mechanical court

Ivan sat on the highest seat, and beside him sat a female witcher wearing black leather armor and steel gloves.She wears a forehead that symbolizes a high-level witcher. She has white skin, pale golden short hair parted in the middle, and beautiful pale golden eyes—it is Tessa who fought side by side with Ivan back then.

On the desk on his left hand side, lay a golden sun-shaped necklace with wavy borders, and the surface of the necklace was floating with a liquid-like luster.

"I'm very happy that you can retrieve the Wisdom Wheel, one of the seven sacred artifacts, for the empire. In addition to the reward you deserve, I also promise you one request, just mention it!" Ivan nodded with a smile.

"I send back the Wisdom Wheel just to let the empire put down the evil disaster as soon as possible, without any additional rewards." Tessa shook her head lightly, and answered slightly cautiously.

"If you don't get rewarded for your meritorious service, you will be punished. Have you thought it through?"

"Ah!?" The witcher looked very confused.

"Not being rewarded for meritorious service is undoubtedly forcibly raising moral standards, and forcing people who come later to give up rewards from the moral level. Since there is no reward for making meritorious service, then what credit do they make? In the long run, the enthusiasm of ordinary people will be reduced, so that No one is willing to find the holy artifact for me, do you think you should be punished?" Ivan asked with his eyes wide open, pretending to be angry.

"Then I will accept the reward... As for the requirements... I haven't made up my mind yet." Tessa replied weakly.

"Don't worry, when you think about it, you can come to see me at any time."

As Ivan said, he stood up from his seat, held up the magic wheel on the surface of the desk, and pointed to the main entrance with his left hand: "You can go back to rest now, and if you need anything in life, you can find Reni... In addition, replace me Greetings to Captain Orcas."

"Yes! Goodbye then." After receiving the order, Tessa turned around and left the reception hall, and quickly left the royal court under the leadership of a waiter.

After watching the heroic demon hunter go away, Ivan couldn't help laughing, raised the wisdom wheel in his hand against the light, and carefully studied the mysterious characters on the surface of the sun wheel:

"The Scepter of Reality, the Eye of Ugarte, the Eternal Labyrinth, the Wheel of Wisdom, the Scale of Good and Evil, and the Crown of the Sun... Now six of the seven sacred artifacts are in my hands, and only the sleeping one remains. The secret key of the holy palace in the depths of a canyon pool!"

At this moment, the identification device on his left wrist suddenly lit up, and after touching the answer button, the gloomy face of the white bear was displayed on the screen:

"Captain, you have to come to the space fortress for a while, someone is taking the lead in making trouble."

"Who?" Ivan put down the Wisdom Wheel with a calm expression, put it in the space armband, and asked indifferently.

one-one-one-one

Space Fortress, training hall.

At this time, the space simulated as a mountain was full of hustle and bustle. A muscular man with a naked upper body, camouflage pants and military boots on the lower body, brown skin, a flat nose bridge, small eyes, and everted lips was standing in a place where the turf was eroded. Shouting from the mound:

"What is this? What are we doing here!? We are fighters, we are qualified, and we are players in this game! Why do we listen to the orders of a half-baked king and receive simple and boring training here!? We want to be free! We want to indulge! We still want to marry the women of this planet! Fuck the rules, who can guarantee to live after listening to him? Since we are going to die sooner or later, why do we accept these useless training? Since there is not much time left, we should have fun while we can!"

While he was speaking, he was constantly accompanied by excited body movements, and the dreadlocks that were tied up in thin curls also bounced in clusters, and he looked very emotional.

"That's right! We want women! We want beautiful women!

"That's right! We are working so hard for his country, and he doesn't even want to give away a female slave. It's really stingy!"

"I heard that the queen of this country is a super beauty, let's go and snatch her here, how about we enjoy it together!?"

Many good-for-nothings followed the wind and made noises, blowing whistles, and yelling centered on the muscular man, and the noisy atmosphere continued to intensify.

Whoosh-!

A dazzling light flashed in the space, and before everyone had time to react, it flooded the muscular man's body from front to back.Then, a deafening crash pierced people's eardrums, and a wide gully several hundred yards long appeared in the middle of the mountain without warning.The dust ejected from the surface formed a majestic waterfall in the air, falling down like a drizzle.

On the other side of the gully, a strong black man with twisted joints all over his body was lying down in the sand with a painful expression on his face, his whole body was twisted like a twist, unable to move.

At this moment, the space suddenly fell silent, and all the qualified people who followed him and booed all closed their mouths at the same time.They raised their heads at the same time, looking at the oncoming figure, showing fear and apprehension.

