Knight Lords: Infinite Simulation and the Path of Light

Chapter 122 Duel? I'm sorry! I was wrong!!
Looking at the eager red-haired girl in front of him, Hadent would normally be in the mood to play with the little girl. However, today, his hair was licked by the little dog dragon, leaving it sticky and his skin dry and smelling slightly fishy after the saliva on his face had dried. He really had no mood to play with the princess.

Looking at the Red Dragon Princess standing in front of him, Haven casually waved his hand, turned around and was about to leave. All Haven wanted to do right now was go home and take a shower; he didn't even want to eat.

Alice was furious when Haven ignored her and was about to leave, showing no intention of paying her any attention. No one had ever treated her like this before. She immediately grabbed Will's clothes.

"You're not allowed to leave. If you leave today, you'll regret it!"

Haven turned to look at the red dragon princess, who was clutching his sleeve and puffing out her cheeks, and said speechlessly:
"So what do you want to do? If you want me to apologize to that chubby little ball, that's fine too, right?"

Seeing Haven's dismissive expression, Alice felt that this guy was utterly detestable, and she said even more stubbornly:
"No! You want to duel me! I don't want your apology, I want to duel you."

Haven, somewhat exasperated by Alice's persistent pestering, said wearily:

"Alright, alright, tell me how you want to fight."

"Let's go to the arena next door for no-rules fighting."

Upon hearing Alice mention the arena, Haven raised an eyebrow, suddenly remembering that he had seen an introduction to the arena in the books introduced by the Royal Academy.

"Unlimited? What's the point of dueling then? Just summon your broken dragon later, and I'll just throw it. What's the point of fighting?"

Dissatisfied with the rules, Haven spread his hands and said to a little bear tilting its head.

"I don't need to summon Odawiin; we can just use what we know to duel."

"You're a noble princess, if you just casually pull out some top-tier weapons, items, or magic scrolls, I'll still collapse in a second."

Hearing Haven's nitpicking, Alice was furious. She glared at him with her large, pale golden eyes and said angrily:
"Given the two of us as we are now, we can just pick out a suitable weapon at the training ground later. We don't need anything extra. Is that alright?"

"Alright, alright, whatever you say, Your Highness."

Alice was enraged by Will's flippant words. She had clearly said that this wouldn't work and that wouldn't work, and she had already agreed to everything, but he still acted like he was reluctant. The angry red dragon princess grabbed Haven and pulled him through the crowd.

Arena 1
Haven gripped the hilt with both hands, raised the wooden sword above his head, and performed a beautiful sword flourish towards Alice standing opposite him.

Princess Alice, the Red Dragon, held a shield in her left hand and a rapier in her right. The shield was held out in a defensive stance, and the rapier was resting in the groove of the shield—a very standard starting position for an offensive shield fight.

The two stood about ten meters apart, and the atmosphere on the field suddenly became extremely cold.

After the supervising teacher signaled that it was time to begin, Haven showed no sign of hesitation. He quickly gathered his strength in his legs and launched the first attack, wielding his wooden fighting sword as he charged towards Alice.

Faced with Havent's sudden attack, Alice narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and quickly blocked with her shield the moment Havent's longsword was thrust at her, while simultaneously thrusting her right-hand rapier toward Havent's face.

Faced with the wooden sword thrusting towards his face, Haven tilted his head slightly to dodge it. With the added strength of Haven's arms, the longsword, blocked by the shield, grazed the surface of the shield and flicked towards the red-haired girl's head.

The two exchanged blows, locked in a fierce and evenly matched fight. Haven's swordsmanship, which had been agile and swift before, changed dramatically; perhaps still angry about being licked by the little dragon dog earlier, his attacks became fierce and powerful.

Surprisingly, Alice did not appear to be struggling in the face of Haven's fierce attack; her defense was practically rock solid.

The students who had come with the two were stunned. They stood by the field and cheered them on. Among the crowd, Freyr and his four disabled friends watched the two fighting fiercely in the field and couldn't help but click their tongues in amazement.

"Damn it, this white-haired kid is amazing! My cousin is an apprentice dragon knight. Although she doesn't ride a dragon, her martial arts skills are still very good. She easily beat me up."

The four injured men traveling with him turned around and gave Freyr a disdainful look. Someone like you could be easily beaten up by anyone.

In the arena, Haven once again parried Alice's thrusting sword, and with a backhand side slash, she struck Alice. The red-haired girl, unable to dodge in time, hurriedly raised her left-hand shield to block. The immense force transmitted from the wooden shield made Alice secretly startled.

