Book 1: Believers of Light Chapter 7: Martial Arts Competition
It is a well-known thing in the mainland that whenever there is a grand festival in the empire, a martial arts tournament will be held, which is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years. Now that Lancelovin III is celebrating his 60th birthday, the empire has held a grand and unprecedented martial arts competition. As early as a month ago, knights and wandering warriors set off from all over the country to Enikante, and for a time Enikante was mixed.
Except for the first day, Arthur went to the royal city with Duke Hendris, and Lanceloe III, the rest of the time he took his attendants to the city of Enicanste. The style of the city of Enikante is obviously different from the city of Xolus, if the city of Xsolus represents the heroism and simplicity of the kingdom of Ovite, then the city of Enikante is a representative of sacredness and prosperity. The statue of the god of war, which can be seen from any direction, towers over the city of Enicanste, overlooking the whole of the city. The towers of the Cathedral of Flosa, to the south of the city, record the millennia of the glory of this pearl of the continent, while the Eloda Palace, located in the northernmost part of the city of Enicanste, is perched on a high ground, making the palace the second largest building after the statue of the god of war.
Arthur had heard of jousting competitions and had asked Duke Hendries if he could participate. Duke Hendries did not answer himself directly, but said that the glory of the kingdom was above all else. But Arthur already knew that Gawain, the Rose Knight had already signed up to participate, and it seemed that this tournament needed to be confident enough to get a good ranking in order to participate. In the eyes of his uncle, Arthur did not have such ability.
Nevertheless, Arthur decided to sign up. Even if you lose at the beginning, if you don't participate in such a grand event, you don't know if you will have a chance in the future.
After making up his mind, Arthur walked around for a few walks before returning to the embassy, where he approached the official in charge of the embassy and asked about the registration process. At this time, Arthur realized that his uncle had signed up for himself, and it turned out that his uncle's words were not to tell him that he could not participate, but to make himself work hard.
Three days before the birthday banquet of Lanceloven III, the jousting tournament was held as scheduled. There were as many as 1,000 samurai who signed up for the tournament, and Arthur learned from Duke Hendris that nearly 100 people from the Kingdom of Ovit also participated in this martial arts competition, many of whom were Oath Knights who came with the convoy.
The competition venue is located in the Colosseum in the west of the city, and when it was Arthur's turn to enter the arena, Arthur looked at the continuous cheers and cheers from the high platforms around him, and his heart swelled. He felt a surge of power in his heart, and the enemies in front of him would be picked up by him!
When the host began to introduce Arthur, the audience erupted in even louder cheers!
Arthur felt the cheers, he seemed to fall in love with the feeling, this feeling of cheering and adoring was great!
Arthur pulled down his visor and pointed his spear at his opponent, who responded in the same stance.
With a cannon shot, Arthur urged his foal to sit down and began to sprint forward. With a metal crash, Arthur pulled the steed and steadied himself. Arthur's opponent was picked under his horse and rolled painfully on the ground. Arthur then played three more matches, all of which were single-shot knockouts. "It is worthy of His Royal Highness the prince of the Ovite Kingdom, who is so young and has such force. It's just that King Delgree really wants to send Prince Arthur to the Holy See as a paladin?" asked Lancelovin III, who was sitting next to him from the Colosseum viewing platform. Duke Hendries said, "Yes, Your Majesty! I was also shocked when my brother decided to baptize Arthur by the Pope. My brother didn't explain it to me, and I don't really understand why he did it. "It seems that Dragri II wants to be the second martyr. Lanceloin laughed. "My brother has always been very assertive, so there must be a reason for my brother's doing this. Duke Hendries chimed in.
In the Colosseum, Arthur did not play for the time being, and began to rest, followed by the Rose Knight Gawain Knight.
When Knight Gawain rode into the arena, the Colosseum was boiling. If the Colosseum had a roof, it would have been overturned by the boiling cheers. "The popularity of this Gawain Knight is really far beyond my imagination. Lancelovin III laughed. "The Knight of Gawain is also extremely popular in our country, and has the nickname of Knights of the Rose. Duke Hendries also said with a smile.
Today's Knight Gawain wears a different suit of armor than the day he met Arthur. The silver-white plate armor wraps the upper body of the Gawain Knight, and the chest of the armor is painted with a bright red rose, while the rest of the armor is embellished with rose petals, giving the impression that the Gawain knight is not there to compete, but to attend the ball of the noble lady.
When the host introduced the two sides to each other, Gawain saluted his opponent elegantly, and his opponent was obviously not interested in Gawain's behavior, but he also saluted. But what he didn't expect was that after Gawain saluted, he did not immediately prepare for battle, but turned around and threw the red rose in his hand towards the stands, and suddenly there was another noise in the Colosseum. After Gawain had done all this, he rode to the arena and looked at the somewhat angry opponent, and the knight Gawain smiled slightly, looking at the poor man. Gawain's eyes were cold, and then he urged his horse forward, and his opponent was not ambiguous when he saw that Gawain had begun to attack, and he had already responded with the same action. It's just that what he didn't expect was that Gawain's speed was beyond his imagination, and before he could raise the riding spear, Gawain had already sprinted in front of him, and the riding spear in Gawain's hand hit the knight's chest directly, and with a bang, the knight had rolled to the ground, cleanly.
Seeing that Gawain Knight defeated his opponent without much effort, the cheers in the Colosseum became more and more intense, and Gawain stabilized his body and began to respond to the audience's enthusiasm with flying kisses.
