Chapter 3: Sword Contest

When the bouncing Elolyn took Yingma's hand and walked to the door of the "Conqueror of the Sacred Mountain", the ghostly little lioness suddenly had a new idea.

"Hey, stinky boy, you go back and put down that bag of potatoes first, and then I want Mr. Dilto to take half a day off, and I'll go with you to see the great swordsman of the Republic at dinner!" said Elolyn thoughtfully, looking at the arena that covered the sky.

Of course, this is an order, and Ingma certainly does not disobey as a loser in a duel, but as a servant of an inn, he does not dare to disobey the orders of his boss.

After hesitating for a second, he nodded and said, "Boss Dierto will withhold a few gold coins from me at most, but you, not only will it be difficult for me to move normally for a few days, but" He suddenly blushed, then lifted the bag of potatoes on his back and walked straight into the inn.

Fortunately, he didn't know at the time, Elolian didn't care at all what the boy who was defeated under his sword said or what the hell he was thinking, she was just thinking: "Today seems to be the game of the 'King's Scabbard' team, and it is the first game of Brother Lan Falcon's return from injury, but now there may not be a few seats left, alas, this stinky boy is hurrying!"

"Where are you going?" When Yingma walked out of the inn, there was already an earth-shattering cheer from the arena. Eloline knew that this was the magistrate announcing the lineups of the two sides, and the one who could cause such a big cheer must be the captain of the "King's Scabbard" team, which is famous in the imperial capital Yuanxin City and even the whole empire - Lan Falcon.

The Origin City Athletic Conference will take place in two to three months, and the tournament before that will be for teams to prove their mettle in front of the organizer, the Imperial Athletic Committee, in order to achieve a better ranking in the tournament and gain more prestige before that, which will indirectly determine whether or not they are likely to be summoned by the Emperor.

The final team that wins the championship will be received by the co-owner of the Yuanxin City, the Changmu Grassland to the Banka Mountains, the five cities on the northern border to the southern jungle, the twenty-third emperor of the Tiangai Empire, Andres III, and awarded the title of honorary knight, or the leader of an outstanding imperial team.

The Empire's way of playing is primitive and humane: two teams of twenty men each, armed with wooden swords, axes, and shields, engage in primitive hand-to-hand combat. At the beginning of the fight, ten judges will be on the sidelines, and those who are found to have used teeth (which have not been done in a hundred years) or illegal use of magic (which often happens and are often punished heavily) will be tried and punished. There will also be ten doctors and ten mages who will maintain the order of the dueling, and these doctors and mages will take the injured duelist out of the field and heal his injuries quickly, although the duelist is immediately considered eliminated. In the end, when there were only one side of the duelist on the field, that team won the match.

"Hurry up, sit down!"

Elolyn and Ima entered the arena and made their way up the long staircase to the outermost seats, as all but this row were filled by the furiously cheering residents of Genshin City. Yingma saw that in the smell of sweat and perfume, everyone waved strips of cloth to express their excitement, and several people even stripped naked and waved their clothes, and then were taken away by the guards.

"Did you see Arashi?" Irolyn was just as excited, but not so excited that she would do something that would make Mrs. Xiang Fu angry, she screamed loudly with the audience, shaking her fists, as if she was also waving a strip of cloth symbolizing that she was a supporter of the "King's Sheath" team.

Yingma is not good at sword fighting, but her eyes are still good. He saw Arashi's Falcon in the middle of the field for the first time, but jealousy and dissatisfaction made him sit down tightly, ignoring Irolyn, who was highly excited and trying to search for Arashi's falcon with her eyes.

In the middle of the field, in an overgrown open space (officially, this is to make the competition more difficult), Arashihara stands at the front of the "King's Sheath" team. Blue eyes, a high nose, a light beard, these are the characteristics of all handsome men, and at the moment he wears the golden helmet that symbolizes the captain of the "King's Scabbard", and he wears a bright red cape, and of course his skirt and boots - these are all he wears, the stiff muscle lines and determined eyes, coupled with the wooden sword in his hand at the moment with the surface of the glittering dye spitting, all this brings infinite envy and jealousy to the young men in the audience. The infinite fantasies and sighs of the maiden, as well as the relief and appreciation of Emperor Andrés III of the Celestial Empire.

Of course, Yingma only has jealousy in her heart.

He sat down in his seat, and felt that it was not a strange taste, and that Elolyn sometimes struck him hard with the arm she sometimes waved, and at last he felt that the anger in his heart was a little unbearable, and he stood up and shouted:

"Sooner or later, the Arashifalcon will be defeated by the opponent, what are you shouting in the air!"

