Although Edkin, Simon, Holgay and Doric were panicked and panicked for a long time because of Anne's disappearance that night, in the end, after searching to no avail, they decided to find a way out with Simon In the event of helmet de-synchronization, an alternative 'Plan B' was developed.
The general plan of the so-called 'Plan B' is:
Find something first, such as treasure or something valuable, such as a famous painting or something?
Then, use the teleportation staff to attach one side of the teleportation gate to the portrait in advance, then mix the 'portal gate' portrait disguised as treasure with the treasure and try to get it into the treasure house of Neverwinter City.
That way, they would be able to sneak into the treasure house and empty Fudge's treasure without breaking through the difficult seal of Mordenkainen!
But originally, that plan was very difficult to realize.
But fortunately, due to the need to hold the 'Scorching Sun Competition', many wealthy people, lords and nobles in Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep City will bring their treasures and place them when they participate in the competition and participate in betting. To the treasure house of Neverwinter City, and then temporarily kept by the organizer of the competition, that is, Neverwinter City?
And that just gave Edkin and others an opportunity to take advantage of it!
So, after discovering that Annie was indeed missing and had no idea where to go to have fun, the four people, who were unable to wait due to time constraints, immediately came up with a plan that they thought was very feasible overnight. Ready to implement.
Of course, if before that, Simon could have an idea and complete the synchronization with the spell-breaking helmet, maybe then they would choose the simpler 'Plan A' in the end?
Anyway!
Whether Edkin and others' plan was successful or not, or Anne didn't know which step it had taken.
Because she did not go with them, and did not arrive at Neverwinter City leisurely until noon the next day, riding on Tibbers' shoulders, so she was naturally unknown.
Anyway, it was not until noon, until the Scorching Sun Tournament was about to begin, that she and the bustling crowd of people who were coming and going and talking about each other arrived in front of the arena near the Sword Coast in Neverwinter City.
Neverwinter City seems to have become more prosperous and lively at this time.
Today, in the arena near the Sword Coast where two huge statues of the former heroic lords of Neverwinter stand, the 'Scorching Sun Competition' that was once considered too cruel and was suspended will be held again.
Since it has not been held for a long time, the grand occasion is unprecedented!
In the sky, a huge hot air balloon with Fudge's portrait and countless magic ribbons filled the sky of Neverwinter. In addition to the local residents of Neverwinter, there were countless nobles and nobles from Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep. Travelers and wealthy businessmen are also rushing to the huge arena and prepare to watch the game.
There is no doubt that this will be a wonderful game. Both the five championship teams participating and the audience can feel the passion, tension and warm atmosphere before the game.
Since there was still some time before the official start of the game, countless people gathered and chatted noisily inside and outside the stadium, guessing and discussing loudly who would be the final winner.
Some of them even took out the treasures they had treasured for many years, preparing to take advantage of this opportunity to bet on a certain team of contestants they were optimistic about and obtain the generous odds rewards.
At this time, preparations had already begun in the huge arena in the center of the huge arena.
There, there are enchanted movable maze walls that stretch and combine up and down as if being debugged, allowing each unique maze to be displayed in front of all the audience.
Then, after debugging the magic maze for a while, as time went by, and as more and more spectators gathered in the arena auditorium, Fuch, the lord of Neverwinter City whose rise to power was quite mysterious, finally finally Appeared.
He stood on the middle wall of the magic maze that was rising higher and higher, and after reaching the highest point, he began to give a pre-match speech to the audience:
"good afternoon!"
“I’m so excited for everyone to be here!”
"welcome!"
"Whether it's the kind people of Neverwinter, or the distinguished guests from Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep!"
"welcome!"
"Welcome to Neverwinter City!"
"Welcome everyone to participate in this grand scorching sun competition!"
"today……"
"We will once again witness the battle between the best warriors!"
"Let's cheer for them together!"
"Applause for them!!"
Following the city lord's speech, the audience began to cheer and scream enthusiastically, immediately pushing the atmosphere of the game to the highest point.
However, the game has not started now.
It was just a routine lord's speech before the game. Because the Scorching Sun Competition was interrupted for many years before being restarted by Fudge, so some entertainment methods for making money have also been restarted, such as betting on a certain team to win. Or stick to round bets?
So, when the sun hangs high in the sky, when the hot air balloons and ribbons adorn the entire city, when the towering walls of Neverwinter City in the distance are filled with more people and soldiers, when people inadvertently leave from the city When everyone gathered here in the arena, near the betting points, the spectators, especially some gamblers, of course swarmed in and used their more or less money before they went to the arena and found their seats. Their wealth is betting on the teams they are optimistic about.
At this time, a certain troubled little girl happened to appear in front of such a betting registration point, and happened to see that among the original five participating teams above, Edkin, Simon, and Holgai suddenly appeared. And the names of the four Dorics and some descriptions of the people related to the suddenly extra 'Rogue' team?
