Early in the morning of August 10th.

At this moment, the live broadcast area of station N is jubilant, if the data flow in the network can be realized, then probably only the density of green caterpillars in the evergreen forest during the breeding season can be compared.

The much-anticipated Blizzard Battle Channel has not yet officially started live broadcasting, and viewers can't wait to fill the barrage in the pitch-black picture.

[Coming, coming, coming——]

[Melon seeds, peanuts and fruits are ready, waiting for the opening]

[I deliberately asked for leave, the annual drama battle is my source of vitality www]

Among the countless trainer events in the Pokémon League every year, the Blizzard Battle is a unique outlier - after all, there are many events that are broadcast live, but there is only one game where you can watch the live broadcast while watching the players and the organizers play face-to-face. Although most of the newcomers who played themselves helplessly and embarrassed the audience in front of the screen to the point that they couldn't eat melon seeds, there is always a group of trainers who are as passionate as the actor possessed, which makes people feel that it is a pity that they are not actors. Therefore, the number of people who watched the live broadcast of the Battle of the Wind and Snow at fixed points over the years was innumerable, which crushed the website server.

Of course, one of the powerful temptations to come and watch the usually, at least on the surface, be polite and polite people revel in the script.

In order to ensure the quality of the live broadcast, the Bingjian family has placed countless large and small fixed-point cameras in the competition venue, and the drone array is also on the field to ensure that every player can appear in the camera. The live broadcast channel is also subdivided into different sections, and the default perspective will be screened by the organizer to play the pictures closely related to the development of the plot, and you can also choose your personal camera position according to the player number, and freely choose to focus on the overall story or the trainer you are interested in.

As deep patients of Internet surfing and lovers of strange events, Xiaojie and Xiaoling naturally will not miss such an interesting thing. Although they were being pressed by the elders in Silver Mountain for special training, and they couldn't go to the Orange Islands to participate in the competition in person, in order to satisfy their desire to watch the excitement, the brother and sister tried their best to apply for a few days off - at least the most interesting first day of live broadcast must not be missed.

After hearing that Xiao Tian's participation in the Durian Cup had just started, and Xiao Tian still had to wait two days to continue the next round of the qualifiers, the golden retriever brothers and sisters did not hesitate to invite their friends to watch the debut of the vice captain of Dawn together in the form of a video call.

Xiaojie browsed the player's single camera on the right side of the screen with great interest, and asked without looking back, "What is the number of Xiaoye?"

Xiao Ling pondered for a while, and turned her eyes for help to Xiao Tian in the video.

And the reliable captain immediately gave a calm answer: "She didn't say anything." ”

Xiaojie: "Ugh. ”

The golden retriever boy looked at the dense 300 personal channels - and took into account the face of the contestants to prevent social death tragedy, only marked the serial number without the name of the title - and tried to make himself optimistic, "It's okay, it's only 300 people, look for it quickly!"

After a few moments, the pitch-black picture on the screen finally changed.

The first thing that sounded was the ethereal sound of music. The strings are followed by a volley of snare drums, instantly drawing people into the fantasy world of swords and sorcery.

With the sound of music, Nian Bai slowly rose.

"Legend has it that on the border of the distant kingdom, there is a snow-capped mountain that towers like a cloud. It was frozen for thousands of miles, and only the most ferocious ice monsters could survive. ”

"Few people know that deep in the extremely cold snow-capped mountains, there is a magician's mountain villa. The people there have snow-like hair, glass-like eyes, and a vast amount of magic that can freely manipulate ice and snow. Some say it's a group of people who are favored by the ice gods, others say it's a people who are cursed by the ice demons. ”

"And now—"

"In the year 803 of the solar calendar, deep winter. A group of adventurers from afar broke the silence of the villa. ”

Before the words fell, the darkness in the picture was replaced by whiteness.

