Although the celestial ball is very popular, it is not actually a national sport in the true sense of the word.

In fact, there are football-like games in this world, but they have become similar to equestrian on Earth. For celestial balls, which are recognized as aristocratic sports such as golf, the influence of football is too small.

Regardless of whether the Venerable Wizards will put down their bodies and run around the arena with a bunch of mud legs, the body material of the Demon Swordsman alone can easily crush some professional football players......

Under completely unequal conditions, sports like basketball, football, table tennis and other sports like the earth will be much less fun in this world - just like no one particularly likes an online game that they can't recharge, but there is a large group of RMB players who can crush civilian players like themselves.

So instead of watching the boring soccer game, it would be better to watch the civilians play the game that was excluded from the beginning - only magical people like the magic swordsman and the magician could play the celestial sphere. Compared to football, at least the celestial sphere looks a little more colorful and interesting.

Of course, it is not excluded that there are spectators who just want to see a group of people with distinguished status flying around the field and grabbing a ball for the sake of a ball, and even in the anonymous surveys of some chambers of commerce, this kind of audience accounts for a large proportion......

The game format of the Celestial Sphere is a bit like a soccer ball played with a tennis racket.

It is a game in which two teams field eight players each, for a total of sixteen players. Players use their catchers to dodge the repulsive balls while hitting the gold balls into the storage bubbles guarded by the opposing team. There are only 60 minutes in a game, divided into two games, the team with the highest score wins, and the team with the same score goes into extra time, and the team that scores first wins.

Although the rules are simple, the investment required for this kind of competition is staggering.

First of all, the most basic is the 'Ascension Array', a large magic array based on a huge circular arena. This magic circle can form a spherical space with a diameter equal to the magic circle at a height of one meter above the ground. All athletes rely on this magic circle to keep themselves suspended in mid-air and move through it by emitting magical power.

And then there's the ball. There are a total of thirteen balls for the game, twelve of which are repulsion balls of different colors. These balls fly irregularly in the spherical space through the magic provided by the Ascension Array, and as long as the distance between them and the player is less than a certain value, they will be attracted to it, of course, the athlete who does not have the celestial ball in his hand can completely send it flying. In addition to the repulsion ball, there is also a small sun that looks like a tiny sun. The golden ball that emits a soft light is the scoring ball that the athletes are fighting for, which is the so-called celestial ball.

The last thing is the equipment of the athletes, a fishing racket and a uniform.

The scientific name of the fishing racket is the Celestial Globe Restraint Racket, which looks like a tennis racket without a net, but there is a film composed of special magic power all over the original net, which has a certain attraction to the celestial sphere, as long as it can touch the celestial sphere, it can be glued to it. It's just that this kind of stickiness is not strong, and a strong impact can shake it off from above, and at the same time, a strong swing can also achieve the effect of knocking the celestial ball out of the sky. In addition, this layer of film has a not weak repulsive force against the repulsion ball. Even a slight flap can send it flying far.

The length of the jersey is similar to the armor used in foil matches, but in fact it is not armor (although it can be considered armor in terms of hardness), and there are magic arrays that act as sensors all over the uniform, and whenever the player is hit by a repulsive ball, the signal will be transmitted to the racket in the hands of the players through the uniform. The magic force that acts as a net on the racket will be denatured, and the original gravitational force on the celestial sphere will directly become a repulsive force, and the celestial sphere will be ejected from the racket. …,

Therefore, whenever someone grabs the orb, the other team will desperately hit the ball at him, and he must carry the orb over a certain distance in the hail of bullets and the cover of his teammates, and then outside the penalty area. Under the defense of the opponent's bubble keeper, the celestial ball is struck into a storage bubble similar to a goal.

Although it is a bit boring to say, after the official competition, the colorful repulsion balls and golden celestial balls are set against the backdrop of athletes flying all over the field, which is very good for both viewing and fun. It is precisely because of this that this sport is so popular with magicians, magic swordsmen, and people who can't play at all.

When Sivi followed Alina to the vicinity of the sports field that was still under construction, he was shocked by the sight in front of him.

"What's the deal with those two giant metal balls?" Sivi asked Alina, pointing to two spherical rudiments enclosed by several thick steel bars not far away.

"It's a marker to give the athletes a hint of the Ascension Array's effective range." Alina explained to Xiwei: "Because there have been several times in the past when the competition was in full swing, a few careless players focused their attention on the celestial sphere and did not realize that they flew out of the effective range of the Ascension Array, and as a result, they fell half to death, so the last few competitions have been prescribed to make this kind of thing that marks the range." Because there are a lot of teams participating in the tournament this time, we are going to build two stadiums in Golovito, so that the tournament will go much faster and not stretch the schedule...... Otherwise, even if the Celestial Ball Contest can bring a lot of profits, it will consume a lot more, and it is estimated that there will not be many people to watch it in the early stage, so it is not cost-effective in general. Of course, the last few games will not be held at the same time, and the time will be well divided, so that fans can fully enjoy this ball game! ”

It's just to maximize the benefits of the game...... Sivi sneered, but he didn't plan to say it, after all, maximizing profits is normal for businessmen.

