Chapter 251

Chapter 251

eve 248.

One day before the start of Vanquish.

Numerous trains were arriving at the academy one after another.

Was the amount of movement of that train similar to that just before the opening of the academy?

Those who came by train were tourists from all over the world, but also a significant number of aristocrats.

On the other hand, by taking advantage of the large number of people gathering in this competition, they must also be merchants who came to grab a share.

“Looking at yesterday, I came from Metrius as well.”

“Ah, that luxury train… … ? Inside-”

“-The Golden Knight, Deut-nim and his family. And it seems that aristocrats from various Metri realms were riding on it.”

“Because it’s great too. How long has it been since the train has been commercialized, to make a new super-luxury train exclusively for the family? The world we live in is very different.”

“By the way, the Phoenix family also arrived.”

“Gares-sama too?!”

“Yeah, you just arrived during the day.”

“A long time ago, the Golden Knight Kronas also came to Alcalasia as an escort for Princess Lapis. That means-”

“Now, when Sollen-sama arrives, all the golden knights except Liquia-sama will gather again.”

“I get goosebumps just by listening to it… … .”

The station staff in charge of Alcalasia station repeated admiration at the sight they had seen for a while.

Alcalasia Station itself existed even before the commercial use of trains. As it is the first railway built in Eugracia, ‘Royal Capital-Alcalasia’.

Therefore, these station staff also worked for quite a long time like the royal road station staff.

Still, when these aristocrats moved, there was no choice but to shudder.

Also, among the academy students, there are currently five teenage nobles active. Including the student council president, there are six. Naturally, there were a lot of visitors on that line. It is said that many nobles with powerful powers gather.

“It seems that the executives of the ‘Alchemy Guild’ have already come to the road that uses the carriage as well as the train.”

“From what I heard, there are people who will become the next alchemy guild master.”

“This is Camila Emes Ragnaril.”

“And again, strangely, the ladies who usually don’t visit often, and many noble women, said that this time around, quite a few people came.”

“It’s surprising, that’s it.”

Just hearing the words of the students’ martial arts competition doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Academy competitions are often radical.

Vanquish, in particular, is one of the toughest academy competitions.

Of course, with the magic of ‘rules’, the students are protected.

As expected, a lot of regular students and students of different races also participated, and the battle was tough. Among the ladies, there were many who did not attend.

So maybe something like this was a little strange.

Well, since they are nobles, they must have come because they have something of their own.

Even guessing the meaning of each of these things is not very productive.

Knock Knock Knock Knock-!!

“Oh, here you go.”

A little later, another train came in from far away from the station. It was a fairly large freight train.

Trains are different. It wasn’t just a train carrying people.

More than that, it was more efficient to move large cargo by train than by wagon trailer. (Of course, limited to the area where the train operates.)

Perhaps as the years pass, the role of the wagons may diminish.

Of course, the only ones that mainly use freight trains are companies that boast a considerable size.

Gelroad, Accel, Pavarotti, Iristel Sangho, etc.

All of them were companies that made their name known in Eugracia and abroad.

At the same time as the name of the company, it should be said that they are the main characters who created the brand ‘Eugracia’ in various parts of the world.

The most notable of these is-

“Because it’s ‘Keynes’ after all.”

“What else are you preparing for this time?”

Keynes Company.

It was a company that always swept the Eugracea’s commercial area with shock, but never stopped challenging every time.

The station attendants were waiting to meet this Keynesian freight train.

In the cargo hold that stopped with a loud sound, the mark of ‘Owl’ was engraved as always.

The staff of Keynes Corporation, who got off the train, proceeded with the procedure immediately.

After that, the station attendants who opened the cargo compartment and checked the ‘over 400’ items and numerous ‘giant objects’—

“… … Did I hear that it was that Keynes-elect who led this work?”

“Chairman Soil also chose a really great person as his successor.”

“You are a great daughter… … .”

Now I was thrilled by the unrelenting challenge of a 15-year-old girl.

The Keynesian company is likely to survive into the next generation.

* * *

And one side of the cargo compartment.

“… … Hmm.”

Tub Tuk Tuk Tuk-

A person with cognitive impairment magic got out of the luggage compartment secretly.

Probably none of the station clerks, even the Keynesians, would have noticed its existence.

“… … Then, shall we go and do Liquia’s request?”

Speaking of the name of the golden knight who disappeared in the 7th dungeon, ‘Labyrinth Saraha’.

The being quietly and secretly headed towards the streets of Alcalasia.

* * *

Academy night on the same day.

To all Vanquish participants individually, the Student Council distributed a separate brochure.

It was ‘a notice telling you which block you were assigned to’.

