Chapter 17: Challenges

"Bang, bang, bang......"

For several days in a row, neat footsteps often sounded outside the village, and groups of soldiers wearing standard armor came to the camp one after another. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After training, Ota and his team members had to stop outside the camp for a while, watching happily with envy on their faces.

The camp had been renovated by this time, with neat rows of barracks, orderly streets, and behind the barracks was a wide training ground, and around the training ground were warehouses and stables for storing food and equipment.

"You see, they are all dressed in iron armor, and they are so imposing. Someone in the team said.

"yes, and the shields and weapons in their hands, they look much better than Uncle Aina's demon team. The team members said enviously.

At this time, from the stable ran out of a white high-headed horse, on which sat a handsome young man wearing a copper armor and red cloak, also under the copper helmet, the green eyes were extraordinary, and under the straight nose bridge was a gentle smile, giving people a sense of cordiality and ease, but there was another invisible noble atmosphere that people did not dare to approach, and it was a very contradictory feeling.

As soon as he appeared, the soldiers in the training ground immediately stopped training, clenched the armor on his left chest with his right fist, made a "tom" sound, and saluted him respectfully while saying in unison: "Dear Marquis Will, it is our honor to meet you. ”

The young Marquis Will greeted the soldiers with a friendly smile, while on the other side of the camp, a frenzied scream sounded, and more than a dozen young girls waved their arms enthusiastically.

These voices were so warm and high-pitched that they attracted everyone to look at them. Marquis Will turned his head to look at it, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, the smile was bright, and he nodded slightly, his noble temperament was undoubtedly revealed, and it caused the girls who loved him to shout like crazy.

On Orta's side, he saw Sawyer's face displeased, his thick eyebrows tightly twisted, and Lenny slapped his forehead to cover his eyes and sighed.

Orta took a look and found that it was Lanny's sister Lanxi who shouted the most, no wonder Sawyer was so upset... Orta shook her head slightly.

At this time, I heard Elle sneer, and said disdainfully: "This Will is the son of a viscount, and he has won the bronze knight's medal of the Guardian, so he was named a marquis, I heard that he is still the first heir to the viscount, he is handsome and very rich, and he is the commander of the army this time, no wonder Lan Xi and they are like this......"

"Hmph," Sawa seemed to be stimulated, and turned away angrily and frustratedly, while Iron Man glanced at his back and said, "Let's not talk about what that Will looks like, let's just say that this copper armor and red cloak are simply too handsome, if one day I can wear this armor, I am willing to do whatever I want." ”

"Look at your little bit of interest. The corners of Ellie's mouth twitched and left, and the iron man hurriedly followed, saying a word without a word.

"Copper armor?" "Ota looked at it carefully for a few times before turning around and leaving, "The standard equipment in the army is really much better, even ordinary soldiers are iron armor, and the protection is naturally much stronger than the leather armor of the demon team, but it is only a little clumsy, but this is nothing in the eyes of strong warriors, after all, protecting life is the first priority." ”

After a month of forging, Ota has almost formed a conditioned reflex trained by Leo, for all the weapons and armor that pass by, you must first distinguish its material, and then tell how long it has been refined according to its texture according to the process of forging or casting......

Just as he was trying to figure out how to get a set of iron armor to see its strengths and weaknesses, Ota heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and then a white horse and a figure in a red cloak flashed by, and finally stopped at the door of the newly expanded tavern.

This Will has a noble temperament and is brave and brave, he is a real knight, but there is a little bit of a bad thing, he likes to show himself, whether it is the handsomeness of his appearance, or the courage of his combat power, and then his own nobility, he seems to like to show it in front of others, and then gladly accept the praise and boasting of others, and enjoy it.

It was the first time Orta had met the Marquis of Will at the welcome dinner yesterday, and Aina, Mondello, and all the members of the Demon Slayer team attended the welcome dinner, and all the 50,000 warriors led by the Marquis of Will arrived in the village of Siro, and at the same time took over the patrol and defense of the village.

At the dinner, Otta and his teammates came to help out as a tavern hostess, and they had the good fortune to meet the young marquis, who showed everyone his oratorical talents and his nobility, and during the dinner, he even declared that he could accept everyone's challenge as a way to show his bravery and the swordsmanship he had learned at the noble academy, and repeatedly talked about his past achievements......

Although he won the admiration of many people, and under the praise of some soldiers in the army, most people admired and respected him more, but there were also a small number of people who were very disdainful of it, and Mondello and Leo were among the representatives. Sadly, though, Leo lost the challenge and was knocked to the canvas by him within three minutes.

