Although Edkin, Simon, Holgay and Doric were panicked and flustered for a long time because of Anne's disappearance that night, in the end, after searching to no avail, they still decided that there was nothing they could do and make a decision.
In the case of helmet de-synchronization, an alternative 'Plan B' was developed.
The general plan of the so-called ‘Plan B’ is:
First find something, such as a treasure or something valuable, such as a famous painting or something?
Then, use the teleportation staff to attach one side of the teleportation gate to the portrait in advance, then mix the 'portal gate' portrait disguised as treasure into the treasure and try to get it into the treasure house of Neverwinter City.
That way, they can sneak directly into the treasure house and empty Fuch's treasure without breaking through the difficult seal of Mordenkainen!
Originally, that plan was very difficult to realize.
But fortunately, due to the need to hold the 'Scorching Sun Competition', many wealthy people, lords and nobles in Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep City will bring their treasures and place them when they participate in the competition and participate in betting.
To the treasure house of Neverwinter City, and then temporarily kept by the organizer of the competition, that is, Neverwinter City?
And that just gave Edkin and others an opportunity to take advantage of!
So, after discovering that Annie was indeed missing and had no idea where to go to have fun, the four people, who were unable to wait due to time constraints, immediately came up with what they considered a very feasible plan overnight.
Ready to implement.
Of course, if before that, Simon could have an idea and complete the synchronization with the spell-breaking helmet, perhaps, they would eventually choose the simpler 'Plan A'?
Anyway!
Whether Edkin and others' plan was successful or not, or Anne didn't know which step it had taken.
Because she did not go with them and did not arrive at Neverwinter City until noon of the next day, riding on Tibbers' shoulders leisurely, so she was naturally unknown.
Anyway, it was not until noon, until the Scorching Sun Tournament was about to start, that she arrived in front of the arena near the Sword Coast in Neverwinter City with the bustling crowd of people who were coming and going and talking about it.
The city of Neverwinter seems to have become more prosperous and lively at this time.
Today, in the arena near the Sword Coast where two huge statues of the former heroic lords of Neverwinter stand, the ‘Scorching Sun Tournament’ that was once considered too cruel and was discontinued will be held again.
Since it has not been held for a long time, the grand occasion was unprecedented!
In the sky, a huge hot air balloon with Fudge's portrait and countless magic ribbons filled the sky of Neverwinter. In addition to the local residents of Neverwinter, countless nobles from Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep,
Travelers and wealthy businessmen are also rushing to the huge arena and preparing to watch the game.
There is no doubt that this will be a wonderful game. Both the five champion teams and the audience can feel the passion, tension and warm atmosphere before the game.
Since there was still some time before the official start of the game, countless people gathered and chatted noisily inside and outside the stadium, guessing and discussing loudly who would be the final winner.
Some of them even took out the treasures they had treasured for many years, preparing to take advantage of this opportunity to bet on a certain team of contestants they were optimistic about and obtain the generous odds rewards.
At this time, preparations have begun in the huge arena in the center of the huge arena.
There, there are enchanted movable maze walls that stretch and combine up and down as if being debugged, allowing each unique maze to be displayed in front of all the audience.
Then, after debugging the magic maze for a while, as time went by, and as more and more people gathered in the auditorium of the arena, Fuch, the lord of Neverwinter whose rise to power was quite mysterious, finally finally
Appeared.
He stood on the middle wall of the magic maze that was rising higher and higher, and after reaching the highest point, he began to give a pre-game speech to the audience:
"good afternoon!"
“I’m so excited for everyone to be here!”
"welcome!"
"Whether it's the kind people of Neverwinter, or the distinguished guests from Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep!"
"welcome!"
"Welcome to Neverwinter City!"
"Welcome everyone to participate in this grand scorching sun competition!"
"today……"
"We will once again witness the battle between the best warriors!"
"Let's cheer for them together!"
"Applause for them!!"
Following the city lord's speech, the audience began to cheer and scream enthusiastically, which immediately pushed the atmosphere of the game to the highest point.
However, the game has not started now.
It was just a routine lord's speech before the game. Because the Scorching Sun Competition was interrupted for many years before being restarted by Fudge, so some entertainment methods for making money have also been restarted, such as betting on a certain team to win.
Or stick to round bets?
So, when the sun hangs high in the sky, when the hot air balloons and ribbons adorn the entire city, when the towering walls of Neverwinter City in the distance are filled with more people and soldiers, when people invariably come out of the city
When everyone gathered here in the arena, near the betting points, the spectators, especially some gamblers, of course swarmed in and used their more or less money before they went to the arena and found their seats.
Their wealth is betting on the teams they are optimistic about.
At this time, a certain troubled little girl happened to appear in front of such a betting registration point, and happened to see that among the original five participating teams, there were suddenly more "Edkin, Simon, and Holger"
And the names of the four Dorics and some descriptions of the people involved in the suddenly extra 'Rogue' team?
