Chapter 9: Still Breathing

I saw an elven female swordsman wearing a lilac medium-sized metal armor with a cloak, bronze skin, white and silky hair, a delicate face, a slender and well-proportioned body, and a sharp sword in her hand, kicking a big man out of the ring and saying, "It's too bad." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info How dare a guy like you call himself an official mercenary?"

The big man, who was still talking wildly before he came to the stage, fell to the ground and screamed loudly: "Ouch hey!-" Then, he got up from the ground, his face was red with shame, and he fled from here in great embarrassment.

Seeing this, a large group of spectators gathered around the ring laughed: "Ha, ha, ha..."

In the crowd of spectators, the two who laughed the most suddenly looked at each other, spotted each other and recognized each other: "Tina." "Ray. ”

It was Leonard who was the first to ask, "Why are you here?"

Tina remembered the titan snake fangs that Leonard had borrowed from her by claiming to get some money to spend, and replied and asked, "We just came back from a little business, and when we passed by here, we saw someone setting up a ring, so we stopped to watch for a while. Also, did you get the money with what I borrowed from you?"

Leonard took out the fangs of the Titan Ancient Serpent from his bosom with his right hand and handed them to Tina's hand, and with his left hand took out a few silver coins from his pocket, and gently threw them up, showing off: "Of course." The fangs will be returned to you now. Also, what is that elven female swordsman in the ring doing?"

Seeing this, Tina replied very curiously: "It's really yours." How did I never know that the mercenary guild's emblem could still get silver coins?"How did you do that?" Hanks, who was standing next to the female mage, couldn't help but show a look of disgust at Leonard. Although the middle-aged uncle usually doesn't give the great swordsman any good looks, his face at this time is even more ugly.

Leonard pretended to be mysterious and frivolous, closed one of his eyes and replied with a smile: "Trade secrets, no comment." ”

When Hanks heard this, he speculated loudly with extreme contempt: "Hmphβ€”does this need an additional explanation?

When Tina heard this, she was upset again: "Hanks!β€”how can you so maliciously speculate about the partners who fought with us?"

Hanks has his own set of thinking logic: "Even if you have fought with us, I must make sure that Miss Zheng will not make bad friends and be led bad by bad friends." ”

When Mel, who was beside Leonard, heard this, he retorted angrily: "You guy! Our captain is not a bad friend!"

Kevin even questioned Hanks provocatively: "Our captain is a dart master, and he won so much money in the tavern." Can you do it?"

Seeing this, Leonard hurriedly stopped his two menacing little brothers, lest they continue to slow down: "You two have enough for me." Hanks also knew that he had misunderstood the Great Swordsman, so he remained silent and did not say anything more. Gambling that is not too serious in this world, especially gambling to win a prize on its own, is not considered an evil practice by common sense.

Turning back to the small ring, the female swordsman of the elf clan waited for a long time, but no one dared to come up on the stage, so he asked loudly: "Who else dares to come on stage to challenge?" The audience gradually began to wait impatiently.

A soldier wearing the armor and helmet of the regular army of the Principality of Bagram, holding a large wine bottle in his left hand, and his face flushed, finally couldn't stand it anymore. I saw that he went straight to the small ring, drew his sword from his waist with his right hand, and spewed out cruel words full of wine: "Then let me, the regular army of Bagram!--come and meet you, the strange female ghost of the elven race!--..."

In the Farusion Continent, the skin of the elves was as white as jade. Only this elven swordswoman has a coffee-like bronze complexion, so it's not surprising that she is called a ghost.

When the elven swordswoman heard this, she couldn't help but be furious, and while scolding, she slashed her sword on the drunkard's helmet, raised her foot, and kicked the drunkard in the belly: "You shit bastard, drunken drunkard! Get off the stage at once! Don't be an eyesore in this place!"

The drunkard suddenly screamed as if he had been killed by a knife, "Uhhhhhh The body was accompanied by the screams of this person, and he fell into the ring on his back, and closed the two eyes of this guy by the way.

The spectators were immediately amazed, and gathered around the drunken man, and began to discuss: "Are you dead?" "Still breathing...", "Still snoring..."... Seeing this, the elven female swordsman also hurriedly ran to the ring, observed the drunkard's death, and identified whether he was dead or not.

Suddenly, the drunkard turned over, fell on all fours, and the ghost cried like a wolf and begged for mercy: "Spare me!-Please, don't kill me!--..."In the dream, this person is being chased and killed by the strange female ghost of the elf clan... As a result, the onlookers at the scene burst into laughter again.

Seeing this, the female swordsman of the elven clan couldn't help but shake her head and sighed: "Alas-" She thought to herself: It's all useless waste, it seems...

Just when the elven female swordsman thought so. Leonard suddenly jumped to his feet, jumped into the ring, stood firmly with his right hand on his chest, performed a noble etiquette, and closed one of his eyes lightly, looked into the other person's face and asked, "Beautiful lady, allow me to be your opponent, okay?"

Before taking the stage, Leonard had already learned from Tina's mouth that the purpose of the Elven Female Swordsman Contest was to select someone strong enough to partner with her in the arena team match that would take place tomorrow. At the same time, the Great Swordsman also noticed that the armor she was wearing and the weapons she held were all printed with the multicolored patterns of the Five Elements Chamber of Commerce, which was not a mark that ordinary minor nobles could have.

