Chapter 126: Knockout
All 32 teams have entered, and directly opposite them is the VIP seat located on the north side. Francis looked around, there were ordinary seats on the east, west and south sides, the front row was basically aristocrats, and a little farther away were all commoners, and nearly 100,000 people were sitting on these three sides. As for the north side, there are only a few hundred and ten seats, especially in the front row, where eight seats are lined up.
Francis paid close attention to the people in the seats. In the middle, dressed in an imperial robe, with a white beard and a golden crown, is naturally Carter's Emperor Alexander Daley.
The remaining seven seats were not filled, and only six were occupied. The six were dressed in white, blue, blue, yellow, red, and purple robes. It's just that unlike ordinary robes, they all wear a golden-red coat. It seems that in addition to the Dark Church, several other churches were present at the tournament.
"Unbelievable!" Francis smacked his tongue secretly, but don't underestimate the red vest, wearing it will be different. These six people are cardinals, and among the major churches, only cardinals are eligible to wear a red vest on themselves. Francis didn't know what was going on with the other churches, but there were only three cardinals in the Church of Light. In the Church, the cardinal's position is only below that of the Pope, and it can be said that he is a high authority. No wonder there are so many seats in the first row, it turned out to be for them. Not to mention their cardinals, the strength of their god-level alone is enough to be on an equal footing with Alexander.
Just as Francis looked at the cardinal of the Church of Light, the white-bearded bishop nodded at Francis, and before leaving, Griffitz himself told him about Francis. He himself was also very interested in Francis, and Griffiths had a very high opinion of this young man, let me see what you are capable of! I don't know why, Griffiths did not tell this bishop Francis's true strength.
"Now, I would like to invite His Majesty Alexander Carter to give the opening speech!" said the master of ceremonies, standing next to the VIP seat, his voice echoed through the audience through magical amplification.
Amid the applause of the people, Alexander, who was sitting in the middle, stood up calmly. He took two steps forward, took the microphone and began to give an opening speech. "I, Alexander Daley, on behalf of the Carter Empire, and the organizers announce this ......"
"Oh, aren't the people of the Dark Church coming again?" Just as Alexander began to give his opening remarks, several cardinals in the back began to chat.
"It's not like this every time, a bunch of guys with their heads and tails hidden!"
"What a big shelf, this seat has been empty for years!"
"It seems that there are no more of their seed players here!" Although there are some dark mages on the field, their strength is not very outstanding, and they are not rookies of the church.
"You've all seeded a lot of players here this year! I'm looking forward to seeing who will come out on top!"
"Hehehe...!each other!"
“...... I hope that all the students can show your best state and achieve the most satisfactory results! The next time belongs to you, work hard, children! Your glory will start today! It will start here!" After Alexander's opening speech, the audience immediately burst into thunderous applause. After all, this is Carter, and the vast majority of people who come to watch it are Carter's people, not to mention whether the game is exciting, it makes them very excited to see Alexander in person.
The students standing in the middle of the arena have their eyes shining, and this is the turning point in their lives! They have the confidence to let everyone see their strength!
"The first is the qualifiers, and the players of each team are invited to come to me for the draw!" After the enthusiastic applause, the master of ceremonies began to preside over the big competition. Although the size of this big arena is not small, it is impossible for thirty-two teams to compete at the same time. There are four rings in the center of the arena, allowing eight teams to compete at the same time. There are competitions in the morning and afternoon every day, and if you want to compete in the round of 16, you have to wait at least two days. After a short three-day break, the quarterfinals will begin, and it will only take one day to produce the quarterfinals of this competition. And these eight teams are the real highlight of this competition!
"Which of you is going to draw lots!" Leviel looked at the four Francis, these four were either princesses, princes, or heirs of the Golden Family, so that Laviel didn't know what to do.
"Whatever! Whoever draws it is the same anyway!" "This draw determines the opponents and the order of appearance in the knockout round, thirty-two groups, and each group draws a number. One against two, three against four, and so on. As for the round of 16 to the quarterfinals, it will be decided by drawing lots again.
"I think so too, it's definitely not a good opponent in the first round anyway!" Francis said casually, and it was not the same who went.
"How do you know?" Rand wondered, did Francis have the inside story.
"Don't you see the cardinals sitting on it? I don't believe it!"
