Initiating a Plant Revolution in the Otherworld

Chapter 301 The First Magic Cup, Officially Started

March 22, early morning.

Andy had already gotten up when the sun had not yet risen in the sky, and only a bright halo could be seen.

In the small shop in the Doyle district of the imperial city, Andy got up early to wash up, picked up a mop to mop the floor of the shop, and picked up a rag to wipe every counter carefully.

After cleaning the store, Andy's mother has gotten up and is preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

And Andy went back to his room and took out his tactical plan - a dozen sheets of paper the size of a book.

It is full of his experience in fighting magic for more than a month, as well as the deduction of various specific tactics.

Because last week the Magic War Hall launched 24 new elemental cards at one time, so Andy's tactical planning has several more pages.

The new paper is full of new tactics that he thinks can be applied to the Magic Cup, as well as some bolder attempts.

Andy sat beside his bed, and in front of him was a simple desk with a table so small that his arms were stuck on the edge of the table.

Without a chair, the bed is his chair.

In addition to the board bed and desk that are only big enough for one person to sleep in, the whole bedroom only has a bench for putting clothes and a small wooden box for storing sundries.

This wooden box was made for him by his father by saving all kinds of lumber used for loading when purchasing goods—the lumber used for loading will be recycled by the supplier.

Relying on the shop at home, although I can't talk about how rich I am, at least I can't starve to death.

There is no way to provide him with school fees, but three meals a day are not a problem, and he can often eat meat, although the amount is not much.

And now, everything is slowly getting better.

After becoming the official ring leader of the Magic War Hall, in addition to a weekly salary of one gold coin, Andy can also get as much as [-] to [-] silver coins per night through guarding the ring, and as little as more than ten silver coins.

The weekly fixed salary has been prepaid five weeks in advance by the Magic War Hall as Andy's summer school tuition, and now it has been handed over to Doyle Junior College, and the pre-registration has been completed.

As long as the time reaches May, Andy will be able to return to Doyle Junior College to go to school.

And after deducting the salary of gold coins every week, the nightly guard bonus alone is enough to improve the life of Andy's family.

However, for the Andy family who are already used to being poor, their wealth has increased rapidly, but many daily living habits are still not so easy to change immediately.

For example, although each person has an extra piece of bacon and an egg for breakfast, Andy's parents rejected Andy's invitation to eat at a hot pot restaurant.

For example, Andy's parents let Andy buy a new dress for the Magic Cup competition, at least to make himself look decent.

But the parents rejected Andy's offer to buy them new clothes.

There are many similar things.

Andy's parents are happy to see Andy make money with his own skills, but they still don't see the career of combat magic.

They don't even think it's a career, it can only be regarded as a well-paid temporary worker.

Unemployment is possible at any time.

Of course, even so, they still support Andy.

After all, it's all money, and no one will refuse it.

Especially for the following magic cup, No. 1 has a bonus of up to 5000 gold coins. Even an ordinary nobleman cannot resist the temptation of such money.

At six o'clock in the morning, Andy's father got up and washed, and then the family of three sat at the dilapidated wooden table and began to eat breakfast.

After biting down one-fiftieth of the bacon, Andy was silent for a moment, then looked at his father and said, "If I get No.1 this time, let's go to a hot pot restaurant."

Andy's father wanted to eat the bread like before, and was reluctant to eat bacon and eggs. Andy's mother picked half a piece of bacon and half an egg into Andy's bowl under the pretext of poor appetite.

"Don't be blindly arrogant. You yourself have said it before. There are several players in the gold rank who are threatening to you, and there are two people who are particularly strong."

Andy's father ate the bacon, chewed slowly, and said slowly.

"Your first task now is to seriously prepare for the battle, and don't think too much about other things you don't want to do."

"Don't think that you can take it lightly because you are a gold rank. Even if it is the qualifiers, you have to show 100% of your strength!"

"I understand..." Andy said helplessly.

The topic of the hot pot restaurant was finally left unsolved.

It's not that Andy is particularly obsessed with this, but he just thinks that since the conditions have improved now, why should he make things difficult for himself?

After breakfast, at 06:30, Andy revisited his tactical plan, and after confirming that he had recorded everything in his mind, he got up and walked out of the room.

When leaving the shop, Andy's mother stopped him at the door, held Andy's hand, and smiled gently:

"Don't look at your father talking like that at the table, he is actually very proud of you in his heart."

"That guy is chatting with those people in the block now, and he likes to compare his son with others."

"As a result, I still talk in my sleep most of the night, and I hate myself for being useless. The money I have earned over the years is not as much as you earn in a month."

"So don't take what he said on the table seriously. This old guy just wants to save face. He often secretly goes to the Magic War Hall to watch your group arena matches. Don't let me tell you."

"When you're not at home, he always talks about fighting magic with me, and keeps telling me how to play it, saying that he can do it himself."

"I asked him to participate in the competition and try it out, but he just kept silent."

"It was only later that I found out that he had already tried to register in the battle hall, and the silver didn't even go up."

Andy couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing out loud.

