With deafening cheers, many spectators stood up and waved to the victors.
Qin Yin was a martial man. Almost everyone understood that this kind of battle was the most exciting. If this fellow dragged on for an hour, everyone would feel that the ticket price was not even worth a copper coin.
Long Di was excited. He had only used 25 seconds to win. In the following matches, if no more than 16 people had better results than him, he could enter the finals directly.
Entering the finals meant that the city lord would reward him with a decent set of equipment, even if he was last. Warriors who entered the finals would be given priority to enter the main army of Metatlin City. They could also choose to only take the prize money.
Long Di had never thought of becoming a guest of honor in the annual finals. As long as he succeeded, he would choose to join the army.
There were many people like him in Qin Yin. Because they could not choose who they were loyal to, they had a body full of skills, but were destitute. This kind of person would never work as a laborer, nor would they go home to farm. Their lives would become worse and worse, and they could not even afford a decent weapon.
No matter how much money they could earn by joining the army, the damage to their weapons would be borne by the nobles. Long Di was already very satisfied with this result.
"How boring!" Nelis yawned. She had no interest in this level of battle. She needed five seconds to kill a White Bone Crocodile, and four and a half seconds were spent getting close to the crocodile. No, the battle could be finished in three seconds. This fellow had used 25 seconds and damaged his own weapon, yet he was still so proud of himself.
Nelis had no interest in this match, but the spectators' interest soared. The second match began immediately. The first to appear was a humanoid puppet.
Salin wanted to make the match as exciting as possible, so he could not face the undead every time.
He wasn't too interested in this level of competition, because watching this kind of competition wouldn't be of much help to him. The first fellow to appear had good explosive power and could be recruited into the army. After training, he could at least be a squad leader. But as the ruler of a country, he could not care about the fate of a squad leader.
On the high platform, Salin began chatting with the people around him. Eleanor took this opportunity to instill in Salin the way of running the arena.
The competition progressed very quickly. In order to enter the finals, everyone used their strongest skills and tried to shorten the time it took to win. Long Di was arranged to sit in the audience seat closest to the high platform. He watched the match anxiously.
Everyone's strength was very strong. Because of his extraordinary performance, he temporarily maintained his ranking in the top three. One guy was too eager to win and hurt his thigh, so he was rescued. If it weren't for the many soldiers and mages around the arena watching the match, that guy would have been eaten by the magical beasts.
There would be many such people in the future. Sooner or later, the arena would not be able to save them in time. Death was only a matter of time.
When the sky was about to turn dark, hundreds of magic lamps lit up above the arena. The backs of these magic lamps were smeared with mercury, illuminating the huge arena as if it were daytime.
The magic cores that Salin sold were all cut up. That was why Salin had a large number of monster core fragments in his possession, which were the waste products from the process of cutting the monster core. They were less than a standard unit in size.
This kind of Monster Core fragment was extremely dangerous to use in battle, but using it for illumination was a good way to save energy.
Under the illumination of the magic lamps, the last competitor appeared. The audience, who had been a little tired, became excited again, because this time, it was a female Magician.
In the sky above the arena, the magic formation clearly displayed the appearance of the female Magician to the audience. This female Magician was very beautiful and looked very young. However, she was wearing a gray magic robe, which meant that she was a Great Magician.
It was unbelievable that a great mage would participate in this kind of competition.
This was because such a free mage only needed to find Daniel and pass the lie test to immediately become a part of Metatlin City. She didn't need to take such a risk. To the people of Qin Yin, mages were noble, far nobler than nobles.
Even Salin was curious. Why would a mage join in this kind of competition?
Beside the high platform, Long Di, who was the first to appear, was extremely nervous. He was already ranked 16th. If this female mage surpassed his winning time, then he wouldn't be able to enter the finals.
The female mage walked into the center of the arena, took out a gray magic scroll, and opened it.
Salin's Elemental Eyes saw clearly that it was a level-six magic scroll.
This female mage was definitely a lunatic. Even if she won first in the finals, the prize was only 100 gold coins, but she had to use a level-six magic scroll worth thousands of gold coins!
"Who is this woman?" Salin asked the person beside him.
"I don't know, Master. I think this woman is up to no good. She wants to sneak into our mage group!" Nelis replied.
