Chapter 712: Chapter 712: The King’s Choice
Shen Mo responded with his usual unchanging reply: “Let me think about it.”
Bai Youwei could only glare at him, emphasizing: “Regardless, I will not surrender!”
He indeed couldn’t argue with her.
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Returning to the rest hall, the number of people had increased compared to before.
Originally there were 26 kings and 141 subjects, but now, Bai Youwei felt there was almost 200 people in the rest hall.
This was not hard to understand, as a large part of the subjects were previous kings who were weeded out during the preliminary rounds. Now the current kings would rather recruit their friends and family as subjects, rather than taking old rivals from the game.
In addition to the increased number of people, the number of Inspectors had also grown.
The Clown, the Ball, the Comic Guy, and the Old Man in the Grey Robe: four Inspectors stood in a line at the side of the rest hall. Behind them were large glowing squares, which were undoubtedly the entrances to the “Battlefield”.
The Rabbit-headed Gentleman was also there.
He stood directly in front of the four Inspectors, and politely said to the crowd:
“May the 23 Kings please lead your subjects to enter the battlefield.”
Bai Youwei tugged on Shen Mo’s hand: “Did you hear that? ’23 Kings’.”
At the end of the preliminary round, there were clearly 26.
The missing three probably died in the maze.
Shen Mo also looked towards the entrance and slowly said: “Entering the maze gives an advantage on Physical Ability, but also brings the risk of early elimination. It seems Du Lai and Fu Miaoxue made the right decision not to go into the maze. If the maze is open after every battle, we need to seriously consider it next time.”
“That’s right~Not every game requires Physical Ability.” Bai Youwei murmured, “Generally, two enhancements should be adequate to handle sudden circumstances. The rest that needs to be improved are not Physical Abilities, but agility, skills, and such. If we continuously challenge the maze just to increase Physical Ability, we’ll lose more than we gain.”
As they were speaking, the Kings started to enter the arena.
The Rabbit-headed Gentleman slowly and carefully repeated the rules:
“There are four battles to choose from, each requiring a corresponding amount of puzzle pieces as collateral.
If you win the game, the puzzle pieces used as collateral will be returned, and you will receive the opponent’s collateral pieces;
If you lose the game, your collateral puzzle pieces will be forfeited.
Battle 1 requires 1 puzzle piece as collateral, with no limit on the number of participants.
Battle 5 requires 5 puzzle pieces as collateral, with a limit of 5 participants.
Battle 10 requires 10 puzzle pieces as collateral, with a limit of 8 participants.
Battle 20 requires 20 puzzle pieces as collateral, with a minimum of 10 participants.
Please note, each battle can only be chosen once, and the final contest will be held after all four battles are completed.”
More and more people entered the glowing entrances.
Some chose the Clown, some chose the Comic Guy, and some chose the Ball.
No one entered the glowing square behind the Old Man in the Grey Robe. That was the entry to Battle 20.
Battle 20 required 20 puzzle pieces as a collateral and a participation of at least 10 players. Assuming each subject has 2 puzzle pieces, the King must contribute at least 40 puzzle pieces to this battle.
Out of the 23 Kings present, excluding Bai Youwei and Shen Mo, no one else could possibly produce that many puzzle pieces at once.
Even if there was such a person, it doesn’t make sense to take such a risk in the first battle.
Bai Youwei and Shen Mo waited, waited for all the Kings to enter the battlefield before confirming the number of players.
10 Kings chose “Battle 1”, 8 Kings chose “Battle 5”, 3 Kings chose “Battle 10”, leaving two Kings –
Her and him, chose “Battle 20”.