Beside the young man, a chubby middle-aged man began to explain.
"A duel?"
The first thing that came to the young man's mind was the life-or-death battles his grandfather had told him about. Looking at the man and woman before him, the first thing he encountered upon arriving in Orario was a duel!
"Will one of them die?"
The young man anxiously asked the chubby man, who looked back with a puzzled expression.
"You... are you new here? New to Orario?"
"Yes, I just arrived in Orario today."
The young man bowed politely.
"Alright, no wonder you don't know. They are dueling, but not the kind of duel you're thinking of."
"A duel, but not the kind of duel I'm thinking of?"
The young man was very puzzled; he didn't understand at all.
The chubby man pointed to the arms of the two people in the arena.
"See that red and blue thing on their arms? That thing is called a Duel Disk. They are in a match. This kind of match is called a duel. They will summon monsters to fight using the card decks inside the Duel Disks. The winner will get points, and the loser will have points deducted. They are currently in a ranked points battle."
"Ranked points battle?"
The young man was even more confused. What was all this?
"Yes, this is a Duel Card game launched by the Hestia Familia, one of the Four Emperors of Orario. It's currently the most popular game in Orario. As long as you have that Duel Disk, you can be called a Duelist. I'm a Duelist too."
The chubby man raised his left hand, with a Duel Disk strapped to his arm.
"Duelists can duel each other, and the winner can get points. Rankings are based on the number of points. I'm just a Bronze rank scrub, while those two are high-level Masters."
"There are only 200 people in the entire Master rank, and the top 80 will qualify to participate in the Duel King Tournament. Right now, these two Master rank Duelists are battling it out. They are Loki Familia's [Magic Wolf] Bete and [Great Cleave] Tiona. Both are Duelists in the top 80, fighting to keep their spot. They probably didn't expect to be matched against each other, considering they're from the same Familia."
The chubby man crossed his arms, a look of amusement on his face.
"A civil war duel within the same Familia? This is going to be interesting."
"The same Familia?"
"That's right, they're from the same Familia, the Loki Familia, one of the Four Emperors of Orario!"
"The Four Emperors of Orario?"
The young man felt like he was hearing all sorts of new terms. When he came to Orario, his grandfather did tell him that adventurers in Orario had to join a Familia, and he was thinking of joining one, but he had no idea which Familias were out there.
"Oh, you're new, so you don't know. Until a few months ago, Orario was still in the Two Kings Era, with the Freya Familia and the Loki Familia. These two Familias were the strongest in Orario. The Freya Familia had Orario's only Level 7 and many Level 5 adventurers, while the Loki Familia had the most Level 6s and Orario's strongest Magician."
"The Two Kings Era had lasted a long time in Orario."
The chubby man said with a proud smile.
"The Freya Familia and the Loki Familia are the idols of all of Orario."
The young man also showed a longing smile. He greatly admired the high-level adventurers the chubby man was talking about; he wanted to become a high-level adventurer too.
"But a few months ago, the Hestia Familia appeared out of nowhere. The Captain, [Magic Sword Knight] Wang Xiaoming, broke all of Orario's records in so many years. In just a few months, he directly leveled up to Level 5, and he also recruited three members, each of whom is super strong. The Vice-Captain, [Sword Demon] Saeko Busujima, also reached Level 4 in a few months. The remaining two members are both under ten years old, but they have already broken through to Level 3 in the last few days. Although not the fastest on record, they are the youngest Level 3s in Orario!"
Speaking of the Hestia Familia, the chubby man couldn't help but sigh.
"Although the Hestia Familia only has four people, none of them are weak. Each of them can take on a group of people alone, and no one has ever seen the Captain, [Magic Sword Knight] Wang Xiaoming, take action. No one knows how strong this fastest Level 5 in history is, but judging from his leveling speed, he is definitely the strongest Level 5 ever. Everyone is already guessing how long it will take him to level up to Level 6."
"Amazing!"
The young man couldn't help but exclaim after hearing Wang Xiaoming's legendary introduction.
"Then, what about the remaining Familia?"
Speaking of the remaining one, the chubby man's expression became subtle.
"Originally, the last spot should have belonged to the Ishtar Familia based on combat power, but the Ishtar Familia was directly destroyed by the Hestia Familia. This is also why the Hestia Familia can become one of the Four Emperors with only so few people. They only used three people, and even the Captain, [Magic Sword Knight], didn't take action from beginning to end."
