Chapter 1064 - Ten Years of Persistence (1/2)

Chapter 1064: Ten Years of Persistence

Translator: TransN Editor: TransN In Border District, hundreds of race participants started to run!

They were greeted by cheers all along the Kingdom Main Street as they were running toward Longsong Stronghold. Some police officers who wore uniforms and bright ribbons, bicycled on both sides of the street, following the participants all the way. They worked as judges and relief workers for this long-distance race.

The same situation occurred in Longsong District.

For the first time in this world, more than a thousand people were running toward the same place at the same time. Not out of fear for their lives but to show their strength without any concerns. Undoubtedly, Neverwinter would gain a worldwide reputation for such an unprecedented event.

Soon, everyone on the continent would know that the new king’s city of Graycaslte organized the first long-distance race in the world.

…

At the finish line, on the grandstand, Lance was bending over the handrails, shouting and cheering. Cole turned toward Edith and asked, “Sister, why didn’t you join the race? If it’s just about endurance, shouldn’t you also be able to win a prize?”

Cole noticed that after Lance came to Neverwinter, Edith seemed to be in a better mood and became much more talkative. Most of the time, she would not even tease him in front of their youngest brother. Otherwise, he would never dare to disturb Edith with such a trivial question.

“Oh?” Edith glanced sideways at him. “Why do I have to win such a prize?”

“Uhm— Didn’t you really like this kind of competition before?”

“If you hadn’t stood out from the competition, you would’ve never become the Pearl of the Northern Region,” Cole thought. In his view, Edith was a super competitive person. Back in the Northern Region, she practiced fencing with knights in the daytime and shone brightly at banquets in the evening. She defeated countless knights single-handedly and attracted lots of admirers on social occasions. Even Timothy was attracted to her.

After winning many fencing matches and outshining numerous ladies at banquets, she finally became a well-known figure in the Northern Region. Cole really could not understand why she suddenly started to keep a low profile and refused to join this long-distance race held by His Majesty.

“Because our family needed me to do that.” Edith shrugged. “If I hadn’t tried my best to increase the influence of the Kant family as quickly as possible, our father would’ve never got the duke title. I had to do that, even if I needed to act like a clown in front of those idiots to win their favor.” She sneered before adding, “Do you think I enjoyed it?”

Cole could tell it was a threatening tone.

“No, I just…”

“But now, I don’t have to rely on this kind of competition to grab the king’s attention,” Edith continued, seemingly not minding what Cold previously said, which made the boy feel quite relieved. “And… I’m not alone anymore.”

Cole was stunned. “What do you mean by that?”

Edith looked at Lance and Cole. “I now have you guys, don’t I?”

Hearing that, Cole immediately thrust out his chest. He felt that he should say something at this moment, but he did not know what to say.

Edith smiled at him and then turned her gaze toward the upper part of the grandstand. “Do your job well. That’ll be the greatest help to me.”

…

Guelz wheezed violently and began to slow down. “How long… do we still have to run?”

“The sign that we’ve just passed reads fourteen. That is to say, we’ve only run half the distance.” Rohan felt worried and asked. “Father, are you alright? You’re panting heavily. How about we stop here and rest for a while. Anyway, there are many people behind us now.”

As Rohan had expected, not many people could keep running for more than an hour. The participants started running as a crowd, and then the crowd gradually turned into a line. At this moment, it was probably a dotted line.

Guelz and Rohan were among the leading runners. Since the beginning of the game, only several participants had surpassed them. Given that, Rohan thought even if they were to take some rest here, they could still do well in the race. He did not care much about the prize.

He was more worried about his father’s health.

Guelz had not taken any strenuous exercise for a long time, and this long-distance race turned out to be even more consuming than traveling across a desert. In a desert, they did not need to run very fast. They just followed a planned route and could get food and water from the oases along the way. In this race, however, they needed to use lots of energy to keep a certain speed.

“You want to give up again?” Guelz glared at Rohan. “Because you’re not the last one?”

“I…”

“Lorgar would never say anything like that. When are you going to become like her? Try your best to fight for a goal and never give up. Have you ever thought of winning the first prize?”

Rohan usually chose to keep silent when he heard this kind of talk, but today he felt somewhat irritated. He complained in his heart.

How can I defeat Lorgar?