“I am Block A. It starts from the north square.”

“Block B. East Square.”

“It’s block D. West Square.”

“I, too, am Block A, Eud… … ! work hard! I’ll take a hit!”

“Yoo, Hyo-tae!”

“Valid hit!”

And after final adjustments in the hideout.

The Phoenix faction gathered in Eud’s room after a long time.

It’s good to spend a day in a hideout just like in hell. The start is now tomorrow.

We decided that it would be best to maintain our physical condition, so we decided to go back to each other’s rooms immediately after each other’s final check-ups today.

Perhaps, it wasn’t just the Phoenix faction who thought of this.

Even in the current dormitory of the academy, there was an atmosphere of gathering and talking as a ‘faction’ or ‘group’.

There is no big difference whether it is an aristocratic student or an ordinary student.

Lastly, practice at the training ground or in a secret place. Return to the dormitory and check.

Well, actually, everyone has been like this since the preliminary round rules were released.

“Eud and Francis are in block A, and Selena is in block B. Is Anat a D-block?”

“Also… … Was it a little deliberately spread out?”

“Perhaps it will.”

Flora and Drow, who had been busy with other things for a while, had joined the faction as of today.

“Other factions are basically at least 10 people. At most, about 20 people participate. Not just our Phonics faction, but if people from other factions gather in one block—”

“-It means intentional cooperative play.”

“That’s right, Mr. Eud. Well, actually, it’s not just ‘recommended’, it seems that all students with factions do.”

As I’ve heard before, cooperative play in Vanquish Qualifiers is not against the rules. Rather, in some cases, it is a very important strategy.

From the faction’s point of view, it is important to ‘make sure the players enter the game’ through cooperative play.

“Anyway, there are many participants, but the entry limit is small. I probably dropped it on purpose because it shouldn’t be too much. So do other factions.”

“You, Radarus, said you were pretty scattered earlier too!”

Radarus and Yurika are block C.

The rest of the personnel were each closely divided.

Anyway, for Phoenix with a small number of participants, the situation can be a bit dangerous.

sure-

“I’m glad. We don’t care too much about each other and we can aim for first-come-first-served rank-in.”

“As Anat said. So, Eud, Francis. You have to come in 1st. Anat too. I’ll be number one too.”

“what? Wait, sister. Anyway, shouldn’t it be enough to only get into 4th place… … ?”

“Well, more than that, Selena-sama, we are two… … .”

“No, youngest, Francis. It’s important to be number one in this. air pressure. overwhelmed. you’re working hard Let’s go, the two of us joint 1st place.”

“Hey, I’ll do my best!”

At Selena’s cute support, Francis nodded her head.

Everyone didn’t really care that cooperation was almost impossible.

That’s the phoenix faction.

Still, he was concerned about how the strong forces of other factions were distributed.

Fortunately, I didn’t have to fight in the preliminary round with Radarus.

Truth, Axius, Darst, etc. – It was not yet known how the leaders of each faction were divided.

Also, there is a variable called Shindong Eightry.

No matter which block you are assigned to, if you aim to advance to the finals, friction with the strong will be unavoidable.

Tomorrow Vanquish opens at 3pm.

The meeting time of the participants is 1pm.

After that, when the opening declaration is made by ‘Dean Bernay’, the race for each block is said to start.

The participants decided to each meet at the wagon stand heading to the starting point of each block.

There, for the first time, the participants of each block face each other.

Most of them will drop out tomorrow.

“If it was the same block as Eud, I would be able to finish it in an instant.”

“No, no, it’s a race, Selena noona. Whatever it was, I wouldn’t have finished it right away… … .”

Selena put her head wide to Wood as if it was a pity.

He rolls his head on Eud’s shoulder.

“And my sister. If we meet in the finals, we have to fight.”

“-Heh heh.”

At Eud’s words, Selena smiled slightly in anticipation.

As Eud said, from the finals onwards, the more ‘advancers’ there are, the higher the probability that the same faction will clash.

fight between factions.

More than that, it’s a ‘fight between siblings’.

Normally, it can be a bit awkward, but-

“-No matter who wins, there is no resentment. Battle fairly.”

“Sure.”

“I will definitely go ahead!”

“The youngest, not Francis, nor Anat. See you all from the finalists tomorrow.”

As a phoenix looking only upwards, that didn’t really matter.

The boys and girls of the Phoenix war system nodded their heads, promising a win-win if they were to stick together.

Flora and Drawa also send their support there.

At the same time, they looked at each other and nodded their heads once more, promising ‘another job to start tomorrow’.

The same non-participant Tiana-

“Ugh, Rose’s installments also arrived… … ! Aunts too… … !”

