Chapter 436 Prayer Square
The semi-finals are different from the preliminary rounds. Not only do you have to perform alchemy in public, but you also have to go through numerous reviews by alchemy experts before you can pass.
Yalant’s Prayer Square can be said to be a very large square built specifically for the alchemy competition. The center of the square is the alchemy workshop prepared for the alchemists, and there are many merchants and shops around it. .
The Alchemy Workshop is not completely open to the public. It is a ring-shaped building. The center of the building is an open space with seats around it for citizens to watch the game. It is a bit like a duel. In fact This is the duel field, where alchemists compete with each other.
During the competition, every thirty alchemists form a group and enter the thirty areas divided into the center of the venue to alchemy at the same time. The time limit for alchemy is two hours. Failure to do so will result in failure. During alchemy, the alchemist can choose to bring up to one assistant to help him, but the main alchemy process must be completed by the alchemist himself. During this period, each alchemist will be supervised by a supervisor on site.
After the alchemy is completed, a total of ten experts from the Alchemy Guild and the Alchemist Association will inspect the work on site to see if it is up to standard. If the rematch cannot be completed in one day, the rematch can be postponed later. In other words, if there is an alchemist who is not ready within the first four days, then he will be very lucky to get one more day. Preparation time.
But the Alchemists cannot take any chances, because when the Alchemists will play is determined by drawing lots on the day of the rematch. Each alchemist's rematch list will have a number, and whoever is drawn must play alchemy.
Early in the morning, Alice and Bing Zhixie came to the Prayer Square and found Wright at the place they had made an appointment with before. I saw that Wright had brought a few servants with him, carrying large boxes of materials that he had prepared for the alchemy rematch. Some of these materials have been partially processed, but the critical refining steps must still be completed at the competition site, otherwise they will not be recognized.
Wright saw Alice and said happily: "Thank you, princess, for coming to cheer for me."
"Don't be so polite." Alice said: "I'm not here specifically to cheer for me." You are cheering me on, I came to Lanlet just to watch this alchemy competition.”
Wright chuckled, took out two tickets from his pocket and said, "This is the seat in the front row. You can see it more clearly."
"Why, do you still need tickets?" Alice took it. road.
“Yes.” Wright said: “In such a high-level alchemy competition, many alchemists with insufficient level and experience will take this opportunity to learn. I don’t think it is easy to get these two tickets. Come on, let’s go in.”
Entering the alchemy workshop, the surrounding stands were already filled with people. Bing Zhixie and Alice took their seats and found their seats. Not long after, all the alchemists and those hosting the competition came in, and the thirty competition supervisors also stood in their respective areas.
Alice pointed to the expert table in the center of the venue: "Look at Master, it's Toby, he's standing next to the old man."
That old man refers to the president Ada.
"Why are you so happy?" Bing Zhixie asked.
Alice said: "I'm happy for him. He wants to learn magic so much. Now that the old man teaches him, he must be very happy."
"Heh."
At this time, a young magician walked past the middle of the competition field. He stood in the middle of the field, looked around at the audience, and suddenly formed a voice magic circle and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, friends here, yes, this is the place. This is the rematch site of the biennial Alchemy Competition..."
Alice said: "It turns out to be a host. But it's strange. This is not a program competition. Does it need a host?"
The people around are also very strange. Many of them are locals. But I don't know what this is for.
The magician in the middle of the arena continued: "...let me introduce myself first. My name is XXXX and I am an honorary member of the Alchemy Union. Everyone must be wondering why I appear here. Let me tell you that I I didn't participate in this alchemy competition, nor was I a supervisor of this competition. Well... I'm sorry, in fact, I participated in this competition, but it was very unfortunate that a defective product like me was eliminated in the preliminary round. ”
The people around laughed. The magician smiled: "Just kidding, the Alchemy Guild will not have such a useless honorary member. So why do I appear here? Yes, those who know the inside story, you guessed it right, this time Alchemy Games rematch is hosted by Empire Royal Co-sponsored by the Alchemy Academy, the world-famous Treehouse Trading Hall and the Alchemist Association (sweat...!) During this rematch, all the works created by the alchemists will be sold on site!"
