Heart of the Castle

Chapter 258 The Examiner's Reason for Avoiding the Battle

The only examiner sitting on horseback raised his hands and walked around the arena, accepting the warm cheers from the audience outside the arena. The other examiners who fell from the horse did not mean that they were all eliminated. The examiner whose spear was interrupted raised his hand first. A small triangular flag signaled his opponent to pass the examination, and then two examiners with broken shields also raised the flag to make the same signal.

Obtaining the qualification of a high-level knight does not necessarily require defeating the examiner, and being recognized by strength is also a way to obtain qualifications.However, when the two unscathed examiners also raised the pennant to signal their opponents to pass, the audience outside the venue immediately booed.

However, this result obviously will not be overturned due to the dissatisfaction of the audience. The first batch of six knights who passed the assessment found their horses again and left the arena.When every knight who passed the examination passed the gate, the trumpeters on both sides blew short and majestic notes at the same time to pay their respects.

Next came the second and third batches of assessors who rode on horses and lined up to attack. Compared with the previous batch, they did not achieve better results, but the situation was even worse.The second batch of examiners were all swept off their horses like a hurricane. Although one of the third batch of examiners barely stayed on the horse, it was because the examiner who was his opponent made a mistake and the spear could not be aligned. Target.

However, more than a dozen of the two batches of assessors still passed the assessment, and the few who barely passed the assessment attracted boos from the outside. Among them, the other two were listed in the racing assessment alongside Li Wei and the black-skinned desert knight. The young man with the first name.

Three consecutive sparring sessions did not make the examiners feel tired. These knights who participated in the assessment were not evenly matched opponents, and all the troublesome opponents were put in the last batch, including Li Wei, the desert knight, and six other faces. A capable middle-aged knight with a battle-hardened look.

Li Wei carefully observed the three sparring sessions just now. There is also a gap in strength between the high-level knights who are examiners. Li Wei found that the examiner holding a raven shield is the strongest, and he can easily pass His opponent was knocked off his horse.The strength of the two examiners holding the golden lion shield and the roaring wolf's head shield is slightly inferior, but they are also among the best among high-level knights.He was the tallest among the examiners, wearing a hideous heavy armor full of iron thorns, and the examiner with a blood-stained ax painted on his shield was actually the weakest among all the examiners, and his skills seemed very Rough, in the third charge, the only examiner who made a mistake was him.

If you want to ensure that you pass the test, choose this opponent.Li Wei said to himself, and then he heard the horn blowing again, perhaps because this time was the last assessment of the day, the tune of the horn was extraordinarily long and high.The examiners waited anxiously. When the sound of the horn had just ended, they all urged the horses to gallop forward.

Li Wei, who was riding the Black Nightmare of the Northern Territory, ran first without a doubt, but when he held the spear upside down and wanted to hit the bloody battle ax with the handle of the spear, the examiner slightly kicked him. After touching the belly of the mount, the horse moved to the side, causing Li Wei's knock to miss.

Li Wei did not expect this situation. As the examiner of the Knights Association, he would reject the challenge of the examiner. He immediately pulled back the handle of the spear and knocked on the raven coat of arms next to him.

What surprised him happened, the strongest examiner also kicked the mount lightly, and rode away.

Li Wei was stunned, and there was a burst of noisy voices like a tsunami and landslide immediately among the audience outside the venue.

"How is this going?"

"Look, those knight lords are so afraid of a young lad, they won't even knock their shields off!"

"God of War Balud, this kind of knight who avoids battle makes people feel ashamed for them!"

Whether it was country bumpkins and ordinary citizens in plain clothes, or those who had just failed the assessment, they all took advantage of this opportunity to clamor loudly, and the sound of ridicule spread from all directions, drowning the arena.

Elder Nicholas' face was ashen. It was the first time in his memory that he publicly humiliated the Knights Association.For anyone, the Knight Association is a colossus that is difficult to resist. Even if it is as strong as a sky knight or a sword-wielding prince, it will not be an enemy of the Knight Association at will.

The Knights Association of Dirk City is of course only a branch, but neither the Lord Ansair nor other wealthy nobles will openly conflict with it.Elder Nicholas himself is only a knight, but he, who presides over the daily work of the Dirk City Knights Association, can rival Earl Ansair in status.

The commotion outside the arena is getting bigger and bigger, and some people have begun to throw various sundries into the arena. Although these things fell on the way before flying into the arena because of the distance, it also proves that the audience Emotions have begun to spiral out of control.Elder Nicholas had no choice but to hit the ground with a long-handled sledgehammer, making a dull and loud noise that shocked the audience!

The spectators who were commotion outside the arena suddenly fell silent. Elder Nicholas took this opportunity to lift his mask and shouted in a thunderous voice: "Everyone, be quiet! Every member of our Knights Association Knights are not cowards! When necessary, they are all warriors who will sacrifice their blood and lives to defend the glory of the kingdom and uphold the motto of knights!"

"Your warriors are avoiding the challenge of a young man. In my opinion, it's better to take off the iron shells of these armored eunuchs and let them change into the black skirts of the church nuns!" A funny voice came from where the nobles stood. The high ground uploaded it, and Elder Nicholas looked back angrily, and found that it was a funny fool dressed in fancy clothes and with oil paint on his face.

Laughing at fools, clowns, and mummers, who have the right to laugh at anyone and anything at assembly, is something even a king has to tolerate.Elder Nicholas had no choice but to spit to the side, ignoring this sensationalist, but continued to speak loudly.

"The mount of the examiner Levi Stern is not fair to any opponent on horseback. That terrible black horse has a nickname. Maybe some of you have heard of it. It is the Northern Territory." Black Nightmare!"

With a bang, the crowd started to discuss like a pot was boiling.Regarding this legendary black monster, there are many folk legends circulating in the village, describing it as a monster that can breathe smoke and fire, trampling on the fiery flame that can only appear in hell, whether it is a knight or an ordinary Even the lords of nearby villages and towns dispatched troops, but they were still defeated by this black horse.

It is inevitable that the examiners of the Knights Association will avoid the challenge, but at the same time, the audience's respect and appreciation for the young knight who can tame the black nightmare of the northern border immediately increased dozens of times.

"Levi Ston, what a knight!"

"Give him the qualification of a high-ranking knight, who among you can tame that black nightmare in the north?"

"Everyone!" Elder Nicholas roared, suppressing all the voices outside the arena, "We are assessing high-level knights, not horse trainers! Could it be that this young man can tame the black nightmare that is equivalent to a high-level knight? Does that mean he's a high-ranking knight? So what's the difference between a knight and a beast tamer?"

This sentence caused a burst of laughter, and at the same time slightly reversed the atmosphere outside the arena, many people nodded frequently.Elder Nicholas secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and faced Li Wei and said, "Young examiner, did you hear what I just said?"

"Understood, Elder." Li Wei replied calmly.

"According to the regulations of the Cavaliers Association, the examiner cannot refuse the way of the examiner's competition. If you insist on asking for a duel on horseback, I can announce that you have passed the assessment right now. But I want you to answer that you want to rely on this black horse Does strength qualify as a high-ranking knight? Or use your sword and courage to obtain it?" Elder Nicholas' voice suddenly amplified, allowing everyone around him to hear his question.

Li Wei raised his head, looked at the elder of the Knights Association without flinching, and said word by word: "I choose to learn on foot, with a sword!"

　Well, the second update, the number of words is slightly less, and the transitional chapter ends here, and the next step is the climax of the knight qualification examination!Please continue to support Heart of the Castle, all book friends, thank you Shen Duxing.

　　
　
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