Illuminated by the leaping firelight, a short sword with a jagged outer blade slowly lowered to the ground. When the tip of the dagger was only a few inches from the ground, a drop of bright red blood slowly slipped down from the blade - "Smack! "Dripping on the ground. Then, another drop of blood slid down and dripped onto the ground, covering the first drop of blood.

As the cycle began, when several drops of human blood on the ground bloomed with a strange glow of fear, fear, and death, the owner of the blood, a young northern man, covered his injured right hand with his left hand. The angry eyes are full of hatred for the enemy, full of the shame of failure. At this moment, he wanted to kill the enemy with his eyes and keep himself away from this place that had become a nightmare.

"Ender, your right hand has been injured, are you still planning to duel with me?" The words of the enemy were like the words of the fallen angel with infinite temptation, driving him to pick up the one-handed six-leaf gong that had fallen to the ground.

It was an expensive weapon that could be used in combat as well as in jousting competitions. It is considered a nobler weapon than a tomahawk because it is a blunt weapon that is less likely to inflict bloody wounds on enemies during combat, but can kill in a single hit. Hence its other name: "Weapon of Mercy".

The second-level main offender, Ander Rufer, looked at the enemy coldly, "Is this your swordsmanship?" Cutting my hands with this kind of woman or child trick made it impossible for me to hold the weapon anymore. So that the duel can be over? ”

"The end? If I want this duel to end, it's before I cut your hand. ”

"Woman, I'm not going to give up. My right hand is injured and I still have my left hand. ”

Isabel looked at the beast-like man and shrugged her shoulders, "It doesn't matter, I can't let you and your partner out of here anyway." ”

Sir William hurried to the left front of the Duchess and shouted at the onlookers and sergeants, "Get out of the way, get out of the way." ”

When several cavalrymen and sergeants heard the knight's words, they noticed a young woman dressed in the garb of a noble lady walking behind them. They all stood on both sides to make way for a "sidewalk", bowed their heads slightly and greeted: "Good day, madam." ”

Duchess Mary Fitzroy raised her noble head and walked into the grass of the school grounds without squinting. When she saw Isabel against the background of the torches around her, she immediately lifted the corner of her skirt and stepped forward, "Your Excellency, is this the trouble you told me?" ”

Isabel glanced to the left, her eyes widened in surprise, and then she said to Ender, who was standing a dozen paces away, "Wait, I need time." ”

"Madame, why are you here?" With two short swords in her right hand, Isabel walked quickly to Mary, "Madam, this place is not for you, please leave here." ”

Mary returned to the manners of a duchess, glanced at Ander in the distance, and deliberately asked Isabel, "Is there a knightly joust or a duel here?" ”

Isabel's face turned ugly, she very much didn't want Mary to see the bloody scene, "If I told you it was a duel, would you leave?" ”

"Sir William has told me that this is a duel." Mary walked gracefully on the grass and turned her head to look at Ender, who was clutching her injured right hand and preparing to fight the enemy again, "Isabel, I know what a duel is. ”

"Damn, is this Mary crazy? Turning the dueling arena as the duke's garden? Isabel gritted her teeth and cursed, and quickly walked over to Mary's side and lowered her voice, "Well, since you know what a duel is, then I won't ask you to leave again." Now, I'm going to settle this duel. ”

After saying that, whether Mary agreed or not, she shouted loudly to the Governor of the Peace who was present: "Governor, find 20 men at once to surround the Duchess and the Duchess in the middle, and do not allow the suspect to infringe on the Lady." ”

Governor Thor agreed, and immediately ordered 20 sergeants, bare-handed and armed with various weapons, to storm the school grounds. Surrounded Mary, forming an airtight protective ring of the human body. Looking at the protective circle formed behind her, Isabel picked up the six-leaf hammer on the ground and walked forward, throwing the war hammer at Ender's feet, "Pick it up, let's make a break." ”

Ander tore off a section of his garment and wrapped the cloth around his injured right hand several times. Pick up the war hammer from the grass and face his enemies again," I agree. ”

Ander, once again filled with the power of hatred, grabbed the war hammer and walked in front of the other party. Aiming at Isabel's torso, she lifted the bell up and slammed it diagonally downward. This time, Isabel did not adopt a strategy of evasion, but took advantage of the moment when the opponent's war hammer fell, rushed into the opponent's defensive circle, bent down and slashed the opponent's abdomen with her right hand holding the short sword.

Wounded in the abdomen, Ander stood stunned as Isabel, who had rushed behind him from the left, turned around and raised her short sword in her left hand, stabbing him through the throat from behind......

Surrounded in the middle of the human wall, Mary wondered what would happen next, but after glancing at the sergeants who were all facing away from her, forming a humanoid circle around her, she shook her head and muttered, "Let so many people protect me, I can't see it even if I want to see it." ”

Not long after, all the sergeants who surrounded her in the middle suddenly dispersed. Mary looked at the cavalry and sergeants who had saluted her and left, and saw that it was all over. The wounded man was gone, and Isabel came to her with two blood-stained daggers, "Madam, the duel is over, please go back." ”

Mary looked at her and blinked, "It's over?" And what about the wounded man you duel? ”

Isabel just looked at her calmly, "I've had someone carry him away." Now that it's dawn, you can safely head back to Your Highness's castle. ”

At this time, the sky slowly brightened, and the two guards holding torches and several security cavalry also extinguished their torches. As the Duchess led the crowd out of the schoolyard, Sir Augustine, who had arrived from the direction of the courtroom, came to greet the Duchess.

Mary looked at the judge and politely responded, "Good morning, Your Excellency. ”

Then, turning his gaze to Isabel beside him, "You just said that someone carried that person away?" You're saying he's dead? ”

"Yes, ma'am." Isabel looked at her father, who was already a little old, and nodded.