Chapter 75 The Competition Begins
Three days later, match day.
After breakfast, Lily led the Minority League to board the steamer car at the entrance of the hotel. The equipment and luggage had been transported to the car by Mustafa. Hunter and Gustav stood by the car and saw off several people.
The steamer left, and the old man Hunter still maintained the military salute of the second son.
The gathering place was in the amphitheater in the southern suburbs. Four hundred teams from all over the empire were found after entering the arena with the number plates collected by paying the registration fee a few days ago.
Three thousand people are placed in an arena that can accommodate 100,000 people, and it seems sparse.
After taking the seat, Jacques looked around and did not find Lucien's team. It was better if it was not nearby, and it was clear that it was invisible.
A thick voice rang out not far behind him: "Teacher! Our seat is here!"
It's very loud, you don't need to drive anymore! Jacques complained.
A row of strong men turned the passage and walked down the stairs. Their seats were in the front row of the Minority League. In addition, there were seven strong men in the team leaders, each of whom was taller than Alisha, who was 1.9 meters tall. She had wide shoulders and strong body, and her muscles were swollen. She tried to squeeze into the stands with difficulty. She felt uncomfortable sitting, so the seven people simply stood up.
A wall of flesh shrouded in front of the minority alliance, the sunshine disappeared!
It was still the thick voice, and turned his head and showed everyone a self-righteous smile, and said, "I said, brothers, I'm sorry, this sluggish seat is so awkward. Our brothers stand for a while. Anyway, there's nothing good to watch later. Just a kid is just talking nonsense, just listen to it."
The other party was a student talking, and Lily was inconvenient to answer. Jacques hurriedly said, "It's okay, I just happened to help us shade. Thank you, are you from the Northern Region?"
"It's not that. How can I find some northern men of such standard? You have so many girls in your team. It's a fate to be divided into one group. If you have any difficulties, you can help me. My name is Dimitri Razaev, just call me Dimi, from Igar, where is your team leader and mentor?" Dimi said.
Jacques stretched his hands to Lily and said, "She is our leader and there are only five of us. My name is Jacques, Jacques Renault, from the Port of Mussey in Castia."
"Oh my god, Musa Port, I said I really want to thank you who came from Musa Port this time? I invented the train! But it saved us a lot of trouble. I used to ride a horse for twenty days, and the train arrived in three days. I was not tired yet, but it saved us a lot of trouble. If my brothers win the championship this time, I should thank you very well, and then who will come..."
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The host's voice came from the Yuanshi megaphone, and Jimi, who was chattering, also closed her mouth tactfully.
The host explained the arrangements of the competition system:
Each five teams are in a group, and they take an extended steamer to the designated starting location. Each starting location is at least twenty miles apart. When the vehicle arrives at the starting point, it means the start of the competition.
Each team can freely go deep into the foggy forest, hunt for alien beasts, and search for spiritual plants.
The materials and spiritual plants of strange beasts can go out of the forest to five designated locations to exchange points, and exchange points for daily necessities, weapons, food and other supplies.
Four months later, the ranking will be based on the last points.
The rules allow teams to grab trophy in the forest, but the robbery after walking out of the forest is a violation of regulations. If the robbery causes the other party to die, they will be punished and disqualified.
Inside and outside the forest, there are several masters leading the leaders of each team to patrol everywhere. If there is danger or casualties, one source stone help device for each team can be activated. The nearby patrol team will come to support it, but at the same time, the team will not be able to continue participating in the competition.
After the explanation, the groups scattered and found their own lengthened steamer outside the arena.
Jacques and others each have a huge equipment box, which is quite eye-catching among the five teams. Although the competition does not restrict the equipment and supplies to carry, everyone knows that in order to achieve better results, it is impossible to carry too much luggage, and even food and drinks must be carefully calculated.
During the four-month competition, the deeper you can go into the forest, the more materials you will get, but the further away from the supply points outside the forest, it means a greater chance of supply interruption and a longer route to transport the loot. Therefore, changeable situations require students to plan their own strategies and tactics.
The carefree Dimi asked Jacques: "Southern boy, why do you bring so many things? It's more than the ladies and young men in the imperial capital. It won't be like them. You have to bring more than a dozen sets of clothes, waxed cosmetics, etc., right? Or are you packing food in this box? You plan to go directly to the deepest part of the old forest?"
Another team of students from the imperial capital glared at Jimi, but Jimi didn't care at all.
Jacques replied, "Those are just some equipment. When we reach the starting point, we will change it and we will not bring the box."
Jimi said again: "Hey? Why has this cat been following you? I have been following you since I was in the arena!"
"He is my pet, named Fat Ju. He wants to go to the Mist Forest with us. He is the sixth person in our team, haha."
"Oh my god, you are even younger than the young master, and you will go to the competition with your pet..."
Before getting on the bus, Jacques finally found Lucien and his group. They boarded another extended steamer not far away. Judging from the serial number, their starting point was about one hundred kilometers away from their own.
Very good, stay away from it, but it is still a clean sight.
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After a drive of more than three hours, I finally arrived at the starting point designated by the group.
After getting off the bus, Jacques understood why he called it the "Mist Forest".
The Mist Forest is the natural junction between the Gyeonggi region and the Northern Region. The Starov Mountains are separated by the Northern Region and the Gyeonggi region, and the Mist Forest covers the entire mountain range.
Because the Stalov Mountains are high at altitude, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round and is surrounded by clouds and mist. Standing at the foot of the mountain, a large area of forest is hidden in the clouds and mist, so it is named Misty Forest.
In addition to several relatively gentle mountain passes, basically entering the forest area and entering the mountain. There are even three different seasons at the same time from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.
The mountainside area below the snow line, which is foggy all year round, is a hunting ground for a strong team. The woodland near the foot of the mountain is an area where the salted fish team and the team that accumulates points by robbery. However, few teams are willing to take risks on the top of the mountain with snow all year round.
The five people from the Minority League opened the heavy equipment box, and everyone else present was shocked.
Each box is made of well-made armor and weapons at a glance. Although the armor is painted with camouflage color, veterans can see from the texture that they are all made of mitril silver. When the armor was taken out from the equipment box, there was no sound of metal friction, and each connection was covered with strange animal skin made of nitrogen.
These armors were all made by Jacques, and with the MISSAN weapons tailored and carefully crafted for each person, most of Jacques' 600 Guild points were spent here, and the remaining small part bought some emergency potions.
Chapter completed!