Chapter 232: Hearn's Hand
When the mage's words spoke, Harold III's eyebrows twitched visibly. He looked at the gray-robed man in front of him again, but no matter how much he speculated about the origin of the cheese, he had to admit that this person didn't look anything special except for his unusual skin color.
"You're killing yourself, young man. Although the glorious judgment does not necessarily end with the death of one party, in fact, the possibility of death or maiming is very great in the case of an all-out fight.
"I know what I'm doing. Cheese shrugged, the wound on his body had not yet healed, but the mage didn't seem to care.
"Looks like my job is coming. Of course, Jack also knew what the Glorious Trial was, and because of that, he was sure that Cheese would not take it personally. He put down Jason, who was on his shoulder, returned the tomahawk he had taken from the guards to Lothar, and began to move his knuckles in place.
The Wolfwalker's thinking is clear, and Jack is undoubtedly the best candidate to participate in the Glorious Trial compared to the spellcaster's methods. He doesn't even need to transform to defeat his opponent with a reaction speed far beyond ordinary people, and coupled with his strong physical recovery ability, the injuries he received during the previous battle against Jason no longer have an effect on the werewolf.
However, the mage had no such intention. Cheese kept a smile on his face and turned to walk back to his companion.
"My dear Lothar, please give me this opportunity to prove your innocence with my life. The mage said, pulling out the spider dagger pinned to the Count's waist and handing it to him.
Lothar, barely standing alone with a tomahawk, looked at Cheese with a very strange expression on Jack's face. They had the impression that the mage had never been very interested in this kind of combat, and this was very embarrassing for the wolfwalker who made his knuckles crackle on the sidelines.
"Hey, your injuries aren't all right, leave this kind of thing to me. Jack said, tilting his head. If Lothar had taken out the fake baron today, and Cheese had sealed Jason, then he hadn't made any gains. This makes the Wolfwalkers eager to fight now.
"It's not time yet. Alexander, take a good look around with your eyes, and you will find your prey. Cheese said. Then he knelt down on one knee in front of Lothar, resting his left hand on his right shoulder, bowing his head and waiting for the count's action.
The wolfwalker frowned, he didn't quite understand what the mage meant. But looking at the current situation, it seems that this trial cheese is indeed planning to take it himself. On the other side, Lothar saw that Jack had no intention of stopping the mage, although he did not approve of the cheese's decision, but he could only put the dagger in his hand on the mage's shoulder and said.
"I appoint you in the name of Lothar Montenegro, Count of Montenegro in the kingdom of the Greylion...... Cheese, as my representative to the Glorious Judgment. Your life is my life, and my glory will be added to you. May the light of justice bring you victory, my friend. ”
After Lothar finished taking the oath, Cheese rose from the ground. He nodded to the Count of Montenegro and turned to Harold III. The mage muttered to himself in an undetectable voice as he turned.
"I don't need the light of righteousness. I have something better. ”
Seeing that Cheese had really asked Lothar to appoint him to the Glorious Trial, the executioner's face sank. To be honest, he didn't think the mage had any chance of winning in this trial. However, as the king's representative at this time, he had no reason to deny the request for the glorious judgment, so the Duke of Bloodaxe could only wave lightly and call a person from the black-clothed man behind him.
"Peter is the best swordsman I have ever had, if you can defeat him. On behalf of the King, I pardon the counts of Montenegro. ”
Sending only one warrior in the Glorious Judgment shows that Harold has full confidence in his men, and on the other hand, it also shows that the old man, who also watched Lothar grow up, may not really want to kill him.
Grand Duke Bloodaxe's words caused a small commotion among the Praetorian Guards around them, and unlike Harold, these soldiers were ordered to see Lothar's death for sure. If the cheese had been victorious at the Glorious Trial, and none of them had attended it, the king's wrath would not have been a joke. However, considering that the executioner, Peter, was also a well-known swordsman in the royal capital, and Cheese looked like a scholar, there should be no problem. So the commotion quickly subsided.
Naturally, the commotion of the soldiers did not hide from the mage's eyes, and Cheese looked at the swordsman standing beside Harold, nearly a head taller than himself, holding a two-handed flame-shaped sword, and spoke.
"Do you look down on me? For the sake of both of us, I suggest that you send a few more, or His Majesty will doubt the fairness of this trial, won't you? ”
If the mage's previous behavior could be explained by the young man's willfulness, then when Cheese said that he was going to challenge ten fighters, Harold could be sure that the gray-robed man in front of him was definitely not normal. Cheating will never be admitted in the Glory Trial, so the possibility that Cheese had prepared a trap in advance can be ruled out. In addition to weapons, other items are also forbidden to be used in the Trial, which suggests that it is impossible for the mages of the Glorious Judgment not to know about it.
Then all the possibilities are eliminated, and the remaining possibilities are about to come out.
"I didn't expect such a young wizard to be by Lothar's side. Harold said.
"Haha, it's over. The identity was revealed, but Cheese's face did not change, "The rules of the Glorious Judgment don't say that magic is not allowed, is it?"
"That's true. Then I don't have anything to be polite about. As a substitute for the king's will, I will personally participate in this glorious judgment. Young wizard, it's too late to quit now. Remember the name of this tomahawk, it's called Hearn's Hand. ”
Grand Duke of the Blood Axe nodded, then pulled the great axe from the ground and copied it into his hand. Through the eyes of the magic, Cheese could see that with this movement, a stream of energy was transmitted to Harold III on the large axe carved with the head of a lion. The energy coming from the axe took on a dull red color in the mage's eyes, and the eyes of the lion on the axe began to glow like magic.
There is no doubt that this is a weapon designed specifically to deal with spellcasters.
"That's interesting. I don't know if it was because of excitement or fear, but Cheese's voice trembled a little.