The final of the tournament is scheduled for dusk. Before competing for the championship, the two competitors also need to ride tall horses around the stadium to get the horses used to the venue, and show off their style to the audience and opponents by the way, and win the cheers of their supporters.

One of the heroic young knights was particularly popular with the spectators, about 18 years old, riding a snow-white Andalusian steed, with a pure gold iris shield hanging on the left side of the horse's back, with a red bull coat of arms, he was dressed in blue iron chain mail, his handsome face had a confident smile, and a tuft of languid curls seemed to melt gold against the setting sun.

This young and handsome knight is like a prince in a ballad, and whenever he greets the audience with his eagle wing helmet, it always causes bursts of praise, and those passionate and bold maidens will even throw flowers in their hands to the knight to express their admiration.

In contrast, the opponents of the young knights are not treated like this. It was a knight in his early 30s, with short gray hair standing on end, a bronzed face with traces of wind and sun, and a resolute expression outlined by the pursed lip line and light brown eyes, like the red copper armor on his body. The armor was old, polished, and there was no noble coat of arms on it, but the mottled scratches gave it an air of murder. His mount was a common jujube red horse, strong but inconspicuous, without fancy pacing, just carrying his master slowly, appearing calm and steady.

"Dimension...... Who do you think will win, sir?" said Natalia, holding Victor's left shoulder intimately, using an honorific salutation in her mouth.

"Honey, I don't even know who they are?" Victor smiled at the corner of his mouth, the scene just now was not what he wanted, but it did calm Natalia.

"The young contestant is Jörn Hannisee, from the kingdom of Neville, who was promoted to knighthood at the age of 17 and is only 18 years old this year. Natalia introduced softly.

"What?" Victor asked, surprised, "Are you sure Yolern is only 18 years old?"

Natalia nodded and said enviously, "Yes, Yorn's talent is amazing. ”

Victor was moved. Ordinary knights age at a slower rate than ordinary people, and the real age of knights cannot be judged by their appearance, Victor originally thought that Yorn's age was about 25 years old, but he didn't expect that he was only 18 years old, and he was promoted to knight at the age of 17.

A Trainee Knight under the age of 30 will never use an Energy Potion, while a 17-year-old Knight will be promoted naturally. This means that Jolern's knight blood is very pure, and if nothing else, he only needs to polish his fighting spirit step by step to achieve a transcendent knight.

The York family has found a treasure!

Then, Victor was suspicious again, frowned and asked, "Yorn has extraordinary potential, why didn't the Great Lord of the Neville Kingdom recruit him?"

Natalia explained with a smile, "The history of the Hannisey family dates back to before the Iron Mountain Empire, and now they are in decline, just like the Wimbledons, the heirs keep their surnames and the family is falling apart. The Hannesy family of Neville was only a baronial lord, and Jörn was the nephew of Baron Hannisee, who had been fostered in the barony since childhood. After the death of the old Baron Hannisee, the childless Baroness expelled Jörn from the territory so that her nephew could inherit the title. ”

"Jörn had not yet been promoted to knighthood, and when he appealed to the suzerainlord of the family to no avail, the barony's resident priest wrote him a letter of recommendation and asked him to try his luck in the Centaur Hills. ”

Victor's heart moved, and he asked, "What is the relationship between the Baroness and the suzerain of the Hannisee family?"

"The Baroness is the second wife of the old baron, from the suzerain's family. The barony effectively fell into the hands of the suzerain's family. Natalia smiled contemptuously and added, "Jörn has already spread the word about it, and it is said that the Marquis of Farul, seeing his performance, secretly sent a knight of the guard to recruit Jörn, but was refused. ”

It's a bloody drama fighting for territory......

The old baron's incompetence led to the noble heir being driven out of the realm by his scheming wife, and the heir made a name for himself at the world's most prestigious tournaments, and after his success, he accused the suzerain's family of despicable deeds, and when the Guardian of the Kingdom refused to solicit him, the embarrassed Golden Knight poured out his anger on the heads of the family's enemies......

This is indeed a bloody drama, but it is not reality.

Potential does not mean strength, Jörn is currently just an ordinary knight, even if he achieves the peak in the future, the Neville royal family will not punish their lords for the sake of other families' golden knights. In addition, Jörn accepted the invitation of the Marquis of Farul, and he did not expect the Guardian of the Kingdom to help him reclaim his family's domain. His Royal Highness Farul needs Yorn's allegiance to the royal family, not for him to go back to being a petty lord. At this point, the Marquis of Farul also had to thank the Baroness for driving Jorn out of the house.

