The square in front of the Mother Earth Temple was filled with horse-drawn carriages, and a steady stream of people poured towards the temple.

Today is an extremely important day for all aspiring young people in the city of Tahrir.

Because just today, the first round of selection for admission to the Mother Earth Temple has officially begun.

The entrance selection for the Mother Earth Temple is held every two years for young people between the ages of 14 and 21.

It is also divided into two parts, the selection of the probationary priest and the knight's apprentice, which are held in the side hall of the temple and in the arena.

In the huge bluestone arena dedicated to training Templars, dozens of young men and women stood among them, respectfully looking at the priest in front of him wearing Templar robes.

Different from the silence on the scene, the arched audience seats surrounding the edge of the bluestone fighting arena were full of people, and bursts of noise rose to the sky.

Sitting in a relatively secluded position, Lillian looked motionlessly at the contestants below.

She asked the Baron beside her a little nervously, "Father, do you think Brother Jim can he grab the only ten places out of so many people?" ”

Enlek pursed his lips, "What are you worrying about, as long as no one is making trouble inside, my father will definitely do it if he says he can do it, you must know that my father's strength back then was not lower than that of those knight captains of the temple." ”

The baron touched Lilian's head lovingly, and was about to speak, when a shrill voice came from not far away.

"Yo, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?"

The person who came was a gloomy middle-aged man in fine clothes, followed by seven or eight attendants of different appearances.

The man's face was seven or eight points similar to Lyle's, and he looked swaggering.

Adams looked at this man, and already had a suspicion in his heart, this is not the so-called Baron Carl, but the road is really narrow.

Sure enough, when Baron Camster's face turned dark, he said coldly to the visitor: "Karl, go and see your precious son, don't come here to join in the fun." ”

Choked unceremoniously by the old baron, Karl's face also became ugly, and he snorted sadly: "It seems that you are very self-aware of your son, and you don't even dare to try, are you afraid that you will make a fool of yourself later?"

He continued to say in a gloomy voice: "I have not come to talk to you, I heard that you have shielded two country men who are trying to assassinate the nobles, and you had better hand them over, otherwise I will have to talk to the judge about your treason to break the laws of the kingdom." ”

At this time, Baron Camster calmed down, he casually rubbed the knightly medal of the kingdom on his chest, and looked at Karl coldly.

"Baron Karl, I don't know if you have read the letter of Lord Marquis, that day it was just two attendants of my family who helped Lord Marquis to punish the little ones who made trouble in the tavern, I don't know anything about what you said, if there is nothing you can go. ”

"Okay, let's see. ”

A look of anger crossed Karl's face, and he looked at the old baron viciously for a moment, then angrily left with his men.

At this moment, the priest of the temple finally spoke, as if he had used some special magic technique, and his loud voice filled the entire arena, overpowering the noisy discussion of the audience.

"Silence. ”

Hearing the priest's words, everyone couldn't help but close their mouths and wait for his next words.

"We are deeply gratified to be able to receive so many young heroes to participate in the selection of our Mother Earth Temple, which proves that under the light of Mother Goddess, countless confused lambs have reaffirmed their faith and are willing to become the children of Mother Goddess. ”

The priest paused, "The children who can stand in our arena are undoubtedly elite people who have contributed to the safety of Tahrir City and the people of the Temple in the past two years. ”

"Some of the children rescued the merchants who had been taken captive by the goblins, some of the children reported and helped capture the cultists lurking in the shadows, and some of the children found the shapeshifters who pretended to be humans," the priest continued in a loud voice, "The most outstanding of them is Viscount Lyle, the sister-in-law of Baron Karl, who encountered a group of gnolls during a trip and successfully cut off the head of the leader, so we can sincerely bless him for his bravery. ”

The audience cheered enthusiastically again, and Baron Karl stood up and opened his hands to those around him in thanks.

"Cut, Lyle hasn't traveled at all, and he often goes to the brothel to spend a lot of time drinking. Anlek exclaimed in a low angry voice.

It's a pity that the people around him didn't pay attention to his words at all, and there were even a few scantily clad girls over there screaming loudly "Lyle, Lyle, I love you", looking like a brainless fan.

Adams looked at the fanatical girls, a little speechless, Jim is handsome, good at swordsmanship, and kind and sincere, it's not strange that some girls like it, but he can't figure out how anyone can look at it just with Lyle's gloomy and stinky face, isn't it that these people are all Xiaoshou who likes the torture scene in the secret room.

Damn, retarded. He couldn't help but curse secretly.

"But that's not enough," the priest continued, "despite everyone's excellent performance, there are only ten knight apprentices in the Templars, so we need to proceed with the next step of selection. ”

Immediately after that, the priest introduced the rules of the tryouts, and as in previous years, this year's tryouts still use the elimination system.

The arena is divided into more than 10 areas of equal size, according to the lottery number, and the specified opponent is compared, the winner advances to the next round of the game, the loser loses the qualification of the game, if the number of players is odd, there is a player who draws an empty number bye, directly advance to the next game.

"That doesn't sound fair. Adams asked, a little curiously, that in fact, the knockout format doesn't necessarily select the best players, and luck plays a big part in that.

An Lek looked surprised, "Only then can there be room for operation, do you think, do you think those powerful people will let their children fail and lose, this so-called knockout competition is just a cover for the people to see, wait and see." ”

Lillian also looked worried, "That's why I'm afraid that Brother Jim was deliberately targeted by that guy Lyle." ”

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Finally, after reading the lengthy rules, the priest announced aloud.

"The tryouts are now officially underway. ”