Chapter 540: The Battle of the Sword Saint

"Your Highness the Grand Duke of Norton, please go up, my teacher is already one step ahead. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Count Boryard saluted Lorist very respectfully, while a dozen or so of his junior disciples were scattering on horseback, faintly surrounding the little lonely mountain. Obviously, this was to put Xiao Gushan on alert, not wanting others to go up the mountain to watch the upcoming duel between the two Sword Masters.

Lorist nodded, and said to Reddy and Genorio behind him, "You can stay here or go back." ”

Reddy glanced at Count Boled: "Teacher, let's wait below, I wish the teacher a hundred victories." ”

Lorist waved his hand, but did not reply, dismounted, and strode up the mountain.

There is no formal path to the top of the mountain, and there is still a bit of verdant under the slope of the mountain, which is a few weeds and bushes, and most of them are slippery moss lichens and the like. Halfway up the mountain, there are gray-white rocks and mud-yellow rocks, because of the lack of water, few weeds and trees can be seen, and in the cracks of the rocks, there are only one or two clumps of withered yellow grass roots.

At the top of the mountain are several large pieces of huge gray-white mountain rock, there is no upward path, but this is difficult to reach Lorist, the foot point of the sunken stone pit, the person ascends, draws his sword and pierces the mountain rock, with the help of force, a few times to the highest point of the mountain rock. There are nearly 100 square meters of width on it, although there are several rock crevices between the rocks, the widest one is two or three meters, and the height is uneven, but it has no effect on Lorlist, it is indeed a good place for a duel.

It's just that what makes Lorist strange is that why hasn't the Storm Sword Saint who is one step ahead of him has no trace? Standing at the highest point of the mountain rock, the mountain wind blows the cloak behind him, hunting sounds, looking around, the sky is high and the earth is wide, and there is no obstruction. In the direction of Bruvia City, the layout of the entire battlefield was clearly visible, and some small black dots were emitting from the black square battle arrays of the commercial alliance's armed formations, approaching the Norton family's armed arrays lined up in a horizontal formation, and the sound of shouts and horns and war drums could be faintly heard.

The sound of clothes fluttering not far away was heard, and Lorist turned to look, only to see the Storm Sword Master rising from the rocks at the other end. Maybe he didn't expect that Lorist, who was later than himself, would go to the top of the mountain first, and the old face of the Storm Sword Saint couldn't help but blush slightly.

"People are old, and their muscles and bones are inconvenient, which makes His Highness smile. The Storm Sword Saint sighed cheekily, and then bowed slightly to Lorlist: "Your Royal Highness, Grand Duke Norton, I am very grateful for your willingness to accept my challenge so that my old man will not lose face in front of the world......"

Lorist was a little surprised in his heart, what the hell did this old man do, he would look polite and polite, and he looked like a good old man, but he lost the arrogance and domineering at the banquet held by His Second Highness to welcome the envoy of the Business Alliance. At that time, the old man was unscrupulous, arrogant, and it seemed that all the nobles of the Andinac kingdom were ants in front of him, and they wanted to kill and take them, and they were at his mercy.

"That ......" Lorist suddenly found that he couldn't remember the name of the old man, and remembered that the earl named Cree at the welcome banquet was still the envoy of the Marquis, and the old man's name was Master Marbut......

After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't remember, and it was not good to call the other party the Storm Sword Saint directly, Lorist simply pulled out his saber and cracked his mouth: "Can we start?"

Having sent the matter away early, Lorist still wanted to rush back to the battlefield, worried about whether there would be any mistakes in his tactical arrangements. But what I didn't expect was that the old man of the Storm Sword Saint waved his hand and sat down: "Don't worry, rest for a while, the old man is not as young and strong as the old brother, so I have to let the old man calm down first." ”

Lorist couldn't laugh or cry, what is this, this old man is really not outside, just like himself, he sat down with a big grin, his heart is really big, and he is not afraid of launching a surprise attack while he is unprepared. But thinking that the distance between the two was nearly fifty meters, and when he rushed over there, the old man would have already opened the field to take precautions, no wonder he looked so fearless.

Forget it, since the old man wants to rest first, let him rest for a while, whether he is in a hurry At this moment, Lorist easily thrust the sword in his hand into the mountain rock, and did not bother to return to the sheath, turning his head and continuing to look at the situation and battle situation on the battlefield in Bruvia City.

