In the open space in front of the owner's tent, hundreds of people gathered in a large circle to watch the people who demonstrated their exquisite archery skills in ]7

The knights of East's own country did well, but the nobles were almost as good as the foreign guests, and the Shaonan mission only sent two representatives to go over, and the guests from Nuojia were all marksmen, which kept causing the audience to exclaim

Among them, Duke Jada of Noga, even more arrows hit the bull's-eye, he still felt dissatisfied, thinking that the distance of ten meters was too close, and asked to place the target fifty meters away before shooting, which surprised almost everyone, but at such a distance, he still shot the bull's-eye with the arrow, and seemed to be quite satisfied, he smiled and threw the bow to his subordinates: "You guys also come to play, don't lose the face of the Noga warriors"

The people of the Noga mission all smiled and answered, and then went to shoot in turn, even the civilian officials were no exception, and it was not surprising that the two secretaries of the mission, who looked thin and weak, were able to ensure that the arrows did not miss the target, which was really amazing

Someone with good deeds inquired privately about the servant of the mission, and the servant said to him "quietly" in a voice that could be heard by all: "Every one of us in Noga has to practice riding and archery since childhood, even if it is a woman, the men go to join the army, the women have to work, and the hunting is left to the children, and every month you can hear about the children who shoot arrows and kill tigers!" Now it's just shooting the target, what is it? If I'm not more than 30 meters away, I can shoot a heart."

Everyone was in an uproar, and the eyes of the members of the Noga Mission were filled with worship, and even the servants who fed the horses had this ability, how powerful should those officers be?

Serig pushed his brother Heyat's wheelchair and walked over slowly, and when he heard others talk about it, he also felt that the latter looked at Jada a few more times, thinking that as the crown prince, this Duke of the Northern Kingdom was much stronger than himself

On the contrary, several nobles and ministers on the side exchanged glances with each other, and they were a little uneasy in their hearts, but it is not a good sign that the Nogar people are so strong in terms of force, it seems that the peace of the past few years has not dispelled the ambitions of the Noga, they are more active than before, and they must find a way to curb their development

Jada looked at it coldly, sneering slightly, do these people think that the current Noga is something they can stop? Overestimate one's strength or oneself! As early as in that war between humans and the Demon Domain, East had lost too many elites who could support the country, look at who the so-called elites are now? The ten-meter arrow target can't even hit the heart, and East has already fallen! If these men are clever enough, they should be in awe of Noga, and when Noga's soaring steed rushes forward, he will obediently get out of the way, and then he will consider letting them live a few more days of peace

He turned around and instructed his subordinates: "Bring me my bow and arrows" The subordinate immediately sent a black iron bow and a quiver as thick as a small tree trunk, and Jada took out three iron arrows from the quiver and took aim with his bow

The surrounding people found that he seemed to be planning to shoot three arrows at the same time, and there was an uproar before someone shouted "How is this possible", the arrow had been shot, and it hit the target fifty meters away with a loud bang, and then there was a "bang" Someone immediately ran over to look, only to find that there were three small holes arranged in sequence from top to bottom at the bull's eye, with an interval of only five centimeters, and the three iron arrows were deeply embedded in a tree trunk ten meters behind the target, which was also arranged from top to bottom, and the interval was only six centimeters

Hearing that the attendants measured it three times with a ruler before reporting it, all the onlookers were stunned, and one of the Nogar knights was the first to exclaim: "Your Excellency the Duke is really an archer!" There's no one on the continent better than you! ”

Everyone woke up in shock, although they were a little unconvinced, but they couldn't refute it, so they could only focus on a few archers in their own country, and they could hit the morale of the Noga people, but those knights saw Jada shoot the ground arrow and the arrow target on the hole in the ground, and their faces were ugly and silent, and they were forced to be anxious, so they whispered the names of a few seniors who were not in the field, saying that their ground archery skills should be better than the duke

Jada only smiled faintly in the face of everyone's praise, and then turned back to warn the members of the mission: "Don't flatter me anymore, I ask myself, archery is only at the middle and upper level, there are many people in the country who are better than me, not to mention the Eastland warriors?" Even in the field, a few masters are not much different from me, and you can't be arrogant."

The members of the mission all complied, but one of the secretaries smiled and said: "Your Excellency is right, if you are really the number one master of Noga, then the generals of the army will be ashamed to jump to Lake Nomonka, but I believe that you are indeed the most outstanding among the children of the royal family in the whole continent."

