Ch 286 - Ch 290
Chapter 286: The Situation Is Different
Spiral Force and Hidden Force Overlay needed even more granular control than what Fei learned last night. There was more knowledge to be acquired, and the techniques themselves required highly talented and powerful warriors. But since Fei learned the granular control from Emperor Yassin's first notes, this one wasn't too difficult to understand.
The night was long, and Fei was mesmerized by the notes. He was studying the notes on Spiral Force Techniques and Hidden Force Overlay Techniques as if he was a man who was dying of thirst in the desert and suddenly saw a clear lake.
Time passed by fast.
When the sun was almost up, Fei finally stopped learning about the new techniques. He started to use the magic arrays around the battlefield and the methods in the purple scroll to train his spiritual power.
When the sun finally came up, Fei completed his training for the night. This was the longest night training that he did. Before, Fei would return to the campsite of Chambord before dawn. But he was really in the zone today, and he couldn't stop himself.
After he switched back to Assassin Mode, Fei dashed towards the camp area. Although the sun was ready up, Fei was still able to get through all the checkpoints undiscovered.
When he got back to Chambord's campsite, people on the roster who would be competing today had put on their armors and got on their horses. They were all waiting for their king to command them; they were ready to go to the competition and win the supreme glory for the kingdom.
When Fei got dressed in the blue king robe, put on the golden crown that had a ruby in it, and grabbed the king scepter in his hand, the entire campsite almost collapsed due to the shouts and cheers after Fei walked out of the tent.
Every soldier's blood was boiling. They stared at and worshipped their invincible king; they felt the confidence as they looked at their king's smile. They felt like their king was a god of war who was wearing the bright sun on his back. Every soldier swore with their soul –
"I'm willing to battle to the death for his majesty!"
"Hail His Majesty!"
"Hail the King!"
The bright and sharp weapons reflected the chilliness of the winter and the light of the sun, and murderous spirits flowed in the blood of the soldiers. What was standing by Fei's side was an invincible legion in the making. They worshipped their young king, and they were afraid of nothing!
Their blade would be swung for the king!
Their blood would be spilled for the king!
Fei was moved by what he was seeing as well. He raised his king scepter into the air, and he said after all of the soldiers around him quieted down: "Victory!"
"Victory!" All of the soldiers repeated after him, and it was as loud as thunder.
"Glory represents my life!" Fei shouted as he jumped onto the back of [Black Tornado].
"Glory represents my life!" The soldiers grabbed the reins and raised their weapons.
"Move out!"
Fei commanded as [Black Tornado] roared and walked out of the campsite.
[Black Tornado]'s strange roar that was comparable to the roar of the dragon resonated in the camp area. All these days, [Black Tornado] had been consuming a lot of [Hulk Potion]. Under the potion, its body had been developing continuously. Now, the black dog was about three meters tall when it was on its all fours, and it looked magnificent. Its black fur had a blue light to it, and it ran like a tiger. From its appearance, it would be hard for people to associate it with a dog; [Black Tornado] was more like a demon beast.
Behind Fei, Pierce and Drogba held the flag with the two-headed dog as well as the ax and sword in the background.
Both strongmen were more than two meters tall, and their muscles were huge as well; they were like two small mountains. The level 4 Roaring Flame Beasts that they were riding on all had four clouds of fire-like magic elements around their hooves, and murderous spirits also flashed through their eyes regularly.
As trophies that were seized from the Chishui Kingdom, Angela cared a lot for them. After all of the nourishment, they finally returned to their natural state and lived up to their name – "vicious mounts".
Level 4 demon beasts with demon beasts like strongmen on them; it was terrifying!
Behind the two men, there were Torres, Cech, Elena, and other warriors of Chambord. They were also riding level 4 Roaring Flame Beasts, and they protected a magic carriage that was being pulled by handsome horses. In it, there was Angela, Emma, and eight other pretty girls – the eight girls who Fei decided to protect. Actually, the eight girls had already gotten used to the life at Chambord's campsite.
Behind them, there were fifty soldiers of Chambord who were ready.
They were also riding level 4 Roaring Flame Beasts. As they passed through the streets, the ferocious atmosphere made other people back off sub-consciously. It felt like there were fifty blood-thirsty monsters, and they were not humans; it was too pressing.
This was the formal team who was going to participate in the competition.
The former number one warrior of Chambord – Lampard was guarding the campsite with the rest of the soldiers and waiting for Chambord's victory.
The team walked towards the field in the center of the camp area under the respectful stare of everyone.
"God, is this Chambord's team? Powerful! Too Powerful!"
