Chapter 14: The Tournament (1)
The old knight and Tali had angry expressions on their faces, and Tali had even put his hand on the short knife at his waist. "Stand down!" Master Cydes turned to the young man and yelled.
"But father, I can kill that thing with a ballista," said the young man, unconvinced.
"Then you will die at its hands," said Count Sides coldly.
The young man wanted to say something more, but the old butler on the side hurriedly pulled him to the back and whispered a few words in his ear, and the young man's expression suddenly changed from aggrieved to a sinister smile.
"My lord, now that the great scourge on the Wildfire Plains has been eliminated by the warriors of the Golden Regiment, why don't we hold a jousting tournament to celebrate," said the old butler standing in Mistress Said's ear, after all, there are three major entertainment drinking women and jousting tournaments in the world. After a moment's silence, Count Sides nodded in agreement.
"Do you have knights in your warband?" asked Count Saidus, as only real knights could participate in jousting tournaments.
"My lord, there is only one knight in our warband, his name is Gerody, and I am his squire," said the old knight with Damon's finger.
"What one, boy, come here. The old knight dragged Daemon back, and with a kick he hit the back knee socket of Damon, and Damon knelt down on one knee in front of the old knight.
The old knight untied his greatsword, and under the surprised gaze of everyone in the hall, the greatsword smashed a hole in the beautiful marble floor tiles, and the guards on the side drew their swords and prepared to take down the old knight, but Cydes smiled and told the guards to retreat.
The old knight lifted the giant sword with one hand and pointed the giant sword on Damon's shoulder and said, "The boy read it with me", Daemon had no idea what medicine was sold in the old knight's gourd.
"Swear to heaven to make my will clear;
Do not bully the weak, but spend time modestly;
In the battles experienced, do not fear strong enemies;
Whatever is wrong, I will cut it down!
Women and children are long, and they are done by war;
Seek each other in prison and help them;
A woman is delicate, and she will never sin;
Colleagues work together and do their best to work together;
Treat friends with sincerity and think of them as gentlemen;
My love, my loyalty!"
After speaking, the old knight put his sword on his chest and said in a dignified and solemn tone: "Now you are no longer my squire, you are a real knight."
Everyone in the hall looked at each other, although becoming a knight requires a knight's canonization, but this is too casual, Daemon is even more dazed, thinking that I will be held by you with a sword around the neck and then read a poem with you, I will become a knight from a commoner?
"Okay, now we have two knights, this tournament, the two of us participated, both groups and individuals" The old knight may have drunk too much wine, and his body shook a little.
"Heh, where did you come from, a knight for mercenary is not qualified to be a knight," the young man stood up again, his tone full of mockery.
The old knight staggered past the Earl of Sides, burped in front of the young man, and said, "Boy, are you questioning me?" With that, the old knight raised his greatsword.
A crisp slap sounded in the hall, and Cedes didn't know when he had stood between the old knight and the young man, and he slapped the young man hard and knocked him to the ground.
"Rebel son, is the family crest of the Weiss Continent in vain" Saidus's tone was still flat, pointing to the family crest that was half exposed under the plate armor robe on the old knight's body and said: "This is the family crest of Lord Royce, the commander of the White Lion City in the imperial capital, and the gods are on you to slander the predecessors of the Royce family."