At this time, a lot of participants had already gathered on the square next to the registration area of the central pillar, ranging from towering figures of nine feet tall to agile and thin assassins and thieves, to guys wearing robes with an air of mystery. It was a mix of all kinds of people.

"This scale...there must be at least 700 or 800 people, right?"

In a corner, Aya and her teammates formed a circle, discussing and waiting for the competition to begin.

Out of the five people, only Aya, Tiran, Shuma, and the Snow Wolf Legion leader, Byneley, who had eliminated his wanted record through some transactions, were participating in the competition. As for Chip, compared to legendary battle maidens, golden dragons, secret knights, and mercenaries, he was just a researcher. Although he had some combat capability, putting him in a competition like this was no different from throwing a little white rabbit into a wolf's den.

Chip chose to wait outside for the results of the competition, while the four participants entered the teleportation square after receiving their number plates and storage rings.

"It's about right." Tiran roughly glanced around and estimated a similar result. "Didn't Chip say that the lower three floors are all competition venues? If they're all as spacious as this floor, even if the number of people doubles, it won't be a problem."

"Your Highness, there's a magic circuit on the ground...this whole square is a huge magic formation," Shuma observed the floor for a while and made a judgment.

According to the rules, the participants would be randomly sent to the underground three floors of the ruins, and this magic formation should be used for that.

"Then let's act according to our previous plan later."

Byneley lifted his greatsword, his muscular arms bulging. He started to move his body gently. "As long as I can help you, Your Highness, win the championship and get all the treasures we find in the ruins, and get the warrant canceled, right?"

"That's right." Tiran nodded.

That would be enough. As a mercenary, loving money was in their nature, but in Tiran's opinion, it was much more important to help his brothers and sisters return to Milanía than to make a windfall.

At this moment, the magic circuit engraved on the floor began to emit a faint light, attracting and gathering the magic elements floating in the air.

"Participants, the first Dungeon and Warriors competition is about to begin. Prepare yourself and start the treasure hunt! Good luck to all of you!"

A synthesized voice with an indistinguishable tone came from the magitech loudspeakers set up on the pillar. The square immediately boiled up after the announcement of the start of the competition. Most of the desperados who came here for their own interests raised their weapons and shouted with excitement. The huge commotion formed echoes in the high dome.

At the same time, the brilliance of the teleportation array became even brighter, dazzling even. Soon, participants began to be engulfed by the brilliance one after another, disappearing on the spot.

After noticing the brilliance enveloping her body, Aya casually put the storage ring on her finger and signaled Tiran, who was still remaining, with a gesture indicating that everything was okay. She then teleported into the undeveloped ruins underground.

To be honest, Aya was a little excited in her heart. Since she realized her own strength, she had been looking for an opportunity to show off, but either her strength was sealed or she encountered formidable opponents who could beat her easily. It was really unfriendly.

With random teleportation, she didn't need to stick to Tiran anymore, and the overall strength of the participants should generally be lower than that of the golden dragon, which meant...she finally had a chance!

"Testing, testing, can you hear me?"

Even before her feet touched the ground, a familiar voice rang in Aya's head.

Aya's face turned black, instantly wanting to cover her face. How could she forget about the contract? Theoretically, as long as Tiran is willing, a forced summoning can bring her to his side.

"I heard..." Aya's voice sounded a bit dejected.

"Hey, what's with that tone?" Tiran was slightly confused.

"Don't mind, I'm just suddenly feeling a bit exhausted. Is there something you need?"

"I was just thinking that we should split up and search for the items. It would be more efficient. Are you okay with that?"

Aya's eyes lit up. "No problem, no problem at all. Leave it to me."

"Alright, also, if you encounter that old bastard Hermes, just take him down."

"Absolutely, as soon as I see him, I'll slap him to death without explanation—"

Thinking of the guy who took Chirp away, Tiran got so angry that his teeth itched, but suddenly he realized that there was no sound on the other end of the contract communication.

On the other side, Aya had already stood in a corner of the ruins, looking at the ground scattered with debris and various treasures. The slightly worn walls and ancient decorations on both sides fell into silence.

"Huh..."

Taking two steps forward and looking to the left, there was a deep passage that seemed endless.

"Huh..."

Looking to the right, it was the same, a dark passage that seemed to have no end. Darkness pervaded the entire passage, with only a faint glow of magic emanating from the space storage ring on her hand.

"Huh?!"

Help! It's so dark!

...

"What is that idiot doing..." Just as Tiran picked up an ancient coin from under a stone slab, he was startled by that piercing scream. He quickly cut off the contract communication and then saw numerous bright light spheres suddenly rising from a location about ten streets away from him. They briefly illuminated the underground area of the ruins.

