Through the window of the inn, you can see a large crowd of idlers frantically rushing in the direction of the castle on the street.

The news that the two knights were about to duel in the square in front of the castle had spread throughout the city.

This is definitely a rare pastime for Montreal, which is poor in entertainment.

Especially for those people at the bottom, it is not great to be able to see with their own eyes the knights and lords who are high and low, and they are also determined to live and die!

"Duel, is it just now?"

Lothar didn't know what was going on, and he wasn't really in the mood to watch a knightly duel without suspense, but he didn't seem to be good at all.

After all, that knight of Montreal is insulting the honor of the Royal Knights.

"Ulm!"

Lothar summoned his first hussar, took out a heavy money bag, and said: "Tell Pepin that this is my personal bonus for him, and remember, give it to him before the battle begins." And told him that I did not watch the battle because I knew that he would win the battle! ”

Ulm nodded, "My lord, I will remember what you told him." ”

"Andreas!"

Lothar summoned another hussar and placed a heavy money bag in his hand, filled with silver dinars.

"Go and buy some silk, and have a priest, a craftsman who knows heraldry, and today at noon, I will perform the ceremony of canonizing knights."

Andreas's face changed slightly, and he opened his mouth, but he stopped talking.

"Don't worry, you're one of them."

Lothar patted him on the shoulder, and almost all the hussars knew that this was his signature gesture of admiring a man.

Even many of the knights of the Royal Order were proud to be patted on the shoulder by Lothar.

Andreaston burst into tears.

Turning into hussars does not mean that they have completely turned them into ignorant puppets, Andreas was once the personal valet of a knight lord.

He knew better than anyone how far he had gone from slave to freeman to knight!

Many attendants who fought to the death for their masters would never have been able to receive this honor.

Lothar smiled and said, "Remember what I said when I brought you to the Holy Land? ”

Andreas nodded his head: "I remember a lot, for example, you asked us to ban vendettas, perform military service, and pay taxes..."

Lothar was a little helpless.

Is there always only one Hans?

"It's not these, it's me who promised, as long as he makes meritorious deeds, I will give him the honor he deserves, regardless of his background."

Andreas's face was full of excitement: "Yes, it is this sentence, I remember, but I don't think this is what we deserve, this is clearly a gift from you." ”

As he spoke, he made a gesture to bow down.

Lothar grabbed his arm: "Don't worry, when the ceremony is held, it's not too late to kneel, go and complete my task, don't be too stingy, according to the budget of spending all the coins." ”

Lothar watched Andreas leave, and did not return to the room at the first time, but auctioned a silver coin and put it on the counter on the first floor of the inn: "A glass of ice wine." ”

"Yes, sir."

The bartender smiled flatteringly.

This big customer has made a lot of money in the past two days.

The streets were deserted because the duel was about to begin.

Lothar took a glass of wine and sat down by the window.

A glass of wine to your stomach.

There was a faint shouting in my ears.

The Dragonborn bloodline also strengthened his five senses, not only his eyesight, but also his hearing.

"Lords (all nobles), knights, sergeants, and others, this is a duel of honor to wash away shame!"

"According to the sacred rules of knightly dueling, this duel is confined to Pepin from Mantua, and Odolai from Sechem. Squires, sergeants, and any other armed men are not to be allowed to participate. ”

"You must pledge not to use bows, crossbows, witchcraft, or any other weapons or means that do not conform to the identity of a 'good Christian', and to use a cavalry spear and a knight's sword in a duel that is in accordance with the rules of the day."

"If any party uses weapons and armor made through sorcery or magic, it will be regarded as rebellion against the Father, and even if it wins, it will be punished as a murderer."

Listening to the shouts of the clergyman, Lothar couldn't help but think back to the duel that he had witnessed with his own eyes between Bélian and Lusignan's Juyin.

Dueling is a deep-rooted custom and tradition of the Franks.

Sometimes, even on the battlefield, when the two sides face each other, they will still take the form of sending players to duel to decide the outcome of a battle.

It is similar to the fighting link described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In this environment, the national spirit produced is naturally full of martial virtues, and it is reasonable that the Frankish knights are so strong in combat.

But at the same time, it also means that the recklessness of the Franks is overwhelming, and when dealing with a fierce opponent like Saladin, recklessness is sometimes more terrible than cowardice!

"Pilot—"

Hans jumped off his horse and walked towards Lothar: "My lord, I watched them go out of the city with my own eyes, and they did not linger in the city at all, nor did they talk to suspicious people. ”

Lothar ignored the innkeeper who had been flattering her, and walked upstairs with him: "It seems that it is my villain's heart. ”

The villain is the villain.

Humphrey's lesson was never to speculate on others with common sense.

For example, Humphrey would never have been able to attack him according to common sense, but he did it, because of the information asymmetry, Lothar could not have imagined that there would be such a factor as "evil god bewitchment".

Who knows if Savertine is also crazy, fighting for the body of this noble governor, and also going to start a riot in Montreal or something?

"Am I suffering from persecution paranoia?"

Lothar rubbed her eyebrows.

Hans whispered, "My lord, there is nothing wrong with being careful. ”

He wanted to speak, but he stopped.

Lothar said helplessly: "Is there anything you can't say directly to me?" ”

Hans scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "My lord, to be honest, I am a little afraid of what happened to you in the castle... If you can, I hope you can take me with you as much as possible in the future, and sometimes, I can do things that are not convenient for General Prajna. ”

Lothar patted him on the shoulder: "I appreciate your kindness, but I really don't have to." Moreover, I am not what I used to be, do I want to practice? ”

"Are you sure?"

Hans was a little confused.

Some time ago, in the fight between Lothar and Hans, even if Hans released the "sea", purely relying on swordsmanship, Lothar couldn't hold out for a few rounds at all.

It's just simple masochism.

"Of course."

"Let's go, go back to piercing the armor, let's have a good fight."

Lothar doesn't think that he is Hans's opponent now, but his combat power has definitely been improved in all aspects, as long as Hans releases the water, he feels that he should still be able to fight back and forth.

Both of them put on their armor and went to the backyard of the inn.

Lothar held the hilt and blade of the half-sword in both hands, and his vision narrowed with the helmet.

But Lothar's mental power skyrocketed, and the channels he used to observe the outside world were no longer limited to his eyes.

"It's time to begin, Hans, release the water first, and compress the power and speed to half of you!"

"Good!"

Keng——

Lothar strode forward, with an unpretentious crackle, and seeing that Hans immediately found the flaw, he picked up his long sword from the bottom up to meet it.

Originally, in his eyes, Hans, who was extremely fast, had a feeling of sluggishness in his movements at this moment.

He suddenly stopped his slashing motion, avoided Hans's counterattack, and lightly tapped Hans's helmet with the sharp hilt of his half-sword, making a crisp sound.

Hans stopped his movements in astonishment.

Lothar lifted her mask and said with some pride: "What, isn't it what it used to be?" Again, this time, if you give it your all, I'll use blood magic to help you fight! ”