I really can't control myself.

Chapter 1148 Preliminaries
Of course, the money was "borrowed" very smoothly, and of course I went shopping.Yalan and Wendy are the happiest people shopping here. They are shopping while eating. They are very happy.Of course, Yalan bought a lot of things today, but it wasn't clothes or accessories. The most bought ones were flowers.

The city of Crocas is known as the capital of flowers, and it is indeed very prosperous in this respect.There are the most flower shops in the whole city, and the flower business is very prosperous.This really made Yalan very happy, because Yalan who often stays in the palace and has nothing to do has developed a lot of hobbies in this area, such as handicrafts, embroidery, tea art, and gardening.

Yes, Yalan has raised a lot of flowers, and she is still engaged in breeding and other things. Then this place is really friendly to her. There are varieties in this world that don’t exist there. Encountering such a scene, Yalan naturally threw away her arms and bought, not only finished products, but also bought a lot of flower seeds and balls, and prepared to plant them in the palace after returning home.

The good news is that these flower species can also be stuffed into space rings, so they can indeed be brought back.It's just that there are so many useless flower seeds, Linton is also a little speechless, but seeing Yalan having a good time shopping, Linton certainly has nothing to say.

After shopping for a day, soon, the game notification over there also came.That's right, Linton's team successfully passed the audit. Although there are obviously a lot of problems, the audit really passed. It is estimated that it is as Linton expected. The Magic Council also wants to see Linton. What exactly do they want to do, and they obviously don't want to fight Linton and the others directly without knowing anything. After all, this place is the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore. Even if they really want to fight, it must be well planned. Just a moment, so it's okay to hold them temporarily.

The same designated hotel was also sent to them. A place called Gaoqiu Hotel even sent a map showing the location very intimately.After shopping around for a long time, Yalan and Wendy were a little tired, but they got along very well. In other words, Yalan's natural affinity is really strong. Can show a lot of kindness.

Soon, several people also came to this hotel.The entire hotel was empty. Linton originally thought that this was the hotel designated for the competition, and it was estimated that there would be many players participating in the competition, but there was no one there.I asked the boss, this hotel has only one team of participants, which is equivalent to renting out the hotel, and I don't know if the members of the Magic Council specially arranged for them because they were worried about some problems.

"President, what's the matter with that person?" Back at the hotel, Gajeel couldn't help asking Linton while Mrs. Jere was away.

"What's the problem?" Linton asked. "What's the matter?"

"That guy, is it really that Zeref?" Gajeel asked, "Although I think it's impossible, but the smell on his body and the magic power he exudes are really very evil."

"Hmm...is it weird that I shake Jeff out?" Linton asked.

"Huh? Is it true? That's Zeref, the strongest and most evil black mage in history..." Gajeel said.

"Who sealed it, because it doesn't give me face?" Linton said, "Don't Jeref dare to admit it in front of me? Those statements of the Magic Council are bluffing, you don't really believe it, do you?" .”

"But...Jerf isn't..." Gajeel was a little anxious to say something, but he didn't seem to know how to organize the words.To be honest, he still hasn't figured out how their guild is related to Jeref, what is the relationship between Linton and Jeref, and he is not even completely sure whether this Jeref is real.There are really a lot of questions, but Gajeel doesn't know where to start.

"Why do you think so much? You are just a handyman." Linton said.

"I'm not a handyman, bastard!" Gajeel roared.

"Phew, I'm done washing." Just as he was talking, Yalan over there, who had changed into a suit, came out holding the flushed Wendy. Yes, the two of them probably went to take a bath together before. Tee has been used by Yalan as a hand-held pillow to play with, even taking a bath together.Seeing Linton, Yalan smiled and said, "The bath here is very nice, you should go take a bath too."

"There's no time, it's almost 12 o'clock." Linton said, looking at the clock next to him.

"12 o'clock? Is there anything else?" Yalan asked.

"It's game time," Linton said.

"Huh? The competition said that you should check in before 12 o'clock. It's impossible to start the competition suddenly in the middle of the night." Yalan asked.

"He really started the game in the middle of the night." Linton said, "The preliminaries started at 12 o'clock."

"Then... why didn't you tell me earlier, I'll go change my clothes." Yalan said angrily for no reason.

"Huh?" Linton didn't know what he said wrong, and why he had to change clothes. Yalan was not wearing pajamas.

