Global Lords: Starting with Female Hero Fusion

Zhao Qiye’s Spiritual Energy Vehicle was huge.

It was two whole tiers above the one Uncle Liu from the village entrance owned.

It was about the same as Li Ruanyu’s, just bigger.

Zhao Jiao and Zhao Huai sat in the front, while Zhao Chi and Lü Hong were in the back.

The four of them were around the same age, so they could chat easily enough.

But Zhao Chi was never one for much conversation, and Lü Hong, having just joined the Zhao Family, felt it wasn’t his place to be too boisterous.

So it was basically just Zhao Huai and Zhao Jiao doing the talking.

The topic was all about the rookie competition.

Zhao Jiao was quite confident in her driving skills, chatting animatedly and turning her head back as she drove.

And she wasn’t going slow.

Zhao Chi was nervous.

But looking at Zhao Huai, he didn’t seem to feel the same way.

It was as if he was used to it.

’Or do they have some kind of Spiritual Technique to avoid danger?’

Zhao Jiao was talking about last year’s competition.

She had placed 11th last time.

You could tell she was still hung up on that result.

Zhao Jiao wasn’t stunningly beautiful, but she was still attractive.

Zhao Chi couldn’t see her Body stats, but based on his impression, her Appearance was probably a 6.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chi suddenly felt a bit puzzled.

’When Master Muchang came to search the village, why didn’t he take Zhao Jiao?’

’Why take the ordinary-looking Xiao Ning instead?’

Xiao Ning was very strong—Zhao Chi estimated her Power was a 6, a tier higher than the average man.

But her Appearance was probably only a 4 or 5.

’Maybe the Alien Race’s aesthetic standards are different from humans’?’

’That must be it.’

After all, even among humans, aesthetic standards varied enormously.

To say nothing of different Races.

As the group chatted, time flew by.

It felt like no time at all before they arrived in town.

Zhao Jiao didn’t drive onto the busiest central street, instead looping around to the back entrance of the venue.

This was the virtual training ground.

Inside, you could summon different virtual enemies for virtual battles.

Of course, you could also have virtual duels.

"Alright, let’s get out here. We’ll go in through the back entrance."

There were quite a few people at the back entrance, too.

Zhao Chi saw some familiar faces.

After all, this rookie competition was jointly held by the five nearby villages.

Among them, Stream Village, Beiliu Village, and Nangu Village were all subordinate to River Valley Town.

The people from these three villages mostly attended the Eighth Academy.

And since this was a New Lord competition in particular, most of the participants were actually Zhao Chi’s classmates.

Classmates from the same year, even.

No wonder they looked familiar.

But there were also some people he had never seen before.

Those were from Binhu Village and Jinsha Village, further to the west, which were under the jurisdiction of Jiaoya Town.

They attended the Seventh Lord Academy in Jiaoya Town.

Naturally, they were strangers to Zhao Chi.

After the four of them got out of the vehicle, someone immediately greeted Lü Hong.

The person looked surprised for a second upon seeing Zhao Chi next to Lü Hong, but then gave Zhao Chi a wave as well.

It was someone from Class 7. The face was familiar, but he didn’t know them.

Still, out of courtesy, Zhao Chi waved back.

Just then, Zhao Chi spotted an old acquaintance: Cao Feng.

Cao Feng had clearly seen Zhao Chi as well.

He snorted, turned, and walked away.

A man in his forties followed beside him, and they entered the venue together.

"Alright, let’s go too," Zhao Jiao said, leading the way.

Zhao Chi and the other two followed.

The venue didn’t look that large from the outside.

It was perhaps half again as large as the Exchange.

The sign at the entrance read "River Valley Town Virtual Training Ground."

Zhao Chi had passed by here countless times but had never once gone inside.

It cost money, after all.

While virtual training couldn’t raise your Level experience, it could increase your Combat Skills experience.

The visible improvements were in things like Swordsmanship and Shield Skill.

The invisible improvements were in Combat Awareness and Combat Experience.

Since there was no real danger, you could try out all sorts of combat ideas in here.

For example, if an ordinary person with a dagger fought a tiger, could they slide under its belly, slice it open with the dagger, and defeat it?

Even if you failed and got eaten by the tiger, it was all virtual.

The fees weren’t cheap, but life was more precious.

It was worth spending some money to test out various real-world combat ideas.

They entered the venue.

In the middle was a large hall, and this hall alone was about the same size as the Exchange.

He wondered where the virtual battles would take place.

The hall was currently full of people, all registering for combat.

It wasn’t noon yet, so they still had to wait a while.

Seeing Zhao Chi’s curiosity, Zhao Huai pointed inside and said, "First time here? Come on, I’ll show you around."

Zhao Chi was more than willing. "Okay, thanks, Eleventh Brother."

Lü Hong was also looking around. "This is my first time here, too. I’m just here to broaden my horizons with you all."

Zhao Jiao said, "You two will probably be coming here often in the future. Let’s go, it’s bigger inside."

They passed through a corridor.

Suddenly, the space before them opened up dramatically.

Zhao Chi stared in shock at the scene before him.

The path beneath their feet seemed to have transformed into a towering city wall.

They were now standing on the ramparts, able to look down on everything below.

Below was a massive battlefield. It was impossible to gauge its size.

Intuitively, the battlefield definitely stretched beyond the horizon.

It contained all sorts of Terrain.

Plains, forests, mountains, snowfields, swamps, marshes, rivers, lakes... it had everything.

And each type of terrain covered a vast area.

Logically, this battlefield was immense.

But strangely, wherever Zhao Chi wanted to look, he could see.

If he wanted to see behind a tree, his vision would go behind the tree.

If he wanted to see underwater, likewise, he could see the silt and weeds on the bottom.

