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Chapter 1950 The Pitfall Craze

"Ultimately, if Asgard can't participate, or even gets eliminated in the first round, it will be a thorn in the side and a thorn in the back for the other kingdoms."

"How to say?"

"Think about it, this kind of world-class competition is undoubtedly a place to showcase strength and exchange techniques, right?"

"Yes."

"Everyone is definitely hoping that the great powers will reveal their secrets. Asgard, which has just acquired a large number of dwarves, comes from the Age of Gods, has an army of heroic spirits with an average level of LV120, and has multiple sun chariots, let alone being eliminated in the first round, didn't even participate in the competition. Is that reasonable?"

"outrageous!"

"A kingdom with so many formidable trump cards doesn't participate in competitions that showcase its national strength, exchange technologies, and uphold its love of peace. Instead, it hides its weaknesses—and does that in a very low-level way. Do you think other kingdoms shouldn't be afraid?"

"Of course I'm scared! I'm absolutely terrified!"

Blazer and Greenland, like comedians performing a comedy routine, immediately concluded that the Olympiad committee would definitely allow Asgard to participate, and now it was their turn to worry.

"Then I'm not in a hurry." Blaze leaned leisurely against the stone steps, lying lazily and decadently on his side.

"You'd better hurry up. The committee might give you a break on the qualification, but they certainly won't go easy on you on the participants. After all, as long as you participate, everyone can roughly estimate the power of Asgard."

"At that point, being eliminated in the first round of other Asgard tournaments won't be terrible, it will be embarrassing."

Greenland's words immediately made Blaise, who had just collapsed, sit up straight again with a serious expression.

"That's right! I remember some competitions involve multiple participants. Two or three people are fine, but if there are more than ten people, it's going to be a disaster!"

"This is the help I can offer you." Greenland rested his chin on his hand and tilted his head as he spoke. "Where we live, whenever there's a big event like this—I mean a relatively peaceful one, not like the recent deadly Cloud Sea Beast Defense Line event—it always sparks a trend."

"It's called the 'entry craze'."

“Oh, I’ve heard of that.” Blaze nodded. The term sounded rather strange, but it actually referred to the time when a large number of novice strangers would appear.

Even newcomers to a foreign land are not immune to the weakness and poverty of the novice stage. Therefore, the best time for novice newcomers to level up and become stronger is during various small events and large-scale team activities.

"I can help you spread the word and get a lot of strangers born in Asgard. Then you can recruit more strangers, like those who are currently building their lord cities. That way, you won't have to worry about being eliminated in the first round of the Olympia tournament."

"I'll find a few expert strategists to help us out, and even making it into the top 32 isn't out of the question."

“Greenland!” Blaze grasped Greenland’s cat paw with deep emotion. “We were rivals in the Olympia tournament, yet you’ve helped me so much!”

"What's the point of winning if you don't defeat the strongest opponent!" Greenland responded passionately to Blaze's emotion, spouting nonsense without hesitation.

In a serious competition, she would be happy if her strongest opponent was eliminated because they were not eligible to participate. But Blaze is different. Blaze in the competition is the strongest, yet not the strongest. It is an excellent opportunity to defeat Blaze.

Friends are friends, and the desire to win is the desire to win. Besides, she didn't harm Blaze at all; she did her best to help Blaze from beginning to end!

Blazer looked at the enthusiastic Greenlanders and nodded seriously. "Hmm, this guy definitely has ulterior motives. This friendly mutual assistance will surely continue until the round of 32."

Thinking about it this way, it seems that Greenland wants to compete with him on a stage where the outcome isn't decided directly by combat strength, but where it definitely requires all-out effort, and win.

He was wondering when Greenland, such a belligerent fellow, would challenge him to a duel, and it turned out he was just waiting for him here.

Actually, this is for the best. To be honest, he really wanted to compete with Greenland, but his tactics were just... If he didn't use them, he wouldn't go all out. If he did, it would easily turn into a bloodthirsty state in the end, which could easily hurt feelings.

This stage is actually quite suitable.

"Therefore, the two or three months before the start of the Olympiad are very important, and we must make the most of them."

"Understood." Blazer nodded seriously.

What followed was much simpler. After Blaze and Greenland spent some time lounging around, bragging to each other, Greenland then took Blaze on a tour of her prized guild.

Although Blaze helped build the guild and even helped defend it, it has changed drastically since I last visited.

Because of the lack of development and control, the dense forests, after a certain degree of exploitation, have become natural barriers. The walls that divide the streets, residential areas, commercial areas, and hospitality areas each form their own distinct area, as well as refugee areas specifically for the homeless.

Greenland is also quite helpless regarding the refugee camp. It's one thing to help people in distress, but to go so far as to carry out such an extravagant charity as taking in refugees is simply not something they would do.

This was built spontaneously by believers, and it holds special significance for them.

They followed their faith after Adam's revelation, only to be abandoned by him. Believing themselves to be the unchosen ones, they were picked up by the players and placed here. It was here that they found their true, original selves.

They called this place the place where everything started anew.

So believers recruit refugees from all over the world, bringing those whose homes have been destroyed or who have lost the will to live because of unfortunate experiences to this place, giving them hot soup and blankets so that they can start anew.

Up to this point, things were still quite heartwarming. I had received an umbrella in the heavy rain, so I handed it to someone else. But what happened next was somewhat terrifying, because the believers would, like brainwashing, fanatically preach the goodness of their doctrines.

In the end, it looked like believers were taking advantage of others' misfortune to expand their numbers. Fortunately, there was no mandatory membership process, so there was no problem with refusing.

However, they generally wouldn't refuse, since believing in this religion doesn't require any sacrifice. But from a certain perspective, it's like a free offer upfront, but by the time you realize it, you're already deeply trapped in some kind of snare.

Finally, after strolling around the [Somado] guild, it was time to pay my respects to Adam, whom I had been longing to see.

Having received so many benefits from the [Saint Longinus Imprint], I must thank the person involved.

While expressing gratitude, I also apologized, explaining that I've been too busy lately to help Adam find Nero's soul trial ritual. I promise to do my best to search once the Olympiad is over.

Blazer was satisfied as he listened to Adam's vicious curses through the coffin lid.

(End of this chapter)