Chapter 50
Chapter 50: Hard work.
Neither Kent nor Alice slept well this night.
Needless to say, Alice has always been educated as a mercenary. Master Roma’s teaching content usually focuses on melee combat and life-saving, which is completely different from the skills mastered by knights. Now I finally have the opportunity to learn the knowledge of knights systematically, which is exciting enough for Alice.
Although Kent was born as a waiter in Yunji Castle and learned a full set of knight skills, when he came here, Philo Knight was no longer responsible for the teaching of the waiters. For Kent, this has always been an irreparable shortcoming. Now that this shortcoming is about to be filled, he will only be more sleepless.
They came to the training ground early the next day, but the Philo Cavaliers were already there.
“There are three events in the Knight Tournament, archery, sword fighting, and horse competition.” He said, looking at Kent and Alice in turn, “Kent is good at archery. Alice has expertise in sword fighting, and I am Experts who are competing right away, if the three of us can win the championships in the three events, it will be easy to win the entire conference.”
This is exactly what Kent said to Alice the day before. Hearing the same from Philo Knight, Kent was very happy:
“Yes, that’s how I planned it.”
“But you missed some things.” The Philo knight pointed out very calmly, “Although I am an expert in the right away competition, my waist has been injured. Although it has not yet reached the point where I cannot stay on the It’s impossible to win an immediate competition at all.”
The smile on Kent’s face was a little stiff.
Although the Philo Cavaliers said yesterday that he could not win the championship, Kent only regarded it as a modest speech. But when Philo Knight said about the waist injury, Kent knew that his original plan would definitely not be realized, and he was a little bit upset.
But when Philo Knight said:
“So the plan has to be changed. I will train the two of you to win three championships, and I will try my best not to hold you back in the competition.”
Kent hesitated:
“Can we… really do it?”
Kent’s worries are very reasonable. Although he has conducted a lot of training for immediate combat, he has never participated in actual combat; let alone Alice, she is an infantry, and she doesn’t understand what is called immediate martial arts. Everything has to be learned from the beginning. .
“Of course.” The Philo Cavaliers didn’t seem to think this was a problem at all. “If I can’t win, why should I join? I agree to join to win the championship and let the temple shine, not to shame his Highness.”
In the eyes of the Philo Cavaliers, if they can’t win the championship in all three competitions, then they have already put the Duchess to shame. Hearing his words, Alice and Kent’s pressure suddenly increased.
Philo Knight didn’t seem to notice, he looked at Kent:
“Archery is your family’s family heritage, I don’t think I need to bother more?”
Ken features head:
“No problem, just leave Alice’s training in this area to me.”
Philo knight looked at Alice again:
“The game is not a battle. In this kind of game, the uniform foil is used. You can’t use your usual giant sword in the game. Is this okay?”
“No problem.” Alice said, “I used to use light swords.”
“That’s good.” The Philo knight picked up two training foils and tossed them to Alice. “Next, let’s try them.”
Alice took the foil. This kind of training sword has no blade, and there is a small ball at the top, which will not hurt the opponent, but to see the difference in strength between the two, this kind of sword is enough.
There was no need to talk more, and the two of them began to practice. Alice had never seen the Philo knight use a sword before, and had no idea about his swordsmanship. But when the two swords touched each other, Alice immediately rivaled. Although Philo Knight is already 60 years old,
Even when facing Silver Helmet DeWitt, Alice had never felt such a strong sense of oppression. At the beginning, the gap between Silverhelm DeWitt and her was mainly physical stamina, but Philo Knight’s swordsmanship was proficient and flexible, and was almost perfect. Alice has been knowledgeable in fighting for many years, but she has never seen such an opponent. Since learning the sword, Alice has never encountered such an opponent, but after a dozen back and forth, she has been sweating, and the response is very difficult.
Just when Alice felt that she was almost breathless and was about to be unable to hold it, the Philo knight stepped back and retracted the sword.
“Not bad.” He commented, “I have experienced a lot of actual combat and know some skills. It is very difficult to do so many tricks under my hands. It is not difficult to win the championship with just a little bit.”
After evaluating Alice, he turned to look at Kent:
“You come.”
Alice gave Kent the sword in her hand to watch him face off against the Philo knight.
When she fought against the Philo knight, she was almost always busy with parrying, and she had no time to consider issues such as the use of moves. Standing on the sidelines watching the Kent and Philo Knights fight, on the contrary, I can see some of the doorways. The Philo knights are quick to release their swords and can accurately find the weak points of the opponent. As for Kent, he has received more training than Alice, but not as much practical experience as her. At the beginning, she was able to deal with a few strokes, and it seemed to be stronger than Alice, but after a few strokes, she saw the decline and lost faster than her.
