The first round of the tournament lasted for three days.
Although the mages hired by Corinth were working in shifts at the mayor's residence to broadcast the tournament through magic mirrors, the Lancaster citizens who were spectators had their own lives as well. Apart from a few, most of them naturally wouldn't stay in the square for three days in a row.
If one were to draw a graph, the number of spectators over the three days was a clear U-shape, with the peak number between the start and the end of the tournament.
Be that as it may, there were many interesting incidents that people talked about enthusiastically, even forming a trend that kept the popularity of the Twin City Cup rising in Lancaster and its surrounding areas.
And yet, even if the spectators were so enthusiastic that they hoped to see the next round immediately, the contestants were already exhausted after their three-day survival journey on the maze island and had no energy left.
Naturally, Xi Wei wouldn't urge them to move on to the next round.
Hence, the bracelets that the contestants activated by embedding five tokens would vibrate twice like smartwatches, and clear words would appear to inform them of the time and location of the next round.
Naturally, the illiterate Players could use the System's quest page to translate the words into 'divine language' that even a monkey could understand.
As for whether the illiterate contestants could understand it …
Xi Wei: That's none of my business!
What are you looking at? It's part of the Church of Games' grace to have eight native languages, ask your god for it if you don't like it!
"The second round … is in three days? It feels like it's a little long. "
Jom couldn't help being surprised when he read the translated text on the bracelets.
He had thought that the next round would start in a day at most.
Still, it seemed normal when he thought about it.
After all, not everyone was as used to pain and death as the players were. Ten minutes ago, they were still combing through their intestines that had been cut open, but the moment they gulped down Coke, they would run to a restaurant to eat braised intestine noodles in the blink of an eye …
For most people, sleeping for a whole day could only relieve their physical fatigue. To properly adjust their state, it would take a longer time.
Relatively speaking, three days was considered short.
"Let's go eat, Jom? I really want some rye biscuits right now. "Terry said with a pout, clutching his stomach.
The glutton was already feeling terrible after not having a proper meal over the past three days on the maze island.
"Alright." Jom patted the dog's head. "Pikes, you've worked hard for the past two days. I'll treat you to a good meal."
"I also want to eat curry chowder rice, sauteed pork knuckles in soy sauce, horned bird egg custard …" Terry counted with his fingers and said, "Also, the fragrant barley roasted whole camel beast is delicious!"
"Eat, eat, eat! Why don't you say you want to eat dragon meat!" Jom stared at his partner with his dead fish eyes.
"Eh? Can I? "Terry, who did not hear the sarcasm, was overjoyed.
Jem's dead fish eyes got worse.
"If you want to eat dragon meat, you can come to our side."
At this moment, a group of people walked over.
Jom turned around and saw that it was the dragon knights from the Temple of Glory he met on the labyrinth island.
"You are …"
"My name is Isaac, the commander of the Temple of Glory's Northern Wyvern Knights," the leader replied.
At this moment, Isaac was no longer in the sorry state he was in when he was in the maze island, spinning around in circles because he was lost.
"Of course, it's not true dragon meat." The man smiled proudly and politely. "There are often wyvern whelps in the stables of our wyvern knights that are underdeveloped and unable to be used as mounts. We can't keep them as breeding dragons for fear that they would negatively affect our descendants, which is why we can only dispose of them like livestock for our meals after training. While we can't supply too much, it's not a problem to give each of you a big piece of meat to taste. "
"I'm sorry, but we have no intention of switching allegiance to the Temple of Glory."
Jom answered warily.
"Don't worry, of course I'm aware of that. It's just a reward for helping us escape the maze island, and not a temptation to convert. "
Isaac nodded and said matter-of-factly. "Moreover, while I can't represent the entire Temple of Glory, I can swear on my name as the commander of the Northern Wyvern Knights that the wyvern knights in the North would never make an enemy out of you. In fact, I could even act as a go-between and have the Temple of Glory form an alliance with your Church of Games."
Given his position as the commander of the wyvern knights, that gesture of goodwill was more than sufficient.
Jom simply couldn't figure out what he was plotting, but he felt that the commander of the wyvern knights was being too cordial, which was why he could only say, "You're talking to the wrong person. We're just normal believers of the Church of Games, and we can't influence the decisions of our superiors."
"That's a shame," Isaac said without a hint of regret.
"We have other matters to attend to. Farewell."
Seeing this, Jim immediately took the opportunity to apologize and left with Terry.
A wyvern knight asked his commanding officer, Isaac, puzzled as he watched the two leave.
"Commander, what are you doing? Do we have to care so much about those two kids? While they are good at recognizing the way, their bones are already formed, and they can't be trained into wyvern knights, can they? " "Wouldn't it be better to give them some gold coins if it's just to repay a debt of gratitude?"
"That's why your observation skills are so poor, Jones. You'll never be promoted to commander if this goes on. "
It was only then that Isaac turned and said flatly, "Those two kids are certainly naive and kind, but the synonym for kindness is naivety. To put it bluntly, they're too immature. Even so, I don't believe that it's just luck that they could swiftly collect eight number tags on the maze island. "
"In fact, they had triggered some dangerous traps when they led us away from that wretched place, but they always managed to solve the problem by the skin of their teeth. That's already beyond luck!"
Isaac glanced at his subordinate, Jones, who seemed to be deep in thought. He then said, "From all the signs, it can be seen that these two children are just hiding their strength in front of us. In fact, I'm afraid that they are quite strong, even not weaker than you! Don't show such an unconvinced expression. Although both of you have a strong Dou Qi that has been honed through arduous training, the strength of a person in this world cannot be completely determined by Dou Qi. I believe that as the competition progresses, you will be able to witness the strength of these two little fellows.
"Are they really that powerful …" The wyvern knight named Jones clearly didn't believe Isaac's judgment.
Isaac didn't deny it, and simply turned to look at the corner where the two kids had disappeared, sighing softly.
In truth, that wasn't what made him make up his mind. Instead, it was the high retention rate of the Church of Games and the friendliness they showed in the maze island segment.
The high retention rate meant that the pair of youths were not an exception. It was clearly a small, unknown church, and yet there were many in the God of Games who had such ability.
Moreover, being friendly was an important plus point as well. At the very least, they wouldn't have to stab them in the back after forming an alliance!
Having a trustworthy comrade in these turbulent times was definitely not a bad thing even if he had to pay a small price.
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Chapter 290:
The Dragon Knight Corps
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