Haidu: Top of the Tower

Chapter 30
On the day of the sinking battle, Milady, who was sitting alone in the flight mechanism, was surprisingly calm.

In the nearby sky, there are one after another flight agencies that also depart from Haidu; they are filled with contestants, reporters, and some lucky spectators who have won the lottery, forming a fleet, passing through the sea of ​​clouds together, and slowly sailing towards the destination Land Rhapsody Island.

Amelia was right, this was indeed her biggest and surest opportunity yet.

Even if everyone is holding the flag under the same hand, as long as she seizes this opportunity, she can become the king on the chessboard.

Milady seems to have been preparing for this day since the day she was born: either gain everything or lose everything. When this day came, she was relieved.

Even the weather seems to have foreseen today's fight: it is obviously summer, but the island of Rhapsody is a cloudy gray sea, with a thick layer of solidified and entangled clouds above the head, as if pregnant with infinite desire to fall. Heavy rain.

The strong wind blowing back and forth on the island shattered the palm leaves and rolled up the long gray sand mist; a wild flower pouring down from the stone wall seemed to be huddled tightly, waiting for the cold wind to let go of its hands.

Milady stepped down to the ground, but the slight roar of the engine still echoed in her ears; she glanced up at the sky, and before she could ask, the staff beside her graciously explained: "Fantasy Island is small and suspended in mid-air. In the middle of the game, using the 'Remote Shadow Refraction' mechanism, you can see the entire island's game situation in your eyes, so the audience and reporters will stay in the middle of the sky to watch the game, not going down to the ground."

When he looked at Milady, it was as if he was seeing the legendary beast up close for the first time, amazed and cautious.

"Is Tea Rose up there watching the game?" she asked.

"The head of the Gaota family? I heard that he is here..."

Milady nodded. "Let's go."

He was right, the island of Rhapsody was indeed extremely small; from the port to the center of the island, even if they walked slowly, it only took two people half an hour.

It is indeed perfect for the trial family to send Amelia to negotiate.She doesn't seem to have any expression, and she can't feel the temperature. Even if she stands in the cold wind, she still wears a similar straight suit; it just looks a bit out of place with the sandy land and bushes.

"Welcome to all lucky players, enter the final sinking battle." Amelia said loudly, "Please stand on the ground marker with your name written on it."

Along the way, Milady saw no one except the staff, and only then did she realize that the other players were also led by the staff, and appeared one after another from among the trees.Each of them walked slowly into the glade from different directions on the path; their marks were spaced about three meters apart, forming a perfect circle with Amelia in the center.

When Luo Geng appeared opposite, Milady's heart trembled slightly.

Even if they were lovers, they probably wouldn't miss each other so much day and night like they did—at least Milady had imagined today's reunion countless times in the past few days.As soon as she met Luo Geng's eyes, she couldn't break free immediately, as if whoever tore it apart first would be torn off a large piece of skin.

The young man who was full of anger and sharp eyes when he just entered the competition was also tormented to become gloomy and gloomy. Even his hair color changed from a bright golden red to a dark, blood-like deep red.I don't know whether it was anxiety, worry or regret, which caused him to bite his lips dark red and stained in the past few days.He seemed to have only one thought left in his mind: how to suppress Milady immediately after the start of the game.

...then, let's try it.Milady lowered her eyes, looked at her hands, and thought.

She really hoped that Tea Rose could watch carefully, see with her own eyes how her son slipped into failure little by little, every struggle was just pitiful, and see his future being ruined on this island with her hands choking his windpipe .

From the woods on Milady's left, the malt fluttered like a hummingbird from among the leaves, as nimbly as if it had fallen from the wind.As the only one who had to beat the outer family player, she seemed a little at a loss. She looked back and forth at the crowd several times, as if she was testing and waiting.

The patriarch Mengsheng standing beside her was ashamed and ugly.The person he was trying to lure into a trap is now standing in the sinking battle; worried, he glanced to the side, as if to make sure that his family members are still there to be at ease, wishing that the young man could embrace him Like in the arm.

Yugan was a little strange.

Everyone's expressions were tense, but Yugan seemed to be possessed by a demon: her usual calm and calm expression was gone now, and her eyes were wide open looking at the surrounding forest, like a child full of surprise and novelty; What was so interesting that she forgot about the game in front of her, but Milady couldn't see it.

The last person to come out of the forest was Xiyado.

Although it had only been four days since he last saw him, something seemed to have changed in Siyado.

