Chapter XVII. Riots

Four days passed quickly, and Stan thought they would have to set out the day after they arrived in Canrito to complete the daunting tasks, but Sigmund told him that according to Manfred, they could wait until the knight's ordination ceremony was over. Although Stan didn't understand why the Great Sage was so laid-back at this time, at the request of the girls, he gave up the argument and walked around the tournament with the girls, answering their questions.

The arena was built in a square not far from the castle, and at the back of the square was a statue of a knight looking back immediately, the statue was lifelike, and the knight's bravery and heroism were portrayed without reservation. At this time, in the tournament arena, in the final stage of the competition, several pairs of applicants held wooden shields in one hand and wooden swords in the other, waiting for an opportunity to attack each other, and on their side were the knights of Canrito who acted as arbitrators. Every time someone breaks through an opponent's defenses and defeats them, the crowd erupts into loud cries. In fact, not many of the people who came to Canrito to see the canonization ceremony were really interested in the ceremony, and these competitions were the reason why they came from afar. And, in the midst of cold weather and bad news, people prefer to get out of the crowd in the hope of banishing some of their fears.

With the exception of Jasmina and Rui, the other two girls urge Stan to take them to the arena to watch the match, but Stan takes Sigmund's words to heart, and Canrito is also full of danger, not only does not take them there, but also stops them from trying to go on their own. Nerfi looks at Stan angrily and begins to chant a spell in his mouth, an unobtrusive gesture that catches Ray's attention, and she quickly pats Nerfi and interrupts her. "Are you crazy? Magic is not used casually, this is the first thing to keep in mind when you first enter the Mage Tower, you are so willful. ”

Nerfi was annoyed when Rui interrupted her spell. "I'm going to take care of my balance and make sure I don't hurt Stan. ”

"It's not a question of whether it hurts or not, you can't just use magic with your temper. Rui looked at Nerfi solemnly, and the two were almost about to fight.

Stan sees that the situation is about to get out of hand, and his anxious brain is in chaos. "Don't argue, I'll take you there, but you must follow me closely, and you must not leave my sight, understand?"

Nerfi and Rui immediately stopped, and the two snorted at each other and stopped talking. Stan clutches the back of his head helplessly, hell, where's this guy Fern.

Stan's strong body forced a gap in the crowd, and the three girls followed the knight, slowly moving forward, and finally, the jousting arena appeared in front of them, and the crowd on both sides was cheering from time to time, and people pushed each other, almost knocking down the fence of the jousting arena.

There were fewer and fewer people left on the tournament field, the battle was getting more and more intense, and the crowd was getting more and more out of control, and the guards guarding around the arena shouted loudly and pushed the crowd back, they had never seen so many people pouring into here, obviously inexperienced, and their strength was insignificant in front of the surging crowd.

"Ahh

"What's wrong?!" Stan immediately leaned over to Nerfi's side.

He ...... He touches me!" Nerfi yelled in exasperation and raised his hand to shake it off, but Stan quickly grabbed her while grabbing the man trying to run away with his other hand.

"Oh, where did you touch you?" Ruiya leaned over and asked Nerfi deliberately.

Nellfi blushed and glared at Rui. "You can't take care of it, don't let him run away, take him back to the castle!"

When the man heard that the comer was not good, he quickly tried to break free from Stan's hand with all his strength, but the knight's strength was beyond his expectations, not only did he not break free at all, but on the contrary, he grabbed it tighter, and the man couldn't bear to scream in pain.

Stan looks at him fiercely, his fierce eyes almost eating him. "Tell me, didn't you do it!"

"I ...... I didn't, I was just squeezed by someone behind me and accidentally touched it. The man looks at Stan with a frightened expression.

", don't listen to him, Stan, hold on......" The crowd began to stir again, and Nerfi grabbed Stan's arm tightly to avoid being pushed down by the crowd.

Rui looks at the chaotic crowd around him, realizes a hint of unease, and grabs Stan's arm. "Let's get out of here quickly, those guards can't stop these people anymore, and they're about to get out of control!"

"Let's go, come back to the castle, the knights in the castle will interrogate you!" Stan said as he approached the man. But the crowd behind him kept pushing forward, and the man was struggling desperately, and Stan couldn't move half a step for a while, but was pushed in by the crowd.

"Hold on to me, don't get separated!" Stan yells at the two girls, remembering that one is missing. "Where's Ness, where is she?"

Ruiya looked around in a panic. "It was behind me just now, but now ...... It's gone. ”

"What,, Ness!" Stan shouted, "Ness, do you hear that? Where are you?"

The two girls also join Stan in calling out Ness's name, but the crowd is very noisy, and they are unsure if Ness didn't answer them, or if she answered but was silenced by the noise around her. Stan pushed through the crowd with all his might, shouting Ness's name, Rui and Nerfi were girls after all, and being pushed around in the crowd didn't help Stan at all, but made the knight worry that they wouldn't be able to get too far.

"I think we'd better use our flying skills to go to the sky to find it, we can't care about it so much now. Nellfi is pushed onto Ray by the crowd around her, and the two collide together, Ray clutches at the corner of Stan's coat, and Nellfi grabs her again.

"Well, that's all there ......" Rui just wanted to nod his head in agreement, but at this moment, the human wall formed by the guards was finally completely overwhelmed by the excited crowd, and the two mages were suddenly pushed to the ground, seeing that the crowd behind them was about to step on it.

A large, thick figure stood in front of them, pushing the surging crowd away. "Get up, get out of here first!"

The two mages quickly stood up, one grasping one of Stan's arms, and the knight embraced them into his arms, slowly moving away from the perimeter while shielding them with his own body.

Dozens of guards rushed out from the back of the arena, their spears raised horizontally across their chests, regrouping into two rows of human walls to block out the crowd that had lost their minds. More guards came from the castle to support quickly, and a group of knights also rode up to the crowd, and the knight who took the lead shouted to the crowd with all his strength, "Whoever causes a riot in Canrito will be imprisoned in the dungeon for thirty days, and from now on, anyone who crosses this human wall will be caught in the dungeon!"

Hearing the knight's shout, the crowd at the front left and settled, and then the crowd behind gradually subsided. They were all afraid of the law of Canrito, and in this country where Wallis's law was the harshest, no one wanted to defy it.

Stan protected the two mages and moved out of the crowd, still not seeing Niss all the way, Nerfi was about to cry, and Rui shook her head in annoyance. "It's all to blame for our carelessness, that we were caught by that damn man, and let him run away, and now that Ness is nowhere to be found, how are we going to explain to Fern when we go back?"

"Now is not the time to talk about this, let's go back to the castle immediately, and ask the High Lord to arrange for the guards at the city gate to strictly check everyone who leaves the city, to ensure that Ness will not be taken out of here by the people of the Mage Tower. Stan said, turning and running, the two mages following him closely behind, the hustle and bustle of the crowd fading away.