As soon as he said this, both Heat and Selig felt a little uncomfortable, but they were not in their hearts, and they were indeed inferior to Jada, so they had no choice but not to express their opinions, and Heyat found that several foreign envoys were staring at his brothers, and then exchanged ears with each other, and suddenly he had some bad premonitions, and hurriedly turned back to Selig and said, "Let's go back to the camp."

Selig was not convinced, he was a little stunned when he heard this, and was about to speak, when he heard a Shaonan envoy say with a smile: "I heard that the royal family of Esther is not trying to learn from heavy riding and shooting, and the two princes are present, don't you plan to behave?" ”

When they heard him, they all turned their eyes to the Hayt brothers

Hayt sighed in his heart and smiled: "It's a pity that I have injuries on my body now, and I can't ask Duke Jada for archery skills, His Excellency Duke Xiao can visit again in the future, give me a chance to challenge."

Jada smiled, nodded, didn't say anything, he knew in his heart, these people of the East royal family are not his opponents, although his subordinates can improve their reputation, but offending other royal families, it is not good for his next plan Since the East prince gave the steps, he will go down

However, someone didn't want to let the matter go through like this, Queen Lorna of Easter came over with a group of attendants, who had been watching the development of things from a distance, and suddenly felt that this was a good opportunity: "How can Your Highness say that? Do you want His Excellency Duke Jada to take all the honor? She smiled and nodded to Jada and the envoys of various countries, before turning her head to Hayt and said: "This is a very rare opportunity, Duke Jeda is a crown prince, and his riding and archery skills are so exquisite, everyone praises him as the most outstanding prince among the princes of the continent, how can His Highness be indifferent?" Don't let the Esther royal family be despised because of you! ”

Hayt was stunned, his mood sank, and he couldn't imagine that the queen's suspicion of him had reached this point, and Serig hurriedly said when he saw this: "Queen Mother, my brother is injured, how can he compare archery with others?!" ”

"Shut up!" The queen glared at her son dissatisfied, "Archery only needs eyes and hands, your brother is injured in the leg, why can't he shoot?!" ”

Selig muttered in his heart, archery requires the lower half of the body, not to mention that his brother's archery skills have never been out, and he will definitely lose to Duke Jeda, when the time comes... His eyes widened suddenly, and he realized his mother's true purpose, and anger suddenly filled his chest: "Queen Mother! I don't think my brother's injuries have healed yet, and he is not fit to play against people, if your Easter royal family will

If people despise you, why don't you let me come?! ”

The queen's face froze, and then a trace of fear flashed: "Don't mess around! Finding that she was a little out of shape, she was busy a little more restrained, and said: "Duke Jeda is the crown prince of Noga, in terms of identity, only your brother has this qualification, why don't you step down quickly?!" ”

Selig said lightly: "Your Excellency the Duke is not an official crown prince yet, besides, do you really think that I am not qualified to compete with him?" I am also the prince of East, and I am equally responsible for the dignity of this country! ”

"You!" The queen took two quick breaths, took two steps and grabbed her son's hand tightly, staring at him for a long time before she said, "How can you be so rude?" What do you think of your brother when you say such things? My child, don't be willful! ”

Serig sneered and looked back at his mother, and found that her eyes were full of anxiety and worry, and she was stunned, but she could no longer say anything about competing against Jada in place of her brother

His mother's calculation of his brother made him angry, but it was because his mother loved him, and he didn't want his brother to suffer such a shame if he could get the crown, but he also knew in his heart that if he stood up, he would lose the same way, and it would affect his reputation He didn't care if he could become the crown prince, but he was afraid that he would be teased because of his bad performance, so he hesitated

Jada almost sneered, is this the royal family of East? Cowardly and infighting, how can such a country become strong?

The scene was deadlocked, and people whispered that at this moment, King Valfred III of Easte came over with his youngest son, Gadmon: "What happened?" Why don't you speak? He smiled at Jada, "I've heard of your Excellency's exquisite archery skills, it's amazing," Jada smiled slightly

There was a knight who seemed to have a good relationship with the guards behind the king, and he approached to tell the reason one by one, although the expression on the king's face did not change, but the gaze that swept towards the queen was a little sharp, and he was about to apologize to Jada, but by the way, Gadmon, the youngest son behind him, suddenly interjected and asked: "Duke Jada, are you really so good at archery?" The king was stunned and looked at him with a frown

Gadmon didn't seem to see his father's gaze, and simply ran in front of Jada: "I also learn to ride a horse and shoot arrows, and when I usually practice, they all say that I am an archer, but I always feel that they are coaxing me, you compare with me, right?" I want to know how well I've learned! ”

The people around are secretly snickering, twelve-year-old child, how good can archery be? It must be that the palace attendants are flattering the little prince, and he is not stupid, knowing that the words of the attendants cannot be trusted

The people from the Nuojia mission were a little unhappy: "Your Highness, you better find your friends to play, this is not a child's game."