I was twisting my body under the pressure that people from my family had come. Holding Eud tight, he conveys the tension.

As the pressure of the second sister grew stronger, Eud choked slightly.

When I saw the letter from ‘Jeonseo-gu exclusively for Phoenix’ that arrived earlier, I was in that state.

Phoenix and the party all arrived safely at the lodge.

Besides, with Rosveld’s grandfather and party, another man.

Maybe we can all meet after the preliminaries tomorrow.

I’ll see Tiana first.

Well, rather than Tiana hates her grandfather, she’s more of an awkward person. She won’t have to worry too much.

Eud patted Tiana’s head as she hugged him tightly.

“… … I’m ready to show you what I’ve built.”

Anat also read the letter that had arrived from Gareth together and made up her mind.

――So, the opening day has come.

* * *

The next day, just before the start of Vanquish, 1pm.

For each block, Vanquish participants began to gather at the academy’s wagon stand.

The plaza of Alcalasia in the distance must already be surrounded by a festive atmosphere.

The final number of confirmed participants in Vanquish, a total of 452 people. +1 person.

113 people from A to C blocks. Block D has 114 people.

Despite the heinous cutoff of 16 people in total, 4 people per block, the number of participants hardly decreased.

In order to showcase what they have accumulated, each of them applied for participation with a strong determination.

Although the goals of each participant are different, having a goal is the same.

The sword is fastened to the waist, and the fist is clenched firmly.

He reconfirms the magic chant, and adjusts the state of the bowstring.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

someone with a shield. someone through the window.

He is preparing for battle with the weapon he is most confident in.

And the students who came to see each interesting block were astonished when they saw the block list delivered in the newsletter.

“Wow, is it true… … !”

“That ‘four people’ are one block… … ?!”

“Other blocks are no joke, but I got really scared from the start… … !”

“Block A is bloody!? How the hell are you going to be in the top 4 over there?!”

“Hey, look at what’s written here! The special participant in Block C, Ranunculus Candidate Eighty!”

“If it’s block C, there’s also Radarus!”

“Phoenix’s sword and blue wolf siblings are B blocks!”

“The rabies and the devil and the youngest member of Metri is Block D… … !”

“It’s crazy, it’s totally unpredictable!”

Amidst the students’ amazement, Eud and Francine find themselves in the same block-

I saw the students at the A block bus stop heading towards the north square.

“-no no. Wasn’t the block allocation random? Eud and Francis are there too! Even Axius hyung and Darst hyung! Only then it seems that the group was divided too maliciously. It looks like any one of us passed the exam to make sure we fell.”

Metri faction leader, first-year ‘Truth Sym Metri’.

“Ah, please. It’s all a coincidence. … … Hmmm, but it really does feel malicious whether it’s coincidental or intentional. Isn’t that right, Darst?”

Griffiner faction leader, 4th grade ‘Axius Revolt Griffiner’.

“Heh, it’s just that dropping you guys is a little quicker anyway. There is no need to attach too much meaning to such a coincidence… … Oh little! Don’t touch your hair! Don’t be joking, Axius!”

“Darst’s reaction is always fun, so I don’t know~”

The leader of the Igarit faction, 4th grade ‘Darth Glory Igarit’.

Finally-

“Eud, how come our A block lineup is… … It’s too dangerous… … !?”

“Wow… … .”

Phonics faction leader, first-year ‘Eud Hollight Phoenix’.

The leaders of four out of five currently active ten noble factions gathered in Block A.

All other blocks are also expected to be disrupted, but block A was even more difficult to predict.

* * *

“Heh, that’s a good thing. All the prey are gathered in one place.”

“The effort to catch has been reduced.”

“Everything goes as planned for the past 10 days.”

And then.

Seeing that their teenage nobility – the powers of the current academy faction unite in Block A, the members of the middle faction showed ambition again

2 hours before the start of the competition. He openly reveals the hostile gaze he had secretly sent.

“First off, Griffiner, Metri, and Phoenix. Let’s get rid of those three factions from Block A.”

“It’s a pity that Radarus is block C.”

“There are only two A-block phoenixes, Eud and Francis.”

“Because there were few people in the beginning. However, Metri and Griffiners are well-stocked.”

“Heh heh, say the other blocks are also ready.”

“Anyway, except for the executive level, all the rest are scumbags, so you don’t have to worry too much. … … And depending on the situation-”

A man who acts as the central figure among many middle-class faction groups.

Bartan Londerick licked his tongue as he looked at Darst, the same ‘Worth Lane sphere of influence’.

“The replacement for the eldest son of Igarit is also dropped depending on the situation.”