Chapter 57: Preparations for the Competition
In the early morning, the air after the heavy rain was exceptionally fresh, and there was no grand ceremony, and a group of young people marched towards Nanshan with vitality on their faces.
Nanshan is not far from Boulder City, located in the southeast of Boulder City, 100 miles, two-day trip. Because there is a royal garden at the foot of the mountain, Kanazawaen, and the surrounding area is guarded by royal guards to prevent ordinary people from approaching, so the south mountain is rarely visited, and most of the primeval forests have not been destroyed. The south side is as tall as a cloud, the top of the mountain is already above the clouds, the northern slope is more soothing and wooded, and is the main venue for this competition, while the south side is extremely steep and basically rocky, making it impassable.
The group was full of people, and there were some small and small towns in the first half of the road, and the young people were full of curiosity about new things, especially the two girls, Felicia and Kelly, who looked at the scenery here and ate delicious food there, and did not feel any pre-competition tension at all. It's just that Alan and Elvis are always on guard against Arman, preventing him from making some small moves, to their surprise, Arman is very restrained along the way, not only did he not trouble Allen and them, but he didn't say some provocative words, which made Alan and Elvis more cautious, and it was expected that he had made other preparations, and the current calm hid this guy's bigger plans.
In the second half of the journey, there are no towns on either side of the road, but fortunately it is a necessary road for the royal garden, and the road is also carefully decorated with various flowers, and the scenery is not bad. Alan and Elvis came to notice another knight cadet, a guy named Andre. This person is on a team with Felicia, elegant manners, some extraordinary bearing, obviously a rich kid, this day almost with Felicia and Kelly, in Allen's opinion, this guy is obviously a ghost, but he deliberately reminded Felicia several times, but she didn't care very much, and seemed to be a little pleased that a knight student surrounded her, so hated that Alan almost gritted his teeth. Alan deliberately wanted to cause some trouble several times, but this Andre was not angry, smiling, and his response was extremely gentlemanly, in Felicia's eyes, it was Alan who became the unreasonable character. In fact, Felicia also knew in her heart that it was just because Alan was too cautious.
In this way, on the one hand, Alan has to guard against Arman to make some small moves, and on the other hand, he has to worry about this Andre next to Felicia, which makes Alan very distressed.
On the evening of the second day, this group of people arrived at the foot of Nanshan, because this activity was approved by His Majesty, so on this day, you can rest for one night in the royal garden Kanazawa Garden, and make supplies, tomorrow morning five teams enter the mountain from the five entrances, and officially start the game.
As the closest royal garden to Boulder City, Kanazawaen is the ultimate in luxury. It is full of all kinds of rare trees and flowers, and the main castle is not as splendid as the royal palace, but it is not inferior in size to the royal palace, and there is another area for the servants to live here, and the number of servants alone is in the hundreds. In addition to domestic animals, there are also some rare birds and beasts, which are used as the supply of the royal family's dining table, and of course, the servants' dietary needs are transported from the surrounding towns, just for the royal family's annual outings, I don't know how much manpower and material resources are spent.
This kind of royal garden is not something that these ordinary people can enter casually, so for most of these young people, everything is new. That's right, most of these young people. When Felicia said that he had never seen some plants, Andre on the side could give some general explanations, and even the functions of various royal items, Alan and several of them did not know, but Andre could tell the purpose of each item, which made Alan and Elvis very embarrassed. Although Alan is not from a big family, Elvis's family is also wealthy, but compared with Andre's knowledge, Elvis can only be regarded as a dirt bun, let alone Allen.
After moving into Kanazawaen, the students lived separately as squads and made final preparations before tomorrow's competition. In this way, Alan will not be able to go to Felicia, but fortunately, he can get acquainted with the people on the same team, after all, everyone is on the same front during the game. Because of Elvis's brother Robert, Alan and the knight cadets quickly got along, Elvis took out his home-brewed muller, which was Robert's favorite, three times five divided by two, Robert drank a large glass of muller. A few young people probably discussed the matter of tomorrow's game, first of all, everyone unanimously decided to elect a team leader and vice captain, so that the team will have a clear purpose and direction to act, if they fight separately, the game will definitely be lost. Robert has some prestige among the knight cadets, and he is the captain elected by the fifteen people on the side of the natural knight academy, but he has just eaten a large glass of muller, and at this time, the wine is rising, and he insists that his good brother Elvis be the captain and himself the vice captain. Alan knew that it didn't matter who the two of them were the captains, he had dealt with Robert a few times before, and knew that he was a person who had no opinions, and he couldn't discuss anything with Elvis, and the fifteen people of the Knight Academy were the main force in this competition, after all, it was easier to find more people.
Alan gave Elvis a color, and Elvis understood and said:
"This captain, there must be a person with great talent, among our people, who else can do it except Robert, I will be a soldier under Captain Robert, everyone obeys your arrangement. ”
"How good is this, but my brother said so, I won't shirk it, then I will be the team leader, Elvis, you will be the vice captain, we brothers are connected, everyone must go all out in this competition and win the first place!" Robert was bragged by Elvis indiscriminately, and he accepted it.
It was late at night, and the royal gardens were naturally not allowed to go out and walk around at will, and a group of young people had nothing to do, so after drinking and chatting, they went to sleep, recuperating, and waiting for the game to begin.
The next morning, the young men packed up and put on the ribbons in the colors of their teams. Each participant received five days of dry food and water, and was given a firework bomb - in case they get lost in the woods, and if they get lost, they are released in the open area and others can find them. However, if you use it as a means of seeking help, you will be disqualified from participating in the competition if you are rescued.
All pennants are now stash by the Knights' Academy's Scout Team, and the Scout is undoubtedly the best person to do this task. Because the forest is rarely visited, it is necessary to minimize human traces in the process of hiding the pennant to avoid leaving clues for the contestants to find.
Although the search for pennants may seem relatively simple, the jungle in the mountains is dense, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the search process is a needle in a haystack. This will test the participants' keen observation, and while looking for the pennant, it is also a battle of wits to protect the pennant that has been obtained from being taken away.