In an instant, countless eyes were cast, and I had the feeling that the media reporters were surrounded by long guns and short guns, and in these big and small eyes, there was clearly only one thing flashing, and that was the greed of Chiluoluo, yes, the desire for power, wealth, status, and glory.

"Oops!"

I gasped, catching the violet's movement through the dense crowd of human heads out of the corner of my eye.

"It seems that there is no escape......

"Your Excellency, their eyes look like they're going to eat you."

Owen leaned on my back and whispered, "Even if Deved comes, I'm afraid we won't be able to go back." ”

"I know, don't you see if you're trying to figure it out?" I squeezed a few words out between my teeth, and I felt as if I was frozen from the throat down.

"Or ...... Let's fight hard, and the violet over there should cooperate, so that guy can take the opportunity to save you. The knight touched my shoulder, suggesting.

"I am your feudal lord and lord, and I will never sacrifice my siblings' lives to escape, and I admit it when I am planted here today."

Although the tone was resolute, my body did not obey, and I tried to move my fingers, which were numb and weak.

"Take another gamble, do you dare?"

Owen frowned suspiciously, not understanding what kind of medicine was sold in the duke's gourd, I pushed away the guards and stopped them from thinking of following, took my teeth and broke the bandage, stuck the long sword into the ground, and spread my hands and walked forward step by step.

"I am Randy Adrian Hoffmann, Duke of Nijmegen, master of Nijmegen and Friesland, rightful lord of Denmark, liberator and protector of the Vatican, the Randy known as the Sword of God."

I walked to a suitable distance and stopped, squeezing out an elegant smile calmly.

"Before these titles, I was a nobleman and a knight, and for the sake of divine honor and glory, I asked that I be treated in accordance with my status, and that the recklessness of the inferior people not be allowed to tarnish the reputation of a knight."

As I spoke, I glanced faintly at the mercenaries, led by a few who were obviously surprised.

"I hope that I will be deprived of my liberty by another powerful and respectable knight, and that all the consequences will be subject to the prevailing rules, including the payment of a full ransom and the cession of a fief ......"

When it came to the fiefdom, everyone present was short of breath, especially the four or five enemy knights who were slightly inferior, and they were thrilled without a fief

"I demand a fair and just duel, and this oath is witnessed by God, and I will never go back!"

"Duel?!"

"Oh my God!!"

There was a lot of talking, some excited, some gloating, some worried, and Owen came over and asked, "I'll fight for you, sir." ”

"No, I'll do it myself."

I reached out to stop the loyal knight, and at the same time made a stealthy gesture to Codename Four, who was secretly watching, and it was conceivable that she must be cursing a deserving bastard in her heart at this moment.

"The winner has the right to decide the life and death of the opponent, so let's have a battle of blood and fire between men, how about it?"

The second half of my sentence is addressed to the old earl, who was a famous knight in Swabia when he was young, but this does not mean that now, in front of his subordinates, can the old earl pretend to be a turtle with a shrunken head?

He smiled, as if hearing something pleasant, the corners of his mouth were tearing up to his ears, and his eyes were buried in a pile of wrinkles, and they became smaller.

"May God bless you, honorable duke."

The old earl didn't move, but the voice floated like a bell: "I admire your courage, really, dozens of people almost killed hundreds of us, only against you, I understand the ignorance and ridiculousness of those so-called geniuses, if I don't accept the challenge in front of everyone, won't I be laughed at for being old and useless?" ”

He paused, and just when I thought I was about to achieve my goal, he suddenly continued: "If you can, before our duel, can you give the first chance to my nephew, Nick Nord, the eldest son of Baron Fidelby, whose father and my brother just prepared for him last month, this young man needs a stage to show his abilities, and the duel with you will undoubtedly write a strong mark on his life history." ”

"This shameless old gangster!"

The uncontrollable anger rushed straight to my head, and it was estimated that anyone with a discerning eye could see the raging flames, and I glared at him helplessly, and the latter squeezed his eyebrows, looking like he was able not to jump into the pit.

"I accept the challenge of Fidelby's Nick Nord Knights as much as I respect his glory." It's okay, let's kill a little hairy boy first, and warm up by the way, I thought so easily, and soon I didn't smile.

Knight Nick Nord wore a helmet with a mask on top, as strong as a newborn elephant, so tall that you might not be able to see the beard on your chin when you look up on tiptoe.

