Heart of the Castle

Chapter 279 The orthodox struggle, the duel before the gods

The news that Li Wei himself participated in the duel before the gods spread like lightning throughout the camp of the lord's coalition army. Every lord and knight who thought they knew something about the inside story showed a look of astonishment on their faces.

This is an unfair duel.

The one party to the duel was the prestigious Lord of Greencastle, Sir Lidwan, who had already obtained the Grand Knight's silver double sword badge more than ten years ago. Because he has already advanced to Dou Qi Tianhua, he has become the second title knight north of Dusk Forest.

The other party is just a 15-year-old young man, between a teenager and a youth.According to some information, this young man was only a knight servant half a year ago.Although the envoys sent for the first time reported that they saw the golden sword badge on the young man's knight belt, most people were dubious, and some even thought of the formal knight qualification examination of the Dirk City Knight Association.

"That young man named Levi Ston has gone crazy, right?" Under the white wolf banner, Lord Cedric also opened his eyes wide in surprise. "Or is it the name of the hero who ended the disaster that overinflated his self-confidence?"

"If it were me, I would choose a knight to be the agent of the duel." Thrace, who was wearing the green snake coiled badge, said, there was still a lingering fear on his face, but when he talked about Levi's stupid choice, his eyebrows were beaming again stand up.

"There is no knight under Levi Stern who can compete with Sir Ridwan. Dragonson and Dickway are both excellent high-ranking knights, and Wilps is the prestigious Grand Knight Commander." , and the former adventurer named Donna, it is said that he also has the fighting power of a great knight commander. But for Sir Lidwan, who has already reached the rank of title knight, he is far behind." Captain Baroque explained.

"It would be unwise to accept a request for a duel." Lord Cedric commented coldly.Then he turned around and took two steps under the banner. "If it were me, I would definitely not agree to a duel. Instead, I would rely on those monsters to deter the lord's coalition army from acting rashly. At the same time, I would gather my strength to break through the Green Castle in one fell swoop."

"The Green Castle has been run by Lord Ridwan's family for many years. Although it looks dilapidated, it is actually not that easy to break into." Captain Baroque said.

"Then withdraw the troops, the loss of reputation is better than losing your life because of failure in the duel." Lord Cedric said with his mouth crooked.

A series of passionate brass horns sounded from the direction of Green Castle, with a strong taste of provocation, and Li Wei's troops immediately responded with low and desolate horns. "Sir Ridwan has agreed to a duel." Lord Cedric took a deep breath, and then said to Captain Baroque: "Inform all the lords of this news, and each of them should at least send an envoy to act as a notary for the duel." .”

"Yes, my lord."

"As for the representative of Winterwind City, I will act as the representative." Lord Cedric's eyes flashed a cold light, and he smiled and stroked the white wolf head on the sword at his waist. "Let me take a closer look at what the young hero who ended the disaster looks like."

Since the walls of the Greencastle were already surrounded by man-made muddy swamps, the venue for the duel before the gods was a small hill located between the lord's coalition army and the viscounty's crusade army.Dozens of soldiers belonging to the Green Castle, the Crusade Army, and the Intervention Army stepped up and carefully inspected and searched the hill to ensure that there were no bushes or potholes that might hinder the duel. Every inch of ground is stepped on harder and stronger.

Surrounded by more than a dozen banners, the White Wolf banner of Winterwind City marched majestically towards the hill, while Sir Lidwan's green castle banner and Levi Stern's red and white griffin banner had already stood on both sides of the hill. Next to the former were flying flags representing the knights of the Viscounty, but beside the former were only a few flags with green leaves.

Li Wei and Sir Ridwan stood under their own banners, their expressions were calm, they didn't say a word, and they only used their eyes to engage in a silent confrontation in the air.The knights of the Viscount Land gathered behind Li Wei, all kinds of armor glowing with cold light, and behind Sir Lidwan, apart from a few vassal knights, there was a group of gray-black armors covering their faces. The guys behind the visor looked like a flock of ominous crows.