Snowy fields are shrouded in clouds and mist, steep cliffs are covered with ice, and in the depths of the mountains, among the colorful wooden houses, countless torches burn brightly, reflecting the ice and snow.

Under the gray sky, hundreds of people were quietly gathering in the square in the center of the villa. The black-robed magician standing on the high platform held a scroll of brown paper, scanning the cloaked crowd below. High and low stone pillars surround the square, and the magical runes engraved on the surface faintly ooze a magnificent light, blending with the flames of the torches, while the face under the mage's hood is covered in shadows, and a solemn aura envelops the entire villa.

It is a gathering that takes place in the distant ancients, in the world of swords and magic.

At this moment, many viewers gasped and were shocked by the vast and mysterious scenery in the picture, while at the same time, the golden brothers and sisters gasped as they looked at the square between the torches and the philosopher's stone pillars, and the three hundred people gathered in the square, uniformly dressed and wearing masks.

Xiao Jie turned his head with trembling hands, and met his sister's equally desperate eyes.

This...... This god can't recognize which one is the little night and which one is the big night!?

Wind and Snow Villa, Assembly Square.

All the contestants changed into the "adventurer uniforms" prepared by the organizers. Unlike the black-robed magicians, the adventurers' costumes were predominantly light-coloured—violet-hued threads embroidered delicately on the back of their cloaks, and the coat of arms on their chests was the same color, resembling ice flowers blooming in the snow. On the almost dusty white fabric, purple plays a perfect embellishment effect, and the whole outfit looks cold and noble.

The ice-colored masks covered most of the trainers' faces, and all the tiny expressions were hidden behind the masks, adding a bit of mystery and solemnity to the rally.

If you look closely, under the ice flower coat of arms, everyone's clothes are embroidered with gorgeous flower numbers, which must be the player numbers used to identify them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ye, who was standing in the crowd, was suddenly stunned.

Before the Battle of the Storm began, no one knew what the backstory of this time was, and naturally they couldn't guess what the contestants' uniforms looked like. At least in previous editions, players didn't need to wear hoods over their faces.

...... So, did she forget to tell her friends her number?

When the people on the high platform stepped forward to announce the official start of the rally, Saya shook her head, temporarily restraining her messy thoughts.

Standing in the middle of the high platform was a middle-aged man with grim eyebrows. He was dressed in a long black robe, and the golden threads climbed from the bottom to the top like a brilliant flame, looking extremely solemn.

"It's a pleasure to meet all the adventurers who have come from afar. I am the Third Elder of the Wind and Snow Villa, and I am also the one who invited you to come here. ”

Before the words could be spoken, the people of the Bingjian clan who were standing around the square had already begun to applaud—as they had seen yesterday, the third elder seemed to be quite popular in the Wind and Snow Mountain Villa.

"As you know, there are a large number of ferocious demonic beasts in the Wind and Snow Mountain. The lodge has been plagued by monsters for many years, and those who go out are often attacked. ”

The elder on the high platform had a cold face, and his voice was heard in the cold wind to the end of the square, "In addition, in the western part of the Wind and Snow Mountain, in the Demonic Beast Forest overgrown with 'evil trees', a monster with an unknown body has appeared—we will call it 'Snowman'. So far, more than 10 people who have gone out on patrol or hunting have been killed by the snowmen, and even their bodies have not been left intact. ”

"Therefore, I would like to ask you for two things: to clean up the monsters in the mountains, and to cure the snowman. ”

After a moment's pause, Sayo recalls the brown paper album she had found in her package the previous night—the first few pages were maps of the area around the Snowstorm Mountain, detailing vegetation and buildings, as well as areas frequented by "monsters".

She already knew that the mountain villa was located in the southern part of Fengxue Mountain, and to the northwest of it was a vast ice field, through which she could see the Demon Beast Forest, and on the last page of the yellowed booklet, a burly beast with long hair and walking upright was drawn with charcoal, which must have been the "snowman" in the mouth of the three elders.

