Chapter 40: Qualifying (1)
For the next few days, Green didn't go out, staying alone in his room for the final grind.
Until the club qualifying begins.
Early in the morning, Green and Tom the Fat met with the members of the Olive Federation and headed to the arena.
Except for the president and the fat Tom, who are the contestants and substitutes this time, everyone else can only watch from the stands.
It was still the big arena that could accommodate tens of thousands of people, and the group slowly walked into the special passage of the infield, and there were already several clubs waiting inside.
"On the right is the knight's house in an orange training uniform, and in the middle is a mountain eagle in a white uniform...... It's the brother Guishe who doesn't wear a shirt over there, they advocate the beauty of the body, although it looks unsightly, but the strength is not bad. ”
The president whispered to everyone that he also knew a lot about some small clubs that couldn't even get together the participants.
The college has divided a field for each club, and the location of the Olive Federation is on the left-hand side, and there are two open spaces next to it, namely the Silver Nest and the Black Crow Society, which seem to be sorted according to the strength of the clubs.
Many students began to come in one after another in the stands around them, especially many club members who have carried a clear banner to cheer for their clubs.
Green also noticed that there were already many ordinary residents sitting in the stands, many of them richly dressed, apparently either nobles or wealthy merchants.
Presumably, this competition academy is also open to the public, selling tickets to the residents of Julu City.
In this world where force reigns supreme, there is no match more attractive than the battle between knights, and although the participants today are all knight squires, it makes no difference to the general audience.
It didn't take long for the rest of the societies to arrive, except for the Silver Nest and the Crow Society, who didn't show up for a long time.
Seeing that there was some confusion among the people, the president explained, "In order to show their identity, these two societies always waited until the end to show their identity, and then gradually became their tradition. Although we are also one of the three major associations, we are supported by the Chamber of Commerce, and we cannot always put on a lofty posture when doing business. ”
When Green said this, he also understood that he was playing a big game.
The people present could only wait patiently, and it was not until ten minutes before the start of the game that the two clubs slowly walked in from the two entrances of the arena.
The team of the Silver Nest was led by Kuma, uniformly dressed in snow-white tights, with a golden sash around the waist.
Passing in front of all the societies all the way, they were as arrogant as the kings who inspected their territories, disdainful of the ranks of the other societies, and their naked contempt made many of them angry.
As he passed in front of the Olive Federation, Kuma slowed down slightly, glanced at Green who was standing at the front of the line, then snorted coldly and walked straight away, leading the team to their field.
At the other end of the Black Crow Society, the leader of the team was unsurprisingly the girl named Suzu, all of their members were wearing pure black practice uniforms, and the position of the chest was outlined with a simple crow image with a white line.
But Suzu herself did not wear a uniform costume, but continued to wear a cheongsam, and seemed to have a soft spot for cheongsam, but this time she deliberately chose a black short-sleeved cheongsam to take care of the face of the community, with a lot of white lotus flowers embroidered on it, and the neckline was slightly lower, revealing a delicate collarbone.
As Suzu passed in front of Green, he distinctly heard an incomprehensible chuckle from the other party.
When the host saw that the participating teams had arrived, he walked up to the high platform and began to read the rules of the Knight Academy Club Qualifying Competition to the audience.
Each player has three attempts to challenge and three rejections, which cannot be used consecutively.
The winner of each challenge gets three points, and the loser deducts three points. If the challenger refuses to apply, one point will be deducted and will not be counted in the three attempts.
If you fail three times, you will be out, and the final score will be counted, and the ranking order of this year's club will be determined according to the total score of the club.
The club with the highest ranking can send a member to participate in the affairs of the college, and the venue fee will be waived this year, among other benefits.
After reading out the rules, the host stretched out his hand to the side of the high platform and invited James, the martial arts chief of the academy, to the stage, and he served as the referee this time.
In the distant stands, many spectators were very excited to see James appear.
"The Knight Academy is really strong, and it is a bit overkill to send a big knight to be a referee in just one game between knights and attendants. One audience member muttered to himself.
The audience sitting next to him heard this, so they turned around and said, "You don't know this, in addition to the two great knights on the surface, the Knight Academy also has an unfathomable dean who has not made a move for many years.
Dispatching a big knight is nothing to them, after all, although it is a knight squire-level competition, there are always some geniuses in the Knight Academy who cannot be guessed by common sense, and they can burst out of the knight-level combat power at the knight squire level, and only the big knight can ensure that there are no major casualties during the game. ”
"Since the Knight Academy is so strong, how can Julu City still be controlled by those big families?" he asked, puzzled.
And the other party was obviously also a person who knew the inside story, and reluctantly told him, "The Knight Academy must not participate in the struggle of power, and it must remain neutral at all times, which is an explicit requirement of the Empire." Otherwise, if the Knight Academy, which can train hundreds of knights every year, uses this power for personal use, it will have no other forces to speak. ”
During the conversation, the game below has officially begun.
This time, the situation of the ring was not adopted, but the entire arena was directly opened as a stage, giving the contestants more freedom to play.
All three clubs stand still, and they have to save the precious challenge opportunity for last.
At the beginning, as usual, the small clubs fought each other, and after a group was eliminated, the competition was really started.