The tall Lord Cedric led more than a dozen lords or their representatives, striding up the hills. The commander of the northern border wore a wolf fur cloak as white as the first snow, paired with that milky white heavy armor, Look majestic.

The sound of the trumpet and the sound of the bronze trumpet sounded together, indicating that the duel before the gods was about to begin.A priest in robes came out from behind Lord Cedric. He bowed his head, folded his hands, and walked solemnly and slowly to the middle of the hill that was the dueling ground.

"In the name of the supreme God the Father!" The priest yelled loudly, holding up the white mask representing God the Father in his hand, and the golden teardrops on the mask glistened. "I ask the gods of heaven to be witnesses, the two sides of the duel will fight with swords, the innocent will win, and the sharp edge will be cut off from the sinner's head!" The pastor's voice was high and solemn, with a habit of singing hymns, I am used to the unique accent of prayers.

Hearing this voice, Levi and Sir Ridwan stepped forward at the same time, walking towards the center of the duel field. Levi was surrounded by Donald the Roaring Bear and the high-ranking knight Dragoonson, and Sir Ridwan from the Greencastle. He was accompanied by Copman, the leader of the vassal knights, and Brother Ace Pross in black armor.

The two of them walked to the highest point of the hill almost at the same time. When they stopped, the distance between them was only about two meters, and they could rush in front of each other with one stride.Sir Lydwan's gaze was as deep as night, and his expression was as cold as ice.But Li Wei was a little different. He suddenly took a deep breath, and there was a trace of bitterness in his eyes.

"Sir Lydwan, you..."

"There is nothing to say." Sir Lidwan smiled coldly, interrupting what Li Wei wanted to say, "I don't want to hear any reasoning. At this point, who is the orthodox who inherits the viscount's territory? Let's talk."

Li Wei didn't go on talking, but the bitterness in his eyes became heavier. Sir Ridwan and Brother Ace Pross were unmoved, but doubts arose in the mature Cavalier Copman.

The pastor turned his attention to the lords who were witnesses, and announced loudly. "Honorable Lord Cedric with the sword and all the lords are witnesses, no one is allowed to interfere or disturb the sacred duel before the gods, otherwise they will be executed immediately in the name of blasphemy!
"Father God!" All the lords replied in a low voice at the same time, "We must abide by the rules and use our swords to maintain the sanctity of the duel before the gods!"

The pastor turned around, took the white mask back to his chest, and held it up again, repeating this three times, each time raising his voice and repeating: "Before the gods, fulfill your duty, brave knights!" While the lingering sound of the third shout was still lingering in everyone's ears, the priest put the white mask on his face and stepped back a few steps.

The two clangs sounded almost at the same time. Li Wei and Sir Lydwan stood facing each other with their swords drawn. The knights serving as their assistants retreated to a place where they could not interfere with the duel.

What Li Wei was wearing was only a thick coat suitable for travel. For the sharp and heavy knight sword, that point of defense was almost equivalent to nothing.But Sir Ridwan was fully armed, except for a scorched black scar on the right shoulder of the knight armor.

Seeing this scene, Lord Cedric frowned, and whispered to Captain Baroque beside him, "Strange, this Levi...why isn't he wearing armor?"

"It should be because the heavy knight armor will slow down the speed." Captain Baroque guessed. "After all, he is too young. Even if he obtains the power to dissipate fighting spirit through inheritance or other methods, his endurance will not be very good."

Lord Cedric nodded, agreeing that his captain of the guards was right, and returned his attention to the duel arena.At this time, Li Wei and Sir Ridwan had saluted each other with their swords, and then they rushed towards each other suddenly, and the two long swords clashed in the air, making a piercing clinking sound!
In the beginning, it was just a mutual temptation, and when the two swords touched, they separated immediately.Immediately afterwards, the emerald green light shone on everyone's face suddenly, Sir Lidwan seemed to have turned into a statue carved from emerald, and rushed towards Li Wei viciously.