Looking at the past from the small lonely mountain, the Mana Hill Plain seems to be a big chessboard in front of you, but this chessboard has been occupied by the commercial alliance armed with about two-thirds of the territory, a small square-like battle formation is spread over the entire field, boundless and endless, the front phalanx turned into a small black dot, slowly approaching the obviously much thinner Norton family armed line battle column, there are many small black dots scattered on the open space between the two sides, and after a closer look, I found that it is a huge shield car, behind the shield car and around the countless villains, with the cover of these shield cars are rushing towards the Norton family's armed battle array。

The Norton family forces should have repelled an attack by the commercial alliance forces, or a tentative attack, many villains were lying on the ground and did not move, but more villains scattered in the square battle arrays lined up in front of them, pushing small black dot-like shield carts to attack the Norton family's armed array again, and at the same time, countless villains in the block battle array behind were pushing crane-like long-arm catapults in front......

"Brother, you seem to have a lot of confidence in your Norton family's armament, so you sent a letter of engagement to the merchant alliance forces, I have never understood how you can have so much confidence in defeating the commercial alliance forces. Look, the current situation on the battlefield is that the business alliance armed forces have always held the initiative, and these more than 300,000 troops are the real elite forces of the commercial alliance armed forces, although the elder brother's family armed forces are well-trained, but after all, the number is less than half......" The Storm Sword Saint over there was also looking at the battlefield, and at the same time, he was very familiar with Lorist.

Lorist pouted: "Have you rested, okay, let's start the showdown." ”

The Storm Sword Saint was stunned: "Why is His Royal Highness Grand Duke Norton in such a hurry to have a duel, could it be that you still want to return to the battlefield?"

Lorist didn't answer, but the expression on his face revealed his thoughts.

The Storm Sword Saint smiled bitterly: "Brother, oh, no, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Norton, to be honest, although I sent you a challenge, I don't want to fight against you......"

Lorist looked ignorant: "If you don't want to face me off, what kind of challenge will you send?"

The old man patted the mountain rock beside him, sighed inexplicably, and then said: "Brother, do you know why I thanked you for accepting my challenge book and saving my face in the first sentence I just said?"

Lorist shook his head, thinking to himself that since you want to be beaten, I will fulfill you, I am worried that I can't find you this old man, but you automatically sent it to the door, if you are cleaned up, the business alliance will have no backing, how can I not agree to such a good thing?

"The elder brother may have been promoted to the Sword Saint not long ago, so there are some things that I still can't figure out. It doesn't matter, you'll understand it over time. The old man of the Tempest Swordmaster comforted Lorist in turn.

Lorist cried and laughed again: "But what does this have to do with our duel, you and I lost both sides last time without a win, and you healed from your injuries and challenged me naturally to take revenge on me, and I also felt that the last fight was not very enjoyable, so there is nothing wrong with agreeing to your challenge." ”

The old man of the Storm Sword Saint laughed: "I challenged you, brother, but I don't want to fight you. Because I know in my heart that fighting my brother is a kind of torture, maybe I will have to be injured again, and my old bones can no longer withstand the toss. Everyone knows that the last time I went to the army of the Kingdom of Antinac, I intended to kidnap Augercello I and the nobles of the kingdom to go to the city of Morente, but I encountered my brother you, the new sword master, and escaped with injuries, and recuperated from his injuries for more than three years. If I don't challenge you after I recover from my injury, then others will think that I am afraid of you, so I have to challenge you to save the face of the old man, the sword master......"

Lorist still didn't quite understand.

The Storm Sword Master explained, "We are the Sword Masters, the top few people in the Gaylinthia Continent, we are beyond the aristocratic class that rules the continent, and no one wants to offend us. In the same way, unless it is a conflict between countries, we Sword Masters are generally not willing to meet each other, and there are few formal challenges and life-and-death duels. For us Sword Saints, it doesn't make sense to divide the victory or defeat between each other, and there are only a few of us in the whole continent, so what's the point of you being the first in the world. We are different from you, you are not only a sword master but also a territorial duke, and we are just enshrined in high places, although our status is high, we have no real power.

In the eyes of the world, we, the Sword Saints, should live in seclusion, study swordsmanship and fighting spirit, or open the mountain gate to cultivate disciples. The status is very high, but compared to the territorial aristocracy, we have no territory and no worldly power. Although we are revered as the Sword Saint of Zhenguo, we can't meddle in state affairs, and even have to be driven away by others because of face or dragged down by our relatives, just like I am now, I am reluctant to have to challenge you in order to achieve our own goals.

The challenge duel between the Juggernaut and the Juggernaut is not simply accepted like the elder brother, and the challenged Juggernaut can ask the challenger to agree to some conditions in order to accept the challenge, so there are few public duels between our Juggernauts, and the good relationship is mostly private. This time, my brother didn't embarrass me, and the old man is grateful, and there will be rewards in the future. ”

Well, Lorist finally figured it out, the old man of the Storm Sword Saint challenged him to actually find a place to chat, and he didn't want to fight to the death with Lorlist. As long as you go back intact this time, you can brag that you have a draw with Lorlist, which is much more cost-effective than the last time you ran away in embarrassment. What's more, with his position, he doesn't need to work so hard for the business alliance.

