Bloodline Lord of War

  Chapter 137 Knight Tournament

   "Good morning, Robin."

Helen stood outside Robin's room door. She was dressed in a dashing white swordsman uniform, with a sword hanging around her waist, and a vibrant smile on her face. She looked like a blooming sunflower, as if it was brighter than the morning sun Also dazzling.

  Robin was a little surprised: "You came too early, Helen."

   "Is it early? It's already eight o'clock." Helen said, stepping into Robin's room. "I'm worried that you overslept and missed today's knight competition. Aisha told me that you like to sleep in late."

   "Knight Tournament?" Robin was taken aback for a moment, and closed the door casually.

   "You won't forget, right? Last night, I specially invited you, and you agreed." Helen turned around and looked at Robin interrogating.

   Robin smacked his forehead, and then he recalled that at the end of the banquet last night, Helen did tell him that there was a knight's contest today, and invited him to watch it together. Robin had been busy all night and had almost forgotten about it.

   "I haven't forgotten, I remember it." Robin said hastily.

  Actually, Robin didn’t really want to go, he still had that Titan document in his heart. But at any rate, if he came to visit someone else, Duke Augustus and Helen were very polite to him, so it was not easy for him to refuse directly.

  Forget it, I’ve been busy all night, so let’s think of it as a change of mind. Thinking this way, Robin decided to go to the knight's tournament with Helen.

  Joust contests among knights are a regular event in the lives of nobles. Whenever there are major celebrations and festivals, there will always be a few martial arts contests to enliven the atmosphere.

  Duke Augustus himself is also very fond of contests. When he was young, he often participated in knight contests. Now that he is old and holds a high position, it is naturally difficult to compete with young people. As a result, he changed from a participant in the tournament to a planner, and almost every birthday he held a knight tournament.

   This time, Ed signed up for the competition again. He has won the championship of the knight competition for three consecutive times, and he is also full of confidence in this competition.

  In the mansion of the Bingqi family, Ed stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror, looking at himself in the mirror with a haughty expression. He opened his arms, and three servants beside him were waiting for him to put on his armor.

   At this time, a tall middle-aged man walked into the room. He was Ed's father, the Marquis of Ice Banner, Langdon.

  After putting on the brand-new armor, Ed looked heroic in the mirror. He turned to face his father with a confident smile on his face.

   "Ed, I have something important to do today, so I won't go to your game. Also, I heard that you had a little conflict with Baron Robin last night?" Langdon asked with a serious expression.

  Ed thought his father was here to cheer him up, but he turned to the annoying Robin when he opened his mouth, and the smile on his face froze.

   "Father, that's what you're here to talk about? Robin is just a low-level pioneering baron. As for you coming to ask yourself?" Ed showed dissatisfaction.

"What do you know? Baron Robin just broke through the wind castle in the wasteland. Duke Augustus thinks highly of him. Although he is only a baron at the moment, who can say for sure in the future? One day, he may fly It might even go up to the sky."

   "Father, what the **** do you mean?"

   "What I mean is, don't trouble Baron Robin." Marquis Rambo said in a stern tone.

   Seeing that his father also valued that Robin so much, Ed's dissatisfaction suddenly deepened:

  Whether it’s the Duke of Snow Eagle, or Helen, and now even my father, why do you all attach so much importance to that Robin? What’s so great about him, I’m obviously much better than him.

  Ed had a rebellious mentality in his heart. The more his father told him not to do this, he insisted on doing it instead.

   "Isn't it just taking down the wind castle? What's the matter? I can do the same thing. If the Duke is willing to let me lead the army, I can level the Golden Rose family now!" Ed said unconvinced.

   "What nonsense are you talking about!" Langdon was suddenly a little annoyed, Ed's big talk was too much.

   "Father, just watch, your son won't let you down." Ed took the helmet from the servant, put it on his head, and walked out of the room angrily.

  Seeing his son leave without looking back, Marquis Langdon sighed helplessly, blaming himself in his heart, blaming himself for pampering Ed too much all this time, which made him become what he is now.

  Although, among the nobles of the same age group, Ed is indeed a top-notch existence. But Langdon worried that his son was too competitive and too complacent, and that one day he would suffer if he continued like this.

  …

  Helen brought Robin, Luke and Simon, and the four came to the site of the knight competition.

