"Welcome to Paris, the city of Niflheim! I am Nero Katolo, the Lord of Niflheim and the Snow Wolf."

"The Warcraft Assist Battle Tournament, proposed and hosted by Count Artus Lecord, is about to begin today."

"As this is the first competition, we are fortunate to have invited two experts in this field, Earl Lecord the Snow Tiger and Baron Lu the Sword-Biting Wolf, to conduct one-on-one performance challenges for our newcomers!"

"Although there are only four spots available, opportunities to receive guidance from experts like this are rare. After all, everyone has probably heard of the fearsome reputation of the Swordbiter Wolf! And the combination of the Snow Tiger Beast and the Firestorm Beast is also terrifying! With one-on-one guidance from these two, these four contestants will surely reach a higher level!"

At the opening ceremony of the Warcraft Assist Battle Tournament, Lu Ming and Count Artus Lecord, the tournament organizer, stood in the expert seats behind Count Nero Catolo's podium, looking completely bewildered as Count Nero Catolo spouted nonsense.

They are indeed experts, but what on earth is this bizarre one-on-one performance challenge?

This part wasn't in the original speech at all!

Realizing he'd been tricked, Lu Ming watched the frenzy of the contestants below, including his own daughter, with great frustration. He regretted listening to Lily's advice to help Count Nero Catolo. If he'd known this would happen, he would have been better off joining the others in their shouting.

Early in the morning, Count Nero Katolo and Count Artus Lecord went to Lu Ming's house, intending to ask Lu Ming, who knew a little about cooperative combat in Warcraft, to help organize the opening ceremony. Lu Ming, persuaded by Lily, agreed to the two counts' request. As a result, he and the organizers were tricked by Count Nero Katolo!

"This part wasn't in the speech I gave him! Why? Why? Why? Why...?"

Listening to Count Artus Lecord's somewhat fearful mutterings, who was already intimidated by the enthusiasm of the contestants, Lu Ming sighed speechlessly and began to have his Stinky Flower and Fire Fox Lu'er prepare for the challenge.

“Your Excellency, I think you should make preparations. Judging from the contestants' expressions, this performance challenge is unlikely to be canceled.”

Out of pity, Lu Ming kindly reminded Count Lecorde, who was standing to the side.

But to everyone's surprise, Lecod said, "I don't have a second magical beast, what should I do?"

"Eh~ what do you mean?"

"What do you think about me going to borrow one?"

Are you sure?

“I’m sure. My wife has a level two water deer, and although we’re not very familiar with it, we can only borrow it to tide us over.”

"While water deer are quite beautiful to look at, they're a bit silly. Are they obedient?"

"Then what should I do?"

"How about we go to the park and borrow a little tree spirit? I heard that after the tree spirits were all burned by You Sui last time, many trees were blessed. And among them are a few saplings."

"That's one way."

Just as Leco was getting desperate and Lu Ming offered a suggestion, Count Nero Catolo began to tell the participants about the prizes offered in the competition.

"All participants in this competition will receive some exquisite little gifts. The third-place winner will receive a rare magical beast egg! It's said to be a griffin egg!"

"The participant who comes in second place will receive a baby wyvern!"

"The winner will receive a red dragon egg and Baron Lu Ming's instructions on how to use the Farron series of magic!"

Upon hearing the reward mentioned by Count Nero Catolo, Lu Ming and Count Artus Lecorde's faces darkened.

They said they had reached their limit with this jerk who never read his speech!

"Excuse me, everyone, please wait a moment." The two quickly ran onto the stage, one calming the contestants down, and the other forcibly dragging Count Nero Catolo away.

Just as the contestants below were staring blankly at Lu Ming on the stage, bewildered by what had happened, Count Nero Catoro's screams suddenly rang in their ears, followed by Count Lecord's shouts: "Firestorm! Flame Burst! Fire Fang! Fire Fist! Flame Chariot!"

Although flames were shooting and screams were heard in the distance, Count Artus Lecord soon returned, dragging the badly wounded and nearly unconscious Count Nero Catolo.

"Regardless, the rewards and the challenge will remain unchanged. Please rest assured. This is merely my personal dissatisfaction with Count Nero Catolo, so please don't worry." Lecoud casually tossed Count Nero Catolo onto a chair and took over from Lu Ming, addressing the participants.

"I think I can still be saved..." Count Nero Catolo reached out his hand, pleading for help from the contestants, but because of the menacing gazes of Lu Ming, the sword-biting wolf, and Artus Lecord, the snow wolf, none of the contestants dared to help him. It wasn't until the first half of the opening ceremony's speech ended that he was dragged away by several church priests for treatment.

