Chapter Forty-Nine: The Solo Competition

The first wave of contestants began the competition, brandishing their weapons, holding up their shields, carefully looking at each other, and slowly circling around each other, looking for the right moment.

Of course, not everyone is like this, there is a guy with a two-handed axe rushed directly towards the opponent, he wanted to use the axe blade to hook the opponent's shield, but the opponent directly threw away the shield, and one sideways smashed the opponent's chest with the back of the axe, the opponent was in pain, and swung the axe back, but the opponent squatted slightly, dodged the attack, and then put the axe in front of the opponent's life.

After that, the other side surrendered directly.

They were the first group to finish, and the other three groups didn't fight for long.

The nobles would always arrange their excellent sons and warriors in competitive competitions, and they would also arrange many mercenaries like Byron to foil them. Even in the Nord Kingdom, this is the case. However, as long as he performs well enough, even if a civilian mercenary wins the championship, the nobles will cheer them on and extend an olive branch to him.

Otherwise, in other countries, mercenaries who don't give face to the nobles will be cleaned up very badly.

No one fell or surrendered, and the audience cheered and laughed. And those aristocrats also sat in their seats and watched the game, occasionally commenting on a few words, but more often how to kill each other if it was them.

Most of the nobility of Nord was of this mindset.

In the second round, Fatis came on. He chose an unedged sword, and his opponent was a mercenary captain he had fought with Byron, with a long-handled battle axe in his hand and a flail wrapped in linen around his waist.

Fatis's swordsmanship is very good, and he has made several moves back and forth, but the other party has not taken advantage. With just a slight adjustment of the direction of his sword, Fatis can deflect the opponent's axe away.

Several other groups of players have results, but Fatis is still testing each other with his opponent. The audience became impatient and booed, and the mercenary captain was a little impatient, jumping backwards and then throwing out the flail.

However, Fatis was clearly superior in technique, and he hooked the iron chain between the flail with the tip of his sword, throwing the flail back.

The opponent immediately dodged, and at this time, Fatis also lunged, an uppercut hit the opponent's chin, and then the leg hooked forward to knock the opponent down, and then the hand holding the sword stretched out, and the long sword stopped at the tip of the opponent's nose.

Fatis won, and the audience was amazed by this beautiful move, many people applauded, and the nobles also heard the sound of admiration.

Fatis bowed to the surrounding audience and nobles, and then went to draw his opponent.

Aren also entered the arena when Fatis left the arena, and he gave a thumbs up to Fatis and entered the arena with a smile on his face. He dressed beautifully, chose a broad-bladed axe, and carried the long axe to the surrounding audience and nobles with a very standard salute before starting the battle with his opponent.

Although the other party was also a noble child, he was obviously a little unhappy with Ellenn's behavior, and immediately picked up his sword and shield and rushed towards Ellen.

However, although Alleyne is a little proud, he has never let go of water in battle, and he will not despise his opponents.

Under a series of beautiful attacks, Ellene's opponent was clearly a little overwhelmed. His shield was knocked to the ground by Alleyne, and Alleyne was constantly compressing the range of his attack, so he could only parry it with an axe.

However, it is clear that a short axe cannot withstand the attack of Ellene's broad-bladed long axe.

Amid the cheers of many young girls, Alleyne declared his opponent's defeat and left in a very dashing manner.

Byron also applauded with satisfaction, and it was clear that although it was not just the two of them, Fatis and Irene did attract the attention of the audience, and their abilities were recognized by some nobles.

In the next few battles, several good fighters overcame their opponents and stood out from the crowd of contestants to reach the finals.

One is a mercenary captain of Wocheze, and his mercenary team has more than a hundred people, and it is said that many nobles have commissions with him, whether they are glorious or dishonorable.

One was the second son of Garr, who competed for his elderly father. Before the battle, he would raise his hands and raise his head to call out to the names of the northern gods, asking them to grant him strength and glory.

There was also a bearded middle-aged veteran who had served as an airguard for Iayaar and was later fired for alcoholism. But Jarl has clearly not forgotten his skills, and every time there is an economic competition, he will write a letter inviting her to participate, and although he has not won yet, people praise him for his fighting skills.

