Chapter 231: Leo's Challenge
"Kill yourself?" Leo couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, stared at Emmanuel with disdain, and was about to say a few words in return, but he was pulled by his sleeve and looked back to see that it was Morata. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"My lord, their cavalry is at least twice as large as ours." Morata whispered a hint to Leo, "And in terms of individual combat power, our people are probably no match for those Scarlet Knights." ”
"It doesn't matter." Leo nodded slightly, the expression on his face was quite calm, and he seemed to be quite confident.
It was at this time that the Scarlet Knights behind Emmanuel finally passed the corner of the street and appeared in Leo's eyes.
Three hundred Scarlet Knights didn't sound like much, but when so many well-armed knights appeared in front of them in a neat line, the momentum was quite amazing.
Although the hundred church knights behind Leo were also not to be outdone, a discerning person could see at a glance that Leo's side was far weaker than the other party in terms of momentum and numbers.
"Hmph, today I want to see how you kid is still acting in front of me!" Emmanuel glanced at Leo, and a sinister smile appeared in his mouth, obviously in the eyes of the eldest prince, Leo had no chance to turn the tables at all.
In Emmanuel's opinion, the last miss was just an accident, trying to make yourself fall in the same place twice in a row? That's simply not possible.
But what Emmanuel never expected was that although it had only been less than a month, the current Leo and the Leo last time were completely different.
After the words and deeds of Daisy and Bishop Gavin in the Holy See, Leo is no longer the ignorant young boy, but has begun to show some signs of transformation into a little fox.
The little fox Leo looked at Emmanuel in front of him with a winning expression, and suddenly remembered the evaluation of the eldest prince on the information he had read a few days ago.
Rigid and self-serving, no one in sight.
In Leo's opinion, these eight words could not be more appropriate.
And today Leo is going to take advantage of Emmanuel's shortcomings and teach the prince a hard lesson.
Leo suddenly took out a white handkerchief from his waist pocket, wiped his hands and threw the handkerchief at Emmanuel, the handkerchief fluttered in the air for a few seconds before slowly landing on the red helmet in front of Emmanuel's horse.
Leo stretched out his hand and pointed to the handkerchief on the ground, and then to Emmanuel who was riding on the horse, looking very calm.
This action caused an immediate uproar among the onlookers.
"Duel! He is going to duel with His Royal Highness the Great Prince! Voices of surprise rang out in the crowd.
The Sbonney Empire is known to be a country of courage and adventure, which is why bullfighting, which is why bullfighting, which is why it is so popular in the empire. However, watching the matadors and bulls fight from the sidelines alone was not enough for the people of Spanny, so another human-to-human activity was actually more popular: duels.
The word duel derives from the fight between energetic young aristocratic men, which is not surprising, as the noble lords always like to use lofty words to whitewash their actions, so as to prove that their high-ranking selves are not the same as those common dogs.
Therefore, a fight between two ordinary people can only be called a brawl at best, and a duel can only be called a duel if at least one of the parties is a nobleman.
Whether it is Emmanuel as the prince or Leo as a member of the god of the church, the identities of the two are far beyond ordinary nobles, so this time it can indeed be regarded as a duel.
And the duel is actually exquisite. To have a duel, there must be a challenge, and the standard way to challenge is to throw your gloves or handkerchief on the opposite side to show your willingness to challenge the duel. As long as the other side throws his gloves or handkerchiefs at you in the same way, then even if you accept your challenge, all the necessary conditions for the duel have been established, and everyone can make an appointment on the various conditions of the duel, such as time, venue, and rules.
Moreover, duels can only be one-on-one, and no one can help, otherwise the side that gets help will be considered to have broken the rules and automatically lose.
In addition to this, there is a special provision for duels in the laws of the Spanny Empire. That is, the winning side of the duel has the right to deal with the losing party in any way, including cutting off hands and feet or even killing on the spot, which is not considered a crime, and the relatives and family of the defeated party are not allowed to retaliate and pursue such as assassination.
It is precisely because of this bloody regulation that since the birth of the duel, there have been many aristocratic young men in the Spani Empire who have lost their lives in the duel, and I don't know how many families have become feuds because of the duel.
However, the method of dueling did not decline because of this, but flourished even more, and even today it has become a popular way for young nobles to show their strength and settle disputes.
"Duel?" Emmanuel was stunned for a moment, and then a cruel sneer suddenly appeared from the corner of the eldest prince's mouth.
Out of scruples about Leo's many identities, although Emmanuel couldn't do without a dead word in three sentences, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to kill Leo, and no matter how good the result was today, it was just to win and humiliate Leo.
But at this moment, Leo challenged himself to a one-on-one duel! In view of the provisions of the imperial law, it seems feasible if he "missed" in the duel and killed Leo, who was also the god of the church, the chief inquisitor, and the papal envoy?
Emmanuel's heart suddenly moved.
You must know that the duel was initiated by Leo on his own initiative, so if Leo is killed in the duel, the church will have nothing to say, second, he will definitely be praised by his father, and third, he will be able to show his might in front of Princess Bela, which is a great thing to kill three birds with one stone!
Emmanuel's mind was spinning, but there was no hesitation in acting. Almost as soon as Leo's handkerchief was thrown into his helmet, Emmanuel took off the glove of his left hand and threw it into the upside-down helmet on the ground with the same accuracy.
"His Royal Highness the Great Prince has agreed!" The crowd of onlookers was louder in surprise than before, like a huge wave blasting through the streets.
In fact, this is not surprising, duels are now a very popular phenomenon in the Empire, even to the point that if anyone does not dare to accept the challenge of an opponent's dueling, they will be regarded as a complete coward, and will be ridiculed and unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives, and even affect the family's reputation.
So even if this duel didn't do Emmanuel any good, the eldest prince had to follow for the sake of the royal family's face.
"When and where?" Emmanuel stared murderously at Leo in front of him.
Leo smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the ground under his feet: "For now." ”
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