There are vertical and horizontal ravines, gravel and gravel on the ground, and weathered rocks are constantly being peeled off from the main body. This is a deserted land.
The mountains in the distance are also black and gray, with some dry trees lying between the cracks in the rocks. The wind blowing here is dry and hot.
A lizard quickly hid in the crevice of the rock, and Suldak galloped over the rock on his horse, his horse's hoofs crushing a piece of crispy limestone.
The two young men from Wall Village could only run after Suldak, running very fast along the way.
It is not far from Wall Village to the North Slope Pasture, and there is no need to take a detour. When Suldak rushed to the pasture, he discovered that the entire pasture was completely hidden in the mountain, with a path that looked like a giant dragon scratching it with its sharp claws.
The ravine that came out was almost more than two kilometers in length, but only less than 30 meters in width. In such a deep ravine, the two steep side walls were covered with lush green grass, and some yellow sheep shuttled through the grass.
inside.
In the middle of the gully, there is a long and narrow pool. You can't see how deep it is, but it is sparkling and appears to be full of life. In the middle of the gully, a dead wood fence separates the gully into two sections.
A robin with blue tail feathers landed on the wooden fence and was preening its feathers gracefully.
On the rocky slope above this ravine, two groups of people stood clearly separated.
Among the crowd on the larger side, a knight and two knight attendants were riding horses, looking up towards the direction where Surdak was coming.
Surdak ran to the Beigou grassland in one breath and saw the old village chief leading a dozen young people in the village to stand on the edge of the stone slope beside the Beigou. Everyone saw Surdak coming over on horseback.
The villagers of Wall Village gathered around them one after another, as if they had found a backbone, and they no longer looked like they were cowering in the face of the large number of Guta villagers.
Surdak said hello to the old village chief.
The knight in the crowd opposite took the reins of his horse and drove it out.
He spat with great disdain at Surdak, pointed at Surdak, and said loudly: "Are you Surdak? I am the Knight of Chatopdo. I challenge you today. The loser
I will give up this north slope pasture!”
The middle-aged knight wearing full armor held his helmet in one hand and held the sword on his waist with the other hand. He spoke with great confidence.
Surdak almost laughed out of anger at this impolite knight. He didn't expect that the Chatopdo knight had such a firecracker temper that he would explode at the slightest moment.
Seeing Chaduopuo's expression of needing a beating, Surdak immediately said loudly to him: "This place originally belonged to our village of Wall. If you stand on our pasture and challenge me for a fight, I will lose."
If I win, I will have to give up this pasture, but what if I win? Do I just get back what belongs to me? And you will lose nothing... As you said, can I go to your manor and ask for help?
You issue a challenge and the loser gives up your estate?"
The villagers in Wall Village were not timid when they heard Surdak's voice, and they all laughed too, but they did not dare to go too far, after all, there was a knight opposite.
Knight Chadopudo was furious, pulled out his knight's sword, pointed at Suldak and said loudly: "The north slope grassland has always been half occupied by Wall Village and Guta Village. My bet is Guta Village."
That half of the pasture."
"So you can represent Guta Village?" Surdak chuckled and turned to the Chatopudo knight seriously.
"Of course." Knight Chatopdo said proudly.
The village chief of Guta Village standing aside was about to burst into tears. He originally just wanted to ask a knight to come forward and clarify the boundary line between the north slope pasture and Wall Village, so that his village would not lose its momentum.
There is no intention to monopolize the north slope grassland at all, not to mention that there is a knight in Wall Village now. Even if Chaduopuo wins the duel, what will happen if Guta Village really takes over the entire grassland?
After the Chadopdo knight leaves, Wall Village will find any reason to cause trouble to Guta Village. Can Guta Village still be able to come up with a big gift at any time and always invite outside knights to settle the trouble?
After all, Guta Village cannot afford to offend any of these nobles.
The village head of Guta Village firmly grasped the reins of the Chatopudo horse with both hands, and with a sincere request in his eyes, he begged the Chatopudo knight: "No, Mr. Chatopudo knight, you cannot represent
Guta Village makes this decision. We just want to reconcile with Wall Village. We are willing to share this grassland with Wall Village. We just want to redraw the boundaries of the grassland under your witness..."
At this time, Knight Chadoputo had already put on his steel helmet and had to put down his visor. Seeing the cautious and cowardly look of the village chief of Guta Village, he whipped him hard on the head.
, angrily rebuked: "I have already sent out my letter of challenge, what is the use of saying these depressing words now? Isn't it a better choice for your village to have exclusive access to the pasture here? A bunch of ignorant fools..."
The head of Guta Village was hit with a horsewhip on the face, leaving a bloody mark immediately, and he was whipped back again and again.
