Chapter 07: Martial Arts Competition
There was a neigh, and then, with a "bang", a man was smashed through the door of the tavern. Smash over a few tables.
Suddenly, the entire tavern was in chaos.
Paz hurried out with his men.
What appeared in front of them was an unbelievable scene.
Several thugs, including the redbearded bald man, had collapsed to the ground and fainted, while others cowered in the corner moaning and dying. More surrounded Gray with daggers. It's just that the encirclement is a bit big, a little loose, and the hands are trembling.
As for Gray, Gray didn't even draw his sword, he rode his horse, and the horse stepped rhythmically in place.
One of the thugs roared and rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, he had already been kicked back by the horse and flew away.
Paz and his group of mercenaries were dumbfounded.
Gray rushes left and right in the encirclement...... Or rather, he was holding on to the reins, and the bone horse rushed left and right in the encirclement, kicking, stepping, and kicking, one after another, and the gangsters flew out one by one. After a while, he had already carried his boss and fled.
When the thugs were all gone, Gray staggered off on his horse.
Paz and his gang of mercenaries were still dumbfounded.
This riding skill is simply amazing. Is there really a human being who can train a horse to such an extent? Gray didn't seem to have done anything the whole time, and at one point almost fell off his horse. The whole time it was purely on the horses themselves in the fight.
......
"Scared the hell out of me...... Oh my God, you actually won, and you didn't use any magic. Have you already thought about fighting with horses?"
"Of course. ”
"How do you know horses are so good at fighting?"
"The undead knights in the underground fight like this. ”
"Well, it's a bone horse, not a living horse. But next time, will you say it first? Then again, you're so good, what did you run before?"
"I am a peace-loving lich. ”
"Then why did you do it again this time?"
"I can't stand being treated unfairly, especially by a bunch of guys who don't even know magic. ”
"Oh, to put it simply, it's bullying the soft and afraid of the hard?"
"Hmm...... It seems to mean so. So, what do we do next?"
"What else do you want to do?" the black cat almost screamed, thought about it, and could only calm down and say, "It's time for humans to sleep now, let's find a hotel and get some sleep." It just so happens that you have money too. ”
"But the lich doesn't need to sleep. ”
"Aren't you a knight now? a knight needs to sleep! Sleep, even if you pretend to sleep in your room, stay and see tomorrow!"
"Okay......"
Wandering, Gray tied up his horse and walked into a small inn that was still open at midnight.
In the distance, Path, who had been quietly following all the way, carefully retracted his head and said to his men beside him, "Have you seen his horse? I have never seen such a tightly wrapped waistcoat." And he never opens the mask, maybe he's hiding something. This knight must not be an ordinary person. I'll look for him tomorrow, if I can recruit him into the mercenary group, it would be really great!"
At this moment, farther away, in the darkness, the male angel who had dissipated all the light from his body quietly appeared at the top of the attic a thousand meters away from Gray, quietly watching the small hotel where Gray lived.
Immediately after that, the angel of the woman also appeared.
"What happened to the guy who just did with him?"
"I've checked it, and it's only a minor injury. He used his magic to win some money in the tavern, and the rest, for the time being, was not discovered. ”
"Gambling?"
"Yes. ”
All of a sudden, both angels fell silent.
After staring at the inn for a while, the female angel whispered, "His magic is not bad, but it's not very strong. Proficiency doesn't seem to be enough. We should be able to solve it easily. ”
"That's not good. Under the Grey Robe Agreement, we have no right to dispose of a lich until he has broken any of his laws. This is our agreement with the Lich Council. Let's wait and see, he won't come to the surface for nothing. There's always a purpose, isn't it?"
Slowly, the two figures disappeared into the darkness.
......
Morning rooster crowing.
By the time the sky was gray, there were already more people on the streets. The people started a new day, a new life.
The "industrious" Gray also pushed open the door and walked out, casually dropped two silver coins at the counter of the hotel, went out, mounted a bone horse, and walked down the street.
"Today's plan is to go to the castle first, swear allegiance to the lord, and then go to the blacksmith shop to buy a spear after receiving the badge. ”
"Why do you say as if swearing allegiance to a lord is simple?"
"Is it going to be difficult? I can't think of a reason for him to refuse. Isn't a knight a soldier of a lord? Who would refuse a knight who would take refuge in him and not need his salary? If a skeleton soldier came to me, I would not refuse. ”
"Oh, yes? I don't think he had a reason to accept it. ”
The black cat scoffed, but Gray clearly wasn't going to listen to him.
The relationship between the two of them is always so delicate, obviously not one heart, but squeezed into a set of armor.
Riding on horseback, the lich and the cat staggered quickly to the castle gates.
The moat was six or seven meters wide, the iron bridge with heavy solid wood and iron frames, the five-meter-high gate was open, and the iron railing with the thickness of the wrist was half-placed.
The two guards at the door, like two statues, stood motionless with spears in hand. One of them glanced at Gray quietly, then looked away again.
"Hello, I'm here to take refuge with your lord. Gray said.
The two guards continued to stand motionless.
"Hello, I'm here to join your lord, please introduce me. Gray said again.
The two guards remained motionless.
"Hello ......"
"Do you have a title?" the taller guard finally spoke.
"No, but when I take refuge in your lord, I will have it. ”
The guard glanced at Gray disdainfully, "I'm sorry, but our lord doesn't accept wild knights. Who knows if you're a beggar in knight's armor?"
