"No, it's a good thing that I'm looking for you this time. Hearing Anzi's words, Yaheng scratched his head and hurriedly explained.

"Can you do anything good with me?" Ainz looked at Yaheng with an extremely suspicious look, this guy looked for him ten times, nine times it would bring trouble, and the last time was when he saw him tossing himself to the point of being seriously injured and unconscious, with only one breath left.

"Absolutely. The young man with the axe patted his chest, his face showing excitement, "This time." ”

"Tell me what a good thing it is. Ainz looked unchanged and began to clean up the residue that had been created by the failure of the elixir.

"Muriya, the new Grand Duke of the Golden Dragon in our kingdom, you know, right?"

"Yes. ”

"He ordered a tournament called the Golden Dragon Cup. As long as anyone under the age of 30 can sign up, there are no other restrictions. ”

Yaheng excitedly described the information he saw on the announcement issued by the city lord, and said the news that all the contestants were divided into five different age groups to fight.

"As long as you qualify, you will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins. ”

"Hmm!" Ainz was unmoved, he casually refined a bottle of potion, and it was more than that.

"Don't be too little, this is just the beginning. Yaheng smiled, "As long as each victory, the prize will be doubled, and the winner can choose gold coins, or choose weapons, armor, potions, metals or something of equal value, these are all rare goods provided by the royal family." ”

"Elixir?" Anz showed a look of intent on his face, and finally shook his head, what kind of strength he is, he knows in his own heart, he likes alchemy potions, but he doesn't like to fight, so far, he doesn't have much actual combat experience.

"Yaheng, you know, although I have the strength of the Silver Fifth Order, I am not good at fighting. You pull a random adventurer on the street and kill more monsters than I do. ”

"Of the monsters you killed with the test potion, I can't compare to you out of ten. Yaheng muttered.

"Don't talk nonsense, this kind of competition is good, but it doesn't have much to do with me, so I won't participate. ”

"I said that it is a competition that all geniuses can participate in, and you can naturally participate in it, if you are good at alchemy and making potions, then you will participate in the competition between pharmacists, and there will be rich rewards if you win. ”

"A match between pharmacists?"

"Yes, you guys are not like those of us who can only fight, Grand Duke Muria's reward for you is much better than ours, as long as you qualify, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, and each time you win, the prize money is also doubled.

If you don't want gold coins to choose treasures, the treasures you can choose are different from us, all kinds of potion recipes owned by the royal family, finished potions, and some rare alchemy materials or something. Take your pick. ”

As he spoke, Yaheng showed envy on his face, "I also saw such a thing as the blood of the red dragon in the list of winners of your pharmacist competition, tsk, Grand Duke Muria is really willing." ”

"The Grand Duke is a golden dragon, and he has the support of the ancient dragon behind him, and having the blood of the red dragon in his hand is nothing at all. Anz, whose face was already moving, asked a little uncalmly, "How did you qualify?"

"My words, you only need to beat ten people of the same age in a row in the ring to qualify. As for you, you can refine a silver-grade potion. ”

"How do I sign up?" asked Ainz with a hint of urgency in his tone.

"Hehe, don't worry, you prepare first, there are still ten or so days to sign up, and if you have a competition, it will be even later. ”

......

The news that Muria was going to hold a competition had spread throughout the kingdom in just one day through the Rockman Kingdom's perfect teleportation array system, letting more and more people know the news.

At this time, almost everyone in the kingdom was talking about this matter, from nobles to commoners, making this competition that had not yet started to be signed up for quite hot and became hot news.

Nothing was announced about the format, the venue, or the way to advance, but what really made this game hot was that Muria also announced the list of rewards for the winners.

Weapons, armor, high-level combat skills, spell models, secret breathing, meditation methods, alchemy potion recipes, and much more can be found on it, and even geniuses with adventures will be thrilled by these rewards.

And if you want to get these, you have to participate in competitions, keep winning, and the more you win, the more rewards you get. The strong man will get everything he wants in this game.

"I've prepared such a generous reward, you guys who are messing with me everywhere are absolutely irresistible. Muria, who had received feedback from all over the world through the secret mechanism, had a smile on his face that he was in control, "Geniuses, register all your information obediently, participate in the competition, and then swallow the bait I prepared for you." ”

But two days later, Muria, who was presiding over the preparation of the talent competition and was about to start signing up, received an expected news.

The former king of the Rockman Kingdom, Belardion, died quietly after telling Remilia the story the night before yesterday while taking her daughter on a trip to calm her little princess to sleep.

Muria, who was very busy, was stunned for a moment when she received this summons, and then she had no intention of dealing with the affairs anymore, and after leaving the matter to Mia, she went with a team of storm giants to meet Belardion's body.

"Farewell!" Riding in a carriage pulled by eight celestial horses, Muria's face was a little heavy, and for the first time since he was born, he experienced the sadness, regret, and empty strangeness of his friend's death.

He still remembers that just after his ruling ceremony, Belardion couldn't wait to dress up as a wealthy businessman and take his daughter on a trip around the country.

Muria knew then that his time was running out, that Belradine's soul had already been eroded by the curse, and that his death was a broken soul, worse than the death of mortals.

"Life, it's so fragile. Muria recalls when she was first summoned to the kingdom of Rockman, when Belardion taught herself day and night in order to take control of the throne faster.

"Go in peace, I will clear all the hidden dangers of the Rockman Kingdom, and then return the royal power to Remilia, so that she can become a qualified king. ”