Ch. 592 Jousting competition begins.

With the food service competition coming to a close it was now up to the guards to collect the money boxes from each of the booths in turn so that the amounts could be counted in the presence of Blaze and the other empresses, so a winner could be determined.

While the official counts were taking place the contestants continued to serve the remainder of the food they had to those that could not make it to a booth within the one hour time limit, and took the opportunity to sample each other's dishes. The meal coins they received after the contest was over could still be converted to prize money that acted as payment for the meals served, but would not be added to the official totals.

It was not like the contestants were slow in getting out meals, just that there were thousands of people who came out to watch the tournament and an event where they the crowd could participate was going to be popular to say the least.