April 10th.
The Magic Cup elimination round had ended.
Ron did not pay much attention to matters over there. After listening to Nora's report, he merely confirmed the sixteen contestants who had successfully advanced into the points round-robin.
Among them were contestants Ron knew well, such as Andy and Wodesen, as well as several contestants who had left little impression on him.
Today was the first day of the points round-robin, and the matches would be held on the top floor of the Moonview Street competition venue.
During the points round-robin stage, every contestant would face each of the other fifteen contestants separately.
A standardized scoring system would then be used to calculate each person's tournament points.
The four contestants ranked highest in points would stand out from the crowd and advance to the finals.
At that time, the semifinals and finals would be arranged at the Grand Martial Arena. Ron had already made time to reserve it and confirm the competition dates.
On the first day of the points round-robin, Ron was not at the venue. Instead, he rode a carriage all the way to the royal palace.
In another five days, it would be the day Ron was granted the title of Count.
The relevant preparations had already been arranged within the palace. All that remained was for Ron to go through the process once and familiarize himself with the entire ceremony.
Ron naturally followed the arrangements in this regard. During that time, quite a few people came to speak with him, their purpose still being to ask about his plans for choosing a territory.
He encountered such things almost every day and had long ceased to find them strange.
By this point, quite a few factions believed that Ron had most likely already accepted the terms offered