When Luke lined up to lift the stone pier to qualify for the competition, the Hercules Arena was already full of spectators. The rough style of Tedga Hill was completely released here. The spectators shouted loudly, and some barbarians

Beating its chest and roaring like a gorilla.

Even before the game started, the atmosphere of the game continued to rise.

The east stand of the arena has more decorations than other stands. There are stone pillars carved with totems under the stand, and there are beast sculptures symbolizing bravery above the stand. The area below the beast sculpture is a seat that can only be obtained by people with noble status. Most of them

They are all beautifully dressed barbarians, except for a group of humans sitting under the wolf statue.

Baron Sergei was sitting in the middle of this group of humans, showing his special status among the humans of the Tedga Hills.

Baron Sergei has fiery red hair, and part of his barbarian blood makes him tall and tall. His somewhat narrow cheeks make him look less strong than he actually is, and his wolf-like eyes scan every competitor in the field.

Pass.

Almost all the players waiting for the official competition to start in the arena are barbarians. This is the innate advantage of the race. Humans are much weaker than barbarians in terms of absolute strength. However, there are still human players in the arena, but they are more or less the same.

There is some savage blood.

Baron Sergey's attention quickly focused on several human players who had qualified for the competition. He also said to the people around him: "The Duke has allowed the establishment of a human brigade of urban militia, with me as the captain. I must let the human brigade be established as soon as possible."

Form a fighting force to win over the Duke to expand the size of the human army. These humans who are qualified to participate in the Hercules Competition will help improve the external image of the human brigade. After the game, you can communicate with them and try to get them all to join the city militia."

"Yes, sir. But strength is not a skill that humans are good at. If the Baron wants to improve the combat effectiveness of the human brigade as soon as possible, he should follow the example of the Imperial Army, increase the number of magicians accompanying the army, and equip the soldiers with more sophisticated armor and weapons."

At this time, the registration phase for the Strongman competition ends and the official competition begins.

It is estimated that there are 300 players who are qualified to participate in the official competition this time. They are crowded around the outer circle of the arena, waiting for the organizer of the competition to read their names and then go to the middle of the arena to compete with their opponents.

The competition method is very simple. The prop is a long metal pole similar to a seesaw. Two contestants stand on both ends of the pole. When one end of the pole rises, the other end will fall. The contestants do not use any skills or magic.

Next, use pure strength to lift your long pole to the specified height to win.

In the initial stage of the competition, five groups compete at the same time, and the schedule is very fast. When entering the final stage, it is changed to a single group competition, allowing the audience to enjoy the excitement of strongman wrestling.

Baron Sergei watched the game indifferently, seemingly not very interested in this primitive competition of strength. Regarding the suggestions from his close associates, he replied: "I also want to increase the number of magicians accompanying the army, and I also want to equip my soldiers with the best equipment.

Weapons, but these all require money. The finances of Tedega Hills are very tight now, and the Duke will not give me much money to arm a city militia brigade.

My money needs to be prepared for when the factory restrictions are lifted. Ordering the machine has already spent all my savings, but it is not enough.

I didn’t expect these iron lumps to be so expensive!”

"Although the machines are expensive to buy, when they are running, the production speed is dozens or hundreds of times that of an excellent craftsman. The money invested by the adults will be earned back soon. This time the human businessmen can seize the opportunity,

Everyone will be grateful to you, sir."

Speaking of factories, Sergey couldn't help but show a proud look: "Those barbarian nobles have been obstructing the lifting of factory restrictions. They only see the meager profits of small workshops, and even say that only pseudo-nobles will open factories.

But our Duke is no longer the Duke he was before. The war with the Empire made him completely sober. The Blade Bearing Brotherhood is not reliable, nor is the Temple of the Abyss. Only your own strength is reliable.

Facing a northern army composed of human beings, the barbarian army was forced to defend itself. If the Duke wants to defend Tedga Hills, he has to make changes and rely on us humans."

