Chapter 118 The Competition

The competition was held as scheduled.

The venue was chosen to be in the Grand Arena of Leifil, the capital city of the Alpha Empire.

There were also several other special-level academies and high-level academies participating, and the number of students was quite large.

Since this competition, which was thought up on a whim, was the first of its kind, the competition system was relatively traditional. It was simply a one-on-one elimination tournament system.

However, due to the existence of knight mechas, each academy that trained mecha riders also dispatched mecha rider students to participate in the additional mecha rider competition. The knight mechas were provided by the Alpha Empire, and all of them were the most advanced standard third-rank knight

 mechas of the current era.

Sulian naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity and took the initiative to sign up for it.

However, compared to the traditional strength competition, he actually didn't have much confidence in the operation of the knight mecha. Although he had been researching it in recent years, he hadn't had much hands-on experience with it.

He admitted to himself!

He was no match for the specially trained ace mecha riders!

He just wanted to go up and have some fun and show his face as a member of the vampire race.

...

"Hmph! The long-awaited competition finally begins. Hugh, are you ready to become my defeated opponent!?" Tiffany of the demon race ran over and said at this moment.

After two months of getting along, Sulian had already discovered that this girl had a bit of a otaku complex.

In simple terms, she liked to claim that she was a very powerful person and talk to others by putting herself in that role. She would even assign an identity to others for even more bewildering conversations.

It was like a child saying that he or she was a hero who saved the world and then saying that another child was the Demon King and that he or she wanted to defeat him or her.

"Eve, someone is looking for you to fight," Sulian turned his head and said.

"Ah! Wait a minute, I'm not looking for Sister Eve. I'm looking for you!" Tiffany said in a hurry, startled.

Are you kidding me! She was only a Grand Magician of the sixth rank now. How could she compete against Nalin, a Grand Magician of the seventh rank!

"Then you want to bully me, a werewolf who is a Moonlight Warrior of the fifth rank?" Sulian asked with a faint smile.

In his current identity, he had to maintain an elegant and aloof demeanor at all times, but of course, he didn't need to be aloof when facing Tiffany.

"Because we are of the same age!" Tiffany said confidently!

"Eve, she's implying that you're old," Sulian turned his head and said again.

"Is that so, Sister Tiffany?" Nalin asked with a faint smile.

"I, I didn't! It was all Hugh who said that!" Tiffany quickly waved her hands.

She was actually a bit afraid of Nalin because she wasn't familiar with vampires and always thought that blood magic was something very terrifying. This was a normal thought for a girl, and there was nothing strange about it.

However, their relationship wasn't bad.

Since Tiffany was from the demon race, although she didn't publicly claim to be from the royal family, the news had somehow leaked out. So, apart from the boys, most of the girls were rather exclusive towards her. In this regard, she was far different from the fire elf Neve, and even Nalin was more 

popular among the girls than she was.

Then she herself felt that the boys who were willing to get close to her made her feel a bit uncomfortable. In simple terms, they were all those who were interested in her body.

So, naturally, she liked to be with Sulian, Nalin, and the others when she had nothing else to do.

As for why she didn't seek out Neve, it was because the attitude of the elven race towards the demon race wasn't very good.

They were long-lived races, and in terms of the continuation of hatred, they were even more long-lasting than humans, whose generations changed frequently. So, many things were still quite sensitive.

...

"You also signed up for the mecha competition?" Tiffany simply sat next to Sulian and asked.

The demon race uniformly referred to "knights" and "Darlita" as mechas.

Because in the three hundred years since the rise of this thing, they had completely lost touch with it. No one had exchanged technology with them.

They had secretly studied knight mechas, but due to limitations such as materials and technology, the overall level was extremely poor. It was said that the highest-rank mecha they had currently produced was only at the sixth rank.

That is to say, it might not even be as good as the military factory of Sulian and the others.

Because it was unknown whether the sixth-rank magic core was made by themselves, or whether they bought it or obtained it from somewhere else.

"I'm just going up to have some fun. I personally like machinery," Sulian said frankly.

"Is that thing really that good? Even the most top-level ninth-rank mecha can probably be taken apart by a powerful Dharma God or a War God, right?" Tiffany asked in confusion.

Under normal circumstances, powerful transcendent beings at the level of Dharma Gods and War Gods are not allowed to participate in wars. Attacks at the level of destroying the heavens and the earth are nothing but massacres for ordinary soldiers. So, if a ninth-rank mecha is really deployed, it wil

l naturally be an invincible existence on the battlefield," Sulian said.

In this world, there are rules that restrict the powerful.

These were rules jointly formulated by the major races in ancient times. Although they were occasionally broken in the following time, they could still be maintained for a long time.

There was no way around it; they had all learned painful lessons.

