217. The Knight's Sword
The ravines, gravel and gravel, and weathered rocks are constantly being stripped from the main body, and this is a barren place.
The mountains in the distance were also black and gray, with some dry dead trees lying between the cracks in the rocks, and the wind here was dry and hot.
A lizard darted into a crevice in the rock, and Surdak galloped over the rock on horseback, his horse's hooves crushing a piece of crispy limestone.
The two young men from the village of Wall could only run behind Surdak, and they ran as fast as they could.
It is not far from the village of Vol to the northern slope of the pasture, and there is no need to detour, Surdak rushed to this meadow, only to find that the whole meadow was completely hidden in the mountain, a ravine like a giant dragon scratched out with its sharp claws, the depth was almost more than two kilometers, but the width was only less than thirty meters, it was in such a deep ravine, the two steep side walls were lush and overgrown with wild grass, and some yellow sheep shuttled through this grass.
And in the middle of this ravine, there is a long and narrow pool, you can't see how deep, but at the moment the waves are sparkling and look vibrant. In the middle of the ravine, a dead wood fence divides the ditch into two sections, and a bird with blue tail feathers lands on the wooden fence, elegantly combing its feathers.
On the rocky slope above the ravine, two groups of people stood distinctly.
On the larger side of the crowd, a knight and two knights' retinue rode horses, looking up in the direction Surdak had come.
Surdak ran to the Beigou grassland in one breath, and saw the old village chief leading a dozen young people in the village to stand on the edge of the stone slope next to the Beigou, everyone saw Surdak riding a horse over, and the villagers of Wall Village surrounded them, they seemed to have found the backbone, and in the face of the large number of Guta villagers, they were no longer the kind of cowering look.
Surdak said hello to the old village chief.
The knight in the crowd across from him pulled the reins of his horse and drove his horse out.
He spat at Surdak with great disdain, pointed at Surdak with his finger, and said loudly: "You are Surdak?" I'm the Chadopdo Knight, and I'm challenging you today, and whoever loses will give up this northern slope meadow! ”
The middle-aged knight in full-covered armor held his helmet in one hand and the sword at his waist in the other, and spoke with a full sense of energy.
Surdak was almost laughed at by this impolite knight, but he didn't expect this Chadopudo knight to have such a firecracker temper, and he would blow up at a moment.
Seeing Chadopdo put on a look of under-beatenness, Surdak immediately shouted to him: "This place originally belonged to our Wall Village, you stood on our ranch and asked me to fight, if I lost, I would give up this ranch, but what if I won?" Is it just to take back what belongs to me? And you have nothing to lose...... As you said, can I go up to your manor and challenge you, and the one who loses gives up your manor? ”
The villagers of Vol Village were not afraid to hear Surdak's voice, and they all laughed along, but they didn't dare to go too far, after all, there was a knight on the other side.
The knight of Chadopudo was furious, drew his knight's sword, pointed at Surdak and said loudly: "The grassland on the northern slope has always been divided between the village of Vol and the village of Guta, and my bet is the half of the pasture in the village of Guta. ”
"So you can represent Guta Village?" Surdak smiled and turned his face to the knight of Chadopudo seriously.
"Of course." The knight of Chadopdo said proudly.
The village chief of Guta Village, who was standing on the side, was about to cry, he originally just wanted to ask a knight to come forward and clarify the boundary between the northern slope grassland and the Vol Village, so that his village would not lose momentum, and he didn't want to monopolize the northern slope grassland at all, not to mention that now that the Vol Village has a knight, even if Chadopdo wins this duel, what can Guta Village really occupy the entire grassland?
After this Chadopdo knight leaves, Vol Village will find a reason to trouble Guta Village, and Guta Village can still make up a big gift at any time, and always ask the foreign knight to settle the trouble?
In the final analysis, no matter who these nobles are, Guta Village cannot afford to mess with.
The village chief of Guta Village grabbed the reins of Chadopdo's war horse with both hands, and with a sincere request in his eyes, he pleaded bitterly with the Chadopudo Knight: "No, Lord Chadopdo Knight, you can't make this decision on behalf of Guta Village, we just want to reconcile with Vol Village, we are willing to share this meadow with Vol Village, we just want to redraw the boundary of the meadow under your witness......"
At this time, the knight of Chadopdo had already put on his steel helmet, and he just put down his visor, and when he saw the cautious and cowardly look of the village chief of Guta Village, he whipped him on the head fiercely, and rebuked angrily: "My war book has already been sent, what's the use of saying these frustrating words now?" Wouldn't it be better for your village to have the pasture here? A bunch of uninformed idiots......"