"Huh, I didn't expect this! I didn't expect Chambord to have so many master warriors and high-quality armors and equipment. Do you see their mounts? They are the legendary number one vicious mount – Roaring Flame Beasts! They are the best mounts for cavalries. They are fast and are able to carry a lot of weights. Also, they are able to attack on their own. They are the dream mounts, and a lot of noble knights couldn't even get their hands on one..."
"Damn! I thought we only need to look out for the king of Chambord! I thought we had a chance! Damn, we are all wrong!"
"Hahaha, interesting! This year's competition is interesting! Looks like the ten level 1 affiliated kingdoms have competition! Chambord could break through and disrupt the regular flow!"
"Not sure if Chambord could perform a miracle and become the winner of the Kingdom Ranking Matches."
"That is not guaranteed. Maybe the king of Chambord has a chance on his own; he defeated Executive Knights and is powerful. But when it comes down to group matches, it would be hard to say. After all, the ten level 1 affiliated kingdoms have years of accumulations. They couldn't be compared to a young force..."
"Hehe, just wait and see. Things aren't that simple. The tall tree in a forest would be taken down by wind first. Chambord had been in the news lately for too much. They exposed a lot of their strength, and this is their weakness. Do they want to make things different? The old forces will teach them a lesson!"
As the team from Chambord proceeded towards the central field, chatters and murmured got louder and louder.
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In the central field in the camp area.
244 affiliated kingdoms and more than twenty thousand people including the kings, princes, and master warriors...
Numerous flags fluttered in the cold wind under the bright sun, and war horses created "white clouds" in front of them as they breathed heavily. All of Zenit's elites were in the central field.
More than twenty thousand elite soldiers packed the central field in 244 formations of different sizes.
Although Fei got famous, Chambord was still a level 6 affiliated kingdom after all. Therefore, Chambord's location was on the very edge, and people of Chambord could only vaguely see the central stage that was more than twenty meters tall and thousands of meters away.
The stage was made from hundred-year-old trees that were cut from Moro Mountains. It was truly magnificent.
The bottom floor of the stage was a square space with a hundred meters on each side. Then, there were eight more floors on top of the first floor with two sets of stairs on each side. According to the usual tradition, Emperor Yassin would appear on the highest floor of the stage. He would then inspect the elite soldiers of the kingdoms and make sacrifices to the gods with the help of the priests from Holy Church. The emperor would use a small saber and kill three white bulls that were three years old. The hearts of the bulls would be taken out, and the priests from the Holy Church would try to foresee the next three years of the empire.
This sacrifice procedure was a vital part of the competition, and it represented something important.
However, the situation was different this year.
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Chapter 287
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Chapter 287: Emperor Yassin
More than twenty thousand people had been waiting for about half an hour, and the emperor was nowhere to be seen.
However, both Arshavin and Dominguez who were the two candidates for the throne had appeared on the eight floor of the stage. They were both in golden armors, and their black capes fluttered in the wind. They looked down at all of the people as if they were gods, and the white bulls had been moved to the top floor of the stage...
Everyone was waiting.
Fei was bored on the back of [Black Tornado] and glanced at other kingdoms.
Out of the 244 affiliated kingdoms now Zenit had, there were six levels. Like a pyramid, there were ten level 1 affiliated kingdoms, twenty level 2 affiliated kingdoms, thirty level 3 affiliated kingdom, forty level 4 affiliated kingdoms, sixty level 5 affiliated kingdoms, and eighty-four level 6 affiliated kingdoms.
Most of the kingdoms were weak, and the positions and number of soldiers in each of the kingdoms' formations were different.
Some of the kingdoms had more than two hundred soldiers, and these soldiers had great armors and equipment. There were also the kingdoms that had less than a hundred people who had only leather armors. There were also the kingdoms where there were less than fifty people including the grooms and servants, and these soldiers weren't all equipped with proper metal weapons; some of them used simple bows and arrows and wooden spears. These kingdoms were even worse off than where Chambord was. Some of these kings couldn't even afford a complete set of metal armor, and they were wearing clothes made from furs like savages. However, these people were muscular, and their wilderness and viciously couldn't be ignored.
Comparatively, Chambord's setup was no different from the ten level 1 affiliated kingdoms; high-quality items, level 4 Roaring Flame Beasts...
When Fei was observing others, others were observing Chambord as well.
Some of the stares were filled with envy, jealousy, flatter, hatred, hostility, intimacy, fear, etc... Every emotion could be found.
As Fei got really impatient, several dashes of light appeared in the sky. A god-like presence appeared and moved towards the central field.
Everyone was excited and looked in the direction. There were four royal mages who were burning their magic energies to floating in the air, and there was a huge sun-like bright object behind them. They all flew towards the stage.
