Crete's face turned red. He stared at Aranza, with a decisive light flashing under his pupils, and said: "Your Highness, please compete with me! At least..."
He suddenly hesitated, and his words stopped for a moment. In the eyes of Crete, Aranza was like a huge mountain. It stood between the sky and the earth of Crete, blocking the sun and allowing the growing Crete to always be there.
It was squeezed in the darkness, unwilling to give in, but unable to break it.
However, immediately, a gentle yet savage figure passed through Crete's mind, and the intermittent impressions were spliced together to form a picture of Crete's pursuit. So, the inexplicable courage allowed him to say what he wanted to say.
: "Forgive me for being presumptuous, but, Your Highness, I want...at least...through this competition, let me know how far behind we are..."
Aranza's mouth curved with interest. He did not immediately agree to the other party's request, but said, "Well, your change really surprised me."
Crete responded with a difficult smile and said bitterly: "Last time... I was imprisoned in the void for a long time."
At this time, there was confusion in his eyes, and he continued: "In the void, time always flows out... I can't remember how long it was."
"Loneliness is a good catalyst."
Korra looked around at everyone, explained succinctly, and then said: "However, there are many traps in solitude, which can distort people. It seems that even the Dragonborn cannot escape these traps."
Hearing this, Crete gritted his teeth, but quickly endured it. His eyes were still on Aranza, and he said: "Your Highness, please accept my challenge!"
"Well, it seems that if I don't accept your challenge, I'll be really sorry for the emotions you've been holding back for so long."
Aranza stood up, spread her hands, and said: "I doubt whether the request for the competition was made by Nicole Robin. But I don't mind this. I will meet your request, the time and place of the competition, and yourself.
Certainly."
"Now! The location...is on the deck!"
"very good!"
Black Pearl, deck.
Korra deliberately delayed the contest between the two, so that at this time, the outside of the deck was crowded with sailors who were resting and came to watch. Apparently, the news of the contest between the son of the King of Heroes and the Dragonborn had spread like wildfire.
The sailors heard that the other two warships even accelerated their speed and kept pace with the Black Pearl. The sailors of the two warships gathered at the guardrail, waiting for the competition to begin.
Korra did not stop the sailors. On the contrary, such a grand occasion was her purpose of delaying the competition between the two. She even wanted to move the last warship in front of the Black Pearl so that the sailors on that warship could also
Watching the battle from the stern, but doing so was a waste of time, so Korra had to give up.
In the middle of the deck, Aranza and Crete stood opposite each other, while Cora and Woods were watching the battle by the guardrail on the second floor.
Perhaps it is because he regards Aranza as his idol that the weapon Crete chooses is actually a two-handed sword, a two-handed sword obviously collected by Dragon's Lair. It is shining with gold and is no less gorgeous than Aranza's Angela. Of course,
, the sharpness of this sword is higher than that of ordinary decorative swords, and it is visually equivalent to a sophisticated weapon.
Crete held the big sword in both hands tightly, with his body half-bowed, which was a standard preparation posture. Opposite him, Aranza stood empty-handed, with Angela behind his back. Obviously Aranza had no intention of using Angela.
.
Crete's eyebrows came together slightly and he said, "Your Highness, don't you use weapons?"
Aranza shook her head, made fists with both hands, and said, "Well, it's unfair to use weapons."
"This is for me..."
"Let's get started!"
Before Crete could finish speaking, Aranza interrupted him and pointed at Crete provocatively.
"As you wish!"
Crete gritted his teeth and stopped insisting. He accelerated his feet, dragged his sword and rushed towards Aranza, who was motionless. Then the sword slanted out, from bottom to top, and struck Aranza's side!
“Really good.”
Aranza sincerely praised Crete's sword, which seemed simple, but was extremely powerful in terms of strength and speed. Moreover, he saw some shadows of his own past in Crete.
But Aranza is no longer what it once was, and neither is Crete.
In the sight of everyone, the son of the King of Heroes did not dodge the Dragonborn's attack, but directly moved his fist to hit the blade of the two-handed sword.
Jianfeng!
After a crisp and heart-wrenching loud noise, Crete bounced back with his sword and was knocked back several meters. However, Aranza's fist was intact and the two-handed sword did not leave any marks on it!
This is the difference!
Aranza has been able to control the strength of his body very well. He did not use much force in this punch. However, although Crete could easily stand up after being knocked away, his face was bloodless. It was only the first collision.
, he was shocked to discover that there was more than a gap between him and the son of the Hero King.
Aranza waved her fist, and there was no hint of provocation or irony in her tone. She just said calmly: "Well, do you want to continue?"
Do you want to continue?
