Chapter 233 Everyone has his own destiny
The competition meeting has been finalized. Everyone present feels that they have an advantage, and naturally they will not be entangled in the lottery.
Marquis Anthony said: "I proposed the athletic competition, and let me pay the prize first."
"1,000 gold coins."
The words were spoken calmly, But everyone, including Tyrone, Thomas and Montreal, knew that Marquis Anthony was obviously serious.
Generally speaking, the winnings in competitive tournaments are only a few dozen gold coins, and hundreds of gold coins are already as high as the sky.
Eight years ago, in the event held on Earl Tyrone's 50th birthday, the championship prize was only 500 gold coins. This event was also recited for a while, giving the Slater family a reputation as "generous".
Marquis Anthony spoke, and Earl Tyrone could not help but support: "I will also contribute 1,000 gold coins to add to the fun."
"You two are really in a good mood." Montreal said slowly: "This is my daughter Since the wedding to Raven is a celebration for them, Logically speaking, I should give you a little more, 2,000 gold coins."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tit-for-tat, Raven said with a smile: "Gentlemen, you really gave me a difficult problem. I am a little baron, but I can't compare. You have a rich family background.”
"But since this is my home court, I can't be stingy, just 3,000 gold coins."
The purpose of Lei Wen's words was to set an upper limit to prevent these families from fighting each other and losing the lottery. Too tall, he really regarded his wedding as a battlefield for fighting.
Archbishop Thomas, who was initially a little interested, did not raise the price after hearing this: "Since Baron Raven said this, then I will also offer 2,000 gold coins on behalf of the Church of Light."
The prize is here. Set a total of up to 9,000 gold coins.
Leaven found Old Gordon and asked him to arrange things.
Old Gordon again found Engla, who was in charge of running the arena.
To celebrate the Baron's wedding, the more lively the competition, the better, and the time cannot be delayed.
So Lei Wen issued the order at noon that day, and early the next morning, the news about the competitive meeting was announced and spread in Eagle Town.
All knights and above nobles who come to attend the wedding banquet can sign up to participate in the battle. There is no limit to the number. They will be in groups of two. The winner will advance and the loser will leave.
The champion will receive a bonus of 2,000 gold coins; the runner-up will receive 1,000 gold coins; and the third runner-up will receive 500 gold coins.
In addition, the top 10 players will receive a bonus of 200 gold coins; the top 30 players will receive a 100 gold coin reward; and the top 50 players will receive a 50 gold coin reward.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused heated discussion among all the nobles.
Champion, 2000 gold coins.
This is comparable to the net revenue of most baron families in 2-3 years!
Even if you can't win the championship, the 1,000 gold coins for the second place and the 500 gold coins for the third place are huge attractions for many people!
The most striking example is Baron Wessassin.
He signed up immediately after the news came out.
This Void Knight, who has been promoted to the third level for more than a year, is quite confident in himself.
Although there are more than 200 large and small nobles in the province, nearly 30 of them were newly separated after the battle of the Death Hand Order. There is no talk of any background or strength. The head of the family It’s not unusual for me to be only a first-level person, or even a mortal.
The rest of the nobles were more or less affected by the war, and their strength spanned many generations. Most of them are now only at the first level, and the second level is extremely rare, let alone the third level.
After Wesasin's exchanges over the past few days, it was basically certain that, apart from Slater and Fox, there were only about 30 people in the province who were level three or above.
Among them, there are many strong men who cannot go out in person due to their status and strength limitations, such as the fourth-level strong man John who is a viscount.
Indeed, the competition conference did not clearly state "Viscount, those who are strong at level 4 and above cannot participate", but like icebergs in the sea, many rules are hidden under the water.
So the contestants are basically limited to the level of baron and knight, and the upper limit of strength is only level three. As a result, Wesasin has fewer opponents, probably less than 10.
His void fighting spirit has a special nature, and he has no natural enemies within the same level.
Of course, the premise is that you have to except that monster.
"Champion, even if you can't win the championship, you still have to be in the top 3!" Baron Wessassin set a goal for himself.
2000 gold coins is really tempting. Even if he is developing well now, this is still a huge amount of money that cannot be ignored.
In addition, reputation is also a great benefit.
