Chapter VIII: Trials by Martial Arts

When the decision of the martial arts trial was announced, everyone, including the soldiers who were confronting outside the Mirror Palace, began to cheer, perhaps for too long no one had been able to apply for this right in front of the Emperor, and everyone was enthusiastically looking forward to it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

There are even official and underground forces to open a handicap, the Mephistopheles knight of the Potter family is known for his loyalty, the forty-year-old middle-aged knight has experienced twenty-seven duel battles, and has faced knights, berserkers, mages, musketeers, Locats animal tamers, and the chief swordsmen of the free city-states, none of which can be called invincible.

And Kalinin, who recently joined the personal guard of Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine? Kruwski is a survivor of the Seventh Legion, the former commander of the Dawnblade Warband, a Ross born in the army, he has a strong strength in the army, once faced a heavy centaur knight in a charge one-on-one, and killed the opponent with an axe but was intact, and his strength is also good.

In terms of official odds, Mephistopheles is 1.2 and Kalinin is 2.2, obviously not optimistic about the lieutenant colonel, as for the underground handicap, it is exaggerated to 1.1:2.7, completely discognizing Kalinin's strength, but more people do not believe in the ability of the underground union to pay, and most people still choose the official handicap.

Even the king of the North Sea, Rogers, bet, only this time he did not choose Mephistopheles, but threw three thousand gold coins on Kalinin, according to him: "Mephistopheles is strong, but he is a knight, how can a knight who has never been on the battlefield compare to the dead remnants of the Seventh Legion on the other side?" ”

Similarly, as Kalinin's comrade-in-arms, Lorraine also took this opportunity to ask for suppression, gambling that the savings of himself and everyone in the adventure team totaled 11,000 finnigh to press on Kalinin, if he wins, his life and wealth will be in his hands at the same time, and if he loses, everything will be over, and everyone will see you in the next life.

Carrying a two-handed sword, two short axes forked on his back, plus a short sword at his waist and equipment shaped like a dagger, it can be said that Kalinin is fully armed and wearing the robes of the Seventh Legion and the armor of the warband? Lieutenant Colonel Kruffski walked up to the dueling arena, and he glanced at Lorraine, Irene, Tevin, Sam, and Azzinaha who were on the sidelines, "I never thought that I would be able to wear the uniform of the Seventh Legion and go to the arena for my comrades. ”

Even the battle-hardened lieutenant colonel trembled a little at the thought of the importance of this contest, not because of fear but of a desire for blood and glory, since the Battle of Fontainebleau had not stained his hands with blood, especially the blood of the strong.

Josephine looked at his knight worriedly, and said seriously: "Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin, please...... Be careful, I wish you eternal martial luck, and may the empress shine on you forever. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Kalinin took a deep breath and prepared.

On the other side, Mephistopheles and Hasil didn't say anything, but were instructed by the other party: "Loyal Mephistopheles, to be honest, your name is really ugly, but the Bolton family will not forget your loyalty, please kill the muscle man opposite, don't forget to peel off his skin, you will definitely make a good lampshade." ”

Ordered by his own young master, Mephistopheles didn't speak, just put on his helmet silently, holding a sword, shield and enchanted armor, he didn't need to speak to know that the other party was a strong enemy, but so what? Serve the Duke of Potter in the name of loyalty, and whoever comes, he will eradicate them, because ...... Only killing can calm his feelings of disgust.

"Then I'll be the referee, so be ready for both sides."

The third prince Clovis said calmly, retreated to the sidelines and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his head, maybe for various reasons, this romantic prince is very excited now, and he has dropped a large amount of gold coins for the off-field bets just waiting for these two warriors to decide the winner, but it is even more wonderful - it is the blood that is about to gush out, right?

"War begins when the handkerchief falls."

Under the gaze of everyone and under the influence of magic, the fluttering handkerchief fell to the ground, and then Kalinin charged forward directly without a sound, and the two-handed sword swung fiercely at the armored knight on the opposite side with an indomitable momentum.

Mephistopheles, who was holding the sword and shield, skillfully used the angle on the shield and had already adjusted it before the contact, although this heavy blow was unexpected to him, the impact was very strong, but it still did not break through the shield's defense, on the contrary, Mephistopheles, who was holding a sword in his right hand and a sword in his left hand, also made a counterattack, stabbing Kalinin's chest and abdomen.

Kalinin directly rolled sideways to dodge the opponent's attack, and immediately retreated to avoid the shield attack and was on guard, the two fighters could feel each other's strength and caution at the same time, this battle will definitely not be decided in a short time, but if any negligence is caught, then be careful that the game is over.

