162. The second competition
"Are you still qualified to say that the duke is unfair?" the other nobles did not say anything for fear of angering Duke Solomon, but they thought about it in their hearts, and only Althea did not hesitate to say it.
Duke Solomon glared at her, ignored her, and just said to the referee: "I want to protest! As far as I know, Baron Stephen Zhang is not a nobleman under the name of Eberlock, this is a duel between our two families, and they should not send an unrelated person up!"
"Huh, isn't that funny, aren't there a lot of mercenaries in your army, and those free men don't seem to be affiliated with you, right? You can compare the number of hired people with our numbers, so why can't we hire others to fight for us?" said Althea in a weird voice, which made Duke Solomon angry enough.
Duke Solomon's face was pale, but of course he would not admit defeat: "Hmph! It turns out that the Eberlock family has fallen to this point, and it still needs an outsider to earn face for itself in the arena, I'm afraid that there is no one to use." ”
"Isn't there no one to use and bother you, and if you have the ability, you can hire someone else to fight for you?Anyway, if you can't find a professional who can compete with the Beastmaster Hunter, then it seems that we will win this contest today." "Althea behaved calmly and elegantly, she was a well-educated and nurtured aristocratic girl, if her eyes hadn't been viciously glanced at Duke Solomon from time to time.
At this time, Zhang Li also walked up, and he also heard the cynicism between the two, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and walked directly towards his seat.
As one of the councillors, he also had his seat here, and it was still very far in the middle, and due to the limited space, there was no place for the gladiators to rest, so he could only stay here until the second match began.
"Uncle Li, you're amazing. The little king, who sat in the middle, looked at him adoringly, and under his leadership, many people began to compliment Zhang Li, especially a dwarf.
"Oh my God, it's the most powerful beast I've ever seen, and if it has a baby, please give it to me to raise. "He's up to the idea of Rubes' descendants now.
Althea couldn't help but smile as sweet as a flower when she saw Zhang Li, but because of the girl's instinctive shyness, she was embarrassed to greet Zhang Li in front of everyone.
She didn't say hello, and Duke Solomon spoke.
"Baron Stephen Zhang, no matter how much money the Eberlocks give you, I'm willing to give you three times! ”
"Huh!?How can you be so shameless. Althea looked at him in disbelief, shocked by his imminent digging of the wall.
"Shameless? How can this be shameless, you just said, any of us can hire a professional to fight for us, he has no affiliation with you, then you can hire him and I can too!"
"Well, then you can try it and see if he betrays me. Althea said angrily, looking very confident.
In fact, Zhang Li didn't ask her for a penny at all, zero multiplied by three or zero, there is no possibility of being rebelled, and the relationship between the two of them is still that kind.
The two of them looked at Zhang Li in unison.
"I'm sorry, Lord Solomon, but I won't accept your request. Zhang Li politely refused.
"Why!?Then I'll give you four times!?
"It's not a matter of three times or four, because I'm paid for a smile, and you can't find four of the most beautiful women in the world to smile at me at the same time. Saying that, Zhang Li also looked back at Althea and smiled very warmly.
The most beautiful woman in the world, everyone looked at Zhang Li, and then looked at the shy and infinitely shy Althea, who still didn't understand what was going on.
'This idiot!...... to say such a thing on such an occasion' Feeling the gaze of others, Althea was ashamed to find a place to get in, and at the same time kept counting Zhang Li in her heart, but as a representative tsundere of honesty, she actually liked it.
What girl doesn't like a boy to confess to herself in front of everyone? It would be even more touching if the whole world knew about it, and Althea, whose heart was throbbing, couldn't wait to immediately throw herself into Zhang Li's arms.
Duke Solomon was so angry that in his eyes, Zhang Li and Althea had obviously become the representatives of the adulterer, and suddenly, as if he had made up his mind, he turned his head and shouted to his men: "Go and give me a notice! I will recruit powerful adventurers from all over the city, and if anyone can defeat this fellow, I will give him a thousand gold! No! five thousand!"
"Yes!"
So not long after, the goblin who was still pandering to bet on others was suddenly picked up and thrown back by a person, and the microphone was also taken away by the person.
In this way, despite the protests of the goblins, Duke Solomon's recruitment order was issued throughout the Elwyn Forest.
For a while, countless adventurers who felt that they were capable were surging.
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It's not a full-fledged tournament, at least the spectators don't know who the contestants are beforehand, and they don't know who they are when it comes to betting and selling tickets.
Lottery is good to say,This novel gambling method has a lot of suspense,The impact on conventional gambling is great,This is destined to make too much money from the official handicap.
The only thing the audience can know is that Zhang Li will definitely appear in the next game, which makes many people very optimistic, after all, Rubes has made a very deep impression on them, and Zhang Li has also sublimated from an assassin to a beastmaster in the hearts of everyone.
So the betting spread has risen to 1:10+.
And now, Duke Solomon's announcement instantly made this ratio begin to decline, and many viewers who followed the trend and bet called out chopping.
After all, in Azeroth, there are too many hidden professions, if nothing else, let's talk about the high mage Martin, who has the ability to fight against Rubus in the hearts of many people.
Eventually, the second match began, and in anticipation of everyone, Zhang Li took Rubes back on the court, and this time his opponents were not humans.
A shirtless dwarf, holding a big axe, he is very tall and strong, not even much shorter than ordinary humans, and the scars all over his body are like meritorious deeds hanging on his body, giving people a lot of pressure.
And the other person, what Zhang Li didn't expect was that this player was actually a dwarf, and he knew at a glance that he was a master of engineering, you have to ask why, because he came up with a mecha.
The mecha is the same as the goblin lumberjack, but it is more refined, the left arm of the mecha is a large drill, the right arm is a black lacquer cannon barrel, and I don't know if it is used to fire artillery or something else, the living Azeroth version of Rambo.
In the same way that hunters can bring their babies, mechanics can also bring their own engineering products in the arena.
"I want money! I'm going to use the five thousand gold for experiments! I have to get it! So you die! You hurry up and die!" the dwarf yelled as soon as he came on the field, and the half-bald guy looked at Zhang Li with a crazy look in his eyes, like a hungry wolf seeing food.
After the host announced the start of the competition, he was the first to rush up, the mech emitted a mechanical roar, the drill began to rotate, and at the same time, the gnome raised his right arm, and a howitzer was fired.
This howitzer made Zhang Li's eyes light up: "Rubles, you go and deal with that dwarf, this guy will be handed over to me." ”