"Good afternoon, Lord Duke, it is a great honor for me to be your opponent."

The Nord knight's voice was low, as if he was trapped in his chest and couldn't get out, and he sounded very old: "May God bless you!" ”

"May God bless me......" muttered to myself, forgetting to return the salute politely.

The hammer is a light and easy-to-operate weapon, which can not only wrap the opponent's weapon with chains, but also expand the effective killing range with the help of an extended force arm, due to inertia, the nail head of the hammer often slams the enemy's head, causing irreversible heavy damage, so its power is very terrifying, but compared to the powerful killing, the hammer is not suitable for face-to-face moves between the two, you must know that flexibility in the duel determines life and death.

"Sorry, lend your shield."

I walked over to the dead axe-thrower, pulled a shield intact from under the stiff corpse, tried it and carefully put it on my left arm, and with my right hand the sword, turned to the ready Knight Nick.

Referring to the few previous dueling experiences, when dealing with this kind of tall and muscular troll, I must ensure agile movement and footwork, otherwise I will not have an advantage at all.

"We look about the same age, I just killed a few more people, please advise." Bowing slightly, I bowed my left arm and half-raised my shield in defense, my sword resting on its edge.

"As I said, I am honored to be your opponent, Lord Duke, and if you lose, I will let you keep your armor and weapons."

Knight Nick is quite personable, and he speaks a few words in a high-sounding manner, and I don't know if it is sincere, if he can really defeat me, this honor alone can be exchanged for anything he wants, and naturally he does not need to rarity my set of broken chain mail and dull long sword.

"Let's get started."

There were no celebrants, no judges, just hundreds of staring eyes and two adrenaline-burning bodies, and Knight Nick slowly shook the hammer, with the sound of the whirring wind, like a helicopter ready to take off.

He circled around me step by step, as if looking for the best angle to attack, and I stared at him intently, hoping to judge the next move from the eyes, but unfortunately the masked helmet was tightly blocked, and the position of the eyes was only two black square holes.

"Hah!"

Suddenly, there was a loud shout, Knight Nick's body arrived faster than the sound, and the chain hammer fell from top to bottom, and I didn't have time to react, completely subconsciously raised the shield to protect the top of my head.

"Click!"

The blow was so powerful that it weighed at least a few hundred kilograms, and the shield groaned overwhelmed, and it split in half.

I was shocked by the aftermath and took two steps back, my left arm still hanging on the remaining half of the shield, numb and unconscious.

"Fortunately, fortunately......" I foamed at the mouth with palpitations, and threw away the remnants of the shield that stood in the way.

"You're welcome, Lord Duke."

The knight was pleased with his trademark thump, and his voice couldn't help but raise two tones:

"Enlightenment, so that you can suffer less!"

“vorrei aiutaremio fratello。”

I smiled contemptuously as I remembered the Latin oath I had taken when I was knighted:

"Offering loyalty and faith to the Lord, defying cruelty and persevering to the end, there is no doubt that the cowardly is not worthy of the glorious title of knight, and he who has no courage is not worthy to stand up to the heavens and the earth, have you forgotten? One of the essential qualities of a knight is to be brave, to declare war on the opponent without fear and never back down, to achieve the final victory, this is the gift of God to every knight, you may defeat me, but you can never conquer me. ”

"I apologize to you, Lord Duke."

Knight Nick nodded amicably and explained, "I have heard quite a few rumors about you, almost one-sided bad words and belittling that made me think of contempt, and now it seems that those are shameless slanders!" When this is over, I swear that I will find the perpetrator and make him retract his evil words, and fight him to defend your honor! ”

What they say is not all slander, but I will never duel with you if I have any other chance, but listen to his words, this is a simple child poisoned by dull chivalry, thinking like this, the two of them re-entered the fighting state after the politeness, and the audience couldn't wait to watch the show.

"Damn Deved, why hasn't he arrived yet?" I gritted my teeth and wanted to eat him alive, and if he didn't show up again, I would definitely have to let people chew on the food and drink.

The hammer spun like a hot wheel, the annoying movement was like a requiem, I seemed to see the Grim Reaper holding the sickle and waiting with interest to harvest life, distracted work, Knight Nick started again, this time without brute force, dexterously attacked the long sword, I ducked and dodged, the hammer hit the ground hard, and smashed a stone the size of Mass bread.

"It's dangerous!"

