- Firstly, the form of the referee must be in accordance with the requirements, and it is necessary to make her. And second, if there are other fighters who want to judge, then there are two fights between them. One for the best knowledge of the rules of competition, and the second - the battle. At the same time, the battle may be purely symbolic, or it may be with full contact, depending on how the applicants can agree among themselves or not. Sometimes it happens that for the right to judge competitions, battles take place harder and more violent than in the participants of the competitions themselves. By the way, these battles are much more interesting than the competitions themselves, because fighters with a great experience of battles, both in theory and in practice, always judge.

Soon the presenter announced that the fights of applicants for the role of referee began. Twenty people were willing to judge the competition. Theoretical knowledge was determined by robots according to the answers of the applicants (it reminded me of an exam on the rules of the road in the 20-21 century, but only without the bases). Only two of them did not have a single mistake: Nei and another candidate. They earned twenty points. Now came the turn of these fights. For each victory the challenger received one point.
Suddenly Ney raised her hand. There was silence, such that a fly would be heard.

- Attention to all applicants! In order not to waste too much time, I suggest that applicants hold a fight with me all at the same time. You can fight like everyone on his own, or as a partner, as a team against me. Fulkontakt. If I lose to even one of you, I drop out of the applicants. Who agrees! - absolutely everyone raised their right hand, some with a sword, some with a bow.
- Perfectly. So there are no objections. Robot judge we are all waiting for your team.
Hmm. Here is this petition. Yes, and looked Ney charmingly. She was the only one of them who was not in armor, but in the suit of a referee. In principle, it was not forbidden (to wear prematurely), but for the opponents it was a challenge.

- Attention to all viewers! - I heard the voice of Vakhtang, - today we have an unprecedented version of qualifying battles. The contender for the referee Virinea conducts a simultaneous fight with the other applicants. But in the event of a defeat in this single battle, she is eliminated, and her losses from each are counted. After this, battles are fought as usual. If Virinea wins, then immediately becomes the referee. In this case, today, fights for the title of referee will no longer be held. Robot judge proceed!

As soon as the gong of the beginning of the battle sounded, about a dozen arrows flew in Her and a dozen more fighters with a sword at the ready and an armored shield in their other hand rushed towards her. None of the arrows reached their goal. Each was ideally bifurcated by the sword of Arihonov, and both halves returned to those who released, but did not wound or kill anyone. Half arrows pierced the quiver cross-wise, making it impossible to pull out a single arrow from the quiver. Those fighters who rushed to her with swords did not reach, stopping in amazement.In each, only the hilt remained in the hands of the sword, and their swords fell into pieces on the ground. From the shields, too, nothing left. Strong (albeit thin) armor shields were shredded like cigarette paper. We can say that after a second no one had a weapon except for Nei.

Then she stuck her sword into the plastic covering of the arena to the very handle and took the fighting stance. The next second, Neya could end the battle, putting all her opponents in, but she began to play with the fighters like a cat with a mouse. I remembered how I conducted the first battle for the right to be an ambassador with a dozen fighters. But it was baby talk, compared to the battle of Nei. She did dizzy flips, jumped out of complete encirclement. In short, it occupied the whole arena for a minute. Everyone was already breathing like driven horses, and she would have at least henna.

- Well, what, kids? Did you run ?! Now get some rest! - and my method of pain shock, immobilized all. Medrobot were on the lookout, but did not enter the arena, because none of the fighters fell. Spectators were raging. This was not the case during the existence of Atlantis.
- Victory counted? Or should I break their arms or legs?
- Virinea! - I heard the voice of Vakhtang, - you were awarded a complete and unconditional victory. Today you confidently deserve the right to judge fights. But so be kind, return the opportunity to move your opponents.

“No problem,” she calmly walked around everyone and, just touching a certain point on the body, “revived” her rivals. But not without trouble. One of the opponents, having the opportunity to move, rushed at her. Now the girl is not ceremonial. Acquired from the attack, she invisible movement broke his lower leg. The impact speed was so lightning that even surveillance cameras could not record its impact. And this impudent man screamed as he rolled along the arena floor. He was immediately dragged off by the medbots. And only now the audience, as if awake, began to applause. Which did not cease for a few minutes, despite the organizers' attempts to continue the planned program.
“For an attack after the end of the battle, Mariv will be disqualified forever,” Vakhtang’s voice came through the communication channels, “from now on he has no right to stand for referee.”
This announcement viewers met a new surge of applause.

Judged Ney superbly. I saw and recorded such blows, which the side judges found only after the hologram exposed by Neya. If in the fight for the right to judge, the battle took place with a weapon, then the competition was conducted in hand-to-hand combat. Given that each battle lasted less than a minute, everything went very fast. Even the dragon captured these fights. It was felt that he missed this kind of entertainment. And the battles every time became steeper. Because the weaker were eliminated and the strongest remained.

The final. The final was reached by General Rustam and the deputy head of the sports federation Io. The fight was very exciting. It was felt that the opponents are close in strength. But for some reason it seemed to me that Rustam did not show his true strength, but played to the public. Seconds ten minutes before the end of the battle, he spent a couple of lightning-fast moves, and the last (suffocating) forced the enemy to surrender. Just ended the fight, as Leah jumped from her box to the arena. Having flown about fifty meters and tumbled in the air several times, she gently sank beside Rustam. The audience froze. Nobody could make such a dizzying pirouette. And although everyone knew that Leah had a power that no one could overcome, but they did not expect such a flight.

- Dear residents of Atlantis! - the voice of Leah, boosted by means of communication, - I heartily congratulate the true warrior, the winner of the competition, General Rustam. I also propose that he control not only the troops of Atlantis, but also the whole of Atlantis.
- Leah, what about you? - tried to argue Rustam.
- Minute general. Let me finish. Dear residents! It's time to tell a little about yourself.I will talk about what you all had no idea. Me and Alex are your descendants. Our spacecraft Phaeton (about which many of you know) fell into a temporary pit, we fell 6,500 years into the past and thus found ourselves among you. Some respectable people of the time when we appeared in Atlantis are still alive, although they are already very old. That's what happened on the site of our island when Alex and I were here.

There was a huge hologram showing a village surrounded by a palisade. Riders dressed in skins. Then it seemed the beginning of the construction of the city, which gradually grew. The appearance of transport, the first houses and happy tenants who received apartments with all amenities (in comparison with the camp, this is a fairy tale). The city grew, the habits and specialties of citizens changed. And finally, the view of the city as it has become now.

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