Chapter 125: The Duke's Banquet (End)
The knight José wore his usual attire and, in fact, before he entered the hall, disarmed himself as a sign of trust in the host of the banquet.
Therefore, in front of everyone's eyes, it was just an ordinary nobleman who was still a little drunk, with a disability under his feet, to accept a knight who was all wearing armor and holding a great sword in both hands.
"You can resist a little lighter, I will consider letting you lose at my hands with dignity later, try not to hurt you in any way, you are old, and I am still in the prime of life, this is not a shame. ”
So said the young Aemond.
"But I didn't want to tell you to leave with dignity! I did find out that you crazy people are really not afraid of death, and you are also keen to make trouble for others. ”
Although everyone did not hear the words of the Knight José, they could see the thick anger in his eyes.
I really don't know what this reckless young man said to him to make a good old man who seems harmless like this.
But in any case, when this duel was going on from the beginning, although the nobles present were not optimistic that the José knight could win, they at least hoped that the José knight could win.
Although Aemond and his knight brothers seem to be ashamed of bullying an old man.
For him, it's just a matter of winning.
Therefore, as soon as the duel began with the nobles holding their breath, Aemond immediately rushed to his opponent.
Like his Cavaliers, he decided that offense was more effective than defense.
The first collision was only a result in minutes and seconds.
Young Aemond took a big step forward, his two-handed sword steady like a mountain, while the knight José fell several paces away like a lame trojan horse.
This couldn't help but make the nobles at the table frustrated.
The difference between the two in terms of the weight of their weapons was too great, and in this form of competition, they could hardly see what the chances of winning on the Jose knight could be.
But the warring sides don't see it that way.
Knight Aemond didn't feel much glad that he had the upper hand, and Knight Jose didn't feel frustrated when he fell into the upper hand.
Or rather, he didn't even realize that he was at a disadvantage.
A true warrior will always have only his enemies in his eyes.
In the first collision of Fang Cai, the José knight did not use much of his strength.
As the nobles at the table thought, his sword was too light and small for him to be able to fight it.
But he didn't think he was going to lose.
Compared with the real master duel, although the swordsmanship of the two is quite good, I don't know for what reason, the nobles present can see that the movements between the two of them are a little too fast, and the defense and offense are too frequent.
In just three breaths, the two of them have collided with each other's blades seven or eight times, which is almost a breath, and both of them have to fight for the length of the stretching rhythm of their muscles.
No one can maintain their strength at such a frequency.
In less than a moment, both sides were already sweating profusely on their foreheads.
And in the case of almost losing strength, the demeanor between the two also made a very deep impression on the spectators.
Although this duel is destined to have no lottery heads, they are more attentive to watching than the colorful game.
Knight Aemond has a kind of poise and humanity that is completely out of keeping with his age.
He still maintains the "mid-section" style after the first fencing, neither rushing to attack, but also not just passive defense, turning himself into a mountain, but also looking for the flaws in his opponent.
On the other hand, as far as the José knights are concerned, the faces of the guests present are a little unbearable.
The "hanging style", which is relatively rare in the swordsmanship used by the Jose Knight, was originally also an offensive and defensive posture, which could switch back and forth between the defensive and offensive postures, but it was extremely lethal used by the Jose Knight.
From Aemond's point of view, in every attack of the José Knight, the techniques used were all murderous techniques.
This is what really embarrassed these nobles, that is, this knight named Aemond can use the skills of the training ground to fight against the sword of the "butcher".
However, at this time, Aemond also seems to have figured out the Jose Cavaliers' offensive routine.
After taking a few steps back, he bowed slightly in the direction of the Knight Jose, and his mountain-like face cracked with a few expressions of admiration.
"You must be the 'Bloody Knight', right?' did my mentor mention you to me...... Your swordsmanship has reached its peak at one point. If it weren't for your leg...... I'm certainly no match for you. ”
But the face of the José knight still showed only sarcasm and murderous energy.
"Tsk, do you mean that you will surrender to me because of the problem with this leg?"
Somehow, the question struck Aemond's heart, and his face suddenly became much more ugly, and he agitated his Adam's apple, as if he was about to say something.
But the José knight obviously didn't give him this opportunity, he lowered the tip of his sword a little, and said in a deep voice
"If you want to attract the attention of others again, then just keep talking, I don't know what identity you used to get here, kid of the Prussian family, but I want to warn you, the empire of Great Prussia in the north is the most reckless and foolish, even if the current majesty doesn't want your life, it doesn't mean that they don't want to exchange your head for rewards!"
The "Emond" knight's face suddenly turned a little red.
"Who wants you to remind these men of the Knights, Felipe's lackeys! Let me tell you, none of us, our family, are afraid of death!"
Seeing such a stupid attitude of the knight in front of him, the knight of José lost interest in continuing to chat with him.
What's more, the matter of insulting the Red Lion Emperor did touch his bottom line. When the emperor died, he was still very young, and he didn't bury his heart there like those old guys.
But in terms of his interpersonal relationships in the first half of his life, he was inseparable from that rather "brave king......
Therefore, when others insulted Felipe the Great, he almost subconsciously increased the frequency of his attacks.
After a short break, the situation on the scene eventually developed in a different "one-sided" way.
