The Wangli Arena was buzzing with people. In the semi-finals of the martial arts competition, the first thing that took place was the civil war between the two teams of guerrillas.
Ling and Qiaost came a little late, so they only had seats at the back. Seeing the eight guerrillas from both sides, Ling gave Qiaost a brief introduction to the origins of the eight players. Of course, only to Joshua
Mentioned his status as the adopted son of Cassius.
"Hey, he is actually the son of that sword master. No wonder he is so powerful." Jostre murmured, staring at Joshua intently.
In the aristocratic families of the empire, the relationship between outstanding adopted sons and their families is much closer than people imagine. In fact, more than half of the adopted sons will eventually marry the daughter of their adoptive father, and the resulting children will be
The blood of the noble family still remains.
"It seems you don't mind very much? I heard that the guerrillas played a big role in arresting the sky pirates. It was one of the reasons why you were arrested and imprisoned."
After listening to Ling's question, Qiaoste showed a wry smile.
"Guerrilla... In fact, in my hometown of Rivers, there is also a branch of the Guerrilla Association. When my father was still alive, I would often ask them for help. In my memory, Uncle Bernard and Lau
Auntie Li are very good people."
A name you haven’t heard of? He’s probably a low-level guerrilla. He’s probably either retired or transferred.
"Because the neighboring army has no troops stationed in the imperial capital area, the task of maintaining law and order must fall on the guerrillas."
Tolista and Rivers are two suburban cities within the Imperial Capital Circle of Erebonia, located on the east and west sides of the Imperial Capital Circle respectively. Compared with the prosperous modern metropolis Heimdall, the Imperial Capital of Scarlet, they are impressive.
It feels like a small town in the countryside, but in fact, both cities are larger than Libert's rural city of Lorente. The Guerrilla Association uses cities above a certain size as its base. In the past, Ling was in Tolista.
When she was living, she remembered that there was a Guerrilla Association there. Even several of her classmates from Thors were also quasi-guerrillas. However, Ling remembered that after graduating from Thors Military Academy, they resigned from the association.
, it looks like he has joined the military. After all, for students who can get into Thors, becoming an officer is more promising than being a guerrilla, and they can better realize their life ideals.
"Yeah, but I heard that the situation seems to have changed a bit now. The Railway Gendarmerie, it is said that after the western extension of the continental cross-continental railway from the Imperial Capital to Haidu was opened, they took back the right to maintain public order in Rivers from the guerrillas. Specifically.
I’m not very clear about the situation, and I haven’t been back to my hometown for a long time.”
The lonely expression disappeared in a flash, and Jost quickly adjusted her mood and turned her attention to the martial arts competition arena, where she and the surrounding audience cheered and cheered for the black-haired boy.
There are many people in the audience who cheer for Joshua like Jost, especially young girls. In terms of appearance, the other four male guerrillas present seem to be much inferior to him. They are good-looking.
What are the advantages?
Ling also paid attention to Joshua's movements on the field. His biggest advantage is his movement speed. When combined with the time attribute of the guidance magic, he can avoid the missile shot by his opponent Karuna with his super high mobility.
With heavy gunfire and bullets, they quickly approached the opponent's line.
"My movements are a bit upright. In the past, I would have been softer." Ling whispered to herself, but Jostre beside her joined in the cheers and did not notice the words of the people around her.
Regarding the skills of sneaking, Ling learned from Joshua. Not only the silent walking, which is already instinctive, but also the skills of avoiding bullets such as snakeskin walking and many other practical techniques. Creating phantoms to confuse the enemy.
It is the specialty of the Black Fang, and it is a combat technique developed after Levi's clone. However, Joshua's fighting style on the field now is completely different from what Ling knows.
From the perspective of an assassin, Joshua's strength has dropped a lot compared to the past. Targets that could have been easily attacked by sneak attacks may now be a tough fight.
But from the perspective of a warrior, Ling feels that Joshua's strength has improved a lot compared to the past. Strength, speed, muscle strength... This is natural. After all, Joshua was 11 years old back then, and today's Joshua
Xiu Ya is 16 years old. These five years are the golden period of growth for a warrior. With Cassius as his adoptive father to lay the foundation for him, his physical fitness must have improved dramatically.