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Edkin: Human, leader of a gang of thieves. A former member of the Harpers Union and a bard by profession, he is good at boosting morale with beautiful music and passionate speeches. Although it can hardly cause any physical damage to the enemy, he can always come up with various ideas. plan. Unfortunately, this time his plan to seize the treasure trove of Neverwinter City was discovered, and he was forced to participate in the Burning Sun Competition.
Horgai: Edkin's most solid and reliable comrade-in-arms, she is also a barbarian. She is brave, tenacious, powerful, and unstoppable when she enters the state of 'battle rage'. Before being executed, with his hands tied and only a brick as a support, he overcame the executioner and several Neverwinter soldiers and escaped calmly. But this time, she was caught again, even though she defeated an entire team of Neverwinter soldiers before she was caught?
Simon: Edkin's companion, whose profession is a warlock. He claimed to be a master of spells, with extraordinary talents and good use of all kinds of magic. But the problem is, he didn't discover the trap in the treasure house and was caught all of a sudden? And now, he has also been thrown into the competition. If he cannot find the key and open the magic-forbidden bracelet, he, who does not have much magic in the first place, will have no achievements in this competition!
Doric: The Druid of the Verdant Garden, whose race is the rare Tiefling. Different from ordinary tieflings, she looks cute and sweet, has a cold and upright personality, hates humans, and has the ability to transform into various animals, from a dexterous bird to a ferocious owlbear. She is good at controlling the magic of nature. strength. But unfortunately, she doesn't seem to be very good at tracking, and her ability is also questionable? It is reported that she was captured after being hit on the back of the head with the hilt of a sword by an ordinary soldier from Neverwinter.
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The above is the basic introduction to the members of Edkin's 'Rogue' team.
Unlike the other five teams, which have all the members and their introductions are very special, the Rogue Team only has a useless bard swordsman, a barbarian warrior, a warlock with a bound ability, and a also bound ability. Just a druid.
That's all the members of the 'Rogue' team. So, they are not favored by a certain judge, so that their ratings are very low?
But on the contrary, the odds are extremely high!
It can be seen that no one, whether it is the audience or the judges, believes that the four of them can survive to the end and win the final victory in the scorching sun competition.
Of course!
Anne couldn't care what other people thought. Anyway, when she saw Uncle Edkin's names appear on the betting list, and the odds were different from the mere one-to-one odds of other people's top talents, they were actually as high as After receiving the astonishing odds of '1:66' at the highest level, she suddenly came up with an interesting idea.
"..."
(ω)
Therefore, she subconsciously stopped when she was about to go to the arena.
"..."
()hey-hey!
"Let's go! Tibbers!"
()
Then, after making up her mind, she ignored the surprised looks cast by the people around her and her little bear. She just patted her little bear Tibbs on the head and let him carry her forward. Go to that gambling spot.
And soon, under the arrogant squeezing and pushing of her little bear Tibbers, she forced her way to the front of the counter, blocking all the people who were crowding around to place bets behind her.
"ah!"
"H-Hello!"
Upon seeing this, the official in charge of gaming registration and cashier and the few Neverwinter soldiers who were around to maintain order were naturally frightened by Tibbers's terrifying intimidation.
"Dear young lady, may I ask..."
"What's your business?"
Therefore, of course they did not dare to pursue Anne's outrageous behavior that disrupted order.
Just looking at the clothes she was wearing and the strange giant bear that was more than two meters tall that she was sitting on, I felt that Anne was probably a big shot that they couldn't afford to offend, so they hurriedly He stood up from his seat behind the counter and asked carefully in a flattering and groveling manner.
"Of course I'm here to gamble!"
(ˇεˇ)
"Why else would people come to your place?"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Anne glared at the other person first, then gave him an angry and impatient look before explaining impatiently.
"ah!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
"It's just a minor discourtesy, then..."
"How much do you want to bet? Is it a bet on the winner or a bet on the survival time of a certain team?"
With that said, the official at the counter did not dare to neglect, and quickly pointed to the row behind him with magic words showing the winning odds and different survival times of different teams, that is, different odds in different rounds. .
"That's it!"
(ψ｀▽′)
"They're betting on them to win!"
乛乛
Without thinking, Annie pointed directly at Uncle Ed and his Rogue Team and said firmly.
"ah?"
"They are the least favored team. They were originally prisoners who were going to be executed. The reason why they joined this competition was purely to make up for their numbers."
"Are you sure?"
Although anyone could bet on anyone, the official cautioned him cautiously and hesitantly when he saw the smart, well-behaved and cute little girl in front of him, whose identity must be extraordinary just by looking at her clothes. She bet on a team that was destined to fail. Such a sentence.
"People know!"
()
"But people just like them!"
()
Annie wouldn't say: She actually knows those people and has a good relationship with them? But now, since you have decided to play, you must suppress your own people.
Besides, Queen Anne has a small amount of money, so it doesn't matter even if she loses, just listen to the sound and have fun, she doesn't care anyway.
"Hurry up!"
(︵`)
As she spoke, Annie urged again impatiently.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Okay, okay!"
"That……"
"How much are you going to bet?"
