Mercenaries and Adventurers

Knight Crowe swiped the shining long sword held high in his hand twice, but the long sword, which was over one meter long, made a violent sound of cutting through the air. It was obvious that the knight himself was very strong and fast.

The Ika knight had to get to know this somewhat famous knight whom he had met for the first time.

He can do the same thing, but never so lightly and casually. This situation reminded him of an elder in the family, and a bad feeling emerged in his heart.

But then he tapped his chest with his fist, seemingly respecting Knight Crow's attack, but in fact he used this method to boost his confidence. After all, this first round of competition was the one he selected best. One ring.

Usually when he was out of the checkpoint and wandering around, he would take away all kinds of beasts and monsters he encountered on the road with a heavy hammer just like before. Even the particularly powerful monsters can be crushed and easily won by using the God's Prayer Attack.

It's just that the other side doesn't seem to be the kind of easy-going person he thought before.

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Seeing the merchants accompanying the army throwing their gold coins over to praise him, Knight Crowe smiled slightly, then pulled up the reins of the horse, causing the horseman to stand up, and then stomped heavily on his front hoof.

A shock wave invisible to the naked eye flashed from under the hooves of the war horses, and the range of force was extremely small. It simply stirred up the ground stones by 10 to 20 centimeters and then fell, but the gold coins that the merchants had just popped and landed received more shock waves. The force poured in, and after being blown away miraculously, they returned to the hands of their respective merchants the same way.

"Thank you for your kindness, but let's save the money for later."

After finishing speaking, he kicked the horse's belly covered in steel armor with his heel, and the horse quickly accelerated and ran towards the street.

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

The hooves of the horses, which were much heavier than the horses of the Ika knight just now, resounded through the street, and the people at the checkpoint on the side of the street didn't know whether they should applaud this knight from other places.

After all, although this knight is not young, and the armor on his body is mainly practical, not conspicuous and beautiful. But after all, the local people are used to seeing people from all walks of life traveling north and south, so they still have basic vision.

The huge armored horse and the knight in thick steel armor are more powerful and powerful than the Ika knight.

It was the first time they had encountered the faint vibration from the feet.

It is not difficult to imagine that such a knight gallops on horseback, even if it is a wide local house built with wood and mud bricks, it is estimated that it will fall apart if it is hit.

Like a huge round boulder rolling on the street, when Knight Crowe galloped across the street on his horse, none of the local residents on either side dared to shout or say anything.

Pulling the reins to slow down, the knight then stopped and stood at the end of the street.

Looking from a distance, another farm ox on the open space in front of the checkpoint was pulled over. No matter how this one felt bad and seemed to be quite irritable, how much the bull resisted, more than a dozen checkpoint soldiers still took the dishonest farm ox Tie it in place with a rope.

Moo, moo.

The cattle shook its head, trying to escape from here. The faint blood red on the ground around it made it very uneasy and panicked.

But as the Crow knight raised his long sword towards the cattle in the distance, the cattle immediately froze in place obediently.

"What's the matter? What happened to quiet the cow?"

Podris curiously asked the Ika knight beside him who was wiping the plasma on his armor.

He was simply wiping his armor in his hand, and the Ika knight squinted his eyes and replied to his elder: "It's the sense of destruction that comes from suicide, which makes that restless farm cow dare not move any more. That's not quiet , but dare not move."

Podolis looked carefully at the cattle, and found that indeed, the cattle did not move, not that they found a comfortable position to calm down. If you look closely at its body, you will find that the whole body of the cattle is trembling slightly, but it does not dare to move. move.

The suffocating silence was maintained for a moment, and then Knight Crowe roared, driving his armored horse and rushing straight towards the checkpoint.

The sound of huge horseshoes running, the heavy panting of war horses, the suspicious buzzing sound of Knight Crowe's long sword, and the oppressive feeling accompanied by the pavement. The merchants and residents on both sides of the street couldn't help screaming.

And the people on the open space facing the rush were even more pressured.

