The entrance to the underground city in Bantem Town was in a mine.
Like the other underground cities in the Dawn Continent, Bantem Town's underground city was discovered by chance. The person who bought the mine was a small noble. In fact, ever since the transaction was completed, there was not a day that he didn't worry about it. The small noble felt that he was cheated by the original owner because the mine was constantly attacked and harassed by ghouls. He didn't know where the ghouls came from, but their existence had seriously affected the miners' safety and work efficiency. Therefore, he had no choice but to issue a D-level commission to the Adventurers Guild.
However, the result wasn't ideal. It was as if the gods were deliberately toying with him. The ghouls in the mine sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain. As soon as one batch was killed, a new batch would quickly appear. It was as if there was no end to them. After a few times, the small noble broke down and changed the commission to a permanent solution to the problem of the ghouls in the mine. He increased the reward significantly and upgraded the commission from D-level to C-level.
In fact, he had bought the mine at a very low price. Therefore, it wasn't rational to issue a high-priced commission to clean up the mine. It was more of an obsession. The small noble had obviously fallen into a state of "Hey, I'm not going to believe this today". He was determined to wipe out the annoying ghouls in the mine at all costs.
Unfortunately, there weren't any particularly powerful adventurers in a small place like Bantem. Therefore, after more than 40 years, the commission was still hanging on the wall of the Adventurers Guild. The small noble couldn't complete the commission even when he was about to die. In the end, it became a sore point for him. He couldn't forget about it until his cousin, a Grade 5 knight, returned to his hometown to attend his brother's funeral. He heard from his nephew about what happened in the small mine and felt that something was fishy. Therefore, he wrote a letter to the local lord and borrowed two teams from the garrison to explore the mine from top to bottom. Only then did they discover the underground city below.
The small noble's son sold the mine to the Adventurers Guild at an astonishing price. Soon, it was transformed into a large camp and reception center. Various service areas were set up to receive adventurers from all over the world, serving as their last supply point before entering the underground city. Later, as the adventurers ventured deeper, more floors were opened. The Magician's Association also set up a special teleportation array here to facilitate the adventurers to reach their destinations faster, saving time along the way.
Early in the morning on the day of the competition, the teams participating in this year's Freshmen Competition of Siamus finished assembling here. Although the academy's professors had warned them, two unlucky fellows still missed the time. In order to ease the tension before the competition, they met up for a drink in the middle of the night. In the end, they accidentally drank too much and were still sleeping soundly in the tavern. They were destined to miss the competition.
As usual, Headmaster Forman gave a motivational speech before the competition. The content was similar to previous years, with the emphasis on encouragement. He hoped that the participants would enjoy the competition, learn and gain something useful from it. After that, the president of the Student Council, Jefferson, introduced the rules of the competition. Among them, what everyone was most concerned about was naturally the conditions for winning.
— — The ranking of the competition was ultimately determined by the points obtained by each team. After the competition officially began, teams could obtain points by hunting magical beasts and collecting their key parts. Under normal circumstances, the points obtained were directly proportional to the degree of danger the magical beast posed. Alternatively, they could choose to eliminate other teams and directly plunder their points. However, what was different from the past was that there was a third way to obtain points in this competition. That was to collect sacred artifacts that had been left behind in the competition. Each sacred artifact could provide the wielder with a large number of points. At the same time, when five sacred artifacts were gathered together, the wielder could obtain a special reward.
Rob sensed a hint of familiarity from this last new rule. This way of playing … was very similar to the two mini-games by the lake that night. Sure enough, there was the shadow of that guy in it. It seemed that he still wanted to continue the game that was accidentally interrupted that night in today's competition.
The rules of the competition did not further explain the sacred artifact that was mentioned at the end. Whether it was its size, shape, or function, it was all unknown. It seemed that the teams would have to figure it out themselves during the competition. As expected, the moment this new rule was announced, the participating teams were in an uproar. Many people began to discuss in low voices.
Caesar was also surprised. The young master of the Andrea Family had received the competition rules two days in advance, and it was the final version. However, the rules in his hands did not include the last one. Caesar frowned. What was going on? Did Jefferson set him up?
Unlike Leo, although the president of the Student Council usually gave him face, he was after all not working for the Andrea Family and would not completely obey his orders. During this period of time, the president did not stop the things that Caesar did among the students, but he also did not participate too much. This was not difficult to understand. Jefferson's three-year term was coming to an end, and he did not want to cause any more trouble. He just wanted to spend the next six months in peace. Therefore, when Caesar requested to preview the rules of the competition in advance, the president also hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
Could it be that he went back on his words after the competition? Did he give him an incomplete version of the rules? But after thinking about it, the young master of the Andrea Family felt that this situation was unlikely. If Jefferson really did not want to give him the rules of the competition in advance, he could have just refused directly. Playing this kind of trick would only further worsen the relationship between the two sides, which was not good for either side. Judging from Jefferson's expression just now, he was obviously a little surprised when he read the rules. It was very likely that he did not know about this newly added rule.
Looking at the calm face of Headmaster Foreman, Caesar fell into deep thought.
In addition to the magical beasts and those inexplicable sacred artifacts, there were also treasure chests and traps in the arena. What one could get from the treasure chests was completely random, which also increased the suspense of the competition to a great extent. If one was lucky enough to get a powerful piece of equipment from the treasure chest, even a salted fish team would have a great chance to turn the tables.
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