These guys are all mages, right? They wield two-handed swords better than regular two-handed swordsmen.

Little did anyone know that in the past few years, Haven had been forced to compete with his irresponsible father under the pretext of physical training on multiple occasions. This made Haven suspect that his unreliable father was simply trying to beat him because he couldn't win arguments with him and that hitting him directly would get him kicked out of the study by his mother. So he found this lame excuse to beat him. The key point is that his mother was very supportive of this kind of physical training.

"Hey, Your Highness, don't get distracted. If you want to be a leader, this level of understanding isn't enough."

After sparring with Alice for more than ten rounds, Haven's depressed mood improved somewhat. After all, Alice was the master of that dead dragon, and he couldn't even beat the dead dragon, let alone its master.

With a swift follow-up, she unleashed several more side slashes, striking Alice's shield with a dull thud. The Red Dragon Princess, unable to withstand the combined force, stumbled back five or six steps.

"Hey, Your Highness, what do you say? I've already told you, it's all a misunderstanding. How about we just leave it at that?"

Watching Havel casually sling the wooden sword over his shoulder and talk to her, Alice automatically ignored Havel's words. Even though Havel was saying it with a smile, Alice, who was in a fit of anger, felt that this hateful guy was mocking her.

Slightly annoyed, Alice had completely forgotten the rules of the limited competition they had just agreed upon.

"Sarapapa, Saratucia~"

As the incantation was recited, a magic circle formed in mid-air. Haven, who had been slacking off, immediately became alert, thinking that Alice was no match for him and might summon the red dragon out of courtesy. He was just about to run out of the arena to admit defeat when he discovered that no portal had formed.

The magic circle flickered a few times before turning into starlight and merging into Alice's body. Haven looked at Alice suspiciously, but felt that nothing had changed. He was about to ask Alice if she was a sore loser when a red figure suddenly rushed towards him.

Wow, that was fast!

Alice charged at Haven like a bulldozer, shield in hand. Haven, reacting a fraction of a second too slow, only managed to parry with his two-handed sword before being sent flying backward.

Haven, who was knocked over by a standard shield charge, rolled a few times and looked up at Alice. The girl held a shield in her left hand in front of her chest, and a sword in her right hand with the tip pointing to the ground. Her long, flowing red hair moved without wind.

"What the hell?! You're cheating! You promised you'd explode with power!"

Shaking his slightly numb arm, Haven spat and got up from the ground. It seemed that this princess was not as weak as he had imagined. He then gripped his sword with both hands again and stood in front of him.

"Hey Alice, you're cheating! Why did you suddenly get angry? We agreed on a real man's fight, and now you're like this—"

In response to Haven's protest, Alice rolled her eyes and lowered her hand holding the shield.

"I'm a girl, who wants to have a man's duel with you? Besides, this is called combat skill. Aren't you a mage? If you know any magic, you can use it too! Now you know how powerful this princess is~"

Having finally gained the upper hand, Alice proudly raised her fair chin and looked at Haven with an arrogant expression.

Having failed to provoke a protest, Haven gave Alice a cheerful smile, brushed the dirt off his clothes, planted his two-handed sword in the ground, then crossed his arms and twisted them a few times, his body making a series of crackling sounds.

"Mmm, mmm~ Still a long way off~"

As soon as he finished speaking, Haven slowly crouched down, his body instantly tense like a bowstring about to be released. At this moment, his entire body was filled with explosive power, as if it would erupt like a volcano at any moment.

Facing the Red Dragon Princess standing dozens of meters away, Haven's left hand gently clenched into a fist and held horizontally in front of his chest, his five fingers coming together and then spreading apart, while his right hand gripped the hilt of his sword in reverse, and as he gathered his strength, the blade began to tremble slightly.

"Magic is just my talent, hand-to-hand combat is my true love!"
Speaking of bursting energy, perfect timing, I can do that too!

As Haven finished his melodramatic speech, changes began to occur in his body.

Alice, standing opposite him, stared at Will with a suspicious look on her face, completely baffled as he muttered strange and incomprehensible words.

The next moment, a dazzling white flame suddenly rose from Havent's body, engulfing him entirely in its blazing heat.

Having gathered his strength, Haven charged towards Alice with lightning speed, like a wild horse unleashed. His rapid movement seemed to tear the surrounding air apart, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

Then there was a loud bang.

Haven's longsword clashed violently with Alice's shield once again.

In an instant, Haven's fighting sword pierced a large hole in the shield.

Through the shield, Alice gazed at Havent, who was engulfed in white flames, and was secretly horrified. Compared to before, Havent's attack power had doubled, as if he had activated something.

