Just like in the first round of the tournament, Isaac led his party to the starting point indicated by his bracelet.
If he had been a little dismissive in the first round of the Twin City Cup, he was now a hundred and twenty percent spirited after the baptism of the first round.
In the three days of rest, the magic mirrors in front of Lancaster's main square did not shut down. Instead, they kept replaying the highlights of the first round of the tournament, with the most replayed being the compilation of treachery.
Even if the average citizen didn't have the guts to point fingers at the believers of churches who did despicable things in the tournament — after all, the fact that they could make it through the first round meant that the scumbags had a certain level of ability, that didn't stop them from spreading it in private.
Moreover, the other churches that were already at odds with those churches had a handle to mock them, and in just a few days, the reputation of those churches was utterly ruined.
For Isaac, the commander of the wyvern knights, dying in battle was a small matter, but losing face was a big deal.
In the end, he was a respectable figure in the Temple of Glory, and as a believer of the God of War who valued honor, he would kill himself in anger even if he won if he was hung on the pillar of shame and ridiculed incessantly.
It wasn't just Isaac's party — the believers of other churches had more or less felt the power of public opinion over the last three days, but they still didn't realize the importance of the matter, nor did they have the intention to fight Lancaster and the Church of Games for control over public opinion.
In fact, it was useless even if they did, since not every god had the time to record their matches.
Moreover, without video as proof, words alone certainly wouldn't be as persuasive as the Church of Games. Even if the people of this world hadn't experienced the age of the internet, the principle of 'if you don't have a picture, you can just say it' was still the same, and Lancaster's cleverly edited video was more effective than those people's eloquent speeches for three days and three nights …
It appeared that there wasn't just one starting point for the second round — Isaac had already seen two gathering points for other churches along the way.
When he arrived at the square marked as the starting point on his bracelet, he found that there were already people there, and they were Terry and Jom whom he was familiar with.
'Could the starting point's members be divided according to the time they made it through the last round?'
As Isaac deduced this in his mind, he also greeted Torrey, Jem, and the others.
"Hey, boys, how's my suggestion from last time?"
"We've agreed, but we'll have to wait until the end of the competition to discuss the specifics."
Jem's reply was scripted.
"Of course." Isaac nodded in return, thinking that the leaders of the Church of Games weren't idiots who couldn't see reason. At the same time, he had some guesses about the Church of Games' development strategy.
Some might find it strange that Isaac's suggestion was clearly a win-win situation, even benefiting the Church of Games to a certain extent. How could it be rejected?
But in fact, this situation was very common.
This was because for the people who made the decision, even though the decision was beneficial to the 'collective', it would not benefit them at all. In fact, it might even affect them to a certain extent. For this reason, they would often slap themselves on the head and make decisions that seemed unreasonable to the outside world.
For example, if Angora was a traitor who intended to betray the Church of Games and defect to the Brilliant White Church, he naturally wouldn't ally with the Temple of Glory, which would lower his impression of the Brilliant White Church and make it more difficult for him to betray them.
"By the way, do you want to team up with us for the second round?"
Isaac then extended an invitation to Tom and Jim.
Though he wasn't aware about the minimap, Torry and Jem's miraculous pathfinding skills were on full display in the last round. Connecting it to the Players' performance in the best clips of the match, even a fool would be sure that the believers of the God of Games had grasped some sort of divine skill that allowed them to identify their way.
As long as the map wasn't so small that one could see everything with a single glance, that ability was very important.
Moreover, their combat ability was impressive and they didn't have to worry about being a burden to the party, which naturally made the invitation worthwhile.
This time, however, Jem decisively refused Isaac's invitation, even giving him a reason that left Isaac speechless.
After being stabbed in the back in the last round, the believers of the God of Games were planning to band together like the other churches.
Naturally, Isaac could only express his regret in that regard. After all, they weren't from the Temple of Glory, and he couldn't abduct them by force, could he?
As the countdown reached zero, everyone who had arrived at the starting point was teleported to the fishmen island, the venue of the tournament.
Though this teleportation was no different from the last time for the contestants since they arrived at their destination in a flash of white light, the teleportation this time was a waste of Xi Wei's strength compared to the maze island. He couldn't help deflating like a deflated balloon when he remembered that he would have to teleport everyone back after the tournament was over …
At the same time, every contestant learned about the contents of the tournament from their bracelets.
The Players had even directly generated a new tournament quest in the quest interface.
[Quest: Dragonslayer]
Mission Details: An evil dragon from the deep sea, under the guidance of a mastermind behind the scenes, has brought a group of its spawn to attack this peaceful island. Your mission is to repel its spawn and kill this evil dragon that dares to covet the land, so as to deter those who don't belong to the land!
[Quest Description: Killing the quest target will grant you the corresponding points. Every Murloc Invader is 1 point, every Advanced Murloc Invader is 10 points, and every Murloc Invader Leader/Chieftain/Shaman is 50 points. Special Murloc Invaders have additional points (Click here to view the list).] Other than that, the Boss, the Night Tide Dragon, was worth 100000 points, which would be distributed according to the damage dealt after the Crusade. Passing the second round of the competition would be considered a mission success. Otherwise, it would be considered a mission failure.
Quest Reward: 'Mysterious Weapon Can (Purple)' x1, 'Mysterious Equipment Can (Blue)' x2
Punishment for failure: After the second round of the competition, the player's title will be forcefully changed to 'Loser Dog' for three days (This title has no negative effects and will not appear in the Title Book).
Note: Competition first, friendship second. The God of Games
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Chapter 293
Match Mission
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