Carter was pleased with this result, and his carefully prepared players for the tournament, Xiao Daocheng, Basel and Dimis, all made it to the top five. If nothing else, the title of this tournament is likely to be won by Carter's men, at least now there is a 60% certainty. Carter was even happier that he had been learning swords for three months, and his swordsmanship had improved by leaps and bounds, and he even ranked among the top ten in the competition.

Facts have proved that the hard work pays off, and it is not in vain that Fei Carter has worked hard to recruit his subordinates, and he has practiced diligently, which has led to excellent results in the competition.

In the evening, Cologne and Mozart rushed to the Chief's residence with gifts and congratulated Carter in advance, as if the first place in the competition had been won by Carter's men. A few people sat around the table, tasting wine and meat, and the banquet was full of compliments, which made Carter laugh a lot.

It's just that the situation on the field will change, and until the last moment, it is still difficult to say who the first place will fall on.

The Dragon City Knight Tournament has been carried out on the sixth day, and the whole Dragon City has ushered in the most thrilling day, because the masters will go all out in the final moments of this final, and the real wonderful performance has officially begun.

Many nobles who came from various territories to watch the knight competition were waiting for this moment, and they came to the arena early in the morning, filling the area around the knights' square in Dragon City. On this day, the Duke of Dragon City sent a wagon full of bread, and the convoy drove into the arena, turning in circles to distribute bread to the spectators.

When the Dukes of Thatcher and Cologne slowly approached the stands, Prince Railton was already sitting and waiting, obviously expecting Basel to perform better in the tournament.

Cologne spoke more directly, he saluted His Royal Highness the Prince, and then teased Railton and said: "Your Royal Highness, it is difficult for him to win the first place in Basel, so don't expect too much." ”

"Why?" , Railton asked with a frown.

Cologne patted the snowflakes that fell on his chest, sat down on the chair with a big grin, and then replied with a smile: "Compared to so many duels, who is more powerful, in fact, everyone has already reached a conclusion in their hearts." ”

"Oh?" Thatcher flicked his cuffs, sat down next to Railton, turned his head and asked Cologne: "In the eyes of the Duke of Cologne, which of the five of them has the best chance of winning the first place?" ”

Cologne laughed and said, "Do you need to talk about that?" Of course, it's Lord Assel and Master Dimis. Lord Basel is young after all, and the strength of these masters is about the same, and in the end, they are all about physical strength and endurance. Needless to say, it is not easy for a fifteen-year-old to break into the top five, but it is almost impossible to break through. As for that Xiao Daocheng, although he played very steadily, his movements were too slow, and he couldn't compare with others. ”

"Father!" , Spart, who was beside him, reminded Cologne and said: "Don't underestimate this Xiao Daocheng, stability is the key, and it's useless to be fast and unrealistic." ”

Hearing Spartt pull his face in public, Cologne was naturally very annoyed, and he scolded sharply: "You know, then who do you say has the most strength to fight for the first?" ”

Spartt hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Prince Railton and Duke Thatcher, as well as Mozart and Odosa and others were all looking at him and waiting for an answer, Spartt had to speak: "If my guess is correct, the first place should be the duel between Xiao Daocheng and Cook, Xiao Daocheng has to have some advantages, and the probability of winning is the greatest." ”

As soon as Spartt finished speaking, everyone couldn't help laughing, it was obvious that no one believed Spartt's analysis, and there was nothing to do with the fifteen-year-old Cook in the first place.

When everyone thinks that Spartt is just joking, Spart's strong dislike for these people, as the champion of the last knight competition in the kingdom, Spart's words naturally have his own unique opinion. It's a pity that these people are completely inappropriate, with such a frivolous and perfunctory attitude, it's no wonder that they have been dukes for so many years, and they haven't done anything earth-shattering.

Thinking of this, Spart got up and left the main stand, walked directly into the arena and got into the crowd, and watched Xiao Daocheng's competition from the closest distance.

In the following final, when Cologne and others saw Xiao Daocheng defeat Assel and Cook beat Dimis, they were surprised to look for Spartt and wanted to know why, but Spartt's seat was empty.

Prince Railton is still looking forward to it, because his chief of guard, Basel, is still preparing in the future, and it should be Cook vs. Basel next.