Of course, it was just a small episode, and the whole dinner ended in a cheerful atmosphere. Marquis Will's purpose was also achieved, he made everyone remember him, whether it was his noble temperament, or his handsome face, and then his brave and sharp swordsmanship, in short, from today on, everyone in the village was talking about him, and the girls with spring hearts were even more fascinated by him, and rushed to the camp to wait for him.

As he was thinking, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves behind him, and as soon as he turned his head to look over, he saw a team of more than forty people coming to the outside of the village. Most of them were dressed in leather armor, except for a few wearing iron armor or boots and helmets, some with shields and spears behind their backs, and some with bows and arrows and machetes......

These men were burly and fierce-faced, their eyes were cold and exuding an invisible smell of blood, their exposed tattoos were all twisted and hideous scars, and each of them had a black leather ring on his left wrist with an iron eagle's head inlaid on it.

This is a team with a name, and Ota can tell it in an instant. Since his father and uncle are both captains of the Demon Punishment Team, Ota knows very well about the formation of the Demon Punishment Team.

Demon teams are generally divided into three categories, the first type is a demon team like Uncle Aina, who only stays in their own village and rarely hunts orcs elsewhere, such a demon team is not large in number and has average equipment and combat power, so it doesn't have a name.

The second type is the one in front of you, there is no fixed hunting location, and it is generally through the recruitment order outside the tavern that after knowing where the orcs are attacking, you can go to the local administrator to report the name of your demon team, and you can get a certificate to hunt.

With this certificate, the team members can get preferential treatment from the local villagers, such as food and housing, weapon maintenance, and the provision of medicines, etc., can be reduced to a certain extent, and all the materials and magic beads they get after hunting only need to pay a small part of the tax when they are sold, and they will not be troubled by the local demon team.

The last one is the very famous Demon Slayer Legion, but there are very few who can be called a legion, and Orta has heard that out of a total of twenty-three city-states of the human race, there are only three with the title of legion. A legion must also have at least ten demon slaying teams, which means that the number of people cannot be less than three hundred, which is already the minimum.

Of course, in addition to the organized demon slaying team, there are also adventurers who act alone or in two or three people, and they also have another name: bounty hunters.

The number of such people is not a minority. They either have secrets that they are afraid of being known, or they don't trust other people, in short, they usually mix behind the army and the demon squad, and often do some things to pick up equipment from the dead, which is despised by many people.

"Hey, boy, is this the village of Shiro?" asked a big, bald head with tattoos on his head, Ota's voice thick and hoarse.

Orta glanced at him and nodded.

"Well, I heard that your Demon Captain is called Aina, tell me, where can I find him?" asked the big bald head unceremoniously again.

"Tavern. Orta looked at him calmly, then looked behind him, surveying the other men's weapons.

The chopper is cast, hard enough but almost flexible. This shield is okay, it's all made of fine iron...... Orta thought silently in his mind.

"Big brother, this kid has a lot of character, and he doesn't like to answer when he asks. At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

Orta immediately looked over and spoke as a strong man with a thick beard on his face, a shield on one side of his horse, and a crescent axe in his hand.

"It's just a kid who hasn't seen the world, when have you ever seen our Angry Eagle Demon Killing Team so imposing? Okay, go to the tavern to hand in the voucher and find a good place to live is the right thing. ”

The bald man gave Orta a cold look, grabbed his horse, and entered the village. Behind him, the bearded man glanced sideways at Ota again, snorted coldly in his nose, and said fiercely, "Little brat, get out of the way" and wanted to beat the horse to follow.

"I challenge you. ”

The horse had barely taken a few steps when the bearded man heard a loud voice from behind him.

"Challenge?" the bearded man was stunned for a moment, reined in his horse and looked over, pointing to the tip of his nose, his face full of surprise, "Challenge me?" Hahaha......"

"Hahaha......"

There was a burst of laughter around Otta, and some of them burst into tears, as if they had never seen anything so funny, and they couldn't stop.

Outa also learned yesterday in the tavern, it turns out that knights can use challenges to solve conflicts, and challenges are divided into two types: 'living battle' and 'death battle'. 'Living warfare' can only slightly injure the opponent, not cause death or disability, otherwise it is necessary to compensate the other party with property and property.

The battle to the death, on the other hand, is different, as long as there is a notary public and a contract is made, there is no need to bear the consequences of death or injury, and it is rare to encounter such a challenge without a deep hatred.

Ota stared into his eyes and said without blinking, "The first rule of knighthood: humility. Article 5: Mercy. It seems that you have forgotten, so you heard it right, I will now officially challenge you. ”

"Shhhhh

When Ota finished speaking, everyone couldn't laugh.

"Articles 1 and 5 of the Code of Knighthood......

"This teenager ...... He turned out to be a knight? How dare he challenge the second child? This ......" The members of the Angry Eagles looked at each other in disbelief.