This knight is too perfect

Chapter 69: The Duel of Knights [Two in One]

"Your Highness Lilitha, it seems your guardian knight has run into a big trouble. Are you sure you don't want to come forward and solve it?"

In the center of the banquet, Count Randy came to Lilitha with a goblet in his hand and smiled, and expressed his opinion.

In response, Lilitha looked at Rhine, who was already walking towards the open space outside the door with Knight Darren, and responded with a calm expression.

"Sir Randy, if Rhine can't even solve this little trouble, then I won't choose him to be my guardian knight."

"After all, the word 'protection' is not something that comes lightly. It carries the weight of a 'vow' and is extremely precious."

Hearing this, Count Randy seemed to understand something and said meaningfully, "It seems that Your Highness has been very confident in his guardian knight from the very beginning. He is so confident that he has the ability to break all prejudices."

"confidence?"

Lilisa shook her head, then looked at Rhine's back and suddenly laughed.

"Mr. Randy, this is not self-confidence, but Rhine is born with such potential."

"After all, a giant dragon flying in the sky will not stay stuck in a dirty quagmire forever. It will use its domineering dragon flame to burn all the filth and turn it into a dragon's nest suitable for itself to live in."

"I believe that he will one day turn his ideal into reality and impress everyone."

"This is the future I foresee for Rhine Simmons."

Hearing this, Randy was stunned for a moment, and then said with a complicated expression: "Your Highness, I thought you were an absolutely rational person and would never do such a risky thing."

"I never thought you were bolder than me, a businessman in the eyes of the world. After all, I wouldn't dare to easily bet on someone who is not even a noble."

“Because it not only means I need to invest more resources, but also means I need to take more risks.”

"I am old and no longer at the age of liking adventures. Therefore, rather than having someone whose background is unknown and whose origins are unknown, I would rather have someone who I can control or trust inherit the position."

When Randy said this, Lilitha could no longer fail to hear the deep meaning behind it.

He was hinting at Lilitha, implying that the reason he refused Baron Angelo's offer to give the title to Rhine was because he did not trust Rhine.

After all, Rhine is not a member of their "old knight circle".

And he didn't think that if Rhine became the Baron of Thorns, he would still put the interests of the "old knights" first like Angelo did now.

In this case, Randy, who no longer likes adventure, naturally hopes to replace him with someone he trusts more to inherit the title of Baron of Thorn.

This is in Randy's own interest.

So, he was so called being coerced by other nobles and was forced to reject the request of being a "friend".

It was just a relatively decent excuse given by Randy to protect his friendship with Angelo.

He told Lilitha all this not to convince her of anything, but just to show his attitude.

After all, although he respected Lilitha, this was the Principality of Morton.

Randy will not let Lilitha easily interfere with the "power" that belongs to him.

However, in response to Randy's cryptic "warning", Lilitha also gave her own answer.

"Mr. Randy, I believe Rhine will prove to you that his friendship is far more valuable and precious than your captive dogs."

"is it?"

Randy did not comment on Lilitha's words.

Then he looked at Rhine's back and said calmly: "Your Highness, even if Rhine will be a giant dragon in the future, he is now just a baby dragon that has just hatched from a dragon egg."

"So I can't tell whether his future friendship will be valuable, but I know that my current friendship... is very precious."

"But Rhine right now is not yet at the point where he is willing to let me sacrifice my friendship."

Hearing this, Lilisa placed the wine glass in her hand on the tray held by the maid beside her.

"Really? Then let's wait and see."

After saying that, Lilisha walked outside.

After thinking for a moment, Randy followed Lilitha.

After all, he was actually very curious about what kind of magic power Rhine possessed.

He actually valued Lilitha, a princess who he considered to be a 'natural king'.

And if he wanted to clarify this, then this would be an 'extremely deliberate' duel.

That would undoubtedly explain it to some extent.

But in a direction that Randy couldn't see, Lilitha had an extremely solemn expression and was deeply lost in thought.

It seems that he is thinking about some very difficult problem.

'Does this seemingly old body still contain a huge ambition?'

"It seems that things are heading in the worst direction. Rhine, can you see the turbulent waves beneath the calm sea of ​​Emerald Territory?"

"After all, if you are already deep in it and cannot understand this, then even I cannot guarantee that I can get you out safely."

