Volume Two, The Fallen Light, Chapter 107, The Competition...
Faced with the silence of the arena at this moment, Knight King Ryan took the lead in applauding, and then all the knights applauded together.
Although the applause was loud, it lacked sincerity, because no matter what, Batoria is an extremely xenophobic country.
Next, Marcus and others began to prepare lottery tools to select opponents.
Twelve knights stood together in the arena, receiving thunderous cheers from all the knights.
After the court jester was glared at by Marcus, he stopped being amused and stopped making funny remarks. Instead, he became serious and explained things truthfully.
Among the twelve paladins, in addition to Iloth and Solomon, there are two other paladins, and the other eight are only at the peak of the gold level.
Except for Iloth, the eleven people are all expedition knights. Their goal is to win the championship and become a Holy Grail Knight.
But unfortunately, apart from the four paladins, the other eight peak gold-level knights are destined to be nothing more than foils.
They also know this fact, but the pride of knights prevents them from giving up easily. This is worthy of the spirit of the knight kingdom.
Under the auspices of Marcus, the twelve knights drew lots to choose their opponents.
As the number 12, Eloise drew the number 7.
It was an expeditionary knight at the peak of the gold rank. As for his name, Ilosu didn't know what he was called.
The first game pitted a Paladin against a Gold-level Knight.
There was no suspense about the result of the game. Naturally, the Paladin won. However, the Paladin did not attack harshly. He only attacked very restrainedly, but it also caused a lot of damage to the gold-level knight. After all, there was a huge gap between the two.
A big realm, that is an insurmountable gap.
In the second game, it was Ilosu's turn.
The gold-level knight in front of me is about the same age as Iloth. He is also a famous young talent in Batoria and has extraordinary talents, but when he meets Iloth, he is completely unrecognizable.
After saluting each other, and with Marcus saying "start", the two started fighting together.
With just one strike of the sword, the gold-level expeditionary knight flew backwards.
The expeditionary knight who flew out did not fall to the ground in a panic or spit out blood, but landed smoothly outside the ring.
Surprised by Ilosu's absolute strength and the fact that he was not injured, the expedition knight understood that Ilosu had achieved control of his power and had reached the level of self-transformation.
The expeditionary knight was filled with admiration and immediately gave a knightly salute to Iloth, who also returned the salute.
The audience immediately burst into applause and praise,
Although the battle between the two was short and the difference in strength was huge, it showed the true spirit of the knight.
Although Iloth is not a knight of Batoria, his strength and chivalry have impressed the knights present.
In addition, Eloth had also avenged Sir Mackenson before, so the favorability of the Batorian knights towards him skyrocketed.
The next battle was between Solomon and a gold-level expedition knight. The outcome of the battle was still no doubt, and Solomon won easily.
In this round of drawing, none of the four Paladins met each other in the first round, which added great excitement to the subsequent battle. There was no situation where two Paladins would consume each other in the first round.
After entering the second round, there were only four paladins and two gold-level knights left on the field.
The six people were divided into three groups. This time, Eloise's opponent was a paladin named Ge Shitu, who was also the Duke of Bastogne.
He is also the youngest knight lord of Batoria.
As a Duke, the huge territory was full of mundane affairs, and Ge Shitu could not go on expeditions like other knights, so he could win the favor of the Lake Fairy and become a Knight of the Holy Grail.
Therefore, Ge Shitu can only hope to win the championship in the martial arts competition, thereby becoming a Knight of the Holy Grail and extending his life.
Ge Shitu was very confident about his own strength. As for a young paladin like Ilosu, he somewhat looked down upon him. There was only one strong enemy in his heart, and that was Solomon.
But soon, he will find out how wrong he was.
The first game is Iloth vs. Ge Shitu.
In the competition arena, after the two of them performed knightly salutes to each other, the competition began.
However, neither of them rushed to attack. Instead, they stayed put and continued to increase their momentum, hoping to take action at the moment when their momentum reached its peak and gain the upper hand.
As the momentum of the two men continued to increase, the weaker knights on the field felt an unparalleled sense of oppression.
Soon, Ge Shitu's momentum reached its peak. What shocked him was that Yiluosi's momentum was still rising at this time.