Fei took another look and realized that the sun-like object was actually a mountain-like Dragon-shaped Beast. With its wings open, it flew in the air like a bird. But as it roared infrequently, sound waves would come out of its mouth and destroy the clouds.
Half-Dragon Beast!
It was actually a Half-Dragon Beast!
It was a beast that was rumored to have the bloodline of dragons, and this species was definitely the king of the sky; they were the perfect invincible sky mount.
Fei was shocked!
The scene he was witnessing was unreal.
In the movies in his previous life, in the books in the royal library at Chambord, in the stories of traveling poets, Fei had heard and seen the legends of the dragons. But when a mountain-like dragon beast appeared right in front of you, that shock would take a while to settle in.
This wasn't related to strength; only the visual and body size of the dragon beast was enough to destroy someone's optical nerves. It was like an ant seeing an elephant for the first time.
There was a huge mysterious golden throne on the back of this dragon beast, and the beast was flying really smoothly. With the help of the royal mages, it slowly and steadily stabilized itself beside the ninth-floor of the stage.
As the dragon beast flew by, the entire field was filled with fear and respect. Some of the war horses were so scared that they collapsed onto the ground as white foam floated out of their mouths.
Then, the dragon beast turned around softly.
Like a feather, the throne lightly fell onto the ninth-floor of the stage.
Boom! At the same time, the four royal mages slowly landed on the seventh-floor of the stage as the vast ocean-like sea of magic elements stayed with them. They were just one floor below the two princes.
The four mages each stood in one direction, and they glanced around the crowd down on the field carefully. They tightly held the white magic wands in their hands as they emitted a terrifying amount of magic elements into the magic arrays that were engraved into the stage. After a light buzz, a layer of invisible sphere appeared and tightly protected the stage.
Looking from afar, Fei was able to clearly see the six golden stars on the chest of these mages; Fei's eyes were great.
This represented six-star mage.
All four of the royal mages were six-star mages.
Fei curled his lips.
An empire was an empire. Fei didn't expect to see four six-star mages today.
But after thinking back to the six-star magic arrays around the battlefield in Moro Mountains, the appearance of the four six-star mages was no longer shocking. After all, there were probably a lot of high-level mages serving the royal family of Zenit.
Actually, Fei suspected that there were more hidden powers of Zenit than what was being shown on the surface. He believed that there must be more terrifying masters who were still hiding in the tightly guarded royal palace.
Soon, Fei's eyes went back to the golden throne that was on the ninth floor of the stage.
After paying closer attention to the throne, Fei realized that it was made from an unknown material that was probably also very precious. The image of a flying half-dragon beast was vividly engraved onto the throne, and it looked very similar to the dragon beast that was circling above the stage. The head of the dragon was very majestic, and its neck was long and slender. Under the sharp horns, the huge mouth revealed multiple lines of teeth as the fire was being spurted out of it. There was a layer of thin yet rough scales on its body, and it was carrying a huge throne on its back that was about two meters tall.
Everyone knew that there was only one person who was qualified to sit on the throne.
Emperor Yassin.
After reading the notes that were written by Yassin when he was young, Fei was very curious about this legendary emperor. He really wanted to see this talented man closer.
But at this moment, streams of red energy came off of the throne, and it blocked everything like a cloud of fire. No one was able to see through this red energy, including Fei who was now a mid-tier seven-star warrior and tried to focus through the energy.
Why?
Fei was really confused as he frowned.
According to the notes in Chambord's Library, Emperor Yassin would arrive on time in all of the previous competitions, and he never hid his appearance. This handsome and up straight emperor would stand on the stage and inspect all of the elite soldiers who would follow his command.
Also, according to the notes in Chambord's Library, Emperor Yassin was really heroic and charismatic. Just looking from afar, one would feel like listening to him and following his orders.
But why would the emperor try to hide his face this time?
Could it be that the emperor was really on the edge of death? He didn't want his subjects to see him in such a weak form?
Although Fei was quite far away from the stage, he could still sense the power level of everyone on that stage.
Under the seventh floor, there were more than twenty guards whose power level ranged from three-star to five-star. On the seventh floor, there were the four royal mages; their power sensations were as bright as a fire in a dark night. On the eighth floor, Elder Prince Arshavin's six-star warrior energy could also be clearly sensed. He had a light military murderous intent in his energy that made him appear more ferocious than the royal mages. Beside him, the second prince Dominguez was wearing a magic armor that increased his strength, and he could barely keep his strength on the four-star level. Although he lacked strength compared with Arshavin, the god gave him a beautiful face. Even if he was standing in a dark night, his handsome face would lit up the surroundings like a star. Perfect figure, luxurious armor, handsome face... Even though he was weaker than Arshavin, he easily attracted a ton of attention.
