Chapter 447: The finale! ('The Moon Over the Curtain' rewards extra chapter!)
Hearing the knight's provocation, the young men from the Principality of Alban could not sit still. Without Alot saying anything, a young man immediately rode out with a knight's lance in hand.
He responded loudly: "Bug from the Principality of Zeon, tell me your name and let me see if you are worthy enough to fight me!"
"Haha, you weakling, I am Crich from the Budd family, one of the eight earls of the Principality of Jean. I'll take your head!"
Krich, who was the first to provoke, said his name with a sarcastic look on his face.
"Then let's see if you have what it takes to take my Morse's head!"
The fighters on both sides are young men around 20 years old, and Gervis has already investigated that Krich of the Principality of Zeon is also a peak bronze knight. It is really uncertain who will win or lose at this time.
The two men provoked each other, then walked away from each other with their backs to each other, riding their horses forward for hundreds of meters before turning their heads to look at each other.
The duel between knights would still begin with lance thrusts. If both sides survived this wave of mutual sprints, the real close combat would begin.
Although the two are young, those who can be the first to go on stage have strong confidence in themselves.
Finally, both sides looked at each other, then closed the visors on their helmets, raised their knights' spears in their hands and prepared to charge.
hiss!
As the two men squeezed the horse's belly at the same time, the warhorse under them neighed loudly and began to gallop at full speed.
Tap tap tap
Under the gaze of everyone, the two men's horses were running faster and faster, and the distance of more than 200 meters was reached in a flash.
Boom! Boom!
At the moment of close combat, the two knights' lances hit each other at the same time, but were also blocked by the shields in their hands.
Due to the huge inertia, the two men fell off their horses at the same time.
However, as titled knights, even if they fell off their horses and could not cause them any harm, the two of them did not hesitate at all the moment they landed. They immediately stood up and drew the long swords at their waists and continued to fight.
As the battle between the two sides continued, Gervis had already anticipated the outcome of the fight.
Gervis saw that Morse from the Principality of Alban was about to lose, because Morse was smaller in stature and not as strong as Crich. Every time he fought with Crich, Gervis could sense that Morse was at a disadvantage.
When the strength is equal, sometimes just a tiny advantage can be the key to defeating the enemy.
For example, being faster, or having an advantage in strength and size.
Not long after, Gervis's guess came true. Krich of the Principality of Jean suddenly shouted and found the right moment to use his secret technique.
"Thunder Shield Attack!"
When Morse swung his sword, Krich did not swing his sword to block it as he did before, but directly raised the round shield in his hand and charged straight at Morse.
Boom!
There was only a loud muffled sound, and Morse, who was caught off guard, was knocked three or four meters away.
“There is actually such a secret technique!”
Seeing Krich's successful shield strike, Gervis was a little surprised.
Most of the secret techniques he had seen before were related to longswords or other offensive weapons, and there were very few secret techniques like shield strikes.
After all, even if a shield strike hits the opponent, it may not necessarily kill the opponent directly. If you consume too much fighting spirit by then, it will be dangerous.
However, in this knight duel, the strength of both sides was almost the same, and there was no one else involved, so Krich's attack had a miraculous effect.
Morse, who was hit by the shield, was lying on the ground and struggling, but he couldn't stand up.
There was a large dent in the full body armor on his chest, and at least several bones inside were broken.
And Krich didn't hesitate at all, and quickly came to Morse's side the moment he fell.
"I told you, I'll take your head!"
Krich slowly lowered his sword and slowly inserted it into the gap between Morse's full body armor and his neck.
Morse was unwilling and wanted to resist, but Krich had one foot on his chest, and no matter how he struggled, it was in vain.
"puff!"
In the next second, Krich suddenly pressed the sword down with force, and the slender sword directly pierced Morse's neck, taking his life.
During this time, everyone from the Principality of Alban glanced at Alott, but Alott did not say anything, so no one stopped Crich's actions, allowing Crich to kill Morse on the spot.
In fact, there is a custom of surrender in the knight duel before the war, but it requires the personal order of each monarch to take effect.