The morning was quickly over, with Arthur and Gawain beating three and five opponents respectively, so they were well on their way to the next stage of the competition. There will be no of them in the afternoon, and Arthur can rest for the afternoon and watch the other knights play. The other knights of the Ovite Kingdom who participated in the competition won and lost half. The morning game was lively with Arthur and Gawain in attendance, and the audience paid more attention to the afternoon game.
Arthur also came to the stands after eating the game and sat next to Duke Hendris. It's just that Arthur didn't find Knight Gauvin after looking around for a week, so he didn't have any interest in the next opponent? Moreover, Arthur didn't even find his sister Princess Elena, thinking about the interaction between Princess Elena and Knight Gauvin on the way, Arthur understood something. I don't know if my father will agree to my sister marrying Knight Gawain. Thinking of this, Arthur would think of the girl he met at the banquet that day. To this day, Arthur didn't know who the girl was, and Arthur didn't have the trouble of asking his uncle. Arthur was a little envious of Knight Gawain for a while, at least he didn't have such troubles. However, since the girl can appear in the royal palace of the Eloda Empire, there is still such a strange space. This must involve the secrets of the Eloda Empire, and you need to be careful to investigate.
The afternoon game was soon underway. And the first few games were unremarkable. The two sides of the battle went back and forth with each other for several rounds, and then one of them was accidentally picked off the horse for a trick. Such fights do not arouse the interest of the audience at all. But with the appearance of a knight, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became crazy. "Troll, troll, troll" The whole audience cheered the knight's name, and Arthur couldn't help but be curious about the knight. Seeing Arthur's confusion, Duke Hendries smiled and explained, "Troll-Kadrin is a half-blood. He was born after his mother was raped by a troll. He was later abandoned on the streets, picked up and raised by a groom of the Dupont family. As this Kadrin grows up, he shows strength that is different from that of ordinary people. In other words, this Kadrin not only has the power of a troll, but also inherits the wisdom of humans. He was later knighted by the Dupont family. In the competition, this Kadrin was extremely ruthless, and his opponent was either killed or wounded. Arthur: If you run into him in the later games, you must be careful to protect yourself. "It turned out to be the offspring of a troll, probably because of the armor, Arthur didn't see a trace of the troll's characteristics on the surface, but Kadlin's body was indeed much larger than that of ordinary people, like a mountain pressing on his mount. Arthur was skeptical that the mount would be able to support Kadrin's weight. Kadrin's mount was also significantly larger than other ordinary horses, but looking at the horse's strides, it must be difficult to bear the weight of Kadrin.
With a cannon shot, Kadrin's opponent began to urge his horses to charge towards Kadrin. And Nakadrin was not in a hurry, he directly rode his horse with his bare hands and rushed towards his opponent. At that moment, Kadrin grabbed his opponent's cavalry gun directly. The inertia of the cavalry directly provoked the poor knight, and Kadrin grabbed the cavalry spear in both hands and threw the knight directly into the air on his horse. With a bang, the heavy object fell to the ground and stirred up a puff of dust, and when the dust fell to the ground, the poor knight's mouth was bleeding, and he could not live.
Arthur didn't expect this Kadrin to do such a thing, and he was also shocked. He turned his head to look at Lancelöven III, who was sitting in the center of the right stand, and found that the king was not the slightest bit angry, but even happier. Hearing the cheers around him again, Arthur couldn't help but sigh.
Maybe it's because of which knight's experience. The next few opponents Kadrin met did not choose to face but chose to admit defeat directly, and it is better to lose someone than to lose his life.
The second climax of the afternoon race was brought by a woman. The Eloda Empire is a martial artist, and both men and women can join the army and fight. And in the Temple of the God of War, there is the priesthood of the Valkyrie, and in the afternoon, the person who participated in the martial arts competition was the Valkyrie from the Temple of the God of War-Valkyrie. In the legend of the god of war, the world will eventually be destroyed, and the gods will defeat the invasion from hell under the leadership of the god of war and reshape the world, and Valkyrie is the existence sent by the god of war to the continent to collect the souls of the fallen heroes. Valkyrie brings the fallen Heroic Spirits to the God's Realm in response to the important coming battle of the end of the world.
At this moment, this Valkyrie was dressed in snow-white armor, her face was covered by the armor and her face was not visible, and she was holding a dragon spear about five meters long in her hand. His opponent saw that his opponent was actually Valkyrie, the priest of the God of War Temple, and he felt despair. This is definitely not going to win, but there is no need to worry about your life, if you are lucky enough to defeat this Valkyrie, then wouldn't you be able to soar to the top of your rank? Valkyrie's opponent thought of this, and he was firm in his mind and no longer feared Valkyrie. But he thought too much about it. As the knight prepares to stab Valkyrie with his spear, he finds himself flying into the air.
If Troll-Kadrin's victory over his opponent was bloody and violent, Valkyrie's fight was clean and beautiful. The battle between the two men made the atmosphere of the afternoon as good as the match between Arthur and Gawain in the morning. However, the subsequent matches of the Blue Knight Norton, the squad leader of the Knights of the Hammer of Fury, and others, such as Vikus, were overshadowed by the brilliance of the Valkyrie.
The game lasted until the evening. And at the end of the day, there are twenty-four people left to participate in tomorrow's final. There are only three knights left in the Kingdom of Ovite, except for Arthur and Gawain, and the other nineteen are all from the Eloda Empire or its vassals.
Arthur doesn't know what opponent he will face in tomorrow's competition, but he has benefited a lot from participating in this tournament, and he just needs to do his best to get a good place in tomorrow's competition.