"There will be competitions under the age of ten, Your Highness Muria, can this be canceled, under the age of ten are just some children who have not grown well. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said with some pain, he felt that the Golden Dragon Archduke had some misunderstanding of them humans.

Although humans have a very short time to reach adulthood compared to dragons, they are not yet at the age of ten to be able to fight.

"Your Excellency, it's too much to divide into five stages, those under the age of ten can be cut, even between eleven and fifteen years old, there is no need to set up, how strong can a child at this age be?"

Several more ministers came forward to say that Muria's decision required too many manpower and material resources, and they had no way to make Muria cancel this decision, but they could let Muria reduce some of the tasks.

After all, no matter what decision Muria makes, in the end, it will be their ministers who will carry it out, a typical king moves his mouth, and his subordinates break their legs, so if they can try to make themselves as easy as possible, then take it easy, and besides, there is really no need for teenagers to compete.

"Hmph, do you think the current kingdom is still the kingdom of thirty years ago?" Muria snorted lightly, "We all know that the kingdom is full of geniuses now, but how many geniuses there are and how strong they are, you guys must not have the time and interest to understand." ”

"Mia, show these 'big guys' the genius materials you have collected now, and let them see how evil their country's geniuses have become. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look. Mia, who was standing beside Muria, waved her hand with a reserved smile, and one of the attendants entered the hall through the side door, delivering some rather terrifying-looking information to these powerful dignitaries.

"Iseph, eight years old, a silver first-order mage, on the way out to play, encountered a group of thieves, and then Isefu single-handedly slaughtered as many as one hundred and thirty-four thieves of this group, among them, the leader with the strength of the silver second-order was also crushed and killed by him......"

"Nord, his origin is unknown, his age is tentatively estimated to be thirteen years old, his strength is silver fourth-order, he has some kind of unknown burst combat skill, which can greatly increase his combat power, and he will be promoted to the gold level in a short period of time, and the outbreak time is tentatively set at a quarter of an hour. Reason: He once used his explosive combat skills to severely damage a golden second-order vampire. ”

“......”

The magnates in the council hall looked at the various genius materials collected by Muria's orders, and the more they looked at them, the more shocked their faces became, and many of them couldn't hold back the expressions on their faces, and kept muttering to themselves that something like "impossible".

"Your Highness Muria, the information of these geniuses ......"

"I've confirmed it again and again, you don't have to worry about me deceiving you with false information. ”

"Naturally, you don't fool us with fakes. ”

"Does anyone still feel the need to cancel the two youngest stages?" asked Muria with a blank face.

"The Grand Duke is wise, but we are foolish. ”

"Those who don't know are not to blame. Muria waved his hand, unimpressed, these guys don't have as much secret information as they do, and it's normal for them to not know a lot of things," he said, continuing to discuss the game. ”

"Your Majesty, if it is divided into five stages, won't it be the first day of the five kingdoms in the end?"

"That's right. Muria smiled, "You can't let a thirty-year-old adult compete with a ten-year-old child for the first place, it's too unfair, even if it's divided into five stages, it's only relatively fair." ”

...... Time passed slowly in Muria's discussions with these powerful people, because the scope involved was too wide, and Muria had almost no restrictions except for age restrictions, it can be seen that the number of contestants is absolutely like a carp crossing the river.

In the early stages of the competition, the kingdom, as the organizer, has to bear a considerable amount of pressure, and in the later stages, as the real talents are screened out, the organizational pressure will gradually decrease.

When the format, time, venue, prizes, and all other matters related to the game were all settled, the sun had already set and risen twice.

"You've done a great job. The radiant Muria looked at these powerful people with tired faces with a smile on his face, fortunately they were all existences that already possessed extraordinary power, otherwise ordinary people would definitely die suddenly if he let him toss like this.

"For the sake of the kingdom's strength and stability, these are all things that should be. Hearing Muria encourage them, a nobleman who had become a little confused by overthinking subconsciously replied that it had become their instinct to deal with such polite words.

"Then you work harder, first go down and arrange personnel to start the publicity work of this competition, be sure to let many people know about this competition in the shortest possible time, and start to register for the competition in half a month. ”

Hearing Muria's order, many ministers and nobles who were so tired that they wanted to fall asleep stared at the nobleman who had just spoken out with resentment, but in the end they could only compromise and go down to arrange personnel first.

......

In the Rockman Kingdom, in a certain city in a certain province, a young man with a tomahawk on his back rushed to a villa near the center of the city, and kicked open the stainless steel courtyard door specially made by the owner of the villa.

"Ainz, don't fiddle with your bottles and cans, come out and follow me, something great is coming. ”

Ignoring the extra footprints on the courtyard door, the young man with the axe sniffed the strange smell of the courtyard full of medicinal herbs, walked into the door of the luxuriously decorated villa, held his breath, and pushed the door open.

Unexpectedly, the corrosive green mist did not appear, so that the young man with the axe was stunned, and then walked into the villa with a happy face, carrying a battle axe of equal height, which seemed to be burly and majestic, but the body that seemed a little clumsy was unexpectedly light, and the young man avoided objects such as specimens and test tubes in the living room.

"Ainz, your new potion has been developed?" Familiarly found the owner of the house, a man in dirty-looking mage robes, thick crystal glasses, and a beard, not much different from a middle-aged man.

"Bang!" As soon as the words of the young man with the axe fell, in the crucible, the potion that was being prepared and exuded the fragrance of plants exploded directly, and after a thick puff of green smoke, it turned into a pot of black paste, emitting an unpleasant stench.

"Yaheng, I am refining the potion this time, and you will bear the cost of failure. Unsurprisingly, Anz turned on his face and shirked his responsibility, "Then, what are you looking for me for?