Imperial Crown

Generally speaking, the busiest time in the arena is at night.

But today, the ninth day after Raven's wedding, although it was still daytime, the arena was already full of people.

In the front, viscounts, barons, knights and their families occupied quite a few seats. Behind them, there were businessmen, mercenaries, and adventurers from all over the place who came here to admire the reputation.

The opening ceremony of the Duel Conference is today.

Although the mercenaries and adventurers who came were not qualified to sign up, which somewhat disappointed them, but they could see the intensive knight showdown, so it was not a worthwhile trip.

You know, so far, 537 people have signed up!

Usually they work for the nobles, but now it is the nobles who perform for them. This is a good thing that no amount of money can buy, not to mention the ticket is only 5 copper coins?

As the host of this conference, Raven of course had to be present in person. After a brief speech, he returned to the box.

When the arena was first built, I never thought that one day we would be able to gather two counts, a marquis, and an archbishop. There were only three high-level private rooms, and no matter how they were divided, it would be inappropriate.

So Raven simply gathered everyone in his box.

Before the official start of the game, there is a warm-up performance.

After nearly two years of development, especially after the Dark Side of the Moon Circus moved in, the performance content of the Arena has become much richer. There is a dance troupe unique to the Arena, with a total of about 40 people.

These young and beautiful dancers poured into the center of the arena and began to dance to the rhythmic rhythm.

This was already a classic show in the arena, and Raven didn't pay much attention to it, but as the dance progressed, he began to feel that something was wrong.

Why are the people around me breathing heavier and heavier?

He glanced to the side and saw that Count Tyrone had arched his body and put his hands on the table in front of him; Montreal spread his legs wide and leaned in his chair; Marquis Anthony frowned and lowered the corners of his mouth; even Thomas The archbishop's eyes were filled with shock.

But without exception, their eyes were firmly attracted to the dancers below.

Raven's mind was filled with questions - Is this so powerful?

He also cast his gaze down.

These dancers were wearing "hunting attire" that was common for aristocratic women of this era when they went out, usually consisting of a wide-brimmed leather hat, a jacket, a shirt, leather pants, and leather shoes.

But Raven made some minor changes to it, such as replacing the leather jacket with a sail hat, removing the shirt to make the jacket tighter, replacing the leather pants with a leather skirt, with white stockings underneath, and Changed to black high heels.

Because Lei Wen participated in the design of these dances, they adopt the style of the previous Smecta Dance Company, which is the most eye-catching.

And considering how conservative this world is, the exaggeration of movements is only about 1/3 of the main body.

Unexpectedly, this little trick would open the eyes of these nobles!

Ninety-nine percent of the men present were so captivated by this dance that they couldn't bear to look away.

Not everyone is focused on dancing.

Viscount John was the exception.

He was too old and did not have such a strong desire for physical desire, so he took the lead in withdrawing his spirit.

To him, such attractive gimmicks and ingenuity were nothing. What really shocked him was the arena itself.

It's just too grand.

The duel venue below alone can accommodate two legions if arranged in a dense formation!

The spectator seats next to it are enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

I am afraid that there will never be another such carefully constructed venue in the entire Nord province!

Viscount John knew that this arena had been built for two years. Calculating the time, Raven was probably planning its construction before he left for the Bloody Highlands.

At that time, Raven only had Eagle Town and Goldsmith Town, and had not taken back Thousand Needles Jungle and Eagle Beak Mountain at all, let alone exchanged territories with him.

If all the money is lost after the arena is built, it will probably drag the Griffith family's finances into bankruptcy!

Did he anticipate and be confident, or was he crazy with courage?

Also feeling emotional was Hyde.

Although he was eligible to go to the box, he always felt stuffy, so he chose to watch from the crowd.

Because of this, he was able to immerse himself in it and truly feel the enthusiasm bursting out from the crowd.

The desire shown in the men's eyes made even the women crazy about it, making the atmosphere in the venue more and more heated, with screams and shouts endlessly heard.

Even Hyde, who always regarded himself as a gentle man, couldn't help but unbutton the top button of his collar and let out a cheer!

Where is the dignified and respectable appearance of the nobles?

When he came to his senses, the dance was over, as if he had experienced a dream.

The light reflected from the handkerchiefs, rings and earrings thrown in the venue told him that everything just happened was real.

"No wonder this arena is so famous!" Hyde murmured in a low voice: "Anyone here can't help but be immersed in it."

"Vulgar, so vulgar!" In the box, Marquis Anthony's throat trembled and his face turned livid: "Baron Raven, how could such a rude performance appear in such a solemn competitive competition?"

"This is simply a blasphemy against a pure soul, corrupting the morals and morals!"

Raven was quite speechless and thought to herself, didn't you enjoy watching it just now?

But it is not appropriate to say this directly. Even if you don't consider Anthony, you have to consider other people's perceptions.

Archbishop Thomas has even left the stage with an excuse!

