Chapter 347

The time for the final contest is set at dusk. Before competing for the championship, the two players also need to ride tall horses around the whole court to make the horses adapt to the field, show their style to the audience and opponents and win the cheers of supporters.

One of them, a young knight with great beauty and hair, was especially welcomed by the audience. He was about 18 years old, riding a snow-white Andalusian horse. A pure gold kite shield was hung on the left side of the horse's back, with a red bull crest on it. He was wearing a blue shining fine iron lock armor, and his handsome face was hung with a confident and open smile. Against the setting sun, A clump of lazy curly hair is like melted gold.

The young and handsome knight is like a prince in a ballad. Whenever he holds an eagle wing helmet to greet the audience, he can always cause bursts of praise. Those enthusiastic and bold girls even throw flowers at the knight to express their love.

In contrast, the opponents of young Knights don't have such good treatment. It was a young knight in his early 30s, with short gray hair, wind and sun traces on his bronze face, and his firm expression was outlined by his tight lips and light brown eyes, just like his red copper armor. The style of the armor was old and polished. There was no noble badge on it, but the mottled scratches showed a spirit of killing. His mount is a common jujube red horse, strong but insignificant, without fancy pacing, but carrying his master slowly, looking calm and steady.

"Wei... Lord, who do you think will win?" Natalia was close to Victor's left shoulder, but she used a salute.

"Honey, I don't even know who they are?" Victor smiled. The scene just now was not what he wanted, but it did suppress Natalia.

"The young contestant's name is Jorn Hennessey, from the kingdom of Neville. He was promoted to Knight at the age of 17 and is only 18 this year." Natalia whispered.

"What?" Victor asked in surprise, "are you sure Jorn is only 18 this year?"

Natalia nodded and said admiringly, "yes, Jorn's talent is amazing."

Victor was moved. The aging speed of ordinary knights is slower than that of ordinary people. They can't judge the real age of knights by their appearance. Victor thought Jorn was about 25 years old, but he didn't expect that he was only 18 years old, and he was promoted to a knight at the age of 17.

Trainee Knights will never use energy potion before they are 30, while 17-year-old Knights must be promoted naturally. This means that Jorn's Knight blood is very pure. If there is no accident, he only needs to polish his fighting spirit step by step to become an extraordinary knight.

The York family has found a treasure!

Later, Victor was suspicious, frowned and asked, "Jorn has great potential. Why didn't the great lord of Neville recruit him?"

Natalia smiled and explained: "The history of the hannesian family can be traced back to before the iron mountain empire. Now they have declined. Like the Wimbledon family, the descendants retain their surnames and the family has disintegrated. The hannesian family in Neville is just a baron Lord. Jorn is the nephew of the hannesian Baron and has been foster in the Baron's leadership since childhood. After the death of the old hannesian Baron, the childless Baroness will make an appointment Arne was expelled from the territory so that her nephew could inherit the title. "

"Jorn was not promoted to Knight at that time. He appealed to the patriarch of the family without results. The resident priest led by the Baron wrote him a letter of recommendation and asked him to try his luck."

Victor's heart moved and asked, "what is the relationship between the baroness and the patriarch of the hannesian family?"

"The Baroness is the second wife of the old Baron and comes from the patriarchal family. In fact, the Baron leader has fallen into the hands of the patriarchal family." Natalia smiled contemptuously and added: "Jorn has publicized this matter. It is said that the Marquis faroor saw his performance and secretly sent guard knights to solicit Jorn, but was rejected."

What a bloody drama fighting for territory

The old Baron was fatuous and incompetent, so that the heir of noble blood was driven out of the territory by his evil wife. The heir lay on his laurels and tasted the gall. After he became famous at the world-renowned martial arts competition, he accused the despicable activities of the patriarchal family. Facing the solicitation of the guardian of the Kingdom, the ashamed Golden Knight poured out his anger on the enemies of the family

This is indeed a dog blood drama, but it is not reality.

Potential doesn't mean strength. Jorn is just an ordinary Knight at present. Even if he reaches the peak in the future, the Neville royal family won't punish his Lord for the Golden Knights of other families. In addition, Jorn accepts the solicitation of the Marquis farour, and he can't expect that the guardian of the kingdom will help him regain the family territory. His highness farour needs Jorn to be loyal to the royal family, but it's not for him He went back to be a little Lord. On this point, the Marquis of faroor had to thank the baroness for driving Jorn out of the house.