Knight Chatopdo put down the visor on his head, rode away from Surdak, drew out the shining silver knight's sword, and pointed at Surdak from a distance.
The villagers of Wall Village looked at Surdak with worried faces. They found that Surdak only wore a suit of leather armor and did not even have the most basic leather helmet. The village chief of Wall Village rushed forward and
He held the reins of the horse and persuaded Suldak: "Little Duck, if we can't beat him, we must admit defeat decisively. Half of the pasture of Beigou is nothing. Don't get hurt, as long as he is fine."
"
Surdak smiled slightly, pulled out the Roman sword from his waist, smiled at the old village chief and said: "Don't worry, I have seen life and death countless times on the battlefield, nothing will happen this time.
, you have to have some confidence in me!"
Then he kicked the stirrup, and Gubo Lai's horse immediately jumped forward and stood in line with Chatopudo. Surdak raised the Roman sword in his hand to salute the Chatopudo knight.
The two knights rode forward at the same time. Surdak's face was tense, and his eyes were fixed on the tip of Knight Chadopudo's sword. There were countless nodes in his body like stars, and twenty nodes were slowly being clicked.
Bright, there is a trace of sacred aura hidden in these nodes, which converges into a bunch of golden light in Surdak's body, and reaches the tip of the sword through Surdak's arm, and the sword tip exudes a faint golden light.
At the same time, the shadow of the two-faced and four-armed demon god appeared behind Surdak. Surdak released his 'power', and his body's strength suddenly nearly doubled.
Suldak only felt that the Chaduopudo knight who was rushing from the opposite side saw him releasing his "power", and the eyes in his visor suddenly shrank, and then a man holding a sword with both hands appeared behind the Chaduopudo knight.
The shadow of the kneeling swordsman appeared, and only his crotch was visible. The speed of the horse suddenly surged, and after the horse ran past, it even brought up an afterimage.
When the two sides charged on horseback, they burst into high morale, which dumbfounded the villagers in the two villages who were watching the battle.
The contempt in Chadopudo's eyes had long since disappeared. He raised the knight's sword high above his head, and at the moment when the two horses crossed each other, he slashed at Surdak with thunderous force. Surdak
The moment he saw Knight Chatopdo's long sword slashed down, five phantoms appeared on the blade.
If Surdak had attended the Knight Academy, he would have known that this was the knight's combat skill in the academy: 'White Heat'. Unfortunately, he had never attended the Knight Academy, and had never learned the knight's combat skills, nor did he know the Five Swords.
The way to break through the blade was to block it with the shield by relying on the instinct of the body.
The Chatopudo knight only felt that the five swords struck a blue shield almost at the same time. The shield made a crashing sound like exploding beans. Surdak sat motionless on the horse and struck out a sword with his backhand. The Chatopudo knight raised his hand.
He raised the knight's light shield in his hand to meet him, and hid the knight's sword behind the shield. Just waiting for Suldak to slash the shield with his sword, he thrust out the long sword hidden behind the shield and killed him.
He was caught off guard.
The shadow of the swordsman behind the Chatopudo knight increased his speed a lot, making his movements nearly twice as fast as usual. At this attack speed, the Chatopudo knight felt that Surdak would be unable to stop him.
His sudden sword attack.
Unexpectedly, the Roman sword in Surdak's hand fell on the shield of Knight Chatopudo. A huge force was transmitted through the shield. Knight Chatopudo was horrified to feel that the Roman sword actually struck him.
After opening the knight's light shield, he relied on his quick reaction to stab the knight's long sword hidden behind the shield. He could barely block Suldak's sword, but the knight's long sword made a crisp sound, and actually
broke at the same time.
The empty door in front of the Knight of Chatopdo was wide open, and he was horrified. He was worried that if Surdak really stabbed him with a sword, the full armor on his body might not be able to block the sword.
But he didn't expect that just when the Roman sword was about to touch his chest, his eyes were blurred. The thick tip of the Roman sword suddenly disappeared, and a bronze hilt suddenly appeared in front of him, and a 'dong' hit hit Chaduo.
This 'heavy blow' on the chest of the Puduo knight knocked the Chadopudo knight directly off his horse.
The knight's light shield and knight's sword split in half were scattered on the ground. Knight Chatopdo fell awkwardly on the gravel-filled ground, his chest was so heavy that he almost vomited blood, and his war horse stopped beside him.
He kept kicking the gravel on the ground with his horse's hooves, and kept holding the horse's mouth to hump the Chatoputo knight.
The villagers on both sides only saw the two knights fighting each other, and after swords were exchanged, the Surdak knight knocked the Chatopdo knight off his horse.
The whole process didn't even take more than three minutes...
