When I returned to the lobby on the first floor, the sunlight was already shining throughout the room, illuminating the seats of the vines with life. The three of them each sat down in their seats, and Leah took out a piece of magic paper from the spatial ring and handed it to Darko, "Well, you can take a look at this leaflet first." ”

Darko saw the flyer and found that the title was the same as the huge announcement he had seen on the city walls earlier - 751st Alchemy Grand Prix. However, when he met Phyllis when he entered the city, he didn't look carefully at the specific contents. At this point, Darko looked a little below the title, and with Leah's explanation and Phyllis's chattering and illogical interjections, he gradually understood the rules of this alchemy Grand Prix.

The rules of the Alchemy Grand Prix are actually very simple, that is, six auxiliary professions form a group, arm an orc through various methods, and the armed orcs will then fight in the ring. Whichever team of orcs can win the final victory, that team is the champion. The Alchemy Guild's reward for the champion is to open the Guild's Collection Hall, and each member of the winning team can choose an item in the Collection Hall.

"The Collection Hall?" Darko didn't think there was anything powerful about the Collection Hall, and naturally he didn't know what was hidden in it, he just thought of the Library Hall of the Academy of Magic.

"There's a lot of junk in the collection hall, and that's where George's parallel bracelet got. Phyllis brought a bunch of grapes out of nowhere, and while eating, she muttered something and threw one at Darko, who hurriedly caught it with his mouth.

Leah continued to explain to Darko in detail, "The Hall of Collections is a special warehouse of the Alchemy Guild, which holds all kinds of goodies. It is all equipment that has been refined by alchemists who have belonged to the guild for thousands of years, and under the rules of the contribution system, a large number of alchemy items will be handed over to the alchemy guild as a contribution every year, and those who meet certain conditions will be included in the collection hall. Since they are produced by masters, their true effect is higher than the value of the corresponding level of the item. The collection hall contains a large number of alchemy items that cannot be bought on the market, equipment, armor, weapons, and jewelry, and everyone can find something suitable for themselves. ”

Darko had participated in the selection of the Alchemy Guild when he was at the Academy of Magic, and since he received the herbalist badge that time, he has been paying attention to the situation of the Alchemy Guild and knows a little about its rules. Members of the Alchemy Guild, starting from the official launch of the badge, will be able to obtain certain discounts when purchasing materials at St. Yale. In exchange for this discount, the auxiliary professions need to pay a certain amount of contribution to the guild every year. Herbalists and Disintegrators can earn contributions from other support classes by working as assistants, which are exchanged for alchemy items crafted.

Through the monopoly of all kinds of rare materials, the Alchemy Guild gives certain discounts to alchemists to achieve the purpose of gathering talents. In fact, the contribution collected by the guild every year is not much, and for those masters who are keen on alchemy experiments, the annual material cost saved is more than ten times more than the contribution paid. The contribution paid is related to the alchemist's personal certification level, and the higher the level, the more discounted the alchemy materials will be, and the more contributions must be paid every year. However, the annual contribution is a certain amount, and the more alchemy materials purchased at the corresponding discount, the more money will be earned, which will encourage the various alchemists to devote themselves to their work with greater enthusiasm.

It is in this rule that the Alchemy Guild completes the gathering of alchemists. Based on this, Darko speculated that the reason why the Alchemy Guild organized such a competition, because its monopoly on alchemy equipment allowed them to sit on the ground and raise prices in this way, and also to gather talents through this grand prix to further achieve monopoly and form a virtuous circle.

Darko found that both the credit system of the Academy of Magic and the contribution system of the Alchemy Guild were actually very complete and classic rules, and all of them revealed the great wisdom of the appraiser behind these rules. It is no wonder that after the Demon Revolution, the major guilds were able to strike backwards, and finally formed a situation of competing with the major churches.

Dakko continued to watch, and the next step was the format of the game. Each team sends their orcs to a closed place designated by the Alchemy Guild and arms the orcs in all aspects within half an hour before the competition, as the Alchemy Grand Prix does not allow previous champions to register, this is to ensure fairness and justice.

