Why did the lord rebel

On the other side of the Tumu Fort campus, the preparation area of ​​the Yinger family.

The goshawk flag with gold pattern on a black background fluttered in the air, looking down on the rolling yellow sand.

This competition held on the front line of the war has officially begun.

From the preparation area of ​​the Yingore family, Zhang Mu looked at the center of the school field, and he could see many square dueling fields surrounded by ropes and chains - the warriors from the Central Army of the Empire, the Eastern Army and the Frost Maple Ridge. , will be a showdown in this piece of dueling arena.

The rules of the competition are also very simple and rude, full of the unique sense of simplicity of the human army and the unique sense of grass-roots team when the event is held temporarily:

The three major armies of the empire participating in the competition will send 1 players each to fight against the players from the other two sides. Since each player has more than one duel to participate in, on the school field today, There will be hundreds of such 1v[-] duels in total, and the winner of each duel will win points for his own camp;
In the end, the party with the highest cumulative score among the three camps will become the final winner of the competition, and will receive the supreme honor—and the twenty sets of heavy cavalry equipment.

It is worth mentioning that, in order to "avoid unnecessary casualties" and "guarantee the internal unity of the imperial army", these duel competitions are all on point, and peace is the most valuable, and must not cause casualties to the opponent. The blades are all covered with a thick soft cloth;
And the winner of each one-on-one duel is not to see which side is still alive, but to be judged by the highly respected imperial knights to decide the winner and loser for both sides.

Imperial knights are not Goryeo sticks. Except for a few scumbags, they basically all strictly abide by the knight code of "fairness, justice, responsibility, and kindness", and have a strong sense of honor in their hearts-these moral pacesetters serve as judges, and the contestants are at least Don't worry about the black whistle.

Well, he said "don't worry", but there were actually a lot of people who were very nervous.

For example, Xiahou, one of the three parties participating in the military exercise and the leader of Frost Maple Ridge, the land of split souls, took Yinsha Sandria out of the viewing platform shortly after the start of the competition. Go to the preparation area of ​​the Yingore family on the side of the school grounds to supervise the battle in person.

But what surprised Xiahou Yan was that in the preparation area of ​​his own territory, he did not see the intense preparations he imagined, as if facing a great enemy.

On the contrary, most of the contestants who saw that they had painstakingly selected by themselves closed their eyes and rested on the reclining chairs—of course, a few others had already entered the field, and they were fighting their opponents in full swing on the school field at the moment.

Such a calm and peaceful scene was in stark contrast to the lively scene in the preparation area of ​​the two imperial regular armies in full swing and shouting.

"They are meditating." Tanaka Bloodfang, the troll chief of Nzie, noticed the puzzling gaze of the lord, and ran over to explain, "This is a traditional art of our troll family. Meditation before playing can effectively relieve stress and concentrate in battle..."

"Does it work?" Xia Houyan looked suspiciously at his players who were meditating. …

"There's no harm in trying." Chief Bloodfang shrugged, his expression quite irresponsible.

Some depressed lords had to look around and found something unusual:
At the edge of the preparation area, a group of people from Frost Maple Ridge were sneaking together and whispering something mysteriously. Their strange words and deeds looked like they were colluding and plotting a huge conspiracy.

——Especially, Xia Houyan was still in this group and found the recognizable old face of Master Victor Laurie.

"Hey! If you don't help the players prepare, what are you doing here!" Xia Houyan strode forward and kicked one of the Pioneering Army officers in the ass.

"Lord Lord, please keep your voice down!" Master Laurie was startled at first, and then he was relieved when he found out that it was Lord Lord, and said in a low voice, "Be careful not to let others hear..."

Xia Houyan clearly smelled a hint of conspiracy.

"What are you talking about?" Xia Houyan squinted at Master Laurie, who was stunned.

Master Laurie looked around for a while, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, then he covered his mouth and whispered:
"Handicap!"

Xia Houyan scolded silently, thinking that my mother should have thought of it long ago...

"What's going on with the 'handicap'? Let's talk about it?" Xia Houyan raised his arms and asked with narrowed eyes.