"This boy's strength is really unexpected!" Ge Shitu thought to himself.
We can't let him continue to increase his momentum, otherwise we will really lose.
Having made up his mind, Ge Shitu immediately launched an attack, waving the family heirloom two-handed giant sword "Heartbreaker" in his hand, leaping into the air, and leaping towards Ilosu.
Facing the attack from the air, Elos stopped increasing his momentum and stood up to face the sword.
Although there is only one word difference between Broken Star and Broken Heart, they are both two-handed giant swords, but the difference in shape leads to completely different ways of using them.
Geshitu is a fighting method of wide opening and closing, and the sword technique emphasizes the force, weight, and continuous force. The attack is like a wave, one wave stronger than the other until the enemy is completely crushed.
The path taken by Elos is more focused on technique, and the use of the two-handed sword is more like the use of a spear.
After practicing double training with Jeanne d'Arc, his fighting skills have become superb. Although there is still a big gap between him and Jeanne d'Arc, his delicate skills and understanding of the origin of power give him a combat power that far exceeds that of the same level.
The tip of Broken Star's sword was like a dragonfly touching water, gently touching the blade of Ge Shitu's Broken Heart sword.
The seemingly light and weak thrust actually made Ge Shituli's slashing attack on the central mountain range in vain.
Elos then raised his sword, forcing Ge Shitu to take a few steps back.
Looking at Yiluosi who struck later, Ge Shitu put away his contempt. He had to admit that this was indeed a strong opponent.
The knights watching the battle were all silent and watching carefully. The battle in the sanctuary is not so easy to see.
"ah..."
Ge Shitu took a breath, let out a loud shout, and rushed towards Elos with his heart broken.
This time, he did not perform a jump chop, because staying in the air would only expose more flaws and leave no room for change of direction.
Extraordinary perception, insight into weaknesses.
At this moment, Iloth's domain abilities have been developed and used and are almost integrated into one ability. At the same time, after being strengthened, his extraordinary perception has gradually evolved into an ability similar to the ability to predict the enemy's next move.
Broken Star accurately clicked on the weak point of Ge Shitu's two-handed sword, easily neutralizing his offensive. At the same time, he turned from defense to offense and continued to use his sword, almost making Ge Shitu unable to resist.
Iloth's speed was extremely fast, and the broken stars seemed to be like raindrops, stabbing Geshitu one after another, making him tired of defending. If he didn't change his strategy, it would only be a matter of time before Geshitu was defeated.
Finally, Ge Shitu, who was blindly defensive, suddenly had a surge of fighting spirit, and the broken heart in his hand danced wildly, firing out hundreds of sword energy, causing Yiluosi's offensive to stall immediately, but Yiluosi quickly changed direction and moved to avoid it.
He was immune to the attack of sword energy, and he also took the opportunity to get rid of the continuous wave of attacks from Elos.
The combat skill launched by Ge Shitu is called Dance of the Blood Dragon. It is a defensive and counterattack combat skill. A large amount of violent sword energy is emitted, which is enough to make the enemy who is pressing close to you lose carelessly. However, the disadvantage is that it is a defensive and counterattack skill.
Undifferentiated combat skills consume a lot of fighting spirit, and Ge Shi Tu will not use them easily if they are not sure and will not be used in emergencies.
Ge Shitu thought to himself: "What a pity."
The combat skill he launched just now - Dance of the Blood Dragon, is extremely concealed and can condense a large amount of fighting spirit in an instant. This is a secret skill passed down by the Dukes of Bastogne. It can increase the explosive power in a short time and deal an unexpected blow to the enemy.
But Elos seemed to be able to foresee it and accurately avoided Ge Shitu's long-planned killing move.
Elos continued to bully him forward, and after an upward attack, Ge Shitu, who was in a blocking state, was forced to float in the air, followed by a series of thrusts, without giving Ge Shitu a chance to counterattack.
The last ghostly slash created a black sword light and sent Ge Shitu flying away. This series of combos made everyone afraid to make a move.
However, Elos did not dare to be careless at all. He chased after him and struck him with two swords in succession, continuously suppressing Ge Shitu and not giving him a chance to breathe.
Because Elos wants to preserve his strength and compete for the championship.