In the final analysis, the Lord's world is a world of the jungle. If you lose, you have to admit it!

It is common to seize territory through marriage, which is why the Lord's heirs are unwilling to marry the noble daughter of the big family. Similarly, count chebman never wants to marry the royal family unless they can become the leaders of the southern Lord group and have the strength to protect the interests of the family.

Although the port is important, for the chebman family, the port represents trouble and marriage with the royal family represents danger.

Thinking of this, Victor looked up at the other side and found that Gillian did not communicate with the knight in any form.

"It's ugly." Victor touched his smooth chin and said in a pun, "even if you seize territory, you don't even give a suit of armor." Shook his head and asked, "what about the other player?"

"James, a registered Ranger, was naturally promoted to Knight at the age of 28. He is 36 years old. This is his first time to participate in the martial arts competition. He won all 46 challenges, and then no one challenged him until the decisive match." Replied Natalia.

Ordinary adventurers are called mercenaries and noble adventurers are called Rangers. They are both free people who accept money employment and rely on force to make a living. The difference is that mercenaries haunt the tavern opened by the Lord, while Rangers register in the church and receive tasks. When the territory is in danger and needs military support, the stationed priest can ask the ranger for help through the church's communication system. In return, the Lord offered rewards to the Rangers, and the church wanted to publicize their reputation.

Rangers are praised by civilians and the protagonists in poetry. They look bright on the surface, but the hardships behind them are unknown to outsiders. Except for the famous Knight adventurers, most of the Rangers are illegitimate children without family names. When they have saved enough money, they buy washing medicine or energy potion from the church. After they are promoted to knight, the church recommends them to join a family.

Victor said quite unexpectedly, "can an illegitimate son be promoted to knight?"

"Is it strange?"

Sophia said faintly, "my parents are ordinary nobles. Don't I also step into the field of silver?"

Victor looked sideways at Sophia and said with a smile, "honey, the eyes of Princess Fanny and Celine of the kingdom of SUS are also purple. You should have the blood of the eliano family? The mothers of illegitimate children are ordinary people. How can they be compared with you?"

Sophia gave Victor a charming look and said with a smile, "honey, are you saying that Felix can't be compared with me?"

Of course not! You're not as good as her

Victor thought so, but he was not stupid enough to praise another woman in front of two women. He just smiled without saying anything.

Sophia said calmly: "I've heard of the deeds of Felix. All knights who survive the trial of life and death deserve respect, including me. No matter whether their blood is high or low, every noble can become a knight. The difference is that those with high blood are easy to awaken and fight, while those with low blood are more difficult. The trial of life and death is undoubtedly a shortcut to achieve knights. At the moment of life and death, I I felt that my blood was connected with the element sea, and the power of the element sea resonated with all my element positions. At that moment, I was the Silver Knight at the peak, killing the saber toothed tiger at one fell swoop. After that, I firmly remembered the resonance frequency of the element position, and soon stepped into the silver field. My knight's blood was purified, showing the characteristics of the eliano family. "

Victor nodded and said, "I see... James has experienced the test of life and death. Can't he become a Silver Knight?"

"Of course. Knights who pass the trial of life and death will be able to set foot in the extraordinary field, but the trial of life and death will be ten deaths and no life. At most 5 or 6 of the 100 testers can survive." Sophia shook her head and said, "James was promoted to a knight at the age of 28. At present, he is 36. If he had experienced the trial of life and death, he should have become a silver knight in eight years, but he didn't, which shows that he is not a lucky man who has passed the trial of life and death."

"In addition to the stimulation between life and death, strong desire and firm belief can also awaken the power in the blood. That is the noble's longing for knights. I never forget and strive for it. I walked on thorns in the hope of awakening fighting spirit and treating disabilities. Finally, I succeeded. The children of all ethnic groups received the most rigorous martial arts training since childhood to temper their will and become knights Faith. Those with ordinary blood and pleasure can't become knights anyway. "

"James should be in this situation." Sophia raised her fine chin and said, "an illegitimate ranger can have armor and war horses. It depends on hard work. Looking at the scratches on the armor, you can see that James has experienced hundreds of battles. Although his blood is not as noble as Jorn's, it's not as good as his blood. Jorn doesn't have any chance. James will win!"

