Chapter 21 - The Eve of the Duel (Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Attention)
"Crystallized Rapier: The self-defense sword of the Crystallized Old Man.
Legend has it that it is a treasure made from the souls of tens of thousands of small diamonds. Whatever is stabbed by it will be crystallized by the energy it contains. In addition, in the fortress of Fran, there is a legend that this thing once killed the resentful spirit of the invisible body. But because it is so old, there is no definite evidence for any claim. The only thing that can be proven is that it has a spell killing effect." ββ
Sitting in the carriage, Lu Ming and the others quickly passed through the commercial area and the civilian area and came to the aristocratic area.
From departure to arrival, the carriage driven by the guards took only about twenty minutes.
"Huh~!" After arriving outside the Lord's Mansion, the guards immediately stopped the carriage and helped Lu Ming and the three of them get out of the carriage.
Looking at the unimaginably huge lord's mansion in front of them, Lu Ming and You Saha were not very comfortable in their hearts. After all, Luyanali wasn't on their side, but on Viscount Hatu's!
"Sheriff Lu Ming, in order for you not to disgrace our Paris City, Lord Lord has invited a teacher with superb swordsmanship to teach you some basics of aristocratic duels." Before Lu Ming and the others could say anything, a servant from the Lord's Mansion came over and forcibly took Lu Ming away.
And some of the words he said made Lu Ming very uncomfortable. In addition, Yusaha, who heard these words, sensed a trace of cattiness in it.
You must know that even if Lu Ming doesn't understand the aristocratic etiquette of Mira Kaisa, he is much better than ordinary commoners. Moreover, a duel is a duel, and I have never heard of an aristocratic duel! Even if it is a royal duel, it is just a salute before standing up, and then fighting randomly, and the losing side in the end salutes the winning side.
This so-called swordsmanship teacher is very likely to be used by the countess to probe Lu Ming's foundation!
If Lu Ming can't do it, let him lose at the hands of Viscount Hatu. If Lu Ming could, he would secretly make some fuss, so that he would not be able to win against Viscount Hatu.
In order to remind Lu Ming, Yu Saha hurriedly followed.
But before she could open her mouth to remind Lu Ming and ask him not to go, the maid stood in front of her and stopped her action.
Looking at the back of Lu Ming, who was taken away by the servant, Yu Saha gritted his teeth, turned around in silence and took Lily to his room in the lord's mansion.
And Lu Ming, who was following the servant and walking in the lord's mansion, also thought of something that Yu Saha thought of at this time. So when he arrived outside the room where the so-called sword master was in the servant's mouth, he took out the crystallized thin sword so as not to be besieged.
The servant glanced slightly at the thin sword that Lu Ming had taken out at some point, and then pushed open the door of the room, revealing a huge and empty room.
This room, like the other rooms in the Lord's Palace, was luxurious to a certain extent. The floor of the room is marble, and the walls are hung with paintings framed in gold. And in the innermost part of the room, there is a weapon rack, all of which are high-level enchanted weapons that are impossible to buy outside. Although Lu Ming couldn't understand it, he could also feel the magic contained in it.
"You're here!" In the middle of the room, sat a knight with a burly body and a bearded beard. As soon as he saw Lu Ming, he slowly stood up, picked up a long sword from the weapon rack, and then looked at Lu Ming coldly.
"I'm coming!" Carrying the crystalline thin sword, Lu Ming walked into the room step by step, looking at the knight as well.
As for the servant who led the way, he had closed the door to the room and left the place quite briskly. It's as if he's afraid that Lu Ming and the knight will kill him!
"What should I study?" Glancing at the door that had been closed by the servant, Lu Ming asked his nominal teacher.
"You don't need to learn anything. Just have a fight with me! The knight sneered, gave a knightly salute, and then prepared to attack.
In this regard, Lu Ming had no choice but to return the etiquette of the immortal team, and then took the lead and killed the knight with the crystalline thin sword in his hand.
On the other hand, shortly after Yusaha took Lily back to her room in the lord's palace, the countess sent for Yusaha to visit her.
In desperation, Yusaha had no choice but to follow her. It just so happened that she was about to ask the countess what she was thinking.
Following the maid, Yusaha soon came to the room where the countess was.
It's just that she didn't expect that there were other people here, and she didn't know if she should ask the countess what she thought of Lu Ming for a while.
"Yu Saha, are you and that girl from the Hellas family ready to marry Lu Ming?" It may be that when he saw Yusaha walking, it was not the same as before. The countess asked in a somewhat cold tone.
"Yes! Lily and I are both planning to marry him! Yusaha replied to the countess with some coldness.
In the past, she may have changed because of the countess's words. But now, after that request for help and being rejected outright, Yuzaha has decided that he no longer wants to be the lord of Nivelheim. Since the countess would not consider her at all, she could have found another way out. Isn't it?
