king of the castle

Chapter 383 Castle Pivot and Forbidden Jade Pendant

The spider technique took effect immediately, and a cloud of gray objects flew directly towards Roger. 【】The closer the object gets to Roger, the bigger it becomes. When it touches Roger's body, it will become a spider with a diameter of more than five meters, completely enveloping him and making Roger completely incapacitated.

Barton confidently waited for Roger to lose his ability to move, and even began to consider which kind of magic could make Roger suffer as much as possible without killing him quickly.

However, what happened next was beyond Barton's expectations.There wasn't a single bit of spider on Roger's body at all, and a large group of spiders suddenly disappeared a few steps away from Roger, as if they had never existed.

"How is it possible?!" Barton, who had always been very confident in his magic, turned pale with fright and shouted involuntarily.He knew very well that he had successfully cast the spell just now, and the spider technique should have trapped Roger, and the current situation should not have happened at all, which completely violated any magic principles that Barton knew.

But Barton is a super magician after all, and after a short moment of astonishment, he immediately chanted a new spell, and two flaming arrows quickly took shape and shot at Roger.At this time, Barton could no longer care about torturing Roger, and just wanted to get rid of his opponent as soon as possible.He only hoped that the failure of the spider technique just now was just an accident and not caused by Roger.

However, the facts once again disappointed Barton.After the two flaming arrows shot in front of Roger, they went out like candles in a gust of wind, not even a single spark fell on him.At this moment, Barton finally understood that his magic was completely effective on Roger!

The cruel reality made Barton completely panicked, and at this time Roger, who was holding a long sword, had already rushed towards him.

In the case where magic works on Roger, Barton, who can't fight back, is simply a personal target.Although he also blessed himself with some defensive magic, but under Roger's continuous attacks, these defensive magic quickly lost their effect.How can a weak magician be Roger's opponent?Roger's long sword swung lightly for the last time, and cut a deep gash in Barton's throat.

Blood mixed with air bubbles poured out from the wound, and Barton felt that all the strength in his body was rapidly disappearing.He tried in vain to cover the wound with his hands, but blood kept gushing from between his fingers.At this time, Barton's face had long since lost the previous confidence and killing intent, replaced by deep despair and fear.He watched Roger move his lips, but in the end no sound came out, and he just fell to the ground like that.

Although Barton didn't make any sound, Roger could still guess what he wanted to say: "Why is this happening?"

The "why" Barton asked was naturally why magic didn't work on Roger.Although Archbishop Tumen used divine magic to inspect the two before the duel, the castle hub owned by Roger was originally an artifact created by the Supreme God, and the Archbishop, who is a believer in the Supreme God, did not notice its existence at all.In this way, the magic props in the castle warehouse were also brought into the duel field by Roger openly, and his forbidden magic jade pendant allowed him to face a magician like Barton without the slightest pressure.

So Barton, whose magic was effective on the enemy, suffered a tragedy without any suspense.The guy didn't figure out why this happened until he died, but he'd just take the question to hell.At least Roger thinks that a guy like this who opposes himself who was chosen by the Supreme God is absolutely not qualified to go to heaven.

Outside the duel arena, everyone is anxiously waiting for the result.People who are close to the two duelists, such as the core members of the Barton family and Anna, are naturally concerned about the safety of the duelists themselves.Although other nobles are also concerned about the result of the duel, what they really care about is how the result will affect the political situation of the kingdom and what choices they should make.As for those civilians who are lucky enough to enter the cathedral, they are more concerned about whether their bets will be rewarded.

Relatively speaking, the core members of the Barton family are the most relaxed.The outcome of the duel in front of the gods depends entirely on the real strength of the two sides, and Barton, who is a super magician, has no possibility of losing to Roger.The Barton family's understanding of Roger is still at the level of a year ago, thinking that he is just a bronze-level powerhouse.In such an upright duel, it would be easy for Barton to kill a bronze-ranked powerhouse.

When the gate of the duel field was slowly opened from the inside, the core members of the Barton family all looked leisurely.They were even ready to congratulate Patton and taunt Roger's supporters in front of everyone.

So when the door was fully opened and Roger slowly walked out of the dueling arena, the core members of the Barton family were all taken aback.The old Barton felt dizzy for a while, and even staggered. Now that Roger came out properly, it is natural to imagine what will happen to Barton. The pain of losing his son is a heavy blow to anyone. , the old Barton is no exception.

