Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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The Forgery brothers were still trying to argue.

"You can't do this to us… we worked so hard on that blade!"

"Yeah…! Please, your majesty!"

"Can't we at least show you our talents in the next test? We will not disappoint you!"

As they spoke, they were still being rained by rotten tomatoes, barely managing to evade them, until one of them landed right on their faces.

"Boom! Headshot!"

And it was Anna who was celebrating in the audience seats, laughing.

"Uugh…"

As they groaned and acted all weak and meek, the other masters glared at them with disgust, something they had not even done to the other newbies.

"You are nothing but a farse, get off the stage!" said the Horshen. "Do you think we didn't know who did all of that damage before?"

"Pathetic… Scum… leave…" even Melisa, who had not talked this entire time, spoke.

"You're dishonoring the great Legacy of Blacksmiths! Leave this very instant, or I shall make you leave!" Erdragon roared, flames coming from his mouth.

"Hah, pathetic…" Goldanaba laughed at them, giggling like a little goblin.

"Y-YOU DARE?!"

The brothers grew more furious.

"Your majesty, they insulted us!"

"That is against the rules, right?!"

"D-Disqualify them too!"

The King sighed.

"That only applies within the test's time, participants can say whatever they want to each other once they're over," the King said. "Now leave, or I will make you leave personally."

The King was still holding both swords.

The trio quickly felt they had been played this entire time.

Well, mostly because they didn't want to admit how terrible they were.

But from the very beginning, the King knew they would lose!

And it wasn't because he was going to disqualify them no matter what, but because he knew their creations would be utter garbage.

Compared to Ambil, Planta, and Titan's sword, they were nothing. And even more, when compared to these four other experts, even less!

"Hyeeeh!"

The trio screamed like little girls, crying while running away, completely humiliated.

"Y-You're not going to get away with this, Ambil!"

"Bastard!"

"You'll see!"

As the trio ran away from the stage, the people only laughed at their pathetic cries.

"Hahaha!"

"They left, they left!"

"Good! Finally!"

The King and the Queen then looked at the other remaining participants.

"Every participant whose sword broke is immediately disqualified. There are two other swords that didn't break. Young blacksmiths, step forward," the Queen said.

Then, two humans stepped forward, one was a young woman in her early twenties, with freckles, messy red hair, and beautiful emerald eyes.

The second was a teenager boy with short black hair and red eyes, he had half-elf ears.

The first was an NPC, the second was a Player.

"Congratulations, you get the sixth and seventh place, and get to continue on this contest!"

The Queen smiled, recognizing the young Blacksmiths.

"Well done, we are expecting great things from you two, new blacksmiths. Work hard!"

The King said, cheering them on.

"Y-Yes, thank you so much, your majesty!" the girl cried, lowering her head in respect.

"T-Thanks…" the boy muttered.

Planta and the rest could tell they were newbies that had just started working on this entire thing and were rising stars. As masters, they had to made sure to protect them and incentivize their growth and competitiveness.

"Well done brats, but I plan to not lose my fifth place, hahaha! So you better step up your game!" Horshen teased them.

"Your swords are good," Erdragon said. "But there's always a better way of making them, keep improving."

"Not bad for just some brats! You got some potential, maybe!" Goldanaba nodded.

"…" Melisa remained in silence.

"Yeah, have to admit they're pretty fine, can be better," Ambil nodded.

"Well done! You're brimming with talent!" Planta was much more condescending and motherly than the rest. "Do your best!"

"Y-Yes…!" the two nodded, even more nervous than before.

After that, the referee announced a break time.

"Now it's time for some break time! Thirty minutes are given to all participants to rest, eat, and prepare for what's coming!" said the referee. "We'll also prepare their next batch of materials and such! Remember that there will be many snack sellers around the audience stalls, so if you're hungry, don't spare a coin and buy some of our Kingdom's delicacies!

We've heard that Planta worked on some of them!"

It was break time, thirty minutes were given to all, and it was a good enough timeframe to rest and have a quick meal. And yes, Planta had indeed worked on that food, a bit, she had given recipes for them, but the royal chefs were the ones that prepared them at the end.

After that, the audience went insane, buying the snacks one after another, everyone wanted to taste Planta's delicacies.

At the same time, Planta, Ambil, and Titan moved back to the resting area of the arena, a large place for all participants, where there were several servants, bathrooms, and a kitchen. Friends were allowed to pay them a visit.

"Well done mom!" Elena ran towards her mother, hugging her. "You all did so well!"

"Elena! Haha, yeah, I guess we really won the first round!" Planta giggled.

"It was all thanks to her, that genius idea she had won everyone over," Mark laughed.

"Indeed, and she's the only one that could fuse four weapons nonchalantly, her mana pool is just out of this world!" Ambil laughed.

"Well done lady planta!" Acorn said.

"To be expected of my liege, she won without even sweating," Nieve smiled.

"Nah, it was thanks to everyone that cheered for me!" Planta was too nice and honest to accept compliments.

"Auntie, are we eating something before the second test then?" wondered Anna.

"Sure! I will prepare something with my spirits!" Planta nodded. "Do you guys want to join us on a meal?"

"A meal?" the other participants noticed her words, quickly moving towards her.

"Well, color me surprised, aren't you quite nice to your rivals?" laughed Horshen.

"Hmm, a meal from you, who is so famous nowadays… I cannot refuse," Erdragon nodded.

"…Ok," Melisa agreed.

"Eeeh, sure?" Goldanaba giggled. "But I ain't paying for it~!"

"Sure, it's on the house!" Planta just wanted to get along with everyone. "You two, come too!"

Of course, she called the two other timid newbies.

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