He originally lacked the warmth of human beings, but now the cold shell on his body seems to be thinner and about to shatter, and he will soon be unable to suppress the things underneath: it seems that there are faint rolling thunders in the clouds, calling People look like they will be stabbed.

The anger he suppressed was still so strong that the contestants standing on both sides of him were full of discomfort, and they each stepped back a little to the side.

...Did he already know?
Milady couldn't help raising one eyebrow.

"Let me explain to you the rules of this final battle." Amelia continued with the same opening statement, "As you can see, the entire Fantasy Island is the battlefield for the final battle.

"There are two conditions for the victory of the game. One is that at the end of the game, there is only one person left in the family; the other is that at least one person from the same family must be sunk. That is to say, the final winner should have at least two badges, one One’s own, one of the same as another person in the family. If any condition is not met, the family will automatically fail, and there will be no patriarch next year.

"Every hunter badge has a family mark on it. Taking away the hunter badge on someone's shoulder is tantamount to sinking the other person. However, within two hours of the game, no matter how many times the hunter badge changes hands, it doesn't matter. Judging criteria, only at the end of the game, the presence or absence of the badge says a lot about the status of the player."

As the only player in the family to qualify, Mai Ya must sink the two members of the outer family.

"The moment the horn sounds at the end of the game, the status of the badges on all the players is the final result of this competition. From the image of our 'Remote Shadow Refraction' mechanism, we can accurately determine the ownership of the badges. Please don't worry. Even if it is When the horn sounded, the two were fighting, and when the badge was snatched, the horn sounded over, so the badge snatched is still invalid, and it still belongs to the other person.”

Milady was taken aback. "fight?"

Amelia glanced at her. "Yes," she seemed to know what Milady wanted to ask, "this game does not limit the means of robbing, persuading, stealing, buying, defrauding...Of course you can also use force to rob."

Milady resisted the urge to frown.Even though the height difference between the two is not far, but in terms of physical strength and strength, can she stand up to Luo Geng?

Luo Geng, who was standing more than ten meters away from her, didn't have a trace of complacency on his face when he heard this, as if he had already entered an invisible dark storm ahead of time, and was waiting for Milady there.

The one who gave birth to worry like her was malt.

At first glance, Malt is the type that is difficult to take advantage of in hand-to-hand combat: she is light and small, like a hummingbird, and feels vulnerable to a single blow; hearing this, her arms are tightly hugged—it’s just her His eyes remained motionless, but the momentum of not hesitating to break the boat was more firm and clear than before.

When Milady was looking at her, Malt just turned her eyes away, and their eyes met.

Milady raised her hand and tapped the badge on her shoulder; Malt was a little confused, obviously not understanding.

"In addition, everyone has also seen that there are dozens of flying mechanisms hovering above our heads. They are not only viewing platforms, but also a way for us to provide supplies for the players." Amelia said flatly, "After the game starts, various mechanism materials will fall from the flight mechanism. The person who can grab it first will naturally have an advantage over the person who is one step behind. As you all know, among the materials dropped from the sky, there will also be An item submitted by everyone."

Before the start of the game, some staff came to collect things: each contestant can submit any item, and the committee will put it on the island after the start of the game; because there can only be one item, the "trick of fate" has to be ruled out .It needs a ring to activate, but when the contestants go to the island, they can't even have one more scrap of paper.

This setting also means that others have the opportunity to get their own things first.In this way, the thing handed in must be something that can be effective in one's own hands, but completely useless if it falls into the hands of others - Milady does not have anything that meets this requirement.

"Do you have any questions?" Amelia's words immediately tightened everyone's clockwork.The patriarch Mengsheng hurriedly asked: "After winning the badge, can I withdraw early?"

"No," Amelia replied, "otherwise it will be regarded as a waiver."

The corners of the eyebrows and the corners of the patriarch Mengsheng's eyes sank slightly.

"I have a question," Malt asked tightly, "Can I use things on the island as weapons before I get the mechanism?"

As she spoke, her eyes slowly moved over the bodies of several nearby patriarchs.

Malt's problem is not only a problem, but also a signal: she is telling other family patriarchs that she must win enough badges no matter what.

If it is easy to discuss and give her two goals, then naturally it is the best, but if not, when Mai Ya desperately tries to get it, she will not care about the collateral damage she caused in the process of winning the badge ——It was definitely not that Milady was thinking too much. Judging from the faces of those patriarchs, they had obviously received the same signal.

As long as she has the determination, that's fine.

"Of course." Amelia replied smoothly. "Any question?"