Fei was able to sense these people's strength.
However, he couldn't sense the strength of that figure who was on the throne and in the field of red energy. It felt like there was something that was blocking Fei's sensory in that region.
"Moo..." The three white bulls released proud and comfortable mooing sounds.
These bulls were being treated like kings and fed properly by the royal family. There were many servants who washed them daily, the bulls slept on the softest blankets and drank the purest water. For their whole lives, they had been waiting for this day; their hearts would be used to predict what was going to happen to the empire in the next three years. However, since the bulls got used to the luxurious lifestyles, they didn't know about the ending of their lives. They laid on the ninth-floor of the stage and looked down at more than twenty thousand soldiers like the ruler of the empire; they weren't scared at all.
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Chapter 288
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Chapter 288: First Battle of Chambord
The chilly wind of the winter roared, and it pulled on thousands of long flags in the air. These long flags were like dragons that were about to break free and fly away.
The arrival of Emperor Yassin didn't mean that the sacrificial ceremony would start right away.
The bishop of the branch of Holy Church in Zenit wasn't there yet.
This ceremony felt very strange from the beginning.
From the tradition, the bishop should have arrived before the emperor to show respect and good faith. After all, although the Holy Church was overbearing on the continent, they were really rigid in terms of keeping the traditions and etiquettes. However, the bishop had broken this unspoken rule today unexpectedly by not showing up on time.
The silence of the long wait was unbearable.
The chilling winter made some of the weaker warriors shiver in the cold.
"Start!"
As everyone thought that the wait was going to continue, a light voice sounded from the ninth-floor of the stage.
The voice sounded majestic and unyielding. Although it was full of power, Fei could feel the tiredness and loneliness. Also, there was a slight aging tone in the voice, and that made Fei a little sad.
Whoosh!
A fist mark dashed out of the throne as the emperor said that.
The white bulls that were lying on the white blankets comfortably were cut in half. They didn't get the chance to scream, and none of the blood was spilled. The hearts were also cut in half; although heat came off of them as they continued to pump, they soon froze!
"Rest of ... you two can take care of it." The voice sounded again on the throne.
"Yes, as you wish!" The two princes on the eighth-floor of the stage kneeled down and replied.
In the next moment, the golden throne suddenly soared into the sky.
The dragon beast that was flying in the sky sensed it and dashed down. An intense pressure came down from the sky, and the dragon beast perfectly caught the throne. Then, the four six-star royal mages flew up and guarded the beast as well as the emperor. Just like how they came, they left in the same manner. Like dashes of light, they soon disappeared into the Royal Palace that was far inside St. Petersburg.
Emperor Yassin left like that?
No one expected this.
This was something that had never happened before!
A ton of chatters and murmured sounded among the formations of soldiers. However, they soon disappeared.
The reason was that the two princes had already started to proceed with the rest of the sacrificial ceremony and the competition.
Fei, on the other hand, lost all interests in continue watching. He was completely focused on the image of Emperor Yassin. What did the invincible emperor who dominated the empires around Zenit look like now?
From all of the strange things that had happened, it seemed like the emperor was really in a bad condition. He stayed less than ten minutes. Perhaps his body wasn't able to take it, and he had to leave quickly to rest.
Fei was more powerful than the people around him, and he vaguely heard a few light coughs followed by a series of light fast-breathings.
That sounded like a patient who was struggling to stay alive.
Was the pillar of the empire going to collapse?
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After three hours, the sacrificial ceremony finished under the hosting of the two princes. The first round of ranking matches was going to take place in the afternoon.
There were fifty Sword Testing Stages, and there were five regions. Each of the battle regions received ten stages.
The first round of the matches was going to take place soon.
Chambord got its first opponent in a randomized draw – the Gude Kingdom who had the number of 42.
The Gude Kingdom was also located in the northern region of Zenit; it was a level 3 affiliated kingdom. Since the two kingdoms weren't adjacent to each other, there weren't any relationships between them. This Gude Kingdom was a top-tier level 3 affiliated kingdom. Its prince Drenthe was one of the [Seven Wolves] named [Black Wolf]. He had a good individual strength, and the power level of the kingdom was good as well with three hundred elite soldiers.
Many people thought that the Gude Kingdom had a chance to advance to a level 2 affiliated kingdom in this competition; no one expected them to face Chambord so early on. Now, their outlook wasn't as bright.
Sword Testing Stage No.44.
Numerous people surrounding the stage. Popular stages where kingdoms such as Chambord would fight on were all crowded. Except for the two resting areas of the two kingdoms as well as a VIP viewing area, everywhere else was packed. All of the crowd were looking up and waiting for the individual ranking matches between Chambord and Gude.