The other guard next to him grinned and said, "Maybe there's a lich." Hahahaha. ”
Gray was startled.
"What? 'Opinion?'" said the tall guard, raising an eyebrow.
"No, I think you have a point. Gray quickly turned and climbed onto the bone horse, and rode away.
Looking at Gray's back, the short guard muttered to himself, "You say, is this person sick?" I thought he was going to say something more, or bribe us. And just left?"
"Probably some fool from the backwoods. The tall guard replied.
......
"Did I just show my horse's feet?"
"I don't think so. ”
"No, then why did he say, 'Got a lich'?"
"He's just joking. ”
"Do you humans like to joke about lichs?
"Forehead......" The black cat said speechlessly, "Why are you sometimes so timid, and sometimes you are so timid?"
"As long as he doesn't think I'm a lich, I have nothing to fear. ”
Hiding in a small alley, Gray stuck his head out to observe the guards at the gate from afar.
In the distance behind him, a head also sticks out of another alley. Paz was watching him from afar.
"Who the hell do you think this could be?, he seems to be interested in the Count's castle. It seems like I'm trying to get in. ”
"Could it be a nobleman?"
"If you are a nobleman, he should wear a badge. Let's see, maybe we can find a chance to recruit him. ”
After a while, an attendant came out of the castle and posted a notice on the bulletin board next to it. Pedestrians gathered around.
Gray led the horse as well.
"This afternoon the knights under the command of Count Casper will have a joust with the knights of the Belsier family. If the knights of the House of Beshire win, Count Caspar will face Irene. Bebela. Miss Beshear swore allegiance. If the knights under Count Caspar win, Irene. Bebela. Miss Beshear will accept Charlie. Casper's Marriage Proposal. Residents of the city were invited to witness the ceremony...... What does that mean?"
"I guess that's what it means. Beshir, huh...... Probably the daughter of the Duke of Beshir. A great lord. Charlie. Caspar may be Count Casper himself, or maybe the son of Count Caspar, who knows?"
"I mean, if you invite the whole city to watch the ceremony, can I go too?"
"Probably so. ”
"Then you can see the lord!" Gray's eyes lit up.
The black cat nestled in Gray's helmet rolled its eyes.
......
The castle tower, Irene's room.
Irene, including Abby Robles and Halls, all of Irene's subordinates were all gathered together, and their faces were gloomy.
"Why agree to such a condition?" Hallse burst out first.
"Because he will only agree to such conditions. Irene emphasized.
"Then don't negotiate terms with him at all! Those people can't trap us, we can just kill them!"
"And then?" asked Irene, "and then, where shall we find help? Count Casper is our last hope, and without him how can we face the king's army?"
Halls' eyes widened and his fists clenched, but he could only keep his mouth shut.
"We shouldn't have come at all. A young knight next to him spat and said angrily, "This is a trap at all. He wanted us to think he was swinging and deliver it himself. He had never intended to offend the king for Miss Irene, let alone shed blood for the Bessil family. ”
The eyes of every knight present were full of anger. However, there is nothing to be done.
Only Irene, as calm as ever.
She said calmly, "We have no way back. There was no way back from the beginning, not that there was no way back when you came here. From the time when everyone joined me and did not accept the king's arbitration, there was no way back for all of us. For the sake of each other's last names, we have no way back. Count Casper is just one of many things we need to overcome. ”
The room was silent, and everyone looked at Irene quietly.
"As the thirteenth heir of the Belshire family, I, Irene. Bebela. Beshir, I hope you can go to the end with me and share the fruits of victory together. Along the way, we will shed blood, we will die, and we may not even make it to the end. But no matter what, your names will be remembered forever. The Behill family will always remember your loyalty until the day it ceases to exist. ”
With a "bang", everyone struck the breastplate heavily and stood upright.
Halls maintained the posture of hammering the breastplate, and said in a loud voice: "None of the people who are still here will back down. No one ever doubted their original choice. We...... We just want to know how we go about it. ”
"How many of us are there?" asked Irene softly, looking at Halls.
"There are only eleven knights in all, and there are far more knights under Casper than we do. Even if each of us solved two, it would only be twenty-two. ”
"I don't have a knighthood, but I can fight?"
"This ......"
Looking at the hesitant Halls, Irene said slowly: "All knights are subordinate, and they will be promoted to knights immediately." I conferred on them. ”
"In that case, twenty-five, is still not enough. It's so much worse. ”
Irene took out a bag of gold coins and threw it to Abby Robles: "Go, find the mercenary group in the city, and find them all." Take my badge with you, as many as you want. ”
"Will Casper agree with us doing this?"
"He's agreed. I told him I had a team of men arriving today and sending you to pick you up. ”
Abby Robles saluted silently, turned around and walked out the door.
Looking around at the crowd, Irene said expressionlessly, "Everyone else, take a good rest." This afternoon, do your best. ”
"Yes!"
Everyone in the room had a solemn expression and a determination to die.
At this moment, Ireen and the knights loyal to her undoubtedly encountered the greatest dilemma in their lives, but they also ushered in the biggest turning point in their lives.
Little did she know at this moment that a huge shadow was approaching her. The owner of the shadow is a short, monstrous lich. At least until he modifies his body to fit the armor, he is undoubtedly short.