If he can leave an impression of being brave and good at fighting, his escort business can be further expanded.
There are many people with a similar mentality to Baron Wessassin, including Judra - his reputation is really bad after causing a "bloody funeral", and he is looking forward to cleaning himself up through this competition. stigma, adding a little halo.
But for more people, the goals are not set too high, such as the knights who are ignored by Judra and Wessazin and truly make up the majority.
They are also eligible to register.
You must know that for ordinary knights, after deducting the taxes paid to the lord, the annual output of the fief is between 30-50 gold coins.
A set of unenchanted full-body plate armor worth about 300 gold coins is enough to be passed down to a family.
This is why most of the knights under the barons and viscounts can only linger at the first level, and the second level is the top - the territory output is not enough to support their continued breakthrough.
They are the most enthusiastic people in this competition.
The top 10 may be too difficult, but the top 30 can be competed for, and 100 gold coins is enough to make people jealous; even if it doesn't work, if you can climb to the top 50, there will be a reward of 50 gold coins!
50 gold coins.
You can get a year's income from one game, and everyone will be confused when you see it!
The news was released in the morning, and by noon, more than 200 people had signed up, and the number was still rising rapidly!
This also somewhat disrupted Raven's plan.
Although he intended to use this competition to promote some of his own products, he did not expect such a big response.
“Where are our people, have they all signed up?” Raven asked.
"I'm waiting for you to speak." Old Gordon said: "After all, the honor of the Griffith family is at stake, and they dare not sign up without authorization."
"Hmm..." Raven nodded slowly, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the table.
According to his idea, in this competitive competition, it is enough for Volav to go up and show his face. There is no need to wade through the muddy water.
But now that the commotion is so big, we can’t proceed as we had before.
“Call all the extraordinary ones over to me.”
“Yes, Lord Baron.”
Old Gordon retreated, and not long after, all of Raven's extraordinary men gathered together.
The strongest among them is of course Eric. In addition, there are Link, Simon, Volaf, Otto, Vader, Bobby, and Boris.
There are a total of 8 extraordinary ones. Except for Eric, who is at the second level, the others are only at the first level.
"You should all know about this competitive meeting." Raven asked: "If you have any ideas, please tell me?"
He glanced over and saw someone. Avoiding it, some people came to meet him, and some were eager to try, but no one dared to speak first.
Raven finally set his sights on Volav, the leader of his own soldiers: "I usually talk a lot, why don't I dare to do it now? You say it first."
Volauf's old face turned red: " Lord Baron, in the past two years or so, they have at least been able to train new recruits. I have been following you all day long without even having a chance to do anything. My bones are almost rusty!" Raven chuckled: "So you want to sign up? ?”
“I think so.” Volaf was a little embarrassed: “But, there are too many people signing up for this competition. With my strength, if I get knocked out. If you choose, it will discredit the Griffith family."
Hearing this, Raven glanced at the others and observed the changes in their expressions: "You think so too?"
As the one with the highest rank among all, Eric stood up: "It is true, Lord Baron, and I am thinking about more than this."
"After all, this competition is held in the arena. , and now those who are responsible for maintaining law and order are our soldiers.”
“You also know that soldiers don’t care about anything. After two years of training, you will worship the strong. "
"If we sign up for the competition and lose, I'm afraid it will be difficult to lead the team in the future."
Lei Wen showed satisfaction. With a smile on his face, it now seemed that handing over the army to Eric was one of the most correct decisions he had ever made. No matter what he did, Eric would consider the military aspect.
Thinking of this, Raven saw Bobby's lips moving behind him and asked, "Bobby, do you have something to say?"
When his name was finally called, Bobby immediately stepped forward.
He is a veteran who followed Raven in the Bloody Highlands. After that, he was given a god-given potion and awakened the flame fighting spirit. His temper was as fiery as the fighting spirit, and he started talking like fireballs:
“Lord Baron, although Chief Eric is right, I think Things shouldn’t be discussed like this!”
“We are the baron’s soldiers, and this competition is to celebrate the wedding and compete at our doorstep. If we sign up, we will lose, as long as we lose gloriously. , Lose without regrets, lose with all your strength, no one can say anything.”
