Ariel expressed her understanding of Coco's resentment.

She also understood that it would be difficult for the current guild members to understand why they would do such a thing.

Mermaid Song is everyone's guild. If this guild that everyone loves is killed by the empire's royal family... by a single eldest princess, then for anyone who belongs to Mermaid Song, it will be a loss of face.

Absolutely unstoppable.

However, Ariel does have her own ideas, but this idea may not be explained by a simple sentence of honor and disgrace to everyone.

"Huh... I haven't figured out how to do it specifically yet."

Looking at the people in front of her, Ariel still acted so calmly. There was always a smile on her lips, and she said slowly——

"How should this challenge be handled? How should the details be dealt with? How should we gradually lose to her with a reason that everyone can accept? What kind of plot should be arranged for the final game? Let her successfully defeat everyone in our guild.

Human? Or completely defeat her at the last moment? To be honest, I haven’t thought about this carefully.”

"However, these issues can be considered slowly. We have a guild and a city! Moreover, it seems that Miss Bilan will not want to leave so soon. We have enough time to do so.

Get ready for this game."

After saying this, Ariel held her chin and said while thinking——

"Actually, compared to Miss Bilan's challenge, there is another thing that deserves my attention more."

After pausing for a moment, Ariel continued—

"Pelican City has begun to be somewhat short of funds. Although we have recently used banknotes to carry out reforms, which has slightly eased the economic situation of Pelican City, it is obvious that our actions to fight against the Blue Bay Empire have made people in neighboring provinces

The city has cut off trade with us. This is really not optimistic for the economic situation of our marginal provinces."

"So, in order to improve the finances of our entire marginal province, and also to make people in other provinces understand that our marginal province is not that difficult to deal with, we can even have a certain degree of negotiation with the Blue Bay Empire. In this way

Under the circumstances, inviting them to come is undoubtedly a very important publicity matter."

Ariel crossed her hands on her chest——

"To this end, I have thought of many ways, but I always felt that something was not very good. Just when I was having a headache about how to break the deadlock, Miss Bilan decided to challenge our entire Mermaid Song. This is actually a

Great publicity opportunity.”

"We can make full use of this challenge to increase the popularity of our Pelican City, and we can also enhance the reputation of our Mermaid Song, and attract enough people's attention."

"Therefore, I hope you will not think of this game as a pure strength vs. strength competition, but I hope you can think of this battle as a performance, a show, a battle using the Blue Bay Empire.

An act of expansion by members of the royal family.”

"Once people in other cities realize that our Pelican City is not that dangerous, even if our Pelican City does fail in the end according to the arrangement of the script, it will be of great benefit to our financial situation."

After hearing this, the doubtful expressions on the faces of everyone present finally subsided a lot.

However, there will naturally be people who have not compromised on this. Just like Tesla, after listening to the president’s ideas, the assembler directly spread his hands and said helplessly: “President, I am really

I didn’t expect that in order to make money, you really did not miss any opportunity..."

Yi Ge plucked his strings a little and said with a smile: "In other words, we are going to fight fake matches? President, you don't need to say so many high-sounding words, just use this simple language."

Hearing the word "fake match", Mochi was stunned for a moment and seemed a little confused. But then after listening to the explanation of the cheese next to him, the vampire girl immediately showed an uncompromising attitude: "I

, I don’t want to cheat or lie. If you win, you win, if you lose, you lose.”

Compared to Mochi's seriousness, Margo stretched out her hand and wanted to touch her head. But Mochi instinctively resisted the pastor's extended hand and shrank her neck. Margo smiled and could only

He could retract his hand and said——

"Don't think things are so simple. Have you ever heard a saying? The greatest hunters often disguise themselves as prey? In other words, don't misunderstand the purpose of this game. Our purpose is not a sport.

Things like spirit or knightly glory. Our target prey is money. For money, we need to tolerate being misunderstood a little. Is this easy to understand?"

Mochi tilted her head and thought for a while, seeming to be trying to digest the meaning of this sentence.

Cream next to her would not wait for her to fully understand. Instead, he faced Ariel and said, "President, I understand what you mean. It's about making money! It's not shabby. But I have a question. We want to take advantage of it now."

That princess is making money... Do you want to inform her?"

As he spoke, Cream's eyes turned to Duck beside him.

Of course, Dak knew what Ji Lian was thinking, and immediately said seriously: "I will not protect her. Since it is a duel, I can't ask you, but I can only ask myself to be fair and just."

Ariel smiled, thought for a moment and then said: "Well, it should be difficult to completely hide it from her. However, we can use some clever words to hide our true purpose. In short, we must not let her feel

She is a tool that helps us make money. So in terms of the venue atmosphere, we must be able to show absolute respect for her and make her feel that every game she plays has honor and dignity."

After saying this, Ariel's brows suddenly wrinkled again——

"It's just...there is another more important thing."

