In the central stand, the ruler of Anteli, the ministers, and the representatives of the church were seated in a dignified manner, and Rhodes saw the young girl sitting next to King Elite, a princess of the kingdom that she had dreamed of in gold. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the princess is quite cute, she is still young and charming, and her appearance is not exaggerated to the point where Roy is famous. There was a reason why Duke Tully wanted his son to marry her - Queen Elite had died of illness a few years earlier, leaving only this daughter, and the king, who was very close to his wife, refused to marry again without male offspring. Although this gave him a reputation for loyalty, it also meant that either his daughter would become queen or his son-in-law would inherit the throne.

The latter is much more likely than the former.

Rhodes had no interest in who would become king in the future of the kingdom of Anteli, but Duke Tully's tricks angered him, and the boy secretly decided to do something good for the people of this country, and let someone who was despicable and shameless make a foreign appearance in front of the princess, so that he would not be able to take the throne and harm the people after he got what he wanted.

As for whether the inference that "the one who makes the trick must not be a qualified ruler" is logical, Rhodes doesn't care.

Facing thunderous cheers, he stepped into the ring. Little Talley, who stood across from him, was no more than a year older than Rhodes, but he was much more mature and muscular, and the large jousting armor could barely cover his muscles, and it could be seen that as a noble kid, he was really trying to exercise.

But it's useless, Rhodes, who is stronger than little Tully, has seen it, I don't know if it's his father's inheritance or God's gift, if he has no brains to compare his strength, even Grom is not his opponent.

"Hey, young man, are you ready?" Rod didn't feel nervous, and made a small provocation to his opponent.

Anger appeared on Tully's face, and he replied coldly, "You'd better be respectful of a nobleman. ”

My status is not lower than yours, Rod resisted the urge to say this, and responded lightly: "There are only two equal contestants here, your noble privileges can not be brought into the tournament, either surrender and admit defeat now, or I will shoot down your weapon later, choose one." ”

As if the contemptuous tone of the master's and apprentice's words angered little Tully, he waved his weapon: "Just try it." ”

"Good, hold it tight. ”

Little Tully didn't have any bad opinions among the people, but just being an aristocratic status made him a few points less in the minds of the spectators, and the game began amid almost one-sided cheers in favor of Rhodes.

＊＊＊

Rod's slenderness set off himself like a reckless man with a full head of muscles, although he wanted to rush up immediately and cut the dashing and handsome and arrogant young man in front of him, but little Tully still kept his composure, the other party appeared out of nowhere, so young and skilled, but he had never heard of it...... He is indeed better than himself, but with some small arrangements from his father, it is not impossible to win.

As for the inferior people who cheered for Rhodes in the stands, they were automatically ignored by Tully Jr., these unwilling to be inferior but unmotivated, as humble as ants, and when they cut down their civilian heroes to the ground and stepped on the soles of their feet, they would know that what kind of talent could not be worth the little arrangement of the powerful.

He did it, slashing without any tricks, trying to collide with Rod's weapon.

"Duk!" the jousting swords struck each other, and Rod's sword was accurately placed on the lower part of Tully's weapon close to the sword grid, and the force of the collision was almost 100% transmitted to the young nobleman under the principle of leverage. Little Tully only felt as if he had cut down a mountain with all his might, and there was an astonishing backlash from the tiger's mouth...... Finally understood how the civilian kid in front of him could ensure that every battle was won by shooting down the opponent's weapon, and in the face of this incredible power, no one could withstand a few fights.

"Not bad. Rod deliberately complimented and stopped waiting for him to continue attacking.

In the case of a rather bad impression, the fight just now used almost ten percent of the force, which surprised the opponent when he was fully prepared, if he pursued at the moment when he couldn't hold the weapon, the game would be over. But the old rule is to let the other party strike three times before it is your turn.