Last night, Robit and Cook said that they hoped that Cook would go all out to defeat that Basel and sulk for Anne, so that Robit could make Anne happy. So in the top-five final, Cook will focus on the duel with Basel, which is the only goal he has left, and the rest is no longer very important to Cook.

The two entered the field with each negative arrow, and after a round of shooting, the two sides were evenly matched, both of which were arrows hitting the bull's-eye, and both ended the archery game with full scores. In the ensuing riding competition, Cook won Basel by a slight margin due to his young and underweight weight.

In four skills matches, Cook has won one and drawn one, which is extremely unfavorable for Basel. In order to speed up the game, Basel offered to go straight to the duel of the sword, because if he won the sword, Basel would get two points at once. In the case of the same score on both sides, the winner is still determined by the victory or defeat of the swordsmanship. So as long as the swordsmanship wins Cook, it doesn't matter if the later marksmanship is better or not, because even if Cook wins the marksmanship, everyone will tie the score, then Basel will win in the end.

The duel between the two entered the most critical moment, and the victory or defeat of the sword art ultimately determined their victory or loss, and the two carefully prepared on the sidelines, carefully examining the saber, grooming armor and knight's gloves.

This time Robit did not watch Anne's game, and at such an important moment he accompanied Cook tightly, telling him on the sidelines: "This Basel arm is very strong, you better not fight him with a long sword, it will be easy to break your palm." He's stout and definitely not as good as you in terms of speed, so Cook you rely on speed to win, don't be careless. ”

Cook tightened his belt, twisted his head and moved his neck, then nodded vigorously and replied, "Well, I know." ”

Miller stretched out his hand to hand Cook the water glass, and also explained, "Cook, relax, it's okay." You see Duke Haba is here to cheer you on, you have to cheer for it. ”

After hearing this, Cook only glanced at Duke Haba who was standing aside, obviously he still didn't like this slave-born man very much, and always felt that his dukedom was opportunistic and deceitful, and had no value at all.

Huba remained silent, and there was no smile on his face, he felt that Robit and Miller were enough to reassure him at this time, and there was no need for him to compliment Cook again.

The two went on the field with swords, and the two sides saluted, and then they took a stand amid the sound of the horn.

Basel smiled at Cook and said: "To be in the top five of the final, Cook of Earls Court really deserves his name. When I was in the training camp of the royal capital before, I never had the opportunity to fight with you, but I didn't expect to meet on this occasion today, so let me see how powerful the instructor's son is. ”

Cook smiled and said, "It's okay, you and I are both from the royal capital training camp anyway, whoever wins is the same, come on." ”

"Good!" After Basel finished speaking, he raised his sword and ran violently, he waved his thick arms, poured all his strength, and slashed at Cook with a sword.

The master's move never refrained, and this sword slash came to Cook to try to swing his sword to block, only to hear a piercing clang, which was so powerful that Cook hurriedly dodged back a step.

The long sword vibrated violently in Cook's hand, constantly humming sound. But Cook gripped the hilt of his sword in his right hand, and the palm of his hand felt nothing unusual, and then he took a leap of his sword and turned into a black shadow and attacked Basel.

Basel didn't know that Cook's movements were so fast, so fast that Cook's figure in front of him almost became blurred, and Basel hurriedly raised his sword and retreated.

The sound of metal colliding came one after another, and the two of them hurriedly attacked and defended back and forth, and fought for more than a dozen rounds in a blink of an eye, but they were evenly matched and difficult to distinguish.

In the face of the fifteen-year-old Cook, Basel appeared calm, and he planned to defend as an attack, intending to delay the duel for a long time, to see how long this Cook could hold out.

The physical attrition war is naturally very bad for Cook, who is not yet an adult, so Cook has no intention of spending it with Basel. The young man was in a burst of energy, only to see Cook suddenly leap to his feet, and slash down from the air towards Basel with a sword in both hands.

This move was magnificent, like a tiger descending from a mountain, and it seemed to pour nearly a thousand catties of force, slashing heavily at Basel's long sword.

Basel, who is known for his arm strength, was so sturging that he was even cut to the ground with a sword, which shows that the strength is far beyond Basel's imagination. In any case, Basel couldn't believe that such a young Cook could play with such force, which only a man with the best swordsmanship could do.