And this was definitely far, far larger than it appeared from the outside.

’So this is the virtual battlefield?’

Seeing Zhao Chi’s expression, Zhao Huai laughed. "What do you think? Mind-blowing, right? I was the same as you my first time here."

Lü Hong asked, stunned, "Brother Huai, is this the virtual battlefield?"

Zhao Huai nodded. "Of course. A place this big could cover the entire River Valley Town otherwise."

Zhao Chi asked, puzzled, "When did we come in? I don’t remember being teleported."

Zhao Jiao pointed to the corridor behind them.

"This corridor is the teleporter. Passing through it automatically sends you here."

Zhao Chi looked around.

There was no one else here.

"Twelfth Sister, are all the battlefields this big? A solo battlefield would be smaller, right?"

Zhao Jiao nodded. "We haven’t registered yet, so you could say we’re in a showroom model. You can configure the specifics after registering. A solo battlefield is of course smaller. The fewer scenes and the smaller the area, the cheaper it is."

The group watched for a while longer.

Zhao Huai said, "It’s time. Let’s go, we need to head out and register."

Zhao Chi and Lü Hong both kept looking back as they walked.

They wanted to see when the virtual battlefield would disappear.

About halfway through the corridor, the battlefield behind them became blurry. After a few more steps, it was completely obscured.

The sounds of a crowd reached their ears.

Zhao Chi knew this meant they had left the Virtual Space.

They didn’t go to the main hall from before, but instead entered a separate hall to the side.

This place was also crowded, and all the familiar faces were here. They were all participants in the rookie competition.

Zhao Huai said, "Zhao Jiao and I will go register up front. You’ll get a notification in a bit, and then you can configure your battle team."

Zhao Chi: "Huh? What?"

Zhao Huai: "What do you mean, ’what’?"

Zhao Chi: "Aren’t Lü Hong and I the ones competing? Why are you two registering? And what do you mean, ’configure a battle team’?"

Zhao Huai and Zhao Jiao exchanged a look.

Zhao Huai said, "You didn’t tell him?"

Zhao Jiao said, "Weren’t you supposed to?"

Zhao Huai slapped his forehead. "Okay, let me explain it simply.

"This competition is held to encourage the younger generation of newcomers.

"It lets the strong build confidence and receive helpful rewards.

"It also lets the weaker ones broaden their horizons, see how big the world is, and get a chance to compete against the strong.

"Since this competition is between our five villages, it’s an internal event. Outsiders aren’t allowed to participate.

"After all, the prizes are pretty good, and they’re all sponsored by our five villages. We can’t just give them away to outsiders.

"Therefore, every participant needs a sponsor.

"The sponsor must be a Lord and must be from one of our five villages.

"That’s why the two of us came. Otherwise, you could have just come on your own, right?"

So that’s how it was.

Zhao Chi nodded. "Got it. So what about the team configuration?"

Zhao Huai sighed. "To put it simply, you’re setting who gets to fight. You can configure it once we’re done registering."

Zhao Chi asked again, "Set who fights? Doesn’t everyone in the territory participate?"

Zhao Huai said, "No, there’s a limit on the number of participants. If the rules haven’t changed, you should be able to field a force equivalent to ten days’ worth of refugees."

"There’s a restriction like that?"

"Yep. After all, the ones participating in the war are Soldiers. Fights between Soldiers are what’s exciting. Villager brawls are tedious and boring, so they’re excluded."

"’Exciting?’ ’Boring?’ ’Excluded?’ Are other people watching?"

"Of course! Our villages will all send people to watch, instructors from the academy will come, the nobles from our villages will be here, and the military will send people too."

"What??"

"What’s so surprising about that? Besides being a competition for you newcomers, this is also an important social event for the various families. Of course they’re going to come."

’Why are so many people watching?’

Zhao Chi wasn’t just surprised; he was starting to not want to participate at all.

Competing in front of so many people—wouldn’t all his secrets be exposed?

"Eleventh Brother, can I withdraw from the competition?"

"Huh? Why?"

"With so many people watching, I’ll have no privacy at all."

"Huh? HAHAHA, what privacy do you even have? Don’t worry, no one’s going to target you."

Zhao Chi shook his head. "No, I want to withdraw."

Zhao Jiao said, "A few days ago, maybe. But it’s probably too late now. Zhao Quan specifically asked to watch your match. After all, our branch of the family is his vassal, and you’re the only one participating right now."

’Fuck!’

Although Lü Hong’s family had become vassals to the Zhao Family, making him one of them, he wasn’t qualified to represent the Zhao Family.

But Zhao Chi could.

His branch of the Zhao Family was a vassal to Zhao Quan, so it was perfectly reasonable for Zhao Quan to single him out to watch.

’Is there no way out of this?’

’Maybe I should just perform poorly?’

Zhao Jiao continued, "It’s fine. Even if you get first place, no one will pay you too much attention. It’s just a Village Level competition, after all. Its prestige is even lower than your school entrance exam. This is more of a social event, and the rewards are better."

Zhao Huai said, "If you really don’t want to, just go through the motions and lose on purpose. Withdrawing is definitely not an option. If you force it, Zhao Quan will definitely come looking for you to ask what’s going on. Do you want that?"

’Damn it...’

’Fine, I’ll just participate.’

Zhao Chi said, "Alright, I’ll participate normally."

Zhao Huai said, "There you go. A lot of things you think are secrets now, you’ll realize later are just Basic and childish little secrets. Okay, we’re going to register. You two wait here."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Huai, thank you, Sister Jiao," Lü Hong thanked them politely.

"Thanks, Eleventh Brother, Twelfth Sister," Zhao Chi added his thanks.

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