"Hehe, I think this Gude Kingdom can just surrender after seeing the king of Chambord. As long as they save their strength, they might have a better chance of going through the losers' bracket and getting a good ranking. If they fight with Chambord, they would lose and suffer casualties."
"Eh, from the look of it, surrendering is the best alternative. Facing a tough opponent like Chambord, no one would laugh at them for doing so."
"Huh? Someone got on the stage... Look, Gude sent someone up..."
"They chose to battle Chambord? Could it be that they have some trump cards as well?"
Most of the people in the crowd were here to witness the battles. Some of them were warriors who wanted to see the fights between master warriors and better themselves, some of them were mercenaries, and some of them were scouts from other kingdoms... merchants who wanted to sell stuff, gamblers who wanted to win bets, traveling poets who wanted inspirations for their stories... there were all kinds of people.
There were people who thought that the Gude Kingdom would surrender, but they were surprised by the first warrior from the Gude Kingdom who jumped onto the stage from the resting area. The crowd started to chatter.
The first Gude Warrior was a tough-looking bearded man who was bulky and wearing a black chain armor. He was also wearing a bone helmet and held a pair of huge clubs with iron spikes on them.
After he jumped onto the stage, he swung his clubs and created a series of terrifying air-piercing noise.
Boom! He smashed his clubs against the floor of the stage, and sparks appeared and loud noises sounded. This ignited the excitement of the crowd. The crowd cheered on as the man patted his chest, showed off his muscular body, and provoked at Chambord.
"Provocation? Who is going to take care of him for us?" Fei sat on the tallest stone throne in the resting area as he asked.
"Your majesty, let me go!" Fatty Oleg grinned. He walked up and volunteered as his fat wiggled on his body.
"Let me go instead. I will go first!" Other master warriors of Chambord stood up and all wanted to go.
Finally, Fei's eyes landed on Peter-Cech.
The strength of this commander couldn't be ignored. However, this general had been working hard and taking care of everything at the military. That was the reason why the king could live such a chaos-free life.
The commander didn't get the chance to show off his power all this time. On Azeroth Continent, it would be hard for a commander to control a force if he or she couldn't convince his or her subordinates using his or her strength.
Fei decided to give this opportunity to this low-key commander.
"Remember! Be clean, but don't kill." Fei reminded the commander; he didn't want to create a lot of new enemies from this competition.
"Glory represents my life!" Cech understood Fei's intent for letting him go first. He kneeled down to thank the king, and then he stood up and appeared on the 44th Sword Testing Stage.
Such a fast moving technique!
All of the cheerings for the warrior of Gude paused. This simple way that Cech used to get onto the stage showed the crowd what he was capable of. The crowd knew that Chambord also sent a powerful warrior.
In the same time, the warrior from Gude who was showing off and provoking stopped as well; he observed Cech with his vicious eyes.
"Battle! Battle! Battle! Battle! Battle! Battle! Battle!!!"
The crowd started to cheer again. Everyone was shouting with their hands in the air, and they were waiting for hyped battles to occur. The fight between these two master warriors was about to occur! A light blue sphere covered the stage; it meant that the protective magic array around the stage got activated! The battle began!
"Haha, take this! Tiny Chambordian!"
A light yellow warrior energy flame appeared on this bearded Gude warrior. This warrior had an earth-elemental warrior energy, and it represented a ton of defense as well as strength. This man with the black chain armor charged at Cech ferociously like a demon beast.
Woooooo!
Two huge clubs that were about six to seven hundred pounds each smashed down at Cech's head viciously one after another. They were being swung so fast that they looked like two dark clouds.
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Chapter 289
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Chapter 289: Piece of Cake
Although the wind created by this ferocious strike moved Cech's hair, Cech was really calm; no emotion could be read from his face.
Woooo! As the strike came closer, some of the audience closed their eyes; they had already foreseen the bloody scene where Cech's head exploded. The spiked clubs were going to hit Cech's head; the two clubs were about a centimeter away.
At this moment –
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
A series of light crackling noises sounded
The battle turned around in this split second.
Everything seemed to be frozen at this moment on the Sword Testing Stage.
The tough Gude Warrior who was charging at Cech like a beast suddenly paused completely. The two clubs that were swung at Cech also froze in mid-air.
The two clubs couldn't move forward anymore.
What was stopping them were two fingers.
Two fingers that weren't thick.
Peter-Cech who was calm raised his arms and pointed out his fingers. The two fingers pressed against the tip of the clubs and eliminated this strike from this vicious Gude Warrior.
Actually, it did not just eliminate the strike.
It actually defeated the Gude warrior.
Soon, the audiences' mouths opened wide as they witnessed something unbelievable.