Crete found that what he needed to think about was not how to deal with Aranza's attack, but such an unbearable choice.
His hands were trembling, and the two-handed sword in his hand was also trembling slightly, making a faint whine of fear.
"ah--!"
The next moment, Crete cut off his thoughts and screamed, like a young monster at the end of its rope. His eyes were red, and the trembling in his hands finally spread to his whole body. He raised his sword in both hands in despair and staggered towards it.
To Aranza.
"A fight without courage has no hope of victory."
Aranza sighed softly, flicked her arm, and flicked Crete's two-handed sword away. Then she grabbed the sword with her other hand and pushed with her elbow. While grabbing the two-handed sword, she pushed Crete away.
Got out.
Unexpectedly, Crete was still unwilling to give in, howling and pounced on Aranza again.
"Enough!"
At this moment, an angry shout sounded from the guardrail on the second floor. Woods jumped down, stood on the deck, walked quickly, but slapped Crete head-on!
"Crack!"
Crete was obviously stunned by his slap, and was stunned for a moment.
Woods then turned to look at Aranza, his tone still respectful, and said: "Your Highness, this competition... made you laugh."
Aranza threw Crete's two-handed sword to him and said, "Well, it's nothing. But...I just got a little interested now. Would you like Mr. Woods to come and compete?"
Hearing this, Woods trembled. In this situation, Aranza did not give him a step at all.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Yes! But... please show mercy, Your Highness."
Crete finally came to his senses. His face was full of confusion. His eyes passed around Woods and Aranza, and he didn't know where they landed. He said: "I...lost?"
Woods' face darkened and he replied: "Yes, whether it's fighting skills or mental strength, you lost, and it was very thorough."
"Oh."
Crete smiled and downplayed it, saying: "So this is the gap. This is also the reason why she chose you instead of me..."
This sentence was obviously meant for Aranza.
"That's not the reason."
Aranza denied it and said: "Well, the reason is that she chose me, not you, it's as simple as that, understand? It has nothing to do with the gap between you and me."
Aranza may or may not know that this sentence was more devastating to Crete than letting him understand the gap between the two.
Crete didn't even know how he exited. He only felt that the scenery in front of him had turned to black and white, and when it returned to color again, he was already standing next to the patriarch of the Tulip family. The focus of his eyes was Aranza on the deck.
A battle ready to go with Woods.
"You should feel lucky."
Korra glanced at the lost Crete from the corner of her eyes and said, "Did you see the eyes of the crew? In their eyes, they expressed admiration for the son of the King of Heroes, not contempt for you."
There was no smile on Crete's face and he said: "I don't care about other people's opinions."
"You'll care."
Korra said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice: "Because you live among the crowd, it doesn't matter what your identity is or where you have been detained for how long."
On the deck, Aranza and Woods were still confronting each other.
In the competition with Woods, Aranza was obviously much more serious. As the head of the five brothers, Woods' strength was already at the Sanctuary level. Compared with their teacher Nicole Robin, although it was still a little worse, it was not much worse. Moreover,
, the difference between the five brothers and Nicole Robin is that they did not betray the Dragon Clan, at least not openly. Like other Dragonborn, they accepted training from the dragon, and Woods, as the best among them, even fought with
The dragon has participated in many actual battles, so his combat power level is not just superficial. He has attainments in combat skills that are fully consistent with this combat power level.
The dragons a dragonborn like Woods serves will only be generals around the dragon king.
Aranza watched Woods' every move, but said: "Well, I didn't expect that with your level, you haven't turned into a dragon priest yet."
Dragon sacrifice is a fate that dragonborn cannot escape. Even though Nicole Robin has not yet become the dragon priest of the Dragon King, there is no doubt that she has not been able to escape from her fate so far.
The weapon used by Woods was a long-handled gun. He pointed the tip of the gun at Aranza with a cautious expression. He could see that Aranza's physical strength was actually only the peak of a senior warrior, which was why he had asked Crete to fight before.
, but through the competition between Aranza and Crete, no, Aranza's suppression of Crete, Woods changed his attitude and regarded Aranza as an opponent who must be treated with caution.
Woods did not ignore Aranza's question and replied: "I am lucky to be able to stand here. I had already half-stepped on the altar that became a dragon sacrifice, but the king of the dragons led the dragons out of the dragon's nest.
This is how I can survive."
"So, do you know the reason why these dragons left?"
"I don't know, but the important internal affairs of the dragon clan are not something that we dragon priests can interfere with."
Hearing this, Aranza had no choice but to put an end to the idea of gathering information. At the same time, she took out the cheering Angela behind her and said, "Well, let's get started!"