Chapter 45- The Boarding Tickets, Bananas, and Her Past
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As the regulars were watching the giant ship in amazement, five lighthouses appeared and flew in many directions.
A blue lighthouse emerged from the ship and flew to the middle of the plain as it floated in the air above the regulars.
"Hello regulars, thank you for coming to the Workshop battle! I am Uno, the one that will be hosting this year's Workshop battle, nice to meet you, my little guests!" An excited voice came out from the lighthouse. It was loud enough to be heard from all over the plain.
"As you can see yourself, our ship, Archimedes, is a legendary, majestic, and beautiful ship. Isn't it too cheap and disrespectful if such a legendary ship can be boarded by anyone?" The voice said with a powerful attraction.
Taken by his charming words and the situation, many of the regulars couldn't help but to nod at the host's words. They felt that it was only natural that a standard must be upheld to separate the worthy and unworthy ones to board the magnificent ship.
"That's why we are going to play a little game to determine whether you are qualified to set your foot on board on the legendary ship. Don't worry, I'll make it simple and quick so you can get on the board as fast as possible."
"We don't want to keep you waiting too long on the ground when you can enjoy and experience many luxurious and wonderful pastimes and entertainments on Archimedes."
Hearing this, many regulars were fired up even more. Not only they would be able to experience once in a lifetime flying voyage on the legendary ship, but they would also be able to enjoy luxurious life that only those noble direct descendants and the royal family could ever experience.
"There are five gathering points, yours will be number four. There are thousands of you from all of the gathering points, however, there are only two hundred and fifty tickets available to get your boarding pass on Archimedes, so brace yourselves, consider everyone outside of your teams as competitors."
The regulars weren't surprised hearing it, they already expected the harsh competition just to be able to board Archimedes. However, once they managed to board it, the effort would be truly worth it.
"As you can see, there's a great forest in front of you. In the forest, we already prepared and hide two hundred and fifty golden bananas. What you have to do is just to find them and keep them until the time limit ends."
"The time limit is two hours, within that time you must get your hands on a golden banana. As long as you get one of them, all of your members in a team can board the ship."
The regulars heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they didn't have to get a ticket for each member. If they did, the test would be really hellish, there could even be an internal conflict in the teams if they didn't get equal numbers of tickets for the members.
"Remember, to pass the test, you have to carry the bananas on your person or hold them in your hands when the timer ends. However, you can hide them first when you find them to avoid them being robbed and stolen. So regulars, have fun and good luck!" The voice ended its lengthy explanation with a godspeed.
Without further ado, the regulars instantly jumped up and frantically ran toward the forest, not wanting to waste the time before anyone managed to grab one of the bananas.
There were only two hundred and fifty of them, after all. So getting one of them quickly was a huge advantage.
If they got one of them, they could just get out of anybody's sight and hide it. Then, they would just wait until a few minutes before the timer ended to retrieve it again.
They didn't really have to worry about finding the hiding spot or being constantly observed. The forest was huge after all, having a few thousand people inside it wouldn't make it crowded at all.
Unlike the others, Liu Guanyi, Xin, and Adori didn't rush to the forest. Instead, they were walking slowly and calmly to the forest, as if they were strolling and taking their time in a park.
"What do you think we should do, princess Adori?" Liu Guanyi turned to ask Adori.
Adori glanced at Liu Guanyi, being asked like this was… normal.
Even though they were friends, the closest one she had, she had to admit, they were very competitive with each other.
Well, it was natural since she was born and lived her childhood life in a not-so-good neighborhood without any parents. So having a friend was not a choice, not that she cared about making "friends".
Fortunately or unfortunately, Adori had managed to survive there since she had an incredible latent talent and greater intelligence compared to the kids of her age.
At some point in her childhood life, she was scouted and brought up to be educated and trained by an important official of the Zahard Empire.
From there, her talent grew fully bloomed like no others. Seeing her incredible talent, she was fully nurtured by the Zahard Empire since she didn't come from any of the ten great families.
However, for the grace she had been granted by the Zahard family, Adori didn't know how to feel about it.
It was weird, she had never experienced such a kindness before even though she knew that it was all merely because of her talent.
But after experiencing climbing the tower with Liu Guanyi, she felt grateful to them for picking her up and making her a princess of Zahard.
Because without that incident, Adori was sure that she would probably have never met him and climbed the tower together with him.
Why it was Liu Guanyi specifically, what was special about him?
When Adori met him for the first time, she didn't feel anything that made him different from anyone she had met before. However, this changed when they had their first fight.