A member of the small community stepped forward, pointed his finger at Green, and said loudly, "I challenge McRae of the Olive Federation." ”
Green saw the president nod faintly to McCree, and he stood up to accept the challenge.
The two sides came to the center of the arena, saluted each other, and then drew their weapons and fought together.
The strength of both sides is not bad, the game is impressive, very exciting, and cheers are heard from time to time in the stands.
It's just that Green glanced at it a few times, and his brows furrowed high, although these two people seem to be fighting hotly, but you and I have not gone to the vital parts, and you can't tell the winner for a day.
Tom, the fat man standing on the side, saw the doubts in Green's heart, smiled, and said in his ear: "This small club has long been bought by us, and this time it is specially given to us to give us points, so as to ensure that we are not surpassed by other small clubs." ”
Green glanced at James, the martial arts chief standing still on the high platform, and asked casually, "He should be able to see at a glance that he is playing a match-fixing match, what if he is unhappy and disqualified from our competition." ”
Fat Tom said nonchalantly: "It's not that the school doesn't know our little actions, it's just too lazy to care." For them, if we can buy off all the clubs, it's no problem to just take the first place. A knight who knows how to solve problems with gold is a good knight. ”
Green nodded noncommittally.
It didn't take long for the contest to be over, and the challenger "accidentally" showed a flaw, and was immediately caught by McCree, and in the blink of an eye, the long sword hung around the opponent's neck, and the victory was won.
As McRae stepped off the stage and passed by the Silver Nest, a laugh came from inside.
"Boy, you played well, do you want me to find two girls from 'Nightingale' to fight with you, it must be more exciting!"
"Haha, then you have to tell the girl not to hurt anyone. “
McCree was calm and walked back to the group with his head held high.
The president patted him on the shoulder, "Good job, don't care about other people's eyes, it's stupid to use fists to solve things that can be solved with money." “
In the second game, the members of the Brother Gui Society challenged the Knights' House, and their members also deliberately took out a bottle of olive oil and smeared it on their bodies before going on the field, rubbing their strong muscles shiny, making it impossible to look at them directly.
Despite this, their combat power is indeed quite good, not only proficient in swordsmanship, but also very good in physical skills, always taking advantage of the opponent's inattention to use wrestling tricks to knock the opponent to the ground, and then use the physical advantage to suppress the opponent.
Although the players of the Knight's House tried their best to escape a few times, they were finally pressed under their bodies and locked their throats by their opponents, and they had no choice but to admit defeat.
The people of Brother Guishe won the game and did not leave immediately, but stood in the center of the field and put on a set of bodybuilding poses before leaving at the urging of the host.
Since then, it has always been a competition between small clubs, and there are many masters in more than a dozen small clubs, and they are all unwilling to accept constraints before they deliberately join.
Most of these small clubs are formed by like-minded students, and there are no benefits or constraints for members.
For example, Sumer, the third place in the opening test of the Wind of Freedom, is very strong, and it is also one of the focus of the academy, but the club is full of only a dozen people, and he barely managed to get enough people to participate in the competition, but he did have a good time in it.
And Sumer is almost twenty years old this year, so his evaluation is much lower than that of Tyron after him, and even inferior to Green, who came later, so he has no desire to win, and he is quite low-key.
Led by a few strong people, six or seven were eliminated in a short time in the competition between small clubs, and only a few powerful clubs were left to participate in the next competition.
And the Silver Nest, at this time, finally began to send players to challenge.
A contestant with short hair and silver earrings walked out and pointed at McRae.
"I refuse. ”
McRae didn't hesitate to use a rejection chance.
The other party seemed to have guessed this result a long time ago, and immediately another tall male player stepped forward to challenge McRae.
Unable to fight in a row, McRae was forced to play.
I just saw the opponent's information a few days ago, it is the top twelve of the last session, known as the Blood Tiger, and the fighting style is very violent.
"Just make two moves, get to the bottom, and then admit defeat. The chairman said earnestly before he took the stage.
As soon as the two sides came to power, they immediately started fighting, and McRae wanted to test two moves casually, but he didn't expect his opponent to retreat again and again under his attack.
When he was happy, he forgot the president's advice and kept attacking.
Just when he was about to slash at the other party's chest with a sword, he suddenly saw a playful look in the other party's eyes.
His heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately reacted that he had been tricked.
Unfortunately, it was too late, a dazzling sword light swept by, and he only had time to reluctantly take half a step back.
Hmm, ahhh......h
His arm had been nearly severed, leaving only a trace of flesh sticking.
Seeing this, the opponent nicknamed Blood Tiger wanted to make up for another sword, but was immediately stopped by James on the high platform.
The medical staff of the college stepped forward in time and carried him to a temporary tent prepared in advance to begin treatment.
The Blood Tiger also swaggered off the stage, deliberately slashing his hand under his neck as he passed by the Olive Federation, assuming a threatening pose.
There was silence in the ranks, and the other party's threats were very effective.
"It seems that the other party already knows about our plan with the Crow Society, and this is a warning to us. After a while, the president said solemnly.
"It's okay, they'll surrender when we meet. ”
Fat Tom comforted.
"Eh, Green, where are you going?"
In the midst of everyone's astonishment, Green stood up and walked towards the Silver Nest team.