And it seems that Alina has also put a lot of thought into the Celestial Ball Competition, and she knows some things in detail.

"And what about that stout metal pillar?" Sivi asked again.

"It's not finished yet, and it's said that there will be a huge scoreboard on it later, so that even those who haven't grabbed a ticket will know how the battle is going in the Dao in real time." Alina also continued to reply without hesitation: "Actually, at the beginning, the biggest chambers of commerce planned to broadcast the whole game live, but it was because this magic imaging technique was not yet mature. Not to mention the huge cost, there is also the possibility of problems at any time, so the only way to set the mood is through a scoreboard and some text facts. ”

Although it is a bit old-fashioned, Sivi has to admit that this method is very good, and it can make some people who are interested in the game stay near the stadium and watch the score and text live, and some of the chambers responsible for selling drinks, snacks and other souvenirs can make a lot of money at this time. Even if the chambers of commerce didn't plan to bother with such a small place. It's also a good idea to divide the stalls and charge the vendors who come in to sell these things.

In addition, it is estimated that there will be things like betting.

All in all, it is to maximize the value of the Celestial Ball Tournament without missing a chance......

But that's not what Sivi is struggling with.

"That...... Mr. Edric. Is there anything you find strange? Alina looked at Sivi, who had a strange face, and asked cautiously.

"Isn't there anything strange about you, I should say?"

Sivi looked at the two iron balls not far away and the one in the middle of the two iron balls rising into the sky. The black, thick iron rod asked Alina rhetorically. …,

"What?" The silver-haired girl followed Sivi's gaze and looked at the court, a puzzled look on her face.

"No, nothing." Sivi shook his head.

I didn't expect this girl who has been wearing a bunny girl costume to be so pure, or is it actually himself who is too evil?

Sivi looked at the court, and with a far-sighted expression, he snorted: "Isn't this the Armstrong Armstrong Boom Boom Gun with a roundabout acceleration jet?" It's so reducible......"

Alina still had a puzzled expression.

Just when Sivi had a headache about how to get past it, his savior appeared.

"Ah, find uncle!"

Because it was a cloudy day, Salanlia didn't go out with a parasol, or because it was a cloudy day. As a vampire, she would go out at this time.

When the blue-haired girl saw Sivi, she ran towards him without hesitation.

So Sivi immediately pretended to be surprised and ignored Alina, who was still thinking, and greeted Salan Lea: "Yo, Sharan." Did it come out so early today. ”

"Well, because I can't sleep." The blue-haired girl nodded. I don't think there's anything wrong with sleeping during the day.

Although she didn't feel anything when she saw Sivi at first, after the two of them had a few words, she suddenly remembered what she said in the mirror.

Many people have probably had the experience of reminding themselves not to think about something, but the more they are reminded, the harder it is to drive it out of their minds.

The same is true of the current Sharanlia, who had never cared about Sivi before. Or rather, he didn't see Sivi as a man at all, and now he can't help but start to care about it. Even if he tried to keep himself from thinking about this, he couldn't help but care more and more about Xiwei.

"What's wrong?" Sivi noticed that Salanlia was staring straight at her face, and couldn't help but reach out and touch her face: "Is there anything on my face?" ”

"No, nothing." The girl looked away in a panic, only to find Alina, who was standing behind Sivi, looking at her with curious eyes, so she hurriedly changed the subject: "Are you two dating?" ”

Although she didn't pay attention to it at first, as soon as she said this, the girl felt that her chest suddenly became stuffy, and an indescribable feeling flooded her chest.

Maybe Salanlia's expression was a little too obvious, Alina showed a little fox-like smile, and generously stretched out her hand to Salanlia, which was a little rougher than hers, but also as white as jade: "My name is Alina, Alina?" Simag. Just call me by name. Don't worry, Mr. Edric and I are just a business relationship~"

"Why should I worry about it?" Sharan blushed and muttered quietly, but still honestly reached out and shook Alina: "My name is Shalan?" Chicovia, just call me Sharan. ”

"Very good, Miss Sharan." Alina's level of dealing with people is obviously much better than that of Salanlia, even if the other party is a little reluctant, she still said with a gentle smile: "I'm visiting the Heavenly Arena with Mr. Elideck, do you want to come with us?" ”

Facing Aliana's invitation. Salan Lia looked a little undecided.

However, Sivi asked curiously: "The stadium has not been completed yet, is it really okay for you to invite unrelated people like us to go now?" ”

After all, she is a customer of the Chamber of Commerce to which she belongs, and to a certain extent, she still has a relationship similar to an alliance, so she is still famous for taking herself there, but Shalan is purely the type of person who can't play with eight poles, so it shouldn't be a good thing to bring strangers into the unfinished stadium in such a dignified manner. …,

"Is Miss Sharan going to wreck the court?" Alina asked.

