Chapter Eighty-Three: The Contest Begins
The brochure of the war gambling house is not a picture book.
But the information is completely staggering.
From here, Lin Ke learned that there were more than 3,000 candidates taking the exam this year, similar to previous years, from cities of all sizes throughout the empire.
And the names, strengths, and even some typical achievements of these more than 3,000 people have been recorded in this booklet!
For example, Lin Ke turned to the Windy City chapter, and the reason why Lin Ke, who was set as the top seed, was set in this position was because he broke through to the fourth order of bear power a few months ago and publicly killed the rebellious offspring, and defeated the third seed Fias, while Lilith was also in the fourth order of bear power and entered this field earlier than Lin Ke, and the reason why he was recorded after Lin Ke was because he was born a civilian and had no clear record!
As for the third seed, Fias also recorded a public battle between him and the children of the Gaia family, who are now in the second year of the God of War Academy.
More than 3,000 candidates, more than a little more and a little less, distributed in more than 300 cities throughout the empire, each from a different family and class, can do such a detailed description of what each person did at different times, and from the small text connotations such as Lilith's origin, it can be seen that the information obtained by the war gambling house itself may be much more detailed than what is shown in the booklet!
Lin Ke's heart couldn't help but move, could it be that there is a huge intelligence network covering the entire empire hidden behind this war gambling house?! Then the imperial high-level must know about it! But the royal family can tolerate the existence of such a force in its own country?
Lin Ke thought far in his heart for a while.
"There are three more days, that is, the two days before the exam, the battle chart will come out, and then you all have to study your opponent carefully, and it is best to make a few effective countermeasures and even do targeted training, even if you can't do it confidently, but at least you can know it in your heart, so as not to panic when the time comes, this can be regarded as the only place in the war gambling house worthy of the candidates," Hubert sighed deeply, expressing infinite sorrow for his cousin who was so sad.
"Even if it's not for the family, just for the gold coins you smashed in and your cousin and me," he pointed to the dark circles under his eyes that he had queued up overnight and said bitterly, "For the sake of my long-awaited sleep for your entrance exams, so that I won't be ravaged too badly by my aunt who knows about it afterwards, I must win at least this first round!"
Lin Ke couldn't help but be happy, and said to Hubert with a smile, "Why should my cousin have so little confidence in us, you see, unless all three of us lose, at least we will survive this year, in case your cousin and I can always earn money back, where is it so easy for my mother to know about our gambling, don't worry!"
Hubert suddenly became vigilant and glared at Lin Kedao, "Don't talk nonsense, your cousin and I didn't have a penny in it, don't let us ours, I'm just in your kid's * I was forced to take you to the war gambling house to see and learn, even if you kid insisted on going his own way and had to participate in the gambling situation, cousin, I also persuaded you dozens of times with righteous words, even if the matter was revealed, I have always kept to myself Hubert can't escape the blame, but he is only forbidden and scolded, it's really a big deal to grit his teeth and give his aunt a few blows to get angry, you are a light 'we' but you want to kill your cousin * Ah, Cohen, you can't be so unauthentic!"
"Okay," Lin Ke rolled his eyes and said, "Cousin, don't worry about this matter anymore, isn't it just a few hundred gold coins, cousin, I don't care about anything, but you, the third-generation eldest young master of the Mutes family, talk about it every day." ”
"A few hundred gold coins?!" Hubert couldn't help but raise his voice, then came to his senses and looked around, and then hurriedly whispered, "Just a few hundred gold coins! Don't talk about me, the eldest young master, cousin, my living expenses for a year are only two hundred gold coins and the same as you, and I am reluctant to use it to bet a lot of money, no, I'm angry, I have to go, you guys give me a good look at the booklet, if the first round of the exam is brushed down, cousin, I will directly ask for leave and go back to Windy City to ask my aunt for guilt!"
Lin Ke quietly looked at Hubert, who left with a stomach full of anger, and there was no longer a grin.
It took a long time for him to look back and smile at Neil, he knew what was in his mind.
In a noble family like Mutes, it is already very difficult to be harmonious in major matters, and it is impossible to ask that there are no internal contradictions at all.
"Young Master Hubert is just angry for a while," Xue'er hesitated for a moment and said to Lin Ke, "I still know a little bit about him, and he is not a person who is different from what he seems." ”
Lin Ke smiled and nodded at Xue'er and said, "I know this, Brother Lobby has been the most broad-minded and brotherly of our brothers and sisters since he was a child, but the problems caused by the successive departure of several uncles can be clearly expressed in a simple single sentence of inheritance fault, not to mention that he is the future of the family before me, and the sudden rise of me will make him very stressful." ”
The crowd was silent.
Another five days.
Linko's internal injuries are almost healed, as long as he is careful to avoid getting injured again, there won't be much of a problem.
Xue'er and Lilith have been cultivating more diligently during this time, and the approaching exam date still gives them a lot of pressure, God of War Academy, ordinary people are afraid to be excited just by hearing the name, and in the face of an extremely rare major game in life, it is good enough for the two girls to be able to maintain calm on the surface.
Two days ago, the battle map had already come out, and Harris, the head of the family chamber of commerce, sent someone to guard it early in the morning, and as soon as the news came out, it was transmitted back to the compound as soon as possible, and the information of Donna and Sam of the Qingfeng family was sent to the Qingfeng family chamber of commerce.