Okay, now he understood what was going on. Tiran looked down at the crystal lamp he had also found from the ruins, sympathetically giving it a look.

The underground three-layered ruins were in an "undeveloped" state, with no lighting equipment set up. If the participants who entered didn't bring or find any lighting props, they would encounter significant obstacles in finding the treasures on the surface.

And even if they found the Yuan light, they would have to constantly worry about their location being exposed, attracting participants with plundering intentions or monsters wandering in the maze. It would be best if they had night vision ability.

As for Aya... Dragon seemed to have night vision ability, but for someone who was afraid of the dark, it seemed no different from non-existent... Good luck, Aya.

...

"Huff... Huff..." After shooting more than twenty illumination spells into the sky, Aya leaned against the wall, clutching her chest and panting. Half of the street had already been illuminated, so she felt more at ease. There were still many gemstones, ancient coins, jewelry, and even magic props shining under the light on the ground.

Dragon had never been able to resist shiny treasures, so Aya spent a few minutes collecting the things she had seen on the ground before returning to the wall.

After calming down, Aya realized that nearly half of her magic power had been consumed. She was shocked, as this was the Spirit Sea of a magitech master, and under normal circumstances, she could easily handle twenty or more low-level illumination spells, let alone twenty or more advanced magic spells.

Almost forgot about the ruins. Aya clicked her tongue. With the huge vortex of magic in the lower level, she needed more magic to activate her Magic elements...

But whatever, as long as it's lit. Aya felt calm as long as there's light. Now it's time to find things. Sitting down against the wall, Aya closed her eyes, and extended her spiritual power outward from her body.

Spiritual power extension, a technique that anyone who knows Magic can use. After extending her spiritual power, she could receive feedback from the things she explored, a very useful reconnaissance ability. If her magic reached the level of Aya's, she could even grab and move objects, just like telekinesis.

The most important thing is that doing this doesn't require activating Magic elements. With Aya's current abilities, she can extend her spiritual power tentacles to cover several blocks.

You see, the participants don't have maps, so having enhanced vision in this situation is a huge advantage.

The spiritual power tentacles quickly brought back a lot of images, including the overall terrain, hidden treasure chests, valuable magic gems and Magic props... There were also many participants who were moving carefully and collecting treasures.

"Wait a minute..."

Suddenly, Aya stopped extending her spiritual power tentacles, and they paused in a room on the second floor of a building. A certain female participant was huddled in a corner, counting the rings she had obtained. It seemed that she was also an experienced adventurer. Aya had already collected valuable treasures worth a fortune with her illumination magic skills.

Ancient coins and such were all skipped, after all, except for a few like Babylonian gold coins, most ancient coins fluctuated in value quite a bit. All the treasures she found were worth at least five hundred gold coins individually.

The female adventurer had a wind hat on her head, and her appearance was not very clear. She wore lightweight leather armor on her upper body, with her slender waist and belly button exposed in the air. She only wore a pair of shorts on her lower body, and a belt tightly bound around her snow-white, slender thighs, with a short knife tied to it.

A pretty common adventurer outfit... but that's not the point.

Aya remained silent. In the view brought back by her extended spiritual power, the edge of this girl's shorts seemed to have been snagged on something while she was looking for treasures... When it ripped, a corner of black lace was exposed, and because it was too dark, the female adventurer didn't even notice it herself.

"Ah!" Aya's nose suddenly tingled, and she quickly covered it. Damn it, she thought she wouldn't be surprised by beautiful women anymore, especially after spending all that time with the princess. But it turns out there's a reason for this reaction?

That flat-chested violent girl, no matter how good-looking she is, lacks femininity. Yeah, that must be it.

Aya seriously pondered this absurd question.

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"Achoo!" Tiran, who had just knocked down a participant attempting to ambush him, suddenly sneezed.

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"Oh no, now is not the time to be concerned about this. I need to remind her quickly!" Aya held her head in her hands, thinking.

Wait a minute, this shouldn't be the point, right?

However, in the process of the Moe Dragon's contemplation, her spiritual power tentacles automatically continued to extend, tracing along the female adventurer's thigh, and touching two soft and sensitive parts.

"Yelp!"

The female adventurer's hand trembled, and the ring fell to the ground. In the next moment, she hugged her chest with one hand and immediately stood up, looking around warily.

"Oops, my bad, my bad," Aya said, clasping her hands together. Luckily, it was just her psychic tentacles... hmm, looking at it from a different perspective, it still feels like a loss. But fortunately, she wasn't caught...

Wait a minute.

Aya noticed something was off.

Why was that girl staring at her? More precisely, she seemed to be fixated on Aya's extended psychic tentacles.

"You pervert! Rot in hell!" The girl glared at Aya fiercely through her psychic tentacles and then disappeared from Aya's sight.

This is not good...