Cream crossed her arms and sneered: "How is it possible?" There must be a big consortium behind these shops, and this big consortium must have known in advance what the content of this competition was, so it specially imported a large amount of magic steel when it was low and hoarded it. Wait until now after the announcement to start a large number of price increases! Even if there is a special alchemist to refine this thing, it will take at least forty-eight hours, so it is completely impossible to make the magic steel completely by yourself. ”

There is nothing wrong with such a result.

Using large-scale events to make a lot of money, this kind of business idea is probably agreed with if it were replaced by Sola. If he had been given the right place and the right monopoly conditions, he might have gone even further.

But now, he is not the one who implements the monopoly, so he can only daydream about such things, and then scold the unscrupulous businessmen behind him twice to vent his anger.

"President, what shall we do now? To steal a piece of demonized steel? ”

Cream looked a little anxious, after all, it was already afternoon, and tomorrow's deadline was less than twenty-four hours away.

The guilds on the streets were still coming and going, and it was clear that they were planning to spend the night searching for the Imperial insignia.

Sutta looked up at the slightly dim sky and said, "President, although I also want to help, it's not too early, so I want to go back to the inn to take care of my husband...... Haven't we been hanging around the hotel all the time? I'll go back and take care of it, and I'll look for it again soon. ”

For the request of the tower, Arrow's eyes rolled, and suddenly his expression that seemed very relaxed just now became very sad, he took a breath, and then sighed loudly, waved his hand helplessly, and said, "It's okay! Let's go back together. There's nothing we can do outside all the time, so let's go back and get something to eat before we come out...... Alas......"

Members, look at me, I look at you, and for a while I can't figure out what my president wants to do. But now there is no way, so we can only walk in the direction of the hotel together.

Back at the Great White Whale Inn, as soon as you enter the door, you can see several guilds who also live in this inn constantly discussing today's guild championship battle during the day. In the same way, I was also worried about the requirements of this strange search competition.

Seeing that they were chatting, Arrow also stepped forward and also began to complain about this terrible game. At the same time, he also clicked the fish hat on his head, and scolded his sponsor for being absolutely stupid.

The members of the other guilds saw that Arrow was so good at chatting, so they naturally chatted happily with him. After eating together in the cafeteria, the guild members wiped their mouths, said a little goodbye to Arrow, and went out again to search for the darkness above their heads. It seems that he really intends to stop until he finds it.

Seeing that most of the other guilds had left, and only a small number of guilds did not go out but went to the second floor, Cream also seemed a little anxious: "President, why don't we go out and look for it before it gets completely dark?" Now it's really-"

"President Arrow!"

Just as Arrow was about to say something, a familiar yelling came from the doorway.

Everyone turned their heads, and saw that the sponsor of the Mermaid's Song, the Viscount Richwald, had already rushed in from outside the door with a look of impatience. When he saw Arrow, he immediately opened his hands, as if to express enthusiasm and impatience, and hugged him.

Arrow quickly got up from his desk and stumbled behind Brad. The viscount, who was shorter than Arrow, grabbed Brad's strong arm, looked up, and after seeing Brad laughing at him twice, he immediately let go and flicked it back.

"President Arrow! How can you still eat in peace here? Isn't that right? ”

Viscount Ruichi looked left and right for a moment, then put on a nervous expression, and said softly and excitedly—

"Could it be...... Have you found the Imperial Emblem? ”

Arrow immediately shook his head with a sad expression.