Basel was furious, he shook his sword violently, and before Cook could stand firmly, he slashed at Cook's waist.

Unbeknownst to him, Cook moved quickly, rolled on the spot and flashed easily, and another long sword flashed with cold light, turning into three sword shadows and attacking Basel.

Basel couldn't keep up with the speed, and with two bangs, Basel managed to fend off the two blows. The third blow to Cook did make a false sword, causing Basel to stop in the air, and when Basel reacted, the long sword had not yet moved, and Cook's sword had already pressed to Basel's neck, so startled that Basel did not dare to move.

After twenty moves, Cook defeated Basel completely, and lost so that Basel had no temper at all.

Thunderous applause erupted all around, people shouted Cook's name frantically in their throats, and even Prince Railton and Thatcher stood up in surprise to applaud Cook. Relton clapped his hands and said to Cologne: "I finally understand why Master Spartt said that Cook has a hope of winning the championship, this speed, this move, I can't imagine it." ”

Cologne nodded slightly and replied, "yes." I did hear that Ten Years Sword Maker Cook, but I didn't expect him to be so powerful at such a young age, it seems that the current Cook has far surpassed his father Earl Fox in swordsmanship. Your Royal Highness, if Cook can win the championship, would you like to consider holding a formal knighthood for Cook to officially succeed him to the earl of Fawkes? ”

Relton smiled and clapped vigorously. Seeing this, Thatcher replied on behalf of the prince: "His Royal Highness the prince is free to arrange this matter, and the Duke of Cologne does not need to worry, and this matter should be handled slowly."

"Oh!" , Cologne smiled lightly after hearing this, he understood the meaning of Thatcher's words, and could see that Prince Rearden did not seem to be willing to do this.

The crowd under the stadium was already boiling, and everyone turned a blind eye to Basel who had gone down the field, and all gathered towards Cook's side, shouting endlessly, and the whole square turned their eyes to this place.

In another arena, Xiao Daocheng had just finished the match with Dimis, and he obviously didn't get much attention when he won again, and he couldn't help but be attracted by the lively scene on Cook's side, looking at the past from afar.

Seeing Cook being hugged and leaving the arena, Xiao Daocheng understood that the championship was left with him and himself.

Xiao Daocheng guessed correctly, in the next game, Cook also defeated the hero Asser who was once as famous as his father. But in this fight, Cook fought nearly 100 rounds for the first time, and his physical strength was greatly exhausted, and finally won by a narrow margin against Asel.

The snowflakes were scattered in the sky, and everyone held their breath in the next championship match, although the snowflakes became denser and denser, but this did not affect the audience in the slightest.

Xiao Daocheng is full of energy, and for him, who has long been an adult, these games are nothing.

But it's different for Cook, Assel's strength has been famous for more than ten years, and Cook was already tired and weak in that duel, and even he wanted to give up the championship competition, and it was a good choice to win second place directly.

In a duel, the gap between the two sides is too large, which is particularly easy to cause accidents, and considering Cook's safety, Robit and Miller also agreed that Cook should stop and abandon the game.

But at this moment, Duke Haba came over, and before he could speak, Cook complained in disgust: "Don't tell me to persevere, don't take our lives seriously for the sake of a reputation, I'm also a human being." ”

Haba was stunned for a moment, and had to swallow all the words he was about to say.

Marcello, who was standing aside, immediately rebuked Cook and said, "Cook, how can you speak so much to Duke Haba, you must know that he is your dearest person." ”

"What?" , Cook was confused, he and Haba had only been together for a few months, if this could be considered a close relative, wouldn't that be the same as?

Haba thought for a moment, but still spoke, "Cook, for your own reputation, I hope you can continue to compete in this duel. ”

"If you want to beat yourself, I won't go, I'm tired to death." , Cook apparently didn't bother to pay attention to Duke Haba.

Haba couldn't help it, and after hearing the referee's urging, he reached out and pulled out a necklace from his arms, and then twisted the necklace and handed it to Cook.

Cook's eyes widened for a moment, and he grabbed the necklace violently, and reached out to tear the silver pendant open, and sure enough, there was a small knight's sword ornament inserted in it.

At that moment, Cook was stunned, his eyes immediately flashed with tears, and his mouth trembled and asked, "Is it really you?" ”