A crack slowly appeared on the two clubs where Cech's fingers were at. Like spider webs, the cracks enlarged in the same pattern. Gradually, this pair of clubs that were made from top-quality iron got turned into a pile of iron dust.
"Si..."
The bearded warrior from the Gude Kingdom gasped as he looked at the handles in his hand. His face paled as if he saw a ghost, and his legs started to shake out of fear.
Breaking two clubs made from top-quality iron using two fingers signified the different in the power levels between them. The warrior from Gude knew that he would be dead if his opponent wanted to.
"You lost." Cech pulled back his fingers as he said: "I don't want to kill anyone. Jump off of the stage!"
"I..." The bearded warrior wanted to say something, but all of his courage disappeared as he looked at the iron dust on the ground. He paused and jumped off of the stage.
"Winner of this individual ranking match is Peter-Cech from Chambord!"
The judge announced the result loud and clear using the special magic array on the stage that could project his voice. Everyone heard that.
"Cech! Cech! Peter-Cech!!!"
No one expected such a fantastic battle early on. Although there weren't explosive warrior energies, chipped flooring, and flying dust, Cech who was in a light leather armor and easily destroyed the iron clubs shocked the audiences.
This shock was far stronger than the shock that any other kinds of fancy fights could bring. The judge's announcement woke up the people who were shocked and dumbfounded, and these people in the audiences started to cheer Cech's name. The scene was really moving.
On the Sword Testing Stage, Cech completely demonstrated the presence and the style of a warrior and a commander. His leather armor was bright under the sun, and his cape fluttered in the wind as well as his long hair.
Fei who was sitting in the resting area laughed and clapped his hands.
The fifty soldiers from Chambord were also excited. They knocked their weapons against their iron shields to make a lot of metal-colliding noises; they were doing what they could to cheer on their commander.
This was the first time that these soldiers saw Cech battle.
They didn't expect their commander who was low-key and rarely engaged in fights to be so powerful; they thought that Cech was weaker than Pierce, Drogba, Torres, and others leaders. After seeing their silent commander standing on the stage in such a cool fashion, all of the soldiers felt like their blood was boiling.
"Another master warrior from Chambord?"
"Peter-Cech? Why haven't we heard of this man before? It felt like he didn't even use warrior energy, and he was able to shatter the iron clubs. From the look of it, this man can easily become one of the top ten warriors in the northern battle region!"
"Such power... Eh, he is probably a five-star warrior."
"Eh, a nice warrior. Look into it and see if we can get him on our side!"
A lot of people who were sitting in the VIP area were shocked upon seeing this. In the chattering and cheering, some of the influential figures had already planned to recruit Cech.
Actually, this military competition was also a chance for the noble families and major forces in St, Petersburg to recruit powerful warrior and mages. Many forces would try to use methods such as money or threats to get these people into their party.
Although these actions were hidden, they were implied to be acceptable since the higher-ups in the empire didn't stop them. Many people referred to this as a "harvest". There was a three-year gap in between each of the competition. The major forces would wait for these potential warriors and mages to grow, and they would be "harvested" when they were ready every three years.
The cause of this was very complicated.
The empire didn't have 100% trust in the affiliated kingdoms. After all, incidents where affiliated kingdoms that were strong overthrowing the empires they were in happened all the time. Even Zenit was founded after betraying Spartax Empire. By "harvesting", it would allow the empire to get stronger while decreasing the strength of the affiliated kingdoms. This was one of the ways where the empire controlled the tempo of everything.
Also, the "harvest" wasn't 100% successful all the time.
Normally on Azeroth Continent, a warrior who swore to stay loyal to a king would never change his or her master.
This was one of the ancient beliefs and honors of warriors and mages.
However, on the Azeroth Continent that was ruled by the law of jungle, some people chose to be loyal while others chose money and status. There were also times where kings would end their relationship with their loyal warriors and mages just to hand them over to the forces and nobles families in St. Petersburg. They were often encouraged and threatened by the empire.
These types of incidents happened too many times.
The fact that the king of Chambord soared into popularity brought a lot of attention to Chambord. Although the Chambordians jumped in strength, they were also seen as delicious meats. People who were capable all wanted to eat these meats and absorb the power.
These people were like patient yet vicious wolves; they were all waiting for the perfect opportunity.
Now, the opportunity was here.
They would identify each of the master warriors of Chambord, and they would then lure them in or threaten them in private.
No one believed that Chambord was unified as a whole. They believed that the warriors from remote regions where resources were scarce would definitely be moved by money and status.
The "fruits" were ripe, and it was about time for the "harvest".
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In the next five battles, the warriors of Chambord took care of their opponents so fast that it looked like they were eating pieces of cake.