Hearing Leonard's words, the elven female swordsman couldn't help but look up, her eyes lit up, and she raised her sword and pointed directly at the other party's reply: "Then it depends on whether you have this ability." She thought to herself: Finally, there is something that looks like two hits.

Leonard raised his sword in both hands, took a jump slash from the female swordsman, and responded, "Also, I invite you to join our team and participate in tomorrow's arena team competition." "Smack! Because this female swordsman is an elven clan, she is half a head taller than the great swordsman;

The elven female swordsman responded, "Then you have to live with me two more tricks." Then she crouched down and swung her sword across Leonard's calf, testing her opponent's reflexes.

Leonard immediately jumped up, dodged the blow, and replied, "Then we'll settle it." Immediately after, the Great Swordsman returned a sword in the air and stabbed the opponent directly. The female swordsman reacted extremely quickly, and stood up at once, flicking her sword in both hands to block Leonard's thrust. In spite of all this back and forth, neither of them did their best for tomorrow's arena team match, retaining most of their physical strength, so they seemed to be very relaxed and at ease.

The swordswoman agreed, "Yes!β€”" Then she took two steps back, holding in both hands her ghostly sword, which was made of jet-black essence gold, wrapped in netherworld energy, and pointed at Leonard. -- Be bold. I only heard a thud! A demonic dark red sword aura was released from the blade of the Wraith Sword, and it attacked the opponent directly.

Seeing this, Leonard did not panic or hesitate at all, and held the sword in his palm with both hands and aimed it at the dark red sword qi is slash, sending out a half-moon-shaped, pale green sword qi blade. Boom! The two sword qi that collided together canceled out each other's power.

After such a blow, seeing that the elven swordswoman had already inserted the sword back into its sheath, Leonard also raised the sword with his left hand, carried it on his left shoulder, walked forward, stretched out his right hand, and introduced himself in a friendly manner: "My name is Leonard." ”

The elven swordswoman also kindly stretched out her right hand and shook Leonard's hand and replied, "I'm Crotty." You're going to join me in a group. But we're short of three people right now. ”

The Elven swordswoman refers to Crotty.

Leonard replied, "Not badly. I have many companions. With that, he turned and jumped out of the ring and walked over to Tina and the others.

Then, Leonard found Bran standing with Tina, and asked, "Bran, why are you here?"

Bran replied, "I've decided to join your team and compete in the Arena Team Tournament together. ”

Immediately after, Bran turned his head and greeted Crotty warmly, who had already jumped out of the ring: "Crotty!" "Bran!"

Bran smiled and asked Crotty, "Why didn't you notify our mercenary association in advance?"

Crotty smiled and explained, "I came to the mercenary conference this time while I was on official duty. So I didn't have time to give advance notice. And if I don't find a suitable companion, I don't plan to participate in this year's arena team competition. ”

Seeing this, Tina took Leonadella to her side, stepped forward and asked Bran, "Bran, you are old acquaintances, right?"

Bran behaved very respectfully and introduced Crotty to Tina and the others: "Hmm. This Miss Crotty used to be an official mercenary of our Mercenary Guild, and she worked with herself and the President in the same team..."Later, the President's son introduced Leonard and them to the Elven Swordswoman. After greeting each other, the group returned to the Mercenary Guild's arena together.

The next day, in the Grand Arena of the Mercenary Association, the team competition as the highlight of the conference began. The rules of the team competition are as follows: each team has five appearances and five substitutions. There is no limit to the number of substitutes. During the game, the players on the field can call for a stop and make substitutions anytime and anywhere. This means that each team can only send five people on the field at the beginning, and can only change people at a maximum of five times, and each team on the field can only have a maximum of five members each.

If a player is knocked down or fouled on the court, it is counted as a game. For every one player out of the game, there will be one fewer players on the field. All five people on the field of one side are out, and the game is lost. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, each player's lethal weapon (such as a sword used to slash and stab) must wear a metal sleeve on the edge. The outer layer of the metal case must also be wrapped with a layer of cotton cloth before the weapon can be used during matches.

During the match, all players are not allowed to cast poisonous or crippling spells, and it is not allowed to cast lethal spells directly on other players. Any player who uses a weapon or spell in violation of the rules is considered a foul - they will be sent out of the tournament and will be held fully responsible for the injury or death of their opponent and, if necessary, will be handed over to a government agency. When the game is played, any player on the field who walks out of the field without permission is also guilty of a foul - and will be directly punished for being sent out.

Going out means being disqualified from the game. Unauthorized entry of a substitute is also a foul and will result in disqualification from the game. Each player must sign a life and death agreement with the organizer when registering for the competition, and promise that if he is injured or killed in the arena during the competition, as long as no player in the arena violates the rules, neither the mercenary association nor the player who caused the injury or death shall be liable for any form of responsibility and consequences.

Flying is prohibited inside the Colosseum. Each match has a referee and two assistant referees, for a total of three referees in formal attire who are responsible for making decisions. At this time, the tournament has not yet started. Bran has already publicly announced his dismissive attitude towards this first match: "Tina. The opponent in this game is so weak, I won't participate. Please show me how good you can do together. ”