What the?

Decide... Duel?

There was silence in the whole tent, as if I had seen a ghost.

Salika, who was cross-legged and raised, was very complacent about the performance just now, and enjoyed everyone's jaw-dropping and soulless appearance.

Especially when the young Duke of Byrne in front of her finally showed a stunned expression, she felt that she was really right!

"That's right, duel!"

The excited Salika showed an incomparably bright smile and turned over his hand to put away his knife, and stepped on the map table and pounced directly in front of the black-haired wizard, grinning and looking at him face to face, and Lusen, who was blocking next to him, was directly ignored by her:

"Beat me, subdue me, or simply kill me... The five hundred silver-armored horsemen behind me are yours!"

As she spoke, she raised her eyebrows and showed a very provocative look at Loren: "If you don't think it's enough, then I'll bet on the 100,000 hussars of the Big Boy;

The black-haired wizard stared at those wolf-like eyes, a formulaic smile on his face—his expression completely frozen.

In the tent where the needles could be heard, apart from the angry and calm exhalation of Count Seth Braha, there was only a "as I expected" expression on the face of Master Ashamai, and a low sigh.

"The Honorable Miss Salika Jonah ......"

In the atmosphere of everyone's confusion, in the end, it was Count Eckert who stood up and coughed heavily: "Byrne respects your thoughts and wishes... But because of this, it is impossible for the Duke to accept your invitation to a duel. ”

"It's not just about you personally, it's about the blood-thicker friendship between the two families of Turin and Jonah, and the two principalities—a win or loss on either side will eventually cause a rift in that friendship!"

What the Count of the Castle of Fury said was well-founded and convincing, and the people in the tent who had just looked embarrassed nodded their heads, and the Count of Braha and Master Ashamai breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally there was a step down.

Only Salika, who was interrupted from the "good show", looked a little annoyed, and hated to look at this old man who stood up and stirred up his "good deeds"... The old men in the world are really the same annoying!

In the next second, an imperceptible sly expression suddenly flashed on her face, and then she sighed "heavily": "Alas... Since it was about Byrne's friendship with Boe, there was no way about it - I apologize, I went too far. ”

It's just that before everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, they hear her next sentence:

"Since we want to maintain the friendship between Byrne and Boy, and we want the Duke of Byrne to lead the Boi cavalry to save our Boe, how about I marry the Duke of Byrne directly?"

She opened her arms and excitedly enjoyed the jaw-dropping expressions of everyone around her: "In this way, the two principalities are combined into one, and the Duke of Byrne has a legitimate reason to save the Duchy of Boy!"

"Please, please wait a minute!" Count Braha, who finally couldn't sit still, got up abruptly and waved his hand to stop him: "About this, we Boi ......"

"What about you, what do you say?!"

Directly ignoring the pale-faced Count Braha, Salica, who was smiling happily, turned her gaze to Loren again, and stood on the table and saluted like a man, staring at him with her head raised and her eyes raised:

"Let me ask you again—Your Excellency Loren Turin, Duke of Byrne, are you prepared to win against me, or... Marry me?!"

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to the black-haired wizard.

Loren, whose expression was stiff, still had an embarrassed smile on his face, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching.

There was silence in the whole tent, as if it had really seen a ghost.

Salika... Jonah, she did it on purpose.

Her idea is very simple, and it is not difficult to guess at all - from the quarrel at the beginning to the current "nonsense", there is only one purpose that makes everyone unable to get off the stage, that is, to fight for the initiative of this "Thousand Tent City Rescue".

If you agree to fight her in a duel, then no matter whether you win or lose, everyone will not look good in the end, and you will lose both... It doesn't matter to Salica even if the last two principalities fall out, she's not the Archduke of Boi yet;

And if she agrees to the marriage proposal, she will definitely put forward more "more reasonable" conditions and demands in the future, and even let Byrne rescue Boe at any cost;

But if Loren doesn't agree to either, then some concessions and compromises will have to be made to her, such as the Jonah family leading the next rescue battle... That might be what she really wanted.

As for why Loren is so clear about these - Morning Star Forest, Ebolden, Broken Boundary Mountain, Red Blood Castle... He had used a similar routine countless times before, and this time it was no different.

The only difference is probably that he is no longer the one who tricks others, but the one who is tricked......

Looking at the braided girl with an increasingly smug expression, Loren sighed heavily.

Otherwise, I will give in first? Anyway, this war is far from over, and we can't afford to fight with the Jonah family for one city and one land......

"Okay, then let's duel!"

Just as the black-haired wizard was about to compromise, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

Before he could turn around, the little wizard with a resolute expression was already standing between Loren and Salica, staring at her while blocking the black-haired wizard behind him:

"I'm taking the place of Loren and accept your challenge!"

"You?" Salika raised her head contemptuously and frowned slightly impatiently: "I am the heir of the Jonah family, the next Grand Duke of Boi, you ......"

"You're not the Duke of Boe yet, but the person you want to challenge is the Lord of Bair!"

Ain interrupted him coldly, with a bit of stubbornness in his blue eyes: "According to the laws of the Empire, he has the right to assign others to duel with you!"

Salika's face changed: "Then why are you ......?"

"By virtue of my friend, by virtue of the fact that I am the senior of Loren Turin, and of the Duke of Byrne, and of the President of the Wizarding Society!"

With a blushing face, the little wizard interrupted Salika once more, "Now, I, Ain Rand of Lothair, an alchemist recognized by the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower, officially challenge you, Venerable Miss Salika Jonah!"

"I'll give you two choices now, either take back your opinion or accept my challenge!" Looking at Salica, who had a stiff expression, Ain raised his head defiantly:

"Or... You don't even have the confidence to win against a powerless wizard like me?"

In the quiet tent, the counts and lords with different faces didn't know what to say in the face of such a strange situation.

Coughing lightly like Count Ackert, the embarrassed Master Ashamai stood up: "Miss Salika, this Wizard of Ain Rand doesn't mean ......"

"I know exactly what this wizard means, Master Ashamai!"

The wolf-like girl interrupted coldly, looking at the guy in front of her who jumped out to destroy her "plan", and her beautiful face also showed a bit of hideous distortion:

"Good... If Lord Duke doesn't mind his wizarding friend being pinned to the ground, then I'll accept your challenge!"

"I will return this to you as it is, Miss Salika Jonah. ”

As for a certain black-haired wizard who had been trying to interject, he was completely ignored by the two of them......

"Very good...... Salika moved her gaze to Al in and said coldly, "What weapon are you going to use, little wizard?"

"Let me warn you first, this kind of sacred duel is not allowed to use your strange potions and tricks. ”

"I don't need any potions to deal with you, a bow and arrow are enough. ”

The little wizard frowned slightly, his expression serious: "Let me remind you that it is best to prepare an extra shield - my arrows are very fast." ”

"We are Boi, and the saber is everything!" Salika's expression was very disdainful: "The shield is something that only cowards need to ......"

"Bell ——!!!!"

Before she could finish speaking, a huge momentum came from the blade, and she was out of her hand in an instant!

The stunned Salika and all the counts in the camp turned their heads at the same time, looking in disbelief at the bow that appeared in the little wizard's hand at some point.

I saw Ain standing with her bow raised, and snorted at her expressionlessly:

"Now... Do you want a shield?"