William walked to a clearing that had just been cleared by the soldiers, and he looked up to see that it was completely dark. The moon hanging in the sky was lazily radiating its own light. The woods were dim and dim in the light of the torches held by the soldiers. The light of the fire could only shine in a small place, and the light was dying in an oval circle. Outside the circle, a large area of darkness was shrouded, and with the sound of wind and leaves that sounded from time to time, the atmosphere was very oppressive.

Lancaster put back on his hideous mask, straightened his cloak, and walked to a bright place in the circle. He looked at William's outfit and pursed his lips and asked, "Do you need me to prepare you with a handy weapon?"

William looked at the long sword in his hand, smiled, and then clenched it tightly, and stood upright, he first closed his eyes and lowered his head, muttering something silently in his mouth, and then opened his eyes and said, "No thanks." ”

Lancaster tilted his head indifferently, and he waved his hand to signal the soldiers behind him, Reed, to move a little farther away.

After the soldiers took two steps back, the entire arena of the duel suddenly became wider than before. However, it has changed from the light of a water to darkness and light. William stood across from Lancaster, looking at his face hidden under a hideous mask in the light of the torches not far behind him.

The mask shone with a silvery metallic sheen, and the nose and mouth were carved in their proper place. Lancaster's eyes were the only organs visible from the mask.

The royal blue eyes turned flexibly, and with the mask, a strange picture suddenly appeared. William pouted and looked at the saber Lancaster was holding. The scabbard was inlaid with intricate patterns with gold wire, and a large ruby lay there at the hilt. The sword body is about one meter and one meter. Near the hilt of the sword was a silver gauntlet where Lancaster's slender and powerful left hand was holding.

William's pupils shrank slightly, and he thought to himself: "I didn't expect this to be a left-hander." He was even more cautious.

Lancaster slapped the outside of his thigh with his free right hand and made a rhythmic snapping sound. A look of excitement and a little madness gradually appeared in those eyes. His eyes kept turning, and the upper half of his body was slowly swaying with a rhythm, while the lower half of his body was standing motionless on the ground, and the whole person looked very, very weird.

William licked the corners of his lips and snorted coldly, looking directly into Lancaster's eyes, ignoring the disturbing movements he was making.

Lancaster shook his head boredly and sighed, "Are you ready, Your Excellency? Oh, and forgot to say that there is no reward for those who win, but there will definitely be a penalty for those who lose. ”

William smiled at him and said, "You are so sure that you will win, can't it be that I won." ”

Lancaster tilted his head and waved his right hand casually to answer such a question, he looked at the saber in his hand and slowly pulled it out of its scabbard. The silver metal sword was gradually painted with a dull yellow color in the light of the torches of the soldiers behind him.

William clenched his sword with both hands and slowly made a gesture of starting his hand, staring closely at Lancaster on the other side. I saw that he carelessly pulled a sword flower and slowly took two steps forward.

Lancaster couldn't help but feel bored as he looked at William's waiting formation, he frowned in annoyance and pursed his lips, but because of the mask, outsiders couldn't see these expressions. He took it a little seriously, and tentatively tried a few tricks with William.

William took a step back after blocking the opponent's attack, and took advantage of Lancaster's lack of pursuit, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands and said, "This doesn't make sense, why don't you use all your strength." Or do you think you can beat me with just this level? ”

Lancaster's eyes narrowed and he said slowly, "As you wish." After saying that, his expression hidden under the mask suddenly became grim, and those royal blue eyes stared at William seriously.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere was different, and William only felt as if he was being targeted by a ferocious beast. He took a deep breath and suppressed the intense uneasiness that had suddenly surfaced. William looked at Lancaster's cold, emotionless eyes, and then shifted his gaze to his shoulder, not bothered by a foreign object.

Lancaster saw that William was ready for everything before he swung his sword and rushed over, and he kept saying that the slender and slender saber stabbed William like it.

William only felt that there was a vast white expanse in front of him, and it was all the sword shadows played by Lancaster. He was taken aback and didn't expect the other party's attack to be so fierce and swift, he hurriedly waved the long sword in his hand and barely parried, and from time to time he retreated a few steps back to pass the ferocious attack.

Although William was at a disadvantage, he was not flustered in his heart, he defended in an orderly manner, secretly estimated Lancaster's physical strength in his heart, and waited for the opportunity.

Lancaster's tidal wave of attacks suddenly stopped, and the flickering white light that flickered in front of William's eyes suddenly disappeared. William was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be a little disrupted by this unexpected unfolding, and he hurriedly stabilized his body and stared at the other party.

Lancaster exhaled hard and then smiled and said to William: "Well, it seems that although His Excellency the Earl has been wandering around the Northeast in recent years, it seems that martial arts have not been wasted much." ”

William frowned and snorted coldly, but did not say a word.

Lancaster didn't care, he tilted his head, supported one side of his face with his right hand, thought about it, and then said seriously: "It seems that if you want to fight quickly, you need to show some real skills." ”

When William heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said impatiently to the other party: "Don't talk about those who don't have it, you can't fight yet." ”

Lancaster hurriedly said, "Fight, of course fight." I finally met His Excellency the Earl, how could I just forget it. Although it is said that His Excellency the Earl is not known for his martial arts. But who made you my former idol, and aren't idols meant to be destroyed by me?"

William's head hurt very much as he listened to the other party's chatter, and he couldn't help but feel a little doubt about his luck. How could he have encountered such a neurotic at such a moment.

Lancaster Balabala finally finished his sigh that came out of nowhere, and he still couldn't finish smashing his mouth. Although William could not see his expression, he was sure that Lancaster must have licked the corners of his mouth with his tongue under the mask, and then pouted his lips regretfully, as if something precious had broken in front of him, and he felt an indescribable mood swing.

Lancaster also gasped and regrouped after saying such a long sentence, and when he felt that he was fully in the state, he took a step forward and then the whole person burst out at a very fast speed and came to William.

William was taken aback and wanted to dodge aside, but it was too late. He only felt that his eyes were flashed by a white sword shadow, and he couldn't see anything. By the time the sword light disappeared from his field of vision, Lancaster's masked face was already within easy reach. A sharp pain came suddenly, William's legs went limp, and he couldn't hold his body anymore, and slowly fell to the ground.

Lancaster lazily drew the saber that had been stabbed into William's chest, and took the white handkerchief handed by the squire to wipe the blood from the saber with great cheers.

William only felt a burst of pain all over his body, and his whole body was sore. He could hear the sound of blood scrambling to leave his body.

At this time he heard Lancaster's voice: "You should see the regret, you see that I once swore that one day I could only make a specimen of art like that." I really regret using today's spot on that bugbug who doesn't know where it came from. I guess you must be sorry too, right? Think of how honored it must be to die by my Lancaster's sword, and that my corpse can be used to be carved into a work of art. He sighed.

William barely opened his eyes, only to feel a gray patch in front of him. When he finally saw clearly, all he could see was Lancaster's red eyes, red as if they were two of the brightest rubies.

Lancaster sighed, threw the blood-stained handkerchief on the ground, and turned to leave. The handkerchief fluttered in the air, falling in a gentle breeze over William's face.

William's eyes suddenly darkened, and he didn't know anything.