The village chief of Guta Village was whipped in the face, and immediately left a bloody mark, and was whipped back again and again.
The knight of Chadopdo lowered the armor on his head, rode his horse and distanced himself from Surdak, and casually drew his silver knight's sword, pointing at Surdak from afar.
The villagers of Wall Village looked at Surdak with a worried face, they found that Surdak was only wearing a leather armor, not even the most basic leather helmet, the village chief of Wall Village hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the reins of the horse, and persuaded Surdak: "Little Dak, if we can't fight, we must admit defeat decisively, half of the Beigou grassland is nothing, don't get hurt, as long as the person is okay." ”
Surdak smiled slightly, pulled out the Roman sword at his waist, and said with a smile to the old village chief: "Don't worry, I have already seen life and death countless times on the battlefield, this time there will be nothing wrong, you have to have a little confidence in me!" ”
Then he kicked the stirrup, and Guborima sprang forward, standing in line with Chadopdo, and Surdak raised his Roman sword in his hand to salute the Chadopdo knight.
The two knights rode forward at the same time, Surdak tightened his face, his eyes stared at the tip of the sword of the Chadopudo knight, and there were twenty nodes in his body that were like stars, and there were twenty nodes that were slowly lit up, and there was a trace of divine aura hidden in these nodes, which converged into a beam of golden light in Surdak's body, which passed through Surdak's arm to the tip of the sword, and the tip of the sword exuded a faint golden light.
At the same time, the phantom of the two-faced four-armed demon god appeared behind Surdak, and Surdak released his 'momentum', and the strength of his body suddenly nearly doubled.
Surdak only felt that the Chadopdo knight who rushed over on the opposite side saw that he released his 'momentum', and the eyes in the visor suddenly shrank, and then a swordsman kneeling on the ground with a sword in both hands appeared behind the Chadopdo knight, only to see his crotch. The speed of the dismounted war horse suddenly surged, and after the war horse ran past, it even brought up an afterimage.
When the two sides charged on horseback, they burst into high morale, which made the villagers of the two villages watching the battle dumbfounded.
The contempt in Chadopdo's eyes had long since disappeared, and he raised the knight's sword high above his head, and at the moment when the two horses staggered, he slashed at Surdak with a thunderous force, and Surdak saw the knight's sword slash down for a moment, and the blade actually conjured into five phantoms.
If Surdak had gone to the Knight Academy, he would have known that this was the Knight Skill in the Academy: 'White Heat', but unfortunately he had never gone to the Knight Academy, he had never learned Knight Skill at all, and he didn't know how to break the Five Sword Blades, so he just raised his shield to block it with his body instinct.
The knight of Chadopdo only felt that the five swords were almost simultaneously split on a blue shield, and the shield made a sound like a popping bean, Surdak sat on the horse and did not move, and slashed out a sword with his backhand, and the knight of Chadopdo raised the knight's light shield in his hand to meet it, and hid the knight's sword in his hand behind the shield, just waiting for Surdak's sword to slash on the shield, and he stabbed out the long sword hidden behind the shield, killing him off guard.
The swordsman phantom behind the Chadopdo Knight increased his speed a lot, making his movements nearly twice as fast as usual, and under this attack speed, the Chadopdo Knight felt that Surdak must not be able to block his sudden sword.
Unexpectedly, the Roman sword in Surdak's hand fell on the shield of the Chadopdo knight, and a huge force passed through the shield, and the Chadopdo knight was horrified to feel that the Roman sword actually split the knight's light shield, and he relied on his sensitive reaction to take advantage of the situation to stab out the knight's long sword hidden behind the shield, which was able to block Surdak's sword, but the knight's long sword made a crisp sound, and it actually broke at the same time.
Chadopdo knight chest. The front door was wide open, and his heart was horrified, worried that Surdak was really stabbed down with a sword, and the full-covered armor on his body might not be able to block this sword.
But he didn't expect that just when the Roman sword was about to touch his chest, there was a flower in front of him, and the thick tip of the Roman sword suddenly disappeared, and a bronze hilt suddenly appeared in front of him, and the 'bang' hit the chest of the Chadopudo knight, and this 'heavy blow' hammered the Chadopudo knight directly off the horse.
The knight's light shield and knight's sword were scattered on the ground, and the Chadopdo knight fell to the gravel-filled ground in disarray, his chest so heavy that he almost vomited blood, while his horse stopped beside him, constantly kicking the gravel with his hooves, and constantly arching the Chadopdo knight with his horse's mouth.
The villagers on both sides only saw that as soon as the two knights fought each other and slashed each other, the Surdak knight knocked the Chadopdo knight off his horse.
