Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 326 Invitation to a Duel

The basement fell silent instantly. The nobles who had been whispering stopped and looked at the Marquis Marlon next to him with complicated expressions.

"I remember that there seem to be several laws in the kingdom that are specifically aimed at our noble lords. One of them seems to say that if the nobles clearly know that someone in the territory has committed a certain crime, and they don't stop and punish them, they will also be punished." Sentenced to the same crime as that person." Marquis Frank said again.

As a local lord and law enforcer, the Marquis Marquis clearly knew that there was a slave trade in the territory that was not tolerated by the law. He not only did not stop their behavior according to the law, but even condoned and covered them.

According to the laws of the Nord Kingdom, he will be sentenced for the same crime as those slave traders.

But this law has almost never been enforced, unless his lord, Duke William of Dawn Province or the King of Nord, compels him to implement it, other nobles are not eligible.

And the king is far away in other provinces, and his lord will not do such things that are not beneficial and offend others.

King Nord, who made this law, had a good idea, but he did not expect that it would be so difficult to implement.

The interests of nobles are intertwined and complicated. Generally speaking, nobles will not easily offend other nobles.

Moreover, the title of the Marquis Marquis is hereditary, as long as he does not commit treason, this position will always belong to their family.

Even if he is deprived of his title and exiled to the north, his title of marquis and territory will be inherited by his eldest son in accordance with the law.

Under normal circumstances, Duke William of Dawn Province would definitely not punish Marquis Marlon according to the law, deprive him of his title and exile him, at most he would only exile Morris.

Not only the Nord Kingdom, although other countries have clear laws, they will not strictly follow the laws.

And now there is a prince from another country present, he might maintain the majesty of the kingdom's laws for the sake of the kingdom's image, and execute the judgment in strict accordance with the law.

Marquis Marquis's face was a bit ugly, he didn't expect the worst result to happen.

He took a deep look at Prince Joyce and Marquis Frank.

Quickly thinking about remedies in his head.

If I inform Duke William now and tell him not to come here?
As long as he doesn't come, no one will enforce that law, and when the time is over, no one will mention it again.

But the duke had to come here, and he wanted to sign a peace agreement with that ignorant prince.

Rhodes turned his head to look at the ashen-faced Marquis Marlon and smiled.

It was easier to solve the matter than he imagined, and he didn't have to do much, and someone helped him do what he wanted to do.

Even though it was the thin nobleman who asked the last question, the Marquis Marron must have hated me.

Rhodes wasn't worried about this at all. He neither needed to get anything from Marquis Marlon, nor was he worried that Marquis Marquis would retaliate against him.

He is not afraid of poison, nor is he afraid of assassination. Marquis Marquis can't do anything that could threaten his life.As for Baron and the others who were far away in the territory, the Marquis Marquis' hand should not be able to stretch that long.

"What a surprise." Marquis Frank turned his head and smiled at Marquis Marlon.

Marquis Mullen snorted coldly, but was not angry.

"I think your highness, the magic technique you just learned may not be very proficient, and there will be some problems after using it. Let's arrest the people below first. After the banquet is over, we will confirm whether the Marquis of Marlon is real. It must have something to do with the slave trade." A fat middle-aged noble came over with a smile and wanted to make a relief.

Just as Prince Joyce was about to speak, he was pulled by a very shrewd old nobleman next to him, who combed his hair neatly.

"It's possible that there may indeed be some problems with the magic technique used by His Highness the prince." The old man said with a smile.

He turned his head and looked at Marquis Marlon, "I would like to apologize to you on behalf of Prince Joyce. His Royal Highness cast a magic spell on your son that he has not yet mastered, so that your son is unconscious. I said some wrong words in the state, and you lost your honor because of it, please don't get angry because of it.

When your Duke arrives, I believe he will prove your innocence. "

The words of the noble old man were also helping the Marquis Marquis. He directly denied the validity of the magic technique used by Prince Joyce.

Although the nobles present were very clear in their hearts, they did not open their mouths to refute.

"It's okay, it's okay, His Royal Highness is still young." Marquis Marron shook his head with a smile.

Marquis Frank wanted to speak all the time, but was stopped by several noble partners around him.

Marquis Marron turned around and walked to Rhodes, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Thank you so much today, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have discovered such a place in my city, even my son participated in it."

She's really thick-skinned, she actually started acting again.

Rhodes couldn't help sighing.

Do you want to break your face with them now, say "I can't learn your hypocritical way of speaking", and then reveal everything and tear off all the fig leafs?
Or learn how they play, play with them, and do what you want with their rules?

Although I would feel refreshed in the first way, in the eyes of these nobles, I may be exactly what they guessed, a young nouveau riche noble who knows nothing and is still self-righteous.

He is here to make friends, not to make enemies.

Even if it is to tear the face off with Marquis Marlon, the surrounding nobles will alienate themselves because of their actions.

Rhodes also wants to excel in acting and play hypocrisy, but he feels that he still lacks a little talent.

He took out a pair of white gloves from the space ring and threw them at the face of Marquis Marlon.

"Although my territory is also in the south of Nord, I am still a little different from the hypocritical nobles in the south like you. The nobles I have been in contact with are the northern nobles like Duke Ulver and Earl Jon who pay attention to honor.

You are full of hypocritical lies and have no honor at all. I am ashamed to stand with a person like you. Under the witness of the Holy Spirit, I will fight you. " Rhode looked at Marquis Marquis and said calmly.

In the end, he chose a compromise method, which did not break the rules of the nobleman's game.

The nobles in the north of Nord pay more attention to honor, and the nobles in the south pay more attention to interests. There are often nobles from the north who feel their hypocrisy and disgust when they come to the south, and want to fight them. This kind of thing happens from time to time.

Rhodes chose a duel, which is not counted as flipping the table, and will not arouse the disgust of all the nobles present.

Marquis Marlon pulled off the white gloves on his face, revealing his face that was blue with anger.

"I accept your invitation to a duel."

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(End of this chapter)