Looking at King Terra's face and hearing from his tone, Jino knew that King Terra was murderous, and he didn't care at all about the benefits he could get in exchange for Jino.
"I have a lot of money. Let Volantis redeem me. In addition to the ransom, I can also give you all my savings!" Knowing that death was at stake, Gino could no longer calm down. He was only in his thirties.
He is already the greatest general in Volantis, deeply trusted by the King of Volantis, and he has a wealth of money and many wives and concubines. He has not enjoyed enough of all this, and he does not want to die.
Gino kept promising various conditions to the King of Terra. As long as he didn't die, he would always have a chance to make a comeback after returning to Volantis, and he might not have the chance to attack Terra again in the future. When the time comes, he would definitely count today's humiliation.
Returned.
But no matter how he promised all kinds of tempting conditions, King Terra showed no reaction and still stared at him like ice.
"It's so ugly, Geno. I thought you would rather die than surrender. The Volantis people really have no faith to speak of. Have you finished talking? I will send you on your way after you finish speaking!" King Terra mocked Geno with disdain.
After that, it was time to cut off Jino's head. Although the King of Terra was old now, he was also a famous brave warrior in Terra. Together with Hogul, he was known as the Two Heroes of Terra. Now cut off a person's head.
The strength is still there.
"Wait! I'm a noble. I can't die in this situation. I ask for a martial arts contest and let the gods decide my life and death. This has been a custom in Slovakia for thousands of years. You won't violate it, right?" Gino shouted to stop Queen Terra.
He stated his conditions.
This is indeed true. Hundreds of years ago, when the gods occasionally sent miracles, nobles could indeed absolve themselves of their sins through martial arts competitions. If they won, it would mean that the gods believed that they were innocent. If they died, it would mean that they were innocent.
He deserves it.
But in fact, the gods have no time and interest to pay attention to whether a mortal is guilty or not. This is just a way that the nobles came up with for a chance of survival. Later, this project was even written into the noble code, but that was hundreds of years ago.
This was back when there was still a unified and powerful empire in Slovakia.
King Terra was silent for a moment, he did not expect that Jino would actually propose a martial arts contest.
"Do the Volantis who only believe in profit also put their hope in the gods? As far as I know, you haven't offered sacrifices to the Storm God you believe in for more than a hundred years, but this is indeed your right.
, I agreed, then, which warrior dares to punish his sins!" King Terra agreed to Jino, then looked around and asked.
"I'll do it! I'll beat him!" Ronan replied as quickly as possible. When several Terran warriors around him hesitated, Ronan had already beaten him.
After all, Jino is also a prestigious mission for Volantis, and it must be worth a lot of honor points!
The King of Terra did not know Ronan, but he knew that Ronan was in the Hinterlands army, so he turned his head and looked at Hogul next to him. Hogul randomly put it into the ear of the King of Terra and said:
"He is Captain Rodrito who rescued Prince Kogan. He is a follower of Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Hinterlands. He is a trustworthy warrior with strong martial arts skills!"
King Terra nodded. He had heard of Ronan and knew something about him, but he had never seen him in person.
"Okay, then our 'Blood Slaughter' Captain Rodritt will take the challenge and judge your sins on behalf of the gods!" King Terra nodded, agreed to Ronan's application, and turned back to Jino.
Jino had also heard of Ronan, and his expression changed immediately when he knew it was him. Ronan also became embarrassed when he heard that King Terra called him "Blood Slaughter". Unexpectedly, even King Terra knew that this was in Ronan
It seems that the title of the role has been given to a minor role.
"That's not fair, he's wearing a full set of plate armor." Geno's armor had been stripped off before, so he said after seeing Ronan's equipment, trying to increase his winning rate.
With a chuckle, Ronan threw away his helmet and took off his upper body armor with the help of the soldiers around him.
"I won't take advantage of you, but everything you do is in vain. Your fate has been decided, and you will die in my hands!"
Bare to the waist, revealing strong muscles that were more clearly defined by the reflection of sweat, Ronan held the Xingyun Taishou in both hands and slowly walked into the duel venue surrounded by soldiers, an open space of about 20 square meters.
Jino finally swallowed the long sword handed over by the soldier beside him. After swallowing, he tightened the long sword in his hand and walked into the venue. He couldn't help but be nervous. After all, it was a battle that decided his life and death, and the opponent was said to be in the castle.
Ronan killed more than a hundred people by himself.
"Ah!!!" Taking a deep breath, Jino roared with courage and charged forward with his sword raised.
Ronan was extremely calm. While slashing with Genuo's long sword, he deflected the side sword. His body turned and went around behind Genuo. He kicked Genuo hard on the butt, causing Geno to fall forward and fall into pieces.
Ronan shook his head and did not take advantage of the situation to attack. Instead, he sighed and said:
"Give up, you have no chance of winning against me!"
Jino quickly turned over, picked up the weapon, turned around and faced Ronan again, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth and rushed forward again. This time he was much more careful and did not give Ronan a chance to play tricks on him.
After a few rounds, Ronan had lost the patience of a cat chasing a mouse. He wanted to humiliate Gino a little longer to avenge Dario and his dead subordinates, but Gino had entered a crazy state, no matter how he used trash talk
Spraying him, Jino just continued to attack with a ferocious look on his face.
Holding the long sword that Gino was slashing with, the muscles of both arms bulged and he suddenly pushed upwards. Ronan pushed Gino directly into the middle door and opened it. Ronan took advantage of the situation and punched Gino with his left hand, hitting Gino's nose bone hard, and then hit him hard on the bridge of the nose.
After being hit with several heavy punches, Jinuo fell back and fell to the ground.
Shaking his head, the blood from Jino's forehead entered his eyes, blurring his vision. Under the pressure of death, Jino went completely crazy. He roared and charged forward with his sword again.
"You think you can kill me?"
Looking at the crazy-looking Jino, Ronan shook his head. While holding the long sword, the sword slid upwards. When it reached the handguard position, it slid sideways and directly cut Jino's wrist. The tendon of the hand was broken and Jino could no longer hold it.
Holding the long sword, the long sword fell to the ground feebly.
Ronan grabbed the fist that Gino was swinging with his other hand, and then he bent it hard, directly breaking Geno's other hand. Ronan kept walking, and when Gino screamed, he went around behind him and cut him off twice.
The big tendons in the bends of his knees made Keno's legs weak and he fell to his knees.
Then Ronan turned quickly again, and before Gino fell forward weakly, he went around to kneel in front of him and put his sword on his neck.