Even in the face of such a fierce attack, Alice showed no weakness. After a quick reaction, she swung her sword backhand and swept it towards Havent.

However, Haven was unusually agile at this moment. With a flash, she performed two clean and neat backflips, instantly widening the distance between herself and Alice.

"Wow, not bad reaction speed. It's not over yet. Watch closely, this next sword strike is going to be really cool!"

Having said that, Haven gripped his sword with both hands, took a few steps forward, and leaped. He unleashed a powerful, split-hit strike at Alice.

Faced with this seemingly ferocious attack, Alice did not choose to take it head-on. Instead, she jumped back to dodge the two-handed sword that was slashing down. The sword strike was powerful and heavy, and half of the two-handed sword was driven into the ground.

Seeing this opportunity, Alice took the opportunity to slash at Havent's hands that were holding the sword. He had no time to draw his sword and had to let go of his hands to dodge.

"Ah Zhen~ Are you serious?!"

Alice, whose attack missed, ignored what Haven was saying this time and slashed at Haven, who was wide open, with a backhand sword sweep.

Unexpectedly, faced with the incoming rapier, Haven showed unusual boldness. Instead of retreating, he advanced and moved directly in front of Alice, grabbing the inside of her wrist with his left hand and pressing his right hand against the surface of the shield. The two began to wrestle.

Having reached a stalemate, Haven looked at Alice with a grin and said:
"How about that? Pretty impressive, right? Want to learn? I can teach you!"

Alice looked at Haven, who was grinning with his big teeth showing, and thought he was utterly despicable!

She raised her leg and aimed for Havent's groin. Feeling a chill in his lower body, Havent jerked his hips forward and pulled in his stomach, barely dodging the potentially fatal kick. He looked up at the red-haired girl in shock. "Holy crap. You even use that move. Well, don't blame me!"

Having said that, he crossed his hands and used a joint lock to forcefully release Alice's sword and shield from his grasp. He then pulled with his left hand, and Alice spun around almost half a circle, turning her back to Havent as if she were dancing.

Havel then adjusted his posture and kicked Alice in the butt. Losing her balance, Alice stumbled forward like a kite with a broken string. Finally, unable to maintain her balance, she fell face-first to the ground.

As the situation reversed again and again, the onlookers gasped in astonishment. However, they were not amazed by Havent's superb martial arts skills, but rather by how dare Havent be so bold as to kick His Majesty's favorite little princess so hard she fell flat on her face.

In the crowd, Freyr looked like he'd seen a ghost, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets. The supervising teacher was also taken aback by Haven's bravery and stood frozen in place.

Only Haven, who had just completed the stunt, seemed oblivious to the fact that he hadn't reacted yet, raising his hands and cheering nonchalantly.

"How about it? How about it! Cool, right? Alice, isn't that move—disarming an opponent bare-handed and then landing on your buttocks like a wild goose descending on the sand—super cool!"

Just then, the supervising teacher, realizing what had happened, was about to go check on Princess Alice to see if she was hurt when Alice rolled over and sat up. She then raised her head, opened her mouth, and began to wail.

"Ah~

Woohoo~

what

Woohoo~”

Large tears slid down her cheeks, leaving streaks of water on Alice's dusty face.

Sensing something was amiss, Haven awkwardly lowered his arm, scratched his head, and walked over to Alice.

Watching Alice's once fair face turn ashen, streaked with tears, her mouth gaping wide open.

Haven felt like he could see Alice's throat was about to burst. Seeing Alice crying even harder, Haven was at a loss and couldn't help but regret whether he should have used that "butt-backwards landing on the sand" move.

"Well, Alice, you know that swords have no eyes, and it's inevitable that you won't be able to control the intensity when sparring."

Seeing that Alice showed no sign of stopping, he continued:
"See, I already said no, no. But you insisted on competing."

Alice cried even harder when she heard this annoying guy say such nasty things. The supervising teacher, seeing the horrifying scene before her, stopped in her tracks and silently backed away, preparing to leave quietly. An imperial princess and the heir to a powerful count in the northern border of the empire were neither people that a mere supervising teacher like herself could afford to offend.

Haven watched as the crowd's murmur grew louder and louder, with people pointing and whispering about him. He felt he needed to do something, otherwise, a little girl yelling at him would make him lose his voice, even if he was right.

P.S.: Although Alice cried, Haven still felt he was right (hands on hips, smug).

"Hey, stop crying. You look like a big, messy cat. You're a monster. Okay, I give up, alright? Stop crying?"

