Silitios did not respond in time because he was stunned. The priest had to shout again, and he quickly responded: "Here!"

The priest glared at him, but did not reprimand him, and then called out the name behind him.

After the six contestants were confirmed, the priest led them to the runway.

The audience saw the contestants walking towards the track and realized that the competition was about to begin, and immediately started cheering again. Silitios, who was walking in the front, even heard someone shouting in the audience closest to him: "Look, isn't that the athlete who saluted His Majesty!"

Silitios suddenly felt countless eyes focused on him, and even with sharp eyes, he saw young women among the people paying attention to him...

While sighing that "Dionian women are indeed as bold as rumored", Cilitios suddenly felt that it was necessary for the Dionys to ask them to wear shorts. At least he would not feel embarrassed when facing the women's gaze at this moment.

The extroverted Silitios not only got nervous, but also immediately became excited. He held his head up and strode forward with his chest.

The sunlight was projected from the unblocked center above the arena and shone on him: Although Cilitios was not very tall, he was handsome, with strong and well-proportioned muscles. The olive oil covering the skin reflected the sunlight, and his whole body shone brightly, as if he was a god. Especially when he was doing a running and warm-up on his own track, the strength and beauty of muscle contraction and relaxation showed that many male audiences couldn't help but admire it, and also lit up the eyes of a few female audiences.

The players adapted to the track, then returned to the starting line, took small shovels from the referee and began to dig two small holes on the track.

"What are they doing?" Some viewers were puzzled.

Harpius looked at it for a while before saying: "There were starting stone slabs in previous sports competitions. Not only did it serve as a starting mark, but the dents on the stone slabs can help the players start well and avoid slipping. Although there is no starting stone slab on this track, I think these small pits have played the same role..."

The audience next to him suddenly realized.

At this time, athletes stepped on their barefoots into the pits in front and back, and stepped on them firmly to facilitate the force of starting.

The two referees stood at both ends of the starting line, one was responsible for issuing orders, and the other was responsible for supervising whether any player had fouled. A red cloth belt was also pulled up at the 100-meter finish, and the atmosphere on the field began to become solemn.

Silitios, who felt nervous again, looked at the player beside him. This was an alien player. He was not allowed to participate in other sports games at all, but he could appear in the sports field in Dionia. The Dionia referee team also specifically stipulated that no discrimination between the players, otherwise they would be disqualified from the competition!

So Cilitios smiled at the player.

But this player from the Mount Samone region obviously participated in such a competition for the first time. He was obviously a little nervous and had no intention of paying attention to the kindness conveyed by Silitios.

The self-inflicted Silitios cursed inwardly and refocused himself on the game that was about to begin.

At this moment, the referee shouted: "Please be careful with all players!"

Silitios immediately tensed up and half bent down, and his body was in front of him.

"Preparation--" The referee was about to issue a starting order when a figure suddenly rushed out, causing other players to follow.

The referees finally stopped the game and called the first player who violated the rules to his front. The player was the No. 2 player next to Cilitios. Although he begged, the referee on duty sent him out without hesitation.

The referees of the Dionia Games are so strict with the violators, which not only makes the players on the field feel frightened, but also makes the audience outside the field who are waiting to see the jokes realize that the Dionia people's advance claim that "the athletes who cheat and violate regulations in the sports meeting should be severely punished."

Cilitios and the others returned to the starting line, their spirits were a little depressed. Not only was the exhaustion of physical strength, but the players were also punished to play, which was a big impact on them.

At this moment, a huge shouting sounded from the audience, cheering them up and cheering them up again.

"Preparation--" The referee raised his right hand again.

All the audience's eyes were focused on the players at the starting line, and they had some idea in their minds: the opening ceremony of the Dionia Games was wonderful, but was the real start of the game equally exciting? You can see the clues immediately.

The referee waved his hand down hard: "Run!"

The players were worried about being sent off again, and they only rushed out of the starting line after hearing the order clearly, almost half a beat slower.