"Lord Lord, you still don't know..." Master Laurie's voice became lower and lower, almost sinking to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, "Since the rumors of this competition being held this time have been released, the frontline of Tumu Fortress In the imperial court, a betting market is secretly opened - not only betting on who will be the overall champion of the competition, but also guessing who will win each small duel! I tell you, this is the competition At the same time, the market is still open..."

Having said that, Master Laurie secretly took out a magic crystal from his sleeve and handed it to Lord Lord while covering it with his body.

Xia Houyan lowered his head and glanced at the number of glowing numbers that were constantly changing inside the crystal.

He thought for a few seconds before realizing that this was the odds value of the tournament handicap——

Also fucking floating in real time!
Needless to say, those who participated in this great opening are definitely not only those officers who have nowhere to spend with military pay and are in urgent need of finding a way to quickly go bankrupt, but even some military mages who are proficient in these "technical means"... …

He suddenly felt that the loss of hundreds of miles in the Eastern Border was now understandable.

"Wait..." Xia Houyan pondered for a moment, then suddenly recalled it, and stared at Master Laurie, "Master, you won't be betting in it, right?"

On Master Laurie's orange peel-like old face, the words "guilty of being a thief" were written on the left side, and "I want to hide it" was written on the right side.

In the end, the old man gave up lying to the lord and replied tremblingly:
"Cough... I just... I put down a little bit of gold... A small bet for happiness, a big bet hurts my health..."

"Where the hell did you get the money?" Master Laurie's participation in the quiz did not surprise Xia Houyan at all, but the source of his funds was very problematic, "How do I remember, the savings you have saved over the years, All lost on 'St. Augustus'?"…

"I can't find someone to borrow money..." Master Laurie whispered.

"You don't have a penny in your fucking crotch, and then you make a bet by pulling the lever?!" Xia Houyan was shocked by the operation of his chief mage.

Master Laurie hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"Cough... Don't worry, I didn't borrow money from our own territory, I borrowed it from a business in the Duchy of Cromwell in the West... When I owed them [-] gold coins at the beginning, they had to pay for it every day. It's the same as my father, but after I owe [-] gold coins, I will become their father... No, this time I asked them to 'borrow [-] gold coins and turn it over', and they borrowed it without saying a word... "

Xia Houyan was completely speechless: Of course they will lend you, if not, even the [-] gold coins will be lost!
"So just bet if you like to bet yourself, don't spread these unholy customs in the territory!" Lord Lord glared at Master Laurie and said angrily, "Don't gather a bunch of people here to discuss this kind of issue! I'm gone!"

"Don't worry! I didn't let these young people bet too!" Master Laurie hurriedly grabbed the boss's sleeve and said quickly, "I'm working for the benefit of the territory!"

"For the benefit of the territory?" Xia Houyan sneered and looked at Master Laurie for a long time, but he didn't see the shadow of a loyal minister and a good general.

"Yes! We were discussing just now that our territory can make a fortune from this competition!" Master Laurie gestured to the Lord to count the gold coins.

Xia Houyan narrowed his eyes: "Tell me more."

"You know the rules of the competition -- points system, we Shuangfengling, Rosario's Eastern Army, Grant's Central Army, whoever has the highest total points at the end of these three will win the championship..." Master Laurie sneaked. Authentic, "But you think, as long as one team has enough points, the winner of the entire competition can be directly determined, and although the follow-up competition does not affect the result, it is still open... There is room for manoeuvre..."

"You fucking want Shuangfengling to play a fake match?!" Xiahouyan said angrily.

"What are you talking about so ugly!" Master Laurie rolled his eyes, "I mean, if our territory really has an advantage, it won't hurt to put a little water in just a few games... but the resulting It's real money, wow..."

Xiahou Yan never imagined that on this serious front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon, which is related to the fate of the mainland, there is actually an idea of ​​a bastard who is still playing dark games to eat vegetables...

So, to Master Laurie, he said a sentence that applies to all gambling dogs:

"Can you die?"

Master Laurie shrank his neck in grievance.

