(It's said that it's going to be on the shelves tomorrow?, I don't know, maybe, I hope everyone can come more after the shelves, thank you.) PS: Thanks to the book friend DDDDDAL for rewarding 1888 starting coins)

At night, the central square of the business district has been transformed into a sea of joy, and this square with an area of nearly 50,000 square meters has now completely changed. On normal days, there are not many visitors to the square, the white pigeons fly leisurely over the square, the pigeons who are not afraid of people are always cooing, asking for food from the tourists passing by in the square, and people are also happy to take out the food they want to carry with them to share with the pigeons.

Such a large square, with only a few dozen people walking on the square, is as inconspicuous as a few pebbles on the beach, and cannot attract the attention of others at all, so the impression of the central square is always empty, and it is open as far as the eye can see.

But tonight, everything is different.

A two-meter-high stage was set up in the center of the square, and ten giant crystal energy lamps were hung on the stage, which required two thousand terr capacity crystals to activate, and each light burned a thousand gold coins per hour, that is, the lighting alone would cost tens of thousands of gold coins to the business association for one night. Around the stage, a stepped stand was erected over the course of an afternoon, the highest point of the stand was ten meters high, all made of detachable metal parts, built by skilled dwarven craftsmen, and it took thousands of manpower this afternoon to build in a matter of hours. These stands are set up in sections around the central stage one by one, each section is independent and self-contained, and the members of the city guard team are responsible for guiding it up and down, ensuring the order of the venue to the greatest extent.

Directly above the stage, hanging are four giant spar screens made of spar splicing and polishing, a group of low-level mages hired from the mage guild continue to monotonously repeat the same spell, some mages release the mage's eye from the front angle on the stage, and another group of mages use projection to project the image received by the mage's eye onto the spar screen. This spell, originally used for surveillance and defense, was completely repurposed for civilian use, allowing even those in the backstand to see everything on the stage clearly.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and there were still more than two hours to go, and midnight was coming. More than half of the seats in the stands are already occupied, and there are still a large number of spectators checking in through the passages around the stands. Although you enter the venue with a ticket, the tickets here are not for sale, which means that you may not be able to buy them if you have money. All tickets are issued by the business federation, some of which have been reserved for high-level figures or super-rich people from all over the world as early as half a year ago, of course, many times the two coincide, and the other part is done by the city guards, a separate agency has been set up, and it will be distributed to the public free of charge from the first ten days of the new year, and one person is limited to one. Therefore, often on the thirteenth or fourth day before the New Year, there is a long queue outside the door of the invoice point, and people who want to participate with coats and quilts stick to the line in the cold wind and heavy snow, and stay for a few days just to get a ticket.

This kind of initiative inadvertently leads to an industry, and some people will have a hard time getting a ticket even if they don't want to participate, and then selling it. On the black market, a ticket in the last row was sold to 500 gold coins, which was enough for a family of three to live a simple life for more than a year. As for the tickets in the front row, it can be said that there is no market, and no amount of money may be able to buy them.

This kind of behavior of the business federation looks very stupid, and a lot of money has been invested, and a performance party counts the cost of equipment resources and labor, plus the fees paid to the invited artists, it may cost millions of gold coins before and after, but there is no income, which is obviously a money-losing business. But in fact, the world-famous New Year's show is a huge benefit for the business of the whole city, and the intangible return may be several times or even ten times the investment, and with the shrewdness of the leaders of the business association, it is impossible to do business at a loss under any circumstances.

The performance party that officially started at nine o'clock, although the attendance rate of one hour in advance has exceeded half, but most of the people who came were after the tenth row, and the ten rows were specially reserved and reserved for key characters before, and now it is still empty and there are not many people. These people often do not enter the venue until after half past eight, and they do not need to queue up to check in like most spectators, but enter directly through the special passage, saving the trouble of crowding.

At the entrance of the sparsely populated special passage, a long silver hair suddenly appeared, and a small head probed out like a thief and looked left and right for a while, before he made a very serious gesture and walked out proudly under the push behind him, and the other three followed her helplessly and walked towards their seats.

Of course, it was the four members of Nelly's adventure group, and Lina led everyone to the area reserved for each church and sat down in the area designated for the Church of the Earth Goddess. Over the years, the Chamber of Commerce has reserved a calculated percentage of tickets to the churches, but this area has never been seated. Many of the priests and bishops of the Holy Capital Sub-district were respected elders and were reluctant to come to a place that was too lively, and the young apprentices were either unqualified, or stared at each other and did not dare to ask for the first time, nor did they get the tickets for these elders, resulting in the relaxation and comfort of this area, which filled the other audiences with envy every year.

