The Innkeeper

Chapter 1173 Unexpected help

Chapter 1173 Unexpected help

Lex kept sitting in his seat as he watched the numerous screens which showed all the competing participants. This was not his original plan of what to do with the Midnight games, but it worked out well enough.

Having the event take place outside the actual Inn made it much more difficult to control the specifics, and that in turn made it much more expensive as well.

But by registering themselves as a whole, the planets linked themselves to the Inn as participants. Then came the much harder and more difficult task of finding the appropriate planets to have the fights on.

It was impossible to just pick every planet he wanted randomly, but that is where having such a large workforce came in handy. His workers spread out across the galaxies, collecting information. Since they knew exactly what to look for, it was simple enough. Even without the Henali portal linking the entire realm, every significant force had its own information channels, and Velma had her own ways of tapping into them.

With the participants registering themselves, and the target locations picked out one by one, he just needed to find a way to connect them so that the participants could go to the targeted planets.

That, as it turned out, wasn't as tricky as Lex originally imagined. The only difficult part was sending a worker to each of those planets being consumed by terrorist attacks and the plague of insects.

Once there, he just needed to find a local with enough authority, and have them register their planet inside the Midnight Games as well. But they were just registering as targets that need to be saved, instead of participants taking part in the game.

Still, despite finding loopholes, the process was expensive and convoluted. In fact, the 21 MT that he had spent would not even last the entire duration of the games. It was just enough to fuel the starting teleportations, as well as prizes. VịSit no(v)3lb/!n(.)com for new novels

That was the cost of operating outside the Inn. But considering the countless guests inside the Inn, and the countless more who would watch the Games and choose to participate in some way, Lex was more than confident of funding the entire event easily.

After all, what was more popular in the universe than watching a live war? And even among wars, this one was like no other.

The prizes for the victors, decided at the end, would be delivered then. But even now, each and every participant was earning their individual prizes. For killing enough enemies, saving enough people, or committing some heroic act that contributed to the war in some way, such as procuring critical intel or spotting enemy leaders, they would get points.

Each and every individual could then use those points to redeem individual prizes. One critical piece of information was that whether it was the participants fighting, or the planets being rescued, none contained Earth immortals. As such, with all participants being in the Nascent realm and below, coming up with a way to boost their cultivation, or providing them with rare and valuable treasures was a simple task for Lex.

Any random blade of grass in the Midnight realm could replace a treasured herb for a Foundation realm cultivator, and the dew that appeared on the grass in the morning could cleanse their body of all impurities.

Lex continued to watch, making adjustments where they were needed and quickly addressing any issues. Since the Games had only just begun, this is when they would most likely have the most issues, which is why Lex gave it his undivided attention.

Whether it was with the games themselves, or with the guests at the Inn, or those viewing from the Origin realm, he did not expect such a large move to go without obstruction, so he was watching for any problems that arose.

Fortunately, while there were problems, they were not too big - so far.

But of the many things Lex had expected, the thing he had not expected was that there were outside forces, completely uninvolved with his plan, that not only did not create problems for him, but ended up helping him as well.

A number of teenagers and young adults suddenly teleported on one of the planets that was participating in the Games.

"Is everyone clear on the rules of this trial?" one of the adults asked.

"Yes, yes. We just need to enter the top 100 on the most kills list, and stay there for a week to pass the trial."

"Good. Remember, this is an individual trial, so we cannot help each other. If you do well, and pass, then maybe we'll see each other when we get promoted to Ventura Bronze."

"A little too confident, aren't you Haris?" said one of the teenagers with a laugh, but his comment wasn't malicious. "Are you so ready to leave Ventura Brown behind?"

"Not just Brown, but Bronze as well. This is just the start of my journey. If you're lucky, maybe you can tag along and witness my legend yourself."

Everyone laughed. They were all in a good mood. Why wouldn't they be? The students of Ventura were all powerful, so they were all confident in passing this sudden trial that would allow them to graduate to a higher level Ventura campus.

Haris looked out at the portal, but his thoughts ventured elsewhere. He had discovered the Midnight Inn years ago, and used to rendezvous with his girlfriend, Ayesha, there long ago. But it had been so many years since they lost contact, once she stopped showing up at the Inn.

One of his greatest motivations in entering a higher level was so that he could get more freedom, and track her down.

Like them, on various planets, many students from Ventura suddenly appeared, taking part in this sudden trial. Their sudden arrival went unnoticed by everyone, but it would not be long before their actions began to attract attention.