I breathed a long sigh of relief, and as my left arm gradually regained consciousness, I switched to holding my sword in both hands, dodging two attacks, and it was my turn to take the initiative.

"Athletic, Lord Duke."

He had a pleased smile on his face, but the playful tone was more like good, so I'll play with you again.

"Don't think that's all there is to it, the game has just begun." The knight dragged the hammer, and the sound came through the thick armor.

Now is the time! As I said before, although the chain hammer is fierce, it is not suitable for melee combat that emphasizes flexibility, especially when he carelessly drags it, he really underestimates me, and the long sword changes from lying horizontally to slashing downward, and slashes straight at the knight who is caught off guard.

"Pay the price, little friend!" I smirked at the corners of my mouth.

It was too late, but Nick suddenly shook his wrist lightly in a reaction that was extremely out of shape, and the chain hammer flew up like a weight, and wrapped around the long sword like a snake, instantly unloading the power of the chop, I tried to retract it, but the chain was tightly wrapped around the sword body, and I couldn't move at all.

"Haha, didn't expect that, right?"

The knight grinned sinisterly, like a cat playing with mice before eating, grinning and shaking his head in enjoyment.

"You're fast, but unfortunately not fast enough!"

"Bastard, look down!"

I got a little angry and threw my elbow in his face, and Nick stopped with his free left hand and twisted it.

"Ahh The pain of an electric shock went down the sensitive nerves to the brain, the muscles reacted before the thoughts, the fingers loosened slightly, and the long sword fell to the ground.

The knight pushed me away like a butcher breaking a pig's calf bone.

"Don't you throw in the towel, Lord Duke? You have no weapons left. ”

He kicked the sword, which made a crunch as it collided with the rubble.

"Sounds like a good sword, doesn't it?"

I tried to concentrate on ignoring the pain in my arm, and without a weapon, even self-defense became a problem.

"You're rejoicing too soon, knight." He swept the corner of his eye to the left and right, and there was a spear with a broken handle four or five paces behind the side.

"Courage is not recklessness, my lord."

Nick stepped on the long sword, untied the chain hammer, and kicked it aside: "Time is running out, admit defeat." ”

I watched my opponent's every move, thinking about what to do later: "Throw in the towel? Dream on! ”

The flying hammer struck, and I leaped deftly and juggled my head, just grasping the spear.

"Die!"

Nick hurriedly dodged the broken spear, and when it was rare to see a flaw, I swept it over and cut his feet with a beautiful backlash.

"Drink!" The strong knight fell to the ground with an unsteady center of gravity.

"Yikes!"

Everyone watching the battle exclaimed in unison in the face of the reversal of the situation, and at this moment I had already pounced on my opponent, my knee pressed against his arm that was trying to resist in vain, and the raindrop of fists landed on Nick's neck, which was only covered with a thin layer of chain mail, deliberately avoiding the fatal throat, and the ferocity was better than the other.

After the fragile shoulder blade is hit hard, the whole person will temporarily lose control of the body like a half-paralyzed, this is a little knowledge that I have heard from one of the few college taekwondo classes I have attended, but I didn't expect it to really come in handy, the knight's throat coughed, obviously out of breath.

I took it, Nick is the nephew of the Earl of Richfield, if you kill him, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat, the old earl and I were originally innocent, both of them were helpless, and even a little hero hated each other, if he really took a human life, it was impossible to talk well.

Owen, who has been nervously paying attention, pinched the sweat for me, and finally cheered with relief, on the contrary, there was a dead silence on the enemy's side, I curiously pulled open the knight's face armor, and a green face came into view, Nick was younger than expected, his beard was still a faint hairy on his lips, how big could he be?

Eighteen? Twenty? Becoming a knight at a young age is indeed enviable, jealous and hateful.

"Your men have lost, Count."

I looked at Count Lechfeld with a calm look, and one of the latter's poker faces had an indescribable expression.

"Your nephew is fine, just slow down." The old earl did not move, and his squire commanded two soldiers to carry the weakened Knight Nick back to his camp.

"Your purpose has been achieved, Lord Duke, a wonderful victory, to be honest, quite unexpected."

The old earl opened his mouth and said, "Well, you have the right to make a request. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the horn of Nijmegen's charge sounded again on the other side of the river, and the long-awaited cornflowers poured out of the forest, and the knight at the head took control of the horse, which was the belated Deved.

(End of chapter)