Pillars of Ita

Stray horses set the alarm clock.After making a cup of coffee, he put the khaki mug at hand, put on his glasses, and glanced at the time.

The clock ticks: 6:45.

The rings are still not out of the shadow of the earth.

From the slanted portholes, the earth was overhead.The huge ring arm gradually merged into the background of the deep space, the gray and white appearance showed a blue-gray color, the beacon tower was pointing in the direction of the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Hormuz was brightly lit.

Green inspection lights flashed in the A7 corridor, and several construction machinery were going up and down along the guide rails.

Two spaceships from the European Union are approaching the port.

It felt weird, but artificial gravity held him firmly to the ground, and it felt like the world was turned upside down.

On the desk, the open notes are still blank.The stray horse looked back and held the pen in his hand.

Water has no name, Elite.

Wood blue, Ragnarok.

MTT, Ragnarok.

Wucun, the crown of the silver forest.

Happy, Silver Westland.

Whispers, Silver Wisland.

Luo Wei, God Slayer.

Goodland, Tansnier Artisans Guild.

He wrote down these names one by one in his notes, corresponding to their areas of expertise - omnipotence, flexible construction, plug-ins, crystals, large-scale devices, goblins and potions.Then, he wrote the last name:
Ed, Seven Seas Brigade.

All-round players, including large magic furnace, floating ship, goblin and dragon knight.

The wandering horse stopped writing and thought silently.The first game of the Continental League should have already started.But that was not a first-tier event, and the attention was not high, and the first two rounds of matches would not be broadcast.

The first opponent of Colin-Ishurian Artisan Association is the people of Nottings' Ship. Are those alchemists from the White Tree Society easy to deal with?

Can he win the battle?
His mind had already drifted to a farther place.

……

"Put the projection crystal here." The staff instructed the little monster to place the huge crystal outside the arena.

The reporters from the various trade unions and the first competition area under the jurisdiction of the media were already ready, turned on the system, or took out the recording crystals, and faced the direction of the competition.

The cheers in the direction of the arena were loud.The Oshu people transformed an ancient arena as a competition field. Long before the Continental League had no drafters joining, it was already fulfilling its historical mission when it was still a time when alchemists from all over the world were competing.

Later, after two rounds of expansion, it can accommodate tens of thousands of people.Most of the spectators who entered the venue were local residents, selectors from all over the world, media people from the first division, and lizardmen—yes, there were also lizardmen.

"Look, it's a lizard man!"

Tianlan held the recording crystal high.

Unlike Fang Plover, she arrived with the Seven Seas Traveler.Although the delegation didn't mind buying a few more tickets, the others didn't do so. Fang Plover always felt that it was not good to make an exception for himself.

Not everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade came to Bavarian, Tian Lan and Luo Hao were most interested in it, and the Paparars liked to join in the fun.Needless to say, Sylvaide, Baggins and Siesta also joined him.

Miss Tata is going with the ship.Miss Elf was worried about the plovers, and the big cat naturally followed suit.

The rest of the people stayed in Einbrok, each with their own business to do.Luo Yu and Ji Ta felt that time was pressing, and they seized every minute and every second to improve themselves.Aynbulock's magical library is no better than the imperial capital, but it is also a rare knowledge center in the empire. After all, it is the location of the mobile fortress of 'Mobius'.

Zizi wandered around the city all day, looking for the legendary foundry of the empire he had heard about in the north.

Outsiders can't meddle in his affairs, this 'Mr. Killer' has his own set of logic.Only Alyssa also stayed in Ayinbulock, and was asked by the leader to take care of this unreliable companion. After all, the two belonged to the same guild.

There is still some common language on weekdays.

Leaving the suitcase alone in the Einbroke Square Plover is really uncomfortable, but it is much more at ease to have the enthusiastic Miss Nightingale around.

The Super Sports League of the first division sent a commentary team, and they were talking witty words on the rostrum at the moment.It's just that the conversation contained too much content that only made the audience in the first division laugh knowingly, and most outsiders couldn't understand it.

Tian Lan also seemed to lack interest. In contrast, her attention was completely attracted by the entering lizardman delegation.

The lizardmen of the empire mainly come from two places. They come from the people of Tojin in the Great Rift Valley. These lizardmen, nightlizards, and sea tribes, the descendants of the lizardmen, who lived in the south of the empire, had already integrated into the empire. into the empire.

