Working Prophet.

Chapter 530 Too Slow

The battle between Ilea and the Earth Bear was full of twists and turns. In the end, the female lord chopped off the head of the Earth Bear with an axe. The bloody scene deeply shocked everyone present.

However, this match was not the only one that was upset today. The Silver Knight, who was once ranked second in the odds list and was overtaken by the female lord until the day before yesterday, also lost.

And unlike the Earth Bear, he lost to an unknown opponent—a foreigner nicknamed Hunchback.

The origin of the hunchback is very mysterious. No one has heard of this name before this martial arts competition. He seems to have appeared out of nowhere and passed all the way.

Although there were dark horses like this in the tournaments in previous years, most of them were short-lived. It was quite rare for a silver knight like the hunchback to reach the quarterfinals and kill the most popular candidate for the championship.

He showed incredible dexterity and excellent footwork against the Silver Knights.

The Silver Knight did not let it go, it could even be said that it performed super-level, both offensive and defensive were impeccable, and the wonderful performance of predicting the opponent's moves in advance attracted the applause of all the knights of the Royal Knights.

However, the two sides fought for hundreds of rounds, but the Silver Knight still failed to take down the hunchback, and instead began to slow down due to the loss of physical strength.

As the most legendary knight in the empire today, the instructor of the Royal Knights is almost impeccable in martial arts and morality, except that he is a little older, already over two hundred years old.

Even for the generally long-lived half-orcs, they have already entered their twilight years, and their bodies have begun to decline. In addition, they have experienced several battles in a row these days, and the Silver Knight does not want to hurt the opponent's life.

This made many of his killer moves unusable, and some people even made a battle plan specifically for this point, although in the end these people were convinced to lose.

However, in order to win these battles, the Silver Knight also needs to devote more physical and mental energy than others, and it is normal for him to feel tired.

If he just lost the contest, everyone would recognize the strength of the hunchback while regretting it.

However, what the hunchback did afterwards caused an uproar among the onlookers.

He didn't take advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack, and won the contest in one fell swoop. On the contrary, he slowed down the rhythm of the attack, and continued to consume with his opponent like a cat playing with a mouse.

From time to time, he will deliberately sell one or two flaws to lure the Silver Knight to take action, but every time, he can always show his dexterity and agility to the fullest at the last moment, avoiding the fatal blow of the old knight.

The two fought to the end, and those who were close could even hear the silver knight's panting, his chest was rising and falling, and his gray hair was just stuck to his forehead.

He also knew that he had little chance of winning, but the persistence and pride of the knight did not allow him to give up the fight.

But the more serious he is, the more relaxed and freehand he can bring out the opponent, the hunchback can hear the scolding from all around.

Out of the corner of his eye, he even caught a glimpse of several knights of the Royal Knights trying to rush in and cut him down, but they were stopped by the guards in charge of maintaining order on the way.

The corner of the hunchback's mouth curled up, instead of being afraid, he showed a slight smile, "When I first came to this continent, I asked the people here who is the best at swordsmanship.

"I have heard many names, of which you and Essos are the most mentioned.

"But Essos disappointed me a little. He didn't have the guts to participate in the tournament, and he was defeated at the beginning by a fat, overdrinking and fat man.

"But fortunately, there is still you. Your courage is quite good, but unfortunately, your skills are not worthy of this courage. With this strength, you can become an instructor of the empire. It shows that this country really does not have any decent strongmen.

"My father always said that peace is our greatest enemy, and you have been peaceful for too long and have become extremely weak. Let me teach you how to fight."

After the hunchback finished speaking, he took a step up with his right foot and made a chop. Seeing this, the Silver Knight immediately used a glance to meet the enemy, using his strong sword to block the hunchback's weak sword.

The hunchback's sword finally fell on the silver knight's cross guard, and then the silver knight turned to chop the hunchback's head with his weak sword.

Although the old knight's body was very tired at this time, the instinct tempered by countless battles still drove him to make this set of actions.

And his textbook counterattack also made the knights present couldn't help applauding again.

But the applause only lasted for a short breath before it stopped abruptly.

Because the hunchback only slightly tilted his head and dodged the opponent's determined blow.

"It's too slow." The hunchback slumped and bumped into the old knight's chest, causing the latter to stagger.

Then he kicked the silver knight in the lower abdomen again, and even after being hit hard, the silver knight still clenched his teeth, drew his sword to force the hunchback back, and stabilized his position.

But the hunchback didn't even look at the long sword that was slashing at him, and directly punched the old knight on the chin, causing him to take two steps back.

The Silver Knight now looks like he is drunk, and he can barely stand upright.

Unable to maintain any posture anymore, he could only barely support his body with the long sword to prevent himself from falling.

But the hunchback's words sounded from his ears again, "Okay, let's go here, I'm already tired of playing."

After speaking, the hunchback raised the saber in his hand, leaned forward lightly, and stabbed it into the old knight's throat.

Blood left along the edge of the sword, and the look in the Silver Knight's eyes gradually dimmed.

"I heard that you don't like killing people, so you must have already made up your mind to be killed."

The hunchback said leisurely, and this action of his completely enraged the crowd. First, the knights of the Royal Knights made a commotion, and then some people shouted at the stands, asking their followers to fetch weapons.

The Silver Knight is highly respected in the Royal Knights, and many people have been taught by him or have asked him for sword skills.

All these people couldn't sit still after witnessing him being killed, and even in a near-execution way when the outcome was already decided.

This is different from the battle between Ilea and the Earth Bear. The two already had a grudge before, and they got the emperor's permission to resolve the conflict through fighting.

Moreover, in the process of fighting, both Ilea and the Earth Bear were almost killed by each other, and both sides became angry, and there was no reason to hold back.

However, the Silver Knight has always practiced the way of benevolence of a knight. He has not killed a single person in the competition until now, but it is such a legendary knight who is respected by everyone, but now he died tragically in the competition field.

(End of this chapter)