Imperial Crown

Even though the match was about to start, the discussion about the outcome was still in full swing, and many people were hesitating about who they should bet on to win.

The difference in strength between the two was obvious to all, but since Raven dared to make such an arrangement, he must have something to rely on.

But the problem was that Judela was not unprepared.

After the match between Akori and Versacene, everyone saw Akori's strength.

Every player who wanted to compete for the championship began to strengthen his combat effectiveness in various ways.

It is said that Judela not only purchased a second-level enchanted longsword, but also spent more than 4,700 gold coins to purchase 3 magic amulets at a high price!

This made people have to weigh where to bet their treasures.

Raven's figure appeared in the box early. Montreal asked first: "Raven, you arranged Eric to play today. What surprise did you prepare for us?"

"I heard that Baron Raven is training a horned hippogryph." Anthony also asked: "Is it a battle pet?"

The joint battle between knights and battle pets is also a competitive tradition, but it is not very popular in the Nord Province. It is more common in the southern provinces with richer magic beast resources.

Earl Tyrone stroked his chin: "You kidnapped an alchemist from Monen City. Is it an alchemy potion?"

Raven waved his hand quickly: "Seniors, please allow me to keep it a secret. Anyway, the game will start soon. What's the point of revealing the mystery at this time?"

His attitude made it difficult for several people to ask further questions, but they were more curious.

Judra was also curious.

Before the game, Vesasi and Seliwa had found him and said that Raven's arrangement clearly looked down on him and had the intention of pulling him to fight against Raven.

But Jude politely asked the two to leave.

He knew what kind of person Raven was. The outside world's impression of Raven as "young and promising, good at business" was not wrong, but there was one thing they didn't understand.

That was Raven's caution.

As Raven's old neighbor, Jude watched Raven develop step by step. He knew very well that unless there was certainty and sufficient preparation, Raven would never take action.

For example, the expedition to Bloody Highlands seemed to be a crazy decision, but before that, Raven had been training soldiers for a year; the subsequent business alliance and Sky Eagle platform were all because he was confident enough to take the lead in establishing and promoting them.

Now at Raven's wedding, at the competition hosted by Raven, Eric, as the only remaining contestant of the Griffith family, could not be arranged in this game for such a ridiculous reason.

Even if Raven really despised him, he should have sent someone to collude with him and let him fake the game.

But Raven didn't do that.

This shows that Raven understands and respects himself, knows that he will never be bribed, and only wants to rush to the championship.

"Then let me see..." Jude heard the voice of Ingra outside, he put on his helmet, grabbed the long sword, and slowly walked out of the lounge.

"... What surprise have you prepared for me!"

The fence opened, the sun shone in, Eric walked into the arena with cheers and screams, and then he saw Eric's heavy figure.

At this moment, his pupils shrank, and he was amazed: "Second-level... enchanted armor!?"

The azure mist-sunken iron armor was densely covered with complex magic patterns. Without the holder using fighting spirit, it spontaneously exhaled a soft magic halo, accompanied by Eric's movements, like a group of dreamy clouds floating in the arena!

That was undoubtedly the breath that only second-level enchantment could have.

Jude couldn't help but whisper to himself: "Raven... How did you do it!?"

The same question appeared in the mind of everyone who knew the business.

Jon, the third-level magician worshipped by the Slater family, was also sitting in the audience. His pupils were fixed on the enchanted armor and he couldn't take his eyes off it.

Only as a magician, he knew how difficult it was.

Jon would rather make 10 third-level enchanted weapons than one set of second-level enchanted armor.

The workload, mental strength and enchantment understanding of the two are not at the same level.

The higher the level of armor, the more precious it is.

The fourth-level enchanted armor is enough to be a family heirloom of the Fox family, but the Slater family, who are also earls, do not have the same level of armor.

Most third-level magicians cannot make a set of second-level enchanted armor.

Raven is only 23 years old. How did he do it? !

Even if it is counted from the time he became a second-level magician, it has been less than two years now!

"Uncle Jon, Uncle Jon?" Viscount Hyde woke up the third-level magician: "This... can't be the work of Raven?"