In the north of the empire, the discrimination caused by stereotypes is even more serious, so the lizardmen will not easily go to the northern empire.But in the south, it is much more relaxed for them, and the lizard people can be seen everywhere here.

The other is the descendant of Tar-Hess, the warriors of the Holy Land. This troglodyte is divided into two branches, one lives in today's Nognes, and the other lives in this far south forest, and Established his own kingdom in the Great Rift Valley.

But what appeared at this moment was not any of the above clans.

The gray-skinned, tall, dragon-like lizardmen entering the auditorium could only come from one place, the Land of Starlight, Gudasok.They are warriors, guardians of the temple, Andersok lizardmen.

"The lizardmen of Andasoke are here too," Tianlan held the crystal high in that direction, "this year is so lively! Suddenly I remembered Tenarik, he is also the lizardmen of Andasoke, right? I haven't heard of that for a long time I have heard about the lizard prince, and I miss him a little."

"The place of Gudasoke is different from other continents. Even the artisan association does not have a station in the rainforest," the big cat man replied, subconsciously picking out his pipe, but he took out a match and remembered From the occasion here.Shaking his head, he took it back angrily.

He didn't even light the fire, just put the pipe in his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's not easy to contact the outside world there, and it doesn't leave a way to contact us. But Tenarik has completed the trial and returned to himself. When we meet next time, it may have a very different identity."

"How is it different?" Tian Lan asked curiously.

"Do you understand the society of lizardmen?"

Tianlan shook her head.

"I don't know either."

"Mr. Big Cat, you are really cunning!"

Rhett laughed.

Luo Hao has never seen that lizard prince, and only heard about it from other people.

He was staring at that direction at the moment, and suddenly said: "It's not just the Andasok lizardmen, look behind them. That's the wizard, the keeper of dark knowledge, and the Asuka lizardmen are also here."

Tianlan also saw those dragon blood clans wearing robes.She once saw an old priest of the Dragon Blood Clan in Fenris, but these were different from the one she had seen. The faces of the Dragon Blood Clan lizardmen who entered the venue were all painted with a strange black pattern .

"Those are wizards from the forbidden area of ​​Gudasok, not the dragon blood clan of Kaolin-Ishurian," Luo Hao has already said, "they are the real Xinthas-the number one of the empire in the Gudasok era. Classes, the guardians of dark secrets. Gudasock is here, so how could the lizards be interested in an alchemy competition?"

"Doesn't Gudasock also have a delegation?" Tian Lan said, "Maybe they are here to see their own players competing."

"The contestants of the two delegations of Gudasock are also human beings," Reid shook his head, "These are the branches of the Artisans Association in the offshore area of ​​Gudasock. The lizardmen don't use alchemy, they have their own knowledge transfer."

"That's right." Tian Lan nodded suddenly, "I remember Prince Tenarik didn't use a magic furnace."

At this time, a burst of louder cheers suddenly broke out on the field.

Everyone looked in that direction.

It turned out that the players entered the arena.

There are fifteen games on the first day, which are divided into three rounds.In the five games of the first round, four craftsmen's association delegations had already entered the arena. Tian Lan's sharp eyes saw the opponent's flag of the Grande Craftsman's Union at a glance.

Holy White Oak of the White Tree Society.

"People from Nottingham's Boat have already entered the arena," she looked left and right, "Where's Brother Ed, brother Ed should be playing in the first round, right?"

"Not necessarily," Baggins replied from the side, "Mr. Ed's strength is also one of the best in the delegation of the General Assembly. I see outside forecasts, and the chances of him not appearing in the first round are also very high."

"Is there such a prediction out there?"

Sky blue eyes widened.

She turned on the system and had already flipped through the pages of the website.

"Of course," the boatswain nodded, "I have noticed that the captain is quite famous in the empire, call him Mr. Dragon Alchemist. Of course, it is also possible that he is more famous in the circle of your holy chosen ones. .”

"Oh," Tian Lan nodded, "I've heard that name before."

But Sylvaide reached out to stop the little girl.

At first, she just listened quietly, and now she smiled and said, "Don't bet, Tian Lan, those people are lying to you." She raised her head, and her eyes found the person she was concerned about among the crowd .

"Ed will definitely play in the first game."

……

But Fang Plover was not so confident.

Several analysts had been discussing for quite a long time, and occasionally there was a dispute, and Fang Yan couldn't help but look over there.