There weren't too many surprises.
Lin Ke faced a Xiong Li fourth-order assassin from the imperial capital in the first round, this was a challenge for him, and the speed of the assassin would cause him a lot of trouble, so he also did a few confrontation simulations with Lilith, and he also had some confidence in his heart.
Lilith also faced a fourth-order Xiong Li warrior from the imperial capital in the first round, and the assassin and the warrior were congenitally defeated when they were confined to a range to face each other, but Lilith and Neil were full of confidence after doing a few confrontation simulations.
Xue'er's opponent in the first round is a third-order Xiong Li warrior from Dragon Slayer Castle, and the information shows that although the opponent is under the age of eighteen, he has real battlefield experience, and should be a very difficult guy, Xue'er's only chance to win is to use the wandering tactic to "fly a kite" to hang him, but the premise is that she has to drag through the opponent's rapid attack in the first round at the beginning.
As for Donna, it was against a bear power first-order earth attribute warrior, and in Lin Ke's opinion, the odds of winning were not great, and Sam's chances of winning against a bear power second-order fire caster were much greater than Donna's.
The first two rounds of the exam are almost entirely public.
The examination venue is on the huge square in front of the gate of the God of War Academy that Lin Ke and a few people visited a few days ago, the square is extremely wide, and the people standing in it always have a feeling of extreme insignificance, but today this feeling is gone, because the square is full of people!
A real crowd of people!
Lin Ke had no idea that there were so many people in the imperial capital!
And so many people gathered together to have such a momentum!
The square is surrounded by warriors in bright armor and knights on high horses, standing solemnly one by one, giving people a sense of security.
Thirty huge circular stone platforms have been placed in the square, each forty or fifty meters in diameter, and God knows when these behemoths were placed in the square.
Linko had earlier joined Donna and Sam at the entrance of the candidates' tunnel and took out their respective credentials to take the exam, and the five of them were allowed to pass after the person in charge of the verification had done so, while Eller and Neil, as well as Hubert, Mentor, and Harris and the Breeze Chamber of Commerce were kept out.
"Play well," Eller said with a blank face.
"You must pass, you must pass the first round!" Hubert repeated repeatedly, slightly nervously.
"Come on," said the doorman with a complicated expression.
Lin Ke was a little strangely moved, and at this moment, he seemed to have returned to the examination room of the college entrance examination in his previous life, but at that time, he was not entrusted by any relatives behind him.
Nodding deeply, Lin Ke smiled and turned to enter, followed by Lilith with a cold face and Cher with a bright smile, Donna waved her hand freely at everyone and turned away, followed by Sam, who was a little nervous.
A few young backs, towards a legend.
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All three of them were placed in the inner circle, while Donna and Sam were placed in the outer circle.
He found that candidates of the third order and above of Xiong Li were all divided into the inner circle, and the platform here was larger and thicker than the outer circle.
This made Donna very unhappy, plus she was already having an awkward relationship with Lin Ke, so she snorted and dragged Sam away.
Only Lin Ke shook his head helplessly and didn't think about it anymore.
If the information in the booklet of the war gambling house is correct, there are a total of eighteen candidates who have reached the fourth order of Xiong Li this year, including Lin Ke and Lilith, most of them are from two cities, one is the imperial capital of Aresburg, and the other is the Dragon Slayer Fort with the highest enrollment rate in the past, and the rest are scattered from major cities, and the appearance of two Xiong Li fourth-order candidates at one time in a place like Windy City, which is not very large, has attracted a lot of people's attention.
The number of candidates who have reached the third order of Xiong Li is also several times more than in previous years, reaching an astonishing one hundred and twenty-three people, and some people have turned out the history and found that such a lineup of candidates is slightly more than the golden generation of the paladin back then, and the good deeds claim that this year's generation will definitely become the platinum generation, but it has attracted the attention of more ordinary people.
Cher was the first of the three.
By the time she shouted Cher's name, her opponent was already waiting in the ring, and Lin Ke saw that in this opponent's body, he felt the aura of his grandfather Rhine and his father Jason, the aura of killing.
"Be careful, it's not important to win or lose, the important thing is your safety," Lin Ke said to Xue'er with a serious face, "If you find that it is really difficult to win, admit defeat, don't worry about other miscellaneous things, everything is up to me." ”
Cher smiled brightly and nodded, "I won't lose even for those gold coins," and after greeting Lilith again, she turned around and stepped into the ring with light steps.
"Why don't you let Cher use that bow?" Lilith said suddenly.
"This is only the first round of the game, although her enemy is probably not simple, but I have paid serious attention to everyone's strength when I have experienced devil training, I am very confident in her, even if I want to beat her at the same level, it is not easy for her, 'Elf's Blessing' has a great increase in her strength, it is something that can be used as a hole card, and it will attract special attention in the first round, which is not a good thing, again, your' Bloodthirsty' also try not to use it, on the one hand, it is attention-grabbing, on the other hand, bloodthirsty is too deadly, this is just an entrance exam, not your life or death, most of the candidates who can take the entrance exam are not simple, especially the existence of the fourth order of Xiong Li, serious injuries can't, death cannot. ”
Lilith nodded silently.