"Who else could it be except him?" Jon looked bitter, feeling that he had lived in vain all these years: "Although Nancy is now a third-level magician, she has never been good at enchanting, but has a certain attainment in potions; and the magician of the Fox family is also an old acquaintance of mine. He has a hard time making second-level enchanted weapons, let alone this full set of second-level armor!"

Hyde frowned, surprised and curious: "This... second-level enchanted armor, is it really that difficult to make?"

"If it wasn't difficult, your set of misty iron armor wouldn't be still in my enchanting room." Jon sighed: "If enchantment is compared to building a house, then enchanted weapons are just building a thatched hut, but armor is to build a castle!"

In the box, the four bosses were relatively calm, but everyone made some small movements.

Anthony shook his right leg, Montreal licked his lips, Tyrone clasped his hands together, and even Thomas, who was always calm, had a slight twitch in the corners of his eyes.

All of their eyes fell on Raven, because they all knew how precious a set of second-level armor was.

A simple example, this set of armor thrown on the market is enough to exchange for 5 pseudo-third-level weapons!

Raven did not look back, his mouth corners slightly raised, shaking the wine glass in his hand, enjoying the amazement of everyone.

This is indeed the reward he deserves. In order to rush this set of armor out, he spent a lot of time and energy. During the honeymoon, he didn't have much time to accompany Nancy, and the progress of his staff was at about 75%.

It's for this game!

In the center of the arena, Eric and Judra collided with weapons.

"No matter how good the equipment is, it depends on the person who uses it." Jude repeated what Akori had said: "Can you control this equipment?"

"I will never let the Baron down." Eric said in a deep voice.

"Okay!" Jude retracted his weapon and said solemnly: "Eric, before Raven came, the only person in the entire Eagle Territory that I admired was you."

"Now let me see how much you have grown under Raven!"

Eric put down his armor: "Then please give me more advice, Baron Jude."

The two separated and stood on both sides of the field. As Ingra announced the start of the duel, he urged his fighting spirit at the same time.

The silver-colored fighting spirit gushed out from the gaps in Eric's armor like smoke, and immediately fell like stars and sank into the armor.

The armor shone with silver light, and the flowing light merged with Eric's fighting spirit, as if snow melted in water, harmoniously integrated.

The original azure color faded, and began to expand, thicken, and enlarge. All the gaps were filled and filled with silver luster. The armor almost grew half as big as before, and Eric became a steel giant more than three meters tall!

The long sword in his hand turned into a giant sword as wide as a door panel!

This was originally the basic use of steel fighting spirit, but under Eric's use, it seemed indestructible like fighting skills.

Judela's eyes shone with a glimmer. This was certainly extraordinary for the second-level enchanted armor, but Eric's own fine control of fighting spirit was also evident!

"You are qualified to be my opponent!"

As these words fell, Judela's blue flame fighting spirit burst into flames, and the long sword in his hand also swallowed and spit out fire snakes.

He stroked the sword with his hand, and the fire light jumped out like a spirit, and then it exploded.

Judela opened his mouth and swallowed the flame into his mouth, and then sprayed it out from his nostrils. This time and again, his whole body seemed to be burning alive, and even the red tassel on his head was burning like a flame.

In the stands, Viscount John sat up straight, his eyes reddened: "Swallowing Qi tactics!"

Swallowing Qi tactics, the Wharton family's family martial arts, never leaked out, Judra's father Angel once mastered it.

This martial arts technique will rapidly consume the user's fighting spirit, but it can improve his ability in all aspects. The use of the third-level two-star is enough to compete with the third-level four-star!

Viscount John always thought that this fighting skill could only be driven by the earth's fighting spirit, but unexpectedly, Judra could drive it with the flame fighting spirit.

It seems that the outcome of this battle is unknown!

Wrapped in flames, Judra slowly spit out a flame, swung the long sword in his hand, and a fire-colored fighting spirit flew out and went straight to Eric.

The air was distorted wherever it passed, and a layer of burning marks was left on the ground.

Seeing this, Eric raised his sword and slashed fiercely, and a silver light came up, and the two fighting spirit lights collided in the center of the venue, and suddenly exploded into a rain of iron all over the sky!

The warm-up is over.