After explaining the details of the mission in detail and telling "please come to the Elder's Mansion for an interview if you have any questions", the black-robed magician left surrounded by two attendants. The contestants, who were afraid to come out of the atmosphere throughout the rally, looked left and right, finally relaxed, and began to talk to the people next to them.

Since the three elders had just said clearly that "the number of demonic beasts you kill every day will affect the final evaluation results", many players rushed out of the square and rushed to the ice field, as if they were afraid of being robbed by others. The Terashima siblings are not in a hurry at all, and the old god is on the ground and talking to Xiao Ye about the experience of the people who have come over.

"It doesn't matter what his mission is, it's right to visit the novice village first, maybe there's something big to discover. Li Jiu swore - and at the same time did not forget to keep her voice down, in case she was heard by the organizers, I am afraid that she would be eliminated because of the play.

"We patronized the main story last year, forgot to collect clues, and lost miserably. Long Xing added with trepidation.

Before Xiao Ye could answer, she heard a person passing by in a hurry laughing.

"If you are weak, admit that you are weak, and make any excuses. The passer-by sarcastically said, "Of course, I personally support you in 'collecting clues' - it's best to wait until the monsters are all out before going out." ”

This person is obviously an anxious person, and he didn't even bother to fight and walked away in a hurry.

Considering that the "Warcraft" in the story are all played by the Pokémon of the Himi clan, rather than ordinary wild Pokémon, the number of evenly spread over the heads of three hundred people is indeed limited. However, instead of setting out immediately, Sayo agrees with the advice of the Terashima siblings and collects clues in the villa first.

When he settled down in Bailang Town for repairs, Xiao Ye flipped through the videos of the wind and snow battles of the past ten years. While the content of the story and the way the game is played are very different, one thing remains the same: the so-called "mission" is just a vague direction. It is up to each contestant to decide what kind of action to take in this story.

Nanguo's siblings were silent for a while. Xiao Ye was about to say a few words of comfort when he saw the two of them turn their heads together, and even the masks couldn't stop their shining eyes.

"Wow, did you hear me, did you hear me! He's taunting us!"

"Of all the people, we are the only ones who have attracted taunts!

The two were so happy that they seemed to be praised, and said sonorously:

"I'm among the strong!"

"I have become a dragon and a phoenix among men!"

Sayo: "......"

Have you two experienced any special training, such as cross talk?

Li Jiu and Long Xing, who were "among the strong", became more and more confident in their judgment, and took out the map to outline the route with full action, planning to spend half a day exploring the entire Fengxue Mountain Villa first.

They first returned to the starting point of the route, Karl's house, where they had stayed yesterday, intending to pick up the kettle that Long Xing had accidentally left in the room. Linda, the maid, stood in the doorway, chatting happily with the neighbor's gardener, not even bothering to give alms to the adventurers. Until they walked into the back room, they could still hear Linda talking in a loud voice about her insomnia so much that she had eaten five slices of bread this morning, that Maid Anne's uniform was burned and that it was really cold, and that Maid Laura's new hairstyle was too earthy, and that she was almost noisy.

Through the window, they saw Karl holding a wooden sword, practicing chopping in the courtyard against the grass puppets over and over again. His movements were not powerful, and the blade of his sword was crooked, and he could only barely leave a few shallow marks on the scarecrow, but he looked very much like a noble boy who was not diligent.

In all the stories set in Western fantasy, the mage is a noble profession, and it is unusual to practice sword skills like a warrior. Unfortunately, the door to the backyard was locked and could not be entered, and Linda did not look like she could find out the news, so the three of them had to leave first, intending to save the puzzle of the dormitory for later.

Along the way, Xiao Ye saw that many contestants had made the same choice as them, and were looking for someone to talk to in the villa. Someone even pointed to the drone in the sky and boldly asked, "Dear Mr. Magician, what is hovering in the sky", and even the Terashima siblings were shocked and blanked.