Pierce, Drogba, Torres, Oleg, and Inzagi each appeared on the stage and won.
Among all opponents, the prince of the Gude Kingdom who had the title of [Black Wolf] and was a character in the [Seven Wolves] lasted the longest. He battled with Torres for more than twenty minutes, but he was still no match for the arrows that shoot out of Torres' bow. His left shoulder got pierced, and he lost most of his combat abilities; he had to surrender by jumping off of the stage.
All six individual ranking battles were great shows.
The power the Chambord warriors showcased did shock all of the audiences around the No. 44 Sword Testing Stage.
Pierce and Drogba's viciousness and power, Oleg's insane defense and strange technique, Torres' agility and god-tier archery skills, and thin boy Inzagi's chilling assassination skills...
Each of the Chambord warriors demonstrated a new battle style. A lot of the audiences were happy that they chose to watch this stage rather than others.
Some of the more talkative traveling poets already gave cool nicknames to the six warriors, and these names were passed around before the matches were over...
"[White Haired Fast Sword] Paul-Pierce. He is a cold-blooded swordsman under the king of Chambord. He is tough as a bull, and his sword is faster than lightning... God, no one can see the path of his sword. If you feel a wind passing through you, that means you are dead..."
"[Black Haired Vicious Fist] Didier-Drogba. He is a tough warrior under the king of the North – Alexander. He is stronger than a beast, and his fists can crush anything. Poor souls, don't trigger this warrior. His fists will destroy you..."
"[Desperation Creator] Fatty Oleg. He is a huge monster of war. Even dragons would feel a desperation in front of him. His body can defend again all attacks, and his fists can tear the land. If you stand against him, your desperation would be as deep as an abyss.
"[Destructive Fingers] Peter-Cech. His fingers can crush metals as well as everything in front of him..."
"[Son of Wind] Fernando-Torres. His arrows are faster than wind, and his grace figure is cooler than wind..."
"[Deadly Assassin of Shadow] Philip-Inzagi. His enemies would pray to not encounter him. When you see him, his dagger would have already pierced your heart..."
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Chapter 290
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Chapter 290: Situations at the Five Battle Regions
The next rounds of team matches were easy as well.
On the No. 44 Sword Testing Stage, the fifty Saint Seiyas from Chambord charged four times, and they rushed the soldiers from the Gude Kingdom off of the stage and won the four rounds of battles.
When they charged, when the fifty Saint Seiyas changed from casual positions into a real formation and charged at the soldiers of Gude, they were like heavy cavalries. Although the heavy and huge black iron shields looked light in the hands of the Saint Seiyas, the soldiers who got hit by them felt like they were hit by hammers that were more than tens of thousands of pounds. The soldiers of Gude got knocked off of the stage like dummies...
Chambord VS Gude, Chambord won all ten battles.
The judge's voice was clearly heard by all the audiences through the voice-amplifying magic array. It represented the end of Chambord's first round of battles.
This result was within everyone's expectation.
However, the people who saw all the battles were still shocked by what Chambord was capable of. The king of Chambord who dominated the Executive Knights didn't even show himself and his warriors were able to destroy the Gude Kingdom who was a top-tier level 3 affiliated kingdom.
Six individual matches and four team matches only took less than one hour! It was lightning fast!
When the Chambordians left the resting area and went back to their campsite, cheers soared into the sky behind them like a tornado.
"We did all we can. They have observed Chambord's strength. Whatever is going to happen next is irrelevant to us..." The old king of Gude shook his head as he sighed. He patted the elder prince's shoulder and continued with a relieved expression on his serious-looking face: "It is unfortunate and somewhat fortunate for us to meet Chambord in the first round. Chambordians aren't as murderous as they were rumored to be. We didn't suffer any casualties, and we still have hope via the losers' bracket!"
[Black Wolf] nodded.
The old king was right. Chambord wasn't a kingdom that Gude could defeat.
After recalling how powerful and destructive the storm-like arrows that the blonde young man shot out were, he relived the feeling of being breathtaking; it was pure domination. The prince here was a notable warrior among the affiliated kingdoms, but he was powerfulness in front of the no-name warrior of Chambord. If his opponent wanted to, he would be dead by now!
"Use your own power to deal with the king of Chambord! Our Gude won't be used by you as a tool next time!"
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After five hours.
The first day of the competition was over before the sunset.
Chambord defeated its opponent and moved onto the next round. The kingdom would be battling with the twenty-four other kingdoms in the northern region who won today tomorrow. After the top ten masters and the limited winning kingdoms of the region were set, the Kingdom Ranking Matches would begin.
In the one hundred and twenty matches today, a lot of master warriors and mages had appeared.
