Chapter 415: Top Four Players
Ed nodded when he heard this, Li Lingyi had also said that he would participate in the martial arts competition, but he didn't take it seriously at all, but he didn't expect the latter to really stand out from the audition and enter the top thirty-two.
Of course, Ed recognizes Li Lingyi's swordsmanship, but you must know that there is no swordsmanship competition at the martial arts competition, after all, swordsmanship is still a relatively civilian sport in the final analysis, and anyone who picks up a sword can call himself a swordsman, so it is natural for nobles to disdain to hold this kind of competition. Therefore, the most popular among the nobles, and at the same time the highest prize money in the tournament, it is undoubtedly a knight duel.
The so-called knight duel knight is two people riding horses with special wooden spears to hedge, and the first to be knocked off the horse loses. At the same time, because it is a special wooden spear, it basically rots when touched, and generally there is no need to stab people to death, of course, only in general.
There is no doubt that this kind of knightly duel is the favorite of the nobles, and it is also the favorite of the commoners. Because it is absolutely difficult for a commoner to practice superb riding skills, the maintenance of horses and the training of hedging are not affordable for civilians, so in the end of this activity, there is not even a civilian who can enter the top 32, if you have to say it, there is only Li Lingyi who is not a player from a noble background.
At this time, all the contestants had already entered, and dozens of people formed a majestic knightly formation, and the girls around them were all agitated, and they all whispered to their close friends about these handsome and tall young men, judging their origin according to the patterns on their armor.
There were mercenary knights from the Five Fingers Peninsula, the High Court, and Dorne, freeriders and newly appointed squires not mentioned in the ballad, and noble young masters from prominent families who came in the last ranks, or heirs to local princes. Most of these young men have not yet established a distinguished feat, and may not have a knighthood yet, but that is only a matter of time.
After the entrance ceremony, the competition officially began, according to the previously proposed order in turn, compared to the other favorites to win the championship, Li Lingyi's existence is obviously a little abrupt, when he first appeared on the scene, everyone felt that the next boring battle, and his opponent was the same.
Sir Danwell, the child of the old Frey, who looked contemptuously at Li Lingyi, who did not even have a helmet, saluted the king and could not wait to defeat this shabby enemy.
At the beginning of the hedge, Danwell's wooden gun was slightly raised, Li Ling smiled silently, and at the moment when the two of them staggered, he leaned over slightly to dodge the wooden gun that stabbed him in the face, and the wooden gun in his hand did not stab, but turned sideways and slapped directly on the opponent's body, accompanied by the cracking sound of the wooden gun, the latter was also swept off the horse!
"Oh!"
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but exclaim, after all, it is relatively rare for a player to be able to decide the winner in the first round of hedging, not to mention that many people think that Sir Danwell will win, and some gamblers even put their entire net worth on him, and at this time, seeing that the latter is so unbearable, he immediately scolded.
"Rubbish!!"
"You can't even beat a child!
"Useless stuff!"
In addition to the raucous crowd, even Sir Danwell himself was in disbelief that he would lose to a seventeen-year-old child. As for Li Lingyi, he didn't have any ideas, the latter's strength was too weak, and his attack intent was too obvious.
Maybe it's because he doesn't have a helmet, so Danwell wants to attack his face when he starts up, but just like what he said to Arya before, people will pay more attention to and defend their vital points, he doesn't have a helmet on his head, so he will naturally pay more attention to the defense of his head, and Danwell also insists on attacking the head, which will definitely neglect his own defense, so he will be killed by him with one blow.
"Father, look!" Arya happily looked at Li Lingyi, who had left victoriously, and grabbed her father Ed's arm and shook it non-stop, "Teacher Ivey won so easily!"
"yes. Ed nodded, and his heart was even more different about Li Lingyi's strength, he only thought that the latter's swordsmanship was powerful, but he didn't expect that his riding skills were also so extraordinary, so it seemed that it might really come from some declining nobleman.
But for Li Lingyi's victory, there are naturally some people happy and some worried, especially Cersei who was sitting on the highest stage, she had a gloomy face and glanced at Jaime standing next to her, who was also looking at her, and shook her head gently. As for King Robert, he clapped his hands happily, obviously he had a very good impression of Li Lingyi, on the one hand, because of his young demeanor, and on the other hand, because the latter was black hair and black eyes like him, so he naturally felt close.
The jousting lasted all day until dusk. The hooves of war horses roared, trampling the land of the tournament into a ruined wasteland. In the end, the top four were selected.
Gregor Clegane, known as the Magic Mountain, was nearly eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and arms as thick as small tree trunks. His mount resembled a toy horse under his armoured feet, and his spear resembled a broomstick. He is the undoubted favorite to win the championship, and many bankrupt gamblers have pressed the golden dragon on him, hoping to rely on him to turn around.
Sandor Clegane, nicknamed Hound Dog, is a brother to the one above, but the relationship is not very harmonious. After all, there are not many older brothers who will press their younger brother's head into the brazier because they play with their own toys. Because of this, half of his face was horrific burns, and this also made his heart twisted and strong, and his combat power was also extremely strong.
Loras Tyrell, the Knight of the Hundred Flowers sought after by aristocratic girls, he is handsome and quite strong, he has defeated several Kingsguards, is the most popular knight, and is also a popular candidate for the championship of this tournament like the Magic Mountain.
As for the last Li Lingyi, whether in terms of age, appearance, equipment, reputation, etc., it can not be compared with the other three to various degrees, people have never heard of him, I don't know where this kid called "Ivy Crane" came from, and no one in the "Crane" family has ever heard of him. People only know that he is a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes, and of course he also has a certain strength, after all, none of the players who can reach the top four rely on luck. However, there are still not many people who are optimistic about him, only the little wolf girl of the Stark family has repeatedly told others that this boy will win, and that he is her master. So everyone is also very curious about tomorrow's final, looking forward to this mysterious teenager to bring them some extra surprises.