In the open space outside Emerald Manor.

Because of this sudden incident between Rhine and Darren, everyone at the banquet focused their attention on the upcoming showdown between the two.

And for some people who are interested, the victory or defeat between the two is not just a "battle of dignity" between knights.

It also determines the future fate of the "Thorn Territory" to a certain extent.

Rhine is naturally very clear about this.

He even had some deeper speculations from the information he had come across so far about the Emerald Collar.

It's just that these speculations cannot be confirmed for the time being that Rhine cannot be sure whether his speculations are correct.

But if his guess is true, then he must not only win this duel, but also win beautifully and gorgeously.

Because only in this way can he make Adrian and even the nobles of the entire Emerald Territory initially realize the great value contained in him.

And they are willing to bet on him to fight against the "monster" hidden beneath the calm sea of ​​Adrian.

"You two, are you all ready?"

Jet came between the two men and temporarily acted as the referee of the duel.

After hearing what Jet said, Darren nodded and said, "No problem for me, Sir Jet."

In response, Rhine also nodded and said, "I don't have any problem either."

"Row."

After getting the answers from the two, Jet immediately stepped aside, leaving the stage to Rhine and Darren.

Soon, everyone present fell silent, looking forward to the upcoming showdown between the two.

Inside the venue, Darren looked at Rhine, who was only thirteen years old and only as tall as his chest, but he did not look down on him.

After all, he already knew some information about this Rhine Knight from Knight Commander Remi.

Understand that this is a young but extraordinary person with great potential and should never be underestimated.

Although he has become a Black Iron Elemental Knight for many years.

However, his extraordinary talent is not that good, and he does not have too many extraordinary resources.

As a result, even at the age of 30, his main source quality has not even reached the '23 points' of the 'Black Iron Limit', but only ' points'.

Therefore, Darren knew very well that if he wanted to defeat Rhine, he had to make him lose face in front of all the nobles.

Then he must go all out.

If necessary, he might even have to use the "means" prepared for him by Knight Commander Remi.

Otherwise, if he loses to Rhine, his end... will be absolutely miserable.

But Darren still doesn't want to use that method unless it's absolutely necessary.

After all, that method, in a sense, was equivalent to overdrawing his future.

Darren put away his chaotic thoughts and quickly focused his attention back on Rhine.

After a while, Darren's temperament changed.

He put his hand on the knight's sword at his waist and slowly pulled it out.

And when the knight got the sword, a ray of fire slowly appeared from the sword.

[Name: Elemental Knight (Fire)] [Level: Black Iron]

[Primary Essence·Life: 23 points]

[Secondary Source Element: 12 points]

Compared to Rhine's Black Iron Knight of Destiny, Darren's Black Iron Elemental Knight (Fire) does have a more direct combat improvement at this stage.

After all, the extraordinary person of the 'main life source' is just in terms of performance.

This is very similar to the physical players in Rhine's previous life who always focused on "strength" and "physique" in the early stages.

This physical advantage is indeed a great advantage at the Black Iron Stage, where extraordinary abilities are not obvious.

In addition, Darren is more than ten years older than Rhine.

The extra ten years of training has made the difference in their physical fitness quite huge.

And Darren obviously knew this about himself.

Therefore, after he used the 'Sword of Fire Element', he did not stop at all and rushed directly towards Rhine.

He wanted to use his physical advantage to completely suppress Rhine's talent and give him a complete defeat!

In the blink of an eye, Darren came in front of Rhine and swung his sword at him.

The ferocity of this sword and the terrifying power contained in it.

Even the onlookers who were more than ten meters away could vaguely feel the heat wave coming towards them.

But what is strange is that Rhine faced Darren's powerful sword.

But he did not draw the knight's sword at his waist.

Instead, he dodged sideways.

boom!
Darren's flaming sword fell into the air.

The bursting flames began to bloom in the open space like fireworks.

Although the sword was fierce, it failed to hit Rhine.

This was because Rhine had seen through Darren's moves long before he launched the attack and had made a "dodge" in advance.

Seeing that Rhine dodged his attack, Darren did not stop.

Instead, he continued to launch a fierce attack.

The ferocious attack and brutal moves made Darren look like an angry beast.

It seemed as if it was going to tear Rhine to pieces at any moment.

It's just that his performance contrasts with Rhine's outstanding appearance.

