King of German Mercenaries

On the way home, Adler was a little confused the whole time, giggling from time to time. Thanks to his good riding skills, he didn't fall off the horse. In addition, it is also fortunate that there were no muck trucks and large trucks in the Middle Ages, and no one could kill him, an old driver on horseback.

Several times, absent-minded Adler drove his horse straight to the river. Fortunately, Marin and the others, sandwiching Adler on both sides, forcibly drove Adler's warhorse to the road.

Back at Hoffman Manor, Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary hurriedly asked:

"How's it going? What's the situation?"

"You can see Adler's situation clearly..." Marin said speechlessly.

"What's wrong with this child? Why is his eyes dull?" Old Hoffman was very puzzled.

"Obviously it's lovesickness!" Marin said angrily.

"Oh... wow... Adler is enlightened? That girl is very beautiful? Marin, tell me what's going on..." Mrs. Mary was excited and seemed to be very interested in this gossip.

"Well...that girl, she looks okay, she's taller than me...it seems to be more aggressive..."

"Adler seemed to fall in love with that girl at first sight, and he became stupid... You see, he didn't know what shyness he thought of, and he laughed so stupidly that he even drooled..." Marin patted his head speechlessly .

"Ahahaha..." Old Hoffman laughed gleefully.

"What's so funny? When my son is old, it's normal to think about women. Didn't you hug me back when you saved me and refused to let go?" Madam Mary said angrily.

"Uh...this..." Old Hoffman was embarrassed when the embarrassment was revealed. At the beginning, the reason why Old Hoffman rescued Mrs. Mary was that, in addition to chivalry, Mrs. Mary's beauty was also an important driving force for him to fight four fierce assassins.

"What Madam said, let's go and sign up for Adler?" Old Hoffman asked cautiously.

"Well, I just don't know if Adler can beat other competitors..."

"My son, there must be no problem!" Old Hoffman was very confident.

...

Just as the couple were discussing helping Adler sign up for the contest, Adler seemed to have just woken up and shouted to old Hoffman after realizing it:

"Father, mother, I want to participate in the tournament! I want to marry Miss Hamler as my wife!"

Everyone was stunned, and then they all burst into laughter...

"Adler, your mother and I have decided to help you sign up! If you can't beat anyone else, you stinky boy, go get 50 batons yourself!" Old Hoffman said funny.

"what?"

...

In the following days, the family first spent the New Year of the Western Calendar. Then, after the New Year, the old Hoffman sent someone to the Gelsenkirchen estate to sign up for Adler.

After the person sent to sign up came back, he reported the process of the competition...

This competition is divided into two events-horse battle and foot battle.

Among them, the distance of the horse battle is very short, and the total length of the arena is only 30 meters. The charging distance of the two players is only 15 meters. This distance, for the heavy knight, it is impossible to rush. Because the heavy knight steed has a high load-bearing capacity, the acceleration is very slow. At a distance of 15 meters, it is impossible to increase the speed at all. On the battlefield, the distance to start the charge is generally more than 200 meters. When Marin participated in the WYN Knight Trials, the charging distance was not far, but it also reached 30 meters. Marin's minor injuries that time were fine. Someone broke his arm and leg directly.

However, Hamler Knight also has his say. What he means is that this competition is not a life-and-death duel, and he doesn't want to see someone have an accident on the field.

You must know that knight competition is a very dangerous activity with a high fatality rate. Once the heavy cavalry released its speed, the two sides collided, and the side who was knocked off the horse did not dismount, but "flyed" off the horse.

It fell to the ground, it was heavy. If you are unlucky, the head will hit the ground first, and you may break your neck and die on the spot.

If someone died in the Hamler Manor because of a martial arts contest, the Hamler Knight would inevitably be hated by others. Therefore, he simply reduced the charging distance to 15 meters, so that the knights could not rush. In this way, when the two sides come into contact, they rely more on combat skills and personal strength than on the impact of the horses. Even if you are knocked off your horse, you are dismounted, not flying off your horse. In this way, the possibility of casualties is greatly reduced. Moreover, compared with the lances tried, it is not a pointed metal head, but a wooden blunt head, which greatly reduces the lethality. At the same time, in this knight competition, it is strictly forbidden to aim the lance at the opponent's head, otherwise, it will be abstained. Because, no matter how dull the wooden gun is, hitting the head can easily cause the opponent to die. King Henry II of France was shot in the head during a knightly contest and died of serious injuries (although this has not happened yet). In addition, the competition must not use a lance to stab a horse. Because war horses are valuable assets. For some poor wandering knights, war horses may be his most valuable possessions. If it loses, it may make it bankrupt...

As for foot combat, Hamler Knights have also made adjustments. Although the knights still wear plate armor, they no longer use metal weapons, but uniformly use oak-made two-handed swords or wooden hammers provided by the manor. In this way, because they are wearing plate armor, even if they are defeated and knocked down, it is difficult to cause casualties.

...

All in all, this competition looks more like a friendly exchange rather than a life-and-death struggle. Moreover, in this competition, the losers do not need to hand over their armor and war horses, they are just eliminated from the event.

Hearing these conditions of yours, the old Hoffmans and Marin both breathed a sigh of relief. Now that the risk is reduced, that's the best thing to do. After all, they didn't want Adler to kill and maim himself in order to compete for a woman.

It's just that Adler took Marin to practice martial arts as if he had taken medicine these days. Where is Marin's opponent for this savage bear? In order not to be beaten, Marin simply closed the door and let out the other wild bear, Kahn, and let the two wild bears fight each other by themselves. He, on the other hand, happily watched the bruised nose and swollen face after the fight between the two wild bears...

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