Chapter 564, Section 563: Duel of Honor
A duel for honor.
It refers to an ultimate solution that can be taken when two people have an irreconcilable conflict about a matter.
The loser must back down on this matter and must not use it as a reason to cause trouble in the future.
Although in theory anyone can initiate a duel of honor, in practice only nobles among the dwarves usually use such duels to resolve disputes.
And it's not very commonly used.
After all, it's a duel, so it's not surprising that someone gets killed.
Even if it's not the nobleman himself who takes the field, the one who can replace him must be a capable and loyal subordinate. If anything happens to him, the nobleman will be heartbroken.
It was hard for Badley not to be surprised to suddenly receive a duel invitation.
Because such duels are rare, few people living outside the mountains know about them.
The last time an outsider initiated a duel for honor was more than 20 years ago.
That arrogant outsider who initiated more than ten duels in a row, leaving no one in the Blacksteel clan who had clashed with him daring to speak again, was named Elwin Slaine, the now-dead Sword Saint.
Little Badley squinted.
That time, the Blacksteel Clan became the laughingstock of the other three major clans for a long time, and now, they have actually received an honor duel from an outsider!
They even went so far as to humiliatingly send out only one Puji?!
Do you feel you're afraid to accept the challenge?
Feeling slighted, young Badley took two steps forward, looked up and glared angrily at Inanna: "Human woman, do you know what you're saying?"
Inanna nodded: "I know, if I win, you have to let us through."
"But if you lose, you'd better go back to where you came from and never set foot in the mountains again. Let your duke father find some hairy-mouthed bastard to come back!"
Inanna nodded; she believed in Fourteen's strength.
In fact, even the honor duel was proposed by Fourteen; she was merely relaying the message.
As for the Sword Saint, he simply proposed the simplest and most effective solution based on his past life experience.
If the Blademaster had to choose between elves and dwarves, he would choose dwarves.
Although the elves were relatively friendly to him, and many dwarves disliked him, the honor duel was just too useful.
What to do if you encounter difficulties?
A duel for honor!
What should I do if others speak ill of me?
A duel for honor!
What do you do if you don't like someone?
Intentionally pick a fight, then have a duel for honor!
Honor duels actually have an implicit rule: you can only challenge someone of the same generation or an elder.
The older generation isn't incapable of challenging others to a duel, but that would be too shameful, and even if the other party refuses, they would only receive understanding and sympathy from others.
Back in his early twenties, wielding the [Sword of the Ultimate], although he hadn't yet reached the LV70 Lord level, he had already beaten up several of those renowned old guys in their forties and fifties in the mountains, not to mention his younger peers.
Unless the leaders of several major clans and a number of highly skilled warriors from the Dwarf King's side come to cause him trouble fully armed, he really has no scruples.
In the end, the Blacksteel Clan, except for the clan leader, all avoided him and became cowards, and that matter finally came to an end.
The so-called honor duel, to put it bluntly, is just a matter of who has the bigger fist in the end.
Sword Saint has always been among the strongest fighters, so he naturally loves this rule.
This is also a case of path dependence.
As for the older generation challenging the younger generation...
He is currently number fourteen, and is less than six months old.
This little Badley looks to be in his thirties, so it's impossible to call it bullying!
Lin Jun was still figuring out how to send talent to the Northern Border, so she didn't get involved in this matter and wasn't worried at all.
Please, someone who's not even at the Hall of Fame level probably doesn't even have the ability to give a Sword Saint a good time.
Little Badley had no idea what he was facing; he simply set a time and place in a huff and left with his men.
Honor duels are not something that can be fought on a whim; they must be fought publicly and witnessed by designated witnesses.
In Hearth Ash, the only person qualified to witness the honorable duel between Inanna and young Badley is the local lord, Badley.
"A duel of honor? I asked you to go and cause them some trouble, and you actually put together an honor duel? And against a mere poopy?" Old Badley glared at his eldest son, extremely dissatisfied.
“But Father, it was that woman who proposed the duel. If I refuse, I will truly lose face for the family.”
"She offered it? Then we really can't refuse." Old Badley nodded, realizing that he had misunderstood young Badley.
He waved his hand, signaling his son to go and prepare.
Inanna's actions were somewhat unexpected by Badley. He had only intended to make things difficult for the delegation before letting them pass, since they were, after all, a human delegation and he couldn't really keep them in the city indefinitely.
I never expected this human named Inanna to respond in such a drastic way.
She challenged him to a duel for honor, so Little Badley had no choice but to make it clear that if she lost, she would be banished from the mountains forever.
After all, if the punishment for the loser is too lenient, it is a sign of the winner's weakness.
But this is a problem. Making things difficult for the delegation is one thing, but actually driving them away is another.
After thinking it over, he decided that after Little Badley won the duel, he would still let the delegation pass through, and the punishment of Inanna never being able to set foot in the mountains would take effect after the delegation left. This compromise should solve the problem.
His difficult treatment of the delegation was not without reason; Badley loathed both humans and elves, these so-called allies.
The elf cowered from beginning to end, looking utterly cowardly.
The fact that humanity, their so-called ally, secretly summoned the hero has now been almost confirmed after much investigation.
When they summoned heroes, causing the demons to start a war, they never thought to inform their ally, the dwarves, beforehand.
After the war began, the Dwarf King was unable to defeat the Empire. For the sake of the greater good, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and launch an offensive against the Empire after only half of his own elemental riots were quelled.
After losing several ancient siege war machines and finally achieving some success, capturing several cities and mountain passes, the human side suddenly went silent again.
The mountain pass that his second son risked his life for was recently re-emerged with the banners of the demon race.
How could he possibly respect humans?
Today, there are many dwarves in the mountains who share the same view as Badley.
Regarding the dispute with the mission, they would probably not mind saying a few words in Badley's defense.
Therefore, while the honor duel was somewhat unexpected, it wasn't a big deal.
He knew that given his eldest son's personality, he would definitely handle this personally.
Although he didn't think a single Puji could pose much of a threat, he only had this one son left, so just to be on the safe side, he lent his armor to little Badley.
The next day, when the sun was high in the sky, the public forge was unusually quiet, with only sporadic hammering sounds remaining.
Most of the residents of Ash City gathered in the square, around the dueling platform that had been erected overnight.
The news that the lord's eldest son, Little Badley, was going to duel a Poogi spread throughout the city in just one day, and those who arrived late couldn't even squeeze into the square.
Inanna poured the magic potion into her hand and then evenly applied it to the Sword Saint's mushroom hat, thus completing her preparations.
On the dueling platform, Little Badley, clad in enchanted heavy armor and wielding a crimson iron axe, had been waiting for some time.
He wanted to turn that woman's little pet into a pile of mycelium right in front of her!
(End of this chapter)
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