"It's not a shadow technique but a blast, so it's the footwork taught by Cassius... I don't know if Joshua has mastered the air cicada, but Cassius himself may not know it. I remember that he is Eight Leaves
The Secret of the Ichito-ryu Ichino Spiral." Ling thought of Arios, whom she had fought against before, and the technique of hiding one's own aura and then using super-speed movement to instantly appear behind the enemy. That was Shibachi.
The ghostly step that Ye Yitou Ryu Ni-type Hayate can master after deep study is also a prerequisite for activating the inner blast. The footwork that Rei is developing, the Moon Step, is a unique skill that relies on her own jumping power of more than 800bw.
So far, she has not perfected it to the third stage, and will not consider teaching it to others for the time being.
In addition to Joshua, Ling also paid attention to the battles of other people on the field. The alchemist who uses a spear has become a full-time buff magician in the team. He uses secret alchemy instead of guidance magic to provide benefits to his teammates.
It has layer after layer of buffs. The midfield support is Karuna, who converts the guiding magic into bullets to stimulate the barrage, providing support and shooting for the combatants in front. And those standing in the front are using
Kurac with the big sword and Yanelas with the sword.
In terms of team configuration, their team is well-balanced, and with tacit cooperation, they can exert their own strength far beyond their individual abilities. Although there is some gap in strength with Team Jin, they are still able to fight vigorously and not fall behind. Unfortunately,
This can only last for a while. Although they used alchemy to improve the offensive and defensive capabilities of Kurac and Yanilas, they still could not break through the iron wall of defense composed of Jin and Agathe. From the beginning, the two implemented the strategy of not seeking merit but seeking success.
A flawlessly conservative approach to warfare, waiting for the opponent to reveal a flaw before launching a strong counterattack.
Bundling the performance of the entire team together will not only improve the strength, but also create obvious weaknesses. As long as any one link is broken, there is no way to maintain this team formation. And it was Fudojin who broke the deadlock.
A strong fighting spirit erupted from his body that even the audience in the auditorium could clearly feel, and he used his Yue Hua Palm to hit Yanilas, the youngest and most inexperienced of the four opponents.
As the young Eight-Leaf Swordsman was knocked away by the shock wave, the front line of Cruz's team was torn apart. Joshua also quickly approached Karuna and put his two swords on her neck. 2
After everyone was eliminated, Krutz and Kurac had no chance of winning. Even though the two great swordsmen, Kurac and Agathe, were still fighting equally on the field, Jin, Joshua, and Estelle
The three quickly defeated the helpless Kreutz.
Seeing that the situation took a turn for the worse, Kurac burst out in anger and jumped out of the standing circle. Looking at the four people surrounding him, he helplessly inserted his sword into the lawn and raised his hands to admit defeat.
The winner has been decided! The red team and the gold team won! The referee's voice sounded, announcing the finalists.
The entire battle lasted less than twenty minutes, but the excitement and intensity were far greater than the previous events. The audience cheered louder and louder again, and different spectators shouted the names of all the contestants.
"The contestants in the martial arts competition are all so good. Well, although I am very reluctant to do so, even if we are shortlisted from the preliminaries, we probably won't be able to win against anyone."
Two days ago, Josté herself had fought hard in the arena not as a spectator but as a contestant. Without Second Lieutenant Lawrence, they might have been able to defeat those black-clad secret service soldiers and give themselves a bad breath. What a pity for the world.
There aren't that many ifs.
There is still more than half an hour of intermission before the start of the next semi-final. The employees of the arena went off to clean up the mess caused by fighting spirit and guidance magic. The audience also excitedly discussed the game just now.
Josté managed to hold back her excitement, but when she heard someone in the front row discussing Joshua's handsome moves, she couldn't help but pricked up her ears.
"Ah, by the way. Speaking of which, Ling, you seem to be very calm. Aren't you excited about the competition?" Jost turned around and asked Ling beside her.
"Nothing, I enjoy it very much." Ling answered her with a smile.
"Although I always feel that I don't mean what I said, forget it. Thank you so much for bringing me to the martial arts competition."