The duel showed a one-sided trend almost from the very beginning. Sir Lidwan's offensive was extremely fierce, the sword light was like rain, and each sword brought a swishing scream.The emerald green fighting spirit condensed like a substance, and when Li Wei's silvery white fighting spirit flame touched Sir Ridwan's sword edge, it was immediately crushed and dispersed. He could only parry while retreating again and again. The duel field turned a small half circle.

Sir Lidwan became more and more courageous in the battle, and the sword light surrounded Levi's body non-stop, as if he had erected emerald fences around him, and would tear the young knight to pieces in the next moment.However, Li Wei's defensive swordsmanship was surprisingly stable. While using the knight's sword to push left and right to block self-defense, when it was difficult to parry, he strode back without hesitation to avoid Sir Lydwan's violent chop.

The sword edge was framed by the sword edge, sparks shot out, and Sir Lydvan, who had the absolute upper hand, suddenly let out a roar, and his whole body pressed towards Levi like a hurricane.The emerald green Dou Qi Tianhua has gradually revealed an ominous black when he fully activated it, as if the Eternal Sleep Director has stretched out his pale fingers from the Kingdom of Eternal Night, and is considering who to touch on his head Same.

Faced with Sir Lidwan's onslaught, Li Wei's parry was also extremely crazy. The knight's sword set up silver and white light curtains one after another on the front and side of his body, most of which were torn by the dark green sword light, but nothing left The part that came down was enough to defuse Sir Ridwan's onslaught.

"I want you to die!" Sir Lidwan roared suddenly, the long sword flashed a phantom, and it was handed over from the right hand to the left hand like lightning, and unexpectedly slashed at Levi from the opposite direction.

This extremely brilliant swordsmanship immediately caused an uproar among the lords and representatives watching the battle. Even Lord Cedric couldn't help opening his eyes wide, and involuntarily let out a low cheer.

Li Wei returned to the defense very reluctantly, and the knight's sword blocked the sudden sword only a few centimeters from the face.The two swords clashed violently again, and Sir Ridwan's long sword made a strange cracking sound, and a small fragment grazed Levi's cheek, causing him to feel a burning pain.
Blood snaked down his cheeks, this was the first injury Li Wei suffered after the duel began.Sir Lydwan did not pursue immediately, but took two steps back to examine his sword carefully.His saber is made of high-grade fine steel, it was made by a dwarf blacksmith, and he has already reached Tianhua's fighting spirit protection. Although there is a small gap in Li Wei's knight sword, the sword The strength of the blade itself has no effect.

"I want your arm for the next blow!" said Sir Lydwan with a grin.Then he pounced fiercely again, and the long sword flashed a phantom between his left and right hands, making it impossible to see the direction of attack.

Li Wei's reaction was very strange. He didn't try to resist with the sword, but stretched out his empty left hand and uttered a low prayer.As he prayed, a gentle white light immediately glowed in his palm.

As soon as the white light appeared, Sir Ridwan let out a strange roar, holding the long sword in both hands and thrusting towards the ground, almost half of the blade did not penetrate the solid ground.Relying on the blocking of the long sword, Sir Lidwan finally did not touch the white light, but stopped not far from Li Wei.

"Protest, you can only use the prescribed weapons in the duel before the gods, and it is forbidden to use any magic. This is a serious violation!" Seeing this scene, Brother Ace Pross immediately protested loudly.

"He is right, Levi Ston, please explain why you use this... magic?" Lord Cedric also asked with a sullen face, "If you don't have a reason to convince us notaries, You will be judged to have lost this duel before the gods."

"My opponent in the duel before the gods should be Sir Ridwan, isn't that right?" Li Wei said with a subtle expression while holding the gentle white light in his hand.

This sentence made Lord Cedric frown a little annoyed. "Of course you are!"