The Crow Knights in the distance of the street approached quickly with the bang and bang brought by the galloping horseshoes. The militiamen sitting on the ground couldn't help but want to escape from this place, and the merchants pushed and shoved backwards to hide in the carriages. And the soldiers in the checkpoint also ran towards the surroundings with exclamation.

Knight Rumi scolded, which made the soldiers who wanted to flee stay on the ground without embarrassment.

In just one or two breaths, Knight Crowe had already rushed over. The moment he was about to rush to the horrified cattle, he swung the long sword in his hand at the cattle twice very quickly, and with the disappearing There was a faint hum among the galloping horseshoes, and two fleeting arc-shaped sword blades hit the cattle one step ahead of him.

The Ika knight opened his eyes wide. He could see clearly that at that moment, the entire farm ox was chopped into multiple pieces from head to tail by the arc-shaped sword blades that staggered from left to right.

Then Knight Crowe rode his horse and slammed into him.

Like a heavy fist hammering a melon, the cattle that were chopped up first were smashed into pieces by the war horse. Although it is not as flamboyant as the Ika knight just now, the flesh and blood fragments splashed out in a fan shape still leave most of them empty The open space was covered with the flesh and blood of cattle.

The soldiers sitting in the front part were even covered with splattered flesh and blood.

Well, I couldn't find the body tissues of the larger cattle.

At the moment of the impact, Knight Crowe controlled the horse to slow down and stopped before the horse hit the soldiers sitting on the ground.

"oh!"

Unlike the situation of the Ika Knights just now, the Crow Knights' side was over in an instant. Many people just blinked their eyes, and the knight's attack passed in an instant.

Although Knight Crowe covered most of the open space with flesh and blood, his movements were so fast that people could only see the knight charging up on horseback, smashing the cattle into blood and flesh in an instant.

It seems to be very powerful, but it is far from the attack of the Ika Knight, which can be understood by ordinary people.

Even Kiel could barely see Knight Crowe swinging his sword to attack, but most people only felt that the knight rode his horse and knocked the cattle away.

Knight Crowe raised his eyebrows and listened to the whispered discussions of the people around him, and snorted dissatisfied.

He slapped the horse's head with a palm, and then he and the horse flashed together, and the blood and flesh on the armor of himself and the horse were directly blown out, and it was cleaned up in an instant.

The Ika knight stopped wiping the armor cloth in his hand, was stunned, and then continued to wipe.

But the action is obviously much faster.

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After a simple wipe, he didn't care about the people who cleaned the ground, and rode out directly, and asked loudly to the surrounding people: "Everyone, tell us, who is better in the competition just now."

Knight Crowe also rode to the center of the clearing and rode side by side with Knight Ika.

After pausing for a while, the names of Knight Ika and Knight Crowe were shouted from the mouths of the surrounding people. The people who started to call their names were almost the same, but soon the name of Knight Ika was better, and they were repeatedly shouted by the people around them. appear in the sound.

"Ika Knight!"

"Ika Knight!"

"Ika Knight!"

"Ika Knight!"

Hearing the people around him shouting his name, the young Ika knight couldn't hold back his excitement any longer. He glanced triumphantly at the Klau knight beside him, and then waved to the people around him.

"Hmph, young man, there are still two competitions."

After saying a word, Knight Crowe drove back to Baron Kendall.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but I couldn't beat that kid in the first game."

After Knight Crowe came over, he first apologized to the baron.

The baron waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, it's all within my expectations. After all, it's the site of the Ika knight. No matter how well you perform this time, he still has stronger power and influence in the hearts of the local people." Trust. It’s good to have someone support you in the first place.”

"Don't worry, you've won him in the next two games. In fact, your performance just now was already very good, well, it's just that you moved too fast, and I almost didn't see your shots clearly. Let alone ordinary people."

Shaking his head, the baron even felt that Knight Crowe had acted too seriously to lose just now. If this competition was changed from a simple show of force to a show of force, he might not lose.

After hearing this, Knight Crowe put his hands on his chin and thought about it: "Is it too serious? I understand, you have to fight well."

Knight Rumi laughed loudly: "That's right, Crowe, you moved too fast just now. If you attacked from a long distance, those people will naturally see who is stronger."