After all, the world of the lord is a world of the jungle, and if you lose, you have to admit it!

It is not uncommon to seek to seize territory through marriage, which is why the heir of the lord is reluctant to marry the noble daughter of a large family. By the same token, Count Chebman would never want to marry the royal family unless they could become the leaders of the Southern Lords and have the strength to protect the interests of the family.

Although the port was important, for the Chebman family, the port represented trouble, and the marriage with the royal family represented danger.

Thinking of this, Victor glanced up at the other side and found that Gillian no longer had any kind of communication with the knight.

"It's too ugly to eat. Victor touched his smooth chin and said with a pun: "Even if you take the territory, you don't even give a set of armor." Shaking his head, he asked, "What about the other player?"

"Jaime, a registered Ranger, was naturally promoted to knight at the age of 28, and at 36 years old, this is his first time in a tournament, he has won all 46 challenge matches, and no one has challenged him again until the tiebreaker. Natalia replied.

Ordinary adventurers are called mercenaries, and noble adventurers are called rangers, and both are essentially the same, they are both free people who accept money and rely on force to make a living. The difference is that the Mercenary haunts the Tavern opened by the Lord, while the Ranger registers in the Church and receives quests. When the territory is in danger and needs military support, the resident priest can ask for the help of the ranger through the church's communication system. In return, the lord offered a bounty to the rangers, and the church was to promote their reputation.

Celebrated by the common people, rangers are the protagonists of poetic works, and they are glamorous on the surface, but the hardships behind them are not known to outsiders. With the exception of the famous knight adventurers, most of the rangers were illegitimate children without a family name, and when they had saved enough money, they would buy a potion of cultivation or energy from the church, and then be recommended by the church to join a family after being promoted to knight.

Victor was quite surprised and said, "A bastard can actually be promoted to a knight?"

"Isn't that weird?"

Sophia said lightly: "My parents are ordinary nobles, haven't I also stepped into the silver realm?"

Victor looked sideways at Sophia and said with a smile: "My dear, the eyes of the two princesses Fanny and Shirin of the Seuss Kingdom are also purple, you should have the blood of the Eleano family, right?

Sophia glanced at Victor seductively and said with a coquettish smile, "Honey, are you saying that Phoenixes can't be compared to me?"

Of course you can't compare! You're not as good as her......

Victor thought so in his heart, but he wasn't stupid enough to praise the other woman in front of two women, just laughing and not saying a word.

Sophia said calmly: "I have heard of the deeds of Fenix, and all knights who have gone through the trials of life and death and survived deserve respect, including me." Regardless of blood or not, every nobleman has the potential to become a knight. The difference is that it is easy for those with high bloodlines to awaken their fighting spirit, while those with low bloodlines are more difficult, and the trial of life and death is undoubtedly a shortcut to achieving knighthood. At the moment of life and death, I felt that my bloodline was connected to the Elemental Sea, and the power of the Elemental Sea resonated with all my elemental positions. At that moment, I was the pinnacle of the Silver Knight, slaying the Sabertooth Tiger in one fell swoop. After that, I kept in mind the resonance frequencies of the elemental bits, and soon stepped into the silver realm, and my knightly blood was purified to take on the characteristics of the Eleano family. ”

Victor nodded and said, "I see...... Jaime has been through the trials of life and death, won't he be able to become a Silver Knight?"

"Of course. Knights who have passed the trial of life and death will definitely be able to set foot in the transcendent realm, but the trial of life and death will not be alive for ten deaths, and at most 5 or 6 people out of a hundred trialists will survive. Sophia shook her head and said: "Jaime was promoted to knight at the age of 28, and he is currently 36 years old, if he has experienced the trial of life and death, how can he become a silver knight in 8 years, but he has not, which shows that he is not the lucky one who has passed the trial of life and death." ”

"In addition to the thrill between life and death, a strong desire and firm belief can also awaken the power in the blood, which is the nobleman's yearning for knights, and they never forget and diligently pursue. I walked through the thorns, hoping to awaken my fighting spirit and cure my disability, and in the end I succeeded. The children of the big family received the strictest martial arts training from an early age, also to hone their will and establish the belief of becoming knights. Those who are of ordinary blood and indulge in pleasure will not be able to become knights under any circumstances. ”

"Jaime should be in that case. Sophia faced the arena, raised her delicate chin, and said: "A bastard ranger can have armor and war horses, which are obtained by hard work, and then look at the scratches on the armor to know that Jaime has experienced a hundred battles, although his bloodline is not as noble as Yorn, but the competition is not a bloodline." Jörn didn't stand a chance, Jaime had won!"

