Volume 5 Chapter 50 - Various competitions (1/2)

It was another spring that came.

When April came, Banta City once again turned lively.

Because it was time for the annual Banta City spring bicycle race. There were many people who lived riding bicycles that came from all over.

These people not only came from Banta City, they came from the other cities and many people even came from other countries.

What was most exaggerated was that there were competitors that came from the Norton Duchy that was over two thousand kilometers away.

Although since the February of this year, because of the road built by the Amrit Chamber of Commerce reaching the Norton Duchy and because they connected to the road system between the Rudson Kingdom and the Lampuri Kingdom, the Fersen Transport Chamber of Commerce created a super long public transport system from the Lampuri Kingdom to the Norton Duchy that made things very convenient.

This was a journey that was over a thousand and five hundred kilometers. So even if they took the public transport Magic Car the entire time, it took them close to three days to come here.

The reporters of the «Banta Times» received this news and specially interviewed these contestants who came from afar.

In response to the questions from the reporters, this competitor from the Norton Duchy said that when he heard the news from Banta City that there would be a professional organization holding bicycle races, that had become his dream.

No matter how far the journey was, he had to participate.

When this report was published in the «Banta Times», passing through the Lampuri Kingdom and the various other countries, people became even more enthusiastic.

The people in Banta City surged for a time and it became very crowded, even being several times more lively compared to usual.

But after several races, for the people of Banta City, the bicycle race that was held twice a year was like a festival for them.

The City Lord Manor even cooperated with this competition. At this time each year, they would have all the companies give three days vacation so people could participate in the festival as much as possible.

And this year’s bicycle race was much more eye catching compared to before.

Because according to the news that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce announced in the «Banta Times», after half a year of preparations, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would be holding the professional race circuit after the spring bicycle race with the seven bicycle producing companies.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce and the seven bicycle companies would each organize a professional team to participate, fighting for the championship.

According to the rules announced, this race circuit would begin after the spring bicycle race and end before the autumn bicycle race that was held every year before October. The time would be half a year.

For now, the circuit would be holding eight races in eight cities of the Lampuri Kingdom. Each race would have a winner and would give points according to their rankings in the race. In the final championship, the rankings would be determined by how many points they had received during the circuit.

At the same time, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce announced that starting next year, this circuit would very likely be holding races in the cities of countries other than the Lampuri Kingdom, while also expanding the scale of the competition.

But for the normal citizens, it wasn’t the rules of the race that they cared about, but rather the prizes.

Last year, when the Frestech Chamber of Commerce announced this, they had said that it was very likely the winners of the circuit would receive fifty thousand gold coins which had shocked everyone then.

But this year when they had confirmed the event, the prize money that had been announced made people unable to believe their eyes.

A hundred thousand gold coins!

The person who won the championship would be receiving at least a hundred thousand gold coins!

Almost everyone had held their breath the moment they had heard this number.

God, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce is crazy!

A hundred thousand gold coins!

What kind of a concept was this!

It had to be known, a hundred thousand gold coins would be enough for a family to live a life of never caring about money again.

A hundred thousand gold coins was already the annual income for some of the smaller cities of the Lampuri Kingdom!

Even though the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had done many crazy things, seeing this terrifying reward money, everyone felt that they could smell the smell of craziness.

Perhaps it was because of this reward that most people focused their attention on the upcoming racing circuit. Rather, many people’s interest in the spring bicycle race had decreased.