They don't want me to work harder

"If this blow is real, the winner will probably be decided!"

Linda raised her head and looked at the shining sword that was getting closer and closer.

Am I...going to lose?

Dulles' daughter, lost to a redneck Connaught man?

No...absolutely not!

She gritted her teeth and took out a blood diamond necklace from her arms - it was a gift from her mother on her birthday. It was a treasure from the imperial family. It was said that the blood diamond on it was from a fire element lord. of cardiac tuberculosis.

She snapped it off!

The collapsed diamond liquefied out of thin air and condensed into a blazing fire bead. Although it was small, it exuded terrifying pressure and collided with Richard's magic sword blade!

In just a blink of an eye, the magic powers on both sides collided, creating a violent explosion in the arena.

Linda's desperate blow didn't completely stop the Sword of Scourge, but it did move the flashpoint further away from her.

The powerful shock wave spread out, making the hair of the students in the surrounding stands stand up!

After a few seconds, the smoke fell to the ground.

Richard and Linda both fell to the ground, their skins were burning and their lungs were burning, almost to the point of a drop of blood.

Amidst the scattered flames, Linda stood up slightly with complicated eyes.

I can still move, but only just...

Is this the final result?

draw……

Damn it, this is also a humiliation!

If only I had noticed his little move earlier...

"Linda Dulles!"

what!

How can it be?

Why can he still stand up!

This person can't be beaten to death! ? !

With a roar, and under Linda's disbelieving gaze, Richard raised a two-handed sword high and rushed out of the fire beside him!

It turned out that just now, he took out 2 previously idle attribute points and added them to his physical constitution and magic power, thus regaining the ability to move and summoning a weapon.

At this moment, he was bathed in flames and charging with his sword, making Linda think in a trance that he was the defender of Idaril from 700 years ago, watching the ancestor of the Dulles family and the first generation of the Fire Horse Archduke break through the burning city gate. !

"You, don't come here!"

A hint of panic finally showed on her face, and she kicked her legs back on the ground in embarrassment while raising her right hand.

Although the armor on her body has been reduced to rags, she still wears an emerald green ring on her right index finger, which is the last magical equipment on her body.

The ring shot out a beam of dissociation. Richard swayed to avoid it, but the sword in his hand was knocked away, spinning in mid-air, and even half of the sword's blade shattered in the air.

Just when Linda was relieved after seeing the broken sword and planned to take the opportunity to distance herself again...

Richard laughed.

"Are you just struggling with your equipment? Your awareness is completely insufficient!"

I saw this man quickly grabbing only one third of the sword blade with his backhand, not caring about the sharp metal cutting the flesh and blood, jamming the edge of the blade with his finger bones, pressing the spine of the sword with his palm, and suddenly exerting force, pulling only the back half of the sword. The sword was swung upside down!

Amidst the roar of the strong wind, the weighted ball on the hilt of the sword was like a giant's hammer. It shattered Linda's remaining adaptive shield with a clang and hit her hard in the face!

When metal collides with flesh, there will only be one result!

After the muffled sound...

Linda's jaw was shattered, she vomited blood, and was knocked out!

In just one second, countless images flashed through her mind, finally settling on Richard's smiling face in the fire, his exposed teeth, and his eyes reflecting red light...

I...I still lost...

Why can't I defeat him?

Is this guy a devil?It must be the devil!

How could I, how could I defeat such a demon...

Nightmarish thoughts were noisy in her mind, until they condensed into an unprecedented brand of fear that penetrated into the bone marrow, crushing some precious pillars in her heart.

Faintly, she felt that her pants were a little damp...

With such fear, she could no longer hold on and fainted on the ground.

On the field, only Richard was left standing.

Everyone in the stands was holding their breath, as if they had forgotten how to breathe.

Tick, tick.

A few seconds passed, and the blood on Richard's palm dropped drop by drop into the flowing fire at his feet, making a sizzling sound, and the fragrance of meat wafted faintly from his back.

"Oh, that's it?"

After saying this, his remaining physical strength was exhausted, and he finally fell back with a smile on his face...

then……

He fell into a piece of warm fragrant nephrite.

At the last moment of my vision, everything was white and unspeakable...

"……headmaster?"

"Played well."

Hela looked at the handsome boy in her arms, smiled and said, "You can rest assured."

After Richard closed his eyes, she looked around the audience and announced loudly:

"Winner, Richard Targaryen!"

The sound containing magic spread, causing all the flames and smoke in the arena to disperse, and Linda's final embarrassed appearance was exposed to the eyes of everyone in the audience.

Everyone was stunned for a few seconds.

Until the cheers of Tom Zoe and others broke the silence.

Immediately after...

It was a sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami!

"The Connaught people actually won...how is it possible..."

"No, it shouldn't be..."

"Defeating silver with bronze, someone can actually do it..."

"Uuuuuuuuuah, my gold coins!"

"Amazing, Richard!"

"Well done Richard! Long live!"

"Miracle, it's a miracle!"

Although most people in the empire still yearn for Linda, there are indeed many people who were impressed by Richard's previous performance and this absolutely wonderful battle. This is the charm of the miracle itself!

They joined Tom and others in cheering loudly for Richard!

This moment belongs to this man who created a miracle!

Well, even though he himself fainted and couldn't hear...

Off the field, Hela saw that Tom and the girls seemed impatient to pay attention to Richard's injury, so she stretched out her hand to signal them to be calm, and then cast a healing spell on Richard.

The latter's breathing immediately calmed down.

"In a sense, you are really a lucky man~"

Then she summoned the teachers who had been waiting for a long time, restored order at the scene, took the injured down for treatment, and announced the end of the duel.

Behind the stands, Albert touched his chin and pondered for a long time.

"It's worth noting that such a talented person was born in Connaught, a small country."

Chapter 38 Ripples of Cause and Effect

Albert murmured to himself: "Whether it is talent or tactics, he is in the first echelon. Even among the young talents in the empire, there are only a few people who can compare with him."

"Such a person comes from Connaught. If he has hatred for the empire... it's really worth noting."

Suddenly, a charming female voice intervened: "Little Albert, although I can't care about outside affairs, if outsiders want to take action against my lovely students, I will also be angry~"

Telepathy?

After hearing the words in his mind, Albert glanced at the principal who was squinting at him in the middle of the field and shrugged.

"You misunderstood the principal, I will not break your rules."

"Besides, embarrassing an exchange student is not in line with my principles as a soldier, nor is it detrimental to the dignity of the empire. Moreover, attacking him now will only make people suspect that the Dulles family cannot afford to lose."

"I just……"

Speaking of which.

After entering Saint Goethe for most of the day, Albert, who had been standing straight and with a stern face, turned up the corners of his mouth for the first time and showed a sincere smile.

"I'm just looking forward to him."

Hela snorted softly: "Huh?"

Albert spread his hands: "To be honest, the opponents of the Gulf Legion are too boring. If the little Connaught can give people some surprises, I will only be happy."

"And I'm not in a hurry. As long as he is still the prince of Connaught, as long as he is still as unwilling to bow his head as he is today... He and I will meet again sooner or later, in a way that is more naked than in the school arena."

As he spoke, Albert thought of the imperial strategy discussed by the ministers at the Imperial Council, of the lobbyists from various companies who often visited senior officials in the imperial capital, and of the unexpected surprises that came to him after he was promoted. Wealth...oh, what a coincidence, some of them actually come from Connaught people.