Luo Hao watched the instructor pick up the stack of forms, paused on the table, and handed them to him casually. "That's basically all I need to say. You don't need to be so nervous. After all, our requirements here are not as strict as those of the real army. You can keep your own communication equipment, but there are still some basic rules. Let's put these down first. Take the rules and regulations and write them down—by the way, have you eaten?"
Luo Hao took the stack of forms and shook his head.
The instructor raised his right hand and looked at his watch. "We'll leave for the training camp at three o'clock. It's still early. Come on, I'll treat you to dinner."
"ah?"
"Ah, what? Don't think too much, it's just a cafeteria, and my allowance is not high. Let's go." The instructor closed the drawer and walked out of the office.
Luo Hao's mind was in chaos, and he was still thinking about what would happen next. When he saw the other party walking out, he quickly picked up his suitcase and followed him.
The two of them walked out of the office one after another and came to the lobby outside. On the glass curtain wall, the explanation voice of the wandering horse was coming from the projection screen:
"This is already the twentieth team to appear, from the Knights Kingdom of Guta. After it, there are two teams from the Kaolin-Ithurian Alliance, including the Kapka Artisans Association. Today's game is close At the end, the seven teams from the Kaulin-Ithulian Alliance did not perform very well. Currently, only the team from the Kaulin Artisans Association still maintains the second position in the total points. In addition, Elpaxin Federation of Craftsmen, ranked ninth.”
The wandering horse has obviously done enough homework and is talking eloquently.
"As we all know, Elpaxin is the penultimate stop in the second half of the league. In the next game in Gray Port, as long as the team in front does not make major mistakes, the hope of Elpaxin Artisan General appearing is basically slim. . And Kaopka Artisans Association, another team in the Kaolin-Ithurian Alliance that has the strength to compete for the top five, still doesn’t know if it can arrive before the end of the game. If the players from the Kingdom of Guta Knights do not agree If it’s postponed, they’ll have to forfeit.”
Hearing this, Luo Hao couldn't help but stop and look back. After the team from the Kingdom of the Ancient Tower Knights, a little-known team from the Kaolin-Ithurian folk came next, but it failed to surprise anyone, and the results were mediocre and they left the field in a hurry.
Seeing Luo Hao stop, the young instructor also stopped. He saw Luo Hao turning back to look at the projection screen without urging him. The trainee was interested in Aitaria, which in his opinion was a plus.
After this team's game, there was a moment of pause on the field.
Naturally, it is impossible for the alchemists' competition to be held in the open air, and the audience cannot see clearly from such a distance. In fact, the staff set up four large projection crystals in the center of the competition field. The projection angles of these projection crystals intersect with each other, which is enough to reflect the situation in the competition room on the sky in real time.
After the last team left the competition room, it took a while for anyone to take the field again. The audience in the arena whispered among themselves, discussing the previous mistakes of the Elpaxin Artisans Association team.
The wandering horse glanced in the direction of the VIP table from a distance - Prince Coleman had already left the venue first, and Earl Sandor seemed to have left with him. The Ithurian dwarves are still there, and the Ewenquin elf is standing with them. One of the dwarves is talking to Princess Xiaoxing.
A little further away, the representatives of the ancient pagoda knight kingdoms were all arrogant. When Wandering Ma played this scene, boos broke out in the live broadcast room. He looked at it and had to change the topic:
"Everyone, please be patient. The team of the Kapka Craftsmen Association encountered a storm on the way to the competition. Friends who are familiar with my live broadcast should know that this is a common occurrence in Aitalia. I want to compete. The staff should be seeking the consent of the Guta Knights Kingdom and other contestants to see if they can give the Kapka Craftsmen Association a chance - generally speaking, this is an established rule in the mainland league. "
As if to prove what he said, the picture of the crystal projection on the arena changed, and there was a scene of Elpaxin staff negotiating with the contestants and the person in charge of the Kingdom of Guta Knights.
The first person to appear was Rogerta, the president of the Elpaxin Craftsmen Association - the iconic big nose of Sparks. The dwarf president said angrily: "Everyone, we have received the news, outside the Elpaxin Kong Gorge. The storm has dissipated, and the Golden Deer has weighed anchor an hour ago. The team from the Kapka Craftsmen Association may arrive at any time, so please wait a little longer. Friends from the ancient pagoda, from The contestants from other places also agreed——"
But the person in charge of the ancient pagoda shook his head. "They are them, we are us, we agreed, President Roger Tower, the game is over now, but they are not here yet. We have done our best, at least we did not let them play for the second time, right?"
"But this is against the rules."
"There is no such rule, President Roger Tower."
"But we also gave your team the green light in the last game." The dwarf said while suppressing his anger.
"This is different. You Kaolin people like to talk about favors, but we Guta people attach great importance to the spirit of contract." The person in charge of Guta replied very calmly.
There were already boos in the arena. The local residents of Eshinpal could not say they had any deep friendship with the Kapuka people, but at least they shared the same hatred. In particular, the repudiation of the representatives of the Knights of Guta angered most of the people present.
Even the wandering horse couldn't help but frown. Of course he could see that the person in charge of the ancient pagoda did it on purpose. It was understandable in order to have more qualifying teams, but the appearance was too ugly. .
But it's not over yet.
Rogerta frowned with thick eyebrows and was about to argue. But at this time, a Korean-style girl suddenly walked out from behind the person in charge of the ancient pagoda, and said somewhat arrogantly: "We may not be able to make the top five even if we come, so why waste everyone's time?"
There was a young boy behind the girl. He narrowed his eyes and was a little shy. He saw his teammate walking up and opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't hold back, so he couldn't help but sigh.
The Korean-style girl continued: "Mr. President, let me give you a rational suggestion. What you have to consider now is not how to save face, but to find a reliable collaborator. Look at your collaborators, in addition to packaging stars What else can you do with bragging about yourself? In our place, people like this don’t deserve to be called Chosen Ones. If you can’t defeat them, just ask the military for help. Incompetent giant babies——”
"Fuck!" Luo Hao couldn't help but cursed when he saw this.
Youdao is to hit people without slapping them in the face, and to curse people without exposing their shortcomings. However, this girl only hit people in the face and scolded others only to expose their shortcomings.
The disastrous defeat of the three major guilds in the Muddy Land in the second half of the year was a pain in the hearts of all fans, and the deployment of the military to stabilize the situation was even more embarrassing. This kind of topic is unfavorable even for one of us to mention it, let alone for our opponents. Speak up.
Wandering Ma'er's live broadcast room exploded. All kinds of rhythms took off for a while, and the barrage almost caused the live stream to crash. He couldn't help but secretly cursed this big-breasted and brainless woman for finding trouble for himself. He instructed the room manager to mute his words and turned on the time limit for speaking, which stabilized the situation.
Although he was a landscape anchor, he couldn't help but feel that he shared the same hatred with the enemy at this moment, and he was so angry that his teeth itched. But he had to continue explaining: "This girl should be the selector of the Iron Oak Principality. Let me look at her information - Vikki, a native of Busan, is a talented player famous for MVP, 19 years old this year, professional, etc. ——Fighting Craftsman?”
The wandering horse sounded a little surprised: "The combat craftsman is also coming to participate in the Alchemist's Standard Tournament?"
In the projection screen at this moment——
Rogerta raised his eyebrows. With his age and qualifications, there was no need to argue with a little girl. He was about to say something to the person in charge of Guta, but at this moment, an El Paxin staff member came to him and whispered a few words to him.
The dwarf president’s eyes lit up.
"What did you say?" he turned around and asked the staff member.
"The people from the Kapka Craftsmen Association are here." The staff member raised his voice and said it again.
This time, all the spectators in the entire arena heard it clearly——
"Very good." Rogerta almost wanted to laugh twice. He touched his long beard and looked at the person in charge of the ancient pagoda not far away with a self-explanatory look.
The latter's face turned blue and white, and he waved his hand and said: "Humph, shitty luck."
The girl Vikki's reaction was not that big. She just shook her head: "It's a waste of time."
But when the stray horse saw this scene, he couldn't help but punched hard. He now understands why so many people like to pay attention to Super Competitive. The feeling is indescribable, but it does make people's blood boil.
Outside the projection screen, Luo Hao seemed much more rational. After scolding him, he quickly calmed down. The woman was actually not entirely wrong. The overall malaise in the Chinese competition region could not be changed by the arrival of the Kapka Craftsmen Association.
Even if one more team enters the top five, it will not help the current situation. Maybe it would be better if the whole army is destroyed, which can at least break some people's illusions. But the question is, which link has gone wrong over the years?
He couldn't help but think to himself.
"Don't you want to read it?" The instructor looked at him and asked.
Luo Hao shook his head: "I won't read it, it's boring."
"Then let's go."
The two of them had just turned around when suddenly a low voice of exclamation came from the projection screen. Then the wandering horse explained in an equally surprised tone: "This is...the team of the Kapka Artisans Association, this combination..."
In the Continental League, a craftsmen's federation's team is often a huge team, with no limit on the number of people. It's just that which contestant is allowed to compete on stage depends on the content and form of the competition itself, and is decided by the leader of the Craftsmen Association.
For this reason, it is normal for the audience not to know the players. The competition organizers will naturally check the identity and qualifications of the contestants in advance to prevent fraud.
What makes Wandering Ma Er a little strange is that he can't find the player cards of the players who appear on the projection.
Could it be that he was planning to throw it away?
He was a little embarrassed for a moment. This was a big embarrassment. Fortunately, most of the viewers in the live broadcast room were not professionals, so they didn't care about his being stuck. Instead, they were a little curious:
"Wait a minute, aren't these the three people from before? Do you still remember?"
