I rely on myself

Chapter 157 The duel begins

At noon the next day, a large number of students gathered at the duel arena in the academy to watch.

After one night of spreading, almost all the teachers and students in the school knew about this duel. At the same time, because Lin Yuan, the man who destroyed the automaton with his bare hands, was in this duel, many people showed their attention to it, which made this duel attract a lot of spectators.

"Hey, I heard that the Qing Dynasty student will appear. I wonder if there will be a chance to see how he destroys the puppets with his own strength."

"Alas, if you want to see this, I'm afraid it's impossible."

"That's right, I heard that this duel will be between puppets, and the puppeteer cannot take the field himself."

"Doesn't that mean that the Qing Dynasty student is doomed to fail? I've never heard of him having any automatic dolls."

"That's not certain. After all, it was the Qing Dynasty students who proposed that the loser should be expelled. Maybe he has some backup plan."

"You're right, ah, let's start the duel soon, I can't wait!"

The spectators around obviously had a certain understanding of the situation of both parties in the duel, so they were full of anticipation for the duel that was about to begin.

It was almost 12 o'clock, and Bianca was the first to arrive. She walked into the duel arena with her usual proud expression, completely without the ugly look she had yesterday when she was shocked by Lin Yuan's murderous aura. Her confidence came from the two automatic dolls following behind her.

One of the puppets is called Giant Rock Soldier. He is about two meters tall and made entirely of an orange unknown metal. He looks like a guard wearing heavy armor, but his body proportions are extremely disproportionate. His torso and legs are in a three-to-one ratio, making his upper body extremely heavy. His arms are also extremely large, and can even touch the ground when they are hanging down.

This was a high-end product that he had obtained after his original automatic doll was destroyed by Lin Yuan. He had spent a lot of effort and even had to ask his parents for help. It was because of this that Bianca had the confidence to pick a fight with Lin Yuan again.

The other puppet is at the other extreme. Also in human form, its name is Wheel of Teasing, but its head is just a simple ball with a few simple strokes as its face. Its body and limbs are extremely thin, connected by the balls at the joints. One can't help but wonder if the maker cut corners, and one also worries that it will fall apart at the next moment.

Looking at the Wheel of Teasing, Bianca whispered in dissatisfaction: "It was just to borrow the puppet for a while, but that bastard made such a request. If it wasn't to ensure that I could win against that Qing country pariah, I wouldn't agree."

After venting his anger in his room last night and calming down, Bianca deduced from Lin Yuan's astonishing murderous aura that the other party was definitely not that simple. In addition, the other party proposed a bet that the loser would be expelled from school, which further strengthened his confidence in this guess.

Although she was very confident in her newly acquired giant rock soldier, Bianca went to a companion to borrow his doll just in case. The other party did not refuse, but made very demanding requests.

Of course Bianca didn't want to agree to the other party's request, but in order to ensure that he could defeat Lin Yuan 100% and avoid losing and being expelled from school, he gritted his teeth and agreed to the other party's request, so he now appeared with these two dolls.

At this moment, the audience around suddenly made a loud noise. Bianca turned around and saw that it was Lin Yuan who had also arrived.

Lin Yuan walked over with a calm face, and his clothes were no different from usual, as if he was not the one participating in this duel.

Behind him followed a human figure that was obviously an automaton, wearing a blue battle skirt, a silver knight armor, and a knight helmet. In his right hand, he held a knight sword with a golden hilt, silver-white blade with unknown symbols or words, and a cold blade. At the same time, he also had a golden, slender knight sword on his left waist. Looking at the exquisite knight puppet behind Lin Yuan, the audience around him couldn't help but show admiration, and kept saying various words of praise.

Although a powerful puppet may not necessarily have a beautiful appearance, the performance of a puppet that is so exquisite will never be bad.

After all, only automatons with sufficiently powerful performance would be made so exquisitely by their makers, so the audience would express all kinds of praise for the knight doll just by seeing its exquisite appearance.

But unlike most of the audience, some of them seemed very quiet and just observed the knight doll carefully. Among them were Professor Kimberly, who was very curious about Lin Yuan, and some powerful students.

Lin Yuan walked into the duel arena with the knight doll and confronted Bianca face to face.

Seeing everyone around them expressing admiration and attention to Lin Yuan's doll, Bianca couldn't help but feel jealous and said viciously: "Is this your automatic doll? It looks pretty good, but it's useless. My doll couldn't even withstand a single blow and was destroyed, causing this duel to end too quickly, wasting everyone's expectations."

Lin Yuan was not at all moved by Bianca's words full of sarcasm, because as the producer, Lin Yuan had full confidence in his work.

Lin Yuan had no intention of talking to the other party. After all, he had a basic understanding of what the other party would say, so he gave orders directly to his puppet.

"Bring me victory, Knight."

Lin Yuan did not reveal the real name of his puppet, but called it by its code name. After all, the "Knight" has not been completely completed yet, so Lin Yuan called it that.

Hearing Lin Yuan's order, the 'knight' who was standing quietly beside Lin Yuan immediately raised his head, and a green light flashed in his eyes under the knight's helmet. Without saying a word, he took a few steps forward and stood in front of Lin Yuan, holding the knight's sword in both hands, posing a fighting posture, indicating that the opponent could attack at any time and he was ready.

Seeing this scene, the interest of the audience around was also aroused.

"Wow, so graceful, just like a true knight."

"Bianca, go ahead, don't be a coward."

"Yes, the other party has already expressed that, hurry up!"

Listening to the conversations around her and looking at the knight puppet in front of Lin Yuan that was ready to attack at any time, Bianca couldn't help but become angry.

"Who are you looking down on? I don't believe that a mere country boy like you can get an excellent Automata. Watch me destroy this useless Automata. Come on, Giant Rock Soldier."

As Bianca gave the order, the head of the Giant Rock Soldier suddenly lit up, an orange pupil appeared, and then the Giant Rock Soldier let out a roar that was enough to shake the atmosphere.

The duel officially begins at this moment!!!
(End of this chapter)