Chapter 206: Competition Schedule

The remaining work was left to the Shaman, while Baifeng went back to start designing the medals. Because their manufacturing technology was truly not that great, they could not handle anything too complex, so it was best to keep them as simple as possible.

For the circular medals Baifeng designed, there were no gears or indentations around the edges. He thought for a long time about the pattern inside, finally deciding to use the image of their tribe's city wall. In the middle of the city wall was a Long Bow, which was their tribe's main reliance for both offense and defense. He had originally wanted to add wheat and Wild Rice ears, but they truly could not make them that exquisite, so Baifeng gave up on that.

The back would simply have a Chinese character. Different events would have different characters engraved on the back; for example, combat would be "Martial," running would be "Speed," and shooting would be "Accuracy." Baifeng felt this was a bit casual, but he was helpless due to the strict limitations of their conditions. Once their technology developed in the future, they would do it again, and at that time, Baifeng would definitely write the date on them—provided, of course, that a calendar and dating system were created.

Baifeng spent an entire day making the wax molds and then sent them to the Blacksmith Workshop for them to make. The blacksmiths were also the first people to know what the prizes looked like. Although Yu had already notified everyone about the competition while looking for people to build the venue, the other tribespeople still did not know what the prizes were.

After the wax molds were sent, Baifeng felt something was amiss: should the Slaves also use the same prizes? He felt this was definitely not okay; for the tribespeople, this would be tantamount to an insult. Although Baifeng did not care too much, the tribespeople certainly cared a great deal. If he handed out the same ones directly, he reckoned the tribespeople would definitely have complaints.

Thus, Baifeng had no choice but to design a simpler type that would also save on materials, as there were quite a lot of people and their metal was not abundant.

After much thought, Baifeng finally modeled them after copper coins, creating a medal that was round on the outside and square on the inside. There were no patterns. Baifeng had originally intended to write "Heaven and Earth," but given that the tribespeople already worshipped these two words immensely, he engraved a "Feng" character on them instead.

The materials were all pure Bronze; Gold and Iron were not to be used for them. Furthermore, Baifeng planned to only issue metal medals to the first-place winners. For second and third place, Baifeng had people make them out of Glass, though they could not be engraved.

The news of the competition had been fully communicated. The people of the Baifeng tribe responded actively and signed up, though they knew their own strength well; they absolutely did not sign up for things they shouldn't, only signing up for what they were best at to see if they had a chance to place.

The new tribespeople and Free Persons, however, had no idea of their own limits and wanted to sign up for everything. After all, the rewards that had been circulated were simply too tempting. Unfortunately, they did not know that their meager skills were completely unworthy of mention in front of the long-trained Soldiers of the Baifeng tribe.

Those of the Jiangbenshi clan knew their own abilities very clearly. Originally, they hadn't known, but Baifeng had vaguely mentioned it to Chinv, and Chinv had explained it to them. Therefore, out of the hundred or so people of the Jiangbenshi clan, only six signed up to participate, just to liven up the atmosphere; they had no intention of winning prizes.

Because their situation was more suitable for competing with the people in the Nuliqu, the difference in status meant they could only compete with the Soldiers of the Baifeng tribe.

The Slaves were even more active. Because there were many of them, the selection process began almost the same day it was arranged. Since one of the rewards was to be freed from being a Slave, basically everyone participated. Everyone wanted to try every event, and in the end, the Slaves weren't tired, but the Soldiers of the Baifeng tribe were worn out.

After the venue was built, the competition started smoothly on the second morning. First, Baifeng gave a speech on the city wall filled with empty words and promises, which everyone listened to with great interest, filled with hope for the future.

The first event of the competition was the team event, which was lively and worth watching, serving as a warm-up.

When the Soldiers of the Baifeng tribe put on their armor and took the field with various wooden Weapons dipped in paint, almost everyone let out exclamations and cheers, because they looked very imposing to the naked eye. This was especially true for the new tribespeople and Free Persons, as they had not yet seen what the Soldiers of the Baifeng tribe looked like in armor. As for the Slaves, firstly, they were not qualified to go up on the city wall, and secondly, they were all urgently participating in their own selection trials together, so they had no opportunity to come and watch.

After the competition began, a single-elimination system was used, with the final winners competing for the top three spots. Because they had undergone another year of training, the abilities of the Soldiers of the Bow and Blade Team had risen by more than one level compared to last year. Whether in coordinated tactics or individual martial prowess, the practicality and entertainment value of the entire competition far exceeded last year's. This made Baifeng very happy, though the final winner was not Xiong's team. Although they were all top-tier powerhouses, their coordination was truly lacking, which caused Xiong's expression to remain poor.

The team competition ended in the morning, and the first and second batches of medals from the Blacksmith Workshop were ready. Baifeng was very happy to put the medals on those three teams, and then he issued them the standard prizes of the Baifeng tribe.

With the team battles over, the individual competition began in the afternoon. Xiong was holding in a belly full of frustration with nowhere to vent, so he could only try to regain his face in the individual competition.

The Free Persons and new tribespeople who did not have armor could not enter the individual competition and could only watch. Originally, they were unconvinced and wanted to go down and try, but after watching a few matches, they no longer dared to have that thought.

On the first day, there were only these two events, and both ended smoothly. As expected, Xiong took first place in the individual competition, and his expression finally began to warm up.

On the second day, several events started at the same time, taking place in different locations. Tribespeople who wanted to watch a certain competition just had to find the location.

The referees for these competitions were no longer Baifeng, but all the tribespeople who were watching the matches. The contestants would not lie about their results; they understood that no one here could escape the eyes of the tribespeople. Everything was judged collectively by the tribespeople on the city wall, without a shred of shadiness.

Once those selection trials were mostly finished, they could begin the final showdowns one by one. At this time, the referee was Baifeng.

Although ordinary tribespeople and Free Persons had come to participate in the competition, most of the awards were still swept up by those Soldiers, because ordinary tribespeople simply did not get the training time or the opportunity to practice with Weapons like the Soldiers did.

The women's competition was also mostly finished, but compared to the male Soldiers, the current results were indeed not very impressive.

Moreover, for events like running, high jump, and long jump, not many people were willing to watch, whereas events like weightlifting were surrounded by crowds.