"So, if I want to stay at this conference, I have to accept this challenge?"

Dior stared at the white-bearded old man in front of him, tilted his head slightly, and quickly thought about the pros and cons of the organizer's sudden request in his mind.

It was in a nondescript room, the space was large and cramped, because it was about the size of a large cave, and it was small because it was filled with shelves full of books of all kinds, and Dio and the old man with the white beard who was looking for him could only stay at the table at the door of the room and talk.

The white-bearded old man reached out and put his black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, took out a thick and old book from under the table, patted it, and suddenly the dust filled a large area.

But the two men in the dust range did not react to this at all, as if the irritation of the dust on their respiratory tract and skin did not seem to exist, one still waited quietly, while the other opened the dusted book, flipped it for a while, and then stopped at one of them.

"According to the amendment clause of Article 1021 added in 755 A.D., participants are not allowed to engage in private duels during the festival, and can only engage in public challenges. In order to prevent abuse of this provision, the active challenger must bear the cost of the loot, the specific value of which is determined by the list of supplementary regulations in the Appendix.

The challenged person can choose to accept or reject, if the challenger accepts and defeats the challenger, the challenged person will receive the trophy, and the failure will be settled according to the challenger's existing points, and it will be regarded as being eliminated from the martial arts meeting. If you choose to decline the challenge, you will be counted according to the existing points, and you will be considered to be eliminated from this martial arts meeting, and the loot will not be returned regardless of the challenger's victory or defeat. In your current situation, if you refuse, you will not have any points because you have not passed the test......"

"That means that unless I win, I won't be able to participate in the next conference, and I won't gain anything?" Dior interrupted the white-bearded old man's scripted words and asked bluntly.

"Well, according to the regulations...... You're right. ”

"Even if the person who challenges me is far beyond my strength level, I must accept it?"

"No, I can guarantee on behalf of the tournament that the opponent will never be a martial artist, and there will never be a situation where the strong will be used to abuse the weak. In fact, it is rare for a martial artist to come to the martial arts meeting again after he has actually advanced to the martial arts meeting, and there are less than five martial artists present at the martial arts meeting this time, and it will never include the person who challenges you. ”

"Well, I'll take the challenge. ”

"Uh......" The white-bearded old man looked at Dio intently, and then nodded, "In addition, if you win, then you will directly advance to the final ten, skip all the previous testing and qualifying links, and get 200 base points, which is our compensation for you." ”

"Very well, when will it start?"

"Within ten hours, at a time of your choosing, the venue will be a separate arena, closed to the public, and the Elders will be there to witness for you. ”

"Six hours later, then. Dio thought for a moment, then said a time.

"Yes. The white-bearded old man shook the bell on the table, and the staff member Elu who had been accompanying Dior walked in, "She will take you to the lounge, or you can ask her if you have other requirements, and someone will take you to the ring when the time comes." ”

Dio followed Eru to a single break room and let Eru leave, leaving her alone.

He didn't really have much to think about accepting the challenge, either leaving with nothing or winning the battle. And he already knew that this conference would only be held once in ten years, and it would undoubtedly be a great loss to miss this one.

What's more important is the trophy of the victor that the old man showed him at the beginning - a strange-looking spider. Although I don't know where it came from and what it is for, Dior has an indescribable sense of longing when he sees it for the first time, not only physically, but even mentally, as if this spider is extremely important to him, and has some kind of natural connection with him, which almost made him lose control, and he used all his willpower to finally resist the urge to rob, and watched several guards on the same level as him take this trophy away.

Now he accepts the challenge, and a lot of the reason is for this trophy. Either way, he had to get the monster spider in his hands, and he had a vague sense that the monster spider might be able to get him to touch a ...... The truth.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally organized the relatively appropriate word of truth to describe it, and his consciousness was immersed in his own sea of consciousness, looking at the initial book that seemed to flash because of excitement, and silently pondered.

......

“...... I have closed the contract first, and I am very happy to be able to reach an agreement with you, which is an honor for our entire Prostum consortium. With a smile on her face, Emma put away the papers with the names of the three men on the table, divided them one by one, and pushed them to Lilia and Catherine, who was already leaning on Lilia's shoulder and dozing off.

"Well, I'm ...... We are also honored. Lilia looked at the saliva from Catherine on her shoulder, a little embarrassed, and smiled reluctantly at Emma.

Emma acted as if she hadn't noticed anything, still maintaining a decent posture, which made Lilia have to sigh that people from big families are different.

"Our consortium is the top in Baisos in terms of research and development of new weapons, even in the world, it is also at the first-class level, if you or your followers need the transformation of the corresponding weapons, our consortium can provide full support, whether it is cold weapons or ** will not disappoint you. ”

"I believe that. ”

Lilia nodded, and reached out her left hand to touch the inconspicuous bulge on her right wrist through her clothes, which was Emma's gift of greeting—an extremely delicate bowl wheel launcher. This launcher can be freely switched to fire crossbow arrows or bullets, and is equipped with a variety of special types of ammunition or crossbow arrows that suit the needs, the power is very good, and it is very helpful to her now, not to mention that this launcher is made like a lifelike bird, this kind of artwork makes her breathtaking, and therefore has a deep understanding of the strength of this consortium that sponsors herself and Catherine.

"The data collection team will be at your location within a week, and they will be responsible for transmitting the various data collections you have fed back to the headquarters, so that the equipment you use can be better improved based on this data. Usually they will only stay in a suitable position away from you, you don't have to worry about them disturbing your normal life, and if you need intelligence support, you can also ask for it directly through them, and our local branch will provide full support. ”

"Okay. Lilia took the contract, looked at her signature on it, and secretly said that what Futas said was not an exaggeration at all, such a powerful consortium rushed up to sponsor herself and Catherine, send money and equipment, and serve very thoughtfully, I am afraid that there will be any snubbing to the same as the two of them.

In this case, Lilia also has a new understanding of the weight of her new identity.

"Then I won't disturb your rest, I'll take my leave first. Emma put her files in the folder, stood up, and held out her hand.

Lilia also got up and shook hands.

After Emma left, Futas followed and returned to the room.

"Looks like you're talking right. ”

"Okay, by the way, Fortas, would you like to help me look at this contract and find out if there are any omissions?" Lilia raised the document in her hand.

"No, the Prostrom consortium doesn't have the guts to play tricks on this. Futas said lightly, with a completely natural meaning in his tone, as if such a large consortium was not a great thing in her eyes.

"Oh. Lilia was silent, the strength of the organization she had joined was too unfathomable.

"Okay, you can study the contract later, and now I'll meet someone. ”

"Who?"

"Your boss. ”

(The back is not good, and it didn't take long for the front to get better, and the word code for a week had another attack, tragedy.) ）