Alice, who was in the middle of her fun, didn't want to pay any attention to Haven and felt a bit stuffy in her nose. She grabbed Haven's clothes, wiped her nose, and continued to howl.

Seeing the people around him pointing and whispering about him, and Alice not stopping, Haven felt something was wrong and decided to do something to break the deadlock. He then reached for his magic pouch.

"I'll give you my allowance, so don't cry."

"Ah~ Waaah~"

"I gave you the magic crystal my teacher gave me."

"Ah~ah~"

"Here's my favorite magic bracelet for you."

"Ah~ah~"

"Try my favorite snack."

After saying that, Will took out a piece of the flamingo jerky that Grandpa Alpha had given him and put it into Alice's open mouth.

"Ah~ Hmm?"

Smack smack~

Bah~
Ahh~

Watching Alice chew a few bites of jerky, spit it out, and continue howling, Haven felt an overwhelming headache coming on. A surge of anger rose within him, and he reached into Alice's mouth and poked her throat with his right index finger.

"Ah~

Σ_(」∠) Ugh~”

Caught off guard, Alice stared wide-eyed at Will with a mixture of anger and confusion.
"what are you doing?"

Haven't had time to retract his right hand and awkwardly stood frozen in mid-air. He subconsciously rubbed his fingers together, and to his surprise, it worked quite well.

"Um, I'm worried that crying will hurt your health."

Hearing Haven spout such nonsense again, Alice rolled her eyes and prepared to continue crying, but seeing the situation was not good, Haven quickly covered Alice's mouth.

"Oh my god, I was really wrong. Don't cry, I was really wrong, I'm sorry."

Feeling a bit suffocated, Alice forcefully slapped away Havel's hand that was pressing against her mouth, her big, red eyes staring at the white-haired boy in front of her.

"Where did you go wrong?"

"Ok?"

Haven was just saying it casually, but he didn't expect the little girl to actually ask him to answer, and for a moment his brain short-circuited.

"Was I wrong? Was I wrong?..."

Seeing Haven stuttering and unable to respond, Alice took a breath and prepared to continue crying.

"Wait, wait, don't cry. If I'm wrong, I'm sure I'm wrong. It's just that I'm wrong in a lot of ways, and I can't remember them all right now."

In the crowd, Uri watched Haven frantically trying to do something on the field. She couldn't help but chuckle and said to Annie:

"Havent and his gang aren't really good at charming girls. They make them cry and don't even know how they did it."

Anne, facing Ully's teasing, timidly said...
"Young Master Haven is a good man, a very, very good man."

Uli looked at the two people in the arena, a hint of melancholy and longing in her eyes. She spoke softly, though it was unclear whether she was answering Anna or speaking to herself.

"Yes, he is really good."

In the center of the arena, Alice stared at Haven, wondering what he would say. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that this annoying guy was actually quite handsome, with platinum blonde hair, messy bangs falling on either side of his face, a high nose, long eyelashes, and deep blue-green eyes that revealed a hint of anxiety.

After thinking for a long time and still not coming up with anything, Haven plopped down on the ground and said in a huff:

"You've made too many mistakes, I can't even explain them all. Please stop crying, if you keep crying I can't help you anymore. I might as well cry too."

Seeing Haven's helpless expression, Alice chuckled. She hadn't expected him to be unable to say it; it was kind of cute.

Alice, having recovered, wiped her tears with her sleeve, then pulled Havent's left hand over and placed her right hand on Will's arm.

"Rise, Rita."

Will felt an unusual temperature on his left arm. Alice removed her right hand, and a six-pointed star magic circle appeared.

"This is a soul communication array,"

As he spoke, he raised his left arm to show Havente, where there was also a six-pointed star magic circle.

"With this, I can sense where you are anytime. Think about it carefully, I'll come find you again in a few days."

Dufer~Lessarasiufas

A huge magic circle formed in mid-air, and within a few breaths it turned into a giant teleportation portal. Audawin flew straight out of the portal, circled once, and landed next to Alice.

Alice dusted herself off her skirt, grabbed the backstab of the dragon, sat on its back, and looked at Havent, who was still sitting blankly on the ground, and said:
"I'm going home now. We'll see each other again in a few days. You'd better think about how to coax me then. Let's go, Audaweiying."

The red dragon looked at Havent sitting on the ground, turned around, crawled forward a few steps, took a big lick, and then soared into the air, letting out a long dragon roar before flying north.

Haven was left sitting alone on the ground, staring blankly as the man and the dragon drove away.

"What kind of mess is this?!"

(End of this chapter)