But after the start, almost all the players immediately ran with all their strength, because after some practice some time ago, many players who participated in previous sports meetings like Cilitios knew that the 100-meter race in the Dionia Games was half less than the shortest distance race in other sports meetings. If you don’t give your all at the beginning, you will not have a chance to win.

Silitios quickly waved his arms and his feet quickly moved forward alternately. The oncoming wind blew the skin on his face. From the corner of his eyes, he could see the hideous face of the contestant who was moving with him. The rapid breathing sound was like a sword constantly stabbing behind him, urging him to move forward even more vigorously...

Before he could reach halfway through the schedule, he felt so stuffy that his whole chest was as if a ball of fire was burning every piece of his lungs, making him unable to help but yell: "Ah!!!..."

In previous sports competitions, it was rare to see such a scene: all the contestants were roaring at the top of their lungs, and with this continuous roar, their speed became faster and faster...

Almost all the audience stood up by the excitement of this passionate scene, shouting and screaming. The sounds erupted from the arena resounded throughout Tuliyi City, making the people of Dionian who could not buy tickets outside the arena feel itchy.

Arix, who had been sitting behind the royal stands, suddenly rushed forward, clutching the railing with both hands, widened his eyes, staring at the contestants who were running hard with all their strength, as if they wanted to embodies their figures in their minds, and murmured to himself: "Great! Great! That's exactly what I want!"

Xenophon and Plato also showed a look of surprise: it was too fast! It was faster than the races they had seen in the past! As Davers said, the 100-meter race can fully demonstrate the players' full-strength sprint ability!

This display of human speed limit shocked the audience on the field, making them stare at the players who were sprinting without even blinking.

The audience suddenly exclaimed.

It turned out that when he was about to reach the finish line, Cilitios, who had exhausted all his strength, suddenly became weak. Under the push of huge inertia, his whole body fell forward to the ground while rushing to the front line.

The doctor who had been paying close attention to the situation on the field quickly rushed over and helped him up. After confirming that Cilitios had only some minor scratches and was not seriously injured, the referee on duty, Carlsidis walked over and raised his right hand to signal that the winner of the first round of the qualifiers was Cilitios.

Since there are no accurate timing tools in this era, it is impossible to accurately test the time required for each player to complete a hundred meters, and then decide the best firsts to compete in the finals based on their qualifier results. The only way to do this and ensure fairness is to only allow the winners of each round of qualifiers to enter the semi-finals or finals, because there is only one champion in the end, no runner-up and third place, which is in line with the tradition of sparse sports games.

When the other eliminated players walked towards the arena exit in dejectedly, the audience gave them warm applause and expressed their gratitude for their contributions to such a wonderful game.

Although Cilitios, who was walking at the end, was still covered in dust and had a few blood marks on his body, which made him look a little embarrassed, the audience gave him a warmer cheer: the young man from Crete won the recognition of the people of Dionia through this game.

When dusk came, the competition of the day finally ended. When many spectators around him were still discussing the opening ceremony and racing competition they had seen before, the messenger from Olympia was in a complicated mood. Although he was picky, he had to admit in his heart that both the opening ceremony and the subsequent racing competition made him feel novel and exciting. The Dionia Games did have a good start!

When many Dionia spectators walked out of the arena, they were surrounded by other familiar Turiyi people, asking about everything that happened in the arena, and these spectators were happy to share with them.

So, after nightfall, candlelight illuminates the entire city of Turiyi, the restaurants and taverns are crowded with guests. They drink wine and eat delicious food, talk endlessly about interesting things that happened in the main arena of Hattis, and laughter everywhere.

Such a lively scene also happened in the Dionian royal family.

Davers held a family banquet at his residence on the hill to celebrate the successful opening ceremony of the Dionia Games, but what everyone talked about most at the banquet was the sensible performance of the two grandchildren, Christod and Enon.

Faced with the endless praise from their family, the two teenagers were so shy that they wanted to escape from the banquet.

At this moment, the palace chief Ribazo quietly entered the restaurant, came to Davers, who was sitting in the main seat, and whispered a few words.

Davers smiled unchanged, but stood up.
Chapter completed!