"All in all, you should perform well this time in the Magic Cup. Just think about No. 1 in your heart, and don't talk about it normally."

"We all know that you have this ability, but everything has a contingency, so don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"No matter what the result of the game is, I will take your dad to the hot pot restaurant with you. How about we three have a good meal?"

Andy nodded vigorously and gave his mother a hug.

Andy's mother touched Andy's hair with a smile, and said softly, "Go ahead, let's fight hard."

"En!" Andy let go of his mother, took a few steps back and waved goodbye to his mother, "I'm leaving."

Then Andy turned around and trotted into the alley in Doyle's block.

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Nearly seven o'clock, the Central Street of Zhongping Square gradually became lively.

Although there were many people walking around at this time in the past, it was far less crowded than it is today.

Many people were not participants in the Magic Cup, but they also poured into Central Street, into the Magic War Hall that had just opened.

The entire seven-story building is open to the public, and each floor can accommodate nearly a thousand passengers.

If it weren't for the large enough area of ​​the store on Central Street, it might not be able to accommodate so many customers.

According to the estimates of Nora and others, the flow of people on the first day of the Magic Cup must be the largest, and the number of people will gradually decrease after that.

Now, after all, it is only the qualifiers, and many duels are actually nothing exciting to speak of.

A truly fierce confrontation would have to wait until the preliminary round at least.

Andy was walking on Central Street. As soon as he appeared here, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"Look! That's Andy the Magician!"

"Which one? I haven't seen him yet."

"It looks very small, but it can be as strong as Watson and Rowell?"

"Magic fighting doesn't look at force, otherwise what else is Watson better than?"

This is a conversation in a carriage on the street.

It was probably the first time that the nobles looked at a commoner so curiously, except in the Spring Martial Arts Exercise.

Andy also felt all kinds of sights around him, which made him a little uncomfortable, but he could bear it.

After all, he had received more people's attention during the group arena.

But at that time, he was engrossed in the magic duel, and he didn't feel the eyes of his surroundings.

Walking on the street was different. The feeling of being scanned by all kinds of eyes all the time made Andy involuntarily quicken his pace and quickly came to the entrance of the Magic War Hall.

Today's magic battle hall has a new change at the entrance.

The clerks were divided into men and women, and they wore the lavender dress with the special edition skin of Elemonte's opening and the configuration of McGee's blue suit with top hat and monocle.

In addition, there are new changes in the wallpapers of Elemonte and McKeeco on the left and right sides of the door.

Andy was surprised to find that the figures on these two wallpapers changed into another pose every few seconds.

For example, Miss Elemonte, who is wearing a lavender dress, used to be an image of stepping on the beach with her hands on her knees and smiling sweetly.

But a few seconds later, she reappeared in the shallow water, pressing down on the beach hat with one hand, gesticulating "Yeah!" with the other, and tilting her head playfully to everyone.

The sea water covered one of her feet, and the other foot was half buried in the wet sand. The instep was crystal clear, and the height was right in front of Andy's line of sight, making him swallow subconsciously.

A few seconds later, Elemonte changed his posture again, as if the whole image came to life, which is very fascinating.

This scene made the passers-by stop to appreciate it, all of them were quite surprised, and didn't understand what was going on.

But those who are interested can find that under the two wallpapers, there is an ordinary mimetic grass.

On the walls on both sides of the storefront, a layer of mimetic secretion obtained after crushing the fruit of the mimesis grass has already been applied, which is enough for the mimesis grass to mimic for a long time.

Andy stood at the door for a few minutes, and found that besides the image in the lavender dress, there was another image of Miss Elemonte——

Wearing a pure white vest and a black leather suspender skirt, wearing red high-heeled shoes, her face is painted with delicate red makeup, and her expression is cold and charming.

That kind of dress and appearance created a huge contrast with the image of wearing a lavender dress and barefoot on the beach, which immediately caught Andy's attention.

It's a pity that there is only one picture of this image, which is fleeting after a few seconds, and will not appear again until a dozen or so animations of another image appear in turn.

As a result, many people waste their time admiring the beautiful animations, and even forget to enter the store.

The McGee next to him is the same as Elle Monte. There is also a picture of him not wearing a suit, but wearing a floral shirt and beach pants, looking carefree.

The contrast between before and after can easily arouse the curiosity of many people.

After asking the clerk, everyone knew that it was the new skin of McGee and Elemonte.

McGee's skin is a special collector's skin for the Magic Cup competition. It is only sold during the Magic Cup. Audiences who come to watch the game every day also have the opportunity to get it for free.

But when the Magic Cup is over, this set of McKeeco's skin will be permanently out of print.

As for whether it will return in the future, it depends on the future needs of the players.

Miss Elemonte's new skin is the champion skin of the Magic Cup, which will be sold after the Magic Cup ends.

Unlike Mackie's new skin, Elemonte's skin is permanently available.

Moreover, 10% of the profit obtained after the sale will become the permanent income of the Magic Cup champion, and the remaining profits will be directly invested in the Magic Cup prize pool for each year in the future.

This can be regarded as a great reward for the champion.