The competition format is divided into three stages: qualifying, group stage and knockout stage.

The ranked match is based on the attack power of the orcs by defensive magic, and the size of the attack power is used as the ranking standard. The top 16 teams are selected and divided into four teams, from A to D, with four teams in each group. The four teams in each group will be drawn based on the ranking of the qualifying round, which is 1~4 winners, 5~8 winners, 9~12 winners, and 13~16 winners.

The group stage is a round-robin tournament, where each orc plays against the orcs of the other three teams in the group. If one side loses combat effectiveness and falls to the ground for 10 seconds and cannot get up, it will be judged as a loser, and the other side will win, with a time limit of 30 minutes, and the winner will be determined by the referee team if there is no winner within 30 minutes. Finally, the teams in each group will be ranked according to the number of wins and losses, and the top two teams will advance to the knockout round.

The knockout round is when half of the teams are eliminated in each round, and the team that wins the final is the champion. The order of 8-in-4 battles is A1 vs. B2, B1 vs. C2, C1 vs. D2, and D1 vs. A2. Then the winner of A1 and B2 will play the winner of C1 and D2, and the winner of B1 and C2 will play the winner of D1 and A2. The two winning teams will face off in the grand final.

"Such a troublesome format. "Darko has not been exposed to many competitions, and the most impressive one is the selection competition of the Alchemy Guild when he was in the Academy of Magic, so he always thought that the so-called Alchemy Grand Prix should be a similar process. But I didn't expect the competition system to be so complicated, and he had a big head.

Phyllis nodded to Darko and said in agreement, "That's it! This format is time-consuming and labor-intensive, delaying for three whole months, so I don't have time to do the Trials." I think they are just trying to attract spectators to watch the game, so they can sell tickets and make money, and the Alchemy Guild is too black-hearted!"

"It's also one of the biggest events in the plane, so I'm sure I'll have a few more games to prevent any malfunction. Leah looked at Phyllis, sighed helplessly, and turned to Darko again, "Such a complicated format is actually to ensure that it is as fair as possible. Because in the game involving the battle, the orc was injured in the previous game, even if there is a healer in the team to treat it immediately, it will not be able to restore the orc to the best condition before the next game, not to mention the psychological factor, which will inevitably affect the later game. Therefore, the ranking in the format becomes very important to prevent the strong teams from encountering in the early stages of the game. ”

Leah pointed to the contents of the flyer and continued to say to Darko, "This kind of rule is much more simplified than the previous one, the mode of qualifiers, group stage, repechage, and finals. Because the original intention of this sorting is to prevent the orcs from being too seriously injured in the early stage, resulting in a bad game in the later game. Therefore, in the group stage, the strength and weakness are dispersed, so that the orcs of the strong team still maintain a good state after winning and play a more exciting game in the later stage. ”

Phyllis spit out a grape seed and interjected, "Well, it's not for the sake of the good looks of the later games, and the tickets are sold at a high price." ”

Darko thought about it and felt that Liya's statement was more reliable, but he didn't say anything, just continued to raise his puzzles, "Why use orcs to play?"

"Because the original intention of the competition was to test the skill level of each auxiliary class, the orcs had no magical talent, and the orcs could not communicate with the contestants because of their language barriers, so they became the best weapons to be armed. Ring matches are the simplest hand-to-hand fights, with other variables reduced to a minimum. Leah nodded her eyebrows, then turned to look out the window, "Arm the orcs with various auxiliary means, and then divide the victory or defeat of the team behind them by the wins and losses of their fights, that's it." ”

Darko thinks about it, if you choose a slave who can use magic to compete in the ring, then the strength of mental power, the strength of magic attack, the speed of magic recovery, the type of element, etc., will affect the outcome of the final battle, and there are too many variables to see the size of the role of various supports.