Eric lowered his head, stepped on the ground to make two deep pits, and rushed out!

The ground was shaking slightly at this moment.

With his momentum, the iron fighting spirit continued to rise on his body, becoming thicker and thicker, all gathered on the giant sword in his hand!

"Come on!" Judela grinned, the fighting spirit slightly impacted, a gem on his chest quietly shattered, and then, an invisible shield with clear longitude and latitude spread out with him as the center.

This is exactly the "iron protective barrier" he bought at a high price before the game, which is enough to suppress the iron fighting spirit below the third level!

Then, he rushed up suddenly!

The two collided with each other without any fancy moves!

The giant sword in Eric's hand slashed into the shield without any hindrance, but the iron fighting spirit originally attached to the sword disappeared at this moment, and the body shrank back to its normal size, and collided with the long sword wrapped in green flames in Judela's hand!

Ding——

It was like a bronze bell ringing, a huge sound wave spread out, and the ground under the two people's feet was broken and surging, as if something exploded underground!

Judra was stunned, surprised by Eric's terrible strength.

With the blessing of the swallowing battle method, his combat power is now equal to that of the third-level four-star, and there is a steel protective barrier to weaken Eric, but even so, he still feels numb in the palm of his hand, and the enchanted long sword in his hand has bent!

But he finally took the blow.

The fighting spirit swelled, and the blue flame rolled back along the sword in Eric's hand, wrapping him up!

Flame has always restrained steel!

Eric was trapped by the heat wave, and his movements were a little slow for a while. Jude stepped sideways and crouched down to get through Eric's side. The long sword in his hand pulled Eric's side ribs, cutting a crack, but he couldn't break through at all!

"Tsk!" Jude frowned. The strength of the second-level enchanted armor exceeded his expectations, but this could not stop his attack.

After standing firm, he didn't even turn around, but turned the sword and stabbed back from his ribs, and that position was exactly Eric's back!

At this moment, half of Eric's body was wrapped in a steel protective barrier, and all the fighting spirit he had urged was swallowed by the barrier, and the flames burning on his body made him even more anxious.

But his movements were not scattered at all, but he took a deep breath and concentrated all his fighting spirit in one place.

On his back, a piece of fire suddenly extinguished, and the armor became as smooth as a mirror. It was the first-level combat skill he mastered and used until now, the mirror shield.

Judela's long sword stabbed into the armor fiercely. Before the flames spread, it activated a surging steel fighting spirit. The sharp force stirred and shattered the flames, and also caused Judela's long sword to vibrate violently!

But this time, the steel fighting spirit failed to climb up Judela's arm, and was suppressed and swallowed by the barrier, but the power that followed made Judela unable to control it, and the whole person was bounced out like a stone!

In mid-air, Judela's feet burst into flames, stabilized his body, and fell to the ground. Looking back, Eric had extinguished the flames on his body with fighting spirit, and the weapon in his hand turned into a door panel giant sword again!

This time he no longer charged, but suddenly swung the giant sword, and then the steel fighting spirit turned into a sharp blade and flew out, heading straight for Judela!

Judela pushed his right foot and flew to the left. The steel slash fell to the ground, instantly crushing the earth, and a layer of sand surged!

But before Judela could stand still, Eric swung the giant sword again, and the invisible steel blade flew out of his hand again!

Judela's mouth curled up a sneer, and the blue flame on his body suddenly extinguished, allowing the steel blade to approach him.

The blade cut into the barrier and suddenly became extremely weak. Judela just swung the sword lightly and annihilated it.

This was intended to provoke Eric and make him take the initiative to charge, but Eric was not excited at all, and the next light blade followed!

One, two, three, four...

The arena was full of deep pits and sand splashed everywhere.

Judela kept dodging and moving, and only when he couldn't avoid it would he attack and defeat it.

"Eric is in danger." Viscount John said.

Sure enough, just after Eric made the 11th slash, Judela's body ignited flames again, attacking Eric like a meteor.

As a third-level knight, Judela knew Eric's total amount of fighting spirit at this time. On the premise of supporting the steel giant form, he had to continue to consume fighting spirit to break through the air and slash.

Now Eric's fighting spirit has reached the bottom!

It's time to make achievements!