If Alot had said just now that he would spare his life, Krich would not have killed Morse and could have redeemed him for 500 gold coins.
Of course, this also meant that Alott would lose face, so Alott did not speak out to stop it, but watched Morse being killed.
"Honor and death go hand in hand! You must remember this! If you win, I will reward you handsomely! But if you fail, you can only blame yourself for being too weak! So whether you want honor and reward, or to be a weak and incompetent noble, it's all up to you to choose!"
It can be seen from the fact that Alote usurped the throne and killed his own brother that he is a man with the potential to be a hero, so such a person obviously will not have any extra mercy.
After Morse's death, Alott turned around expressionlessly and said something to the young nobleman.
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"Haha! Ladies from the Principality of Alban, who else is there? Come out and let me kill you!"
After winning, Krich did not leave the field immediately for substitutions, but was still shouting on the field.
At this time, Alot looked at Gervis and the other nine people, his face looked a little ugly.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to fight!"
Under Alote's gaze, a young man volunteered.
Alot glanced at the young man and nodded silently. Then the young man picked up the knight's lance and urged his horse to rush out.
"This time, a decent guy has come up. The guy named Morse just now was barely even three taels of meat and was completely useless!"
Krij opened his helmet visor and continued sarcastically.
"Today you will be my stepping stone!"
The second young man from the Principality of Alban to come on stage was called Divani. He was the young man who greeted several commanders outside the tent of Alot in the morning. He was the second son of an earl.
Divani had carefully considered choosing this time to play, as he knew that if he won the duel, he would definitely win the favor of Alot.
At the same time, Krich's fighting spirit has been consumed a little, and he should be able to gain a great advantage if he goes on the court now.
After a few sarcastic remarks to each other, the two separated to prepare for a new round of battle.
It was still a spear duel, but when the strength was equal, a spear duel rarely resulted in a direct winner, and this was no exception at this moment.
After the two men fell off their horses one after another, they fought with swords.
This time, Divani was stronger than the dead Morse, and he fought on equal terms with Krich. The two sides fought for more than three minutes with swords swinging and slashing at each other.
Divani originally wanted to delay time to wear down Crich's fighting spirit, but he didn't expect that after fighting for such a long time, Crich didn't show any signs of exhaustion, but instead became more and more courageous.
This made Divani regret a little. Why didn't he wait a little longer before going on the court to allow others to consume some of Krich's fighting spirit.
However, there is no medicine for regret in the world. As time went by, Diwani became more and more anxious. His sword-swinging techniques began to become chaotic, and he was actually at a disadvantage.
“Go to hell!”
As one gained strength, the other lost strength. When Devani gradually fell into a disadvantage due to panic, Krich took advantage of the situation, found an opening and got close to Devani's side, then drew his sword and slashed at Devani.
With a "swish" sound, facing Krich's sudden attack, Divani was unable to block it and was directly cut in the ribs by Krich's sword.
Even with the protection of a full body armor, the amazing power unleashed by the Title Knight still tore through the full body armor and directly cut Divani's flesh.
Although the injury was not serious, it frightened Diwani, who had no experience in battlefield fighting.
"I give up! I give up!"
Divani fled quickly while shouting, but unfortunately the knight duel in front of the formation was only effective if the monarchs of both sides shouted, so Krich still did not stop.
Hearing Diwani's cry for mercy, the veins on Alott's fists bulged and he almost vomited blood in anger. Although Diwani's father was also in the team, he was unable to plead for him when he saw Alott's face.
Soon, the frightened Divani was caught up by Krich and died under the sword.
At this point, the young men beside Gervis all changed color. Two people who went up in a row were killed in the battle, which filled them with fear.
The Principality of Zeon would march south every year, and the nobles would bring their sons and daughters to participate, so these young nobles had all experienced the baptism of blood and rain.
On the other hand, the Principality of Alban is on the passive defense every year. Their young nobles rarely have the opportunity to fight on the battlefield. Whether in terms of mental quality or experience in life-and-death battles, they cannot compare with the young people of the Principality of Jean.