The first place of the opening battle could directly become a member of the Metatlin Kingdom's palace guards, in addition to the gold coin prize. The profession of palace guards was, in fact, the core fighting strength of a country.
For example, Qin Yin's royal swordsman battalion was undeniably the strongest in terms of fighting strength. There were as many swordsmen as there were hairs on a cow. All magic equipment allowed the royal swordsman battalion to maintain high-intensity battles for a long time. Every swordsman could be a small officer in an ordinary army.
However, Salin didn't build a palace. Instead, he built a temple to hide the interplanar transportation matrix below.
"Impossible. Any mage knows that in Qin Yin, you have to pass a magic test if you want to come into contact with any core secrets. There's no way that a spy could sneak into the palace. "
"Master, this mage probably isn't a citizen of Qin Yin."
"What do you mean?" Salin saw that Eleanor was looking at the female mage with great interest.
"You'll find out soon."
The female mage entered. Before the host of the competition could introduce her to the audience, she found her target and unfolded a level-six magic scroll.
This was a powerful earth magic — Hellfire Barrier.
Under the destruction of the Hellfire Barrier, the unlucky magical beast, a giant python from the demonic plane, was instantly killed by the female mage.
The moment the female mage entered, she cast an instant-cast intermediate spying spell and found the hiding place of the giant python. After she released the scroll, the audience below the stage finally reacted.
"Ah … this! The last person to enter is — Isabella, a level-five mage from the Tanggulas Empire! "
The audience was silent.
Someone from the Tanggulas Empire had actually appeared in Metatlin City!
"Isabella, this name sounds a little familiar!" Salin had been concentrating on his training recently. When he suddenly heard this name, he couldn't remember who it was.
"Master, this is a bandit mage." Nicholas didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he introduced her to Salin.
This Isabella was indeed from the Tanggulas Empire, but she'd been wanted for a long time. The bandit group she led only had over a hundred people, and they robbed houses in the Tanggulas Empire for more than three years.
Someone from the Tanggulas Empire, and a bandit group at that. Salin felt a headache coming on.
"Master, no matter where she's from, once she's in my hands, I guarantee that she'll be obedient," Nelis muttered behind Salin.
Londi was dejected. This female mage was crazy. She'd used an expensive scroll the moment she entered. She was so rich, why would she fight over a position with a poor man like him?
The more Londi thought about it, the angrier he became. He was on the verge of tears. Unexpectedly, Salin turned his head and glanced at Londi's expression. He deduced a little and understood why this swordsman looked half dead.
This Londi was quite smart. Although he was poor, he didn't want to become a bandit. He had strength and was young. Salin felt compassion and said, "Dorothy, go tell the first swordsman that I've accepted him. Let him go to the sixth camp to register. En, give him a suitable set of equipment, a squad leader level. "
The hosts were a group of 24 people. Half of them were magic apprentices, and the other half were swordsmen. The two people at the front were an Archmage and a quasi-swordsman. These people were all from Serrig Island. Very quickly, the two hosts reacted. The Archmage continued to use a sound transmission magic formation to announce to the audience, "Isabella from the Tanggulas Empire wins. Time used: one second. She enters the finals!"
Londi had already stood up. He was hoping to hear the host kick this Tanggulas person out. However, things didn't go as he wished. This Tanggulas person could actually enter the finals.
On the high platform, Salin had already determined that this female Magician would definitely get first place. Because none of the finalists were Swordsmen.
A level-five Magician had absolute power over anyone below Swordsmen, especially when this Magician didn't lack money and could casually use scrolls like Salin.
Londi sat down dejectedly and leaned against the chair weakly. At this moment, Dorothy walked towards him.
Dorothy still had the appearance of a human girl. He couldn't do anything. Even Trish didn't dare to go against Neris after she advanced to become a Great Demon.
Dorothy pointed and said, "Londi, follow me."
Londi was stunned. He didn't know Dorothy, and Dorothy didn't have the aura of a powerhouse. However, this woman was dressed luxuriously and had a dignified demeanor. Londi subconsciously stood up and looked around. The 16 finalists had already been chosen. There was no point for him to stay here anymore.
Confused, he followed Dorothy to a small enclosed box. Dorothy said, "Londi, my master tells you that you can enter the sixth camp. Go and register with Daniel. Here's your equipment. En … and ten gold coins. "
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