"Back then, we were outnumbered and risked our lives, but we still dared to rush to the bloody high ground. Now it's just a competition. If you don't even dare to participate - don't blame me for being rude - then wouldn't you be a coward and a coward? ?”
“We Eagle Army are all good guys, who would want to be raped? Coward training? So, I think we should sign up, we still have to sign up!”
The good thing about Eric is that he may have personal emotions, but he will never let his emotions affect his judgment. Listen. After hearing Bobby's words, he immediately fell into deep thought and realized his misunderstanding.
But it was difficult to say anything for a while. After all, there were benefits to not going there before. If I changed my words now, it would be a bit self-defeating.
But Raven didn't let him hesitate for too long: "In this case, you all sign up for me!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was quite surprised.
Even Bobby, who advocated the challenge, opened his mouth.
Although he is not yet a knight or a noble, he has communicated with Simon and Link before and knows that in competitions, basically each family sends 1 or 2 people, and 8 people is enough. It really goes against precedent.
But Raven never cares too much about these so-called rules when doing things, not to mention, this is still at his home venue, his wedding celebration?
As a young nobleman, there is nothing wrong with being willful.
The words of Volaf and Bobby reminded Raven.
There has been no war in the past two years. Just sparring among our own knights is done behind closed doors. It is difficult to find flaws and gain real experience. It is better to take this opportunity to practice.
On the other hand, he also paid 3,000 gold coins.
If you don’t take it back a little, it will hurt your flesh!
“I won’t let you compete in vain.” Raven said with a smile: “No matter what ranking you get in the end, as long as you win 1 game, I will reward you with a combat skill; if you can win 2 games, I will reward you with a combat skill. Just reward 1 breakthrough material!”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes burst out with fire.
Combat skills!
Breakthrough Materials!
These are all good things!
The most excited person is Eric. He has been stuck on the edge of the second to third levels for a while, but he has never been embarrassed to talk to the Baron. Now he has just found an opportunity.
After all, it costs more than 2,000 gold coins!
Eric is actually quite good. He has the experience of serving in the Iron Legion and has two combat skills at his disposal. As both new knights, Simon and Link are much worse off, although they are also saving up. Money, but still can't afford any kind of combat skills.
Both of them can't afford it, let alone the others.
Leaven's decision scratched the itch in their hearts and aroused all their motivation.
What they didn’t know was that Raven had already prepared combat skills and materials, but he just lacked a reason to give them out.
It’s hard to reward without merit.
As the saying goes, great kindness is like great enmity. If you reward someone with extremely rare breakthrough materials for no reason, it will actually ruin things.
Even if Lei Wen has not studied politics much, 5,000 years of accumulated wisdom has given him some knowledge of how to control people.
After taking care of things here, before Raven could rest, Vesdon came to the study.
“Brother, I also want to sign up for this competition!”
Raven didn't answer immediately, but looked at him with a playful smile.
Vesdon blushed at the sight, and his eyes began to wander.
As a young man who is just 17 years old, his desire to participate in competitive competitions and stand out is true.
But there is another little thought hidden underneath.
That is, he also wants to be extraordinary.
After all, if you want to participate in a competitive competition, you must face Chaofan.
Even if Vesdon has been strengthened by Raven and has a powerful physique, he still has no chance of winning against a true transcendent.
Looking at Raven's smile, Vesdon knew that his cleverness had been seen through, and he smiled awkwardly: "Brother..."
"You want the god-given potion, I can give it to you. ." Raven asked: "But have you really thought about it?"
As the Griffith family takes off day by day and presides over the work of the Meng En City Lower City Chamber of Commerce, the gift of 500 gold coins is given. Denise could still afford the potion.
The reason why Vesdon is still a mortal until now is also because of Denise's good intentions.
After Vesdon came back from the bloody highlands, Denise made a decision in her heart - she didn’t ask for great achievements for her son, as long as he lived a stable life and had a good marriage and a good family. Enough.
With the expansion of Raven's power, Vesdon, even as his younger brother, would not be qualified to lead troops unless he was extraordinary.
Only by staying away from the battlefield can you maintain peace for a long time.
But young Vesdon was preoccupied with his achievements and could not understand his mother’s intentions:
"Of course, brother!"
The corners of Lei Wen's lips curled up when he heard this. This means that everyone has their own fate.
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(End of this chapter)