Even though Chambord used less than one hour to finish the battles, it wasn't the fastest.
In the northern battle region, the opponents of level 1 affiliated kingdoms Meixi and Cather, as well as the level 2 affiliated kingdoms Sens and Zeno, all decided to surrender; they knew that they had no chance, and they could still compete in the losers' bracket. Therefore, the four kingdoms who were the traditional winners all moved on without a fight.
If what happened in the northern battle region was within expectation as the stronger kingdoms won, the other four battle regions had some surprises.
Southern battle region.
Level 6 affiliated kingdom Byzantine defeated level 3 affiliated kingdom Kejin. Byzantine won three out of the six individual matches as well as three out of four team matches. With a record of six to four, they moved onto the next round. The young king Constantine used his unique technique of [Seven Injure Fist] and defeated the prince of Kejin, [Mad Wolf]. The [Seven Injure Fist] was powerful and destructive. Many masters believed that Constantine had a chance of becoming one of the top ten masters in the southern battle region if he performed well!
Eastern battle region.
The Gudong Kingdom that was laughed by others for being to barbaric surprised a lot of people. In their tribes, two genius warriors Huerk and Kanort appeared, and these two warriors used two wooden sticks and defeated six master warriors from the Jiapeng Kingdom. After that, they led thirty barbarian soldiers, defeated the troops of Jiapeng Kingdom four times, and advanced to the next round.
These two barbarian warriors were simple yet brutal. They were so physically strong that no one could take one strike from them. Even the four-star warriors of Jiapeng Kingdom couldn't last a second...
The Gudong Kingdom was deemed as the dark horse of the eastern battle region.
The two warriors were also deemed as the top warriors of their generation.
Western battle region.
The level 1 affiliated Maze Kingdom that the super warrior [One Sword] was in wasn't that lucky. In the first round, they encountered another level 1 affiliated kingdom, Deck Kingdom. The battles between the two kingdoms were ferocious. Although the Maze Kingdom ended up winning, [One Sword] didn't appear in the matches. That made a lot of [One Sword]'s fans who were waiting to see the warrior's skills disappointed.
However, this also made a lot of people wonder how powerful [One Sword] really was.
Many elder warriors believed that [One Sword] was the only person who was able to compete with the king of Chambord for that number one warrior title.
Central battle region.
The central battle region had six out of the ten level 1 affiliated kingdoms, and the number of level 2 and level 3 affiliated kingdoms were a lot higher as well compared with other regions. The battles here were the most vicious, and the first day for kingdoms in this region was more competitive than the other four regions.
The four level 1 affiliated kingdoms advanced with no major hiccups, and there weren't any dark horses. The only surprise came from the level 4 affiliated kingdom Ghana defeating a level 2 affiliated kingdom and advancing.
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After the first day of competition, the camp area got very noisy.
The empire had stopped the curfew and the complete military control of the camp area. A lot of small merchants, homeless warriors, mercenary groups, prostitutes, blacksmiths, potion makers, fallen mages, broke noblemen, slave traders, and various other people filled the camp area.
In a short time, the number of people in the camp area doubled.
If someone looked down at the camp area from the top of Moro Mountains, they would see the entire area lit up by campfires and torches. These light sources were like bright stars.
After a day of battles, some people were happy and some people were sad.
The warriors who were tense throughout the day were finally able to sit down in front of campfires, eat roasted meat, and drink delicious wine. The rough and wild warriors' shouts and women's giggles mixed together, and some primitive sensation dispersed in the air.
Drunken fights happened all the time, and some of the drunken warriors sleep directly by the campfire.
All sorts of events were happening.
These warriors might lose their lives the next day; it was the destiny of warriors. Dancing between blades, their endings were strikingly similar; most of them died on battlegrounds or in gladiator rings. Therefore, some people went all out on alcohols and women, and some people training and meditated to gain a better chance at survival the next day.
In Chambord's campsite.
Chambordians were also celebrating their victory. The party was at its climax, and the best food and wines were being enjoyed. People's laughers and chatters resonated in the area.
The yellow light from the fire lit up the smiles even more, and the light highlighted the strong and muscular bodies of the warriors who were unarmoured.
Also, the two campfires that were more than ten meters high emphasized the women who were dancing around them.
Outside of Chambord's campsite, many people were looking at Chambordians' party in jealousy and envy.
Most of these stares were on the women who were dancing seductively.
Those women were thin, their waists were slender, and their skins were smooth as silk. Compared with those hot women, the prostitutes who were wearing rough clothes and cheap perfumes in the camp area were ugly as ever in people's eyes.
Those women were the most expensive prostitutes from St. Petersburg.
After the matches today, the king of Chambord invited them to the campsite of Chambord using his connections.