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Edkin: Human, leader of the thieves gang. Former member of the Harpers Alliance. He is a bard by profession. He is good at boosting morale with beautiful music and passionate speeches. Although it can hardly cause any physical damage to the enemy,
He always kept coming up with various plans. Unfortunately, this time his plan to seize the treasure house of Neverwinter was discovered, and he was forced to participate in the Burning Sun Competition.
Horgai: Edkin's most solid and reliable comrade-in-arms. At the same time, she is also a barbarian. She is brave, tough, and powerful, and is unstoppable when she enters the state of 'battle rage'. She was once tied up with her hands before being executed.
With only a brick as a support, she defeated the executioner and several Neverwinter soldiers and escaped calmly. But this time, she was caught again, although she had defeated an entire team of Neverwinter soldiers before being caught?
Simon: Edkin's companion is a warlock by profession. He claims to be a master of spells, has extraordinary talents and is good at using all kinds of magic. But the problem is, he didn't discover the trap in the treasure house and was caught all of a sudden?
And now, he has also been thrown into the competition. If he cannot find the key and open the magic-forbidden bracelet, he, who does not have much magic in the first place, will have no achievements in this competition!
Doric: A Druid of the Green Garden, her race is the rare Tiefling. Different from ordinary Tieflings, she looks cute and sweet, has a cold and straightforward personality, hates humans, has the ability to transform, and transforms from dexterous to
From flying birds to ferocious owl bears, she can freely transform into various animals and is good at harnessing the power of nature. But unfortunately, she does not seem to be very good at tracking, and her abilities are also questionable? It is reported that she was recruited by a man from Neverwinter City
Ordinary soldiers were caught after being hit on the back of the head with the hilt of their swords.
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The above is the basic introduction to the members of Edkin’s ‘Rogue’ team.
Unlike the other five teams, which have all the members and their introductions are very special, the Rogue Team only has a useless bard swordsman, a barbarian warrior, a warlock with a bound ability, and a similarly bound ability.
Just a druid.
That’s the entire ‘Rogue’ team, so they weren’t favored by a certain judge, so their ratings were very low?
But on the contrary, the odds are extremely high!
It can be seen that no one, whether it is the audience or the judges, believes that the four of them can survive to the end and win the final victory in the scorching sun competition.
Of course!
Anne didn't care what other people thought. Anyway, when she saw Uncle Edkin's names appear on the betting list, and the odds were different from the odds of others who were the best, they were as high as one to one.
After seeing the astonishing odds of '1:66' at the highest level, she suddenly thought of an interesting idea.
"..."
(ω)
Therefore, she was planning to go to the arena but subconsciously stopped.
"..."
()hey-hey!
"Let's go! Tibbers!"
()
Then, after making up her mind, she ignored the surprised looks cast by the passers-by around her and her little bear. She just patted her little bear Tibbs on the head and let him carry her forward.
Go to that gambling spot.
And soon, under the brutal squeezing and shouting of her little bear Tibbers, she forced her way to the front of the counter, blocking all the people who were crowding around to place bets behind her.
"ah!"
"Hello!"
Upon seeing this, the official in charge of gaming registration and cashiering and the few Neverwinter soldiers who were around to maintain order were naturally frightened by Tibbers's terrifying intimidation.
"Dear young lady, may I ask..."
"What's your business?"
Therefore, of course they did not dare to pursue Anne's outrageous behavior that disrupted order.
Just looking at the clothes she was wearing and the strange giant bear that was more than two meters tall that she was sitting on, I thought that Annie might be some big shot that they couldn't afford to offend, so they hurriedly
He stood up from his seat behind the counter and asked carefully in a flattering and groveling manner.
"Of course I'm here to gamble!"
(ˇεˇ)
"Why else would people come to your place?"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Anne glared at the other person first, then gave the other person an angry and impatient look before explaining impatiently.
"ah!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
"It's a little rude, then..."
"How much do you want to bet? Are you betting on the winner or the survival time of a certain team?"
With that said, the official at the counter did not dare to neglect, and quickly pointed to the row behind him with magic words showing the winning odds and different survival times of different teams, that is, different odds in different rounds.
.
"That's it!"
(ψ｀▽′)
"They are betting on them to win!"
乛乛
Without thinking, Annie pointed directly at Uncle Ed and his team of Rogues and said firmly.
"ah?"
"They are the least favored team. They were originally prisoners who were going to be executed. They joined this competition purely to make up for their numbers."
"Are you sure?"
Although anyone could bet on anyone, when he saw the smart, well-behaved and cute little girl in front of him, whose identity was obvious just by looking at her clothes, he bet on a team that was destined to fail, the official reminded him cautiously and hesitantly.
Such a sentence.
"People know!"
()
"But people just like them!"
()
Annie wouldn't say: She actually knows those people and has a good relationship with them? But now, since she has decided to play, she must suppress her own people.
Besides, Queen Anne has a small amount of money, so even if she loses, it doesn't matter, just listen to the sound and have fun, she doesn't care anyway.
"Hurry up!"
(︵`)
As she spoke, Annie urged again impatiently.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Okay, okay!"
"That……"
"How much are you going to bet?"