"Ahem." Clearing his throat, Raven whispered: "Then I will arrange to cancel this kind of performance from the next game?"

Anthony was stunned: "What, there is more?"

"Yes, there are basically several games every day. As a relaxation between the competitions, there are more than one kind of dance." Raven said easily: "But since the Marquis doesn't like it..."

But before Raven finished speaking, Marquis Anthony suddenly said: "Look, the competition has begun!"

The opening of a game is extremely important. It must be gorgeous and lively enough, but it must not be so overwhelming that it suppresses the subsequent highlights.

So the first game was arranged to be a duel between second-level knights.

Also for the sake of perception, the horse battle was not adopted, but the duel was carried out on foot.

Ingra's voice resounded throughout the venue:

"Ladies and gentlemen."

"Welcome to the Eagle Town Arena. Today is the first competition of the competition."

"In order to commend the warriors of the first battle, the winner of this battle can receive a reward of 100 gold coins, which will be distributed on the spot!"

"The second-level Yellow Sand Knight Jennings from Xuefeng County and Kojia Territory will face--"

"The second-level Flame Knight Jia Peng from Xuefeng County and Xiecha Territory!"

The dense drumbeats sounded, and the fences on both sides of the venue rose, and two sturdy figures walked out of them.

Jennings on the east side was tall and strong, not much shorter than an ordinary warhorse. He was wearing bright yellow enchanted armor and holding a square-headed heavy hammer in both hands. The hammer head dragged on the ground, leaving a mark on the hard ground.

Jia Peng in the west was considered strong among ordinary people, but he looked a little thin in front of Jennings. He was wearing a dark enchanted plate armor, holding a shield in his left hand and a gun in his right hand. There was a smoldering fire on the tip of the gun, like a piece of charcoal burning quietly.

As an indispensable etiquette before the duel, both sides slowly walked to the middle of the field, collided their weapons with each other, and then retreated to a distance of about 20 meters.

"Duel--Begin!!"

Before the voice fell, Jennings shouted wildly, and bright yellow fighting spirit swept up, solidifying a layer of armor made of flowing yellow sand around him. This armor rotated around his body, causing a terrible impact force to burst out under his feet. He raised his war hammer with both hands and jumped out instantly!

"Knight Jennings took the lead in launching an attack. As we all know, as a variant of earth fighting spirit, yellow sand fighting spirit can also play a sufficient home advantage in any place with land!"

"And our Knight Jia Peng-he actually chose to defend!?"

Ingra spoke the voice of the audience.

Flame Dou Qi is good at attacking but not at defending, and Jennings is using a very offensive heavy hammer. With the strength of one, the other is weak, and defense is simply seeking death!

With the blessing of Dou Qi, even with heavy armor and a hammer in hand, Jennings still jumped only three steps and jumped over Jia Peng!

His hammer was wrapped with sandstorm-like Dou Qi, and it could strike down at any time!

"It appeared! This is Knight Jennings's signature second-level combat skill, Crazy Sand Explosion Hammer! It is said that even the Earth Bear cannot take this blow. Let's see how Knight Jia Peng will deal with it."

"It's a second-level combat skill, Fierce Dance in the Sky Ring!"

Just as Jennings was about to fall, with Jia Peng as the center, a surging fire swept across, rolling the ground into a circle of fiery red lava-like scorch marks. After expanding to a diameter of two meters, a column of fire shot up into the sky!

"This is a second-level extraordinary battle, a second-level knight's martial arts, yellow sand against raging fire, even if the crazy sand blast hammer is dyed red and burned into glass, the momentum is still unabated!"

"The power of the fierce dance ring is still dispersed, and it can't hold on!"

"But fortunately, Knight Jia Peng retreated in time."

"What a wonderful confrontation!"

Accompanied by Ingra's commentary, Jia Peng had already withdrawn, and the heavy hammer in Jennings's hand fell to the ground with the remaining force, smashing the already softened ground into a burst of fire!

Jennings snorted coldly, jumped up again and chased out.

"Oops, Knight Jennings was fooled!"

Just when the audience was puzzled by this sentence, the spear in Jia Peng's hand burst into a blazing white flame!

He bent his knees and stood still suddenly, his left hand sank, and his right hand raised the spear high, then pressed it behind his body, and the whole person was tense like a spring, and then threw it out suddenly!

"It's the Spear of Boiling Blood! This kind of fighting skill inherited from the orcs, can anyone master it?!"

The color of the blazing white flame in the air became darker and darker, really like blood, almost igniting the air, just like a blood-soaked knight riding a warhorse, charging with his last life essence!

At this time, Jennings had just landed, and it was the time when the old strength had disappeared and the new strength had not yet been born, and he couldn't dodge at all!

There was a burst of exclamations and screams around the stadium-Is the first battle at the beginning going to end with blood and life! ?

