"I’ll join that parade," he declared.
He hoped that the arrival of those rn would bring him one step closer to obtaining more and more Soo for his Drone upgrades. He couldn’t help but let his imagination run wild as he thought of all the upgrades he could buy if he had more Soo drops.
But for him to accomplish that, he had to play the ga Alaric made. The parade would focus all the tourists into one specific route. And if he got a spot at one of those prestigious lands, then he could get their attention and hopefully more.
"You want a location on Main Street?" Claudia asked.
"Yes. That’s where the route will go, right?"
It was the only place that he had a chance to obtain. Most of the territory in the parade route was already owned by other companies. He wouldn’t even be surprised if a majority was owned by Gilderaan, Alaric’s company.
And with the rules of duel prohibiting him from challenging soone in a higher class than him, he would be pressed to find a location he could obtain.
His only chance was Main Street.
Unfortunately though, he wasn’t the only one thinking that. The fact that it was uninhabited due to Flarecorp’s dismissal made it possible for all the companies in the Upperwood district to vie for a spot.
"You have to register for the tournant now," Claudia advised. "You’re lucky you woke up today because the registration would have ended today."
"You’re issuing a tournant?" Yuna asked, surprised.
"Yes. Due to the amount of companies fighting for a spot in Main Street, we had no choice but to start an all-around tournant to accommodate all duelers."
"What’s the tournant about?" he asked them.
"My aunt told you about duels, right? Usually, duels only have two parties fighting against each other. However, there are tis when there are more than two participants in a duel. Sotis there’s three, rarely there’s four, but there are so extre cases in which more than ten companies fight for a single prize.
Because of the sheer number of participants, the only way to settle the duel is through a tournant. It is as it’s stated. It’s a single elimination tournant. If you win, you advance to the next round, if you lose, you lose.
The company that wins the entire tournant will receive the ultimate prize," Yuna explained.
"That is exactly right," confird Claudia.
"These kinds of tournants are so rare that I’ve only ever seen a few docunted cases throughout history. It’s surprising that you’re doing it for this" Yuna added.
Claudia sighed. "You see now why I’m having a headache? The agreent between two major world leaders has consequences that affect the whole world. It’s only now that we’re feeling it."
The Ocean King and the Draconic Queen’s agreent was unprecedented, leading to more unprecedented results.
"So if I win this tournant? I’ll get Main Street?" Michael asked.
"Well...not exactly. Main Street is being fought over by all companies in the Upperwood District. However, those companies don’t have the sa statuses as other companies. This ans that I can’t put you in the sa tournant as the Quench company.
We’ve divided the tournants into three sections.
There’s the high-class tournants, which are participated in by companies like the Quench company, the Pyramidic Cuisine, and other big nas. The prize for this tournant will be 60% of the territory in Main Street.
Then there’s the mid-class tournant made for companies that are successful, but not at the highest degree. They’re fighting for 30% of Main Street.
And last, there’s the low-class tournant. These are the companies that are struggling and barely able to maintain their business in tropolis. There’s a lot more companies in this category than the upper two combined, and they’re all fighting for 10% of Main Street."
Even before the tournant started, Michael had already lost a majority of the territory to the other companies. However, such was the fate of an unknown company who had just received their permit one day ago. So, he couldn’t really complain.
"I’m guessing I’m in the low-class tournant."
"Yes. But this is not an indication of your strength, but simply the result of rules. Any company that receives their permit starts at the very bottom, regardless how well they did during their permit test."
Claudia found it very unfair to Michael and the Reborn company, especially since they were the only company able to pass the test in such a short ti.
His performance was enough to put him in the mid-class tournant. Unfortunately, the Association rules didn’t account for soone performing so well during their permit test.
"Oooh! A tournant? Can I join?!" Zion asked.
"Unfortunately, only the leaders are allowed to participate in the low-class tournant," Claudia said.
"Hohoho...that would have been fun. But I’m sure Michael doesn’t need our help," Grieve chuckled.
"Of course! My boy will sweep through all the tournants! Beating everyone and taking control of the entire Main Street!" Lydia proclaid.
"Mom, it doesn’t work that way," he reminded her.
"Anyway, you have to prepare for the tournant tomorrow," Claudia said. "As for , I’ll have to prepare so much paperwork for this damned tournant. I’ll have to excuse myself for now."
Once Claudia left, Michael imdiately went to work on preparations. There were a lot of things to prepare for their expansion here in tropolis like the Golden Road and other such features.
And since they had nowhere to stay here in tropolis, they all decided to return to Angora City for now to start the preparations. His mom wanted to stay and cheer him on, but he told her that he needed so ti alone to ntally prepare himself for the duels to co.
Eventually, they all left with Fudge using his shadow transport skill to teleport them all out of here in an instant.
Yuna, on the other hand, chose to stay behind to help Claudia with the paperworks she had to finish.
This left him all alone in his room.
He took out the Drone from his pockets and held it in his hands.
After hearing about the arrival of the Wyverns, Michael correctly deduced that there would be so much more duels now than in the past. As business beca more competitive in tropolis, it would be inevitable that he would have to participate in a few of those duels himself.
This tournant would just be the first of many duels.
Because of this, Michael’s decision for the Drone upgrade beca obvious.
He needed firepower. He needed sothing that would help him win duels.
Because of that, he decided to take the [Unity Grenade] option to upgrade.
There wasn’t much need for him to upgrade to the [Unity Gun Mk.2] since the Drone already had two barrels of Unity Gun. And if need be, he could fire off his own [Unity Gun] from his finger.
Now, Unity Gun was very powerful, don’t get it wrong. However, it’s destruction was only limited to a single ray like a bullet. With its near instantaneous arrival, it could create a lot of devastation.
However, Michael wanted to have a little more oomph for his firepower. That’s where the [Unity Grenade] ca in. It could be treated as a last resort.
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