Chapter 14: Difficult Trials
It seems that this is a sword fighting machine, and if it wins the next game, it will not hurt him unless Magellan wants to ignite the "sun". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Is this an illusion?"
But even if he knew this, there was no way, the knight would not give him a chance to light the lamp.
Magellan lifted his spirit and tried to counterattack the knights, but always failed, the knights were merciful when attacking, but used all their strength when defending, and Magellan couldn't find a chance at all.
The more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, if it was an illusion without malice, what was its purpose? Was it just a prank?
If this is a prank, it is too serious.
The knight's attacks were incessant, showing no sign of running out of strength, and if it was an illusion, he could keep it that way. Magellan held on for a while, and finally couldn't hold it anymore.
He simply put his hand down, thinking to himself what would happen if he let the knight keep winning, and the knight put his sword down as well.
Magellan and the knight stood with such big eyes and staring at each other, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.
Just then, Magellan heard Professor Granger's voice.
"Magellan...... Where are you ......?"
He wondered why Professor Granger had finished his research so early today, and just as he wanted to shout to tell him he was here, he found that the black knight was gone.
Magellan put his hand in his arms and lit the "sun", looked around and saw that nothing had happened.
He shouted as he walked towards Professor Granger, and it wasn't long before the two of them met.
"What are you doing here? it's been two days......" Professor Granger grumbled, much to Magellan's surprise.
"Two days, I've only been here for a short time......
"We'll talk about that later, let's eat something first. ”
Magellan understood, no wonder Professor Granger was willing to stop researching, it turned out that he was hungry.
When the two returned to the camp, Magellan roasted the hare he had caught on the road and told Granger about the strange things he had encountered.
"Hmm...... They are the only ones who dare to create illusions in this forest to confuse the owner of the Glory Emerald......"
"Leprechaun?"
Granger nodded, "There are indeed many legends that mention the treasures of the elves, think about it, who would pretend to be a goblin in the elf's house?"
"The Black Knight?"
"You seem to have said that he reacted to the Glory Emerald?"
"It's more like reacting to all weapons, as long as the other party has a weapon, he will draw his sword and compete. ”
"Hmm," Professor Granger's face showed obvious excitement, "interesting. It is very characteristic of the Black Iron Age, and it gives people a familiar feeling. ”
Magellan didn't understand at all what he was saying: "What?"
"When you were a child, did you hear the story of a knight who defeated some powerful monster and got a trophy with magical powers?"
"Nope. ”
"Okay...... That is to say, there are many legends in which there are knights who defeat invincible monsters by strong force, and the result is that the knight gets the magic items treasured by the monsters. ”
"Shouldn't it be the knight who got the love of the princess?"
"No, no, no, it's a bedtime story, and I'm talking about a knightly legend that adults would believe. ”
"What does that have to do with what we're experiencing now?"
"Do you really believe that those monsters will collect powerful magical items and leave their own places to harm humans?"
"That's just the story, and the lords always have to find a way to prove that they are better than the average person. ”
"No, there's a fact hidden here, and we know that there have been powerful lords in history who have risen from a magical item. ”
"Some of these experiences are quite bizarre......" Magellan thought.
"It's really such a coincidence, a young man without the help of magical powers, happens to encounter a monster that people with magical powers can't fight, and then easily defeats the monster unscathed, and in the end, the owner of that magical item won't trouble him. What's more, such a lord suddenly appeared after the Church of Scientology declared magic evil, and at this time the monsters finally came of age?"
"Well, maybe it's a fascinating secret war between the wizarding world and Scientology hidden behind the fog of history, but what does that have to do with what we're going through?"
"Think about it, what's so strange about that knight?"
"There was something strange all over him, including his appearance and disappearance. ”
"Very powerful swordsmanship, attacking you but not hurting you, think about it. ”
"Isn't it......" Magellan understood what Professor Granger meant, "is that a test?"
"You see, if you don't take out the Glory Emerald, he won't make a move on you, that's the standard knight's code of conduct. ”
"And then I'm going to pass the test and I'm going to beat him, that's impossible. ”
"You know, what happens after passing the test, the goblins will show up, goblins!"
"Isn't that great? Didn't you say we could enter the land of goblins......"
"Do you think the elves will let us into their kingdom if we don't pass this test? Now that you have the friendship of the elves, this test has come up, and our plans must change. ”
Magellan took out the spice and sprinkled it on the golden roasted hare: "Then how can I pass the test? Defeat the black knight with the knight's swordsmanship? I'm not a knight." ”
"You already are. For the first time, Professor Granger looked helpless, "If you don't pass the test, we'll have to go home empty-handed." ”
"Do you really understand what it means to pass the test?" Magellan smiled wryly.
"I understand, I understand...... Anyone who can really practice swordsmanship in modern times, even pirates with skilled swordsmanship know that after the appearance of the new firebolt, swordsmanship is useless, and no one in the army uses swords......"
"Times have changed, and history is history after all. ”
The two men fell silent together, and Magellan took the roasted hare from the fire and divided it in half.
"I can try, but you'd better not get your hopes up. ”
Professor Granger sighed wistfully, "I understand that elves are very demanding. ”
"So you think that many of the lords who have suddenly risen are actually supported by the dark magical world?"
"Yes, think about it, in the legend of King Arthur, the legendary king of Brittany, their knights finally got the Holy Grail, and the most important advisor to the upright king was the magician. This is the most powerful response to the Scientology that magic is a trick of the devil. Professor Granger became energetic.
"One of the goblins is there, too?"
"Of course, the feud between the Marquis of Montenegro and the Marquis of Hamburg among the Eighteen Electors of the Holy Loren Empire was the biggest battlefield between Scientology and the magical world at that time......"