Rod is not so bad as to always deliberately make the opponent look ugly, in the game of eight into four, if he tried his best, he could continue to maintain the record of four moves, but if the opponent has a good attitude, he saved some face...... But today, he's going to reclaim the legend.

Little Tully gasped for a moment, shouted and rushed again, another battle of strength without fancy, this time Rod's own palms were a little numb, is the other party crazy, and fight with himself?

Without allowing Rods to think too much, little Tully forced himself and roared for the third battle.

The special jousting sword made a painful tremble, and Rhodes adjusted his breathing, stepped forward, gathered the strength and will of his whole body at the moment of the end of the collision, and launched a fourth blow that was about to end the game, and was even enough to shatter the opponent's hand bones and overturn the body.

"Bump!" Little Tully held his sword in both hands and roared to catch the blow, which surprised everyone: the defender was certainly taken a step back by the blow, but the sword in Rhodes's hand was disconnected from the middle at the moment of the collision, and the upper half flew into the sky, disappearing from everyone's eyes in an instant. It was precisely because of its fracture and collapse that it unloaded part of its strength, so that little Tully was not instantly defeated under this blow!

The entire arena immediately let out a burst of boos, and immediately some insiders shouted to cheat: special weapons are special weapons, just like the riding spears used in the knight jousting tournament, which will inevitably shatter in the event of a collision to ensure the safety of both sides of the competition. There is no horse duel event in the youth jousting tournament, and the wooden swords used are also special, contrary to the jousting spears, their materials, craftsmanship and post-processing are all sacrificed to reduce the lethality while ensuring that it is more flexible and reliable than the steel sword - even if the real guy is broken, the special sword for jousting should not be broken, even if it is broken, it should still have an embedded core in the middle, and it will never collapse and fly out.

But having said that, after all, no one has ever guaranteed that the sword used in the competition will not be broken, the referee did not stop, and the game continued. Rhodes, whose weapon was broken, seemed to be using a dagger against a long sword, his head was blank for a moment, and he quickly retreated immediately, dodging and parrying the opponent's counterattack.

"Come on, aren't you going to disarm me, just try it!" Father's arrangement finally worked, and little Tully laughed wildly and counterattacked back, although his hands were still faintly numb, but he was no longer inferior to the occasional encounter.

＊＊＊

"Tsk...... How could this sword break?" King Elite, who was watching the battle, muttered dissatisfiedly, and looked at the person beside him meaningfully: "It can't be someone who did it, right?"

"If you do it, the first few times you should have broken it. One of the ministers said: "It's the Midland civilian named Rorick, who can't help but take his opponent too seriously, obviously the speed and strength are above Tully Jr., and he doesn't want to end the game in a showy way, which is self-defeating and loses himself." ”

"Hmm. Eli nodded, suspicious in his heart, but he did not order an investigation - after all, even if he found anything, he would not be able to do anything to the loyal Duke of Tully. sighed, and for a while was a little envious of his biggest enemy in the south, the Midland Empire, how advanced, superior and efficient the way to govern the country, but if he followed the example of Emperor Kyle the Great to take back the fiefs of the three dukes, he was afraid that the next day everyone would rebel and leave the country, and he was helpless. "Stop the game......"

"Don't worry, Father, that Rorick hasn't been defeated yet. The princess spoke.

"Oh?"

With half of the guy against the enemy, Rhodes encountered several weapons in an instant. Relying on the reaction speed and flexibility that completely crushed the opponent, he retreated towards the back of the field while parrying, avoiding most of the attacks, and he really couldn't dodge before wielding the broken sword to resist, although the sudden accident surprised him, but the teenager who had encountered a worse situation was not flustered at all.

The situation on the field changed rapidly, and Rhodes had already retreated to the edge of the arena after fighting, and he was out of bounds after taking a step back. He turned his head to look, and stopped at his feet, revealing a momentary hesitation. Little Tully, who was running out of strength, did not let go of this opportunity, and took advantage of his desperate situation to decisively lean forward and stab with all his sword, and the winner will be decided!

――