"How is that possible!" Saralia immediately denied it.

While she does have the power to destroy the court, even she wouldn't do such a pointless thing.

"Isn't that enough?" Alina smiled sweetly. Her eyes were crooked like crescent moons, and even Sivi couldn't tell if her smile was a heartfelt smile or just a smirk for work purposes: "It's not finished yet, though." But the stadium is meant to be seen by the spectators, so as long as you don't wreak havoc, it doesn't matter if you take you there. ”

Although Sivi is still a little difficult to let go. However, he had no reason to refute it, anyway, it was out of good intentions when people took him to the stadium, and there was no need for him to refute the other party in such a place and live up to Alina's overtures.

It is impossible for a competition of this magnitude to be built in a city, and it would be a waste to build such a huge one-off building in a city where every inch of land is at a premium, and a shrewd merchant would not do such a thing.

So the Celestial Ball Arena was actually built outside the city.

However, because it is not far from the city, and you can even see the stadium in some parts of the city, it will not make fans stop watching the game because of the long distance. Some scholars also believe that after the Celestial Tournament, it is likely that the lords will use the Celestial Sphere as a central point and begin to expand the city of Golovito. The problems of insufficient urban living space and rising housing prices in the city, which have been raised many times at the conference, will also be addressed.

After some inspection, the group left the city of Golovetto and arrived at the Celestial Ball Arena, which was still under construction.

In addition to the two huge iron balls and the pillar that can be seen in the distance, there are actually two buildings that look like the Colosseum in ancient Rome under the iron balls, which are where the spectators watched the game.

It's different from what Sivi thought at first. He still underestimated the enthusiasm of those celestial ball lovers, and now the celestial ball arena has become very lively.

In addition to the enthusiastic construction crew, there are many tourists who are looking around, but they still need to show their ID to enter the stadium.

In addition, some clever stalls have also been set up from the city to the outside of the city.

After all, in order to prevent the construction from being interfered with by monsters in the wild, the lord has stationed an army here with good combat effectiveness, and the Chamber of Commerce has also hired a lot of magic swordsmen to clean up the surroundings. Coupled with some defensive magic set up by the Qiyao Mage Association, the defensive capacity here is only one less wall than the city, and unless there is a natural calamity-level monster that is too strong for manpower to suppress, it will basically not threaten the safety of the arena.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about getting hurt when setting up a stall here, but the tax will be slightly heavier than in the city, because the army stationed there will collect a certain amount of money from the stall owners as an official protection fee.

Sivi even saw that some of the more hands-on stall owners were about to build a small house......

"That's amazing, I thought this place would be locked down before it was built." Xiwei looked at the busy traffic around him and couldn't help but sigh: "After all, it is more common to use hunger marketing to increase the sense of expectation at this time." ”

"Although the blockade of news and the increase of people's expectations are not bad, but after discussions with several large chambers of commerce, it has been decided to develop the right to visit the periphery. Because our guests are not just residents of Goloveto, instead of using that kind of hunger marketing method to increase the craving of a city's audience, it is better to open up the periphery and let more people know about the contest. Moreover, because ordinary people are not allowed to enter it now, there is also a certain concept of hunger marketing in it. Alina replied that it was the first time she had heard of the term hunger marketing, but it didn't take long for her to understand the meaning of the term because she had been in the business world, and it seemed that she was still interested in it. …,

"I don't know what you're talking about, but it feels amazing......" Salanlia looked amazed.

Just as the three of them were talking about the game, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd not far away.

The three of them looked at the place together, and saw a man with a proud expression who was still wearing a very heavy tuxedo on a hot summer day, leading a huge black wolf dog towards the arena.

The black wolfdog still had blue flames burning on its body, and it looked particularly powerful and domineering.

The strange thing is that the people around not only were not frightened by the wolfdog, but most of them wanted to surround and greet the man who was holding the wolfdog.

"Who's that guy?" Sivi asked Elena, who was beside her.

"Ronal, a very famous celestial ball player, is also a mid-level magician who has passed the magic entrance exam." Alina did not disappoint Sivi and immediately gave the answer: "The Celestial Ball Technique is very good, and it is very popular among Celestial Ball lovers. I guess I came here to familiarize myself with the arena. ”

"I don't like him." Salan Lia said with a straight face, giving people the feeling that a child was angry.

"Me too." Sivi rarely chimed in.

Although the other party was smiling and greeting the people around him, the contempt for others in his eyes made Sivi feel very uncomfortable.

"Shall we, then, enter the arena?" Alina proposed, "Then you don't have to meet him." ”

Just as Sivi and the others were about to follow Alina's proposal to enter the arena, the commotion not far away suddenly became serious.

Unlike before, people were trying to squeeze that way, but now people are trying to run out.

"What's wrong?" Alina looked over there a little nervously.

"That guy seems to have gone berserk." Sivi squinted his eyes in the direction of the riot.

"It's coming our way!" As a vampire, Saralia immediately grasped the whereabouts of the monster and exclaimed. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )