Wandering horses set alarm clocks. I made a cup of coffee, put the khaki mug in hand, put on my glasses, and looked at the time.
The time on the electronic clock is beating: 6:45.
The star ring still has not emerged from the shadow of the earth.
Looking out the sloping porthole, the Earth is overhead. The huge ring arm gradually blends into the background of the deep sky, its gray and white appearance showing a blue-gray color. The beacon tower is pointing in the direction of the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Hormuz is brightly lit.
The green inspection light flashed in the A7 corridor, and several construction machines were going up and down along the guide rails.
Two spaceships from the European Union are approaching the port.
It felt strange, but artificial gravity held him firmly to the ground, making it feel like the world was upside down.
The notes spread out on the desk are still blank. The wandering horse looked away and held the pen in his hand.
Shui Wuming, Elite.
Wood blue, Ragnarok.
MTT, Ragnarok.
Wu Cun, the crown of the silver forest.
Carefree, Silver Vislan.
Whispering, Silver Veslan.
Luo Wei, the God-killer.
Guild, Guild of Tansniel Craftsmen.
He wrote down these names one by one in his notes, corresponding to their areas of expertise - omnipotence, flexible construction, plug-ins, crystals, large devices, fairy users and potions. Then he wrote the last name:
Ed, Seven Seas Brigade.
All-round players, including large magic furnace, floating ship, fairy messenger and dragon knight.
The wandering horse stopped writing and thought silently. The first game of the Continental League should have already started. But that is not a first-line event, the attention is not high, and the first two rounds will not be broadcast.
The first opponent of the Kaolin-Ithurian Artisan Guild is the people from the Ship of Nodinsh. Are those alchemists from the White Tree Society easy to deal with?
Can he win the battle?
His mind had already wandered further afield.
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"Put the projection crystal over here." The staff directed the little monster to place the huge crystal outside the arena.
Reporters from the various trade unions and the first division media affiliated with the media were already ready to open the system or take out the recording crystal and face the direction of the field.
The cheers from the direction of the field were loud. The Oshu people renovated an ancient arena as a competition venue. Long before the Continental League had draftees, and when alchemists from all over the world competed, this place was already fulfilling its historical mission.
Later, after two rounds of expansion, it can now accommodate tens of thousands of people. Most of the audience present were local residents, selectors from various places, media people from the first division, and lizard people—yes, there were lizard people.
"Look, it's a lizard!"
Tianlan raised the recording crystal high.
Unlike Fang Plover, she arrived with the Seven Seas Traveler. Although the delegation didn't mind buying a few more ferry tickets, no one else did so. Fang Yu always felt that it was not good to make an exception for himself.
Not everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade came to Bavalan. Tianlan and Luo Hao were the most interested in it, and the Papalar people liked to join in the fun. Not to mention Sylvide, Baggins and Siesta were also with them.
Miss Tata is to go with the ship. The elf lady was worried about the plover, and the big cat man naturally followed her.
The rest of the people stayed in Ayinbrok, each with their own things to do. Luo Yu and Jita felt that time was tight and they seized every minute and every second to improve themselves. Ayinbrok's Magical Library is not as good as the Imperial Capital, but it is also a rare knowledge center in the Empire. After all, it is where the "Mobius" Mobile Fortress is located.
Box spent the whole day wandering around the city doing nothing, looking for the legendary forger of the empire that he had heard about in the north.
Outsiders can't interfere with his affairs. This "Mr. Killer" has his own set of logic. Only Alyssa also stayed in Aiyin Block. At the request of the leader, she took care of this unreliable comrade.
Companion, they both came from the same guild after all.
We still have some common language on weekdays.
I was really worried about leaving the box alone in Ayinbrok, but it was much more reassuring to have the enthusiastic Miss Nightingale here.
The First Division Super Competitive League sent a commentary team, and they were making witty remarks on the podium. It's just that the words contained too much content that would only make the audience in the first division smile knowingly, and most outsiders couldn't understand it.
Tian Lan also showed a lack of interest. In contrast, her attention was completely attracted by the lizard delegation that was entering the venue.
The lizard people in the empire mainly come from two places. They come from the people of Tojin in the Great Rift Valley. These lizard people, night lizard people, and sea people living in the south of the empire, the descendants of the shark lizard people, have long been integrated into the empire. into the empire.
In the northern part of the empire, the discrimination caused by stereotypes is more serious, so the lizard people will not go to the northern empire easily. But in the south, it is much more relaxed for them, and the lizard people can be found everywhere here.
