Alien world

Chapter 1471 105. Protecting the Principality

It was evening and there was still an hour before the promotion match started.

Evelyn led the reporters into the venue early to find the best shooting angle, and there were three-color ghosts floating in the air for filming.

Afterwards, the audience who had purchased tickets entered the arena one after another.

At the top of the hour, the moon rose into the night sky and the qualifying round officially began.

"Welcome to the promotion competition of "Everyone Singer"!"

"Ahhhhhhhh~"

Peterson's increasingly stylish voice caused the audience to scream.

"Are you ready?" He tilted his head and listened to the audience.

"Ready!"

"Let us invite... the five supreme judges to come on stage!!!"

"Are you ready?"

Off the court, Annan was also whispering to Olmedo.

"A batch of finished products has been produced."

"Okay, we'll start shipping the goods right after this game is over!"

"Let us first invite - Faro Barros!"

Peterson's shout interrupted Annan, who took the trouble to introduce the five judges again. The difference was that this time, the five people's appearances were accompanied by special effects.

A crown appears on Faro's head, he holds a scepter in his hand, he wears a golden cloak, and there is a red carpet under his feet, highlighting his identity as the King of the North.
Behind the Siren leader, there appeared a vast ocean and a looming deep-sea city.

Behind the Skeleton King is a desolate land with countless undead armies emerging from the ground;
A scarlet blood moon rose behind the Scarlet Queen.

Finally, a lady of wealth glittering in gold appeared behind Annan, with a gentle look on her face, holding Annan in her arms.

Annan originally wanted a throne made of skulls, but the people in the church said that the goddess would strengthen his identity as the Son of God.

The followers of Madam Fortune are all rich people. If Annan can please them, he won't have to work so hard to collect arcane energy cores.

Only Tina, who was hiding behind the judges' seats and casting spells continuously, was so tired that she stuck out her tongue, without a trace of a smile on her face.

The appearance of the five judges brought the atmosphere of the arena to a climax, and then it reached its peak: outside the arena, mages standing in a row released arcane missiles into the sky, elite mages released fireballs, and several great mages joined forces to shoot colorful ring-shaped magical lights into the air, forming a grand fireworks show.

Annan has not yet developed the technique to make fireworks with magic gunpowder, nor is there any need to develop it - the wizards' magic is more diverse than fireworks, and they can make any color or pattern they want.

The first contestant to appear was Lauren Cake, who ultimately ranked 86th in the elimination round—not a high ranking, but as a pure-blooded human, he achieved this result entirely through his outstanding personal abilities.

With the help of the musician, Lauren Cake was even more powerful. Her magnetic voice and handsome appearance made countless noble ladies in Silver City clamp their legs under their skirts.

At this moment, they even felt that Lauren's charm surpassed Annan's, and that this was the temperament that a man should have.

Annan's idea of ​​providing a band for the contestants was undoubtedly a genius one, which raised the viewing experience of the talent show to several levels. Even ordinary people who originally could not appreciate it but came here to join in the fun were attracted.

There were no popular contestants on the first day of the competition, but the venue was still packed. It was a pity that it was impossible to calculate the ratings.

However, judging from the skyrocketing sales in various commercial streets and the number of tickets sold on the first day, the number of viewers will not be less than 10 million.

How many viewers can those artists next door who think they are so elegant get? A million? Almost impossible. A hundred thousand is too little...

……

"Only three hundred thousand?"

Sir Turkinson flipped through the statistics sent by his men, and the numbers on the "All People's Singer" next to it stood out. "It's already a lot, which means that everyone in the art capital is paying attention to the competition."

“But Liberty City has 30 art capitals in terms of attention.”

Bean comforted him: "This is not our strong point, is it?"

Sir Turkinson did not respond, but picked up the Philosopher's Stone beside him and said, "Let's see how Annan's official program is better than ours."

Two hours later, Sir Turkinson breathed a sigh of relief.

"Nothing compares to them...except that our singers are better in technique..."

Sir John Turkinson's tone was bitter, not with reluctance, but more with helplessness and discouragement.

Using music to tell stories... this was their specialty, so why didn't anyone think of it? Instead, a group of outsiders first used it in the competition.

"If we borrow from this again, it will cause controversy."

"Don't worry about what other people think. If they can do it, why can't we?"

Sir John Turkinson's idea is simple: to do whatever it takes to improve the performance of "The Singer's Contest", even if it means getting a bad reputation.

But there must be an excuse to explain to outsiders...just say that the musicians had already rehearsed on the first day.

……

The next day, the second round of the promotional round arrived as scheduled, continuing the popularity of yesterday. The Silver Dragon that appeared on this day even created an outrageous data of "more than 300 million votes within one hour of its appearance."

After listening to the performance, Annan thought that this was what she deserved, and even felt that this silver dragon might pose a threat to the saint.

That night, after the competition, Annan learned that the City of Arts had copied the soundtrack as well, and he also watched the performance.

I have to say that the City of Art is worthy of its name. The contestants who appeared on "The People's Singer" are definitely the favorites to win the championship, and the music is just right.

There are more people who like it, but there is also a lot of discussion. Those who like "Everyone Singer" attack "Singer Contest" for plagiarism, and those who like "Singer Contest" counterattack "Everyone Singer" for making high art a mess.

There were two opera lovers between the two groups who watched both competitions.

The Arts Hall defended this by saying, "This is how competitions work. Everyone is singing and using musical instruments, so there is no telling who copied whom. The use of musical instruments in opera can be traced back to the Elven calendar."

But no matter what, who wouldn't know what's going on?

Glancing at the information Evelin handed over, Annan said as expected: "I guess they will copy it."

"Oh, and here's a little tidbit."

Evelyn said that the people of the Principality knew about the rat people, and they were very uneasy. Those with property were selling their property, and those without property were robbing their neighbors' property. The destination they chose to take refuge was the Free City. "

"I don't even know when the newspaper switched to become an intelligence department?" Annan was surprised.

"I asked Evelyn to help. After all, they hired so many bards, who are the best intelligence agents," Olmedo said.

Moreover, one person holds multiple positions, which is in line with the tradition of Liberty City.

"We have to stabilize the principality."

Annan thought for a moment and said, "Let Luo Xi take Hellfire to the Principality for a tour."

Olmedo groaned, "The Hellfire Legion is probably no match for millions of ratmen."

"I know, so sending the Hellfires is just to make the Principality people think they are being protected."

(End of this chapter)