Above the Seven Towers

"The king and queen are here!" The voice of the duty officer sounded. Everyone stopped talking and turned their gaze to a door on the throne side.

I saw that under the guards of the four guards, the king wore a robe of golden light and green, a crown on his head, and a saber around his waist, and walked into the hall. The queen's dress matched him, and walked beside him dignifiedly. There are two other attendants, one holding a long wand and one holding a folded robe, walking behind them.

The king and queen walked to a platform with five stairs at the end of the hall, and sat on two thrones respectively. Four guards and two attendants also walked on the platform and stood around them.

The people in the room quickly reached their respective positions, and the noble officials, mages, and priests were distinguished. Then salute the king under the command of the duty officer. Most ordinary nobles bow down to salute, and the mages, priests and knights perform their own professional etiquette.

Xiao Chen saw the king more than two months later, and found him and the king he saw in the warehouse at that time were just like two people. At that time, even if the king was in poor health, it was difficult to see signs from the appearance, and the current king is not too much to describe the serious illness. His face was as white as powder, his lips were not bloody, and his eyes were deeply sunken and black, as if he had applied eyeshadow. If this is a good health, I do n’t know what I ’m going to get sick.

The king put his hand on the armrest of the throne, leaned forward slightly, turned his head and scanned the crowd in front of him, and smacked his lips, "The people came together today."

The Marquis of France, in charge of court etiquette, replied: "Your Majesty, the mages and guests attending the ceremony of the closing of the Tower of China today are all here. Can we start the ceremony?"

"Well, I have met privately with Master Xiao Chen and Master Luo Ling in private, and they are all very good young people. I think that the undeveloped land on the other side of Montenegro will make a name in their hands." The king said slowly, "However, many of you still don't know them, and some people have questioned me before, think these young people can protect this land? Although I myself trust these two young people People, but the traditions of the kingdom are traditional. So today these mages from Montenegro need to prove themselves here. "

The Marquis of Francisco was surprised for a moment, obviously also surprised: "Your Majesty, do you mean to challenge the challenge?"

"Yes." The king looked at Xiao Chen. "Xiao Chen, you are a foreigner. You may not understand the origin and rules of the challenge. Please ask Marquis Francisco to explain it to you. I believe there are many here. The nobility has also forgotten about it. Many people today brought their eldest son and eldest daughter, and they just understood it together. "

A group of people in the office felt that this was a sudden incident. They originally thought that they came here to gain insight and benefit. Unexpectedly, the king suddenly came out in such a way, that everyone was either not angry or worried. Instead, Xiao Chen received a warning from Master Gordon before, and was prepared in his heart. Although I do n’t know how to challenge this challenge, but just like Master Kona said, it ’s a big deal.

auzw.com Not far away, Earl Carlos gently shook his head at him, revealing a disdainful smile, as if mocking the king ’s little family.

The surrounding guests also had a lot of discussions. The meaning of the king's words is very clear, that is to make people challenge Xiao Chen to obtain the qualification of the land. This change makes the people who hold the lively thoughts very interesting. However, the people who promoted this plan were very dissatisfied.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Francisco cleared his throat and calmed everyone down. "Your Excellency Xiao Chen," questioning the challenge "is a rule created by Allen I, the founding king of the Iberian kingdom. Lun I believes that any aristocrat or mage who has the ability to manage a piece of land needs to have four qualities: fairness, bravery, strength, and wisdom. So when he divided the lords, any guests present were allowed to challenge. All the doubters can be selected Three people come to challenge the segregated family. The challenged family also needs to send three people for three one-on-one duels. If the challenger has won more than two victories, it means that the recipient has not enough power to protect themselves. The territories are regarded as unjust this time, and the king will take back the territories. "

"If you can't defeat your opponent, it's considered injustice?" Li Jia asked. "Doesn't justice say right or wrong? If the challenger is a saint, who can win the challenge?"

The Marquis of Francisco explained: "Allen I said that the greatest injustice of the lord is incompetence. If you, as the lord, you or your men cannot defeat the enemy, it is naturally wrong. Because the enemy wants to invade At that time, you will not consider your strength. "

Xiao Chen frowned and looked at the king and asked, "Your Majesty, I guessed right. Such a challenge has not been seen for many years?"

The king smiled meaningfully on the chair: "It is not true. Since I became king, I have only encountered one such situation, which was more than 20 years ago. The challenge was with the recipient at that time. A family of Qiu. The sealed family defeated the challenger cleanly in that duel. Today, the decision is yours, but you can only decide to win or lose, not qualified to decide whether to fight or not. Because In the Kingdom of Iberia, questioning the challenge is a sacred tradition. As long as someone proposes, no one else can intervene. You have no other way but to fight or give up. "

"Then start. Don't waste everyone's time." Xiao Chen said coldly.

The king waved his hand to the Marquis of Francisco, and the marquis announced: "Now enter the questioning stage. Could any of the guests present question the ability of the Tower of China to manage the fiefs. Please stand up."

The crowd in the hall discussed the commotion, when a male mage came out of the crowd. Said: "I question. I am Arus from the Tower of Thousand Thoughts, high-level peak strength. I am from the southern part of the Montenegro region. I have never heard of any decent magic heritage in the northern part of Montenegro. 'S heritage is not eligible for such a large piece of land, so I have to challenge them! "

Next came a knight in armor, "I am Savage, a high-level knight from the Legareta family."

The knight did not say the reason for his challenge, but Luo Ling said softly to Xiao Chen: "This family is the actual master behind many of the daily necessities trade in Suero. Our business has a great influence on their family."