After speaking, Knight Crowe turned his head to look at Kiel: "So Kiel, how many times did you see me attacking on the horse just now?"

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Keir didn't expect that there would be a test at this time, and immediately turned his head to recall the memory just now.

He vaguely saw Knight Crowe swinging his sword, but the movement was so fast that he couldn't see clearly at all. But you can't say you didn't see clearly, can you? So Keel put his memory on the cattle that were killed.

He patted his forehead thinking about the state of the cattle just before being smashed to pieces by the war horse.

"Uh, it seems to be two or three." He remembered that the cattle seemed to be cut into several pieces in the air. The degree of fragmentation was obviously not achieved by one blow. Obviously not.

The end result is two or three strokes.

Listening to Kiel's answer, Knight Crowe nodded reluctantly: "Barely, you guessed it right."

Rumi Knight gave Kiel support: "This is not bad, even if it is a guess, it also shows that his reaction is faster than ordinary people."

Then they discussed the next two competitions.

Baron Kendall decided to put their designated competition at the end, and let the opponent propose the second competition first.

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"In the second competition, the knights' ability to control the horses will be compared."

Mr. Potoris shouted loudly at everyone, he stretched out a hand, and then pointed heavily at the Furai River where the Furious South Gate was leaning against.

"The competition is, the knight jumps across the angry river with his horse!! This is a competition that truly surpasses the strength of ordinary people. Whether you can pass or not, you will know the outcome at a glance."

The crowd made a noise, no one expected that it would be such a competition.

Although the Angry River is not a big river, it is still a dangerous situation that can block the communication between the two places. A huge stone bridge must be erected to communicate with the two adjacent provinces in the north and south.

And the competition turned out to be to cross the Angry River on horseback. Obviously, this was not about letting the knights pass the stone bridge, but riding a horse and jumping over a river bank tens of meters wide. It was simply impossible!

The people were talking, and so was the baron here.

"They must have traps. This is beyond what ordinary knights can do."

The baron frowned, twirling the slender beard around his lips.

Rumi Knight stretched out his hand and gestured the width of the two river banks: "It's about 65 meters. The banks of the Angry River are basically this width, at least this area is this width. It's the nearest place nearby. Other places It's only going to get wider."

Both of them looked at Knight Crowe, apparently neither thought they could do it to this level.

Knight Crowe crossed his arms and said, "If I don't ride a horse, I can almost sprint and jump over."

"Um?"

Knight Rumi was dumbfounded, obviously he couldn't do it.

"But if you add a war horse, it won't work. Although it is a brave boy, it can fight on the battlefield, but jumping is not its good point. If you use ordinary methods, it may only fall into the sky with me. Swimming in the river."

The baron tapped his forehead with his fingers: "If you can't even do it, how did that young knight do it confidently?"

While speaking, the baron's attendants invited several priests who were retreating in the carriage.

"My lord, please find us."

An old priest in the lead greeted the Baron instead of the others.

Baron Kendall was overjoyed, and immediately told the whole story of what happened just now, and asked the priests to judge which **** the Ika knight asked for and what trick he used just now.

After hearing the words of God's name that the Ika knight yelled just now when the baron yelled the bull, several priests immediately sat cross-legged on the ground.

Since they don't know it themselves, they can only ask the gods behind them if they know it.

Of course the gods knew, but the troublesome thing was whether the priests could contact the gods at this time, that was another matter.

But unexpectedly, a priest from the Church of the Sun God just sat down for a while before he got up and walked towards the baron.

The priest said something to the baron in a low voice, and the baron was very surprised: "It turned out to be the name of the **** of the sky, and prayed to the wind **** who is subordinate to the **** of the sky?"

The two knights looked at each other, and the matter was very clear. Not to mention the first competition, the second competition that will start soon, the other party will obviously use this method to cross the tens of meters of the angry river with people and horses .

"Now that I know that kid's method, I already have a way to win the third match. But what about the next match?"

The baron said to the two knights.

Knight Crowe frowned: "As I said just now, ordinary means won't work on my side, but unusual means, I'm still sure I can get through. I just don't know if it meets the rules of the competition."

