The upcoming tournament is full of anticipation for Rode, but the waiting days are really difficult. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info He explores the mysteries of the male and female bodies while teaching Yin'er human writing at night, and during the day he wants to stay with Ciri without wanting to be surrounded by a bunch of people, so he simply stays in the hotel and doesn't go out. The caravan was out doing business, and Ciri, who stayed at the foothold, taught Rhodes an amusement game called "Gwent" to pass the time.

She asked Rhodes to get a bunch of pieces of cardboard, cut them to the same size, and drew some patterns and numbers on them with a pen. Rhodes also joined in with great interest, but soon began to regret that he had not learned well in the drawing class - Ciri had drawn the figures and utensils vividly, and he could only sketch a sketch of the outline, but fortunately the pattern did not interfere with the progress of the game.

Then, Ciri taught him the rules of the game and the functions of various cards, and the two began to practice.

"The trick to this game is to take advantage of the weather, lord skills, and deck characteristics to find any way to win two out of three. Ciri began to draw cards, "The first player suffers, you novice, I'll go first." ”

"Okay, but what do you use as a reward for winning or losing? ”

"Take off a piece of clothing if you lose?" Ciri said jokingly, shaking his head and swinging the first card, "Forget it, that's a maximum of three...... One of the two of us will be shirtless. ”

"Let the loser draw a line on the face of the winner. Rhodes put down his card as well.

"Good idea. Ciri nodded in agreement, "Actually, in my world, some people will use the Collector's Edition of gilded Gwent cards as a bet on winning or losing, and each of those cards is handmade by a famous artist, and it is worth a lot of money, and a set is enough to buy a large farm." ”

"It's so good, when I go back and teach this game to my friends, there's one more form of entertainment in the world, and maybe in a few years, there will be crafters making collector's edition GWENT cards. ”

Ciri's eyes lit up: "Ho, I'll leave the task of carrying forward this art in this world to you, look at my infantry queue!"

"I'm waiting for you to come here, Frost! Haha, you're in the first row. ”

"If you only have one piece of frost, never rush to throw it out. Ciri said triumphantly, "It's sunny!"

"Damn, you're in luck. ”

"It's not luck, it's the skill of decking, and those who score close to the battle will naturally guard against frost. Come on, in the first game I suggest you abstain and admit defeat, I have fewer cards than you for the time being, if you can win the next two games in a row, you can still draw on my face. ”

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The little fox jumped on the table curiously, sat on the table and watched with interest a large number of cards...... Despite his hard work and quick learning, by the end of the first hand, Rod's face was painted with circles and crosses.

Gwent cards are fun, but Rhodes prefers the feeling of playing with Ciri, and the teenage witcher is getting used to the strange aura that the boy gives off from time to time that makes her lower abdomen throb...... In fact, a month has passed, and most of the energy needed to travel through time and space in her body has already recovered, but somehow she doesn't want to think about leaving at all.

Even if you want to leave, you have to finish the tournament first, and then find out the secrets of the living dead...... Think again.

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After squatting in the hotel for several days, the long-awaited preliminary test of the martial arts competition finally began. Maybe he figured it out, or maybe he communicated with Grom, but Dieter didn't stop Rhodes from participating, and even brought a group of guards to accompany him.

Nowhere else could such a festival take place in the city, and hundreds of tents had been erected on the banks of the river outside the city walls, keeping order and preparing to guard the king's troops, tens of thousands of civilians who had come to watch the games, hundreds of contestants, and many more family members had already trampled the land.

Although the tournament will provide uniform swords, horses and protective gear, many young competitors still wear dazzling and handsome decorative armor and ride their own tall horses, each more dazzling and more heroic than the other...... Even Rod and Ciri drowned in it, not brilliant at all.

Outstanding members of the opposite sex can always easily catch the attention of young boys, and a pure white figure catches Rod's attention.

The tight-fitting battle armor inlaid with many magic crystals outlined the curves of his body, the cloak as white as the first snow fluttered up and down, and he was probably no lower than Rhodes in his combat boots, and his long golden hair was dazzling...... From head to toe, it exudes an air of nobrow and holiness. The cold and serious expression and the vague anger between her eyebrows that she didn't know if it was because of the crowding made her handsome face heroic, and she didn't say much about the handsome neutral beauty Bihiri.

"So you're not the only female contestant, who is that, and why is there a cross on your armor?"

"This is your world, don't you know to ask me?" Ciri gave Rod a blank look.

"The seed player sent by the Church of Light, the youngest female knight of the Templars. Dieter revealed the girl's identity at a glance: "She is not qualified enough to become a Templar Knight, so she was exceptionally promoted and shown to the people of the Antelli Kingdom." I am afraid that since childhood, I have received relevant education, and my manners and dresses all imitate the descriptions in mythological texts, except for a pair of wings, that is, a living battle angel, specializing in punishing evil and spreading the gospel. ”

"The church also sends people to jousting conventions?"

"Why not?" Dieter asked rhetorically, "The Church of Light is the state religion of Ericon, and Midland, as the rival of this old empire, His Majesty the Emperor will block its way of infiltrating and influencing the empire with strict religious regulations. But the northern countries are really junior brothers in the name of allies, and even if they are reluctant, they cannot openly resist it, but they are afraid that they will have to provide some convenience for their mission. I guess the church is still too slow, and the pope should want her to win the championship and gain the recognition and acceptance of the people more quickly by sending people to show their demeanor at such an important event. ”

"The champion who is determined, you'd better admit defeat directly against her, otherwise I'm afraid of getting into trouble. Pauli hadn't spoken for a long time, and when he spoke, it was still a very typical malicious speculation.

"I don't think so. Morfan habitually contradicted, "It is impossible to hide such a thing as a champion from everyone, the church will not leave this kind of handle for people, it is more likely: that girl has been trained in combat since birth, and her strength is sure to win the championship." ”

"I'm going to meet her. Same-sex repulsion, Ciri was not convinced.

"Come on, I think you're pretty good too. Silna smiled and encouraged the girl.

The church player in the distance noticed Rod and Ciri's gaze, turned his head to look at them, paused slightly, and quickly looked away.

"Who is that shining gold?" Rhodes discovered the New World again, and the young man he was referring to was even a golden helmet and a sword. "Doesn't he think this color is vulgar? ”

"Son of Duke Tully. Dieter still reported his identity in one mouth, and the family coat of arms of Anteli was not known to him: "Unlike the empire, the three dukes of Anteli are not comparable to those honorary nobles who were kept in the imperial capital by His Majesty the Emperor, each of them has more than one-fifth of the kingdom's fiefdoms, and is in the actual center of power in the country, and even the king has to appease and respect them." ”

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"I'm not here to compete, I'm here to win the championship!" said the Duke of Tully's son's declaration from afar, causing countless people to look sideways.

"Stop, don't ask who is who, you will naturally meet important people in the game, and I will give you information when the time comes. Dieter stopped Rod's question and shook his head slightly: "We can only send it here, you two can go in by yourself." ”

Crowded among the freelancers and young squires who had arrived from all over the continent, the two of them crowded to the entrance.

It is not that you can enter the competition directly after registering for the competition, and there are people at the entrance to register the identity of the participants, confirm the age, and conduct a minimum screening of physical fitness...... After passing, you can enter the contestant area of the martial arts field, and only this one will filter out most of the unqualified people who are mixed.