Mixed Blessing System

The next morning...

As soon as Lothur and Viktoria finished their morning activities, they left that hotel in disguise and went to the Frost family estate.

From this place in question, they followed alongside Annaliese and other family members who were going to compete or watch the trials of this first day of competition.

Since the Province Conference involved trials of many spiritual professions, the event started very early in the day and went on without a break until the evening.

That way, before they had even had breakfast, the three arrived together at the coliseum where they would have to begin their trials today.

"Lothur, what is the order of your tests? Are any of them scheduled for the same time as mine?" Annaliese asked as she walked beside her brother-in-law and sister.

Lothur then said. "I have the competition for formations masters now in the morning and will test my other two professions in the afternoon, one at 1 pm, the other at 5 pm."

"Oh? Then you can see me competing in my two specialties!" She smilingly exclaimed as Viktoria realized that her two tests were scheduled for the same time as Lothur's.

Not all spiritual professions were as attractive or essential, so some specialty fields had their tryouts simultaneously as other professions.

There were countless possibilities for spiritual professions, so it would be impossible for the Province Conference management to make room for all of them to be held at different times.

The day was limited, and this event only lasted five days!

So, Viktoria could not help but regret it since not only could she not go to watch two of Lothur's three trials, but he would not be able to see her in action.

"Show your IDs!" A guard said this to them in an authoritative tone as the group finally reached the front of the entrance for the competitors.

After hearing that, the three quickly used the IDs they had received the day before after signing up for their respective contests.

"When can we see who will be our opponents in the fights?" Lothur asked his women just after they had passed through the previous entrance post.

Viktoria then answered him. "I think that's already available. Do you want to see it? Or is your first trial already going to start?"

"No, I still have some time..." Lothur replied and then looked at Annaliese.

"Hmm, I have some time too."

So they went to the central area of this coliseum, where only the competitors and regulators of the event were allowed to enter, to check this vital information.

When they arrived in a large hall near one side of the grandstand of that building, they came upon a place where several screens displayed the matches that would take place later.

There were the locations of the battles, as well as the times of each match, and of course, those who would or could face each other.

This competition had many competitors, so every fight could not happen at once. Hence, these first, lower quality and more numerous fights would not take place on the leading platform of this coliseum but in eight different places in this building.

This coliseum in question was massive. It was able to hold more than 100,000 people simultaneously. Because of this, there was plenty of room inside this enormous building for each fight and test that would take place over the next few days.

Thus, anyone wanting to watch the individual fights on this first day would have to travel to one of the eight places in question, where the competitors present would fight a maximum of two matches.

Because of this format, only the first fight of the day was known, and the second match would occur between people from the same location after a draw.

That way, Lothur, and his women soon saw where they would have to fight and who their first opponents would be.

"I will fight on the 7th platform against the Ihln family," Annaliese said, a bit bothered that she did not fall into the same place as Lothur.

People from the same family could not face each other at the Province Conference, so obviously, there would not be any problems if she had been drawn to the same place as him.

"Hmm, I will be on the 3rd platform, against the Becker family..." Viktoria said as she looked with a little smile at Lothur.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do your best. I only care about Elke and the continuity of her family. As for the rest, I don't mind you making them suffer a little." He said, noting that his fight would take place on the 8th platform against someone from the Baier family...

'That's not a coincidence...' He pondered as he looked at his name and Merten's. 'Looks like the Province Conference management is against us, too.'

'Sigh!'

'What a bummer!'

Annaliese realized what was on Lothur's mind and said. "Well, your first fight will be easy and still give you a chance to get revenge on this fellow who constantly tries to stand in your way."

Annaliese had not experienced several situations where Merten's accomplices had caused trouble for Lothur, but she had already talked to her brother-in-law and Elke about such situations. Thus, she knew everything.

"Hmm, I won't have to reveal myself completely, and I'll settle the situation with that guy once and for all." Lothur agreed while looking for who the Frost family teams would fight against later in the evening.

Each family could send from one to four groups to this phase of the competition, which had to have at least three people in each.

Since there was less fighting in the latter part of each day, this part of the event took place on the leading platform of the coliseum, where 75% of these teams would be eliminated today!

Viktoria and Annaliese also looked for this information and soon saw that their group of three would be fighting one of the Sitz family teams.

"Sitz family?" Lothur questioned his women.

Viktoria nodded and summed it up for him. "That is a family allied with House Baier..."

"Oh, I see." Lothur smiled, no longer surprised by these battles he and his group would face. "But this is better, facing our enemies right at the beginning."

"Why?" Annaliese questioned him.

"So they lost important points for us!" Lothur said as he massaged Annaliese's back, confident that the enemy action would turn against them anyway.

Viktoria agreed with him, and not long afterward, they headed towards the site of Lothur's first trial, which would take place before Annaliese's.

...

When they arrived at one of the eight platforms scattered around the inner area of the coliseum, the site of the competition for formations masters, Lothur and his women soon saw the division of the matches in this place.

The scheme of the matches at this place was similar to that of the individual and team fights on the first day of the trials. So, Lothur only had his first match decided, which would be against someone he did not know.

But according to Annaliese and Viktoria, such a person should be someone from a local organization focused on that profession.

Therefore, as he made his way to the platform and his wives waited in the stands to watch the event, Lothur saw his opponent doing the same as him.

However, he also saw someone he already knew around his opponent!

'Isn't that idiot? Cedric?' Lothur looked in the direction of where this person, the uncle of Cedric, and the competitor in question were looking in his direction.

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