The other branch is the descendant of Ta-Hes, the warriors of the Holy Land. This group of troglodytes is divided into two groups. One group lives in today's Nognis, and the other group lives in this far southern forest, and Established his own kingdom in the Great Rift Valley.
But what appeared at this moment was not any of the above clans.
The gray-skinned, tall, dragon-like lizards who are entering the auditorium can only come from one place, the Land of Starlight, Gudasok. They are warriors, guardians of the temple, Andathok lizardfolk.
"Andasok's lizards are here too," Tian Lan raised the crystal in that direction. "It's so lively this year! I suddenly remembered Tenerik. He is also an Andasok's lizard, right? I haven't heard of that for a long time. I’ve heard about the lizard prince, I miss him a little.”
"The place in Gudasok is different from other continents. Deep in the rain forest, there is not even a craftsman's association stationed there," the big cat man replied, subconsciously taking out his pipe, but he took out a match and remembered The occasion arises here. He shook his head and took it back angrily.
He didn't light a fire, just held the pipe in his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's not easy to contact the outside world there, and besides, it didn't leave any way to contact us. But Teneric has completed the trial and returned to himself. country, by the time we meet next time, its identity may have been completely different.”
"What's the difference?" Tianlan asked curiously.
"Do you understand lizard society?"
Tianlan shook his head.
"I don't understand either."
"Mr. Big Cat, you are so cunning!"
Rhett laughed.
Luo Hao had never met the lizard prince and had only heard about it from other people.
He was staring in that direction at the moment, and suddenly said: "It's not just the Andasok Lizardmen, look behind them. Those are wizards, the custodians of dark knowledge, and the Asuka Lizardmen are also here."
Tian Lan also saw the Dragon Blood Clan wearing robes. She once met an old priest of the Dragon Blood Clan in Fenris, but these were different from the one she had seen. The lizards of the Dragon Blood Clan who entered the scene all had a strange black pattern on their faces. .
"Those are wizards from the Gudasok Forbidden Land, not the dragon-blooded clan of Kaolin-Ithurion," Luo Hao had already said. "They are the real Xinsas-the number one in the Gudasok era empire Hierarchy, the guardian of dark secrets. Gudasok is here, but why would the lizard man be interested in an alchemy competition?"
"Isn't there a delegation in Gudasok too," Tianlan said, "Maybe they are here to see their own players competing."
"The contestants of the two delegations in Gudasok are also human beings," Red shook his head. "They are branches of the Artisans Association set up in the offshore area of Gudasok. The lizard people do not use alchemy. They have their own Knowledge inheritance.”
"That's right," Tianlan nodded suddenly, "I remember Prince Teneric didn't use the magic furnace."
At this time, a louder cheer suddenly erupted on the field.
Everyone looked in that direction.
It turned out that the contestants were entering.
There are fifteen games on the first day, completed in three rounds. Among the five games in the first round, delegations from four craftsmen's associations had already entered the venue. With sharp eyes, Tianlan saw the flags of the opponents of the Grande Craftsmen's Association at a glance.
Holy White Oak of the White Tree Society.
"The people from the Ship of Notting have already entered the venue," she looked around, "Where's Brother Ed? Brother Ed should be on the stage in the first round, right?"
"Not necessarily," Baggins replied from the side. "Mr. Ed's strength is also one of the best among the delegations of the General Assembly. I look at outside predictions and there is a high chance that he will not appear in the first round."
"Are there any such predictions out there?"
Tianlan's eyes widened.
She opened the system and was already browsing the pages of the website.
"Of course," the boatswain nodded, "I noticed that the captain is quite famous in the empire, whatever his name is, Mr. Dragon Alchemist. Of course, it is also possible that he is more famous in the circle of your chosen ones. .”
"Oh," Tianlan nodded, "I've heard of that name."
But Sylvide stretched out her hand to stop the little girl.
She just listened quietly at first, and now she said with a smile: "Don't bet, Tianlan, those people are lying to you." She raised her head, and her eyes had already found the person she was paying attention to among the crowd. .
"Ed will definitely be in the first game."
…
But Fang Yu was not so confident.
Several analysts had been discussing for a long time, and occasionally there was an argument, and Fang Yu couldn't help but look over there.
Ms. Ming and Ms. Virus are also there. They arrived a day ago. Virus was not polite at all, and asked him what he thought of it. Fang Pliance thought about it for a long time before he realized that he was talking about inviting him to join Elite.