Many people at the scene were stunned and immediately cheered. In fact, many people around here come here for these high-quality equipment. If you buy such high-level equipment elsewhere, firstly, it is too expensive, and secondly, it is not easy to buy. Not all places are like Arant and Thebe. Les is so prosperous. Generally, capable alchemists have joined some organizational teams or government agencies. Most of the good things they refine are sold within their own organizations, and relatively few of them flow to the market.
After every alchemy competition in the past, many alchemists were unwilling to sell the things they refined in rematches like this, but kept them for themselves. For such high-level alchemy, even if the alchemists have the ability and ability, they can't just refine it.
Because the rare and precious materials consumed in an alchemy like this often take the alchemists several months or even a year or two to collect, or they spend a lot of money to obtain them from others. Naturally, they are not willing to sell the high-end materials they bought to others casually.
Of course, people with Wright's status are exceptions.
Alice asked: "Master, what is the grade of the products produced by alchemy with a standard like the semi-finals in the market?"
Bing Zhixie thought for a while and said: "Do you still remember the golden viper belt of the Deep Sea Mercenary Group?"
"Remember."
Bing Zhixie said: "Although I don't I don't know what the belt is like, but I can estimate it from the price of 35,000 gold coins they quoted. Judging from the competition question sheet, the grade will never be lower than that belt.”
Alice remembered Maria’s blessing collar that she got in the lottery. Although that collar was given to her. The maid who served her, but she had used it herself and found it to be quite useful, and the collar was only worth more than a thousand gold coins. You can imagine why the scene was so excited.
The host magician waved his hand: "Everyone, please don't be too anxious to be happy, there are more exciting things."
The scene gradually became quiet: "Ladies and gentlemen, lovely children, this thing must be beyond your imagination. To be honest, I still can't believe it. Last night, I asked my wife to punch me twice. It depends on whether this is real or a dream, but I didn’t expect that my wife vented all the grievances I had about my spending time in the past and beat me up, and now I still have her footprints on my butt.”
The people around him laughed again.
"However, I am also sure that this is not a dream, this is real, real." The magician said with uncontrollable excitement: "The twelve sages of the Holy Garden, pull Master Fur is about to arrive in our city of Arant. At that time, His Royal Highness, the prince of our empire, will come to our city of Arant with him and personally invite the superiors to study in the Holy Garden for one year. Now he is in the palace of our king. Being a guest here is an honor for us, the people of Arant City. It is the honor of our Corussia Empire. I am proud to be a member of the city of Arant. This incident will bring incomparable glory to our people of Arant, which shows the greatness of our city of Arant. The influence has already alarmed the entire Holy Garden!”
After saying these words, all the citizens of Arant City screamed. It must be said that his words were extremely inciting, and they suddenly overwhelmed the original people. The very serious rematch scene was like a holiday party. Even Alice was frightened by the screams in her ears and the heated atmosphere.
"Everyone, please be quiet, I haven't finished speaking yet." The magician looked at the people around him and shouted loudly.
The atmosphere at the scene had been completely controlled by him, and everyone was silent, looking forward to his next speech.
The magician said: "To celebrate this event, our King has asked the Royal Alchemy Academy to contact the Tree House Trading Hall and the Alchemist Association to jointly come up with 100 pieces of high-quality high-end equipment for sale on the spot! Listen up, It's a sale, not an auction. What’s more, the cheapest piece of equipment here costs 41,000 gold coins! Moreover, in every alchemy competition, the Royal Alchemy Academy will sell some high-end equipment to everyone!”
This! Not only the people of Arant are happy, but the whole audience is happy. The game hasn't even started yet, and the entire stadium is already going crazy.
(End of this chapter)