Ms. Ming and Ms. Virus are also there. They arrived a day ago. Virus was not polite at all, and asked him how he was thinking as soon as he came up. It took Fang Plover for a long time to realize that the other party was talking about inviting him to join Elite.

Ms. Ming looked at him with a half-smile.But Virus was not polite to the former at all, and asked her directly where Chen Xi had gone.

As a result, the battle artisan queen was embarrassed:

"How do I know where he went?"

"Oh, I thought your relationship had reached that point."

"Virus! You shut up!"

Virus stared at him.

Ming glared at the woman angrily, and then left.

Only Fang Plover was left shivering between the two.

That was what happened yesterday—

Of course Fang Yan didn't know that at this moment, Miss Ship Officer was watching him from the audience.

Although they had already received the news that the Seven Seas Traveler had successfully arrived, Tian Lan and the others got the admission tickets first, and everyone was probably in a certain corner of the auditorium at the moment.

As far as the eye can see, there are huge crowds of people around the arena.This scene was much bigger than the Southern Territory Competition, and even the Al Paxin main match didn't have such a scene at that time.

Bavarian is a trading city, but the residents alone cannot support this scene. Most of the spectators are still voters, and some even come from other regions and other competition regions.Fang Ploy also noticed the lizardman delegation, but only with a quick glance.

The sound of soul fingerprints quickly interrupted his thoughts——

"This is the first round of the competition, and the people from the Nottingham Ship should not be doing their best," the latter said while flipping through the materials in his hand, "We can also be more conservative." She looked at Fang Plover, then at Looking at the kind young man in Silver Wislan, "Let's let Ed in the first round, let's whisper, Wucun and Mulan also prepare."

"I?"

Fang Plover was startled.

Don't you mean conservative?

He looked at Wei Yu aside.When he was on the boat two days ago, he kind of got acquainted with this senior of his own. The latter had no airs at all, and he had heard about the reputation of this junior from Kapuka for a long time, and because of Bai Xue's relationship , the two soon became acquainted with each other.

It's completely different from what Liuli said.

But that guy's mouth is notoriously bad, Fang Plover is not surprised.

"Conservative refers to the offensive strategy," Bai Xue explained from the side, "Senior Soul let Mu Lan and Wu Cun go because she wanted to choose plug-ins and magic devices. Wu Cun is a plug-in craftsman, although Mu Lan-senior It is more comprehensive, but overall it is more inclined to magic tools, and it is the magic craftsman in our team."

"Plugins and magic tools are the most common categories among artisans. No one will target these two categories, so it is called a conservative strategy."

She looked at Ming beside her, "Sister Ming, do you think so?"

"Don't talk to me, the little girl from the Silver Wislan family," Ming smiled, "Our opponent in the second round is not strong, so you can do whatever you want."

Seeing Fang Yan's puzzled look, she said again: "The little girl from the Silver Wislan family is not wrong. Aggressive offense must show strengths, but on the one hand, it will catch the opponent by surprise, but at the same time It will expose its own advantages, and it will be easier to be targeted later. So this is a double-edged sword and cannot be used lightly."

"Then if that's the case, why did Weiyu and I play in the first round?" Fang Yan asked.

"The reason is very simple. In theory, everyone will be more conservative in the first game," Virus took over the conversation and replied coldly, "But we also have to guard against the players of Nottingham. Defense is to make up for shortcomings, and You and Weiyu are the best candidates."

"Can……"

What Fang Plover wants to ask is, aren't people from the White Tree Society worried about exposing their superiority and being targeted?

"Nothing to worry about, little guy," Ming shook his head, "You are not from the youth training camp, so you don't quite understand the logic of the big guild. There is nothing wrong with being conservative in the first game, but you want to make a fuss on the first day of the game. There are also a lot of big news. The first thing that guilds, clubs and leagues consider is always the entertainment of super sports, the commercial value of games and players, exposure, traffic and attention.”

Although Virus is from the Freedom Guild, he is obviously good at this, and he talked eloquently, "So there have been many big moves over the years. What's more, what you think is a big move may not be the real big move. What about others? I don't care, but my people must not be the background board of the second division or the first division."

Fang Yan listened silently, thinking that this goddess of ice is really domineering, the complete opposite of Ms. Ming.

No wonder the two don't deal with each other when they meet.

But he didn't quite understand the commercial value of the players, and he always felt that it was too deliberate to do so.They are going to challenge the skills of alchemy, not to perform on stage.

