Imperial Crown

Chapter 248 For...

For the 11,800 grand prize of Qidian’s father [Bi Luo Qing Hairpin]; additional update [Two]

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What is the difference between bravery and recklessness, confidence and arrogance?

There may be many answers, but if you ask Marquis Anthony, he will say that only by experiencing life and death and facing life and death can you understand the difference.

Although Marquis Anthony recognized Gul'dan's talent and ability, he never considered Gul'dan to be Akori's opponent.

Because Gul'dan never knew what it was like to feel between life and death.

This kind of nobleman soaked in a honeypot, no matter how good his fighting skills and strong his fighting spirit are, they are just beautiful dolls filled with cotton wool and will only be smashed to pieces by sharp blades.

But this game that ended with Omaha's death completely changed Marquis Anthony's impression.

No matter what kind of person Gul'dan was before, after experiencing this, his mentality was on the same level as Akori.

Akori, can we really still win?

Suppressing his uneasiness, Anthony congratulated: "... Count of Montreal, you have raised a good son."

"My son has never been bad." Montreal puffed up his chest. This was the first time he saw a real shining point from Gul'dan, but the joy did not completely go to his head: "However, even more It’s the Baron of Omaha who deserves respect.”

"He was a true nobleman."

"Courage is the most precious quality that we and other human beings have had so far." Archbishop Thomas said with emotion: "I will personally preside over his funeral and adopt his son to join the Holy Knights."

After thousands of years of development, the Church of Light may have decayed, but it is still the organization with the most transparent path for advancement among the human race. To become a Holy Knight, as long as you have enough talent and perseverance, the Holy See will provide you with promotion materials.

This is also an important reason why the Church of Light can radiate its influence to all five major human forces with just one Papal State.

And now, what Thomas is doing is deepening the influence of the Church of Light in the Nord province.

Earl Tyrone didn't say a word, just sighed quietly.

Raven didn't speak either, but as the organizer of the competition, he expressed his stance with practical actions.

On the day the game ended, a mourning hall was built outside the arena to temporarily store the body of Baron Omaha. Raven even used ice magic himself to prevent the body from rotting.

As the tournament progresses, Omaha is not the first noble to die on the battlefield, but he is the only one to receive such attention.

Because of his status as a baron, because of his courage to fight to the death for glory, and most importantly because he had a good opponent, he left an extremely exciting duel at the end of his life!

The public opinion about the competitive conference has reached a new climax. Everyone is discussing this battle and every detail during the battle.

Some good people even sorted out the last conversation between Gul'dan and Omaha through an extremely primitive method - that is, asking everyone who was sitting close to him at the time - and sent it to Sky Eagle together with the life of Baron Omaha. The platform spread from the Sky Eagle Platform to the entire Nord province.

The reputation of Gul'dan, one of the protagonists, has soared. Not only in the areas traditionally controlled by the Fox family, but also among the nobles who have always disliked the Fox family, they have also praised him.

Guldan was so happy that he came directly to the door and drank wine with Raven and Nancy for a long time to celebrate.

Another protagonist in the story, Baron Omaha, received courtesy that he had never imagined before. Every day, many people spontaneously came to send flowers.

Manseni, who returned with Denise, did not understand the reaction of these nobles.

In her opinion, these people were just moaning for no reason and were full of food - they were just dead old men, right?

Several corpses can be fished out of the Mon River every day, including men, women and children. If their stories were told, they would be much more pitiful than the nobles.

But Manseni also knew that it was too difficult for the nobles to lower their heads and see how the people at the bottom lived. Only nobles like Raven who were born among the poor could understand how difficult life is. .

This is also what Manseni feels most recently.

Raven really knows what people need, and he has brought changes to the territory that other nobles cannot.

Manseni had heard about the prosperity of Eagle Town for a long time, and after arriving, she also found that the prosperity here was no less prosperous than the upper town of Meng City.