The whole process didn't even take more than three minutes......
Then the Surdak knight rode back to the villagers of Vol Village without looking back, and the two knight attendants of the villagers of Guta Village hurriedly rushed up and helped the Chadopudo knight up from the ground, and found that the Chadopudo knight's face was pale, but he did not seem to be injured much, so he was relieved.
After Surdak's victory, no one in Guta Village dared to come and negotiate with the old village chief of Vol Village.
By the time the young people of Vol Village were walking towards the village with Surdak in their arms, the villagers of Guta Village had already begun to take the initiative to dismantle the boundary wall of the Beigou Grassland and drive all the yellow sheep belonging to Guta Village to the village......
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It was close to noon when everyone returned to the village of Wall.
The old village chief refused to let Surdak rush to Hailanza City anyway, saying that he would wait until tomorrow morning to leave, and if he left at this time, he would only arrive in Hailanza City tomorrow, and he would have to spend the night in the mountains, although there had been no demonic beasts in this area for many years, but spending the night in the deep mountains was definitely not a comfortable experience.
Later, the village chief instructed the villagers to catch the fattest yellow sheep and gather the whole village to drink sheep soup in the evening.
Because the roast sheep can not roast much meat at all, the whole village can only eat one or two bites per person, it is far better to boil a big pot of mutton soup, every villager can scoop a big spoonful of hot milky white soup, add a piece of mutton bone meat and boiled soft haggis to the soup bowl, with green green onions, drink it in one go, the brain will secrete a layer of fine sweat, if you can still eat a baked wheat cake, for the villagers of Wall Village, that is the best taste.
As for luxury delicacies such as barbecue, for the villagers of Wall Village, it is something that the aristocratic lords can eat.
Every year, only after the harvest festival, the coming-of-age ceremony, the first snow in winter and the first rain in summer, will all the villagers be convened to hold such a collective celebration ceremony.
Naturally, the well-fed villagers would dance the harvest dance around the bonfire, and Surdak was surrounded by a group of young people from the village, and the young people who were full of blood asked Surdak for advice on fighting skills.
In fact, where does Surdak know any combat skills, those things he knows are all honed on the battlefield, there are skills on how to protect himself and how to kill, this kind of skill has not been experienced on the battlefield, it is difficult to learn.
A group of old people sat on the periphery, watching the noisy young people around the campfire, infected by the joy on the field.
The old village chief said to Sheila sincerely: "Sheila, this time I would like to thank you for letting little Dake stand out for the villagers. ”
“……”
Old Sheila sat on the bluestone bar, and Natasha sat beside her, and they didn't know what to say about the village chief's thanks, and they couldn't even accept it, Rita was playing with little Peter and a group of children not far away.
"In the future, if you can avoid this kind of battle, you should try to avoid it!" The old village chief said with emotion.
Old Sheila looked through the crowd and saw Surdak surrounded by the young people of the village, her lips moved slightly, she couldn't say anything, she just thought in her heart that this was not something she could control.
When the old village chief saw that Sheila didn't speak, he thought that she didn't have much knowledge, and he was worried that her heart would swell because her son became a knight, and he saw that Surdak was constantly risking his life and did not dissuade him, and it was useless to regret it once something happened.
He didn't care whether old Sheila wanted to listen or not, so he struck old Sheila with a slap on the head to wake her up, and he said to old Sheila: "Have you ever thought about what it would be like if your son Surdak died in a duel? ”
“……”
Old Sheila couldn't help but think in her heart at this time: I don't know who sent someone to ask 'him' to risk his life in the morning, and these powerful people turned their faces, really like dogs turned their faces and didn't recognize people.
Before the old Sheila finished slandering, she heard the old village chief say again:
"If little Dak dies, the nobles of the city of Highlanza will strip him of his knighthood, according to the imperial decree, Natasha must remarry within three years, and Rita is about to marry, and what about you...... You have to try to live desperately, and you don't even dare to get sick or die, because you have to raise Peter as a man. ”
"That's the worst kind of life."
The old village chief sighed, and his tone softened again: "And now, Surdak has become a knight, which is the glory of your family and the glory of the whole village. ”
After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Surdak in the crowd, not noticing the shocked look on the face of old Sheila on the side.
Old Sheila turned her head in a panic and looked at Natasha beside her.
Natasha, too, turned pale, and whispered to Sheila Sr., "They're going to take me away so that I'll never see little Peter again, right?" Sheila. ”
“…… I do not know. ”
When old Sheila said this, she only felt that she had no strength in her body.
She couldn't help but tremble when she thought of the poor children in the village who had been abandoned by their mothers after their father's death......