The atmosphere in the auditorium gradually calmed down, and during the intermission, Ling and Qiaost chatted about the empire again.
"Actually, I would rather go to the Military Academy than a women's academy. If I join the army after graduation, I might be able to live with Brother Doron and Brother Gil." During the days when she was a sky pirate, Jost had long since given up on her past life.
She has the habit of being a young lady and has developed a good quality of being hardworking and hardworking. She believes that she can adapt well even if she becomes a soldier.
"If Jost wants to go to Thorz, I have a way. President Irina of Leinfort is a director of Thorz."
"Well...I'm just talking, just talking." Josté waved her hands quickly.
"Hmm? Don't you want to go?"
"Well, it's not that... I want to go. But if I go now... I have to stay in the civilian class to study."
"There's nothing wrong with the civilian class, right? I also graduated from Thors' civilian class. As long as I can become a top student, even the noble classmates will look at me with envy." Ling recalled the graduation ceremony three years ago.
Then said to Josté.
"Aha, no, no, that's not what I meant. Now that things have happened, I don't mind the distinction between nobles and commoners. It's just that... there may be many friends in the noble class that I knew before. Wan
When they look at me with sympathetic eyes, I feel bad just imagining it. So I think it would be better to at least wait until the family has restored its title."
She can accept suffering, but is unwilling to accept mercy. Although she says she doesn't mind being a commoner or a noble, Jost's idea is the standard logic of an imperial aristocrat. In addition, she is actually a competitive person by nature.
She has a character that doesn't give up easily. Now she shows her ladylike side in front of Ling, probably because she was forced to grow up due to being in prison.
It's because he's very pretentious that he's easy to manipulate. Ling thought. She felt that she could reveal a little bit about her.
Ling put her left hand into her pocket, opened arcus, and gently slid her fingers across the dial, activating the magical wind field and building a small barrier around her and Jost's seats to prevent sound from spreading to the outside world.
Feeling that the noisy sounds from the outside world suddenly disappeared, Jost looked around in confusion. Then she saw that the audience's mouths were obviously moving, but their voices could not be heard.
"Then it doesn't hurt to tell you one thing. The person who extradited the Capua family back to the country, the real benefactor you should be grateful to, is neither Mulla nor Ambassador Darvill. It is His Highness Olibat Lezeyanor.
"
"Huh? Huh? Ah?"
Josté opened her mouth wide, as if I didn't understand what you were saying.
"Well, the eldest prince of the empire is the slutty prince who is famous in the empire's social circle. Don't worry, I don't think he is interested in your young figure."
"Tai, it's not that kind of thing. He is a high-ranking royal family, how could he be interested in a low-level noble like us? Besides, we have never seen him..."
"I've seen it before. Sunshine blond hair and Imperial people. Although I usually don't associate it with that aspect. But recall it carefully."
"It's hard, could it be that...the Olivier who gave Brother Mulla such a headache? Well, I'm sorry, I need to be quiet."
The first time Josté and Olivier met was in the Perth area. In the fortress where the Sky Pirates were based, the Sky Pirates met this Imperial man who was working with Lieber's guerrillas. The other party and her
Similarly, he used a guided gun to fight, and the three Capua brothers also fought with him once. Although they thought it was a bit strange, they only regarded him as a guerrilla from the empire, so they didn't pay much attention to him. Until Ling mentioned it, Qiao
Only then did Sette remember that it was confirmed at the Imperial Embassy that Olivier was not a guerrilla at all.
"Well, we actually attacked the royal family... This is disrespectful. It's over... We have to find a way to escape from the embassy..."
Of course, Qiaoste's casual thoughts fell into Ling's ears. She burst into laughter.
"Don't think too much, His Highness Olibat shouldn't have any ill intentions towards you. It can even be said that he is the backstage after you return to the empire. So don't worry about anyone making things difficult for you because of the past. But on the contrary, you will also
You are labeled as His Highness the First Prince and are regarded as his retainers. Whether you are aristocrats or reformists, most of them will draw a clear line with you. The prince provides you with status and channels for advancement, and you dedicate yourselves to the prince.