But her real focus is not here. Building a small Eagle Town is nothing. The real level of governance depends on the entire territory.

So in the past three months since she came back, Manseni traveled almost all over Raven's territory, and she became more and more admirable for Raven's governance ability.

In terms of area, Raven's territory has exceeded Meng'en City by a lot; in terms of population, it is less than half of Men'n City.

The lives of the residents here are better than those in the lower city of Meng'en City.

It’s not that you’re actually richer, it’s just that everyone’s life is more stable.

The reason why gangs are rampant in Men'en City is because there are too many young people who can't find serious jobs. If they want to have enough to eat and support their families, they can only work in side jobs and join the underworld.

And in Raven's territory, as long as you're not too weak to get up, there's always something to do.

Fishing, farming, textiles, animal husbandry, even if you don't like doing these, there are many jobs to choose from.

The two factories next to Xuefeng Town have absorbed more than 800 people so far, and the number is still increasing every year; and the industries surrounding the factories, such as transportation, turnover, and warehousing, also require a lot of labor.

The construction of the new castle is still going on, which is the part that consumes the most manpower, and once the castle is built, these people will not lose their jobs.

There are still large tracts of land in Xuefeng Territory that need to be reclaimed.

The entire territory is in a thriving state.

She began to think again about Raven's proposal at the beginning, whether to stay in Eagle Territory.

But the problem is that in Monen City, she can lead the security forces as a man as "Manson", so what can she do in Eagle Territory?

At this moment, a whistle and cheers woke Manseni up and drew her attention back.

Today is the 4th day of the 6th round of the competition. The first game will be between the Knight of Light Savannah and the Knight of Wami of the Pintson family.

Manseni is not very interested in the performances of the nobles, but she has not missed any of Savannah's games.

Because Savannah is one of the few female contestants who has persisted until now, and she is different from other female contestants.

Other female contestants can be seen at a glance that they are here to "perform", showing their different characteristics from ordinary women, and their essence is to attract men's attention.

Mercenaries hope to marry into a wealthy family and become nobles; nobles hope to be favored by great nobles.

Only Savannah has never acted coquettishly, nor will she deliberately show her feminine weakness. She has been fighting hard for victory in every game since she came here.

In the arena, Savannah and her opponent collided with weapons.

Just like a few years ago on the bloody highlands, Savannah still wore the standard armor of the Church.

The characteristic of this armor is that the chest is tattooed with an ∞-shaped emblem representing the Lord of Light, and the style is not affected by the current trend of aristocratic armor. There is basically only a difference in size between men and women.

If you ask what is the popular trend of "now aristocratic armor", just look at her opponent Wami.

Regardless of whether it is practical or not, the helmet must be decorated with a red tassel; the chest must be raised high, and the outline of the chest and abdominal muscles must be shaped; there must be an exaggerated and obvious bulge on the upper part of the leg armor and the lower part of the chest armor to show the "masculine power".

"Knight Savanna, haha, I didn't expect to meet you in this round." Wami touched swords with Savanna in a very gentlemanly manner, but when Savanna was about to put away her sword, he put his sword on her ambiguously: "If you promise to come to my room tonight, I can lose to you."

Because Savanna is so serious, so serious that few people have seen her face, this has greatly aroused the curiosity of the spectators.

So much so that now in the arena, "whether you can knock off Savanna's helmet" has become a very eye-catching gambling project.

Facing Wami's frivolous words, Savanna drew her sword decisively and retreated: "Mr. Wami, please respect yourself."

"Tsk, you are so hypocritical." Wami said disdainfully: "Then don't blame me for being merciless, Savanna 'Ms.'!"

Ms. has always been a name for married women. Wami's words imply that Savanna is no longer a virgin.

But Savanna did not refute.

Words have no weight, only actions have meaning!

The duel officially began.

The moment Ingra opened her mouth, golden light fighting spirit gushed out of Savanna's body, wrapped in standard armor, like a sun blooming on the ground.