When everyone looked at each other quietly from the corner of their eyes, and no one spoke for a while, Xiyado suddenly raised his arm, and slowly stretched his index finger and middle finger into the air.His body is narrow and thin, his bones are thin and thin, and he looks like a young boy who has not yet grown up from a distance, and he looks like he would break if he breaks; but when he opened his mouth to speak, everyone's chest tightened.

With a bit of sarcasm, Xiyado's voice was cool and slow: "As long as I meet the conditions for winning, I can be the patriarch, right?"

Regarding this rule, Haidu people have been familiar with it for a long time, and it has been repeated several times in the game. Of course, there is no reason for him not to know.

Amelia looked at Siyado, her stagnant expression was wrinkled for the first time, and then disappeared in a flash.

"Of course." She nodded. "Any question?"

In silence, everyone knew what was about to happen.

"Now I declare, the game begins."

She didn't say the last word, Luo Geng and Milady had already rushed out at the same time.

The sound of the kick-off horn sounded from all directions, and it was continuous with the turbulence of the long wind. The flock of birds that were suddenly startled flew into the dark sky.

Just as Yugan took a step, his sight was attracted by the countless bird shadows covering the sky, and he stopped in his tracks.

Milady rushed past her just a short distance away, and then she was startled; Luo Geng almost chased after Milady, he was tall and long-legged, and when he ran, he seemed to be running. Can shorten the ground, even nearly grabs Milady's back several times - and if that wasn't bad enough, there's one more thing: he's not the only pursuer.

Siddou, who was supposed to get the badge from Yugan, had no intention of getting the badge at this moment, and stepped on the shadow cast by Milady with every step; looking at such a thin and small person, it seems like It can smash the air repeatedly, and the momentum when rushing is shocking.

Milady is like a bird, trying to find a way out in the strong wind between the cliffs, her footsteps are light and urgent, and she spins and dodges; but she does not run towards the forest beyond the contestant circle, but cuts half a circle , rushed straight to the place where the malt was.

At this time, Malt was half turning around, discussing something with the Changge patriarch a few meters away.

Huiji and Changge are the only two families with redundant "sinkable targets", and the only buyer is Malt. Logically speaking, this transaction should go smoothly.It's just that the patriarch of the meeting disappeared for some reason; the patriarch of Changge didn't seem to be very enthusiastic.

"Who else needs to—"

Malt's negotiation obviously didn't make much progress, so she raised her voice in a hurry, and in the middle of her speech as if trying to argue, Milady was already rushing towards the wind; she shouted "Hey!" When she turned around in surprise, a small black figure had been thrown straight into her arms.

Malt grabbed it in a hurry, and after a closer look, he was dumbfounded: it turned out to be Milady's hunter badge.

Milady hurriedly stopped beside her, stirring up a billow of sand and dust. Before she could react, she pushed on Mat's shoulder and yelled angrily at her: "Run!"

"W-how-"

Mai Ya was tongue-tied and just opened her head when she heard the sound of footsteps coming straight towards her. When she raised her head, she immediately understood everything.

Even if Milady hadn't communicated with her at all beforehand, she knew that Malt would definitely run away with her badge.

Malt was clever, and even though she knew that Milady was using her to temporarily divert her target, this was the first badge she got after all; and most importantly, having this badge in her hand basically meant that she had already obtained it. Two badges.

If she turned her head and handed Milady's badge to Luo Geng or Siyado, it would not do Mait any good; but if she took Milady's badge and ran away, it would be different.As long as she can guarantee that she won't be caught, then both Milady and Luo Geng will try their best to gather two other people's badges and exchange the one Miledy's badge with her.

Sure enough, as soon as she was pushed on her shoulder, Malt rushed out; she was not slow, and got into the forest in a few steps.

Milady turned around sharply, and met Luo Geng who was rushing towards her—she knew in her heart that even if she lost her badge now, it would not reduce Luo Geng's punching her in the stomach desire.

When the curly and flying figure with dark golden red hair quickly became clear in the field of vision, with all her strength, she kicked up the sandy soil and bushes, which made him subconsciously stop.

Before the clouds of dust in front of her dispersed, Milady turned around and ran; Mai Ya was agile, twisted and dashed through the forest a few times, and within such a short time, she had already disappeared.

What about Siyado?

He reacted very quickly, and unlike Luo Geng who would be blinded by anger, he would definitely catch up with Malt immediately, and he might have already entered the woods; Milady knew that she didn't have the luxury of stopping to look for him, so she glanced at him, He went straight to Yugan and rushed out.

Since he refuses to come out, force him to come out.