Victor looked at Sophia's bright face and asked, "Do you admire him?"

"Appreciation can't be talked about. Sophia shook her head and smiled: "I have a similar experience to him, I can understand his thoughts, he will not give up the chance to win the championship, no matter who the opponent is, he will do his best." ”

You're reinforcing your own obsession...... Victor muttered in his heart, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Courage and diligence are certainly admirable...... and then asked, "Did Jaime hurt anyone in the game?"

"Nope. Natalia replied: "Jaime has won every game with ease, which shows that he is very good. Instead, Jörn wounded three knights. ”

Victor nodded, confidently saying, "The same thing can be interpreted differently in different people's eyes, but I think Jaime will lose to Jörn." ”

"My dear, let's make a bet that the winner can ask the loser to do what he can. What do you think?" Victor took the opportunity to hold Sophia's slender hand, her little hand was soft and boneless, cold and delicate, like carved from cold jade, Victor couldn't help but rub it.

Sophia's eyes lit up, and she let her husband play with her jade hand, bit her red lip lightly, and asked amorously, "What do you want me to do for you?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. Victor shook his head and said, "What do you want me to do?"

"I didn't think about it either. Sophia smiled, shook her hand, interlocked her fingers with Victor, leaned in his ear, and exhaled like a lan: "You can't rely on your debts if you lose!"

"Of course, I do what I say!"

Victor nodded solemnly, secretly smug in his heart...... If I win, it will give you the impression of wisdom, and the rest will be easy to do. If I lose, all you are asking for is to solve the predicament of the Chamber of Commerce, and I can give my opinion in the name of justice, which is exactly what I want. Hehe, who can say clearly whether you win or lose.

The two looked at each other and smiled, watching the game with their fingers clasped.

On the field, two knights turned over and dismounted, raised their wooden spears, and saluted the Pope and the Duke of York.

Pope Clement stood up and said: "This is a fair game, and I hope that you will win a glorious victory in accordance with the merciful virtues of knights and not for the purpose of harming your opponents." The Most High is with you. ”

Knightly jousting is a very dangerous "sport", and violent casualties are frequent. The church and the lords required the contestants to use hardwood to make weapons, the so-called "polite" weapons. But even a wooden stick can exert amazing power in the hands of knights, so the game also stipulates that knights can only fight with spears on horseback: this is a wonderful and exciting, one-on-one duel. In the game, both sides stab their opponents off their horses with spears on galloping horses, and the victory is determined by one blow, but they must not hurt the opponent's horses, otherwise they will lose.

However, the children of ordinary nobles need to show their martial skills and bravery, and the competition between them is often a sword duel on foot, which also increases the danger. Especially when a player encounters a rival, the game often becomes a battle of life and death.

To this day, 9 unlucky ghosts have lost their lives, 23 people are disabled, and countless people have been injured. Had it not been for the Pope's presence, the number of casualties would have doubled. It can be said that this football field-sized arena has been stained with the blood of the contestants.

But if the knight doesn't even have the courage to face danger, how can he enjoy the worship of his people?

The House of York offered a rich reward for the champion: a set of Adamantite Armor, a Pure Gold Sword, a fine horse, 3,000 gold soles, and if he wished to join the House of York, he was immediately given the title of Lord and received a territory of 200 square kilometers, including a manor and a village.

For the sake of titles and territories, contestants will never be merciful.

Jörn pulled out the "courtesy" weapon and laughed and said, "Jaime, I'll use it to pick you off the horse......" he looked at his opponent's armor and said confidently, "Then, win the championship armor!"

"I'm used to talking with a spear. Jaime the Ranger put on his lion's helmet and stirrup, and his mount rushed out like an arrow, hissing and turning on his hind legs, far away from Jörn.

"Wonderful equestrian!"

The Duke of York stood up from his seat and said with a smile: "I bet on Jörn to win with 1,000 gold soles, and at the same time I take out 1,000 gold soles and bet on Jaime to win." ”

The loud-voiced attendant tried to shout out the Duke of York's bet, and the clerk wrote the bet in red lacquer on a large wooden board.

With an elegant smile on his face, Grand Duke Williams raised his voice and said, "I am also optimistic about Jörn, and I bet 5,000 gold soles." ”

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar.

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