She held the sword with both hands, the hilt against her shoulder, and the blade pointed straight to the sky. This "low top sword posture" is the standard start of the Knight of Light's swordsmanship!

Although he was talking nonsense, Wami did not relax his vigilance. The earthy yellow fighting spirit around him condensed into solid armor. The long sword in his hand seemed to be casually pointing to the ground, but it was a "deceptive sword posture".

This is a common move for masters to tease their enemies, and it is known for its flexibility.

The tip of the sword kept moving, obviously provoking Sawanna.

But Sawanna was not angered by this move, but calmly stepped forward until the two of them got closer and closer, and then a layer of brilliance suddenly lit up on the blade, and it slashed down vertically!

For Sawanna's game, Wami had studied it thoroughly, so at this moment he immediately closed his eyes, and then his fighting spirit poured into the long sword to block it!

Zhe——

The two swords crossed, and the fighting spirit burst with sparks. Wami's strength was originally greater than Sawanna's. The thick earth fighting spirit shook and deflected Sawanna's weapon. The long sword in his hand was handed out, but he did not pursue the nearest neck, but probed towards Sawanna's lower abdomen!

"Sawanna used the first-level combat skill 'Flash Strike', but was discovered by Wami. It's dangerous! However, Knight Wami seemed to be affected by the flash strike, and the sword stabbed off!"

The Dou Qi wrapped in the sword tip resisted the armor. The earth Dou Qi was not sharp, but the heavy force acted on Sawanna through the armor and knocked her back several steps.

The long sword in Wami's hand returned to the deception sword position again, and he complacently threw out a double entendre: "How about it, Master, my kung fu is not bad, it's not too late to admit defeat now!"

Sweat soaked on his forehead. Sawanna suppressed the pain and numbness from her lower abdomen and swung the sword again. This time, the blade burst out with brilliant light again.

Wami sneered in his heart and closed his eyes, but this time there was no expected strong light. He was startled and opened his eyes quickly, but saw Sawanna's sword momentum changed from slashing down to slashing horizontally. At the same time, a blade condensed by bright Dou Qi appeared on the other side.

It was as if two sharp swords were slashing at him at the same time!

Taking a deep breath, Wami roared, and under the effect of his fighting spirit, the earth suddenly flowed like liquid, climbed onto his body, and condensed into a thick hard shell.

"Sawanna successfully deceived her opponent and used the second-level combat skill, Double Saint Slash! But Knight Wami, who possessed the earth fighting spirit with the best defense, immediately used the 'Deep Rock Armor' and succeeded - oh no, in a hurry, it was not completely blocked!"

The sword condensed by the illusory golden light exploded into a sky-high glow after touching Wami's armor, but the long sword in Sawanna's hand successfully broke through Wami's deep rock armor and cut a dent on the heavy armor he was wearing!

Ding——

The armor began to vibrate, and Wami's chest was choked and severe pain came.

"You dare to hurt me!?" Wami's eyes widened with anger, and he swung his sword suddenly. Sawanna quickly drew his sword to resist, but was hit off the target.

"You stinky bitch among men! Do you really think you are worth a lot!?"

The heavy earth fighting spirit was fully exerted by Wami at this moment. He held the sword with both hands and swung it continuously. Wrapped in fighting spirit, the long sword was as heavy as a sledgehammer. Every slash made Savanna exhausted and she could only keep parrying and retreating.

The tyranny in Wami's heart broke out at this moment!

His grandfather was Viscount Morgan who died on the battlefield two years ago. Although the Pintson family was not punished due to Morgan's "hero" status, the family's reputation was stinking in Hippoc County. No nobles communicated with them anymore, and no one even attended Viscount Morgan's funeral.

At this competition, Hippoc County even excluded him from collective training.

In his opinion, all this was due to the Church of Light's failure to save him and evacuating in advance.

Vami's swordsmanship was excellent. He had many opportunities to win with one strike, but he controlled his strength and chose to strike at places that were not fatal but humiliating enough.