"This game is different from the guild showdowns we have held before, or the guild championship games we participated in."

"We have many participants in those competitions. We can expand the competition as much as possible and make plans. We can even have different processes and conduct many levels."

"But this time, our performer has made it clear that she wants to challenge all of us. Of course, this challenge cannot be about who can write better, but should be a real competition in terms of combat ability. It's just..."

Ariel exhaled slightly, raised her head and looked at everyone present and said——

"It's just that, in terms of time, it seems too short."

"Our guild includes me, the vice president, and Buffy alone. There are only fourteen people in total. If we compete once a day, one-on-one, how long do you think a duel can last?"

"Five minutes? Ten minutes? Even if we try our best to perform and show that we are evenly matched, our sweet cheese cheese will not listen to our instructions, right? A game may even end in two or three minutes.

"

"Our audience spent a lot of money to buy tickets, only to watch us bragging and spraying water before the game for an hour, and the real climax in the end only took two or three minutes? Is this kind of thing interesting?"

"Even if it takes the form of multiple games and multiple wins, it would be too rigid. The little cutie doesn't have any ideas about the rules of the game. Once he attacks, he must try his best. So every game must not be too long.

.”

"So, how should we adjust the shorter game time... Do you have any ideas?"

Facing Ariel's inquiry, the guild members were stunned.

After all, no one expected that their president would have already begun to think up the specific details of the competition!

But if you think about it carefully, in a one-on-one decisive battle, two or three minutes is too much. A real battle will often end in an instant.

One minute? Thirty seconds? Ten seconds?

No, if both parties try their best, it is very likely that the dust will have settled within the first five seconds. In such a short time, it is of course impossible to expect the audience to be very interested.

In addition, this is Sweet Wine Cheese's challenge to the entire Mermaid Song, which means that during all competitions, the combat characteristics of Sweet Wine Cheese's side have been fixed, and everyone will watch Sweet Wine Cheese several times in succession.

Wine, cheese and blue will naturally cause visual fatigue.

"Then... President, what if we switch to a group battle? Let her... beat us a few times?" Jelly spoke.

Ariel smiled and shook her head lightly: "Whether it's two against one or ten against one, we won't lose face if we win. If we lose, we'll definitely lose face regardless of the reason. And if we use it all at once,

It is impossible for her to face the same people next time, so the number of games will naturally be fewer, and we will charge a lot less ticket money."

Jelly lowered her head and did not dare to speak.

Suta made Ariel a cup of tea and said elegantly: "In other words, besides the competition, we need to have other things to attract the attention of the audience and make them feel that it is worth their money? In that case...

…Do we need to use musicals? How many troupes should we invite to perform?”

This method...can't say it won't work.

However, hiring a theater troupe is too expensive, and this competition will take at least a month. What kind of theater troupe can perform different plays for thirty days? People will also be tired of aesthetics in the later stages, right? There is no such thing as the better

As the decisive battle approaches, the more I want to see the feeling...

Seeing that Ariel didn't agree immediately, Suta sat down slowly. At that moment, the guild members also discussed with each other word by word. Some suggested that members of the Mermaid Song guild should perform in the middle of the game, while others suggested that Pelican City

The people inside came on stage to sing, and even hoped that Coco would have her undead soldiers line up and perform tap dancing.

Many people's ideas sound good, but overall, there is still no unified thing that can make people strongly pursue it to the end...

The discussion continued like this. Seeing that the food on the table was already cold, Ariel clapped her hands and said: "Okay, okay, I will consider these things. It's getting late now. Those who should start working in the evening have finished eating."

Let’s go to work after putting away the food, and let others rest when they need to, so that we can be full of energy for the next working day.”

Since the president announced the dissolution, the guild members had nothing to say. They helped clear away the dishes one by one, went to the kitchen and handed them to Crispyta and Jelly to clean, and then went about their business.

But when Ariel went upstairs, turned her head and looked at the door of Rummy's room, she exhaled slightly, rubbed her head, frowned, and walked towards her room.

What should be used to fill the gaps between games? A program that is exciting, fun, and unified, preferably one that can improve the economic status of Pelican City, and make people want to watch it from beginning to end.

…

Is there really such a program in this world?

Sigh... I have a headache thinking about it... But now I have to think about all the details of this duel. I guess tonight will be another sleepless night...

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After last night’s discussion, the basic policy of Mermaid Song has been decided.

Early the next morning, all the guild members started running around for the Sweet Wine and Cheese Challenge.

President Ariel Garcia, who had been up almost all night, used her brain power to initially finalize most of the details of the game. In addition to asking the guild members to contact various matters, she also immediately after a short sleep all morning

He went to summon his political officials, and arranged for everyone to actively prepare for this event while only revealing the concept of "the eldest princess wants to challenge the mermaid song".
To be continued...