The fact that these people are not trembling with fear at this moment is already a good performance.
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"Haha! Alot, are there any more powerful young men in your Principality of Alban? If not, I advise you to surrender directly! Otherwise, all the noble heirs will die!"
At this moment, Lawrence's hearty voice came from the other side.
With two people dying in a row, Alott has already lost face. If he really loses so miserably in this duel, then the prestige he has built up in the past two days will be gone.
"Harry! Go ahead! If you win, I will reward you with the most fertile land in the principality!"
Originally, Alott wanted to use Gervis as the finale and drop the bombshell of Caroline at that time.
However, plans cannot keep up with changes. Seeing that the young men all had ugly faces, Alott directly sent out Gervis. At least there was a chance to save face.
If even Gervis is useless, then there is really no need to continue today's confrontation. It is better to go back and prepare for the big battle.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Gervis was helpless. At this moment, his subordinates were still in the camp of the Principality of Alban, so they naturally could not escape directly. He could only respond and then rode his horse to the center of the field.
"Haha, the aunt of the Principality of Alban..."
"Okay, if you don't mind, I'm tired of hearing it! Let's just get started!"
"Well……"
Crich, who was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, was interrupted by Gervis, leaving him speechless for a moment.
Gervis ignored Krich and simply turned around and rode his horse a hundred meters away.
Before setting off, Gervis deliberately covered his helmet visor, so no one in the Principality of Zeon discovered his identity.
Afterwards, the two sides raised their spears and started charging at each other from a distance of more than 200 meters.
Boom!
Following a muffled sound, the two men attacked each other at the same time, but the result of this spear duel was somewhat beyond people's expectations.
Crich, who had just won two games in a row, was kicked off his horse, while Gervis was still sitting on the horse intact.
Gervis just swung his spear and at the last moment directly poked Krich's helmet, but Krich's spear was cleverly bounced away by Gervis's round shield.
Wow!
There was a commotion in both teams. They saw clearly what Gervis had done just now, which also shocked them at the strength of this man called Harry.
Not only did he sneakily attack Krich in an instant and poke him in the head with his spear, he was also able to estimate the exact landing point of Krich's spear and skillfully deflect it.
After falling off the horse, Crich did not stand up immediately, but was drowsy for a moment, then stood up with his head shaking.
Although he was protected by a helmet, such a huge impact force would definitely cause dizziness for a short period of time. The fact that he did not faint on the spot was because of his super strong physique.
Seeing Crich stumbling to his feet, Gervis slowly dismounted and walked towards Crich.
When Krich saw Gervis approaching, he drew his sword and swung it without hesitation.
Gervis dodged Krich's slash with a slight sidestep, and at the same time stretched out a foot to trip Krich again.
After Krich fell to the ground, Gervis didn't want to delay any longer. It was too boring and a bit like bullying a child.
Even Krich's fighting power in his heyday is not enough for the current Gervis.
So, Gervis squatted down, held down Krich's body as he tried to get up again, and then stuffed the sword into his full body armor.
"We admit defeat in this round!"
Suddenly, a shout came from the Principality of Jean’s team. It was the voice of King Lawrence.
At this point, Gervis put away his sword and stood aside leisurely.
At this time, a soldier came running up from the Principality of Jean's team, holding a few small cloth bags in his hands.
When the soldier arrived in front of Gervis, he handed the cloth bag directly to Gervis.
It was the ransom for Krich, five hundred gold coins!
Gervis glanced at Allot. After all, he still had to continue pretending to be Harry, so he had to pretend on the surface.
At this moment, Alot was already smiling because of Gervis's easy victory, and nodded to Gervis very friendly.
Gervis then smiled and put the gold coins into the saddle, then climbed onto the horse.
Seeing this, the remaining young people in the Principality of Alban looked at Gervis with envy.
Because Gervis had won his first victory at this time and restored face for Alot, the reward for the fiefdom was definitely secured, and he also received a ransom of 500 gold coins.
