Ever since Kyleus was infected by the 'Death Apostle Fangs' in his psychic suit and began the process of transforming into a vampire, he had never felt the sensation of discomfort in his body. Even his magician mentor, Julian Whitecoat, had never given Kylelius such an experience as the magician of the Eight Rings.

After all, even though Kyleus's transformation was far from over, and he had always been a half-vampire, the bloodline rank given to Kylelius by the Dead Apostles still had an overwhelming superiority over the vast majority of creatures in this plane.

At the same time, more than two months have passed since Kylelius graduated from St. George's College, but Kylelius is still a true rookie, both in terms of experience and combat experience.

Otherwise, an experienced person, even if his strength is not very strong, can quickly react in a very short time, what is this uncomfortable breath feeling.

"Rude, dear Father Kellius. The man in front of him seemed to have just remembered, and his bewitching smile that had not changed at all wore an elegant but contemptuous smile, and he said something that seemed to be polite but full of sarcasm and ridicule.

"My name is Cullol Russerufort, and you may likewise call me Your Excellency Baron Russerufol, and I am now in the position of Chief Inspector of the Castle of the Fortress of Cyprus, so please take your kind, Father. ”

The handsome aristocratic young man in front of him said extremely impolite words in a polite tone, and generally no one asked the other party to call each other their title honorific title when they first met between nobles, which was an extremely impolite behavior, and sometimes even a serious provocation to the other party.

After all, others call you your title out of politeness, but as a party to you, it is completely unruly to ask others to call you so.

But Keerlius did not show any serious concern, but only regained his original elegant and kind smile, and asked politely, "So, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Culloll smiled with satisfaction and a hint of smugness, causing a low screech from the ladies around her, who had been paying attention to His Excellency Baron Ruthrufol.

Although the man in front of him is only a baron and a low-level nobleman, the position he holds is also very important, and the real power is very huge. Rushing to the seat he was now sitting in, Kylelius decided not to care about his little bit of conceited pride and superiority.

You must know that although the 'chief inspector' is the lowest level of bureaucrat in the judicial system, he is in charge of all the judicial powers of a city and the towns and villages under its jurisdiction, and is the number one person in charge of the real power department of the city-level administrative units, discipline, public security, procuratorate, and law.

The judicial power has always been the most capable department of real power to operate and obtain political interests, and its number one can imagine what kind of hot position it is.

The person who can sit in this seat, without the support of some central bigwigs who are at least the duke-level behind him, no one will believe it, otherwise even if he reluctantly sits up, he will be pulled off the horse immediately for various reasons.

However, his next sentence made Kylelius forget for a moment the idea of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger that he wanted to make a little compromise.

"Duel!"

The handsome face in front of him still had an ironic aristocratic smile, but the words that came out of his mouth shattered Kyleus's desire to back down a little, and there was no room for maneuver.

The air in the field, because of Kurol's words, became unusually low and solidified, making the well-wishers and well-intentioned people who had been paying attention to the development of the situation not far away feel unusually uncomfortable.

Of course, this is not something that can be caused by a word from His Excellency the Baron in front of him.

"So, Your Excellency Baron Ruthrufol, what is the content of the duel?" asked Keleus, still smiling gently.

Although at first glance, his voice and tone did not change from the previous moment, if you are familiar with Kyleus, you can clearly feel the change.

This is the meaning of letting go of the people who are not very quiet in their hearts, and since coming to the Earl's Manor, for the first time, they have turned back into the cruel and cold-blooded professional magician, and they have been transformed into Kylelius who is in a state of war.

This is the real Acting Cardinal of Kellius, the man whom Bishop Julian privately calls a 'born magician'.

At this moment, he finally took off the 'camouflage mask' he had been wearing at this aristocratic banquet, revealing a little bit of hideous fangs lurking in the shadows.

"I, Kurol Ruserufor, in my capacity as Baron of the Kingdom of Ustan and President of the Cyprus Prosecutor, extend an invitation to His Excellency Father Kellius for a duel of 'Martial Arts'!"

Baron Ruthrufort immediately proposed the content of this duel without hesitation, and at the same time, it also caused a deliberately suppressed exclamation around him.

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'Immediately performing martial arts' is a mode of dueling that prevails on a large scale among the aristocratic classes of the entire continent.

This is a kind of dueling similar to the duel of knights in the Middle Ages two thousand years ago, and the two sides of the match were played on a rectangular field about thirty meters long and four meters wide.

The ground of this field is soft soil and sand suitable for horse charges, with a long wooden barrier in the middle, about one meter high, dividing the field into two tracks 30 meters long and 2 meters wide.

The dueling parties were located on the right runway at each end of the field, and received a hardwood knight's gun about three meters long from their designated knight squire.

After the referee signals the start, he starts to sprint forward, and at the same time the two sides stagger and use the spear in his hand to the opponent, and the hit is worth a few points, and the one with the most points according to the rules wins.

The rules of the duel are also very simple, only special knight guns can be used, and they must be seated on the horse's back, not hidden in the horse's side or under the horse's belly. Hitting the limbs is counted as one point, hitting the torso of the body is counted as two points, the knight falling off the horse and the weapon is deducted three points, hitting the head and the horse is counted as a foul and deducting three points, and the first to score three points is counted as winning a game, and the best-of-three system is adopted.

At the same time, the use of magic is not allowed in this duel, and of course, in order to prevent the contestants from cheating, some countermeasures are slowly being worked out.

For example, the knight's spear used in duels is made of Vernese iron wood that cannot conduct magic, and there must be a magician at least level 3 in the referee.

and the most important knight's full-body armor for 'horse martial arts'.