Ability and loyalty, this kind of encounter should not be unfamiliar to the nobles, it has a sense of history, right? When you encounter a good career, you should join the gang as early as possible. It is not too late for you to join."
"Uh...uh...uh..." After hesitating for a long time, Josté nodded with difficulty.
"As you can see, I am also on the side of the eldest prince. Our 'lord' does not intend to compete for the throne, but only starts to cultivate his own strength in order to protect himself. What's more, if there is any danger, Erebonia
In the history of China, there is no shortage of cases where the legitimate son died unexpectedly and the concubine succeeded to the throne. The famous lion-hearted emperor Drekels is a typical example. Your Highness has very few cards in hand, so you, the Capua family,
, can be regarded as a much-anticipated newcomer. Don’t overcomplicate things, just do the things in front of you. Your brothers have your brothers’ battlefields, and you also have yours. The social circle of the imperial capital is right.
From your point of view, it’s no different from the battlefield.”
Josté clenched her fists and took a deep breath.
"Huh, I've decided! I will never ruin Capua's reputation. Thank you, Ling, I know what I should do next!"
Josté's mental outlook took on a new look, and all the loneliness and depression she had shown before disappeared. She turned into a healthy and energetic form.
Ling didn't quite understand why someone always wanted to touch her head. After swatting away Qiaoste's extended hand, she released the guiding magic wind field, and the sounds outside suddenly returned.
Soon, the host's voice that came through the guide broadcast drowned out the volume of all the audience.
Next, the two teams for the second semi-final match will be announced. From the south, there is a four-person team including Second Lieutenant Lawrence and others from the Special Forces of the Royal Army Intelligence Department of Team Blue.
The team that defeated Josté's team in the qualifiers and advanced to the main round was also the culprit who took advantage of the Capua Sky Pirates and their family and made them prisoners.
"Huh, it's them."
"Doesn't it sound like you hold a grudge against them?"
"Although I still hate them, those things are in the past. I have to look at them now."
Probably the chicken soup that Ling gave to Qiao Si just now was too good. Qiao Si even untied the knot in her heart and was able to look at her enemies calmly.
To the north, the red team. Well, the sunglasses player told the competition team not long ago about his true identity. He fought against four people as one person and passed all the way from the qualifiers to the present. Let us welcome the sunglasses player from Calvard
The martial artist of the Republic, Valut!
"Hey? Hey hey?" Ling didn't expect Valut to directly expose himself to the public like this.
I saw Valut taking off his sunglasses on the field and changing into a loose training uniform. That was the outfit he used when he played against Ling last month.
Martial arts competition is different from fighting on the battlefield. It focuses more on defeating the opponent rather than protecting oneself. The most important thing on the battlefield is to save one's life rather than killing the enemy. No matter how high the martial arts skills are, a reckless person cannot escape the consequences of being shot or fired. But a martial arts competition is
Different, there is no need to consider facing dense arrow rain or barrage coverage. For martial artists, compared to wearing heavy protective gear, going into battle lightly is actually the best way to show their strength.
"This uncle is so confident. He has actually been able to win one against four so far. He seems to be a powerful expert. Now, Ling, which side do you like?" Qiao Sitte was imprisoned when she participated in the competition, but she was also imprisoned after that.
He has been staying in the embassy, so he has not watched Valut's previous games.
"I think Second Lieutenant Lawrence is stronger, but I think the winner should be Valut."
"Well, I also think that Second Lieutenant Lawrence has a better chance of winning. But I don't want him to win. I have decided that I will cheer for Uncle Valut in this game!" Although she has given up, Jost doesn't want him to win either.
Will support the secret service.
There are probably many people who have the same idea as Josté. Compared to the special agents who cover their faces with helmets, Valut, who took off his sunglasses and black suit and assumed an upright posture, is undoubtedly more popular.
It is human nature to worship the strong, and in previous games, he showed his overwhelming strength in defeating his opponents, attracting a large number of fans. The shouts of "Valut" and "Valut" were heard on the field.
It was almost one-sided. Even if there were a few voices cheering for Second Lieutenant Lawrence, they were completely suppressed by the other side.