The human dignitaries on the other side couldn't help but sigh: "Although we humans had money in the past, we had no status. This time, the Duke came to us privately to discuss lifting the factory restrictions, and made an exception to recruit human soldiers. From now on, we humans will be able to fight in Ted

Join the hills and compete with the barbarians."

Another human dignitary echoed: "Yes! This is a rare opportunity for us humans in Tedga Hills. We must unite and assist Baron Sergey to form the human brigade of the city militia, and also

Build more factories and make more money.

I suggest that we organize a donation and call on the humans in the Holy Mountain to contribute, so that the Duke can see the powerful combat effectiveness of the human brigade."

Regarding the donation to the organization, the powerful human beings present expressed their support. They all know that they will have more money in the future, and if they want to keep the wealth in their hands, they must have an army in their hands.

Baron Sergey smiled with satisfaction.

At this time, a man dressed as a servant hurried over and whispered something in Baron Sergey's ear.

Baron Sergei had a look of surprise on his face: "Really? Where did she get so much money?"

"Sir, I don't know about this."

"Go down and continue sending people to find out the news."

"Yes, sir."

Followers leave.

Someone curiously asked Baron Sergey: "Sir, has something important happened?"

Sergey replied easily: "It's not a big deal. It's just that Mrs. Fekchik suddenly summoned all the merchants on the street at the same time and offered to buy the shops and workshops in their hands. I happen to have five shops in

That street."

Mrs. Fekchik is now very famous in the business district of Holy Mountain. She has been buying shops in the past two years and is already the second person with the most shops in Holy Mountain. Although the number of shops in her hands is still a little higher than that of Baron Sergei.

There is a gap, but I have to admit that the Fekchik family is really rich, and Fekchik is still a barbarian.

It's just that when Mrs. Fekchik bought a shop in the past, she would buy it from several shops after careful selection. She didn't expect that this time she would buy a whole street. You must know that some shops on a street are well-run and some are not well-run.

Is the current Mrs. Fekchik not averse to coldness and coldness, taking both good and bad?

With this reason, everyone started talking about Mrs. Feikochik. During this period, Mrs. Feikochik helped the human businessmen a lot. Originally, they were still thinking about how to sell the stores in their hands as soon as possible to get the funds back.

As a result, Mrs. Fekchik waved a lot of money and bought all their shops.

Now everyone is able to raise funds so smoothly to order the machines needed for the factory, and Mrs. Fekchik is indispensable.

Some people began to laugh at Mrs. Fikochik for being prodigal. After their factories were built and the handicraft workshops went bankrupt, they wondered what the expression of the barbarian businessman Feikochik would be like when he came back.

Although Sergey acted nonchalantly, he still had a little doubt and worry about Mrs. Fekchik's sudden and unusual behavior.

Mrs. Fekchik likes to buy shops, but she is not stupid. She still has a good eye for choosing shops. Today she wants to buy a whole strip of shops at once...Did she get some inside information?

Fekchik is a member of the Barbarian Stone Family, and the Stone Family is quite vocal in the Duke's Castle.

If the factory restrictions are not lifted for a day, there is a possibility of changes.

If the Celtic Duke cannot withstand the pressure of the old-school barbarians and continues to implement the factory restrictions, then human businessmen like himself will really be deceived and lose their money.

The more he thought about it, the less interested Baron Sergei was in watching the game. He was going to the Duke's Castle to meet with the Grand Duke of Celtic and strive to lift the factory restrictions as soon as possible.

But before Baron Sergei could stand up, all the human colleagues around him stood up and cheered loudly regardless of their status.

"Look! He won again! He entered the finals!"

"Let us cheer for our human Hercules! No human has ever made it to the finals here!"

"Awesome! I watched every game he played, and no barbarian was his opponent. He beat every barbarian within ten seconds."

"Does anyone know his name? After the game, I will definitely invite him to my house."

…

Amidst the cheers of the people around him, Baron Sergei, who had not been watching the game seriously from the beginning, finally knew what had happened.

A human actually defeated the barbarians continuously in the strongman competition and advanced all the way to the finals. This has never happened before. Even if the human strongman can pass the preliminary selection, he will be eliminated early.