At this critical moment, Jennings shouted, suddenly raised the heavy hammer, and blocked the way of the Spear of Boiling Blood!

Kacha--

The sharp metal collision sounded, and the flames spread, almost wrapping Jennings in it, and the boiling yellow sand fighting spirit struggled to resist the blazing flames.

The spear tip pierced the hammer head, and broke through the armor condensed by the yellow sand fighting spirit, and finally used up all the power and barely stopped.

"Guard it! Knight Jennings's judgment and accuracy in grasping fighting spirit are truly astonishing. He is worthy of being a veteran second level!"

"But Knight Jia Peng has also started to attack. After holding back for so long, is it finally time for Flame Dou Qi to take the initiative?"

Zhan Nings dropped the broken weapon in his hand, pursed his lips, then shouted loudly, and launched a countercharge towards Jia Peng, who was rushing towards him!

During the process, Jia Peng's body also ignited flames, and he built a fighting spirit armor around his body.

The two collided together like two shooting stars!

Bang--

Jennings' fist fell on the shield, and the fighting energy collided and exploded with fire. Jia Peng used his right hand to hammer on the left hand holding the shield, and pressed towards Jennings!

Both of them have been at the second level for a long time, and both have ten-star strength. There is no distinction between them. Whoever holds the weapon at this time will have a greater advantage!

"The Jennings Knights are losing ground! This is the great advantage that belongs to the Japon Knights!"

"Knight Jia Peng suddenly stopped moving!"

"No, it's not that he didn't move, it was that his feet fell into the quicksand - Knight Jennings actually used his fighting spirit to create a piece of quicksand while retreating!"

Just as Engla said, Jia Peng's right foot was now firmly wrapped in quicksand and could not move.

If it were just ordinary quicksand, he would be able to melt it with just a push of fighting spirit and get out on his own, but this quicksand is maintained by Zhannings with fighting spirit!

Zhan Ningsi stepped back a few steps, distanced himself, then bent down, dug out a piece of soil with his hands on the ground, and then used his fighting spirit to crush it, forming a ball of yellow sand that was constantly dancing in the palm of his hand.

Then, it shot out!

Then it turned into a tornado of sand and dust, covering Jia Peng.

"This is the first-level combat skill 'Dust Rolling', which is usually not enough to cause damage to second-level knights, but Knight Jia Peng cannot move at the moment. Once the protective fighting spirit is worn away, he will probably be swallowed by the quicksand!"

"Exquisite tactics, it seems, we want to congratulate-wait, what is that, another Blood-Boiling Spear!?"

A burst of fire broke through the dust tornado, burning the dust into sparks, and flew towards Jennings at the same time.

This speed is much slower than the previous Boiling Blood Spear. Zhan Nings should have been able to avoid it, but now he not only maintains the quicksand, but also maintains the dust, so his movements are inevitably a step slower.

And he really didn't expect that Jia Peng actually had the means to fight back.

In a moment of hesitation, the fire had already broken through his fighting spirit armor, knocking out a huge dent in his shoulder armor, and he himself was knocked away by the huge impact, spurting out a mouthful of blood and unable to get up again.

The dust and sand dispersed, revealing the figure of the knight Jia Peng. The armor on his body had been worn out and the shield was still there, but the gauntlet on his right hand had disappeared, and the whole palm was dripping with blood.

"Burn the blood with flames, and create glory with blood!"

"Knight Jia Peng actually used his hand armor as a weapon and used the blood-boiling spear."

"Let us congratulate Knight Jia Peng for winning the opening match of this competitive tournament, and he will also receive a bounty of 100 gold coins!"

Cheers and screams were heard endlessly, and people shouted Jia Peng's name.

The happiest person is Viscount Broca, because Jia Peng is his knight; in comparison, Wessaxin's expression is much uglier, and Zhannings is his man.

Since all knights were required to report their combat skills when registering, Wessassin even suspected that Raven had used his position to reveal the details of Jennings to Broca.

But doubts were just doubts after all, so he had no choice but to work up his energy and prepare for his own competition.

This opening battle was a success. Although the excitement of the following battles was somewhat reduced, the atmosphere was already heated, and the nobles began to place bets spontaneously.

This also brought a new source of wealth to Raven.

Nobles are always very rich, and the amount of bets they make is much higher than that of commoners and businessmen.

With 537 people signing up, there will be 168 games in the preliminary round, 15 games a day, which will take 12 days.

As time goes by and each game passes, the competition becomes more and more popular, and some outstanding knights even have their own titles and supporters.

For example, Jia Peng is known as the "blood-burning hand".

Raven was very happy about this. After all, the more excitement there was, the greater the profits would be. He had already begun to arrange advertising spaces around the venue to seek rent.

But on the fifth day after the unveiling ceremony, Raven was startled by a piece of news as soon as he opened the Skyhawk platform.

At the same time, Old Gordon also knocked on the study door:

"Lord Baron, there is an important matter that requires your personal decision!"

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