For example, a typical Dharma God might release powerful magic or even forbidden spells on a large city like the opponent's capital city. A large number of people would die at once, and then another large number would die again. By the time the powerful of both sides came to their senses, the popula

tion might be even less than that of livestock like cows and horses.

Therefore, the interference of Dharma Gods and War Gods in wars is considered a taboo.

Even if they do interfere, there are many restrictions.

Otherwise, violators will be sanctioned by the powerful of all races!

The highest enforcers among them include the Dragon King and the Demon Queen, and really no one dares to act recklessly.

...

"One of the main reasons why all races have been devoted to researching knight mechas is actually to better master the manufacturing technology of ninth-rank knight mechas. Because in this way, they can bypass the rules set by the most powerful beings and release transcendent existences on the battl

efield."

"Currently, the imperial forces are all those that control this technology, especially the goblin race, which mastered it the earliest."

"But the manufacturing conditions are harsh. Although it can change the pattern of war, it cannot gain an absolute advantage. In a one-on-one situation, it may not be able to win, but there is still a chance if they use a large quantity. Anyway, there are only so many ninth-rank mechas manufactured.

"

Sulian explained briefly.

This was indeed one of the reasons, but it couldn't be denied that the main reason was that they were truly blinded by the violent aesthetics of this thing.

Anyway, in terms of cost and time, it was indeed more practical than directly training magicians and combat qi warriors.

A third-rank knight mecha could be manufactured in just a few days at the fastest.

Could a magician or a warrior be trained in a few days?

Obviously not.

The cost might even be lower. So, why not manufacture knight mechas in large quantities?

"I see. It seems that we need to do more research on mechas. I feel like a complete country bumpkin and will definitely be laughed at," Tiffany nodded seriously.

You guys are already country bumpkins in this regard, okay?

"You guys are already country bumpkins in this regard, you know,"

A sudden voice almost directly said what Sulian was thinking in his heart!

This familiar voice was...

Sulian immediately turned his head to look and, as expected, it was a familiar person.

"Ugh! Who is it? I'll be really angry if you say that!" Tiffany also turned her head angrily.

"It's me, little demon," Xilili said with a smile.

The person who came was Xilili.

However, there was no magical halo in her eyes, so she probably didn't read Sulian's mind and say that. It seemed that it was also her own thought. And with her relatively innocent personality, there was a high possibility that she just said it directly.

"Uh... The witch? A Dharma God?" Tiffany was a bit dazed and didn't react for a moment.

"Yes, what were you just saying you wanted, little demon?" Xilili said with a smile.

"Ah? I, I didn't say anything just now!" Tiffany immediately argued.

She was also a bit scared inside. Could this be a witch who held grudges?

"Don't worry, Sister Xilili is just teasing you," Sulian said with a faint smile and helped to explain.

"Really?" Tiffany said.

"I'm not going to argue with a child," Xilili covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Good, that scared me," Tiffany patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.

Xilili also simply sat next to Nalin and looked at the arena stage where the opening ceremony was currently taking place, just like an ordinary audience.

...

"Why did you suddenly come here?" Sulian asked.

"Because I'm currently on a journey outside. Aunt Lena said there was something interesting here, so she asked me to come and take a look. It turned out to be quite interesting. There haven't been competitions with the participation of multiple races for many years," Xilili said with a bit of emotio

n.

"Oh? How long ago was the last competition with the participation of so many races?" Sulian asked curiously.

"I don't know much about it, but it was at least more than a thousand years ago. Especially your vampire race and the demon race. You've basically been in a state of invisibility for the past thousand years. All races have been busy with their own wars and didn't have the time to do something like t

his," Xilili said.

Things that happened more than a thousand years ago were indeed quite distant for this witch who was only over a hundred years old.

"Now that you've seen it, do you have any special feelings?" Sulian said with a smile.

"Um... To be honest, I probably have a lot of sighs. Clearly, we're all intelligent races in the same world, but we're fighting and killing each other every day. A peaceful competition like this is really rare. But it's a bit pretentious for me to say this as a witch," Xilili said truthfully.

Indeed, there was nothing wrong with what she said.

But with the witch race's previous record of having formed enmity with all races for the sake of their own magic research, they didn't really have the right to say such things.

It could only be regarded as an exclamation.

"Indeed, only the Alpha Empire, with its special geographical location, can hold such a competition at this time. It's really quite rare," Sulian also sighed.

This world was like this; the fighting and killing never stopped.

The conflicts kept on going, never pausing, and there was no way to make them stop.

Because no one could make everyone let go of their hatred and conflicts with each other, so it would just keep going on.

"By the way, are all of you going to participate?" Xilili asked.

"Yes," Sulian said.

"That's not bad. I can watch more then," Xilili said with a smile.

It was rare to have such an opportunity.