"After that, according to the Familia's combat power, it was Ganesha Familia's turn. The Ganesha Familia is the Familia with the largest number of members in Orario. They are also responsible for maintaining Orario's public order and holding various events, and the Ganesha Familia also has Level 5 adventurers, so everyone let the Ganesha Familia join the Four Emperors."
After all, the Four Emperors sounds better than the Three Great Families.
"Alright, enough talk, let's watch the match, the duel is about to begin!"
In the middle of the open space, [Magic Wolf] Bete and [Great Cleave] Tiona had already raised their left hands together.
"Duel!" x2
334. The Young Man Wants to Join a Familia
Young people naturally yearn for new things, the younger they are, the more they yearn for new things, and the easier it is to accept new things.
The duel between [Magic Wolf] Bete and [Great Cleave] Tiona was very exciting, especially those monsters and magic, with full light and shadow effects, making the young man watch with relish.
The duel ended with [Magic Wolf] Bete winning the match.
And under the chubby man's explanation, the young man roughly understood what a duel was, what Duel Cards were, and what a Duelist was.
But what surprised him the most was the reward for this Duelist Tournament.
"The Hestia Familia said that to thank everyone for their support, they have started this Duel King competition. Only the top 80 in the Master rank are eligible to participate. At that time, the Hestia Familia will put 50 million Valis into the prize pool. The champion can get the title of Duel King and directly get 30 million Valis. The runner-up can get 10 million Valis, and the remaining 10 million Valis will be split equally between the third and eighth places."
"30 million! 30 million Valis, if I had that, I could live comfortably in Orario for the rest of my life! If not, the runner-up's 10 million is also fine. I could do a very good business."
The chubby man's expression was full of longing.
"Unfortunately, I'm just a Bronze trash, and I haven't even reached Platinum after playing for a week."
"The Hestia Familia is really generous. This Duel Disk only costs 50,000, and a card pack only costs 1,000 Valis. And buying a Duel Disk also comes with a basic 40-card deck, and there are 5 cards in a card pack. This is like giving away 8 card packs for free, giving you 8,000 Valis for free. You can play even if you don't buy card packs, but the Hestia Familia has actually taken out 50 million Valis to make the competition prize money, which is really too generous!"
"Isn't that right? I heard that this matter was personally requested by the [Magic Puppet Sword Knight], saying that this is a reward for everyone's support of the Hestia Familia's business, a competition set up to thank the Duelists."
The chubby man's words resonated with a skinny middle-aged man on the other side of the young man. He couldn't help but interject after listening to the chubby man for a long time.
"It's just that for us low-level trash, it's meaningless. After all, we trash can't get those bonuses."
"We can't get the bonuses, but we can get the discounts."
"Discounts?"
The fat uncle looked at the thin uncle in confusion.
"Don't you know? The Hestia Familia said that after the Duelist Tournament ends, they will launch a discount event. All card packs will be half price, which means you can buy a card pack for only 500 Valis!"
"Wow, there's such a good event!"
The two uncles, one fat and one thin, suddenly started discussing the card pack discount.
The boy stood between the two uncles, listening to them constantly praising the Hestia Familia, and couldn't help but say,
"That Hestia Familia is really good."
The two uncles, one fat and one thin, stopped and looked at the boy.
"What's wrong?"
Suddenly being stared at by the two uncles, the boy was a little confused.
"Boy, you wouldn't want to join the Hestia Familia, would you?"
"Um... to be honest, I'm a little tempted, because from what you guys said, the Hestia Familia sounds very good."
The boy replied a little awkwardly.
"Besides, didn't you just say that the Hestia Familia has very few people? They should be recruiting, right?"
The fat uncle couldn't help but laugh.
"Do you think others haven't thought of your idea?"
"Um..."
"Ever since the Hestia Familia suddenly emerged, especially after becoming one of the Four Emperors, how many people in Orario have wanted to join the Hestia Familia? But none of them have succeeded, because whether the Hestia Familia recruits depends entirely on the words of the [Magic Sword Knight] Wang Xiaoming. The Familia's goddess, Hestia, completely trusts the [Magic Sword Knight], and all matters within the Familia are based on the [Magic Sword Knight]."
"But the Hestia Familia hasn't recruited a single person."
After the Hestia Familia became one of the Four Emperors, it was no longer a small Familia. It's a powerful Familia that follows an elite route, so adventurers will apply to join. Hestia has chosen to leave this matter entirely to Wang Xiaoming, because Hestia's initial wish to have a family has already been fulfilled, and she is now very proud, strutting around Orario.