Ms. Ming looked at him with a faint smile. But Virus was not polite to the former at all, and directly asked her where Chen Xi had gone.
As a result, the battle craftsman queen was embarrassed:
"How do I know where he went?"
"Oh, I thought your relationship had reached that point."
"Virus! Shut up!"
Virus stared at each other.
Ming glared at the woman angrily and then left.
Only Fang Yu was left shivering between the two people.
That happened yesterday——
Of course Fang Yu didn't know that at this moment, the ship officer's eyes were looking at him from the audience.
Although the news had been received before, the Seven Seas Traveler had arrived successfully, and Tian Lan and the others had obtained the tickets first. At this moment, everyone was probably in a corner of the auditorium.
But as far as the eye can see, there are huge crowds of people all around the arena. This scene was much bigger than the Southern Region Competition, and there was no such scene even during the main race of El Paxin.
Bavaria is a trading city, but the residents alone cannot support this scene. Most of the spectators are still selectors, and some even come from other regions and other competition areas. Fang Plover also noticed the Lizard delegation, but only had a quick glance.
The sound of soul fingerprints quickly interrupted his thoughts——
"This is the first round of the competition, and the people from Nordins' Boat shouldn't use their full strength," the latter said while flipping through the information in her hand. "We can also be more conservative." She looked at Fang Plover, and then at He looked at the kind young man from Silver Veslan and said, "In the first round, let's let Ed, Whisper, and Wu Cun and Mulan also prepare."
"I?"
Fang Yu was startled.
Isn’t that conservative?
He looked at Weiyu aside. When he was on the boat two days ago, he got to know his senior. The latter had no airs at all. He had already heard about the reputation of this junior fellow who was also born in Kapka, and because of Bai Xue's relationship , the two quickly got to know each other.
It's completely different from what Liuli said.
But that guy was famous for his bad mouth, so Fang Yu was not surprised.
"keep
It refers to the offensive strategy," Bai Xue explained at the side, "Senior Soul asked Mu Lan to go up to Wu Cun because she had to choose plug-ins and magic tools. Wu Cun is a plug-in craftsman, and although Senior Mu Lan is more comprehensive , but overall I prefer magic tools, and he is the magic craftsman in our team.”
"Plug-ins and magic tools are the most common categories among craftsmen. No one will target these two categories, so it is called a conservative strategy."
She looked at Ming aside, "Sister Ming, do you think so?"
"Don't lie to me, little girl from the Silver Veslan family," Ming smiled, "Our opponent in the second match is not strong, so you can do whatever you want."
She looked at Fang Yu's puzzled look and then said: "The little girl from the Silver Weislan family is right. A radical attack must show its strengths, but on the one hand, it will certainly catch the opponent off guard, but at the same time, it will also It will expose your own advantages and make you more vulnerable to attack later. So this is a double-edged sword and cannot be used lightly."
"Then if that's the case, why did Weiyu and I play in the first round?" Fang Yu asked.
"The reason is very simple. In theory, everyone will be more conservative in the first game," Virus took over the conversation and replied coldly, "But we also have to guard against the people in the Ship of Notting. Defense is to make up for shortcomings, and You and Weiyu are the best candidates."
"Can……"
What Fang Yu wants to ask is, aren't the people in the Baishu Society worried about exposing their superior categories and being targeted?
"There's nothing good to say, little guy," Ming shook his head, "You're not from a youth training camp, so you don't quite understand the logic of the big guild. There's nothing wrong with being conservative in the first game, but if you want to make a scene on the first day, There are also a lot of big news. The first thing that guilds, clubs and leagues consider is always the viewing pleasure of super competition, the commercial value of the games and players, exposure, traffic and attention."
Although Virus comes from a free guild, he is obviously good at it, and he talks eloquently, "So there are quite a few people who use ultimate moves right from the beginning. What's more, the ultimate move you think is not necessarily the real ultimate move. What about others? I don’t care, but my people must not be used as the backdrop for the second and first divisions.”
Fang Yu listened silently, thinking that this ice goddess was really domineering, the complete opposite of Ms. Ming.
No wonder the two don't deal with each other as soon as they meet.
But he didn't quite understand the commercial value of players, and he always felt that doing so was too deliberate. They were going to challenge the skills of alchemy, not to perform on stage.
But in recent years, the third division has always paid too much attention to the so-called commercial value. The players are also distracted by this. Even guilds like Silver Vislan will let talented players like Bai Xue and Sophie attend more public appearances and activities.
