then continued, "Since you have come all the way to the capital, does it mean that Regnart's hiding place has been found?"
"Yes, I'll have to trouble you to make a trip next."
After Kenparela told Ling the coordinates, he walked out of the room. When Ling followed him out, his breath had disappeared. It seemed that he had left through the transfer array.
Ling came to the room assigned to Professor Yalua in the Historical Archives, knocked on the door, and informed Wiseman that the operation could begin.
What she has to face next is the sacred beast of the sky sent by the goddess, which can be said to be the strongest enemy she has ever encountered in her life.