With that said, looking to persuade him, the official did not dare to say more. He just picked up his magic pen and brought over a blank contract bet form, ready to fill it out and looked at it at the same time. Anne.
"How many?"
(.)
Anne first looked at the counter next to her and found a bag of gold coins that someone had thrown there. After thinking about it, she suddenly stretched out her hand.
boom! !
The next moment!
Following a golden light, she threw a large two-meter-square gold ingot out of her space pocket. With a loud noise, the floor tiles were instantly crushed and dented, scaring the other officials present. , the soldiers on duty and the crowd of onlookers jumped!
"Just this piece of gold!"
(^o^)
"perhaps……"
(゜-゜)
"If you count that kind of gold coins, it's about 16 million?"
(▽)
Anne made a rough estimate and quickly got a similar answer, and then said this.
Because there are about twenty tons of gold per cubic meter, and two meters square is eight cubic meters, which adds up to one hundred and sixty tons! And one of those gold coins only weighs ten grams, so in total, it’s about 16 million of the opponent’s gold coins?
Maybe a little more, but Annie doesn't mind those odds and ends!
In fact, she wouldn't mind at all even if she had this two-meter-square gold ingot in front of her! !
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
However, the official, the surrounding round tubes, and the soldiers were just like the gamblers around them. They were directly frightened by Anne's arrogant behavior and the two-meter-square super large gold ingot she threw. So stupid, everyone's eyes were widened, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time?
"Hello!"
()
"you are silly?"
()
As a last resort, after waiting for a while and seeing that the other party still didn't respond, Annie had to shout and urge with great dissatisfaction.
"ah!"
Finally, in Anne's charming voice, the official came back to his senses.
Then, with the cooperation of other officials, he went to check it out and found that the large piece of gold was actually real. More than a dozen people pushed it together but could not move at all, and the small piece that was cut off was using magic. After the test confirmed that it was the finest gold with extremely high gold content, they finally calmed down after some commotion, and asked people to bring in more soldiers to maintain order and drive away the individual tourists, while respectfully Respectfully, he walked back to the counter and asked Anne carefully, who had been waiting impatiently:
"that……"
"Ahem!"
"This distinguished little guest, I don't know what your last name is..."
"Where are you from again?"
At this time, they could tell from this alone that the little girl in front of them seemed to be a mage, and her identity and status must be very extraordinary?
"Queen Anne!"
o(*︶*)o
"From the land of fire!"
(ˊ〇ˋ*)
After thinking for a while, Annie said this.
"F-Queen?!"
"That……"
"Are you sure you only bet so much gold on the 'Rogues' team to win?"
"Are you sure?"
After looking at the bear under Anne's seat, and then at the exaggerated gold, with a confused expression on his face for a long time, the official asked again respectfully and hesitantly.
After all, he had never seen so much gold before, and it was even more than all the treasures currently in Neverwinter combined!
So, once you win, the odds are...
Well, he couldn't imagine how much the compensation would be.
Anyway, he felt that Neverwinter City would definitely not be able to afford the compensation, and even, by then, His Excellency, Lord Fuch, might lose his position as city lord?
Of course, that kind of thing has nothing to do with a small person like him. When the time comes, whether he will lose money or default on the bill, or whether the two sides will fight, that is what these big people need to care about.
"Of course!"
(~)
"hurry up!"
After Annie was sure, she urged again impatiently, saying that she just wanted to bet on Uncle Edkin and the others to win, and no one could persuade her!
"Okay, okay!"
"That……"
"You just wrote it down when you were little?"
Soon, as the official tremblingly wrote down Anne's name and the bet amount, "a large piece of gold, about 16 million Neverwinter gold coins" and stamped it, the bettor The magical contract is established.
"that……"
"My Lady Queen Anne!"
"I bet you don't have a seat yet?"
"How about letting the little soldier take you to the best VIP seats?"
Although he had never heard of such an exaggerated bet amount and it was a queen, the official did not dare to neglect it. Therefore, while asking, he directly waved his hand and asked a group of knights to come and respectfully come to the ground. Prepare to escort and guide Anne to a place where only the most distinguished and high-status guests can go.
"oh?"
(⊙o⊙*)
"OK!"
(｀)
When she heard that there were VIP seats, Anne certainly wouldn’t refuse.
You know, she was about to find a place casually, and since the other party had a better choice, of course she wouldn't mind, so she agreed directly and followed the knights somewhere.
"quick!"
"You go and inform Lord Fuch first!"
"And you!"
"Deploy more soldiers to garrison here!"
It was impossible to move such a big pile of gold, and it was too late to dismantle and dismember it. Therefore, the official in charge, in addition to sending someone to report to Fauci as soon as possible before Anne arrived at the VIP table, just Of course, send more soldiers here.
Although he was sure that no one could take that thing away, there was nothing wrong with being a little more cautious.
"yes!"
"Yes!!"
Soon, this betting point was blocked, and before various rumors spread, hundreds of soldiers came here and surrounded the place with tents and curtains as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
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