Working Prophet

The Red Lion Empire does not have a grand arena like ancient Rome. Most of the tournaments are actually just finding an open space or a hillside. The audience surrounds the contestants in the center and watches them fight each other to determine the winner.

However, this time the competition was organized by the royal family. It not only invited warriors from all over the country, but also attracted many masters from outside the empire to participate. It has become a grand event for the entire continent. Of course, it can no longer be so improvised.

So the venue for the competition was set on a carefully selected lawn outside the Arc de Triomphe, where wooden stands had been erected early and the red flag symbolizing the royal family was hung.

It is said that Alessandro the Furious Lion returned to Lionheart Castle from here after he pacified the Western Territory and solved the last obstacle to the unification of the empire. His descendants named this gate when they expanded the royal capital. For the Arc de Triomphe.

When Ilea arrived, tens of thousands of people, including nobles and commoners, had gathered outside the Arc de Triomphe.

The Royal Knights were dispatched together with the garrison to maintain order at the scene, while the Royal Guards were mainly responsible for protecting the emperor, queen and the big shots present.

Each of them looked serious and unsmiling, with their palms always pressed on the hilts of their swords, as if they were ready to take action at any time, and their silver armor shone brightly in the sun.

Ilea stood on tiptoe, trying to find her uncle, but there were too many people present. She looked around and couldn't find Torres.

Instead, he saw Steve Dave, the branch leader of the sixth branch of the First Knights.

The latter came towards her, "Ser Ilea."

"Captain Steve."

"There should be no competition for you today. The competition between the nobles will only start tomorrow."

"I know, I just came to take a look." Ilea said.

A flash of surprise flashed in Steve's eyes, and then he lowered his voice and said, "To the east, the second field."

"Um?"

The female lord was stunned and a little confused. Just as she was about to ask again, the guard leading the way urged, "Lady Ilea, Your Majesty has arrived. Don't let him wait too long."

"Oh oh oh." The girl could only follow after hearing this.

As soon as Ilea appeared in front of the stands, she immediately felt at least dozens of eyes focused on her.

The nobles in the royal capital are obviously very interested in this female lord from the Western Region. Whether it is her previous dragon-slaying deeds or His Majesty the Emperor's inexplicable love for her, she has been talked about in the noble circles for a long time. topic of.

But this time, she and the foreigner named Merlin set off from the green fields to participate in the martial arts tournament. They even attracted local people to follow them wherever they went. When they arrived at the royal capital, they were followed by The number of followers has almost exceeded 10,000, which seems to prove the girl's wisdom from the side.

After that, she and her men defeated the challengers from the Second Knights and the Third Knights, demonstrating their bravery.

Looking at it this way, she is indeed worthy of the title of Dragon Slayer Knight given to her by Edward II. She is on par with the other three legendary female knights in the history of the empire, no... even much better.

If she can win the next martial arts competition, then a new star will really rise. If she is still willing to stay in the royal capital and has a little bit of political wisdom, she will be able to do so soon. Rise to the upper echelons of the empire and even enter the center of power.

Don't think this kind of thing is weird.

There is a reason why so many people are crazy about the martial arts tournament. This thing is very much like the college entrance examination in another dimension. It is an excellent opportunity to change one's destiny.

In the history of the continent of Bratis, many commoners became nobles because of the martial arts tournament.

Even if you don't become a noble immediately, you may be favored by other nobles due to your outstanding performance, become a retinue knight, or serve a certain great lord, and be canonized as a knight in the future.

In addition, there are many nobles whose families have been in decline. They have used the tournament to gain fame and land, and have successfully turned around and risen again, and even led their families to become powerful empires. Among them, the Godwin family, one of the twelve nobles of Lionheart Castle, The ancestor was the champion of the first martial arts tournament in the empire.

Therefore, even though the tourney has always been known as bloody and cruel, with a large number of people dying or being disabled in each tournament, and even a certain emperor lost his life in the tourney, until Andrea the Lion gave an order to ban it, no matter the civilians Or nobles, they all flock to the martial arts conference.

After all, no matter how dangerous the tournament is, there is no danger of actually going to the battlefield. Moreover, the empire has been at peace for a long time, and military honors are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.

The tournament has become an important way to rise. Not only commoners and minor nobles, but also the second sons of big noble families who have no inheritance rights, and illegitimate children also hope to succeed in the tournament.

Edward II's reopening of the tournament actually received far more approval than opposition, and His Majesty the Emperor's somewhat bad reputation in the past two years has improved a bit as a result.

However, as the person involved, Ilea didn't actually think that much. Miss Rabbit was currently thinking about how to escape without leaving a trace after meeting His Majesty the Emperor.

She still needs to learn how to use the Hand of Judgment today. If she can practice for a while longer, she will feel more confident when it is her turn to play tomorrow.

As for the next competition, it didn't matter whether she looked at it or not. Anyway, she couldn't beat anyone without Merlin's help.

The female lord came to the center of the stand led by the imperial guards.

Ilea was still a little nervous when she walked here, because this area was full of big shots, either princes, princesses, or dukes and marquises. She felt like a sheep in a tiger's den among them.

Fortunately, Heloise waved to her at this time.

The Elf Queen wore a light green dress today, which is also the color that elves have always loved. It was embroidered with complicated patterns with gold thread, making her look even more graceful and luxurious.

Ilea walked up to her and saluted her.

Heloise nodded slightly, and pointed to the seat beside her, "You sit here."

"I'm just a knight, wouldn't it be inappropriate to sit here?"

"This is His Majesty's decision. You don't have to feel any psychological burden. Come over, the martial arts tournament is about to begin."

After hearing this, the female lord finally sat down next to Heloise. At the same time, she noticed another empty seat next to the latter and said curiously, "Where is your Majesty? I heard that he has also arrived."

"Well, he should have been here already, but something happened on the way, so he probably won't be able to come here until later." The Elf Queen said calmly, seemingly not caring about her husband at all.

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