"The reason why you came here is to pass the final trial! No one asks you to stay here, and no one is obliged to protect you. If you want to leave, you can leave now."

Ivan lightly shook his right fist and strode towards the group of people. A gleam in his black eyes was like a cold blade, cutting their hearts instantly: "If you want to stay here, if you want to survive, you must abide by the rules. The rules here. You can raise your opinions and ideas, but if I find anyone who dares to make trouble..."

When he said this, he paused deliberately, and then suddenly emphasized his tone, his voice was like a knife splitting a gold stone, and sparks splashed everywhere:

"I can't use the monster to shoot, I will help him get rid of it first."

"Hehehehe...hahaha...that's amazing, it really deserves to be the runner-up of the King of Fighters tournament."

The strong black man with twisted joints suddenly sneered in a low voice, with veins popping out on his face, and his bones and muscles were constantly shaking because of the laughter.Then he stood up again staggeringly, the twisted joints made a strange noise in the process, and quickly screwed back to their original positions like a loose screw cap.

"But sneak attack is not a skill, if you have the ability, beat me again."

After saying this, he took a deep breath, and his sturdy figure began to change instantly, and a purple-black flame burned and surrounded him.Muscles bulge, tendons and bones hardened, skin membrane thickened... At a speed visible to the naked eye, his figure rapidly grew from a human form, and continued to expand and become stronger.

Chi-!

His military camouflage pants were directly split by the bulging muscle skin underneath, as if he was blowing air. In just a few seconds, the muscular man transformed from a human being with brown skin to a three-meter-tall purple with thick hair. black werewolf.

The werewolf was covered in a purple-black mist, and a maddening aura spread out around its body—like countless tentacles of smoke, spreading in all directions.

A blood-red vertical pupil lit up from his forehead, complementing the other two blood-colored pupils.

Om-!

It suddenly bent down, with its legs slanted and spread outwards, grasping the ground with one hand, and assumed a sprint posture: "Don't worry, I will show mercy... because it is too boring to kill you directly, I Will break your limbs, then grab your queen, and pour her into a pregnant woman in front of you!"

boom--!

Before the werewolf could finish his words, strong light penetrated through it in an instant, submerging its figure again—another wide gully with a length of hundreds of meters appeared in the middle of the field without warning, and the tumbling sand above it could be vaguely seen There is a golden arc of light passing by.

A few black hairs fluttered messily in the air, and slowly fell to the ground. The onlookers turned their eyes to the gully, but couldn't find its body—it took several seconds before they were convinced that this foul-mouthed man The strong black man has been completely wiped out.

"You asked for it yourself." Yiwen stood on the spot with a cold expression, looked at the black hair remaining in the gully, and said slowly.

Witnessing the scene where Ivan killed the werewolf in seconds, the qualified people who had made trouble before were quiet for a moment, and returned to their respective training teams one after another, sweating hard to practice—these people have all become model workers at this time, never mentioning freedom, indulgence, or Want a woman thing.

On the top of the rockery on the northwest side of the training ground, Tesla sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain, looking at the three hundred-meter-long ravines in front of him, narrowed his eyes and asked coldly:

"Did you see the movement of his punching?"

"..." Peggy stared at the smoky gully, tightened her lips, and shook her head without saying a word.

"This is his famous stunt, Jiaoyalong Killing Fist, a super nirvana second only to divine skills. The movement of punching and closing is as fast as lightning, and ordinary people can't see the movement of this move clearly, making him look like he is standing still. It’s like standing still in place. A punch is like a ray of light, and its power is even more earth-shattering, and it can preemptively strike with one shot.”

A sneer twitched at the corner of Tesla's mouth, and he said rather gloatingly: "This idiot Simon thinks he has touched the threshold of the fourth level, and he can transform into a madman, so he dares to play tricks with master fighters. die!"

"This guy...so strong!" Peggy subconsciously echoed.

"I've seen the video of Yiwen fighting with Khan and No. [-]... It can be said that the instant dragon killing fist is almost invincible. Even if it is as strong as Khan, it can't last for a few rounds. Those with weak basic abilities Zero is even more helpless, if it wasn't for that guy's bad luck and inherited the combat experience of Mr. Yves... the title of King of Fighters should belong to Ivan." Tesla sighed with some regret .

"In terms of talent, Ivan and No. [-]... No, Ivan and Ives are at the same level as their predecessors, but No. [-] stood on the shoulders of giants." Peggy said in a serious tone.

"Well, this guy is definitely a genius in mixed martial arts..."

boom--!

Suddenly, there was a thunderous roar in the distance, and the space fortress seemed to vibrate violently.

Ah—ah——!