
Once he was done doing his business, he went back around to the Arena to confirm that he, Leo and Garfiel or Tiger would be in the same team. He had assigned the slaves to do some things, he had also made the previous merchants his puppets and run the shop while spreading the slaves to other locations.
Once he went to the arena, it was unexpected that there were quite a number of fighters who were there. It seems they are trying to find a team in order to achieve second position. However, Rigel was aware of a certain oddity. He saw two people who seemed to be team leaders who had reached the maximum limit of the teams shaking hands with each other.
Hmm, one team should only be able to accommodate at most 5 people. Something must have changed, I didn't realize.
Instead of being silent and not knowing anything, it is better to go around and ask people who can be asked for information. A moment hebdak walked, a black hooded man covering his face accidentally nudged Rigel on the shoulder.
"I'm sorry, sir."
Leaving an apology for himself, the man went away from the crowd. His voice was certainly foreign to him, but the strange feeling when touching him made it uncomfortable. Well, whoever it is, as long as he doesn't harass Rigel then it's okay and he doesn't care.
He continued on his way and headed towards the counter where the beautiful green-haired girl who was the employee of this arena was. In view of the many fighters who tease him, it is clear that he is popular in this place.
"Excuse me, can I ask you a few things."
The girl who initially seemed bored and tired of her work began to be enlightened, once she saw the fighter she had just seen.
"Ah, yes. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"I wanted to ask you a few things about the peculiarities I noticed... First, I saw two team leaders who had the maximum number of looks to work together. Do you know what that means?"
The girl just smiled gently, she knew what Rigel meant.
"Ahh~, are you a new fighter? I just saw you this time."
"Yes, I heard from my friend that this place is a good place to find money and good equipment."
Surely he made a false goal that everyone could have guessed. In view of the girl's reaction, it seemed to have become an open secret about the two team leaders working together.
"Oh, I understand. It's only natural that you don't know... I'll explain. The thing you've seen before about two teams working together has become a common secret among fighters. Before a one-on-one match, there would be a Battle Royal match, where only 25 out of 100 teams could take the Fight To End."
"so. So there is a sort of selection for the fighters before getting into the main stage and only those in the top 25 can stand on the main stage. I understand that, but for what purpose do they form a coalition?"
"you have vast knowledge huh," The girl slightly praised, looking amazed at the masked person who instantly obtained the essence of the explanation with a single explanation from her. Putting aside the admiration, he began to continue.
"The goal of the coalition is to join forces to destroy other teams, in order to grab one of the 25 available slots. If one team with 5 people coalition with another, it will make their number 10 people, which increases the chance to win 2 seats from 25. The more team coalitions formed the greater the chance of winning a seat."
Rigel clearly understood the meaning, such a plan was indeed very ingenious. With 10 team mates working together to take down other teams while defending their team can increase their chances of winning a seat and reduce the opponent to be dropped.
If there are 5 teams of 5 people in coalition, then they will look like a union that wants to do a raid. It is not easy to beat 25 people. He was really amazed at the first person who thought of such a clever cunning trick like this. If there were 25 teams forming a group and knocking out the others, there would naturally be no chance for the others to win. The choice is to take down one of the groups from the coalition and survive until the end.
"In addition, the fight this time will be very special and much different from the usual fight. On the orders of the landlords, this time there will be 50 teams of 250 teams going to fight."
Rigel had never heard of this, not even Moris said anything about this kind of thing.
"Isn't that too much? On what basis does the landlord add seats and the maximum limit of the registrant?"
"Of course because of the three main prizes that are very attractive to all fighters throughout the country. The three main prizes were the ancient atifak of the Book of Knowledge, the Dwarven Slave and the magic sword made by the God Hephaestus, the God Sword."
Ancient Atifacts, things that have been so rare to hear or see, which shows that their rarity is not play. Dwarf, a god-made magic sword and an encyclopedia book. Of course he was interested in two gifts that were just heard, especially the book Science mentioned. Let's call it an encyclopedia.
