A strange world

Chapter 393 Chapter 51. Turn trouble into money

"We can't sit still and wait for death!"

Oster House. The captain of the Bear Gordon Knight Academy shouted passionately in the living room.

"I heard about the offensive behavior of Solz Magic Academy. It is a shame for us to let such an academy become the top ten! The further they go, the more this competition will become a joke!"

The captains of the several colleges who were invited looked at each other.

"Habel Knight Academy will not participate." The armored girl Ellie was the first to stand up.

"Nor will Freya Holy Academy." She thought this was a normal gathering.

"Targeting a house outside a game is unbecoming of a priest," said the captain of Puddingborough Abbey.

"Who invited me here? We are not even among the top ten!" the captain of the unknown college shouted.

Only the barbarians from Tanamurdo Academy asked with interest: "What do you want to do?"

"Uh... you don't want to participate?" the captain of the Bear Gordon Knight Academy was stunned.

"You got twenty-one invitations and that's all you got. That guy got sixteen invitations and that's all he needed..." Ellie looked at him with pity, but did not leave her seat.

"It's time for us to leave." The captain of Freya's Holy Academy stood up.

She knew the man's large elements could fill the Imperial Arena, but she had no reason to tell them.

The captain of the Puddingburg Abbey followed closely behind. Bones looked at their backs, thoughtfully: "There seems to be something we don't know..."

They went to investigate again and found out what Annan had done in the bottom nest competition, and then they became uneasy.

Because in the next top ten competition, their first game will be against Soltz Academy of Magic...

Captain Bones and the remaining houses said: "They messed up the bottom nest competition and looted what belonged to us,"

When the emotions of the guests were gradually aroused, the knight girl suddenly said: "That is not ours."

The angry emotions were poured with ice water, like a druid mixed into a group of hungry wolves.

"Are you willing to give that guy 10,000 gold coins?" Burns tried to provoke Ellie's anger and looked around at the others: "I know he will participate in the auction in seven days. This is a good opportunity for us..."

"You want to assassinate him? In the imperial capital?"

"No, just causing him some trouble..."

…

Annan hurried back to the manor in a dusty way.

"Is there anything gained?" Alice asked him.

"What a great harvest!" Annan braced himself and said grandly.

"But it's only been an hour since you left the manor and returned." Alice rejected the lie mercilessly.

"Do you know about the Time Sacred Artifact?"

"You want to say that there is a time artifact in the library. One hour has passed in reality but one day has passed inside?"

"Uh-huh!"

Annan picked up Lily and hid his head behind Lily.

It's painful to learn... It's better to ask someone from the Warlock Protection Association to give you arcane energy cores.

In the next few days, Annan wandered between the imperial capital and the manor, occasionally going to the ruins of Solondor. A caster can completely ignore the resistance and pull of the bottom city.

As the time approaches, the much-anticipated top ten competition format is released: the points system.

All colleges have to compete with the other nine colleges in nine games in a ten-day competition format, and the college with the highest score becomes the champion.

"Don't you need to prepare for the next game?" Olin Montreal was annoyed by Annan.

"Sister Olin is not very well informed."

"..."

Orin Montreal left with a cold expression, only to be met by the hurried guards running towards her.

"What's the matter?" Olin Montreal called the guard.

"The Khabar Knight Academy is visiting outside the manor."

"Habel...the college that was bullied by Annan?" Olin Montreal slowed down and stood in front of the window, watching the guards usher in the uninvited guests.

As the leader of the Knights, Orin Montreal could see that the steps and posture of the armored girl strictly abided by knightly etiquette, and she was a born female knight...

"Annan!" When the girl saw Annan, her ice melted and she greeted happily.

Olin was confused by this. Shouldn't they be enemies? Why did I react like this when I saw Annan...

"The Bell Gordon Knight Academy is targeting you."

Ellie told Annan the news she had learned undercover, and her eyes fell on Annan without blinking: "And this..."

She handed Annan a piece of parchment.

"What's this?"

Annan took the parchment and saw a line of writing: Game 1: Solz Academy of Magic vs. Bear Gordon Knight Academy.

"Where did it come from?"

"It was leaked by the etiquette department...the etiquette department is deliberately targeting you."

"Why do you think so?" Annan didn't think so. "It should be our opponents who are targeted."

It would be better to say that the etiquette department, which knew Annan's strength, was giving other colleges a chance to fight back.

So the Bell Gordon Knight Academy was smart enough to realize this, but it was only half smart: "They also know that you are going to participate in the auction tomorrow and want to cause trouble for you in the auction house."

This became a common doubt between Annan and Ellie: What does causing trouble for Annan at the auction have to do with the top ten competition?

But there seems to be no other way to target Annan. Off the field, the Bell Gordon Knight Academy did not have the guts to take action in Montreal Manor and the Imperial City. On the field, the Bell Gordon Knight Academy could not beat them, so there was nothing to worry about.

In any case, Annan's only question is "how to impress the audience during the game so as to sell the magical image."

"By the way, there is a banquet the day after tomorrow. All the colleges and many noble officials will attend. Will you come?"

"certainly."

But Annan only wanted their money.

Watching Ellie get on the carriage and leave, Annan was thoughtful.

When I first went to the auction house, I wanted to buy some magic rings, but after Olin Montreal promised to buy the magic rings at a discount, Annan was not interested in attending the auction anymore, but now I have to participate...

The next day, Annan ran to the auction house and asked the boss for an auction list. While flipping through it, he asked, "Can I bid for my own things?"

"Sorry Mr. Annan, we have to maintain the reputation of the auction house." The boss refused decisively.

The flipping list stopped: "Sir Kimberly...this person has eight lots? Can I recognize him?"

"certainly."

Maintenance in name only. The auction house's income depends on the handling fee. The higher the auction price, the greater their income.

Annan drove to visit Sir Kimberly. He was undoubtedly a nobleman, but in the imperial capital, he did not even own a manor, only a single-family house.

After Annan explained his intention, Sir Kimberly asked: "You want to help me raise the price? Why?"

"No, this is not free help. Free is the word I hate the most, unless it is given to me... My request is that I share half of the premium after I bid."

"I'll give you a third at most."

"This is impossible. If you don't agree, I can find someone else."

"Okay, just as you said."

“A pleasure to work with.”