In the first try, the contestants' respective opponents were completely random, and Rhodes received the weapons and protective equipment provided by the organizers, put them on and walked directly to the ring. The weight of the wooden sword in www.biquge.info hand is extremely light, not to mention that he is carrying a bluffing "dragon slayer", and even the lead-filled fake sword on the practice ground at home is twice as heavy as it, and it is as light as holding a toothpick in his hand, and he can't help but look at it frequently for fear that it will disappear out of thin air if he is not careful......

The referee announced the start, Rod bowed to the opponent, raised his sword, stepped forward and swung a side slash to test, the opponent raised his sword to resist, the two struck each other, and in a crisp sound, the young boy who was on top of him only felt a huge force to the tiger's mouth, and he couldn't even hold the weapon, and flew off the field as soon as he let go.

Rhodes: "?"

The other party: "??"

At the end of the game, Rhodes and his opponent were in a daze, and they didn't even remember each other's names, so how could it be over? There were many starts going on on dozens of sub-fields at the same time, and he was the fastest to finish - the staff gave him a number plate, because he was the first to win from the preliminary trial and became the No. 1 player.

In a trance, he followed the leader to the empty winner's area of the first test, and he sat down and honestly watched the others play table tennis, shaking his legs impatiently while thinking about what had just happened. It wasn't uncommon for him to knock an opponent's weapon away with a single blow - because of his great strength, no one in the school wanted to join him in a sword fighting class. I thought that the opponents who came to participate in the competition would always be higher than their peers in school, and the results were no different.

After a while, he began to regret that he shouldn't have ended the competition too quickly, so much so that he came to be alone in a daze.

Fortunately, the second contestant was also produced quickly, it was the Templar Knight, who took off the tight armor printed with the cross and untied the cloak, she finally looked like a normal girl, Rod was in a panic and was thinking about how to talk, but she didn't think she would say hello first: "Ellen Yaqin, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Rorick Hart. Rhodes put on a pseudonym, curious about her unsolicited conversation.

"Rorick, do you have faith? ”

"Uh...... Not yet, not in my whole family. ”

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Very well, the Templar Knight from the Church nodded with satisfaction in her heart - such a young and handsome boy with a noble air is not bad, if he can develop into a believer, he can become a Knight of the Church who is as good-looking as himself with a little training, like a mythical one, and it will be very good for spreading the glory of the Lord. It was evident that he was born extraordinarily, and that it was much more efficient to win over such a congregation than to aimlessly seek out some peasant merchants.

"Do you believe in the existence of God?"

Affection is to proselytize when people are arrested? Rod, let's say I don't believe it, it's too straightforward and rude, if I believe it, the other party may have to say something...... Hesitating as to answer, Ciri returned to the rest area, walked up to him, cleared his throat, and when he had given up some space, he sat down between him and the temple maiden, and asked him about the jousting process. Seeing this, the female knight turned her head, looking cold and cold that she had never spoken to him.

"I don't feel it, it's over with a sword. "Rod doesn't need to be embarrassed, the iceberg beauty or something, he can see it every day with his sister Roy, and he prefers the bright and warm Ciri to the temple girl knight who has no intersection at all. "I train with Grom every day, and compared to him, the young people are really ...... Tsk, too weak and too weak. ”

"What are you pretending, I'm just a young man. Ciri couldn't help but laugh, "You're used to Grom's skills, and you go all out as soon as you make a move, and you end up blinding your opponent." The young self-esteem is shattered, and I don't know how long it will take to put it together. ”

"It seems really, oops—I have forgotten the rules of martial arts. Rhodes suddenly remembered one thing - the so-called competition rules are actually an unwritten unspoken rule: if the competition or performance is not a duel, no matter what your own strength is, you have to give the opponent a chance to attack to end the competition, and it is very rude to rely on strength to crush and end the competition instantly. He recalled the embarrassed and embarrassed expression of his opponent when he left the arena just now, and suddenly felt a little guilty: "I really didn't expect him to even accept my temptation......"

"Okay, don't get cheap and sell well. Ciri glared at him.

"Okay......" Rod had no choice but to put that matter behind him, and squeezed the girl to ask, "What about you, how was the competition just now?"

"Almost, my opponent should be of higher quality than yours, but unfortunately I met a witch. Ciri lifted his chin triumphantly, "It only took a small trick to hook him wide open and win the game easily." ”

"I don't think it's hard to win the championship, but I won't end up playing the final with you. ”

"Don't get too complacent, this is the first try. Ciri glanced at Rhodes, turned his head and glanced at the young knight of the temple, he had just had a preliminary competition with her at the same time, and he didn't have time to be distracted to see how she solved the opponent, but since he could be faster than himself, he wouldn't be too bad to think about.

Looking back, Ciri and Rhodes looked at the rest of the players who were still on the court, and commented with interest.

The fourth and fifth places entered the winner's lounge at the same time, surprised and ashamed that there were two women in the top three, and then the winners of the first three trials poured in, and finally sat in the rest area lively, in stark contrast to the two women in the first three places, there were only five women in the first batch of nearly 100 players who passed the first trial.

King Elite did not attend the preliminary round, and when it was past noon for all the teenagers to finish the first round, an official loudly announced that the first round of preliminary trials was over, and the contestants could go home to rest, and that the second and third rounds of initial and selection matches would be held in the afternoon and tomorrow, and the official tournament would not begin until the day after tomorrow.

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Rhodes was so excited by the day's activities that he couldn't sit down to play Quint after dinner at the inn, and he decided to go out for a walk - even if he was followed by a crowd, it was better than hiding in his room.

"Ha, the tournament has officially begun, you can't imagine how lively Sardenburg is now, a city that never sleeps!" Morfan showed a shining smile, "Let's go, let's go out and have fun together, it's going to be boring if you stay here." ”

The caravan was almost sold out, and Dieter had nothing to do, and the small half of the caravan went out together to the largest square in the city. It was several times larger than the one Rhodes and Heary had snuck out of before, and it was now filled with makeshift sheds and tents, crowded by travelers and traders at home and abroad who could not afford to live in hotels, rented shops, or wanted to stay outside the city, turning it into a huge, dense habitat where you had to be careful to step on people at every step.

The thieves loved this environment the most, and a bunch of people had to surround Rhodes to keep him from being harassed.

In the middle of the square is a huge tent, which is inhabited by a circus from overseas, which is performing various programs on a huge booth next to the tent. Rhodes was not very interested in any of these shows, but was attracted by the caged exhibits that were soon brought up—magical creatures from all over the world. Baby monkeys that can change color or even become invisible, insects that can disguise themselves as plants, carnivorous plants that can actively hunt for food, large birds that can't fly, and rodents that can fly everywhere...... All kinds of terrifying, weird, weak and beautiful creatures, including some demonic species.

The main attraction for Rhodes is the "jade-faced little wyvern" in a large cage, this wurm is named after the jade-like bone covered in its face, similar to the human body, beautiful but actually quite ferocious, and the circus people wear masks to prevent it from spitting out the crowd with acid, so the audience can't fully see its jade "mask".

Although it is not the same thing as the dragon that Rhodes wants to "slaughter", this is a dragon anyway. Rod squeezed into the crowd and asked a circus member who was collecting a bounty from the audience, "Have you ever seen a dragon?"

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