Unconvinced, Gardmon retorted, "What do you mean by a game that is not played by children?" As you just said, the Nuojia people have been practicing riding and archery since they were children, and I have also practiced since I was a child, why can't I play?! He turned to Jada again: "I'm also a member of the royal family, and I'm qualified to compare with you, right?" ”

The king was silent and did not speak, the queen was already in a hurry, although this little son had never been her favorite and most concerned, but he was also her child, how could she watch him bear the reputation of a loser for the rest of his life because of his youth and ignorance? Seeing that her husband didn't seem to have any intention of stopping at all, she gritted her teeth and took a step forward and said, "Gade..."

The king pulled away the queen and asked Gardmon solemnly, "Do you know what it means to participate in such a competition?" What if you lose? It's a battle between royal and royal families."

Gadmont: "What does this have to do with the royal family?" Even though Duke Jada and I are both royal children, I want to compete with him? ”

"But the people of the mainland don't think so, they only think that the prince of one country is competing with the prince of another country," the king stared at his youngest son, "If you lose, can you really accept this result calmly?" ”

Gadmon tilted his head: "Why not?" His Excellency the Duke has practiced more than ten years more than me, even if I lose, there is nothing strange that I am only twelve years old, even if I lose today, it does not mean that I will lose for a lifetime, I will practice hard, if I can't do it for ten years, if I can't practice for ten years, I will practice for twenty years, and sooner or later I will beat him! ”

"Good!" The king smiled and turned his head to look at Jada, "This kid has been competitive since he was a child, I spoiled him, if he has any rudeness, please forgive me, it's rare for a child to be self-motivated, but it's too conceited, please give him a lesson, let him know that there are stronger people in the world"

Jada narrowed his eyes and suddenly smiled: "It's my pleasure"

The queen wanted to say something more, but Selig whispered a few words before she quieted down, and Heate was secretly relieved

The game between the princes of the two countries began, Jada still showed se, but Gadmon was not bad It turned out that the attendants of the palace of East praised him as a marksman, not open his eyes and say nonsense, he shot a target of thirty meters, arrows and arrows can be shot at a place no more than ten centimeters near the bull's-eye, and a target of fifty meters can be shot without missing the target Compared to many adult knights, it is not much worse The king, nobles and ministers were very surprised

The result was naturally that Jada won, and Gadmon was also praised by everyone, the latter didn't care about listening to the good words of others, ran to Jada's target and looked at it for a long time, and then looked at his own target for a long time, before he came back and said to Jada sullenly: "You are much better than me, I admit defeat"

Jada smiled, he had a good impression of this child: "You also said just now, I have practiced more than ten years more than you, it is not strange to be able to win you is just a small game, you don't need to take it to heart"

"No!" Gadmund stubbornly raised his head, "Losing is losing, I will work harder in the future, you can't be lazy!" If you come back next year, I'll challenge you again! ”

Jada raised an eyebrow: "What if you lose again next year?" ”

"Next year, then!" Gadmund said loudly, "If you don't come, I can go to you when is your king's birthday?" When the time comes, I will also bring the embassy over to congratulate you, and I will definitely win you!" ”

"All right, Gardmon," the king amusedly stopped his youngest son's waywardness, "Duke Jada, I'm very sorry, this kid is so rude"

"How so? The little prince is very strong and I appreciate that about him"

Jada and Valfred III touted each other, and the others in the room echoed suit, and there was one or two discordant voices among them, but they were quickly silenced

When the officials came to ask when the safari would begin, Warfred III remembered that it was not too early, and hurriedly beckoned the guests to freely assemble and go to the nearby hillsides or fields to hunt animals, and the pastures were full of laughter and laughter

At this time, a group of about a dozen people, who had just arrived at the gate of the ranch, led by young men, dressed in the traditional Wisa aristocratic attire, with white turbans bandaged on their heads and ornamented with luxurious gems and gold ornaments, showed his extraordinary status

(Minna will only be able to come out...) ）