The "magician" who was questioned was also a teenager. The man did not panic at all, and replied frankly: "Adventurer, you must know that the Wind and Snow Mountain is a place that was once favored by the gods - those pitch-black bird-like monsters appear every year and stay in the sky above the Wind and Snow Mountain Villa for a few days, and it is said that they are the eyes of the gods and will patrol the territory in place of the gods. ”

As he spoke, the magician boy stepped forward and said solemnly, "In any case, I suggest you don't try to touch them. Once the gods are angered, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

Questioner: "......"

When the live broadcast channel of station N was overwhelmed by the full screen of "hahahahahaha", the observer Xiaoye was in awe.

- Even the camera drone has been set up to match the background of the times, and even if she points to the miniature radio microphone installed on the inside of the mask and asks what it is, she will probably get an answer similar to "the ears of the gods".

The area of Wind and Snow Mountain Villa is not large, but it has all kinds of storefront facilities, whether it is food, herbs, or weapons, you can buy it. It's just that the adventurers are penniless now, so they can only simply look at it.

After a short journey, the three of them saw a simple ring built on the side of the road, which seemed to be a place for young magicians to practice. At this time, the team that had just finished its night patrol was resting, and the captain, a short-haired young man who looked very steady, was patiently instructing his team members on how to cast stronger magic.

Seeing many adventurers dressed in white stopping to watch, the patrol leader smiled kindly, "Of course, you are also welcome to learn from me - we have always respected the strong in the Himi family, and if you can win the battle, I will provide you with useful information." ”

Hearing the word intelligence, the eyes of a person standing nearby lit up, and he hurriedly shouted: "I'm coming, I'm coming!" Is it a Pokémon battle?"

The magicians of the patrol were stunned in unison, and their eyes became strange.

The child who spoke was immersed in the surprise of discovering the "side plot", completely unaware that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and continued to ask, "What are the rules, one-on-one?"

He was about to reach for the Poké Ball at his waist when he felt his body sink - a hand grabbed his shoulder.

The black-robed magicians gathered silently. They stared at the boy, whose expression was beginning to become panicked, and whispered words in their mouths.

"Demons. ”

"It's the words of the devil. ”

"It's unbelievable. ”

"Burn it. ”

"Those possessed by demons must be burned in the flames—"

Xiao Ye watched a group of black-robed people forcibly drag away the unlucky boy who was screaming, and the scene was like a scene of human trafficking by a cult, which can be regarded as seeing with her own eyes the coercive power of the rule of "no drama".

Seeing that the drone also flew away, it was about to record a multi-angle close-up of the violators being burned, and the contestants who did not want to be embarrassed in front of the people of the whole country suddenly put themselves in danger. Therefore, when the second person spoke, his wording was obviously a lot more cautious: "May I ask how to fight you, can you send out a demonic beast?"

The patrol captain looked surprised, "Of course not—I think Steward Sandy should have warned you that it is forbidden to drive demonic beasts in the Wind and Snow Villa, and those who violate it will be expelled from the Villa." ”

Contestants: "......"

Can't you use Pokémon, let's take our heads and fight you, an ice-based person?

Long Xing was also deflated when he heard this, and muttered in a low voice, "This is definitely a trap to lure novices into the play", and wanted to drag his companions away. Xiao Ye thought for a moment and waved his hand to the boy.

In the confused eyes of the Terashima siblings and the trainers who were about to disperse, she stepped into the ring step by step and saluted the person opposite.

"Dear Mr. Magician, may I have the pleasure of meeting with you?"

The patrol leader raised an eyebrow, "Of course. ”

After the two sides stood still at each end of the ring, the young man politely stretched out his hand and motioned for the adventurer to make the first move.

Then, Sayo pulled out the iron sword at his waist.

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Small Theatre:

Adventurer Y has challenged you!

Opponent Class: Swordsman

Opponent Level: ???

Young Sorcerer[LV.20]: ...... I had a bad premonition.