  The entire venue is an oval, with stepped audience stands on both sides, with a total of three floors. In the middle is a large open space, where the knights compete with each other.

  When Robin and the others came, the auditorium was already full of nobles. Many noble ladies gathered together and whispered, guessing who would be the champion of today's knight competition.

  Relying on Helen's special status, Robin and the others sat down in the first row of audience seats with the best view.

  Robin stayed up all night, but his mental state is still very good. Since he became an awakened person, his rigid sleep time has actually been greatly reduced. The reason why he still sleeps until the sun is three poles every day is purely because he is lazy.

"Today's contest is between Ed from the Ice Banner family and Jake from the Spear family." Helen happily introduced to Robin next to her, that the female knight is also a knight contestant just like his uncle Augustus. loyal fans.

In fact, Helen has also participated in several knight competitions, but firstly, she is a beautiful woman, and secondly, she is the daughter of the Snow Eagle family. No knight would dare to hurt her. Helen felt that it was boring, so she stopped participating in it later.

   "This competition, will there be any rewards for winning?" Robin asked, he was more interested in this.

   "The final winner will be awarded the title of Snow Eagle Knight." Helen replied.

   "Except for a title, nothing else?"

   "What more do you want? There is only one Snow Eagle Knight, and this is a great honor."

   "No gold coins or anything?" Robin is not interested in a short title.

   "How can gold coins compare to honor?" Helen asked naturally.

   "Just a title, no bonus at all, so what's the point of the comparison."

  Helen was annoyed by Robin's remarks, and her beautiful eyebrows frowned: "Honor is the life of a knight! Robin, you really should learn the eight virtues of a knight."

  Robin shrugged his shoulders indifferently, not bothering to argue with Helen anymore.

  Robin is a poor pioneering lord, while Helen is a veteran aristocrat who grew up well-clothed and well-fed. Their values ​​cannot be said to be completely different, but they are also very different in some places.

Those who can participate in the knight competition held by Augustus are all knights from middle and upper noble families without exception. They are generally not short of money, and reputation is more important to them. In the eyes of some nobles, there can be a "Snow Eagle" in their homes. "Knight" is the achievement of Guangzong Yaozu, and it will be of great use in the future whether it is marriage or joining the army.

  Robin is different from these veteran nobles. These emerging pioneer lords are struggling on the verge of bankruptcy every day. Compared with the honorary name that cannot be cashed immediately, the real money that they can still get is obviously more interesting to them.

  After the two argued, Olov came over with a smile and sat next to Helen.

   "Uncle Olof, why are you here? What about the work of the government affairs department?" Helen asked.

  Olof laughed: "Work is not as important as entertainment."

  Helen sighed helplessly: "You are always like this."

  Then, Olof smiled and said to Robin: "Robin, do you want to bet? Who will win?"

  Robin immediately put on a righteous face, and sternly refused: "Sorry, I never gamble."

  Olov showed a puzzled expression, thinking when did this kid become so decent? Being led astray by Helen?

  Helen gave Robin a look of approval.

  Actually, it was just because Robin’s gambling luck was so bad that he lost nine out of ten bets. As time passed, he never gambled again.

   Seeing that Robin was not interested, Olof immediately turned his head and fooled the others sitting in the auditorium on the second floor: "Beautiful ladies, do you want to place a bet?"

   Actually, Olov is not short of money. As the head of the government affairs department, he can’t count the number of people who want to give him gifts every day. He just likes to play.

   Several noble ladies were moved by Olof's words. After a little calculation, they all bet on Edwin.

   "I bet five gold coins."

   "I also bet on hardware."

   Among them, a noble lady wearing a yellow hat is the most wealthy. She is obviously a fan of Ed: "I bet twenty gold coins, and Master Ed will win!"

   After waiting for a while, Duke Augustus finally arrived. When he arrives, the game can begin.

   "The knights from both sides are invited to enter the arena."

   There is an entrance in the north and south of the competition venue, and two knights riding war horses slowly enter the arena from their respective entrances.

  Different from ordinary duels, knightly contests start from horse fights until one party admits defeat or can no longer fight.

  Ed and Jake, the two knights are fully armored, almost armed to the teeth, and the horses under their crotches are also fully equipped.

