Chapter 39: The Prelude to the Counterattack

Between the Sessions -

The iron boot that stepped on the cheek and head of the prunella did not gain momentum, but after that slight pause...... Slowly rubbed back and forth.

rubbing the face of the prunella grass...... Friction......

This is undoubtedly a great insult.

But the prunella grass looked gloomy, and she couldn't even give birth to angry thoughts......

"Don't worry, don't step on, just kick. Ma Lin's voice, which was trying to suppress a smile, came.

Prunella didn't want to pay attention to it......

Su Hexiang, who was on the sidelines, closed her eyes, thinking that this was really not a sacred duel, but she still had the last few points of hope for Prunella grass in her heart, so she didn't make a move.

So Prunella was kicked away like a kite with a broken string, and it directly crossed a distance of more than five meters before it landed, and it rolled twice on the ground miserably.

Although it looks miserable, since Prunella was not directly kicked to death, and not even a bone was broken, it means that the war puppet has left his hand, and Ma Lin still wants to play.

But Prunella didn't want to play anymore, so he simply gave up all resistance, preferring to die to preserve his dignity.

Ma Lin understood what the other party meant, shook his head a little tastelessly, looked very regretful, and then smiled wordlessly, cleared his throat, and said slowly: "Introduction, this is a black iron-level war puppet, it is a gift specially prepared for me by my family when I learned that I could enter the Seal Master Academy, and the black market price is about 200 gold coins, which is not expensive - although civilians like you probably can't afford it for a lifetime." ”

Ma Lin glanced at the summer withered grass who stood up slowly, and said proudly as it seemed casual: "I named it Black Iron, I hope you remember that you did not defeat me, because you didn't even have that qualification, you only lost to the puppet manipulated by me." ”

Hearing this, Xia Kucao was silent, and a somewhat weak rickety got up and coughed slightly, so as to hide a certain thing with a metallic luster in a blind corner that Ma Lin could not see, and finally hid it in his arms.

He humbly lowered his head, but only to hide the ruthlessness that flashed in his eyes.

Ma Lin proudly glanced at the silent Xia Kucao, not surprised by the other party's silence, very satisfied with the other party's bowing head, he didn't know what happened to Xia Kucao's body that caused his strength to drop greatly, and he didn't want to care, because as long as there was this war puppet in the field, then even if Xia Kucao could exert his strength outside the Shimmer Tavern, he was confident that he would manipulate the black iron to subdue him before that frost breath captured him- At worst, he could also control Black Iron's huge body to cover himself and block the extremely cold frost roar.

So he thinks he's got a real victory, so he thinks he's entitled to play prunella like a lion playing with its prey.

-- Since the other side is willing to die to preserve the non-existent dignity of civilians, he should erase that illusory dignity with him!

Ma Lin thought.

Naturally, he would not admit that he did what he did...... The main reason is to take advantage of the shame of being afraid of the enemy before taking advantage of this.

Of course, he will not forget the blood that was shed by the sneak attack and belonged to the noble and glorious nobles.

So he immediately stopped talking a little abruptly-

And with his thoughts, the war puppet straightened up, held the sword in his left hand, took a few steps forward, and his backhand was a palm.

It's just that the war puppet is a weapon of killing, and it is good at using the sword, but it is not good at becoming a tool of shame in the hands of the nobles, and it is used to teach people a lesson with a slap.

And although its body is very tall, and its arm span is much longer than that of ordinary people, this length is not as long as the original giant sword after all, so although the wind pressure brought by the slap extends extremely violently towards the prunella, the latter just rolls to the side and flashes over, and even has the remaining strength to kick the soles of his feet hard when he lands, and then jumps in the opposite direction, taking advantage of the momentum to open up a farther distance.

After landing on the ground, Xia Dry Grass took a few steps back, staring at the war puppet vigilantly, but she kept calculating in her heart-

In the field, he, Ma Lin and the war puppet have formed a triangle, which means that there is a direct distance between him and Ma Lin...... There is no longer this war puppet to stop it.

It's just that it's not close enough.

So he spoke—

"I can understand the subtext of what you said earlier. ”

Xia Kucao moved his hands, and then raised his hand slightly to touch the wound on his face, feeling a little pain, and couldn't help frowning, but the corners of his mouth chewed a provocative smile, and said sarcastically: "It's nothing more than the gap between nobles and commoners, hurry up and respect and beg for mercy, and it is better to match it with some tearful scenes, so as to deprive me of my last dignity to satisfy the distorted satisfaction of nobles like you." ”

"It's just ......," he sighed and scoffed, "you don't think it's a joke...... Is it old-fashioned? Or is it ......? You, a nobleman who claims to be the elite of the Codex Country, have long been abandoned by the trend, and have to indulge in the drama of the past for solace?"

Xia Kucao glanced at Ma Lin, who looked a little ugly when he was told about the central matter, and said solemnly: "I was very scared just now, and I really don't want to resist anymore." ”

He pointed to the still, but still oppressive puppet of war.

"Because it's strong, there's no point in resisting, so ...... I'm afraid it's going to kill me. ”

"But I'm not afraid now. ”

Prunella narrowed her eyes and continued: "Because it's just a dead thing, although its manipulator is you, it's not you after all, so I'm afraid that it will fear it and don't want to resist it, but it doesn't mean that you can conquer me." ”

"Because you're just a waste who was afraid of fighting me in a duel just a moment ago, and a beautiful-looking embroidered pillow is actually just a straw bale full of straw. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Kucao laughed a little happily, and the finger that was originally pointing at the war puppet began to point at Ma Lin with a blue face without respect, and said calmly: "What's more interesting is that because of this dead thing, you who are still nervous seem to be gradually becoming proud." ”

His eyes were suddenly full of pity, and he sneered, "A lowest-level war puppet worth 200 gold coins can make you proud?"

"Shall I consider your pride, then...... It's only worth 200 gold coins?"

"What's funny is, could it be that these 200 gold coins, can't the commoners take them out, but you, the nobleman, can take them out?"

"It's not the family behind you who bought it for you, what kind of local tyrant is it!" Xia Kucao took a sip disdainfully, and moved back a few steps to widen the distance between him and the war puppet who was about to move, and also inadvertently shortened the straight-line distance between him and Ma Lin, but his mouth kept talking-

"But I and Senior Brother Hai, who were rumored by you to be the double wastes of the academy, were admitted without examination, and I was specially recruited by the dean. So...... We didn't pay any of our tuition. ”

"And as far as I know," said Xia Kucao with a sunny smile on her face, "the tuition fee for one year of the college...... It's far more than 200 gold coins, so what right do you have to be proud in front of me, or in front of the dean?"

"Shut up!"

With Ma Lin's angry shout, the red light in the eyes of the war puppet flashed again, and as soon as his feet moved, he picked up the giant sword and pounced towards the summer withered grass.

Su Hexiang and Ziling outside the field both widened their eyes, because they knew that the next attack, Ma Lin would never release water.

But this is also the moment when Prunella is waiting.