"But is this person standing in front of me really Sir Ridwan, the lord of the Greencastle?" Levi raised the white light in his hand, then pointed to the wound on his cheek and said, "This white light is not magic. , but healing magic, which can greatly speed up the healing of wounds." As he spoke, he brought the white light towards his cheek, and sure enough, the wound that was still bleeding just now tightened up and healed quickly.

"The wound has really healed!"

"That's right, it's a healing magic!"

Several surprised voices behind Lord Cedric made him stare back viciously before closing his mouth.

"It's true that you're not using magic, but healing magic is not allowed to be used in a duel in front of the gods." Lord Cedric looked at Levi and said, "But it's not as serious as using magic. Levi Ston, on behalf of the notary Someone announces a warning to you once, if there is another similar behavior, this duel will judge you as the party that admits defeat."

"It's still the same sentence. I think the person standing opposite me is not Sir Lidwan himself, the lord of the Greencastle, but..." Li Wei looked at Lidwan whose expression suddenly became stiff, and said every word Suddenly said: "... an undead creature!"

These words immediately caused an uproar in the surroundings, and almost everyone turned their surprised eyes to Sir Lidwan, hoping to see something wrong with him.However, they were soon disappointed. Sir Lidwan was no different from ordinary people except for his pale face, which could also be explained by the fact that he had been fighting continuously for such a long time today, and his body was unavoidably exhausted.

"Your accusation is unsubstantiated, Levi Stern." Brother Ace Pross shouted.

"Yes, for such a serious accusation, you must produce evidence." Lord Cedric said, "If there is no evidence, we will suspect that you are deliberately delaying time."

"The evidence is in my hands." Li Wei replied, "Anyone with a little knowledge knows that the effect of healing magic on humans is to heal wounds, but for undead creatures, it is worse than fire damage." Serious trauma. As you all saw just now, Sir Ridwan is so afraid of the white light in my hand, doesn't this prove that he is no longer human?"

"This joke is not funny at all!" Brother Ace Pross said, "Sir Lydvan doesn't know what the thing in your hand is, how dare you touch it?"

"Then it's very clear now. I'll ask the notary to verify whether the white light in my hand is a healing magic, and then let Sir Ridwan touch the white light to see what the result will be." Levi said.

"I refuse." Sir Ridwan said coldly. "Of course I am Sir Lidwan, the lord of Greencastle himself, and I have no reason to accept your test."

"Do you think that the fragrance of the essence of moonlight can cover up the smell of the undead on your body? The undead wearing the body of Sir Ridwan, you have already shown your feet in this matter."

Levi's words made many people look suspicious. The elder knight of the Sherwood family was the first to stand up and say: "Sir Lidwan, I think you should confirm Levi Ston's accusation. Clear the doubts in our hearts."

"Yes, confirm it!" Several voices said in unison.

"It's not fair, it's not fair!" The vassal knights of Greencastle immediately clamored, and the knights of the crusading army immediately retorted.

"Since there is no ghost in your heart, why are you afraid of confirming it?"

These noises made Lord Cedric very dissatisfied. He first snorted heavily to silence the surrounding voices, and then the Grand Commander of the Northern Territory said majestically, "Levi Ston, let me verify it." Is your healing magic real?"

After saying this, Lord Cedric walked towards Levi, pulled out a dagger from his belt, and cut a bloodstain on his palm.

"Levi? Ston, it's okay now. This wound is enough to test your healing skills." Lord Cedric said, looking at Levi with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to find even the most serious wound on his face. A tiny bit of tension.

He was doomed to be disappointed, because Li Wei's expression didn't change at all, the young knight turned around, carefully holding the ball of white light, so that the white light enveloped Lord Cedric's open palm.The eyes of the Great Commander of the Northern Territory couldn't help but twitch, because right in front of his eyes, there was a tingling and itching sensation from the freshly cut wound. After removing the blood scar, only a pink scar remained.

"This is a real healing magic!" Lord Cedric announced loudly, while holding up his palms for everyone to see, and then he set his sights on Sir Lydwan.

"Sir, it's your turn now!"

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