Chapter Eighty-Six: Duel and White Gloves
"Who else?"
Carl stunned Crassus with a sword, stood proudly, unceremoniously scanning the entire crowd, and asked faint questions, as if expecting a new challenger to appear.
The crows were silent, and the crows were silent.
All the chatter came to an abrupt end, and everyone who was swept by Karl's gaze unconsciously bowed their heads or retreated.
Too powerful, too murderous!
Carl slammed the sword in Crassus's face, causing almost all the onlookers to empathize, and subconsciously stroked his face.
His head was so the rocky ground that his face was deformed, and it must have hurt a lot. The other onlookers didn't want to take the initiative to send their faces to the door and experience the pain for themselves.
This time, even the priest Rhett, who had already stepped out of the carriage and was about to enter the convent of Saint-Sulamire, couldn't help but stop, and re-evaluated the young man of the Roland family, who was suspected of awakening the blood of the Dragon Knight of the Sea, with a solemn and cautious gaze.
And the little fat man Georgie was even more surprised, he was still worried that his friend was impulsive, and was provoked by Jamie Eric's provocation, and recklessly agreed to Crassus's invitation to gladiatorial fighting.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Crassus *Marcus, who was domineering and invincible, and was famous for his genius in the entire Silver Tide City, was easily beaten by Carl, and the whole process was easily unbelievable, just like a father beating his son, Crassus was pumped to the ground without any resistance at all.
It all happened so suddenly, too quickly. The swift Georgie didn't even have time to react, it felt as unreal as a dream.
The arrogant and domineering announcement brought silent submission, and everywhere the eye could see, everyone scrambled to bow their heads and retreat.
This kind of low-key pretending to be forced and slapping your face in the face is cool.
Carl wanted to shout "I can fight ten more", but considering that this was too pretending and hate-grabbing, and inconsistent with his planned plan for low-key development, he had to give up regrettably.
It's just that some things can be given up, and some things can't.
"Jamie Eric, huh?"
Carl turned his gaze to Jamie Eric, who had just jumped out of the language that squeezed him, and said lightly while shaking the fine thorn sword: "The people of the Roland family, are they afraid of challenges, I think you have seen it." Well, I think you must be a gentleman of courage, so why don't you have an impromptu sword show just before the ball!"
In the aristocratic world, there are no such virtues as modesty, generosity, kindness, tolerance, etc. Revenge and revenge, counterattack on the spot against aggression and provocation, and mercilessly pursue and fight the enemy mercilessly, is the basic morality of a nobleman.
Kindness, generosity, tolerance of enemies, in the minds of the nobility, are not just not virtues, but rather a sign of weakness, giving the impression of weakness. Not only will it not be praised, but it will usher in more covetous eyes and in-inch violations.
Carl is well aware of this, so he is not ready to let go of any of the people who provoke him.
Carl's oppressive gaze made Jimmy Eric turn pale, he reacted faster than everyone else, and when Crassus was knocked down by Carl, he realized that it might not be good, and tried to sneak back away, but Carl saw through it at a glance.
"Ka, Carl, Mr. Karl, I'm just a small person, an ordinary person who hasn't undergone any training and can't even catch a chicken in his hand!"
Jimmy Eric's face was pale, trembling, and he stammered, "You, you are a knight of glory, so you don't need a little person like me to tarnish your glory......"
Karl didn't react to this little man's plea for mercy, just said lightly: "You have insulted my honor and insulted my family's reputation!"
Then Carl turned his head slightly and asked Georgie: "Georgie, according to the laws of the kingdom and the rules of the continent, this Mr. Jimmy Eric has just insulted my honor and slandered my family's reputation, I already have the right to defend my family's honor, and I have invited this gentleman to launch a duel!"
Qiao Ji was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then couldn't help but smile, nodded quickly, and said affirmatively: "That's right, according to the third appendix of Article 8 of the "Knightly Covenant" promulgated by the Glory Emperor in 2215, the glory of knights is inviolable, and any slander, suspicion, accusation, or questioning of the knight's honor, the knight has the right to invite the slanderer to launch a duel and defend his honor. ”
In the era of the Glory Emperor, because the knightly path of the Emperor was one of the eight virtues of "honor", so "Glory is my life" not only became a well-known knightly slogan, but also was directly written into the code, in the form of law to ensure the knight's freedom and right to defend his honor.
The duel in the name of honor is not a bloodless battle with a performance nature like a competitive competition before the ball, it is a real life-and-death duel that costs one's life, and the loser is not just as simple as losing face, but is likely to lose his precious life and the honor of being regarded as his life by the knights.
In the late era of the Glory Emperor, duels between nobles were commonplace, and the knights who chose the path of "honor" could cause some trivial things to provoke a duel without saying a word. There are countless duels that arise from the pursuit of a lady's love.
After the era of the Glory Emperor, one of the most famous wars was the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms caused by the "Blood Wedding". The reason was that a young duke's heir was forced to agree to another family's marriage request due to political form, but after the situation improved, he suddenly regretted the marriage, and the rejected family thought that their family's honor had been insulted, so they brazenly launched a surprise attack on the duke's wedding, creating a famous historical event called "Blood Wedding", which triggered a huge war that lasted for thirty years, affecting seven kingdoms and dozens of hundreds of families.
"Georgie, are you wearing gloves?"
Ignoring Jimmy Eric, who was already pale and trembling with fright, Carl asked Georgie directly: "If anything, lend me one, I need to throw a glove at this Mr. Jimmy Eric!"
According to the rules of knightly duels, throwing a glove at the opponent is extremely provocative, representing a formal invitation to a duel regardless of life or death, and those who refuse will be considered cowards and unworthy of being knights.
"Haha, Georgie doesn't have white gloves, I have!"
At this moment, Franco, who had just heard the movement and came out to see the excitement, laughed and said loudly: "Carl, I have a pair of gloves that I can lend you to launch a sacred duel invitation to this Mr. Jimmy Eric, who has tarnished your reputation." ”