Chapter 699 People in the same boat!
When the black kiwi potion was prepared, Gervis stayed in the hall for a while, and Alice and Adela returned to help him get on the carriage, because it was time for the afternoon competition.
There were still only a hundred people going to the arena this time, and the rest were all left in the manor.
When they arrived at the entrance of the arena, they went all the way to the third-tier stands without any obstruction.
At this time, many city lords have arrived on the three floors.
"Lord Gervis!"
"Lord Gervis!"
When Gervis walked through the aisle of the stands, the city lords greeted him warmly when they saw him.
After all, in addition to being a god of death, Gervis is also the coveted mysterious pharmacist.
At the same time, their way of addressing Gervis has changed to the city lord.
After all, they have already acknowledged Stormwind's joining the Holy Alliance. Even if Stormwind is not a holy city, they have to call Gervis the Lord if they want to make friends with him.
Otherwise, considering Stormwind's status in the Holy Alliance, Gervis's title at this time should be Marquis, below the other holy city lords.
And Gervis was also very polite and responded and greeted these city lords one by one.
After greeting all the city lords, with the help of Alice and Adela, Gervis quickly arrived at the location of the elves.
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"Adela!"
"Grevith, Her Majesty the Elf Queen!"
Five or six minutes later, just as Gervis was sitting between Adela and Alice, thinking how nice it would be if Alice could be as 'reasonable' as she was at that moment in the future, Edward also arrived at the arena.
When Edward approached, he greeted the three people first!
"grandfather!"
"Duke Edward!"
The three responded quickly.
"Duke Edward, why are you here? Will there be any problems with the city lords?"
After saying hello, Adela took the initiative to change her seat and gave it to Edward.
It was obvious that Adela knew that her grandfather came here to discuss important matters with Gervis.
Edward patted Adela's shoulder lovingly, then sat down and spoke slowly to Gervis.
"Those city lords have been redeemed!"
Edward had a smile on his face, and it was obvious that he had gained a lot today.
“So soon?”
Gervis thought that the parties would have to haggle over the ransom for ten days or half a month, and that the exchange might only be completed after some time, but he didn't expect it to be completed in just one afternoon.
"Haha, it will definitely be quick. These city lords are the highest authorities in the Holy City. Some of them are still seriously injured. When their subordinates in the base knew that they were captured, they came to redeem them immediately!"
"And the ransom we want this time is not that much, just 100,000 gold coins!"
Edward still had a smile on his face, and his words were all as if it was a matter of course.
Gervis didn't know that things like today's happened occasionally within the Holy Alliance, so there were already many precedents. It's just that previous fights only involved one or two holy cities, not this time with more than 30 city lords participating on both sides.
Furthermore, in this Holy Alliance, the city lord is the highest authority, and no one above them can control them. Therefore, when it comes to their own life safety, these city lords are naturally happy to give money.
Although many garrisons in the holy cities do not have so many gold coins at the moment, they will guarantee to pay the ransom as soon as possible, whether by borrowing or selling things.
"It's a pity that Hulton escaped this time, otherwise it would be worth at least 300,000 gold coins!"
Edward continued to sigh, and then he moved his mind and took out more than ten large treasure chests from the space ring.
"Duke Edward, what are you doing..."
"This time, it was because you used the magic potion as a reward to get those thirty city lords to join the battle that allowed us to defeat the Golden Shield Family! Here are 150,000 gold coins, which is part of the ransom. Take it!"
"Although compared to the 300 potions, these 150,000 gold coins are not much, but you have won the recognition of Johnson, Bruno and others this time. They will stand with you and Stormwind City in the future!"
Edward knew that Gervis was extremely smart and treated him as one of his own, so he did not be polite and hypocritical with him, but spoke directly to the point.
Gervis's action this time has almost labeled him as Edward's ally, so from now on he will be in the same boat as Johnson, Bruno and others.
Although Gervis' Stormwind City has not been built yet and there is no sacred tree, the personal strength he has demonstrated now is enough to make city lords such as Johnson and Bruno take him seriously.
"Then I'll take it. Thank you, Duke Edward!"
Gervis nodded without any hesitation and immediately turned to Alice.
"Alice, please help me collect these gold coins first!"
"Okay, Gervis!"
Alice did not hesitate when she heard what Gervis said. She immediately raised her hand and collected more than a dozen large treasure chests.
"Grevith, the competition is about to begin, so I'll go over first!"
Seeing that Gervis readily accepted the gold coins, Edward smiled at Gervis approvingly and then prepared to leave.
This is the area where the elves live, and as a human, it is naturally not easy for him to stay here for long.
"Yes, Duke Edward!"
Gervis responded respectfully.
"Adela, come on, follow Grandpa!"
After greeting Gervis, Edward turned his attention to his granddaughter!
Because he had something to do in the morning, he entrusted Adela to the guardian knight Gervis.
Now that the matter was over, Edward naturally had to take Adela away!
"Grandfather, I want to sit here!"
Adela was unwilling to leave and immediately replied in a wronged tone.
Edward's expression froze, but he looked at Gervis and Alice with complicated eyes and continued to speak to Adela!
"Be good, Adela. This is the seat for the elves. You'll disturb them if you sit here!"
If Gervis and Alice were not husband and wife, Edward would definitely not object to Adela and Gervis being together at this time.
But now Gervis is a married man, and Edward naturally doesn't want his precious granddaughter to get too close to Gervis.
Because he had clearly seen his granddaughter's feelings for Gervis.
"Duke Edward, Miss Adela and I get along very well. Why don't you let her stay here with me? We will be returning to the Sacred Forest soon anyway!"
At this moment, Alice spoke.
"Okay, since Her Majesty the Elf Queen has said so, then we are in trouble!"