"Don't give Lao Tzu such a crooked idea in the future, and finally play yourself carefully!" The Lord Lord ordered sharply, and the other Shuangfengling squatters who were present immediately responded with a solemn expression, "Furthermore, Master Laurie, you and him Damn the abacus is too good, right?! Also 'has an advantage', 'a little bit of water is not harmful' - fuck, let's not talk about the eastern army, what kind of beef brisket do you think of the central army? The rotten boat still has three pounds of nails. They are the regular army of the empire! If I want to win back those [-] sets of 'Holy Armored Heavy Cavalry' equipment, we have to make our players die. Want to release water? I think you are—"…

The lord was scolding vigorously, and Alice Comstock's crisp and clear cry came not far away:

"Elliott! I'm back!"

"You're back?!" Xiahou Yan suddenly turned his head and looked at the female swordsman who once won the Imperial Swordsmanship Championship and the number one seed player of the Yin Geor family, "But didn't you just play?"

"I'll be back if I win the game." Alice said innocently while untying the cloth wrapped around "Light of the Sky".

"Win?!" Xia Houyan opened his mouth, "But... this match against you, isn't that 'Black Sir' Vader from the Central Army... His throat-locking skills and ruthless fighting Style, not to say that it is notorious and terrifying in the imperial world..."

"Really?" Alice blinked her big jewel-like eyes and shrugged, "Actually, who my opponent is, I didn't even have time to pay attention... Anyway, after I played just now, that guy blocked me twice, the first The three swords didn't block it, and then... it was gone..."

Xia Houyan was stunned.

Alice smiled sweetly, took the "Light of the Sky" back into the scabbard, then stepped forward and gave the Lord Lord a big happy hug - after noticing that Yinsha Sandria was also present, Alice this time It seems to be holding it for a long time.

Xia Houyan let go of Alice, and turned around in disappointment. He was seeing another contestant of his own, Pavor Eldridge, carrying the dark sword and preparing to compete.

"Eldridge! Aren't you from Archduke Rosario?" Yinsha Sandria stared at Ai Shuai a little unhappily, "Why did you represent Frost Maple Ridge in the game this time?"

"An orange is an orange when born with a lion's heart in Henan, and a man born in the lion's heart in Hebei is, ah, citrus." Eldridge subtly explained his values ​​with an old classic saying of the Empire, "Who pays me, ah, Who am I representing..."

"Come on!" Xia Houyan took a glass of Frostbone Mountains dwarf spirit from "White Death" from Sean Mountbatten, who was beside him, and summoned a magical flame with his hands to warm it up slightly." Ai Shuai, drink this cup and play again!"

"Stop for a moment, my friend... Jiuxian, ah, let it go! Wait for me to come back!" Eldridge waved his hand arrogantly and stepped onto the field without bending his knees.

For a time, everyone could only hear the sound of killing and shouting loudly on the school ground.Yin Sha's face paled, and she was about to raise her eyes to look, but saw Eldridge carrying the Dark Sword on his shoulder in his right hand and the winner's medal in his left.

"'Only Orcs can defeat Warrant Officer Hessendale of the Central Army'? Fuck your motherfucker!"

Master Laurie obviously bought Eldridge to win this game-because when Eldridge came back victorious, the old man burst into laughter and hurriedly picked up the glass of dwarf spirits Hand it to Eldridge to celebrate.

Its wine is still warm.

"Is the Central Army really doing this?!" Xiahou Yan stared at Eldridge madly pouring dwarf spirits, turned left and right, and asked.

"Before the great people in the Central Army, ah, they were all killed by the ice monster Mengma on the front line!" Eldridge laughed, "If it weren't for the remaining people, ah, too dishy, ​​they wouldn't be alive. Up to now..."

"Those so-called 'warriors' and the like in the Central Army... are probably propaganda by them to boost morale." Sean Mountbatten shrugged and revealed the truth in one sentence, "Like the Imperial Central Army, Although their overall strength and family background are still strong, the top elite combat power has already been sharpened by the federation orcs... I quite doubt that even Marquis Leon Grant himself does not know that his army has fallen into Looking like this, I thought the army was as full of experts as before the war..."

Xia Houyan fell into complete silence, speechless.

After a long time, he turned to Master Laurie:
"Can you tell me more about the 'operation' plan you mentioned earlier?"