"Why do I think the young people of the Orders around me are looking at you a little wrong? As soon as Pannis sat down, he struck Lina with his arm and whispered, "That fierce look full of anger, tsk, looks like it's going to pounce on you and strangle you." ”

"Who cares about them. Lina held a book in her hand that looked familiar, flicked her long hair very freely, and said nonchalantly: "A bunch of stupid people, jealous that we can get four tickets, just ignore them." ”

"Is that so?" Pannis squinted at Lina suspiciously, "I always felt that you had done some inhumane atrocity to them. ”

"Cut, a bunch of stingy people. Lina pouted disdainfully: "Didn't you just rob them of a few tickets? ”

"Well, it seems that I have to admire the self-cultivation of the clergy. Pannis saw that the young priests nearby heard Lina's words and even their eyes were red, and several of them were still bruised, and they covered their mouths and whispered: "I can even endure this, and I didn't pounce on you and bite you." ”

"If you've beaten up almost all the young male priests in the entire temple area in your first year here, you're going to get that kind of treatment. Catherine snickered and said, "You underestimate our Lina's combat power too much. ”

"Look at what to see. Lina snapped the book shut, glared back with a fierce gaze, waved her fist and roared in a low voice: "Look at it again, be careful and be beaten again." ”

"It's brutal. Finding that under the oppression, the young priests immediately retracted their gaze and sat down against the grievances, and Pannis could only sigh and shake his head: "However, I find that you are very familiar with this now, as if you have seen it before." ”

"Have you seen it? Why don't I remember. Lina lowered her head and was silent for a while: "Oh oh oh, she told me, she saw it." ”

"I remembered, Katarina, right. Pannis said, "It seems that I always like to come out when I am in the area near the temple." ”

"Yes, yes, this is a special weapon against that group of little priests. Lina smirked.

Soon, the back row of the venue was full, and the front row gradually became more and more crowded, and in the dense crowd, there were quite a few elven orcs and dwarves, and even two lizardmen, who rarely appeared outside the whispering swamp, also sat on the chair with their tongues sticking out, and when their long tongues stuck out, they couldn't help but worry that they would lick the heads of the audience in front of them.

"It's going to be hilarious if someone makes trouble. Pannis looked around the venue and muttered, "With such a dense crowd, it's world news if something really happens." ”

"Every year, more than three Legendary-level masters are invited here, who would feel that life is boring and come here to make trouble. Lina said: "What's more, it is said that the city lord comes to see the show every year, do you think someone is bored to come and test the demigod's ability?"

"Odin will come too. Pannis was stunned: "It is said that he is very busy, and he actually has time to come here." ”

"No matter how busy the president is, he can always find a night's time. Catherine suddenly gestured with her eyes: "Look over there, a few elves are sitting in the front row, it seems that they are representatives of the elven royal court, I don't know if I can see the legendary elven queen." ”

"Surely I won't see it, the Elven Empress didn't come. Pannis said casually, and then immediately added: "I have seen portraits." ”

"That's Nelly's former teammate, and I really want to pay homage to my face. Catherine sighed with fascination: "It's a pity that I didn't have this opportunity." ”

"Shhhh Lina slapped Catherine on the thigh, "Wake Vivien up, it's time." ”

"I called. Catherine smiled bitterly and pointed to Vivian, who was sleeping soundly on her back: "She said she wanted to continue sleeping, and I couldn't help it." Forget it, let her sleep, and when it's intense, people will applaud and wake her up. ”

"Bang bang bang. "Seven or eight mages around the stage, continuously released magic to the sky, brilliant fireballs, ice rings of lightning rushed into the sky, exploded in the air into brilliant clusters of light, for ten minutes of continuous flashing light and violent explosions, heralding the official start of the world-famous show.

Just the opening ten minutes of the magic fireworks show, seven or eight gold-level high-level mages participated in the whole process, even if the magic is released, they must be preoccupied with guiding and shaping to ensure the visual effect of the magic fireworks. There were only five or six thousand gold-level professionals in the entire Yala World, and mages were even rarer, with a maximum of about one hundred and fifty people. Although it is located in the headquarters of the Mage Guild, there are many mages, but inviting seven or eight at a time, just for the opening ten, is a generous act from any point of view.

In the brilliant magic fireworks, the first New Year's event of the four people living together begins.