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The second half of the opening ceremony was held in an underground martial arts arena in the commercial district. However, it consisted of only four exhibition matches.

“Biting Sword Wolf Lu Ming.” Standing on the arena, Lu Ming adopted the Undead Squad's salute and addressed his opponent expressionlessly.

"Uh! Jackal Aikura Aila." The other party was a little nervous because of Lu Ming's fearsome reputation for defeating a third-tier opponent while only being a first-tier opponent. Although Lu Ming's magical beast was an immature fire fox named Lu'er, his magical beast was an adult fire fox.

"The two on the stage are Lu Ming, the Sword-Biting Wolf, skilled in archery and magic, and Aikora Ella, skilled in fox. Both of their magical beast partners are fire foxes. However, Lu Ming's fire fox seems to be still a juvenile, which seems to be a significant disadvantage!" At this moment, Viscount Saldallo, acting as the commentator, used a magical device to address the audience: "However, no one can predict the final outcome. So now! Let's begin this exhibition match!"

"Fire Fox Fireball!"

"Oh! Aikora has chosen to attack first!"

At Ekula's command, his fire fox unleashed a fist-sized fireball at Lulu!

"Lu'er, move four steps to the right, Flame Powder!" But Lu Ming showed no tension whatsoever in the face of his opponent's attack, allowing Lu'er to easily dodge the fire fox's attack and launch a counterattack.

"Lu Ming's Fire Fox dodged Aikora's Fire Fox's fireball with just a few steps, and even spat out a large amount of fire powder!"

"Ignore it! Charge!" Due to his nervousness, Aikura made a wrong judgment. Before his fire fox could break free from the flame powder, it was struck by Lu Ming's Fine Snow attack and rendered incapable of fighting. Fortunately, Lu Ming showed mercy, and the flame powder hadn't lost its effect, so Aikura's fire fox wasn't seriously injured.

"Match over! The winner is Lu Ming, the Sword-Biting Wolf!"

Looking at Aikula picking up her fire fox, Lu Ming offered his reminder and advice: "You weren't brave enough in battle, made a series of mistakes in command, and your understanding of your own magical beast is far from sufficient. I hope you can learn from this failure, understand your shortcomings, and correct them."

"Yes! I know my shortcomings now."

"Remember to stay calm next time and learn to adapt to different situations."

"Yes!"

After a few words, Aikula ran off the stage with her fire fox in her arms and was replaced by a burly man carrying an earth demon bear.

"The new challenger is Viger, the Earth Bear, who is skilled in staff fighting! His magical beast is none other than his noble emblem, the Earth Demon Bear!"

"The Earth Demon Bear?" Looking at the big bear standing next to Vigel, Lu Ming asked Lu'er to get off the stage and change into the Stinky Flower.

"Lu Ming, the Sword-Biting Wolf, has switched to his second magical beast, the plant-type Gloom!"

"Lord Sword-Biting Wolf, don't you think our Viscount is a bit noisy?"

"That's true to some extent. However, he's also participating in the competition, so we'll teach him a lesson then."

"Is that so? Well, that makes sense!" Vigel smiled憨厚ly, then gave Lu Ming a noble bow.

Lu Ming also adopted the Undead Squad's salute.

"The match begins now!"

As Saldallo announced the start of the match, Lu Ming and Viger simultaneously gave orders to Stinky Flower and Earth Bear.

"The stinky flower is shining!" "Earth, Earth protect us!"

Instantly, the Gloom Flower emitted a small, glowing sun above the arena.

At the same time, the Earth Demon Bear slammed its hand on the arena, casting a very obvious enhancement buff on itself and Vigel.

"Gloom, use Petal Dance on Earth Bear!" With that command, Lu Ming's Gloom charged toward Earth Bear at an unimaginable speed.

"What!" Clearly, Vigel hadn't expected Gloom to suddenly become so fast. After all, the way Gloom climbed onto the ring was, to put it somewhat comically!

"What are you surprised about?" Lu Ming, who was holding a magic wand, suddenly appeared behind him and asked in a sinister tone.

Before Vigel could recover from his surprise, Lu Ming kicked him in the back with a foot imbued with malicious energy.

"plot!"

The attack landed squarely, nearly sending Viger flying. Had it not been for the Earth Bear's buff, he might have been a threat.

But right now, the Earth Demon Bear is being toyed with by the dancing Stinky Flower while roaring angrily, and it's unlikely that he can defeat Lu Ming, the Sword-Biting Wolf.

"Damn it!" Vigel, who was almost kicked away by Lu Ming, immediately turned around and lashed out at Lu Ming with his stick after regaining his balance.

Unfortunately, such a powerful attack missed its target!