Instead of being obsessed with attacking Aemond's torso, the Knights of Jose started with his wrists.
The blood shed on the battlefield is undoubtedly more effective than the sweat left in the training room.
At the beginning of the second call, Aemond also tried to attack twice, but the whole person was a little obviously out of shape, the sword swung out of his wrist seemed to be as slow as a stroke, and the knight of Jose only took a slight step back, and dodged the swing of the great sword.
In contrast, the José knight has significantly increased the number of times he attacks.
As far as the talent for using the sword in the wheel is concerned, even if you add the generation of Vidia and the generation of Marcus, you can't find a second Jose knight.
Amid Aemond's heavier and heavier breathing, Vidia finally let go.
The José knight has completely mastered the "rhythm".
When Aemond was already tired and had some nervous collapse, the mental state of the Jose Knight was still in the best condition.
He looked like an idle attack, but every time he got stuck at the point where Aemond was about to breathe.
And when Aemond tried to fight back with his sword, the José knight swam out of range like a fish.
One can be beaten passively, while the other can be easily beaten. After a period of forced willpower, Aemond finally couldn't hold on.
The armor that usually wears and moves freely seems to weigh as much as a thousand catties at the moment, and the giant sword, which was originally only "somewhat weighty", is becoming more and more powerless to defend at this moment.
Eventually, the Knight José grasped a big flaw in Aemond's duel, and then stabbed it with a sword, ending the "pointless battle".
The sword was right in Aemond's left arm.
If Aemond was still in his prime, he would naturally be able to endure the attack, but at this moment, Aemond was already at the end of his crossbow, and in the end, there was only half a breath left, and with the sword falling, the knight's heavy sword in Aemond's hand fell irretrievably to the ground.
And the José knight naturally does not leave his opponent a time to pick up the weapon again.
Suddenly there was a burst of celebration in the hall.
Knight José's face looked at Knight Aemond lying on the ground, and after a few complicated emotions flashed on his face, he finally inserted the sword into his waist, pursed the corners of his lips helplessly, and walked out of the duel area.
It's just that the fly in the ointment is that he is still limping, which somewhat affects his image as a winner.
Vidia rushed forward in three or two steps and asked
"So, what the hell is going on with your knees?"
This is the "interrogation technique" that Conan taught him, after a person has done something intently, his body and mind will be in a very short vacuum at the moment, in this case, you ask him any question, he will immediately give a truthful answer.
Originally, it was used to interrogate prisoners, but Vedia was now learning and using it on his father's body.
When the José knight saw Vedia trotting up, he thought that he had encountered something to do with himself, but what he didn't expect was to ask about this topic.
For José Knight, fencing is like eating and drinking as smoothly, and such clumsy interrogation skills naturally cannot be applied to him.
But the moment he and Vedia looked at each other, he changed his original intention of continuing to hide the truth.
The once little wolf cub had grown almost as tall as the bridge of his nose now, and it might be time for him to bear more.
Thinking of this, Knight Jose ignored the nobles who frequently toasted him, let alone the strange knights whose faces sank as if they could twist into the water.
Instead, he patted the little guy in front of him on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Are you asking me about this leg? Hey, that's a little she-wolf bite. The crockpot will not be broken from Inoue, and the general will inevitably die in front of the battle...... Little Vidia, I'm a knight, and injuries are inevitable. ”
As he said this, the José knight even winked at Vedia playfully.
It seemed to be a reason for the past to be said, but Vedia had a strong doubt in his heart.
He looked among the guests and finally found the answer at the mouth of an attendant who was hiding in the corner like him.
Beside the squire was the head of a giant wolf, which seemed to have been transformed into a helmet.
Even earlier, the squire had boasted to him how brave he was, so much so that he had escaped from the wolves alone, and had even taken home such a precious trophy.
Only then did Vidia come to her senses.
Even a knight's squire can deal with a pack of wolves.
The so-called snow wolves, he himself has seen a lot, as long as they deal with it well, they can't scare the locals at all, let alone a José knight who is more than ten years younger than now?
What's more, in Vidia's impression, the José knight is a person who does not hunt wolves at all.
In the eyes of Knight José, a group of beasts that hunters can clean up is not worthy of being asked to do it himself.
Vidia wanted to continue to ask, but the José knight had already taken the opportunity to sneak into the banquet.
This duel is sure to be another highlight in the life of José Knight.
Although these things were useless to the achievements of his own life, as far as the Northern Expedition he was preparing to participate in was concerned, a cripple who had a heroic record and could prove that he was not old was much better than a cripple who was out of tune and could not see that he still had a few percent of his combat effectiveness.
But as a failure to foil the existence of the José knights, the "Emond" knights, he had to leave the duke's banquet immediately with the help of his own vassal knights.
And on the way away, there was not a pair of eyes on them.
Only the Knight of José himself knows the true identity of this so-called "Knight of Emond".
After a round of drinking, the José knight whispered in Vidia's ear
"You know what? You have good luck today, and you see His Royal Highness the Prince one by one. ”
Although Vidia could figure out who that person was, he was conservative, so he still asked:
"Who is that man?".
But the José knight only staggered his gaze into the distance outside the house.
As night fell, the north wind whined, and the stars cast their light on the snow and ice above the snowy wilderness, reflecting a bright light outside the house.
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