Arknights is too real, right?

This swordsmanship competition is no longer a purely competitive competition, but an international political means.

Of course, Victoria officials attach great importance to it.

The special investigation team is still continuing to track down the murderer, but the official needs double insurance. It is best to catch the murderer, but if they cannot catch it in the end, they must try to have as much leverage as possible in international negotiations.

For this reason, the official wanted to attract enough strong people to participate in the competition to show Victoria's force. This was like a military exercise in disguise.

The requirement for registration is that you are a citizen of Victoria and recommended by a student on campus. This rule is not a restriction at all. The students of the Royal College are either rich or noble. This is what the rule really wants to express.

[You students, please go back and use your family power to bring me all the ruthless people you can find in Victoria to compete! 】

Since it is a competition, there must be prizes.

Originally, Xia Feng had no interest in this kind of political game, but after knowing what the prize was, he was moved.

The top 20 in the competition all have different amounts of monetary rewards. This is a must. The prizes for the top 3 are more than 8 figures.

This is a number that ordinary people can’t even imagine. It’s simply more exciting than buying a lottery ticket.

Compared with Ursus, Victoria is not a country that advocates force. On the contrary, the so-called warriors are not very popular in this country. If you want to make money through serious means, the most you can do is to stand out in the army.

If you are not serious, you can only join the gangs and work as mercenaries, exchanging lives for money.

The bonus this time can be described as a big victory for the reckless man. Practitioners all over Victoria never thought that one day they could become multi-millionaires by fighting.

However, Xia Feng will not go to the ring to fight with others for a mere tens of millions of prizes, and be looked at as a monkey by the audience. A civilized person like him will not use violence easily.

What really attracted him was not the prize money, but another reward for the winner of this competition.

The royal family made a statement in the announcement. If the champion of this swordsmanship competition is a noble, his noble level will be automatically upgraded to one level. If he is not a noble, he will be officially awarded a third-level noble title by the royal family and given a fief.

This reward is really delicious to Xia Feng.

In other words, as long as he can win the championship, he will be a Victorian noble from now on. Although he is only a third-level noble, his genuine noble privileges are valid.

He didn't care at all whether he was granted a title or not. All he wanted was the title. As long as he became a noble, it was equivalent to breaking into the enemy's army.

It's like the whole family is setting up a street stall at the night market. You don't pay the management fee, but you sell the goods carefully every day, for fear of being stolen.

At this time, you suddenly become an urban management officer. Even if you are just a temporary worker, it will be of great help to the family's street stall business.

The nobles have the power and responsibility to supervise the local area on behalf of the royal family. In a sense, this power even overrides the local security bureau and mayor, because the nobles can bypass the administrative system and report directly to the royal family.

In addition, nobles can also enter the National Assembly. Of course, no one cares about the opinions of a level 3 noble, but they can get information on policy changes as soon as possible.

Standing in front of the academy's bulletin board, Xia Feng carefully wrote down the time for the swordsmanship competition. The trials will officially start next Friday, so there is still plenty of time.

For some reason, he felt a long-lost enthusiasm, just like when he was in elementary school and represented the whole class in the sports meeting.

Xia Feng raised his right hand high and shouted loudly.

"I want to be the champion!"

Provoking contempt from the students next to him.

Now that the army has withdrawn from the academy, although the special investigation team is still secretly investigating the murder in the academy, his suspicion has been basically cleared. Of course, he can now take leave and leave the academy. There is no need to be here before the sword competition begins. Dry consumption.

The night before leaving, Xia Feng and Yin Hui met again in the tavern in the food court.

"cheers!"

Including Kakufeng, three cups clinked together.

Yin Hui's whole face was full of joy, and those who didn't know the inside story thought he was in love.

"Xia Feng, you did this beautifully. I'm really impressed by you."

Xia Feng picked up a peanut and put it into his mouth, chewing it while replying.

"Average, third in the country."

Victoria's investigation team has fully proved that Yin Hui has no suspicion. On the night of Lieqi's death, Yin Hui was attending a party with royal family member Velisa.

However, although the matter has been settled, Silver Gray will still fulfill the official purpose of coming to the Royal Academy and participate in the sword competition held next week. After everything calms down, he will return to Kjerag.

This small restaurant still had no customers as usual, Yin Hui lowered his voice.

"Xia Feng, how is your companion?"

Xia Feng knew that Silver Gray was referring to Lapland.

"Don't worry, she has already gone abroad. She is traveling at her own expense. She must be so happy that her belly is swaying in a spiral."

Silver Gray nodded.

"That's good. I will definitely thank her in person if I have the chance to see her in the future."

"It's okay, we are all our own people."

Now that the storm has not completely passed, Xia Feng and Yin Hui did not talk much about this matter. Although outsiders could not understand what they were talking about, it was still better to be cautious.

Later, Xia Feng expressed to Yin Hui his intention to participate in the swordsmanship competition and that he was bound to win the championship.

After hearing what he said, Yin Hui was a little surprised.

"Do you still want a bonus? Is the Chamber of Commerce short of money recently? How about I lend you some?"

Xia Feng waved his hand.

"No, no, no, I don't lack money. What I lack is status. This time the champion royal family will award a title of nobility. To tell you the truth, I am crying with greed."

Yin Hui quickly understood the importance of the title of nobility to Xia Feng.

"I understand, but if I hadn't attacked you, I'm afraid this championship wouldn't be that easy to win. Do you know how to swordsmanship?"

"No, but I'm a very good fighter."

Yin Hui shook his head.

"No, according to the regulations of previous swordsmanship competitions, no spells or Originium skills are allowed to be used in swordsmanship competitions. Swords can only be used simply as weapons. There will be professional supervisors on site."

Xia Feng was stunned. He really didn't expect that only swords could be used in the swordsmanship competition.

His original idea was to survive all the way from the trials to the finals, and at the last moment, lead the black and white twins to punch his opponent's head into his crotch, transforming him into a level 3 noble.

But if you follow what Yin Hui said, this obviously won't work.

The black and white twins need to be activated with Source Stone energy. To outsiders, this is clearly a type of Source Stone skill or spell, and it may be illegal.

What the officials want to show in the competition is not the destructive power, but the determination and will of the martial arts practitioners to fight.

Of course, it can be seen from the rules that most people don't care that the use of Source Stone skills and spells is not allowed, because almost 99% of people who are not infected cannot use it, and wizards like Tianhuo are simply incompetent. None of them.

He guessed that most of the contestants would come from the military or some civilian organizations.

Xia Feng touched his chin and pondered for a long time, then slapped his thigh.

"It's okay. Although I don't know how to swordsmanship, some of my companions do. Anyway, there are no restrictions on registration."

Silver Gray is obviously interested in swordsmanship.

"Oh? Which companion you are talking about is very good at swordsmanship?"

Xia Feng was full of confidence.

"I think it's okay, but the old man is a bit old and has a very stubborn temper. He doesn't like to use a sword, but only likes to use an umbrella."