Yugan didn't know why he was in a trance all the time, he seemed to be a little slow in reacting to everything, seeing that Milady was about to pounce close, and the sound of Xiyado sounded from the forest not far away. Angrily shouted: "Yugan!"

The strange thing is, hearing the sound, he doesn't seem to be in the direction where the malt is leaving.

Yu Gan came back to his senses in a jerk.

However, at this moment, all the pursuit and evasion were suddenly interrupted——accompanied by a burst of spraying sound, black shadows fell from the flying mechanism in the air, and some were blown by the wind and drifted towards the direction of the sea , some fell heavily and straight into the woods; everyone including Milady raised their heads, and when they tried to see clearly the direction in which the materials fell, their feet stopped.

She just glanced at it, and the time to sink Xiyado had already passed.

Yugan was rescued by the falling supplies; without waiting for her cousin to shout again, she slid out from Milady's fingertips and went straight after the malt.

Milady cursed secretly, knowing that she could not stay in the open space for long.

Before Luo Geng could look away from the sky, she saw the right moment, and quickly dodged behind several players from the Quicksand, Hanxing and other families—they were obviously scared by the chasing battle that broke out at the start of the match. One jump, perhaps afraid of being affected, they were gathering together to retreat into the forest, but at this moment they were all stopped by the shadows falling from the sky - Milady sank into the forest without a sound under their cover. After a while, he finally escaped from Luo Geng's sight.

When passing by Patriarch Mengsheng, even though Milady repeatedly reminded herself that it was not the time to snatch his badge, she still glanced over his shoulder before continuing to run wildly.

It wasn't until she felt that she had gone deep into the jungle far away from the path, and she should be safe for the time being, that she gradually slowed down.

The patriarchs of those families are also shrewd, she gasped for breath.

As soon as the game started, they quickly grabbed all the badges in their hands, not only their own, but also those of their clansmen.Now if you want to grab the badges of other families, you have to find the patriarch; but their clansmen are closely protecting the patriarch, which undoubtedly makes the action more difficult.

Milady, who was covered in hot sweat just now, was sticking to her body like ice beads; she looked up at the sky that was heavy with dark clouds and large tracts of traps, and picked a direction that seemed to have fallen materials, while walking, paying full attention to it. Movements in bushes and woods.

Sure enough, she found a material, but unfortunately it was a metal cylinder filled with clean water.

If she doesn't get a combat mechanism before Luo Geng finds her, she can only continue to escape... Under the belly of the flight mechanism, it should be the most likely to find supplies; but there are at least dozens of them, far away. Spread out a large area near and far.If she can know which direction Luo Geng has gone, then she can go to the agency to feel at ease.

Milady raised her head, and saw a tall and large reef in the distance among the dense forest leaves.

The process of climbing up the reef little by little and crawling forward made her feel more like a big lizard than Siyado; fortunately, the suit was tough and not scratched.With great difficulty, she found a place where she could hold on to her stomach, and scanned around condescendingly.

The reason why this small island is named "Rhapsody" is also related to the terrain?

Although the island of Rhapsody is small, it includes almost all the terrain that can be found in the sea: deep and shallow, dense or sparse clumps of bushes, climbing over small hills, and bypassing large reefs; half of the island is high There are tall and short cliffs, and the other half is surrounded by white sandy beaches. Several artificially cleared trails pass through the green shade and stretch out to a flat piece of sandy land in the center of the island.In the northwest of the island is a small lake. The surface of the lake is gray and gray under a cloudy sky. When the wind blows, the water ripples and shadows rise and fall.

Looking down from the reef, it seemed that someone was moving under the dense shade tens of meters away, but it was unclear who it was and how many people there were.But at this time, the only contestants on the island who may be alone are the towers, the executioners, and the Fengjiao family who fight for badges and hatred; The direction quietly touched the past.

Sure enough, in front of them were three figures moving closely together under the shade of the trees.

Even though she was mentally prepared, Milady couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.Even if it was another family, with only two people qualifying, she might be able to snatch the badge under her unexpected ambush; but the other party is a family with three qualifying members, so the hope will be diminished all of a sudden.

She hid among the broad leaves and vegetation, watching the three people gradually approaching, but her heart suddenly moved.

The person walking in the front is the younger brother of the Huiji family; then the one walking in the middle, protected from the front and back, must be the head of the Huiji family.

A thought arose, hitting Milady's mind left and right; the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was feasible, she parted the grass and stood up, calling softly: "The patriarch of the session?"

(End of this chapter)