But in recent years, the third division has always paid too much attention to the so-called commercial value.The players were also distracted by this. Even a guild like Silver Wislan would allow talented players like Bai Xue and Sophie to attend more public appearances and activities.

Not to mention live streaming.In the past few years, the community has been arguing a lot because of this issue, but it is obvious to all that the state of the third division has deteriorated year after year.If the quality of the event itself has declined, can the game really be more exciting?

He just asked if he didn't understand.

But Ming couldn't help being startled when he heard this question, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "You little guy, why do you care so much? Am I your bag to inquire? Besides, you are not a member of the guild's youth training camp. It has nothing to do with you."

She was actually a little envious.

In fact, facing Loofah, Ming had already had such an idea. The little girl who betrayed the Rose Crusade has been catching up with her day by day.

But she looked at Fang Plover and was very interested, "But if you want to join the Godslayer, I can give you the green light through internal relations, it's not impossible. As long as you give me an answer here, I will give you a 24-hour answer." Within a few days, I can let you directly join the Godslayer's elite youth training brigade."

"Even including your Seven Seas Brigade, it's all right?"

"He's mine," Virus interrupted the woman coldly, "Ming, take your claws back."

"I know this little guy not later than you," Ming said in a good mood, "Virus, are you too shameless, how come he is yours, why don't you call him and see if the little guy agrees? "

"Of course it's because..."

Virus suddenly stopped talking.

She gave the latter a cold look.

"Hmph," Ming didn't take it seriously, "playing tricks."

Fang Plover listened to one head and two big ones.

Others are laughing, but everyone is from top guilds, so they are not envious of anything.

Fortunately, the staff from the first competition area came over quickly, interrupted the dispute, and asked them about the category they chose.Now that the analysts had reached a consensus and the players had no objections, their opinions were quickly submitted.

Several other arenas have lit up events.

And Grande's headquarters only stayed for a while, and then showed his cards, and there was a deafening exclamation in the audience——

Plug-ins, wizards.

Floating ships, city barriers.

Fuck!In the auditorium, Luo Hao saw clearly the content on the sign and was almost overwhelmed. The choice of the Colin-Ishurian Artisan Association was not bad, and it was quite satisfactory, but the people from the Nottingham Ship came up and opened it up.

Fang Plover looked at it and secretly called out, "Damn it."He couldn't help but look at the soul fingerprints, Bai Xue, Ming and Virus beside him——

As for further afield, Bi Fang led a group of data analysts, who were already preparing information about their opponents in the next match.

But these few top callers from Ragnarok, Silver Wislan, Godslayer and Elite—these ladies are all calm and breezy at the moment.

Virus and Ming looked at the content on the sign, as if they had expected it.

"How?" Only Bai Xue turned around and blinked at him, "Do you think Virus, Sister Ming and Sister Soul are particularly powerful?"

is a bit.

Fang Plover thought.

"But that's actually not a big deal," Bai Xue said with a smile. These things are not new to a person like her, but Fang Plover gave her the long-lost fun of being a teacher. It's staged, so if you don't prepare in advance, you will suffer a big loss in this arena sooner or later. But the Continental League is nothing, you haven't seen those first-tier games, or even the intrigue in super competitions..."

Apart from the Southern Territory Competition, Fang Plover had indeed never been exposed to these.

Although he used to be a super-competitive spectator, watching the game from the perspective of the spectator is completely different from the experience of participating in it as a player.

Especially in many cases, the logical analysis on the commentary stage is actually for the effect of the program, or to make up for it after the fact.But when you really participate in it, you can experience the game of facing the unknown.

However, the people from Nottingham's Boat actually chose floating ships and city barriers as soon as they came up. These two categories are the crowns of large-scale installations, and urban barriers are understandable. Does the other party have shipwrights?
But he is not afraid of the floating ship.

What about city barriers?
He cast a questioning look at Ming and Virus.

But the latter didn't look this way at all, and started pointing directly.

"Wucun, you go to the plug-in category," Virus looked at the four signs, and said, "Magic device, wood blue; floating ship, Ed; city barrier..."

She paused.

"Weiyu, come here."

Fang Plover looked at the latter in great surprise.

But I only saw that Kapuka's senior nodded slightly.

Although he knew early on that this talented craftsman trained by Silver Wislan had attainments in large-scale installations, but what he didn't expect was that the other party chose a large-scale city enchantment.

This is also an enchantment craftsman.

What is the confidence of the Grand Council?

Fang Plover finally understood something.

……