With that said, looking to be dissuaded, the official did not dare to say more. He just picked up his magic pen and brought over a blank contract bet form, ready to fill it out and looked at it at the same time.
Anne.
"How many?"
()
Anne first looked at the counter next to her and found a bag of gold coins that someone had thrown there. After thinking about it, she suddenly stretched out her hand.
boom!!
The next moment!
Following a golden light, she threw a large two-meter-square gold ingot out of her space pocket, making a loud noise and instantly crushing and denting the floor tiles, scaring the other officials present.
, the soldiers on duty and the crowd of onlookers jumped!
"Just this piece of gold!"
(^o^)
"perhaps……"
(゜-゜)
"If you count that kind of gold coins, it's about 16 million?"
(▽)
Anne made a rough estimate and quickly got a similar answer, and then said this.
Because there are about twenty tons of gold per cubic meter, and two meters square is eight cubic meters, which adds up to a full 160 tons! And one gold coin of that kind is only ten grams, so when you calculate it,
Probably as many as 16 million of the opponent's gold coins?
Maybe a little more, but Annie doesn't mind those odds and ends!
In fact, she wouldn't mind at all even if she saw this two-meter-square gold ingot in front of her!!
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
However, the official, the round pipes and the soldiers around him were just like the gamblers around them. They were directly frightened by Anne's arrogant behavior and the two-meter-square super large gold ingot she threw.
I was so stupid that everyone's eyes widened and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time?
"Hello!"
()
"you are silly?"
()
As a last resort, after waiting for a while and seeing that the other party still didn't respond, Annie had to shout and urge with great dissatisfaction.
"ah!"
Finally, in Anne's charming voice, the official came back to his senses.
Then, with the cooperation of other officials, he went to check it out and found that the large piece of gold was actually real. More than a dozen people pushed it together but could not move at all, and the small piece that was cut off was using magic.
After the test confirmed that it was the finest gold with extremely high gold content, they finally calmed down after some commotion, and asked people to call in more soldiers to maintain order and drive away the individual tourists, while respectfully
Respectfully, he walked back to the counter and asked Anne carefully, who had been waiting impatiently:
"that……"
"Ahem!"
"This distinguished little guest, I don't know what your last name is..."
"Where are you from again?"
At this time, they could tell from here alone that the little girl in front of them seemed to be a mage, and her identity and status must be very extraordinary?
"Queen Anne!"
o(*︶*)o
"From the land of fire!"
(ˊ〇ˋ*)
After thinking for a while, Annie said this.
"Female queen?!"
"That……"
"Are you sure you only bet so much gold on the Rogue team to win?"
"Are you sure?"
After looking at the bear under Anne's seat, and then at the exaggerated gold, with a confused expression on his face for a long time, the official asked again respectfully and hesitantly.
After all, he has never seen so much gold, and it is even more than all the treasures currently in Neverwinter combined!
So, once you win, the odds are...
Well, he couldn't imagine how much the compensation would be.
Anyway, he felt that Neverwinter City would definitely not be able to afford the compensation, and even, by then, His Excellency, Lord Fuch, might lose his position as city lord?
Of course, that kind of thing has nothing to do with a small person like him. Whether it will be a loss of money or a default, or a fight between the two parties, that is what these big people need to care about.
"Of course!"
(~)
"hurry up!"
After Annie was sure, she urged again impatiently, saying that she just wanted to bet Uncle Edkin and the others on winning, and no one could persuade her!
"Okay, okay!"
"That……"
"You wrote it down when you were little?"
Soon, as the official tremblingly wrote down Anne's name and the bet amount, "a large piece of gold, about 16 million Neverwinter gold coins" and stamped it, the bettor
The magical contract is established.
"that……"
"My Lady Queen Anne!"
"I guess you don't have a seat yet?"
"How about letting the little soldier take you to the best VIP seats?"
Although he had never heard of such an exaggerated bet amount and it was a queen, the official did not dare to neglect, so while asking, he directly waved his hand and asked a group of knights to come and respectfully come to the ground.
Prepare to escort and guide Anne to a place where only the most distinguished and high-status guests can go.
"oh?"
(⊙o⊙*)
"OK!"
(｀)
When she heard that there were VIP seats, Anne certainly wouldn't refuse.
You know, she was about to find a place casually, and since the other party had a better choice, of course she wouldn't mind, so she agreed directly and followed the knights somewhere.
"quick!"
"You go and notify Lord Fuch first!"
"And you!"
"Deploy more soldiers to garrison here!"
It was impossible to move such a big pile of gold, and it was too late to dismantle and dismember it. Therefore, the official in charge, in addition to sending someone to report to Fauci as soon as possible before Anne arrived at the VIP table, just
Of course, send more soldiers here.
Although he was very sure that no one could take that thing away, he would definitely be right if he was a little more cautious.
"yes!"
"As commanded!!"
Soon, this betting spot was sealed off, and before various rumors could spread, hundreds of soldiers arrived and surrounded the place with tents and curtains as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
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Chapter completed!