"Why can't you make weapons for orcs without the addition of a forger? "Darko's level of inscription was mastered in the processing area of the Adamantite Prison, so he thought of this first.

"Casting takes more time than other auxiliary professions, in order not to let the game drag on too long, it was not taken into account, after all, the competition also has to take care of the feelings of the audience, most of the audience go to see the orcs fight in the ring, as for how we arm the orcs in the early stage, the vast majority of people can't understand, if you wait for a few hours to cast weapons to see a game, I'm afraid the tickets will not be sold. Leah shrugged, "Orc warriors automatically become fighters when they reach the advanced level, their skills are all performed in close quarters and bare hands, and using weapons will reduce their combat effectiveness, so the fist gauntlet has become their most important offensive weapon, and the fist jeweler can make it." Even if they could forge a weapon within the allotted half an hour, the orcs would only be able to wield it as a stick, unable to exert its power, and might even hurt themselves first. There is actually a reason for using orcs for competitions. ”

Phyllis interjected, "Fist gloves can be found in the glove category of clothing stores and bracelets in jewelry stores, and they are a kind of equipment between armor and jewelry. Therefore, both blacksmiths and jewelers can make it, which is also the setting of the Alchemy Guild in order to allow more people to participate in the Grand Prix. ”

Darko remembered that when he was hunted down in the Warcraft Mountain Range, he saw that powerful orcs did not use weapons. Thinking of the knight encountered in the Mercury plane, knights and fighters can be said to be two different directions for the transfer of warriors, but they are suitable for the characteristics of different races.

After reading the entire format, Darko wondered, "Isn't there a limit to the level of support equipment?

"So you have to limit the time, if you can create an artifact within half an hour, then it means that you already have the strength to win the championship, so why not give you the championship?" said this, Leah showed a nostalgic look, "In the last competition, George relied on the powerful decomposition technique to directly provide their jewelers with almost infinite raw materials, and they were able to quickly make hundreds of identical rough rings, which were enchanted and then cast by George." Homogeneous synthesis method', with an incredible success rate, those rings continue to be unreasonably infinitely synthesized, and as the number of rings decreases, the level gradually becomes ordinary, excellent, sophisticated, excellent, and epic. When they all come together into a ring, it's already a legendary piece of jewelry. ”

Leah took out another piece of magic paper, on which was roughly drawn the body structure of an orc, and the data was simply marked on it, "It is precisely for these reasons that this Alchemy Grand Prix has chosen to use orcs to fight, which is more enjoyable than previous editions." ”

"Actually, there is another reason why orcs were chosen to compete. Phyllis added, "Humans kill each other, and the audience feels sad about the death of a rabbit or a fox, while the Orcs are alien and look closer to the Beasts, so it looks like a fight between Warcraft." And the posture and movements are similar to those of the human race, which is easier to excite the audience. ”

"Isn't this kind of Alchemy Grand Prix very unfair to the setter?" Darko remembered that there were seven main support classes, but only six were involved in this game, and after thinking about it, he found that there was a lack of setters. The setter can inlay all kinds of magic jewelry on the jewelry, so that the magic properties of the jewelry and the jewelry are perfectly combined, and become a powerful magic prop. However, the fact that orcs cannot use magic makes it impossible for mosaic masters to participate in this event, and can only watch the excitement.

"The Alchemy Guild organizes such a competition every four years, and the format is different every time. It's just that alchemy is all-encompassing, and it's too difficult to generalize the winners and losers. As a result, there will be bias every time, and there will be many accusations, and like this time, just omitting the mosaic, it is already a very perfect rule. At this point, Leah turned to Phyllis again, "I'll make an announcement today, how about you go to the slave market and pick out the orcs?"

Phyllis waved her hand impatiently, "I know, I know, if there is a good orc, someone will notify me, but the task issued at the Academy of Magic has already been completed, and the orc will be delivered this afternoon, and then I will go to the slave market to compare the quality." ”

Leah finally said to Darko, "You don't have to know too many rules now, and when it's time to play, you'll know everything." ”