"I'll it! Then how can you still eat so happily here?! I thought you had a win! ”

Seeing that Arrow looked completely helpless, Viscount Ruichi immediately became anxious. He slammed the table and said loudly—

"Don't forget, I've invested money in you! Don't tell me your guild is over this morning in a photo show in the clothes I made! And what makes me most angry is that my siren queen didn't even show up?! What the hell are you doing! I'm telling you, if you were eliminated in the first round, I wouldn't say yes! I want you to lose money! Reimbursement of my sponsorship fee!! ”

Cream hurriedly rushed up to play the round, and said with a smile: "Viscount Ruichi, this seems to be different from the contract signed between us, right?" ”

"What's different? Isn't my money money? Can my money be wasted like that?! ”

Seeing that Viscount Ruichi still looked unrelenting, Arrow smiled, stepped forward and made a gesture to calm him down temporarily, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, no matter what, there are 99 imperial emblems, please don't be impatient for a while." Well...... I asked you to help me investigate, how are you investigating? ”

Viscount Ruichi glanced at Arrow and snorted twice, looking angry: "Tell you, if it weren't for the sake of being able to win, I wouldn't have bothered so much to help you do things!" I've given you all the money, and you're still asking me to do this and that? Which sponsor is so tired, spending money and contributing? ”

Arrow hurriedly bowed to him, narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, I know that our Viscount Ruichi is the best!" You are the great man in my life! Without your help, what can we do with the Mermaid Song~~~! ”

Anyway, Viscount Ruichi always felt that he didn't seem to have much to do with the short man in front of him. This guy is obviously a man, but as long as he comes and says two kind words to himself, then no amount of anger and dissatisfaction seems to disappear in an instant. Moreover, it feels really good and useful to let him beg for mercy from him.

Ruichi looked Eero in front of him up and down, and then snorted again: "Count me unlucky!" I didn't have much vision to sponsor such a small guild as yours. ”

After complaining, Ruichi said-

"The other day, I went to talk to the owners of the chambers of commerce who also sponsor guilds, as you said. We all voted for a small guild like yours to advertise, and there is no conflict of interest between everyone, so it can be said. ”

"As you said with President Arrow, the first batch of guilds to sign up did get some tokens. That is, in November of last year, those guilds located in the field registered for the Guild Championship in advance and determined their number of participants. Then, in March and April of this year, they received some letters one after another. The letter said that it was a gift for early registration. ”

Arrow nodded and said, "So what exactly is that gift?" ”

Viscount Ruichi crossed his hands on his hips, hehe, and said, "What else can it be?" One of the bosses showed me one, an Imperial Badge made of demonized steel. That's right, the same badge you saw in the arena today! Two of the bosses even wore that badge to today's opening ceremony. I saw with my own eyes the faces of those bosses go from the excitement at the beginning to the horror when the search competition was announced! ”

Arrow smiled, "Sure enough. ”

Seeing that Eero was once again showing such an unpredictable smile, the sponsor owner couldn't help but ask, "What?" You guessed it a long time ago? ”

Arrow shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "I can't say that I guessed it a long time ago, but it is roughly the same as I guessed." ”

"The rules of Guild Championship Battles are that guild members must have been in the emerging guild for at least one year before signing up to be eligible to compete. In other words, a year before the Guild Championship officially began, before November 1 of last year, the required guild members were gathered and registered, and it was not possible to add more players for a year after that. ”

"In previous years, the guilds that had determined their candidates in advance would give out some small gifts as rewards, although they were usually just small medals or badges in the form of things. But I think this year's Guild Championship is very important, so what about the gifts sent from the important tournaments? ”

Speaking of this, Arrow flicked his finger at the Viscount Ruichi: "As it turns out, it is true. ”

Sutta frowned and thought for a while, and said, "President, so, that's what the host said...... There are a total of 99 badges, scattered throughout the Blue Bay Empire, why? ”

Arrow nodded lightly and said with a smile, "That's right. As I've said time and time again, this is not a game, it's a commission. All of us guilds know that the organizer of this guild championship battle is actually the client, and since it is something sent by the client, it is natural that we should bring it with us. I think there must have been a lot of guilds that had received the badge beforehand this time, and then I'm afraid some of those guilds didn't bring the Imperial badge with them. Others, I'm afraid, are unconsciously or unconsciously proclaiming to others that they have such an imperial emblem before announcing the true rules of this quest. And then there's another, like the sponsor bosses that Viscount Ruichi just mentioned. They even see these badges as a kind of honor, and they wear them directly on their bodies, walking around and showing them off to others. ”