"Haha! Lawrence, how about it, do you have any gold coins ready to give to this subordinate of mine?"
Gervis did not have any fiefdom, only the title of viscount, so he could not be called a vassal.
This time it was Alott's turn to shout.
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The Principality of Zeon on the opposite side naturally couldn't stand this humiliation and immediately sent out another person to fight.
"You're quite capable! What's your name?"
The young man was of rather large build, and when he reached the center of the field, he said to Gervis with a smile.
"Harry!"
Gervis was too lazy to say anything more.
"Very good, remember my name, my name is Lanny!"
The young man also gave his name.
But the next moment, he suddenly felt the hairs on his body stand up.
Gervis didn't expect that he would meet an old neighbor here, and an old neighbor with whom he had a grudge.
After taking a closer look at Lanny, Gervis said nothing more and turned his horse's head to ride away into the distance.
At this time, Gervis was thinking about whether to take this opportunity to kill Lanny, but in the end he rejected the idea.
Even if he used Harry's identity to kill Lanny, he would still be exposed when he returned. Even with the favor of the Lord of the North and Alice, he would definitely not feel good.
Anyway, with his own strength, he would have enough time to deal with Lanny after returning, so Gervis was not in a hurry.
Lanny has been relatively honest during this period because the king has directly warned the seven earls not to target the Jones family again. So under the strict order of Earl Cowan, Lanny has been forced to temporarily stop the reconstruction of the camp in the buffer zone.
This is also the reason why Gervis did not go to Lanny to complain before leaving.
Of course, the death penalty can be left for later, but the living crime needs to be reported now.
After running a sufficient distance, Gervis and Lanny turned their horses around and charged at each other with their knights' lances raised.
With a thud, it was Lanny who landed on the ground again, and Gervis was unharmed!
"What's going on! Who is that person and why is he so powerful?"
"Yes! He hit someone's head both times, and he was unharmed!"
"What's even weirder is that the man seems to be a mid-level bronze knight!"
"Oh my god, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have realized that he is actually just a mid-level bronze knight!"
"How is this possible? How did he do it?!"
If I just knocked Krich away, that could be considered a bonus of luck.
But the fact that he also knocked Lanny away in the same way showed that Gervis's strength was extremely terrifying, and many people in the Principality of Zeon were already secretly discussing this.
Especially when they knew about Gervis's mid-bronze strength, it was even more unbelievable.
Even Lawrence and several earls were looking at Gervis carefully.
Unfortunately, not only was Gervis' face covered with a visor, but the full body armor was not tailor-made after all, and there were some discrepancies between it and Gervis' original body shape, so they could not see any clues at all.
Gervis jumped off his horse again and came to Lanny. Lanny stood up and swayed left and right, also drawing his sword and slashing at Gervis.
This time, Gervis did not dodge or trip Lanny with his feet. Instead, he swung his sword directly at Lanny.
when!
Sizzle!
As the swords collided, Lanny's strength was no match for Gervis's. Lanny's sword was instantly bounced away, and then Gervis's sword hit Lanny's chest.
There was a cut in Lanny's full body armor, and blood was oozing out of it.
Gervis controlled the force just right, not putting Lanny's life in danger, but leaving a wound deep and long enough on him.
After a successful strike, Gervis was not ready to stop, but wanted to strike two more times with the sword.
"We admit defeat in this round!"
Unfortunately, the Principality of Zeeland did not give Gervis any chance.
Because everyone knew that Lanny was no match for Gervis, and continuing the fight would only result in Lanny being slashed more, so they simply admitted defeat.
After hearing Lawrence's words, Gervis could only give up in disappointment, expressing his helplessness.
Soon, the soldiers of the Principality of Jean brought five black bags again, which were filled with golden coins.
As Gervis took the gold coins, Lanny was quickly helped back.
After Lanny left, Gervis continued to wait on the field, secretly glancing at his cheap wife from time to time.
Only then did Gervis notice that his cheap wife seemed a little haggard.
"It's not because of me, is it?"
Gervis felt distressed.
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