After bathing, changing clothes, and eating, it was already past noon when he was summoned again.

The long table in the center of the throne room was removed, and it was now a spacious red carpet, and at the end, King Charles was sitting comfortably on the throne, and Rodney was standing at the bottom of the stage.

"Please come forward, Xia Zuo, a guest from a foreign country." The King's distant voice came from the quiet hall.

After Xia Zuo entered the hall, the guards closed the door.

There were only the king, Rodney, Xia Zuo, and five guards.

The closure and small personnel arrangement are to prevent the content of this exchange from leaking out - about Xia Zuo's rescue of Liv Village and the killing of most of the goblin invaders.

Xia Zuo advanced to a sufficient distance and stopped, "Good afternoon, Your Majesty the King. "It was just the usual greeting, no prostration and no salutation.

Rodney remained silent.

"As a guest from a foreign country, I am not your king, so you should not salute." The king smiled, "But are you not satisfied with the comfortable and soft clothes of the palace?" Xia Zuo, a stranger, why is he still wearing that gloomy leather armor? ”

Before bathing, although Xia Zuo didn't have any smell on his body, after bathing, there was a temporary fragrance - the bath bucket was sprinkled with flower petals.

There are also three older, but experienced maids in serving bathing, who were originally arranged to assist Xia Zuo in bathing.

They skillfully held the brush in their hands, but they were forcefully broken away by Xia Zuo, who was still more accustomed to taking a bath alone.

"Leather armor is a little stronger." Xia Zuo responded. Because when you get the silk-like soft white robe after bathing, its defense power is only 1, which is really insecure.

King Charles smiled awkwardly, "Haha, there is no danger in the palace, so why be restrained." ”

"Maybe always be vigilant, Xia Zuo will become an excellent warrior, Your Majesty." Rodney spoke.

"Well, I have carefully read the letter that Grichald wrote to me," said the king, who had actually read it for the first time on the left side of the summer, and had never opened it again, "I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your help, Xia Zuo, a guest from a foreign land. ”

Is it finally time to claim a reward? Xia left with anticipation.

"But I'm curious, how many swordsmen are that Geverde would praise? Can you show me how? King Charles' eyes signaled, and one of the tallest full-body armored guards around him stepped forward.

The full-body armor guard was full of rebelliousness, and threw one of the two practice wooden swords in his hand to Xia Zuo.

"He's the best swordsman on my side, named Turner, and I'd like you to learn from him in the throne room...... Well? ”

As the king spoke, Xia Zuo seemed to be defenseless against the wooden sword he tossed, and the "auto-dodge" prompted him to dodge sideways.

The wooden sword fell to the ground, sending out a crisp echo.

Xia Zuo clenched his fists to restrain himself, otherwise he would almost fight back... Although the attack power of the wooden sword is not large, it may be that his counterattack method is to throw the wooden sword back.

"Ah of course," to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere, Xia Zuo hurriedly agreed, leaned over and picked up the wooden sword on the ground, "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now." ”

The king was silent for a while, and when he read the description in the letter, he felt that the swordsman was very different from what he had imagined.

"Your Majesty," Rodney raised his hand and whispered, "this may be Xia Zuo's strategic habit. ”

"Strategic habits?" The king was stunned.

"That's right, I saw when I fought with the Goblin King before, Xia Zuo likes to maintain a careless posture and deliberately expose flaws, so that the enemy can be careless, and the reason why the Goblin King died at his hands is probably this." Rodney is serious.

"Hmm......" King Charles nodded, listening to what Rodney said, he felt that Xia Zuo deliberately showed flawed acting skills, which was decent.

"Do you still need to fight?" Xia Zuo asked, staring at the "Practice Wooden Sword" in his hand - attack power 0.5, durability 95%.

"Yes, I'll be looking forward to your performance, guest Xia Zuo... But be careful, Turner is the strongest swordsman on my side, no less than Rodney in terms of swordsmanship alone, and besides, you are not allowed to use magic in battle, just compete in swordsmanship, and so on. ”

The king gave him a look, and the armored guard Turnar stepped forward, "Obey." ”

His armor is heavy, but he walks without the bumps of his armor or the sound of his iron boots—a warrior who is very good at maneuvering.

In the center of the hall, Xia Zuo is only five steps away from Turner.

Facing a full-body armor opponent who was a head taller than himself, Xia Zuo swallowed his saliva... Although the enemies I have encountered in the past have been several heads taller and more hateful, the first time I fought in the form of a performance in the magnificent hall, it was inevitable that I was nervous, as if I had been on stage.

"Let's get started."

Seeing that the two of them were not moving, the king ordered a few seconds later.

Turnar was ordered to rush forward, extremely fast, but far inferior to the Goblin King.

Holding a wooden sword, the other party is also wearing full body armor, so there is no need for him to suppress the counterattack, let's fight, Xia Zuo decided.

"Turner Lv37", although his full-body armor "Falcon Armor" looks airtight, but there are joints on the side of his body that facilitate physical movement, which are relatively weak and have gaps, and often use the cloth of the same color as the armor as a barrier. Xia Zuo remembered the introduction of this equipment.

Turner swung his sword quickly, and even with a wooden sword, that blow had the momentum to break a person's bones.

"Smack~!"

At the moment of dodging, Xia's left sword sharpened its strength, but the wooden sword was fragile and was ruthlessly interrupted.

Xia Zuo, who seemed to have barely dodged a blow, automatically used the thrust caused by the opponent's sword swing, turned around, and stabbed the broken wooden sword at the enemy's flank.

There was a gap in the armor of the whole body, and there were several sharp cones protruding from the fracture of the wooden sword, piercing with precision.

！？ , Xia Zuo was surprised, obviously he had just thought about it in advance, and the counterattack actually went according to the key point in his thoughts!

The moment he regained control let go of his hand, Turner had fallen to the ground with a serious injury, curled up and making a difficult sound in pain.

The king was shocked, the battle was so dead and wounded, and how could Turnar be vulnerable!?

Rodney, who has seen the wind and waves, remained calm, and what he was thinking about was not about Turner's injury, but about Xia Zuo's movements - impeccable dynamic prediction, and perfect response. Therefore, the swordsman Turner, who made the court one of the best, was inexplicably weak in this battle.

Fortunately, he is not a simple swordsman, and he does not only take Xia Zuo as his enemy in sword skills, otherwise the consequences are likely to end in his defeat.

"Ah, I'm sorry!" Xia Zuo thought of what to do from being at a loss.

Before the king could recover from his surprise, Xia Zuo immediately squatted down and took off Turner's helmet, which was the face of a middle-aged man about fifty years old, with a beard and a face covered with battle-damaged scars.

Xia Zuo took out the "Primary Healing Potion" from his bag and immediately poured it into Turner, while pulling out the wooden sword on his flank.

Suddenly, the wound healed.

Xia Zuo and King Charles both breathed a long sigh of relief. Turner also got up unharmed.

"Why do you do such a dangerous act, stranger," King Charles was indignant, "If it weren't for the bottle of potion in your tiny bag, Turner would have risked dying on the spot!" ”