"Yes, you're the biggest shady!"
“...... You guy!"
"If you don't go, then I'll go!" Ed is much more reliable at this time.
"Draw an easy opponent, Eddard!"
"It's not up to me to decide!" Ed shook his head, walked over to the master of ceremonies, and began drawing lots. After a while, Eddard walked back after drawing the lot.
"How's Ed, how many numbers have been drawn?"
"What is it?" the crowd immediately surrounded Ed and asked with concern.
"Four!" Ed snapped his finger, and he drew four.
“......”
"It's not very lucky!" Levier's face suddenly collapsed, what is not good to smoke, you have to smoke four, doesn't this increase the pressure!
"That's good! If there were sixty-four teams, Ed would definitely draw back the number forty-four!" Rand patted Ed on the shoulder, his tone was very affirmative.
"That's fine, it's okay, it's okay for us to finish the game, and we can rest for a few days. By the way, let's play in Arena 2!" Francis thinks Ed has drawn well, so he can play immediately, and save himself from waiting for others.
"I also want to see how others play first, and then learn a little bit of experience before I play," Rand grumbled to Ed, and the eight of them walked to the second ring, which was their arena.
"Let's go, our opponent is already in the ring!" Francis looked across from ring two. The number three and the number four play each other, then they draw the number three!
"It's already here, it doesn't seem to be from the other three major colleges, so I'm relieved!"
"What are you afraid of, even if the other three major academies can do it, we still won!" Pumi said confidently.
"That's you, Pumi! Be careful, you're in the lead!" Michael's order of eight people had already been arranged. The first one is naturally the physically energetic Pumi, according to Michael's idea, first send Pumi to go up to consume the opponent's physical strength, and then Arnold. The two fighters were followed by Leville and Cindy, after the four were Rand and Ed, and finally Randy Grace and Francis. Moreover, Michael specifically emphasized that Francis should be the finale and not be able to play until the end.
"Please go to the second ring of the Caesar Royal Demon Martial Academy, who participated in the competition, to the second ring!"
"Please come to the second ring to compete with the Farland Demon Martial Academy!" The magic amplification quickly spread throughout the arena, and people immediately focused their attention here. The other three rings were contested between a number of Kingdom Academies, with only one heavyweight team here.
"Oh! it's Caesar's team!"
"I didn't expect these seeded players to appear in the first place!"
"Where's Farland?"
"Aren't there several kingdoms between us Carter and Solomon? ”
The audience of "......" is not optimistic about Farland, and the team of a kingdom can never be the opponent of Caesar's empire!
"Please come forward, players on both sides!" the referee said to the two teams of Caesar and Faram. Both Pumi and one of the opposing players stepped forward.
"Where's the player on your side, who is the first to play, please step up quickly!" the referee looked at Francis's side, why no one stepped up.
Everyone looked at Pumi who was standing at the front, isn't this here?
"Damn Pumi, can't you grow taller?" Arno snapped into his eyes and slapped Pumi on the head. As a result, Pumi was fine, his hand hurt for a long time.
"Huh, what are you talking about, are you discriminating against us dwarves?" Pumi was angry at the mention of his height.
"Get out of here!" Arno lifted Pumi so the referee could see him. The height of the ring was just a little higher than Pumi, and Pumi, who was standing under the ring, was completely blocked from the referee's blind spot.
"......" Francis was speechless, if you get along with this kind of teammate for a long time, you will lose your IQ!
"Okay! Hurry up and get in the ring!" the referee rolled his eyes, and it turned out to be a dwarf...
"You guy, don't be ashamed in the first game!" Arno reminded Pumi below. Francis, who was on the side, told Arno that Poumi was already a shame!
"Don't worry, I'm not going to lose!" Pumi confidently stood in the ring, saying that he hadn't been afraid of anyone in the fight!
A member of the team also walked up to Farland on the other side, but all the students of Farland Academy did not look very good. They also knew that they had no hope of winning against Caesar's great empires.
"The rules of the game, those who fall into the ring -- eliminate! Those who kill their opponents -- eliminate, and the murderer is handed over to Carter's official discretion! In the case of a draw between the two sides, the referee will decide the winner or loser, and the two contestants shall not object. Any questions?"
"When can I attack?" Pumi's eyes glowed red, he preferred to smash people than smash iron!
“......”
"Game on!"