Now, among a group of barbarians preparing to start the finals, there stood a human alone.

It's hard not to be the center of attention.

The entire human audience in the Hercules Arena was cheering for this fellow racer who entered the finals.

As the host of the competition read out the name of this human strongman, all the humans in the audience shouted in unison: "Hercule Luke! Hercule Luke!..."

Luke stood up and waved to the humans cheering for him, as well as the louder barbarians of the Stone family. Coconut was with the Stone barbarians. When she saw Luke entering the finals, she shouted excitedly

Big jump.

If you go further, you can win and challenge for the championship.

At the same time, Luke also noticed the group of humans under the wolf statue in the main stand. Their clothes showed that they had a higher status than ordinary people. In the main stand full of barbarians, they looked even more unique together.

Luke waved to them, and immediately received an even more enthusiastic response from the humans under the Wolf.

The strongman final begins.

Luke only needs to defeat two more opponents to win.

While waiting for the competition, a young barbarian walked up to Luke and stretched out his hand: "My name is Cato, from the Gravel Tribe of Mismu Mountain. I am very happy to participate with you in the Strongman Competition of the Holy Mountain."

……Humanity."

Luke shook hands with Cato the Barbarian in a friendly manner and noted his physical strength.

A very powerful barbarian.

Cato is about two meters tall, which is not considered tall among barbarians, but the muscles on Cato's body are very powerful, giving people the feeling of facing the pressure of the mountain. But Cato's clothes are very

It was very shabby, the hard cowhide armor was full of moth-eaten holes, and the linen lining inside was also in tatters.

He didn't wear any shoes. He tied a pair of open-toed boots with laces and hung them around his neck. He was probably afraid that he would exert force during the game and break his only pair of boots.

Luke said: "I have heard about the gravel tribe in Mismu Mountain. You have been collecting stones for generations. You are a tribe rich in strong men."

Cato was very happy to hear that the other party knew about his own small tribe: "Human, I really hope to invite you to Mismu Mountain as a guest, but we are too poor there. If I can win, I will get a bonus."

Can I treat you to dinner? I'd love to hear stories from outside... I forgot to mention that outside the arena, I heard your barbarian friend say that you are an adventurer.

You must have been to many places!”

Luke finally knew what the young savage wanted for him.

Barbarians do not have a strong sense of adventure, and many barbarians may never leave the mountainous areas where their tribes live. But there are exceptions to everything, and there are still many barbarians who are curious about the outside world and bravely go out.

Fekchik is one.

It seems the same is true for the barbarian named Cato.

Luke is very fond of the barbarian Cato. He is very shy, but in order to understand the outside world, he overcomes his psychological barriers and takes the initiative to talk to a strange human being. At the same time, he is also very polite and has a delicacy that most barbarians do not have.

"Of course." Luke agreed readily: "As a qualified adventurer, the first thing you must learn is to make friends. After the game, we will find a place to have a good drink, and I will tell you what the outside world is like.

It’s wonderful.”

Cato touched the back of his head and said somewhat naively: "Thank you, human being. When I get the winning prize, we will go have a drink."

Luke smiled and said, "Are you confident about winning the prize?"

Cato said firmly: "In order for me to come to the Holy Mountain to participate in the Strongman Competition, the tribe gave me all the money for travel expenses. I must get the winning prize and bring the money back to the tribe."

Luke did not expect that the barbarian Cato was still the hope of the whole village. He encouraged: "I believe you will definitely win..."

But before Luke could finish speaking, his name was read out by the host.

It was also specially emphasized: "The only human strongman in this field...Luke."

The entire human race once again set off a wave of cheers.

Then the host read out the name of Luke's opponent in this competition.

"A barbarian boy from the Gravel Tribe of Mismu Mountain... Cato."

Cato didn't expect that his first opponent in the finals would be Luke.

Luke was also surprised by this coincidence. He patted Cato on the shoulder: "I take back what I just said. Let's play!"
Chapter completed!