Alice watched the two fight against each other, and couldn’t help asking Philo Knight:
“Can’t you win the championship in the sword fighting game with your strength?”
Philo Knight shook his head:
“If ten years ago, I would dare to say that no one could beat me. As for now…one or two games alone are okay. If you don’t have enough physical strength, you will definitely lose. You young people, you can’t count on me as an old man. .”
He made a point of what he said, and Alice was secretly embarrassed by her own thoughts.
She is already seventeen years old, and in a few months, she will be almost eighteen by the time of the martial arts competition. People of this age should be ahead of her, and should not count on an elderly three times her age.
The Philo knight has tested the ability of two people to fight swords, and they must test and compete immediately. All three of them went to the stables to bring out their horses.
Philo Knight’s horse was a smooth-tempered mare “honey”, and when he saw him coming, he leaned in obsessively. The Philo knight reached out and touched the horse’s nose, and said to them:
“The’Silver Star’ that I have been with for more than ten years is gone. Now this kid has a too docile temper. He was not prepared for the battlefield. When it comes to the competition, I am afraid he will suffer more. It is the Kent horse. It’s better, but it also depends on Kent’s control over it, otherwise it’s easy to make accidents on the court.”
Kent’s horse is called “Lightning”, which is as energetic as him, but a little bit grumpy and easily agitated. Alice felt privately that this was similar to its owner.
Fighting at once is a basic subject for knights. Kent has been practicing since he was a child, but Alice has no idea about it. She is not good at it, even her riding skills are not good. Philo knight looked at the “awkward” horse she had brought, and smiled.
“Are you going to ride this guy for an immediate competition?”
Philo Knight’s question made Alice a little nervous:
“Can’t it?”
“It’s not impossible,” said Knight Philo. “This guy is a good horse, well-proportioned, and flexible. But at first glance, you know that you have a strange temper. Can you really manage it?”
“It’s okay.” Alice nodded, “I just need to feed a lot of carrots, and it seems that I’m getting tired of eating carrots recently, and I’m getting more and more disobedient.”
“It doesn’t matter.” said the Philo knight. “The relationship between people and horses should be cultivated slowly. You can also feed them pumpkins and apples as rewards, but don’t spoil them. What is the name of this little guy. name?”
“It’s called’Uncomfortable’. I picked this guy from the battlefield. Since it chose me, I can’t live up to it.”
When Philo heard the pony’s strange name, he couldn’t help laughing:
“It’s okay. Many knights ride in all kinds of strange horses to participate in horse competitions. This is very common and not as shameful. An immediate competition is not a race. It doesn’t matter whether the horse runs fast or not. You have to be connected.”
Alice never thought that she would be able to communicate with this “awkward”. She didn’t even plan to name it because it was so awkward, so she gave it the name “awkward” in a frustrated manner. It adapts well, and it will respond “recovery” when Alice calls it. Of course, it must be when it is in a good mood. If it is in a bad mood, it will just turn around and use its **** to face people. It won’t change his mind until he uses carrots to lure him into it.
But Philo Knight said it was okay.
Both Alice and Kent’s horses have been affirmed by Philo Knights, and they have strengthened a little self-confidence, and the rest is just practice.
The knights compete immediately. In the final analysis, the two sides are holding wooden spears and charging opposite each other. If they can pick the opponent off the horse, hit the designated position, or break the specified number of wooden spears on the opponent’s armor first, they can win. . Although such competitions also test skills, they are more of a test of courage. Generally speaking, young people are more dominant in such games because they have never experienced pain and do not feel timid. It is not easy for the elderly who have experienced more to have such a courage, and they will already lose in the aura.
However, such a grand knight tournament cannot be successful only by courage. If young knights can get the guidance of experienced masters, they will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort. Under the guidance of Philo Knight, Alice and Kent carried out intensive training. Alice gets up early every day and trains all day. When she lays back on the bed at night, she is often so tired that she doesn’t even want to move her fingers. During this period, the mayor of Ronald Village once asked someone to send her a message saying that the sacrificial activities of the **** of peasants were about to begin, and invited her to go back to participate, but she did not have time to come.
During this period of time, the courier of the Duchess has also traveled throughout West Felix, sending the news of the upcoming Knight Tournament to the hands of all the nobles everywhere.
A few months later, knights from all over the country arrived at Yunqi Castle, and the knight competition officially began.