Different from the fixed reward of 5000 gold coins, the 10% income of the champion skin is continuous.

Although it may be limited in the short term, the long-term value is likely to be higher than 5000 gold coins.

But this thing can only be obtained by one person in the end, and most people with self-knowledge will not think about it.

And only a player like Andy who has the opportunity to touch the trophy will develop some fantasies.

Withdrawing his mind from the state of trance, Andy greeted the shop assistants at the door and walked straight into the war hall.

It was still seven o'clock in the morning, and the war hall was already quite lively.

After walking inside, Andy realized that the interior layout was quite different from yesterday evening.

The battle tables and chairs on the entire first floor were cleared away, making the hall extremely spacious in an instant.

The entire hall is divided into ten areas.

Nine of the areas are separated in the form of a nine-square grid, and each area has a professional battle table more than ten meters long.

At least dozens of people can be surrounded to watch the game.

And in the deepest part of the hall, there is still a battle arena reserved for group arenas, which is specially used for duels with gold-ranked players.

This is also the only duel type that will be fully explained by the commentator in the qualifiers.

In addition, like the wallpaper at the entrance of the store, there are also various magic animations on the walls inside the Magic War Hall, which change over time.

After watching too much, everyone understands that these patterns are all magic that have appeared on existing elemental cards.

But different from the ordinary patterns on the element cards, since these animations are called animations, they will naturally move.

However, because it is played in turn in 2D, although it is very realistic, it is far from the point where it is fake.

And I don't know if it's intentional or the technical level stops here. Andy feels that the animation on the wall is still blurred and not very clear.

This was of course Ron's arrangement.

He had to let the audience have a certain understanding of the effect of the mimetic grass, so as not to cause panic among the audience because of the 360-degree simulation of the mimetic grass with no dead ends in the subsequent more important competitions.

After all, even a magician would not be able to tell whether the mimetic image of the mimesis grass is real or fake if it is not that there is no sense of reality when touching it with both hands.

It would be a joke if there was chaos at the scene because the mimetic grass was too realistic.

So after following Nora's suggestion, Ron decided to show part of the effect of the mimetic grass first.

In addition, there are many mimetic grass playing the list of players around.

All players participating in the Magic Cup can find the floor they belong to today on it.

Andy found the words "Andy, the arena area on the first floor" on it, and he was secretly amazed.

Looking up at the unpredictable patterns on the surrounding walls and various virtual lists of "name + floor + district number", Andy walked slowly to the counter and took the iron he had stored in the war hall from the clerk. box.

It contains the weapons that I participated in this magic cup.

The employees in the war hall are coordinating the order on the scene at this time.

They held a thick long tube in their hands, the front end was thicker than the root, and it pressed against their lips.

As soon as they spoke, the voices of these employees were amplified many times by the objects in their hands.

Even in such a noisy environment on site, people around can still hear the voices of employees clearly.

That was the microphone invented by Illya under Ron's instruction.

As early as when the previous group arena was launched, there was already a simplified version.

After being improved by Ron this time, it has become smaller and more convenient.

There are four small sound amplification circles engraved inside, which can spread and amplify the sound in four directions. The bright element potato provides it with a steady stream of energy to ensure that it can always operate.

Holding the iron box containing the element card, Andy walked around the first floor, and then he went up again, and found that each floor had been transformed into exactly the same pattern as the first floor.

Because there is still a long time before the official start of the [-]:[-] Magic Cup, Andy is not in a hurry to make mental preparations, but finds a place where old acquaintances gather and chats with everyone.

"Elemont's new skin is really amazing! I will definitely get one as soon as the Magic Cup is over! No! Ten!"

"Yo! Andy! Come sit here!"

"Come, come, let me touch Andy's hand, and lend me some magic energy."

"Me too! I want to touch my hair, okay?"

"If you miss, just touch it. After touching it, you will get the gold rank for ten consecutive rounds in the qualifiers, believe it or not?"

"Damn! Don't curse me! Then I'll touch my clothes..."

"Where are you touching, pervert! There are breasts!"

"Hee hee, Andy won't mind, right?"

Andy blushed slightly and shook his head, but helplessly stretched out his hands to let everyone feel lucky.

When there were still about 10 minutes before the start of the match, Andy left the gathering place and found a secluded place to sit down.

In the noisy environment, Andy took out the elemental cards from the iron box and quickly flipped through them one by one.

Strategies flashed through my mind as I went through the tactical plan in the bedroom in the morning.

After going through the tactics he needed again, Andy put away the elemental cards and solemnly put them into the iron box, just like a warrior puts a sharp sword into a scabbard.

It was exactly eight o'clock.

Andy closed the lid of the iron box, stood up solemnly, and stood ready.

And the voice of His Royal Highness Ron, the Seventh Prince, resounded through the entire Magic War Hall in due course.

He didn't say anything superfluous, but simply announced:

"The first Magic Cup is officially starting now."

Flushing Street Diary: Monthly ticket 160+, owed and changed to 28 chapters...I got stuck writing the outline today, a bit of a headache...

(End of this chapter)