"The game starts at 12 o'clock, how do you know?" Gajiro asked next to him. It is true that the tournament party never mentioned the information about the game starting at 12 o'clock. Check in before 12 o'clock, and don't leave the hotel, I thought it was a similar check-in process.

Why did Linton know, of course it was because he had read the script, but he still waved his hand: "Not to mention, Mr. Brown of the competition committee and I are close buddies, otherwise how did the money for shopping in the afternoon come from? Of course That's what he told me too."

"Is it really okay if we cheat like this?" Gajeel said.

"Who cheated? I use my contacts to inquire about the news, and other groups can also inquire about it." Linton said.

"You stole it outright." Gajeel said.

"It's nonsense. Didn't you see how happy Brown was smiling?" Linton said.

"He's almost crying because of you, you have to ask him to smile for you..." Gajiru wanted to continue, but he stopped talking when he saw Linton's raised right hand.

Not long after, Yalan, who had gone to change clothes before, came back.Linton looked at it, and there was another new set of clothes, which looked a bit like a magician's robe, more like the kind worn by adventurers.Of course, good-looking is good-looking. Linton is a bit confused about how many sets of clothes Yalan prepared. After coming here for less than a day, I changed a few sets. They are divided into shopping, eating, and after bathing. Are there so many kinds for leisure time and competition?During the preparation time of the past few days, Yalan has been choosing clothes?Why is she so obsessed with this aspect? How many sets of clothes are there in her interspatial ring?

"How is it?" Yalan asked.

Although the question was endless, Linton immediately knew that the other party was asking about the clothes, so he didn't have much to say, so he just liked it: "My wife is so beautiful!"

"Yeah." Yalan was really satisfied with Linton's answer, and Linton still understood that when you praise people, don't praise clothes.

In any case, judging from Yalan's prepared performance, she is still very much looking forward to this game. It seems that she has been bored in the palace for a long time.That's nothing to say, as long as she is satisfied.

In short, I waited for a while, and soon it was 12 o'clock in the evening. The clock in the hotel was always ringing, and at the same time, there was a burst of huge fireworks outside.

With a "bang", several fireworks exploded in the air, as if to remind everyone that the time is up.At the same time, a fantastic light suddenly appeared in the sky.Linton and the others walked to the balcony next to them and looked up into the air. A huge phantom appeared in the air, and quickly condensed into a giant puppet in the shape of a big-headed pumpkin doll.

"Members of the guild who came to participate in the Damo Dou performance, everyone!" Soon, the giant pumpkin doll began to speak, the voice was not too loud, but it could be heard by everyone inexplicably, and it must have been used what magic.

"The next thing that will be done is to reduce the 113 qualifier teams to 8 teams, the knockout round." The pumpkin puppet said, "The number of guilds participating in the competition has increased every year in recent years, and this year there are 113 guilds participating, so In order to make the competition more intense, this year's competition will add qualifiers, only 8 teams can enter the next round of the main competition, although it is a bit sudden, but there is no way, please understand."

"There are only 8 teams." Yalan was a little worried when he heard this, "Can we enter?"

"Uh... It's definitely possible. If you can't enter, I'll hang Gajeel at the gate of the city for a month." Linton said.

"Why me!" Gajeel shouted.

"Then, let's announce the rules of the competition!" At this time, the voice of the pumpkin puppet outside interrupted the conversation of several people. After hearing the rules, several people still fell silent, and continued to listen to it, "The rules are very simple, that is... …Run to the main venue, the Dome. Bura Bird.”

Accompanied by its sound, the inn where Linton and the others were staying suddenly vibrated.Linton and the others looked down, and there seemed to be some mechanical mechanism under the hotel, which directly lifted the entire hotel and lifted it into the air.At the same time, a staircase floating out of thin air suddenly appeared in the sky, and at the end of the staircase, a huge ball-shaped thing just appeared in the sky out of thin air.

"I believe you have also seen that you can reach the venue through this huge maze in the sky." The pumpkin puppet here pointed to the ball in the sky and said, it seems that this is the giant maze of the venue for the preliminaries, "Be careful The most important thing is that when you arrive at the venue, you must keep five people in the team in order to pass, and the top eight teams that arrive first will be able to advance, and now...the competition begins!"

(End of this chapter)