"A brilliant decision." Raven commented: "The timing and motivation are both extremely accurate."

"What a pity... you underestimated me and Eric!"

Before she finished speaking, Judela had already rushed to Eric, the long sword in her hand spewed out flames, raised it above her head with a high-top sword, pulled up a fan of fire in the air, and slashed it down suddenly!

The flames illuminated Eric's body, and his armor was burned red. The long sword in his hand had just been raised and had begun to soften before it could meet the enemy.

His image had been distorted to the point of being unclear!

But at this moment, a crisp sound came, and then the invisible light shield that had always enveloped Judela suddenly collapsed!

After enduring 4 slashes, the steel protective barrier finally couldn't withstand Eric's gushing fighting spirit at this time, and it shattered!

And the long sword in Eric's hand quickly expanded and grew in the glory of fighting spirit, and then steadily withstood this head-on blow!

The flames collided with the steel, turning into molten iron and splashing, burning deep pits on the ground.

A sentence was suppressed in Judela's heart: "How can you still have fighting spirit!"

How can there be fighting spirit that is enough to break through the barrier and strengthen oneself! ?

"Ha——" Eric roared, and the giant sword in his hand suddenly pressed down. Judela felt his wrist sore and could not help but take two steps back.

But Eric took a step forward, and the giant sword wrapped in silver-gray fighting spirit, like wrapping the galaxy and slashing!

Judela could only block!

Bang——

Under the huge force, the long sword in Judela's hand vibrated violently. Even if Judela held it with all his strength, he still couldn't bear the force. It began to bend from the middle. The flame could not find a way out, and the hit part was burned red. The runes collapsed, and then suddenly imprinted on Judela's chest!

The sound of metal bending that made people's teeth ache came, and Judela's fighting spirit dissipated. The whole person was thrown out like a sack, and then counted on the ground like a skipping stone, and then barely stopped.

Eric followed with steps.

Jude slowly stood up, suddenly lifted up his mask, wiped the blood from his cheek, raised his arm, and said casually:

"I admit defeat!"

There were already spectators in the stands next to him who were roaring in dissatisfaction, obviously because they were furious because they bet on Jude to win.

This scene was beyond Eric's expectations, and he also raised his mask: "You still have plenty of fighting spirit, why do you admit defeat so early?"

"I'm getting older, I have to take care of my body and try to have a son as soon as possible. I can't waste it here." Jude sighed: "Now, I know where the gap between me and Raven is."

"He never fights a battle without preparation. I seem to learn from him in every aspect, but in the end, I still don't understand the secrets of magic."

"Your armor is not simple."

Eric laughed and didn't answer.

Judra's guess was right. The reason why Eric still has fighting spirit is because of the help of this set of armor.

It has two enchantments of "steel" and "huge strength".

It only needs a little fighting spirit as a start, and it can keep Eric in the form of a steel giant without consuming his own fighting spirit.

This is why even if the steel protective barrier covers it, it still can't suppress this armor.

This is why Judra, with the blessing of the swallowing battle method, is obviously a third-level four-star combat power, but is still suppressed by Eric in terms of strength-not just because Raven has strengthened Eric.

"Winner, Knight Eric!"

After all, many people bet on Eric to win, and the cheers temporarily covered the scolding.

Eric turned and walked back, but Jude suddenly said, "Eric!"

"What's the matter?" Eric turned his head.

"Since you beat me, keep winning." Jude grinned, "This is our own competition in Xuefeng County. Don't let those outsiders steal the limelight!"

When Raven heard Eric relay this, he nodded in agreement, "This guy still has some righteousness in his heart."

Eric's victory finally made public opinion no longer just focus on Akori and Guldan, and Eric became the new focus.

This is certainly related to the fact that Guldan and Akori's opponents in this round are only second-level, but Eric's calm performance still won unanimous praise.

Some people began to discuss the possibility of the Griffith family winning the championship.

For this momentum, the Fox family, including Montreal and Guldan, are happy to see it happen. The stronger Raven is, the better it is for them.

But Marquis Anthony is not so happy.

Especially when he returned to his residence and saw the letter that suddenly appeared on the table.

His hand stretched out to the letter, even trembling a little.

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