Victor looked at Sophia's bright face and asked, "do you admire him very much?"

"Appreciation is out of the question." Sophia shook her head and smiled, "I have a similar experience with him. I can understand his idea. He will not give up the chance to win the title. No matter who the opponent is, he will try his best."

You're strengthening your own obsession... Victor thought for a moment in his heart and said, "it's admirable to be brave and diligent..." he paused and asked, "has James ever hurt anyone in the game?"

"No." Natalia replied, "James won every game easily, which shows his superior strength. Jorn injured three Knights instead."

Victor nodded and said confidently, "the same thing has different interpretations in different people's eyes. I think James will lose to Jorn."

"Honey, we might as well make a bet. The winner can ask the loser to do what he can. What do you think?" Victor took the opportunity to hold Sophia's slender hand. Her little hand was as soft as bone, cold and delicate, just like cold jade. Victor couldn't help rubbing.

Sophia's eyes brightened and her husband let her play with her jade hand. She gently bit her red lips and asked, "what do you want me to do for you?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Victor shook his head and said, "what do you want me to do?"

"I didn't think about it." Sophia smiled, shook her slender hand, clasped Victor's fingers, fell in his ear, and breathed out, "you can't break your promise if you lose!"

"Of course, I do what I say!"

Victor nodded solemnly and was secretly proud... If I win, I will leave you an impression of wisdom, and the later things will be easy to do. If I lose, all you ask is to solve the plight of the chamber of Commerce. I can put forward my opinions in a fair manner, which is exactly what I want. Hehe, who can make it clear.

They smiled at each other and watched the game closely.

On the field, two knights dismounted, raised wooden spears and saluted the Pope and the Duke of York from a distance.

Pope Clement got up and said, "this is a fair game. I hope you will uphold the kindness and virtue of knights, not for the purpose of hurting your opponents, and win a glorious victory. The Supreme Lord is with you."

Knight competition is a very dangerous "Sport", and violent casualties often occur. The church and the Lord asked the contestants to use hardwood to make weapons, the so-called "polite" weapons. However, even wooden sticks can exert amazing power in the hands of knights, so the competition stipulates that knights can only carry out horse spear stabbing: This is a wonderful and exciting, one-on-one duel. In the competition, both sides stab their opponents off their horses with spears on galloping horses, and the victory will be determined with one blow, but they can't hurt their opponents' horses, otherwise they will lose.

However, the children of ordinary nobles need to show their martial arts and bravery. The competition between them is often a duel on foot with a sword, which increases the risk. Especially when players encounter old enemies, the game often becomes a battle of life and death.

Today, 9 unlucky people have lost their lives, 23 people are disabled and countless people have been injured. If it were not for the Pope, the number of casualties would have doubled. It can be said that this competition field the size of a football field has been stained with the blood of the contestants.

But if the knight doesn't even have the courage to face the danger, how can he enjoy the sacrifice of his people?

The York family offered rich rewards for the champion: a set of fine gold armor, a fine gold long sword, a good horse and 3000 golden sols. If you are willing to join the York family, you will immediately be knighted as a lord and obtain a 200 square kilometer territory, including a manor and a village.

For the sake of title and territory, contestants can never be merciful.

Jorn pulled the "polite" weapon out of a beautiful gun flower, laughed and said, "James, I'll use it to pick you off your horse..." he looked at his opponent's armor and said confidently, "then, win the championship armor!"

"I'm used to speaking with a spear." Ranger James put on a lion helmet and a stirrup. His mount rushed out like a sharp arrow, hissed, his hind legs stood upright and turned around, facing Jorn from afar.

"Wonderful equestrian skills!"

The Duke of York got up from his seat and said with a smile, "I bet Jorn with 1000 gold sol and James with 1000 gold sol."

The loud attendant shouted out the Duke of York's bet, and the clerk wrote the bet on a huge board with red paint.

With an elegant smile on his face, Duke Williams raised his voice and said, "I'm optimistic about Jorn, too. I bet 5000 kinsol."

The whole audience was in an uproar.