Not to mention live broadcast traffic. There has been a lot of debate in the community over this issue in the past few years, but it is obvious to all that the state of the third division is deteriorating year by year. If the quality of the event itself drops, can the game really be more exciting?
He asked because he didn't understand.
But when Ming heard this question, he couldn't help but was slightly startled, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "You little guy, why do you care so much? Am I your bag to ask? Besides, you are not a player in the guild's youth training camp. Those things are irrelevant. It has nothing to do with you."
She was actually a little envious.
In fact, Ming had had such thoughts when facing Loofah. The little girl who betrayed the Rosi Crusaders was now catching up with him day by day.
However, she looked at Fang Piao and said with great interest, "But if you want to join the Godslayer, I can use internal connections to give you the green light all the way. It's not impossible. As long as you give me an answer here, twenty Within four hours, I can have you join the God-Slayer’s elite youth training brigade directly.”
"Even your Nanami Troupe is allowed, right?"
"He is mine," Virus interrupted the woman coldly, "Ming, put your claws back."
"I know this little guy no later than you," Ming said angrily, "Virus, are you too shameless? How come he has become yours? Why don't you call him and see if the little guy responds? "
"That's naturally because..."
Virus
Suddenly stopped.
She gave the latter a cold look.
"Hmph," Ming said unconcernedly, "Pretend to be a ghost."
Fang Plover listened attentively.
Others were amused, but they all came from top guilds, so there was nothing to envy them about.
Fortunately, the staff from the first division came over quickly, interrupted the argument, and asked them about the category they had chosen. Since the analysts had reached a consensus and the players had no objections, their opinions were quickly submitted.
Several other venues have already lit up their events.
The Grand Club only stayed here for a moment, and then showed its cards, and a deafening exclamation suddenly sounded from the audience——
Plug-in, magic guide.
Aerial ship, city barrier.
Damn it! In the audience, Luo Hao saw clearly what was written on the sign and almost fell down. The choice made by the Kaolin-Ithulian Craftsmen Association was quite good, but the people from the Boat of Notting were very aggressive here.
Fang Yu looked at it and secretly yelled, "Damn it." He couldn't help but look at the soul fingerprints on the side, Bai Xue, Ming and Virus——
As for further afield, Bi Fang led a group of data analysts and was already preparing information about the next opponent.
But these ladies, the top selectors from Ragnarok, Silver Vislan, Godslayer and Elite, all looked calm and relaxed at the moment.
Virus and Ming looked at the content on the sign and seemed to have expected it.
"How is it?" Only Bai Xue turned around and winked at him, "Do you think Virus, Sister Ming and Senior Sister Soul are particularly powerful?"
is a bit.
Fang Plover thought.
"But that's not really a big deal," Bai Xue said with a smile. These things are not new to a person like her, but Fang Plover gave her the long-lost pleasure of being a teacher. "Such a situation will happen in every mainland league. stage, so if you don’t prepare in advance, you will suffer a big loss in this arena sooner or later. But the mainland league is nothing, you haven’t seen the intrigues in those first-line competitions, or even super events..."
Apart from the Southern Border Competition, Fang Pultru had really never been exposed to these.
Although he was a super competitive spectator in the past, the experience of watching the game from the perspective of a spectator is completely different from the experience of personally participating in it as a player.
Especially in many cases, the succinct analysis on the commentary stage is actually for the effect of the program, or to make up for it after the fact. But only when you truly participate in it can you experience the game of facing the unknown.
However, the people from Notting's Ship actually chose aeroplanes and city enchantments from the very beginning. These two categories are the crown jewels of large-scale installations. City enchantments are understandable. Does the other party still have shipwrights?
But he is not afraid of aerospace ships.
What about city boundaries?
He cast questioning glances at Ming and Virus.
But the latter didn't look this way at all and started to point directly.
"Wucun, go to the plug-in category," Virus looked at the four brands and said, "Magic device, Mu Lan; Aerial ship, Ed; City Barrier..."
She paused.
"Wei Yu, come here."
Fang Plover looked at the latter in surprise.
But all he saw was that the senior student from Kapka nodded slightly.
Although he knew early on that this talented craftsman trained by Silver Vislan was accomplished in large-scale installations, what he didn't expect was that the one he chose was also a large-scale city barrier.
This is also an enchantment craftsman.
What is the confidence of a large guild?
Fang Plover finally had some understanding.
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