I didn't expect Yusaha to say this, and Luyanali, who originally wanted to give Yusaha as a gift to Saldaro, the son of the Grand Duke, so that he wouldn't investigate too much, was choked half to death by Yusaha after her plan failed. But soon she came up with something else.
So she changed her words and asked Yu Saha instead, "You Saha, do you think that Lu Ming or Viscount Hatu have a better chance of winning?" β
Because Luyanali suddenly changed her words, Yusaha didn't react for a while. But soon she replied to the countess very arrogantly: "I don't think Viscount Hatu can defeat him from the cold valley of the far north!" β
The countess, who received such an answer, was not annoyed, and asked directly: "So, how does he compare with the knight of Licutt in the city?" β
"What!?" As soon as he heard the name Lichard, Yusaha couldn't help but be surprised!
Like magicians, warriors are divided into six levels!
They are warriors, fighters, swordsmen, sword masters, dragon slayers, and dragon-blooded warriors of the same rank as the spirit of magic.
The knight of Licut, whom the countess mentions, was one of the only swordsmans in Niforheim. It's not something that Lu Ming or a magic apprentice like her can compare to at all!
Looking at Yusaha, who looked surprised, the countess laughed in a good mood, and said to Yusaha: "Do you think a nobleman would really fight a duel with a commoner?" Stop dreaming! I can tell you that the person who is going to duel with Lu Ming is not Viscount Hatu at all! It's profit."
Just as the countess was halfway through speaking, a loud bang suddenly interrupted her!
"This voice is Grating Canon!" As soon as he heard the loud noise, Yusaha heard that it was the loud noise of Lu Ming's grating cannon explosion, and immediately ran out in a hurry, rushing to the place where the loud noise came from.
Seeing this, the countess and the Viscount SaldarΓ³, who had been watching the show and not speaking, also followed Yusaha and rushed over there.
And when they got there, and opened the door, they saw something they had never dreamed of.
A magic apprentice with a blue rapier crushed a knight of the rank of fighter armed with a high-level enchanted weapon in a sea of crystals.
"The mages of the Biheim Dragon Academy are arrogant dragons, and they cannot be compared to knights like you! In Piheim, you are nothing more than a humble bug! So retract your pathetic remarks! "Three words, three swings, the crystallized thin sword in Lu Ming's hand crystallized the weapon in the knight's hand, and then broke it with the last swing!
At this time, Yusaha and the Countess suddenly found several crystallized and broken weapons scattered on the crystallized ground. Seeing their heartaches, those weapons are worth a lot of money! It might even be worth a year to three years of taxes in a viscounty!
The knight, who had no weapons, was forced by Lu Ming step by step and had to retreat. In the end, Lu Ming was forced to retreat to the wall, and looked at the countess in horror, hoping that the countess could save him.
It's a pity that the countess doesn't have this plan, a fighter can't beat a magic apprentice, and she has destroyed so many enchanted weapons, even if Lu Ming doesn't kill him, she will hang him!
In the end, Lu Ming did not kill the knight, but carried the crystalline thin sword, walked to Yusaha's side, took Yousaha's hand, and left here. Moreover, Li did not pay attention to the countess.
Looking at Lu Ming's back as he pulled You Saha away, the countess gritted her teeth and clenched her hands, obviously angry. But the Viscount Saldalore beside her was completely different from her. On the contrary, he admired Lu Ming, who seemed to be a bit arrogant magic apprentice.
It's just that he didn't know that Lu Ming's words were just for them. He's not a Piheim magician, he's just a family squatting through time. How could such a thing be said.
Walking in the corridor of the Lord's Mansion, You Saha looked at Lu Ming who was holding his hand, and for the first time had the feeling of really falling in love with him. It's no longer a use, it's not a transaction, it's a real love. It's just because Lu Ming gave a resounding slap to the countess, who has always looked down on her illegitimate daughter.
Yes. Yusaha is an illegitimate daughter, the illegitimate daughter of a mistake conceived by mistake when the countess exchanged titles with a big man before she became an earl.
Since she was a child, her father didn't love her mother, and she gradually became extremely eager for others to pay attention to her and identify with her. But in the end, it's still the same ghost. It wasn't until Lu Ming's appearance that she saw a hope. A hope that can prove that he is a useful person, the hope of not living in the shadow of an illegitimate daughter anymore!
Moreover, because of Lu Ming's relationship, she finally knew the principles of those soul magic that suddenly appeared in her mind, and she could finally start recruiting apprentices!
"Na! Lu Ming! β
"Huh? What's wrong? Hearing Yu Saha call himself, Lu Ming turned his head to look at her. Instead, he got a kiss from Yusaha.
"Nothing. Just want to kiss you."