Therefore, she doesn't care about recruiting people. Whether to recruit depends entirely on Wang Xiaoming. If Wang Xiaoming says to recruit, then recruit. If Wang Xiaoming doesn't recruit, then don't recruit.
"The Hestia Familia follows an elite route. Although there are few people, it doesn't affect them. Each of them can fight ten, and each of them is the elite of the elite. Even the two newcomers who are not yet ten years old are LV3. They don't need any newcomers at all, unless they are elites like them."
The fat uncle's face was filled with contempt.
"Or are you saying that you think you are an elite like them?"
"This... I probably am not."
The boy scratched his head helplessly. He didn't think he could be that powerful.
"So, young man, don't daydream. Not just anyone can join the Hestia Familia."
The thin uncle couldn't help but nod.
"That's right, the Hestia Familia can be said to be the most special Familia among the Four Emperors. It has the fewest people and only follows the elite route. Among the remaining three Emperors, the Freya Familia and the Loki Familia, although they are also mainly composed of strong people, they have always been recruiting newcomers, but the requirements are a bit high. As for the Ganesha Familia, it can be said to be the easiest Familia to enter, but the treatment may be a bit different from the other three Familias."
The Familia with the most people also means that the treatment is the worst, because it's impossible for everyone to have such good treatment. That would require a very high level of the Familia.
"So, if you want to join a Familia, you can try the remaining three Familias, especially the Ganesha Familia, which is probably the easiest to join."
"That's right, joining the Ganesha Familia would also make it very convenient to move around in Orario. The Ganesha Familia is responsible for maintaining the security of Orario, so the Ganesha Familia is the Familia with the most convenient movement in all of Orario."
"The Ganesha Familia..."
The boy thought for a moment, then bowed respectfully to the two uncles.
"Thank you very much."
"You're welcome, young man. I hope you can become the adventurer you want to be in Orario."
After the two uncles finished speaking, they turned and left together. They still had to discuss how to make money from the 50% off card pack event after the Duelist King event ended.
The boy watched the two uncles leave, and then prepared to go to the Ganesha Familia to try his luck.
"Wait, where is the Ganesha Familia located?"
Okay, he forgot to ask where the Ganesha Familia was located.
335. The Boy Encounters a Blonde Beauty
The boy finally found the location of the Ganesha Familia.
Then he submitted an application to join the Ganesha Familia, but unfortunately, the Ganesha Familia did not accept him.
It wasn't that they looked down on him, because the Hestia Familia had two LV3s who were less than ten years old. That kind of talent had never appeared before, and who knew if a teenager on the street had any talent.
So, the Ganesha Familia's reason for rejecting him was that the Ganesha Familia needed to have high requirements for the adventurers under their command in order to ensure the security of Orario, and the boy's body was too delicate, which was obviously not suitable.
But considering the cases of Chisaka Chise and Tina, they could only say.
"We'll consider it. Go back and wait for news."
"I understand, thank you."
Coming out of the Ganesha Familia's headquarters, the boy scratched his head helplessly. According to the two uncles, he tried the Ganesha Familia first, and the result was like this. He was being considered, but his intuition told him that he probably had no chance.
Helpless, the boy began to look for other Familias to try to join.
Considering that even the easiest Ganesha Familia was difficult to join, the remaining two Familias, the Freya Familia and the Loki Familia, were even more difficult to join. The boy directly gave up trying the Freya Familia and the Loki Familia.
Helpless, the boy began to wander around Orario.
Because he didn't have much money, it wasn't good to stay in a hotel, so he could only find a small alley to deal with for the night, and then find a way the next day.
The boy stayed in the alley all night. Although the weather wasn't cold, it was still a bit uncomfortable to make do in the alley all night.
The next morning, he got up early, then went to a stall selling fried potato balls, bought a portion of fried potato balls, and continued to wander around Orario while eating, trying to find a Familia that would let him join.
He couldn't join the Ganesha Familia, the remaining Freya Familia had LV7s, so the requirements should be even higher, the Loki Familia definitely wouldn't work either, and as for the Hestia Familia, according to what the two uncles said before, they didn't accept people at all.
While eating fried potato balls, the boy wandered around Orario, trying to find a Familia willing to let him join. At the same time, he also wanted to see this Orario.
According to what the two uncles said yesterday, Orario had a lot of new things, and he needed to understand some of these things if he wanted to live in Orario.
He found that many people on the streets of Orario were talking to a strange little box.
He remembered that the fat uncle said that it was also a product of the Hestia Familia, which allowed people to directly communicate remotely within Orario, a very powerful thing.
