When the lights in the hall suddenly went out, countless airmen in the entire venue were shocked, and they subconsciously reacted and condensed their magical power.
Especially Bi Fang, Kouyi, Yuri, and Mina's group. They had just learned that there were humanoid Devil Armor Insects from Jayz's faction here, so their vigilance was higher than anyone else's. They immediately wanted to take action.
However, before that, Rozen stopped them.
"Don't be nervous, it's okay."
Rozen's concise words made everyone stop moving.
At that moment, a spotlight fell from the ceiling and shone on a high platform in the hall.
There was the emcee of the pre-game dinner.
"Everyone, please pay attention. Now we will begin the pre-game speech."
The emcee said while appeasing the airmen in the venue.
"Let's welcome the representative of the Floating Cities Alliance Council to the stage."
As soon as the emcee said that, another spotlight fell from the ceiling and shone on a young man who slowly walked to the stage.
The young man was wearing a dark gray suit, and after he took the microphone, he immediately showed a hearty smile to everyone present.
"I am the president of the Floating Cities Alliance Council, Jess Wiggett."
The person who appeared on the stage was Jess.
"Is he Jess?"
Higuchi, Cuy, Yuri, and Mina's eyes widened, and they immediately stared at Jess.
Rozen also stared at him, but he didn't look away.
"How cautious."
It was no wonder Rozen said that.
Because Jess on the stage was the same as when he met with Rozen yesterday, he was not in person, but a puppet clone.
Obviously, Jess did not intend to show up in person in front of Rozen.
It was conceivable how much Jess was afraid of Rozen.
Yumiyer and his entourage also seemed to have noticed that, and they looked at Jess calmly.
Other than that, no one in the venue seemed to have noticed that, and their eyes were all attracted to Jess.
Under everyone's gaze, Jess said calmly.
"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come here. I would like to express our gratitude to the Floating Cities Alliance."
With that said, Jess began to deliver a long speech.
At first glance, it was obvious that the speech was the same thing. It was nothing more than for world peace, to resist the demon beetles, humans were thriving, and everyone was the hope of humanity's future, so they were looking forward to the performance of the airmen in this "Aerial Martial Arts Festival" and so on.
However, everyone on the scene was listening with great interest. They couldn't help but admire Jayz's eloquence, which made the boring speech fascinating. If they didn't know Jayz's true colors beforehand, perhaps even Kou Yi and the others would be bewitched by him.
Then, Jesse used five minutes to finish his speech and came down from the stage. His expression was very calm, as if yesterday's incident did not happen at all.
At that moment, the emcee's voice sounded again.
"Next, His Majesty Pope's representative, Chairman Halderman Endicase, will give you a speech."
So, an old gentleman wearing a monocle replaced Jess on the stage.
"Chairman of the Council …"
"Halderman Endicase …"
"His Majesty Pope's representative …"
"That's a character I've never seen before."
Fiona, Cuy, Yuri, and Mina whispered to each other.
"Is he the one?"
Rozen also looked at Halderman a few times.
It was said that Halderman was not only the chairman of the council, but his family had been serving Pope since ancient times. Compared to the president of the council, Pope trusted him more.
Therefore, Halderman not only had the right to meet with Pope directly, but he was also Pope's representative, responsible for conveying Pope's will to everyone.
However, Halderman, as Pope's representative, controlled Vibelle for many years. Because he was the only one who had the right to meet with Pope, he used that power to push through many policies. Even the Aerial Martial Arts Festival was pushed by him relying on Pope's authority, which caused his reputation to be tarnished. Some people even thought that he killed Pope and used Pope's name to do whatever he wanted.
Of course, Rozen and the others knew about the Aerial Martial Arts Festival.
Thinking that the Aerial Martial Arts Festival was likely to be an excuse used by Pope to gather the pilots from all over the world in Vibelle and then launch a resistance against Jess, Halderman pushed through that decision and allowed the Aerial Martial Arts Festival to be held. In that case, he should be one of the Papists, an agent who was truly trusted by Pope.
So, Rozen looked at Halderman a few more times.
Maybe it was an illusion, but Halderman also glanced at Rozen, and there was a light in his eyes that ordinary people couldn't detect.
Immediately after that, Halderman withdrew his gaze and began his speech.
This time, the content of Halderman's speech was not the same.
As Pope's representative, and the only one who pushed the Aerial Martial Arts Festival, Halderman was going to talk about the rules of the Aerial Martial Arts Festival.
Yes.
The rules of the competition were finally going to be announced.
And it was in an amazing way.
"In this Aerial Martial Arts Festival, first of all, we are going to let the representative teams of the floating cities have a free-for-all."
Halderman said without any emotion.
"A free-for-all?"
Everyone present looked at each other in dismay.
"That's right."
Halderman nodded.
"Starting tomorrow, the representative teams of the floating cities will compete for survival on the ninth artificial sky island for three days and two nights."
"At that time, each team will get an Orb, and compete with each other for the Orbs in each other's hands. The team that gets three Orbs will win this survival competition."
"After the survival competition, all the winning teams will directly participate in a mock battle, compete with each other, and determine the winner."
That was the format and rules of the Aerial Martial Arts Festival.
"His Majesty the Supreme Pontiff is also looking forward to everyone's performance. He hopes that everyone can do their best and bet on the honor of the War Mages in the sky to win this competition."
Halderman said as if there was a hidden meaning in his words.
"I believe that after this difficulty, you will see a wider sky."
After saying that, Halderman stepped down from the stage.
All the pilots on the scene immediately began to discuss spiritedly, expressing their opinions regarding the competition for survival tomorrow.
Only Rozen and the others were silent.
"Survival competition?"
The other side's murmurs caused everyone's hearts to feel heavy.
This might really become a cruel survival competition.
Halderman seemed to know something, but he didn't intend to disclose it.
Jesse still had a calm look on his face, which was the same as Yumiyer and the others.
No one thought that this battle for survival would be completed smoothly.
Bifang, Cuy, Yuri, and Mina were prepared.
And Rozen …
"Huh?"
Rozen suddenly raised his eyes, and the corner of his mouth curved.
At the same time, behind Rozen, a voice came without warning.
"Warehouse Street, outer edge area, I will wait for you there."
Except for Rozen, the whisper that no one could hear drifted into Rozen's ears.
After that, the owner of the voice disappeared.
Rozen didn't look back, just smiled, and then quietly left.
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