   Both of them held a long lance in their hands, and of course the tip of the gun had been removed. The flags of the two families hang on the top of the lance.

   There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers from the audience, most of the voices were cheering for Ed, especially those noble girls who admired him, almost broke their throats.

   In comparison, the Jaeger's popularity is much weaker.

  In the auditorium, Helen explained to Robin: "Jike has lost to Ed for two consecutive games, but he has always been very dissatisfied with Ed."

  Robin looked at Jike in the arena, Ed is an undisputed handsome guy, but Jike's appearance is very ordinary. He guessed that Jike's popularity is not as good as Ed's, and he probably has some shame.

  Ed and Jake came to the center of the field, and the two saluted each other on the horse first as usual.

   "Have you heard these cheers? Jike, you can't beat me, give up." Ed had a confident smile on his handsome face, with a condescending tone.

  Jike's face was serious, and he replied neither humble nor overbearing: "You can defeat me, but you can't defeat my competitive heart. Ed, I will challenge you until I defeat you!"

  Ed smiled disdainfully: "Hmph, useless struggle."

   Then, the two returned to the edge of the field.

  Ed put on his helmet, and then raised his left hand high, which was a gesture of "ready". Opposite him, Jike made the same gesture.

  Duke Augustus stood up and immediately announced loudly: "The competition begins!"

   After the voice fell, Ed and Jake raised their lances almost at the same time, drove the horses under them, and rushed towards each other.

The two of them entered the full-speed sprint mode from the very beginning. Their horses were carefully selected and they ran as fast as a gust of wind. The four horseshoes stomped back and forth on the ground, flying the dirt on the field, making a series of "da da da" sounds .

  Ed and Jake hold the gun in basically the same posture. Both of them clamp the gun barrel with their armpits, and aim the gun head at each other steadily.

  In the very center of the venue, the two initiated their first confrontation.

  Jike let out a roar with wide-eyed anger, stretched his arms, and suddenly shot his gun, poking the lance at Ed fiercely.

  Ed looked calm, he didn't yell, he snorted calmly, a little slower than Jike, and quickly fired his gun.

  Both of them used fighting energy, each with different fighting energy on the tip of the gun.

  The two lances met in mid-air. Ed turned sideways on his horseback and avoided Jick's spear head, but his lance stabbed heavily on Jick's side waist.

  Jike was almost poked off the horse's back, but he clamped the horse's belly tightly with his legs and pulled the rein with his left hand, but he didn't fall off after all.

  Then, the two met and ran to the opposite edge of the field. The two stopped slowly, then turned again, facing each other.

  Under the helmet, Jike had a slightly ferocious expression, and the pain from his left abdomen made him break out in cold sweat. Despite the protection of the armor, the feeling of being stabbed by the lance wrapped in vindictiveness from the front is absolutely uncomfortable.

  Ed showed a smug smile, and shouted at Jike loudly: "Aren't you surrendering yet? Jike."

  Jike was silent, he raised his lance again, and answered Ed with action.

  In the auditorium, Knight Helen watched attentively. She excitedly said to Robin beside her: "It seems that Ed has the upper hand."

   Robin got a handful of melon seeds from nowhere, and was knocking on them while watching the game on the field.

He looked at the two people in the arena with his eyes of blood. Ed and Jake are both bloodline level two vindictive knights. At their age, it is already quite powerful to be able to reach such a level. There is no doubt that these two people Among the younger generation of nobles in Silver Frost City, they all definitely belong to the first batch.

  Because the big nobles have more resources, it is often easier to cultivate awakened people with outstanding abilities. Although it is unfair, this is the reality.

   "What do you think of their level?" Helen was looking forward to Robin's opinion.

  Because Robin has always been very good at playing, Helen thinks that his judgment is very useful.

Robin gnawed at the melon seeds: "That Jike, he was too hasty to move, he couldn't use his brain, and he was stupefied. Ed, he has enough skills, but he can also use his brain, but his strength is too weak, so he shot the opponent head-on , can still let the opponent continue to fight."

  Warrior Iron Bear laughed and echoed: "If it were the leader of my family, that Jike has already been carried away."

  The half-elf Luke also nodded.

  After Robin made his comment, someone immediately became displeased.

   "What are you talking about?"

  (end of this chapter)