He went on to say: "But since the opponent's kid didn't really rely on his strength to jump across the river, then my method is not suitable, but it's okay."

After he finished speaking, he smiled, and added: "And it will definitely look better than that kid's method."

The baron slammed his fist on the palm of his hand: "That's fine. After all, this competition is not a knightly competition. The rules are very rough. As long as it is not obviously wrong, the public will accept it."

"Besides, it's really not good, we can still mess around. The competition is messed up, and I just won't give them a chance to collect taxes. At worst, the matter will be messed with the local earl, and we will all go to the south by then. "

In this way, after they finished their discussion, they followed the movement of the crowd and moved towards the river bank next to the checkpoint.

The soldiers were asked to stay where they were, and there was nothing they could do about it. It was impossible for them to move around at will, so they had to stay where they were.

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On the river bank next to the checkpoint, two rows of flagpoles were urgently erected on the steep river bank. These flags that were originally fluttering in the wind on the level were moved here urgently.

On the other side of the river, the other side was also notified, and the flag of anger at Beiguan was erected.

Obviously, everyone understands that this is for the knights to run faster from here, and then jump to the designated place on the other side.

"Everyone, not only do you have to pass, the competition also requires the knights to come back from the opposite side!"

Mr. Podolis announced loudly, and the people were even more arguing.

A large number of onlookers did not think that anyone could cross such a wide river bank on horseback.

And not only that, the bank of the Angry River is not a gentle slope, but a steep rock wall that goes straight up and down. If you can't jump to the opposite bank accurately, you will fall in the middle unless you fall into the river, or you will kill the horse just by falling. .

There is also a height distance of more than ten meters above and below the river bank. If ordinary people fall, they will directly fall to death on the river beach below.

Ika Knight confidently looked at Kendall and his party coming over.

"How about it? You can still retain your dignity by admitting defeat now. If you lose, it will be ugly."

He was proud of himself, but he didn't know that his tricks had been seen through by the Kendalls.

The baron smiled and didn't answer, but just stretched out his hand to signal you to come first.

Seeing the appearance of Baron Kendall, even though the merchants accompanying the army lost a large sum of money just now, they regained their confidence.

Knight Ika looked at the expressionless Knight Crowe, sneered, and then walked towards a tent that had just been erected next to him. Everyone is curious, what is he going to do at this time? You have to go to the tent that hides your sight.

Keir thought for a while and guessed: "It's hard to change the armor on your body?"

"What do you mean?" The baron turned to look at Kiel.

Keir expressed his thoughts: "Since the other party is praying to the wind **** for strength to fly over, but he doesn't look like a devout believer, and there is no trace of the church on his body or in the level~www.readwn.com~ Explanation Either it's a divine blessing like this, or it's a family-inherited ability."

Kiel patted his long sword.

Both the baron and the knight knew that Kiel's long sword was blessed with the magic of the Church of the Sun God. Although it was only a strong flash of the church's magic, it was clear that Kiel's combat strength had increased a lot due to this.

"No matter which one it is, he is not a priest who believes in that god, nor is he a powerful divine knight in the story. Naturally, it would be better to replace the heavy armor on his body."

Knight Crowe nodded, approving Keel's inference.

Although it is natural to know the opponent's plan after a while, Keir can guess in advance, at least it shows that this young man is not a rough and reckless guy.

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Keel hit it off.

Even what Kiel said was light. Not only did the Ika knight who walked out of the camp change the steel armor on his body, he put on a gorgeous and bright knight dress. And even his steed was a surprise.

On both sides of the saddle, a pair of artificial flying wings with wooden frames and leather wings were added.

The people shouted loudly. Some businessmen seemed to see the way, while the women present were fascinated by the war horses with flying wings and the light and gorgeous Ika knights.

They shouted the name of the knight of Ica loudly, begging the young unmarried knight to look at them more.

On Kendall's side, the baron and the two knights looked at each other, and then laughed lightly.

Knight Crowe even pointed to the artificial flying wings on the horse, and talked about a secret fighting method of the Imperial Border Knights.

But as soon as he said a few words, he immediately realized that he shouldn't say this, so he stopped.