Edward heard the hidden meaning in Alice's words, and then he relaxed a little. He nodded and left!
But Gervis had a strange look on his face, thinking to himself.
"It turns out that my cheap wife still cares about me, but she is planning to leave after all, so she is not getting angry now!"
What Alice meant by her words was actually to reassure Edward that they would leave after a while, and now that she was around, it was okay for Adela and Gervis to get closer.
Adela obviously understood the meaning of Alice's words, and realized that Gervis might have to leave the City of Hope for a long time this time, and her expression immediately became lost.
When Gervis saw this, he was about to say something, but Alice stood up first and sat on his right, which was the seat that Adela had given up earlier.
Then Alice gently took Adela's hand and began to whisper to her.
After a while, the two started chatting again, talking and laughing, and Adela had forgotten what happened before.
"Women are such strange creatures!"
When Gervis saw this, he could only sigh alone!
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When Gervis was alone again, the spectators in the arena and the three races participating in the competition had all arrived.
Then, under the chairmanship of Dean Palmer, this afternoon's competition officially began!
Those who came on stage at this time were those who had drawn opponents in the morning but did not have time to compete.
After about an hour, the contestants from the three parties came on stage one after another and completed the first round of competition.
The original team of thirty people was reduced to fifteen, and among these fifteen people, there were only three elves.
In the morning, six people were sent out and two won, while in the afternoon, only one of the four people won.
As for the human race, they had five winners, and the beastman race was the biggest winner with seven winners in total!
Judging from the situation, the Orcs have a high chance of winning. After all, with almost the same strength, the Orcs have a great advantage in physique.
Moreover, although Doro, the son of Dosalon, was arrogant, he did have the capital to be arrogant. He knocked his opponent away with one punch in just a few seconds after he came on the field.
The most puzzling person is the orc princess Ahri, who also participated in the competition.
Even though she looks delicate, I still feel sorry for her.
But she seemed to know some kind of illusion. The human youth competing with her didn't even move after he came on stage. He just stood there in a daze for a moment. Finally, he jumped off the stage by himself and shouted, "I surrender!"
Of course, the human race is not without talented young people. One of them is a young fire magician who has reached the level of an intermediate magician at a young age.
There was also a knight with the title of Gold Peak, who sent a young elf flying with just one sword.
In general, the human race and the beastman race are evenly matched, but the elves will definitely lose unless there are unexpected events!
"Now let's proceed to the second round of competition!"
There is no need to draw lots to decide the opponents in this second round of competition, because the number of people on the three sides is different, so it is no longer possible to draw lots.
However, this round of competition directly turned into a challenge match, with each of the three parties sending one person to the stage to compete in turn.
The order of performance is determined by the results of the morning competition.
The first tribe to send people onto the field was the Orcs, because they had the largest number of winners!
The second to come on the field is the human race, and the third is the elves, and so on, until all enemies are completely defeated.
Moreover, if desired, the winner can continue on stage to accept the next challenge.
For example, if the Orcs defeat the Humans, he can choose to rest and wait until the next round when it is the Orcs' turn, or he can choose to stay on the stage and continue to challenge the Elfs.
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Everything was ready for the second round. Following Palmer's announcement, the Orcs first sent out a half-orc youth, and the Humans, seeing this, immediately sent a youth to the stage.
The two sides fought on the stage for less than half a minute, and in the end the orc defeated the human youth with his physical advantage.
"Haha! Weak human, you are doomed to lose this time!!"
The orc in the field laughed wildly immediately after defeating the human youth. He did not plan to rest, but continued to stand on the stage to challenge the elves.
Immediately, the orc turned his gaze towards the elves and shouted!
"Here are you, the self-proclaimed noble elves! Come up! Let me, Nuke, teach you how to fight!"
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"Be careful not to let him get close to you later. Just remember to use the bow and arrow to shoot him. Don't engage in close combat. Do you understand?"
Hearing the shouting of the Orc youth, the elf youths showed anger on their faces, but Olde ignored the words of the Orc and was softly giving instructions to the elf youth who was about to go on stage.
This young elf is a petite female elf.
Although she was about 1.7 meters tall, she looked very petite compared to the orcs in the scene.
"Yes, Prince Alder!"
There was still a hint of nervousness on the elf's face. The orc's ugly face and huge body made this female elf, who had little combat experience, feel a little insecure.
However, he still responded solemnly to Olde, then raised his foot and prepared to go to the center of the court.
"Wait a minute!"
But at this moment, Gervis suddenly called her!
"My Lord, what can I do for you?"
When the female elf heard Gervis calling her, she immediately stopped and asked Gervis respectfully.
Gervis is the husband of the elven queen, and they cannot call Gervis the queen, so they can only call Gervis the prince.
This is also what the elves have called the queen's husband since ancient times, although Gervis is the first human to become the queen's husband.
"Nothing, I'll give you a glass of juice, drink it before you go, or you'll be thirsty when we start fighting!"
Gervis said to the elf with a smile, and then Anna at the side immediately handed the silver cup that had been prepared long ago to the elf.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Although Gervis is a human, the elves have witnessed Alice's attitude towards Gervis.
Moreover, this morning, not only did Gervis display his divine power to drive away the people who bullied the elves, he also treated them to delicious food at noon and let them stay in a luxurious manor.
So at this time, Gervis had already gained the recognition of these simple elves. The female elf took the cup handed over by Anna without any hesitation and drank the dark golden "juice" in it!
"Well, go ahead! Have a good competition!"
Seeing the female elf drink the potion he prepared, Gervis gave an order and said nothing more.
However, the female elf did not notice anything unusual about the "juice", but just felt that the juice tasted sweet. She immediately swiftly passed through the internal passage on the third floor and entered the field directly!
(End of this chapter)
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