This flying barrage made the wandering horse slightly stunned.
Fang Piao participated in the first-level assessment of apprentice craftsmen at the Kapka Craftsmen Association, and he still remembers the grand scene at that time.
However, although Kapka is the birthplace of the Kaulin-Ithurian construction school, it is still not as good as a trading port and shipbuilding center like El Paxin. It is just a small place in itself.
So even though he had expected it, when Jenny opened the door, he was still startled by the scene behind him - oh, a huge crowd of people and two brothers.
Behind the door is a long corridor. In the middle of the corridor is an open-air courtyard. Elf laurel, wisteria, and a tall mountain pepper are planted in the courtyard. People are everywhere, sitting or standing. There were twenty-one teams, each with as many as twenty or thirty people, and as few as ten people. When he entered the courtyard, everyone's eyes fell on them.
A childlike human boy, who looks more than sixteen years old and less than seventeen years old.
A Papalar man looked around curiously, wearing pointed boots and carrying a heavy crossbow on his back - have you ever seen an alchemist craftsman carrying a heavy crossbow?
The last one is even more eye-catching, a tall lion-man from Lotao, who almost has to lower his head to pass under the arch of the courtyard. When people looked at him, the lion man responded with a pale silver gaze, making everyone afraid to look at him.
No matter from which aspect, this team is too eye-catching.
Not to mention that they had already become the focus of the topic before this - everyone had been successfully attracted by the dispute between the staff of the El Paxin Artisans Association and the person in charge of the ancient pagoda.
"Why do I feel like they are all looking at us?" Parker asked very uncomfortably.
"It's not like that, it's just like that." Rhett replied.
Fang Plover was also a little confused. He just thought that there were too many people in El Paxin participating in the craftsman assessment. He was hesitating where to queue up, but at this time someone was already coming to greet him.
He was a dwarf with a black beard and thick eyebrows. When he saw them, he said, "Are you from Kapka?"
Fang Yu nodded quickly and replied, "Yes."
"Where's Otalos?" the black-bearded dwarf asked, but before Fang Plover could answer, he turned around and shouted to the people behind him: "What are you still doing? Come up and check them. After the inspection, there are no problems." Send them there.”
Before Fang Plover could react, several dwarves rushed up and surrounded Fang Plover to inspect him.
"You don't have an auxiliary plug-in, do you?"
"Not even the equipment."
"Is there anything extra on the magic furnace?"
"Where's the brooch?"
"Show the number plate."
Fang Yu, who had gone through an assessment, was quite familiar with these processes. Since the assessment is based on the alchemist's own abilities, any equipment and plug-ins other than the magic furnace are not allowed.
But this didn't matter to him, he didn't have any equipment. Mazak had given him a brooch before, but that thing only took effect at level seven, so he didn't bring it with him.
There are also some basic equipment for combat craftsmen, such as control gloves and clockwork fairies, etc. These items do not increase attributes and are not restricted.
The only thing that made Fang Yu a little strange was that not far away, a pale, black-haired middle-aged man was staring at him, as if he owed him hundreds of thousands of lisels. Especially when looking at the numbered plate and brooch in his hand, it seemed as if the flowers could be seen from them.
However, after the dwarves used special instruments to scan the number plate and brooch to confirm his identity, the middle-aged man walked away angrily.
At this time, the black-bearded dwarf not far away came over and patted his gloves, curious: "Combat Craftsman?"
Fang Yu scratched his head: "That's right."
The black-bearded dwarf laughed, probably thinking that he was the kind of alchemist who just pretends to be wearing a glove suit. After all, the combat craftsman sounds more advanced.
He shook his head and said to Fang Plover: "Young people should be focused. The path of master craftsman will not be any worse than that of combat craftsman in the end. Different paths lead to the same goal."
Fang Yu could only giggle after hearing this.
Instead, a gaze fell on him, and Fang Yu noticed that there was an exotic-looking girl not far away, who was mouthing something to him.
Through the high-end translation system of Dragon Knight System, Fang Yu unexpectedly understood that sentence:
"boring--"
On the other side, several dwarves were surrounding the lion-man Red's magic furnace, not knowing what to do——
"The 'Justice' PEM type magic furnace, is this the product of Lotao's Holy White Wilderness Workshop?"
"Is there any craftsman who can use this thing?"
"Isn't this the Holy Knight's magic furnace?"
"Is there anything weird?"
The referees looked strangely at the lion man not far away who was holding a pipe and looking into the distance, while whispering.
Outside the court, there was already an uproar.
Under the projection screen, Luo Hao, who turned around again, was looking at Fang Plover in the screen with wide eyes. He rubbed his eyes vigorously to confirm that he had seen correctly, and couldn't help but murmur to himself:
"Holy crap, it's this guy, he's definitely right -"
"This guy actually made it to El Pasin."
"Do you know him?" Not far away, the instructor asked curiously.
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