Then Knight Surdak rode back to the villagers of Wall Village without looking back, and the two knight attendants among the villagers of Guta Village rushed forward and helped Knight Chatopdo up from the ground.
, he breathed a sigh of relief when he found that Knight Chatoputo's face was ashen, but he didn't seem to be seriously injured.
After Surdak's victory, no one from Guta Village dared to come over to negotiate with the old village chief of Wall Village.
By the time the young people from Wall Village were walking towards the village with Surdak in their arms, the villagers from Guta Village had already begun to take the initiative to dismantle the boundary wall of Beigou Pasture and move all the yellow sheep belonging to Guta Village into the village.
Li rush...
…
It was almost noon when everyone returned to Wall Village.
The old village chief refused to let Surdak rush to Hellanza City no matter what, saying that he would wait until tomorrow morning to leave. If he left at this time, he would not be able to reach Hellanza City until tomorrow, and he would have to spend the night in the mountains.
There have been no monsters in this area for many years, but spending the night in the mountains is definitely not a comfortable experience.
Then the village chief ordered the villagers to catch the fattest yellow sheep and gathered the whole village to drink sheep soup in the evening.
Since roasting lamb doesn't produce much meat at all, each villager can only eat one or two mouthfuls. It is far inferior to boiling a large pot of lamb soup. Every villager can scoop a large spoonful of hot milky white soup.
, add a piece of mutton bone meat and soft boiled haggis to the soup bowl, with green onions, drink it in one breath, your forehead will secrete a layer of sweat, if you can still eat a piece of roasted wheat
Cake, for the villagers of Wall Village, is the best taste.
As for luxury delicacies such as barbecue, for the villagers of Wall Village, it is something that noble gentlemen can afford.
Every year, only after the Harvest Festival, the Coming of Age Ceremony, the first snow in winter and the first rain in summer, Wall Village will gather all the villagers to hold such a collective celebration ceremony. Today is also because Wall Village finally took back Beigou.
Because of the ownership of the pasture, the old village chief would hold such a dinner for the whole village to attend.
The well-fed villagers naturally danced the Harvest Dance together around the bonfire. Surdak was surrounded by a group of young people in the village. The young people full of enthusiasm asked Surdak for combat skills.
In fact, Surdak doesn't know any fighting skills. Those things he knows are all honed on the battlefield, including skills on how to protect oneself and how to kill people. Such skills are difficult to learn without personal experience on the battlefield.
Gotta know how.
A group of old people sat on the outside, watching the noisy young people around the bonfire, and were infected by the joy on the field.
The old village chief said to Sheila sincerely: "Sheila, I would like to thank you very much this time for allowing little Dake to stand up for the people of the village."
"..."
Old Sheila sat on the bluestone, and Natasha also sat next to her. They didn't know what to say to the village chief's thanks, and they couldn't even accept it. Rita was not far away with little Peter and a group of people.
Children playing.
"If possible, we should try to avoid this kind of battle in the future!" the old village chief said with emotion.
Old Sheila looked through the crowd and saw Suldak surrounded by young people in the village. His lips moved slightly and he couldn't say anything. He just thought in his heart that this was not something he could control.
Seeing that Sheila was silent, the old village chief thought that she had no knowledge. He was worried that her heart would swell because of her son becoming a knight. Seeing that Surdak kept taking risks without trying to dissuade her, if something happened
There is no use regretting it.
He didn't care whether Old Sheila was willing to listen, so he gave Old Sheila a blow in the head, hoping to wake her up. He said to Old Sheila: "Have you ever thought about it, if your son Surdak died in a duel?"
, what will that be like?”
"..."
Old Sheila couldn't help but think at this moment: I don't know who sent someone to invite 'him' to put himself in danger in the morning. These powerful people turned their backs on each other, just like dogs turning their backs on others.
Before Old Sheila could finish her slander, she heard the old village chief say again:
"If little Duck dies, the noble masters of Helensa City will deprive him of his knighthood. According to the imperial decree, Natasha must remarry within three years, and Rita is about to get married, and you...
...You have to work hard to live, and you don’t even dare to get sick or die, because you have to raise Peter.”
"That kind of life is the worst."
The old village chief sighed, then softened his tone and said: "And now, Surdak has become a knight. This is the glory of your family and the glory of the whole village."
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Suldak in the crowd, not noticing that the face of Old Sheila beside him was full of horror.
Old Sheila turned her head in panic and looked at Natasha beside her.
Natasha also looked pale and asked old Sheila in a low voice: "They will take me away so that I will never see little Peter again, right? Sheila."
"……I have no idea."
When old Sheila said these words, she felt that she had no strength at all.
At this moment, she thought of the poor children in the village who were abandoned by their mothers after their fathers died, and she couldn't help but tremble...