Chest, lower abdomen, crotch, armpits.

At first, Ingra could still smile a little, but as time went on, he could no longer speak.

There were shouts and curses everywhere in the spectator seats, and whistles and cheers were occasionally heard from the back row. Many noble men looked solemn, but they stared at Savannah's figure, wishing they could replace Vami.

Every time he heard Savannah's painful groan, Vami's mood would become more and more comfortable, and the smile on his mouth would become more and more difficult to suppress.

"Cry!"

"Scream!"

"Beg for mercy!"

"Knight of Light, haha, whore of light!!!"

As the last words fell, Wami's long sword slapped Savanna's face horizontally, the helmet rolled to the ground, and the chestnut hair with sweat splashed down. There was no fear on her face, only tenacity, anger and indomitable spirit.

"Tsk, I underestimated you." Wami laughed obscenely: "No wonder Archbishop Thomas takes you wherever he goes. It seems that you are only responsible for being played by Thomas alone."

Sawanna frowned, shouted, and slashed with the long sword, but was taken lightly by Wami. Then Wami turned his hands and the blade pressed on Savanna's face in reverse.

Wami narrowed his eyes: "Tsk, now, I give you two choices."

"Either, admit defeat and accompany me at night."

"Or, I will leave a mark on your face that will never be erased!"

In Wami's view, the conditions he gave were already loose enough, and Savanna had no extra choices.

But Savannah still moved. She ignored the sword and took a step, and even bumped into it.

"What are you going to do!?" Wami was horrified. After all, he was just a playboy. He had never seen blood in his life, and his hands had never stained human life.

So at this moment, he hesitated, and the long sword in his hand could not help but deflect.

The sword brushed across Savannah's face, leaving a deep wound. Blood splashed and bloomed, covering half of her cheek, but there was no pain on her face, and the rest was just a vigorous fighting spirit!

He took a step forward, turned the sword upside down, and the hilt wrapped in fighting spirit slammed into Wami's chest, knocking him back several steps, and then followed him forward and swung the sword!

The originally one-sided offensive was completely reversed. Wami fell into a disadvantage for a while, and it was difficult to turn the situation around. At this moment, he became the one who was caught in a dilemma. The occasional strong light bursting out from Savannah's shoulder made him dizzy.

But he did not give up. He was a second-level ten-star knight, while Savannah only had eight stars. If they fought with fighting spirit, he was sure to exhaust Savannah!

Savannah also knew this. After a slash was blocked, she suddenly raised her thigh and kicked the metal protrusion under Wami's body with her steel-wrapped combat boots, which showed "masculine power"!

Wami felt a chill in his heart. He did not expect that the Knight of Light, who was most committed to the glorious faith, would also play such a dirty trick. Although he was not so majestic, he would inevitably get hurt if he was kicked flat.

So he immediately turned the sword and blocked downwards.

But this was just a feint.

Savannah's feet landed steadily on the ground, the light on her body suddenly extinguished, but the long sword lit up as never before!

The last fighting spirit, the last double holy slash, was used, and the two sword blades fell almost overlapping.

The blade made of bright fighting spirit broke through the deep rock armor that Wami was wearing, and then the sharp blade fell down. Between the friction of metal, fire flashed, and the blade sank into the breastplate and came out again with blood!

Clang.

Wami's long sword fell to the ground, and then he knelt down: "No... Impossible..."

"How can you... possibly... beat me!?"

This scene made Savannah feel as if she had returned to 13 years ago.

At that time, she was only 12 years old, had just come out of the orphanage of the Vatican, and was selected as a candidate for the clergy.

When she defeated the wretched martial arts instructor who always sneaked into the girls' dormitory, she heard the same question as Wami.

Savannah still remembered her companions at that time, and the girls who lost their qualifications because they were destroyed by that damned scum.

13 years have passed, and her philosophy has never changed, giving the same response as before:

"I stand here for those who can't stand here!"

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