Chapter 205
Cheng Yu and Ivennie came to the front of the palace. Two rows of armored guards stood at the entrance of the Elf King's Palace.
Ordinary people are not allowed to enter.
The two of them visited the palace. There was nothing special. They went to visit other places on the floating island.
The road was centered on the spacious sacred road and diverged to both sides.
The floating island was shaded by trees and full of ancient buildings left over from ancient times. There were many exquisite figures or animal patterns carved on the walls.
Cheng Yu and Ivennie walked past several buildings. In front of them appeared a circular building that looked a bit like the ancient Roman Colosseum. There were people inside, as if some large-scale event was being held.
Several guards stood at the entrance of the circular building.
There was a small table next to it, and an old elf sat in front of the table.
"Old sir, what is this place?"
Cheng Yu walked over and asked the old elf.
"The duel arena, and a seat competition is being held inside." The old man replied.
"Can we go in and take a look?"
"Yes, the ticket is 500 copper coins per person."
"You need to charge more?"
"The Elf King's Court is short of funds, so we'll make as much money as we can." The old man said.
The Elf King's Court is a joint organization, and its operating funds rely on the six major elf factions, and it has no economic income of its own.
Five hundred copper coins are not expensive, so Cheng Yu took out ten silver coins and gave them to the old man.
The old man waved to a guard next to him and asked the guard to take Cheng Yu and Ivennie to the duel arena.
In the duel arena, the seat competition is going on.
There are many elves sitting in the stands around, and only a few seats are left.
Cheng Yu and Ivennie came to the stands, found a place to sit down, and watched the elves' seat competition.
In the middle of the field below, a young magician with blue hair was fighting a second-level red scorpion.
Blue water blades slashed the red scorpion, and the red scorpion was repelled.
"Isn't this a seat competition? Why are you fighting monsters?" Cheng Yu asked Ivennie.
"This is the first round of the seat competition. You have to fight against a second-level monster. Only those who defeat a second-level monster alone are eligible to advance to the second round of the seat competition."
"What is the second round?"
"The contestants who enter the second round will form a team to enter the maze exploration."
"Okay."
It was a very common maze exploration, nothing new.
Cheng Yu didn't ask any more questions, and his attention was focused on the duel field below.
While Cheng Yu and Ivennie were talking, the blue-haired young man had defeated the second-level red scorpion and waved happily to his companions in the stands around him.
The dead red scorpion was carried down by the staff, and a lively red scorpion was released.
Then, the next contestant entered.
At this time, Cheng Yu felt someone patted him from behind.
Turning his head, he saw a middle-aged uncle with blue hair, looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Chief Audis?"
Cheng Yu recognized this man as the chief of the water elves, Audis.
"Good morning, Cheng Yu."
Odis smiled and greeted Cheng Yu.
"Good morning."
For some reason, Cheng Yu felt that the smile on Audis' old face was a little vulgar.
"Are you interested in meeting the Speaker of the Elf King's Court? I can introduce you."
"Uh~ Is it a good-looking elf sister?"
"No, it's an old man."
"Not interested."
Who would be interested in an old man?
Odis was stunned, and Cheng Yu's words made Audis speechless.
The Speaker of the Court is equivalent to the king of the human empire in a sense. Many people want to meet the Speaker of the Court but can't.
A good-looking sister? What is this kid thinking about?
So, Audis changed his words, "You go meet the Speaker of the Court, maybe you can get a super powerful fifth-level magic book."
"I am not interested in uncertain things."
"Definitely, definitely, you can get a fifth-level magic book."
Odis found that Cheng Yu was very difficult to fool.
"Okay."
The fifth-level magic book was still quite tempting, and Cheng Yu agreed to go with Audis to meet the Speaker of the Elf King's Court.
The three left the duel field and walked to the ancient palace at the end of the sacred road.
The guards at the door knew Audis and did not stop him.
Entering the palace, the area inside was very large.
Audis took Cheng Yu and Ivennie to a room in the palace.
Pushing open the door, a short red-haired old man was sitting at his desk working.
"My dear Cleveland."
Odis greeted the red-haired old man.
Stopping his work, the red-haired old man looked up at Audis, "What do you want from me?"
"I brought you a human."
"Human?"
The red-haired old man noticed Cheng Yu and Ivini behind Audis.A forest elf.
"His name is Cheng Yu. I'll bring him to help you solve the problems in the second round of abandoned mazes."
"He is so young, can he solve the problems in abandoned mazes?" The red-haired old man looked doubtful.
"Don't look at his youth, he is very strong."
"I can't tell." The red-haired old man shook his head.
"He can fight ten fifth-level magicians alone."
"So strong?"
...
Cheng Yu looked at the red-haired Cleveland and the blue-haired Audis. The two were like two red and blue buffs, making people want to kill them.
Hearing the conversation between the two, they seemed to want him to help them solve some troubles.
Audis talked with the speaker of the court, Cleveland, for a while, then turned to Cheng Yu and said, "We have a commission from the Elf King Court. See if you are interested."
"What commission?"
"The second round of the seat competition this year is held in an abandoned maze, but after our actual investigation, we found that there is a powerful fifth-level monster in the abandoned maze - the Ice White Python. We would like to ask you to help kill it."
The fifth-level monster Ice White Python is powerful enough to kill any magician below the fifth level in seconds.
Most of the contestants are second-level or third-level magicians, so the Ice White Python must be eliminated in advance.
A fifth-level monster requires more than three fifth-level magicians to cooperate with each other to kill it, which is very troublesome.
Few people are willing to do this thankless task.
Audis saw how powerful Cheng Yu was, so it would be better to let Cheng Yu take action and kill him.
"I accept this commission."
Cheng Yu readily agreed.
According to the Encyclopedia of Plants and Animals of Celsis Continent, the Ice White Python is an ice-attributed monster with delicious meat that is fat but not greasy. It is a top-grade ingredient comparable to the king bluefin tuna.
How could such a delicacy be missed?
"So straightforward?"
Cheng Yu's straightforwardness surprised Audis.
"Just now, Cleveland and I have discussed that after killing the Ice White Python in the abandoned maze, you can go to the library and choose a fifth-level magic book."
"Okay."
Cheng Yu didn't expect to encounter such a good thing, not only to get the delicious Ice White Python, but also a fifth-level magic book.
"Where is the abandoned maze you are talking about?" Cheng Yu asked.
"I will send someone to take you there."
Audidis said.