The encyclopedia may have a note about the divination stone or something that has been a puzzle stored in his head. However, Rigel did not know the extent of the knowledge contained in the book.
"Ancient Artifact, Book of Knowledge? It's the first time I've heard that, what's so special about her that so many people want to have her?"
"As the name suggests, the ancient Artifacts. Objects that have powers beyond human reason are created by the gods to help maintain the existence of Man and survive during the war Ragnarok hangs will come. The book of Knowledge is a masterpiece that was once made by God craftsmen to help humans. That said, the book contained records of everything that existed in this world, martial arts, magic, medicine or even immortality."
But of course not a few people are looking for immortality, because the greatest fear of man is death.
The encyclopedia seems like a world notebook that has all the information that the world absorbs. It would be a lie to say that I am not interested at all, that my greatest interest right now is in the book. It wouldn't be surprising if Lucifer was also interested and sent his pillar here.
"Are you also interested in the Artifact? Unfortunately it will not be easy to get it because there is an absolute winner who will be number 1 in the fight."
A hoho? His decision to come here is not wrong. The proof is that he got so much information from this girl.
"Absolute winner? Who's that?"
"Demon Pillar, Marionette. It may sound terrible that the figure who will be the enemy of mankind will fight, but you do not need to worry. The landlord had made a contract to him that he would not kill humans in the arena."
So it was true that the Demon Pillar was really here. If so, it was impossible that he would not reveal his identity without the plan and stage he was preparing for.
"So, even if I'm interested in the grand prize, it'll just be a wish." Rigel made himself seem disappointed and made the girl agree with his sigh.
"Well, you're not wrong. With the Demon Pillar, he would definitely snatch away all the top prizes since he would be invincible. I myself was worried that some things would happen because there would be no one to help if the Demon Pillar went berserk. Another case if there is a Hero who happens to be in disguise or whatever."
His words did not have any max as he had guessed that the person in front of him was a Hero. It seemed that those words were purely from his immediate expectations and calmed down by assuming that there might be a Hero hiding.
"Well, it's possible that he actually exists and hides among us. Lose so, thanks for the information, I'm stepping down."
"Yes. I pray for your safety in battle."
"Well, I almost forgot. I'll form a team with the names Leo, Tiger and Matsu. Can you take care of it?"
"Yes, then it will be done soon. If I may ask, is your name Matsu?"
"Yes, is there a need?"
"No, I'm just curious about the mask that covers your face."
Could it be that he thought that behind his mask was the face of a Hero or something? Well, Rigel can't blame him.
"Well, I have a really nasty burn to look at, so sorry I didn't want to show it."
"Ahh, I understand. Sorry to ask, then I'll register the name you mentioned to the team."
After completing the team registration, Rigel goes back down the road until he finds Moris and Leo who seem to have been looking for him.
"Matsu, I've been looking for you everywhere, thank God we can meet."
Moris and Leo lead Rigel to the inn they rented for a few days. They discussed some things about Rigel that made Tiger his team and about other teams behind the scenes. Rigel tells Tiger that he has Garfiel's real name and was Leo's friend when he was a slave.
"Thank God... Thank goodness she and Theresia are still alive." Leo began to cry happily and expressed his utmost gratitude.
Discussion continued, Rigel did not intend to divulge his plans to anyone, especially Moris, who could not be trusted by Rigel. His own plan, that was what he emphasized.
"It looks like you're doing things like finding information, yeah. As expected of Mr. Rigel."
"This place is something foreign to me, so it is necessary to find information to get to know this place better. Well, maybe I'll be around for some time, so there's no need to worry about me. For now, I'm going back to the Region to see things."
Leaving behind those words, Rigel left Leo and Moris at the inn and headed for the Region. He certainly had a lot going on, especially about the news Ainsworth was spreading about him looking for slaves.