Seeing Roger walking out slowly, Anna and the others, who had been very disturbed all the time, were naturally very happy, and rushed to greet him to greet him.After confirming that Roger was not injured at all, Anna let go of her last bit of worry and did not hide her pride at this time.It is indeed something that any girl should be proud of that her sweetheart can defeat a super magician in a duel in front of God so easily.

The result of Roger's victory also surprised other nobles. Many people began to re-evaluate Roger's strength, and considered that they should join the Duke of Hamilton's camp.

Whether a family can maintain prosperity, whether the heir is qualified is a very important factor.Although Barton had been deprived of his right of inheritance before, everyone believed that he would still be at the helm of the family in a few days.But now that Barton has been killed, it is estimated that in the next few years, the Barton family will be fighting endlessly over the issue of heirs. This will definitely weaken the Barton family's strength, and anyone with a little brain will not go to join them.

And the public doesn't think so much. Many people just regret that they made the wrong bet before, and now they have to accept the reality of losing money.Speaking of Roger winning the duel, I don’t know how many men lost their private money and women lost their families, so that the consumption level of the next few Mandos cities dropped sharply.Whether it is the brothels that men like to go to for pleasure, or the clothing stores and jewelry stores that women like to visit, there are few people and no one has spare money.Only Roger himself made a lot of money by betting on himself to win, and according to him, it was regarded as the appearance fee for this duel.

The victorious Roger looked handsome. He not only politely thanked everyone who came to congratulate him, but also thanked Archbishop Tumen who presided over the duel before the gods. A donation of thousands of gold coins.

Seeing that Roger was so "pious", Archbishop Tumen was also very happy, and specially gave him some holy water.In the praise of the archbishop and other nobles, Roger left the cathedral with a smile.He was so satisfied with what happened today, and finally got rid of Barton in an open and honest manner. Who would dare to rob him of a woman in the future.

Contrary to Roger's side, everyone in the Barton family is in mourning.They led their men into the duel field to collect Barton's body, and then walked out of the cathedral with gloomy expressions.It stands to reason that even if Barton lost, as family members, they should also express their gratitude to the Archbishop.However, the Barton family has not suffered such a big loss for hundreds of years. At this moment, everyone is simmering with evil fire in their hearts, so how can they care about these things?Everyone from Old Barton down didn't even glance at the archbishop, such a polite attitude made Archbishop Tumen shake his head secretly.

The members of the Barton family walked out of the cathedral, just in time to meet Roger who was one step ahead of them.Just now in the church, the old Patton was still holding back his anger so that he could not bear it anymore when he arrived at Roger, and he walked up to Roger in full view and said loudly with a sullen look: "Roger Lee, I am the Patton family. I swear to my honor, even if the last drop of the Barton family's blood is shed, I will kill you to avenge my son!"

"Whoever dares to threaten Roger will have to die!" As soon as the old Barton finished speaking, another old voice sounded behind him.

The unceremonious voice made the already very angry old Barton extremely furious, and he turned around suddenly to find out who dared to speak to him like that.Although the Barton family temporarily lost power, the so-called "Centured insects, dead but not stiff", the family is still very influential in the kingdom.Even if Old Patton's opponent, the Duke of Hamilton, was present, he would not dare to speak to him in this tone.Old Patton had already made up his mind that even if he couldn't kill Roger for the time being, he would first kill this guy who dared to be so polite to him.

However, when Old Barton's eyes fell on the old man who was speaking, his originally angry expression immediately became embarrassed and somewhat panicked.He didn't even dare to meet the old man's eyes, but turned his eyes away and said awkwardly: "Master Vader, why are you here?"

It was Jenson Button's teacher, Master Vader of the Magician's Tower, who threatened the old Button with his words.Although theoretically speaking, the relationship between Master Vader and the Barton family is closer. After all, he is the teacher of the former heir of this family. Strictly speaking, Vader also belongs to the Barton family camp.

However, such a Master Vader, at this time, had an extremely blunt attitude towards Old Barton.He didn't give old Barton a good look at all, his wrinkled old face was as serious as a hickory nut, and he announced coldly: "Mr. Roger Lee is already a member of the Thorne Kingdom Branch of the Magic Union The honorary president, whoever has any bad intentions against him, will be regarded as declaring war on the entire Magicians Union and will be punished most severely!"