After a few breaths of confrontation, Kalinin attacked again, this time the two-handed sword was blocked by the opponent's shield, and at the same time, he directly abandoned the sword and pulled out two short axes, blocking the ensuing long sword, and Mephistopheles endured the shock force and pushed out the shield fiercely.

The shield struck this time, but his arm became paralyzed and he couldn't continue to use the shield, so he had to abandon it and hold the sword in both hands, activating the magic and magic items on his body to prepare for the next round of attacks.

Kalinin, who was slightly injured, played with the axe flower and also used his magic items, although he only had some military goods, which were not as many as the cans on the other side in terms of quality and quantity, but these things were not only effective on the battlefield, such as the stink bomb he got from someone was his deadly magic weapon.

The third round of attacks continued, and as the two men intersected with their axes and swords, they raised their legs and kicked each other at the same time, resulting in Kalinin rolling on a donkey to unload the impact and Mephistopheles taking a step in the calf, brandishing his long sword and slashing his head.

Kalinin dodged the opponent's attack sideways, but the short axe in his hand directly attacked the opponent's chest and abdomen, and changed his move halfway, Mephistopheles directly brute force to forcibly change the direction of the long sword, swinging away Kalinin's attack, but he was still hit by the axe, and the magic brilliance flashed and only left a hole in the armor, which seemed to be fine.

It is very physically exhausting to launch so many attacks in a short period of time, but Kalinin knows that he must not fight a protracted battle, and the opponent is a guy who often duels is very disadvantageous in the face of a protracted battle, and he must fight quickly.

Kalinin once again let Mephistopheles' thrust, desperately attacked forward with the threat of the opponent's backhand attack, and the moment the other party blocked the short axe attack, Kalinin once again gave up his weapon and pulled out his short sword from behind his waist and stabbed it, even if he was pierced by the magic long sword that suddenly appeared in the opponent's hand.

Seeing that there was blood flowing out, he didn't give up, he directly took out the stink bomb and smashed it on the ground, and suddenly a thick dark green gas enveloped the dueling arena, and the healing magic that Mephistopheles was about to use was also forced to stop, so he could only push Kalinin away fiercely, half-kneeling on the ground and enduring the pain of the stench and wounds.

At this time, the two warriors on the field had been seriously injured, and Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin was sitting on the ground, his weapon only a dagger, but the opponent's magic sword made a few cuts in his chest and abdomen, making the life of the war group leader continue to pass.

The loyal Mephistopheles was also not happy, the bastard on the opposite side had the common thrust magic attached to it, and it was also temporarily enchanted with weakness and bleeding, plus the disgusting stinking gas was completely unable to concentrate, and his endurance was already extraordinary before he could spit it out.

After dozens of breaths, Mephistopheles slowly stood up, picked up his long sword from the ground, and could see that his face was pale and he had reached the end of his crossbow, and stood up with full willpower, ready to finish off Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin who was sitting on the ground.

"It seems that it ...... I won, Lieutenant Colonel. Mephistopheles, panting, said condescendingly with her sword.

"Yes...... There's something I want to tell you......" The lieutenant colonel said with little strength, and the other made a gesture of listening, and the audience outside the arena prepared to listen to the soldier's last words.

"Sometimes...... Slaughtered the enemy first...... Again...... Words are better! Suddenly pulling out a short musket with a dagger from his back, Kalinin looked at Mephistopheles with a sinister face, and Hasir couldn't believe it to see a musket appear in the dueling arena, and just as he was about to stand up, the gun went off.

DR In the spring of 1823, Lorraine and his companions met with Hasil? Bolton confronts the Emperor, Lorraine? Taylor proposed a jousting trial, which was ultimately contested by Kalinin? Lieutenant Colonel Kruwski represented Lorraine and the others, and Hasil sent his own knight of the bodyguard, the commander of the Potter family's armed forces in El Carloen, the mephistopheles, known for his loyalty, to play, and after a fierce battle, Mephistopheles died from musket shooting, becoming the first and last warrior to die with a musket in the Imperial Tournament Trial in St. Orlando.

Of course, this result caused dissatisfaction among the nobles, but this time the old emperor directly pulled out his royal guards and forced everyone to accept this fact. Bolton compensated the adventurers for the loss of 10,000 gold coins and all the costs of rebuilding and cleaning up the trade area.

But all this has nothing to do with Lorraine, and when escorting Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin to urgently go for treatment, he was aided by a man in black, who claimed that all this was God's will, and he only needed to be able to bring a red spar with him when Lorraine and the others were on an adventure, because he said that it would prompt the location of the Moon Gate.

Although he didn't know what this meant by this, Lorraine still accepted the other party's hedron, at least now that Kalinin had been treated in time, let's talk about what would happen in the future.