But Lorist is different from him, the old man is just like he said, although his status is high, he has no territory and no actual power, Lorist is not only a sword saint but also the Grand Duke of the Northland, and he is burdened with the fate of a family. Since the old man was not prepared to fight him, Lorist prepared to descend the mountain and return to the battlefield of the city of Bruvia.

"Hey, brother, you don't want to return to the battlefield now, do you?" asked the old man.

Lorist raised an eyebrow and clenched the handle of his sword, "Do you want to stop me?"

The Storm Sword Saint shook his head: "Brother, you are the Sword Saint, why are you tired of these mortal wars. Even if you're the Grand Duke of the Northlands, you can't take the lead in every war. Since you will be fighting with the Business Alliance at the same time as the day of the duel with me, it means that you have a strong confidence in your family's armed victory, so why don't you come here and see what the result will be? After all, in such a big battlefield, our Sword Saint will not play a role......"

Lorist laughed: "Old man, have you agreed to any request from the business alliance, it has something to do with me?"

The old man nodded without blushing: "I agreed to their request, this war will exclude your influence, that is, I can't let you rush back until this war is decided." No matter how you say that the duel between our sword masters, it is impossible for it to end so quickly......"

"Really?" Lorlist's eyes flashed with a cold light, "Do you think you can really stop me from leaving?"

"Brother, I'll admit it's no match for you, but I don't think you'll be so easy to stop you from leaving. You and I know everything about the last fight, and if I don't want to tell the winner, as long as I pester you, you won't be able to get out so easily. The old man just didn't want to be so tired, and besides, it wasn't worth it to work for those merchants of the Business Alliance......"

"What benefits did they promise you?" Lorist was a little curious.

"Principality of Gonillia. The old man said bluntly: "It is not that they have given me any benefit, but that I have promised them to challenge you and tie you to the end of this war, then I ask the merchants to give me the Duchy of California, which they have destroyed, as my domain." ”

Lorist thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't remember where this principality of Gorillia was.

"The Principality of Gonillia was originally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Kellia, and its area was about the size of a province of your kingdom, located in the southern part of the continent, very close to the Kingdom of Chigeda. "The Tempest Sword Master gave Lorist some knowledge of geography.

"Are you sure the Business Alliance will give you this duchy as a domain?" asked Lorlist.

"I don't think they dare to deceive a Juggernaut, as long as I fulfill my promise and walk away from being seriously injured like last time, those merchants won't dare to do anything. If you and I fight again, maybe the happiest will be the merchants. "The old man is quite sober.

"Hey, old man, even if you get the Duchy of California as a territory, aren't you afraid that the two Sword Saints of the Romon Empire and the Havistan Khanate in the south of the continent will come to your door? I heard that the last time the Kingdom of Kelia fell, those two Sword Masters joined forces to force you away......" Lorist suddenly became gossipy.

"Hehe, brother, in fact the Kingdom of Kelia has fallen because of the conflict between me and the king, and it is no longer possible for me to stay there. Even though I'm a Juggernaut, I can't deal with that sick king, after all, I have to cherish my reputation. The two Sword Masters wrote to me and told me that the two countries were preparing to send troops to the Kingdom of Kella, so I left the land of right and wrong, and sat back and watched the two of them destroy the country. ”

The old man told Lorist an astonishing fact, which was nothing like the rumors.

"Therefore, there are a lot of helpless things just to be a sword saint, and it is best to be like my brother, both a sword saint and a lord, so that you can live freely. This is the main reason why I took the opportunity of challenging my brother to force the merchants to agree to my terms and hand over the Principality of Canolonia to me. So I hope my brother can fulfill me. ”

There was a burst of thunder on the battlefield in the distance, startling like a thunderbolt, looking at the battlefield from the top of the hill was filled with gunsmoke, the fire was like lightning, and the neatly arranged phalanxes of the original business alliance were now shrouded in black smoke and firelight, and faintly screams, wails and thunder were connected.

Lorist breathed a sigh of relief and sat down. Now it was the turn of the old man of the Storm Sword Saint to be strange: "Hey, brother, aren't you going back to the battlefield?"

Lorist laughed: "The victory is divided, the business alliance is defeated, I don't need to rush back immediately......"

"How is that possible?" the old man jumped to his feet, staring into the distance. Although the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, it was vaguely discernible that the Commercial Alliance forces were retreating, while the Norton family forces were sounding horns, and the two cavalry legions on the left and right were outflanking each other......

"Ahh

"What are you doing?" asked Lorlist.

"Hurry up and help, and leave some sword marks on the rocks around you. The old man replied breathlessly: "We two sword masters face off here, we have to leave some memories and impressions for future generations, so we have to arrange this place as a tragic duel scene, you turn left, I go from the right, we leave some marks on each other's sword marks, so that people can believe ......"

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