At this moment, there was no trace of Lu Ming behind him!

"Oh no!" Vigel cried out in alarm when he saw that no one was behind him and hurriedly turned around, but...

"Fran's Swift Sword!" A dark blue soul sword easily sliced ​​through his staff, while his Earth Demon Bear was knocked unconscious by Stinky Flower.

"The victor is Lu Ming, the Sword-Biting Wolf!"

"You're very good, but you need to improve your speed. Even so, you're a contestant I have high hopes for."

"Thank you for your guidance!"

Chapter Twenty-Two - Before the First Round

After the challenge ended, Lu Ming sat in the crowded stands and began to watch the performance by the organizer, Count Artus Lecord, and the Fire Beast and the Tree Spirit amidst the revelry.

Before the match began, Lu Ming looked around. This arena, located beneath a large park in the commercial district, was truly impressive. Although it could only accommodate around ten to twenty thousand spectators, it would still bring a significant amount of revenue to Paris City.

Under the dazzling magic lights on the ceiling, Count Lecod began his solo performance. Like Lu Ming, dealing with his opponent would be extremely easy for him. Just like Lu Ming, in a true life-or-death duel, his opponent could likely be killed in an instant by either Lu Ming or Lecod! The only difference was that humans could instantly kill with Pokémon, while Lecod could only rely on Pokémon to defeat his enemies.

Unlike Lu Ming, who is a magician, Lecod is more like a Pokémon trainer than a warrior, magician, or archer.

In the first match, Typhlosion's relentless attack easily defeated its opponent in less than two minutes. In the second match, Lecod made some minor mistakes against the Dryad. However, before Typhlosion was eliminated, Lecod, following Lu Ming's example, had Typhlosion use Sunny Day, allowing the Dryad to gain a slight boost through photosynthesis before narrowly defeating its opponent.

"Is the Clear Skies ability not speeding up the little tree spirit because its ability isn't Chlorophyll? Or is it because there's no such thing as an ability at all?" Lu Ming looked at the little tree spirit who was very happy on the stage because it had won against its opponent, and muttered to himself in Chinese.

"Congratulations, Earl Lecorde! You've managed to defeat your opponent with ease by summoning a little tree spirit from the park!"

After Saldallo, whose commentary skills were not very good, announced that Count Lecord was the winner, a staff member of the arena handed another magical device to Count Lecord, asking him to say a few words to all the contestants and the audience.

"Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to Paris City and participate in and watch the Warcraft Assistance Tournament hosted by me, Artus Lecord. Just as you all thought, Warcraft can absolutely be our partners. They can be guards, companions, friends, and partners! I organized this tournament to prove this point!"

"I hope that through this competition, everyone can understand that monsters can also be loyal partners! So please unleash your and your monsters' full potential in this competition! Believe in yourself and your partners! You will be the strongest!"

"Oh~!!!" As if in response to Lecoq, most of the audience and contestants shouted.

Only contestants like Lu Ming, who were forced to participate and were also tricked, did not scream.

After a long and tedious speech, Count Lecord finally spoke: "Because we have many participants, we will use a double-elimination format. When a participant is defeated, they will enter the losers' bracket, where they will fight their way through the revival rounds! In addition, we will divide them into four groups: east, south, west, and north, and the top four will be determined in the four arenas of Paris City! The semi-finals, finals, and third-place match will be held in the square outside the Lord's Mansion!"

"Therefore, I hereby announce that the Warcraft Assist Battle Tournament has officially begun! The first round of matches will start at 7:00 AM today! Please don't miss it!"

Soon, Lu Ming and the other contestants began to leave the venue one after another, preparing for the evening's competition. Unlike the spectators, they didn't have ample time to listen to Count Artus Lecoed's nonsense.

"That was a great fight." Outside the arena, Lu Ming and the excited Kanina and Ella met Lily, Miral, Sham, Jack, and others who had come to watch the match.

"Wonderful? I'm so annoyed!" Lu Ming walked up and hugged Lily tightly, complaining angrily.

“But this way, you can be quickly accepted by those nobles, and you won’t have any trouble when you get promoted in the future.” Sham snuggled into Lu Ming’s arms, smiling as he helped Lily out of the predicament.

However, Lu Ming didn't think so. Still somewhat dissatisfied, he chuckled in his two fiancées' ears, "When we get back, I'll get you both pregnant!"

Upon hearing this, Lily and Sham blushed instantly.

However, just as he stepped out of the arena and onto the ground, Lu Ming saw someone in the distance.

"I saw someone I know. You guys wait for me." With that, Lu Ming said only one sentence to the group before taking Kanina's Luca to chase after the person.

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