Chapter 21: The Game Begins
I saw a middle-aged man in armor jumping down from the back of the flying dragon, and I saw him shout loudly: "Good morning warriors, I am Wells de Farr, the head of the knights of the French city, and I am the host of this elite tryout. ”
There is a heated discussion below, all of which are discussing the only dragon knight in this French kingdom.
Wells then said, "Now I'm going to talk about the rules of the game. The scene immediately fell silent. He continued: "We will use the army's training ground for the race, and the purpose of the race is to race speed, and we will start from the south, go through various tests in the training ground, and reach the north exit. We will start at 9 o'clock in a while, and those who can arrive before 3 o'clock in the afternoon will be selected for the elite youth team under the command of the king himself, and at the same time receive the knight title awarded by the king himself!"
The contestants didn't know much about the elite team, but when they heard that they could get the title of knight and that they were knights who directly served the king, they were suddenly shocked.
Wells raised his hand to signal everyone to silence, and then continued: "Those who can hold on to the finish line after 3 o'clock can also be rewarded with equipment or gold coins, and are eligible to join the national regular army to contribute to the defense of the country." ”
Wilston paused for a moment and continued: "There are rules for the game, first, you are not allowed to bring personal equipment or props into the field, we will provide you with training equipment to choose from. Second, during the competition, other contestants shall not be attacked or obstructed from participating in the competition, otherwise they will be immediately disqualified and severely punished. Thirdly, I will give each participant a signal magic stone, if you encounter danger on the way or do not want to continue the game, you can light the magic stone, and then I will come to your rescue immediately, but this also means that you give up the opportunity to play. ”
"Let's go to the administrator next to you to prepare, and the equipment you bring will be taken care of by someone and sent to the finish line. The person who took the equipment went to the starting point to find a good position to prepare, the current time is 8:10, we set off on time at 9 o'clock, when my flying dragon landed again, it means that it is ready to go, and hearing the cry of the flying dragon is the signal to start. ”
Bonnie came up to Hans and said, "It turned out to be a speed race, and it seems that it is not easy to form a team." ”
Hans said, "It's all right, you have to do it!"
Hans was the slowest runner when they came over yesterday, and it seemed that this race was not good for him, Hans touched his chest and muttered, hoping that his combat suit would give him a little advantage at this time. He went to the Administrator and put down his equipment, including his armguards. Then he picked a small shield, a long sword, a wand, a dagger, and then found a rope that he always thought might be useful.
The starting point is a starting point with a line, everyone has found a place to prepare, at a glance there are more than 100 people participating in this race, there is no road in front, it is sand at the beginning, and then you can see that there are woods in the middle, there is grass in the distance on both sides, and there is a hill in the distance, and then you can't see what is inside
Hans watched intently at the arena when he suddenly saw Wells flying overhead on a wyvern, and then landing on the edge of the sand and grass, and the time had come to get ready to go. After a while, I saw the flying dragon roaring in the sky, and a loud noise was heard far away, and all the participants immediately ran forward and rushed into the sand, but they had to pass past the flying dragon if they wanted to continue running.
At this time, the flying dragon suddenly opened its wings and began to flap its wings vigorously, and the sand and dust in front of it rushed towards everyone like a wave! Hans also immediately raised his shield to block it, only to see the sand and dust blowing in waves and endlessly blowing in this direction, not at all like the movement of the flying dragon when it took off.
Hans was secretly happy, this race was not a pure race, it seemed that there was still a chance. He raised his wand, condensed a wind shield in front of him, and used his alteration magic to change the wind shield to look like it was sharp in front and wide in the back, and ran forward against the wind and sand.
Hans ran against the wind and sand for a while, only to hear the sound of the dragon flapping its wings slowly rising, and it seemed that it had flown away. The wind and sand became less and less, and slowly stopped, and Hans looked back to see that the people near him were behind him, and there were two or three people walking a little faster than him a little farther away, and his eyes suddenly noticed one of the girls in the white robes, and that person was Sheila!
She was also coming to the competition! Not long after Hans had a thought, someone next to him had already surpassed him. He immediately realized that it was game time, and since Sheila was here, he couldn't afford to fall behind.
Most of the contestants chose to walk on the grass on both sides, but Hans's starting point was right in the middle of the woods, and he didn't want to go too far, although he didn't know what the risks were in the woods, but he also wanted to go. He then rushed into the woods with another man. A few people came in one after another, but he didn't have time to pay attention to the people behind him.
Hans thought as he ran that this was a marathon obstacle course, and even if he had the help of his combat suit, he would have to save some energy. Although he used the sprint technique from the beginning, he reduced the magic power of the sprint technique a little, so that it lasted longer.
There is no road in the woods, and I have to adjust left and right to avoid some big trees, and if it weren't for the sun shining down on my right, I was really afraid of getting lost. As I ran, I found that I was about to leave the woods in front of me, and when I ran out, I saw a river in front of me!
The river is not very wide, but it cannot be jumped over at once. Hans looked left and right as if there was a bridge far away, but he gritted his teeth and decided to pass from here. I saw Hans rush directly to the river, stretched out his wand a little, and condensed a flat stone shield near the water, and then he stepped on the stone shield and jumped forward, and the stone shield immediately sank to the bottom of the water, and Hans jumped and found that he could not reach the other side! He immediately performed the stone shield technique again, but it was too late to step on it, so he had to use his hand to prop it up, and lay on the opposite bank in a very embarrassed way.
He got up and just breathed a sigh of relief, when suddenly another person jumped nearby, and when he turned his head, it turned out to be a warrior, who was holding a spear in both hands and jumping by pole vaulting. The two looked at each other for a second, then ran forward.
They were running on a gentle meadow, and Hans no longer dared to use the sprint technique due to the successive stone shield techniques used in front of them. He could only jog while invoking the magic array that restored mana, although this recovery speed was slower than sitting down and meditating, but he couldn't stop now.
After a while, the warrior was already ahead of Hans, and Hans was not in a hurry, it was less than an hour since the beginning, and the road behind was still long, and there was no food at noon, which was a big problem, and we must save some physical strength.
At the thought of having nothing to eat at noon, Hans immediately had a thought that he was going to find food on the road. But I don't seem to see any wild beasts along the way, and even if I hit a wild beast, I don't have time to roast and eat it slowly, so do you want to eat the bark?
PS: Thank you for the careful evaluation of the book friend Colin Qiang, because the protagonist of this book does not rely on killing monsters to upgrade by hunting treasures, so I have to do some basic foreshadowing in the front, and the wonderful story will gradually unfold after the elite selection competition, so stay tuned.