This irrational shout was drowned out by the cheers of the wider audience for Arashi's outstanding performance and the exclamations of surprise when he was in a slight danger, and even Eloline ignored him, let alone heard his shouts.

Then Mr. Ima Rhodes sat down heavily, and said in a philosophical tone in his heart: "The mastery of swordsmanship and the brutality of muscles do not mean that he is a man of grace, nor even that he is a powerful man, for it is a well-known fact that neither the sword nor the fist can resist the power of magic. If the great Mr. Ima Rhodes had mastered the power of magic, then the clown Arashihabe in the center of the field would not have been able to do so."

Then his precise inference was once again overshadowed by the unprecedented cheers of the day. The audience shouted "Scabbard!" and "Scabbard!" and "Scabbard!" The cheers rose higher and higher, and Yingma covered her ears and cursed loudly, and Ilolian, who was next to her, thought that he was also cheering the victory of the "King's Sheath" team, smiled at him, and shouted at him:

"Scabbard!"

"Scabbard!" shouted Yingma this time.

Because when he and Ilorine walked out of the arena after the match, Ilorine did not agree with his decision to choose to go through the crowd passage. Following Irolyn into a corridor and changing into civilian clothes instead of Arashi Falcon, who had just been shirtless in the duel, Yingma couldn't help but exclaim.

Luo Lian even greeted him and hugged Arashi Falcon, who had just won the game.

"Brother Arashi, I didn't expect me to come to you today, did Irolyn?" Elolian tilted her head, revealing a happy expression, and Yingma, who was on the side, only felt uncomfortable.

Arashi's demeanor was very gentlemanly (this is not Yingma's opinion) and nodded, "Miss Ilolian, Mr. Yingma Rhodes, hello. ”

"Congratulations on winning another match!" Elolyn said happily, and Ingma hesitated for a moment before saying in a stern voice, "Mr. Arashihara, congratulations on winning another match of great strength. ”

"Thank you both. He just looked into Eloline's eyes, and of course he noticed the thorn in Yingma's words, but he just smiled and didn't mention it.

Elolian was shy by her, and hurriedly said, "We are here today to implore you to meet someone." ”

This time it was Inma's turn to be taken aback, and he wanted to whisper his surprise and anger, but Elolyn continued.

"Yingma said, there is a guest in their inn today, it is a swordsman from the Republic, listen to Yingma, this stinky little ghost, that guest has extraordinary swordsmanship, I heard that your master can't compare. Elolyn said proudly, and Ingma realized that Elolyn didn't believe his big words, but was ready to take the damn Arashihara to make a fool of him.

At this time of danger, Yingma quickly weighed it and decided that face was more important.

Besides, I don't know how capable that sloppy knight is, and seeing that he has a sword, he really is a great swordsman.

So Yingma maintained a haughty expression and did not speak, as if she was the so-called great swordsman of the Republic, ready to defeat this self-righteous arena clown Arashihabe Renjie.

"It's true that I'm inferior, but if you say that the teacher is not as good as a person, I can't sit idly by. Arashi seemed to hesitate for a moment before speaking. In fact, that time of hesitation was to hide his anger and maintain his image of a dignified gentleman.

Elolyn was overjoyed, she held Yingma's thin wrist with one hand, and held Lan Falcon's big hand with the other, and said: "We will go and meet the great swordsman of the Republic now, and see if it is the great martial arts of the Republic or the swordsmanship of our empire?" ”

Yingma snorted and was about to set off when she suddenly heard the voice of the Arashi Falcon.

"I'm sorry both, but I have a suggestion, that Mr. Ingma go back and inform the visitor of the Republic that I would like to visit him by my name, and that I would like to have dinner with him. ”

"But it's only noon, don't you think it's good to have lunch with him?" Ingma felt a little impatient, of course, this impatience stemmed from his dislike for Arashi.

He also noticed that Ilolyn let go of the hand holding his wrist, and said to Lan Falcon, who had a faint look of victory on his face: "Yes, the weather is so nice today, Brother Lan Falcon, you just won a game today, you must be free this afternoon, right? I haven't gone out of the city with Brother Lan Falcon for a ride for a long time." ”

Lan Falcon smiled slightly and said, "Let's go to the 'Dragon Bone Wine Cup' shop first to finish lunch." ”

Elolyn smiled happily and did not speak, but nodded desperately.

"Mr. Yingma, I heard that you will be busy in the afternoon, so we will not bother you. We'll see you in the evening. Arashi said politely, seeing Ingma nodding stiffly, and walked outside the arena with Elolyn holding hands.

At this point, Ingma only felt anxious and angry, and at the same time had to pray that the strange Republican would help him out of this evil breath.

So he decided to go back and sow discord in front of the knight of the Republic.