The last one was an out-of-tlander, who appeared to be a southerner, and was said to be a bard. Originally, this scruffy man in tattered clothes was not eligible for the competition, but when the "bard" unloaded the weapons of twelve Nord light infantry with a short sword in one hand, the Garr, who had wanted to teach him a lesson, recommended him to Jarl.

The final winner will be among these six people, and the casino outside the arena has also opened a market to bet on the winner of the competition. Everyone wants their choice to win the game and make a lot of money. Byron, of course, was no exception.

Previously, Byron had won 60 dinars against Fatis and Ellen, but this time Byron added 140 and bet 100 on each person.

In the first game, the bearded veteran faced Alleyne, and it must be admitted that this veteran was very skilled in combat skills, and once relied on the advantage of experience to suppress Ellene. However, his long-term alcoholism took a toll on his body, and his stamina eventually became unbearable and he was defeated by Ellene.

It seems that this veteran will not be able to win the championship in the end.

At the beginning of the battle, one of the garls chatted with Byron for a while, and he was convinced that this time the veteran could win, and gambled a large amount of silver coins with Byron for this purpose, which made Byron very happy, after all, such nobles did not find many things.

But in the end, the veteran still regretted losing, and the gal also sighed, and told Byron that the old sergeant had been drinking heavily since his wife fell ill and his son ran away from home, and that Yael had been helping him, and invited her to participate because there would be some rewards after reaching the finals, which would subsidize his family. This veteran had saved Jarl's life, and Jarl had done this to repay him.

Byron heard a good story, and he made more than a hundred dinars, which was a fortune. Moreover, he also befriended a Garh nobleman, which would certainly be beneficial to his business in the Nord Kingdom.

In the second game, the mercenary captain confronted Gar's second son. It must be said that the young man is a good seedling of a warrior, and he is not afraid of death at all when he fights. However, the gods of the north he prayed to taught him a lesson, allowing the mercenary captain to defeat him.

Courage is important, but courage combined with enough experience and skillful skills is the key to winning, and he will learn something.

The third game surprised Byron, because the game ended quickly and excitingly, the swordsman and Fatis would make two moves almost every second, and after a dozen moves, Fatis, who was ranked number one in the entire Swadian knights' circle, was weaponized by the other party.

Fatis was also dazed and surprised when he retreated, and he made a few gestures to Byron from a long distance, to the effect that the other party was a real master, and he was not an opponent.

Not only Fatis, but also other spectators and many nobles were also amazed by the swordsmanship of the two. Fatis had proven his swordsmanship and fighting prowess in previous fights, but the unpretentious bard had taught everyone a lesson in swordsmanship.

After he left the stage, the audience applauded.

Byron saw Alleyne rubbing his eyes, and his previous self-confidence seemed to have disappeared halfway at once, and he seemed very cautious.

When the draw was made later, the other party made a decision that was hard for everyone to believe. He begged Jarl to allow him to face two opponents together, on the grounds that they would have a chance of victory.

If it were in Svadia or Vecchiarrodok, the nobles would probably rebuke this arrogance. But this is the kingdom of Nord, where the people worship the warriors and are happy to see the strong show themselves.

Iayal agreed to his offer, stating that he would receive the same reward as the champion regardless of whether he won or lost.

The other party just smiled indifferently, saluted, and then raised his sword and faced Alleyn and the mercenary captain.

After about two minutes, everyone stood up, and the applause was as loud as thunder.

This swordsman proved himself with his superb swordsmanship, and also proved what kind of existence existed among the hermits on the continent of Calradia.

Iayayar blushed with excitement, stood up and announced loudly: "In the name of the God King and the God of Thor, I declare that the champion is born here, invincible!" ”

"Invincible!"

Everyone cheered, and Byron had a smile on his face.

He has ignored the dinar he lost, and he has discovered something that is not in the game, that is, in addition to the hero teammates in the game, there are some special people in the world who are not named in the game, but are extraordinarily special, waiting for him to discover!

Perhaps, this is an opportunity!