This immediately made the noble ladies and ladies who were watching show expressions of pity.

After all, apart from anything else, just in terms of appearance, Rhine is indeed far superior to Darren.

As we all know, humans are visual animals, and this is especially true for women, who are the most emotional.

Therefore, for those ladies and noble girls who cannot see the tricks and have excessive "sympathy".

At this time, Rhine is not only the absolutely weaker party.

At the same time, he is a weak and helpless person oppressed by "evil".

It was enough to make them express sympathy for Rhine and deep disgust for "evil people" like Darren.

"No, I can't stand it anymore. Does Darren have any chivalry left? This is not a duel, this is murder, outright murder!"

A noble lady looked at Rhine who was constantly being "hunted down" by Darren and decisively expressed her opinion.

The other noble ladies and ladies nearby expressed their agreement.

Obviously he agreed with her point of view.

It's just the sudden outpouring of 'sympathy' for this group of 'outsiders'.

Some noble men nearby who could see the truth couldn't help but twitch their lips slightly after hearing it.

Because what they said was exactly the opposite of what was happening in front of everyone!
A weak and helpless person?

Do not make jokes!
Didn’t you see that Darren swung the sword for a long time but didn’t even touch the corner of Rhine’s clothes!
The guy who was "playing with" his opponent, no matter how you looked at it, had nothing to do with being weak.

After all, if this is considered weak, then what is Darren, who has been swinging his sword like a clown for half a day?
What even outsiders could see, Darren, who was standing in the "battle" with Rhine at this time, naturally understood.

He could clearly feel that Rhine's speed was not fast.

He clearly had several opportunities to catch Rhine.

But he just couldn't do it.

It was because Rhine seemed to know him very well. No matter what he was thinking or preparing to do, Rhine seemed to be able to predict it in advance and respond first.

Darren felt extremely uncomfortable with this feeling of being manipulated by others.

At this moment, he felt as if he was entangled in an invisible net.

The more he struggled, the more he could feel the constraints of the invisible net.

This situation is undoubtedly very maddening.

Therefore, when Darren saw Rhine easily avoiding his attack again, his limited rationality was finally completely replaced by anger.

"Boy, your way of chivalry is just to dodge all the time!"

"Face me, you coward!"

Darren roared and increased the strength in his hands.

And this time, Rhine seemed to have made a decision.

Facing Darren's flaming sword, Rhine suddenly stopped and pulled out a meat-cutting knife from his waist.

White Pigeon Swordsmanship·Beak!
The knife in Rhine's hand turned into a cold light and accurately stabbed the side of Darren's flaming sword.

Although this stab could not cause any substantial harm to Darren himself, it made it difficult for Darren to control the center of gravity of his weapon.

As a result, his flaming sword suddenly deflected and fell into the empty space beside him without Rhine dodging.

After this blow, Darren himself staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, he managed to stabilize himself at the last moment and quickly distanced himself from Rhine, fearing that Rhine would take this opportunity to launch a fatal attack on him.

But after "dodging", Darren soon discovered that Rhine did not seem to have any intention of pursuing the victory.

Therefore, after Rhine made this attack, he stood quietly where he was.

And Rhine's next words directly ignited Darren's anger.

"I'm sorry, Sir Darren, considering the strength you have shown and the fairness of this duel."

"This knife from my teacher is the smallest weapon I can find so far."

Seeing Rhine say such ironic words with an extremely sincere expression.

Darren was so angry that his facial features were distorted, veins on his forehead were exposed, and his teeth were clenched.

Because he could see that what Rhine said at this moment was neither boasting nor pretentious showing off.

Rather, these are words that come from his heart.

But because of this, Darren felt extremely humiliated.

After all, lies don't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife.

Looking at Rhine, whose dress was still neat and tidy, and whose forehead was not even covered with sweat.

Darren gritted his teeth and said, "How arrogant you are, a poor boy from the Thorn Territory."

In response, Rhine seriously refuted: "I think you misunderstood, Sir Darren. This is not arrogance, but the 'compassion' that a knight should express in order to ensure the fairness of the duel."

"After all, I realized a long time ago that you, Sir Darren, are...too weak for me."

When Rhine said this, the whole audience, including Darren, was in an uproar.

Darren was stunned on the spot, unable to speak for a long time...

(End of this chapter)