Thank you for the invitation. I am in Terra, just under the stars.

Margaret nodded slightly and said with a serious and upright expression:

"It's an honor, but Viviana, are you going to fight me with that armor and sword? I'm not boasting, the armor I'm wearing is really unfair to you."

"Don't worry, the armor on my body has been enhanced with Origin Stone skills. At least in terms of rating, there is no difference from the 'Lion King'."

"In that case, I have no problem."

The two knights glanced at the man in the audience together, and saw that he was holding popcorn in his hand and took a breath at the same time. They looked away before he waved, and Knight Shine and Knight Candle nodded to each other.

[The competition is about to begin. Venue: Roman Colosseum. Time: eight o'clock in the evening. Equipment: opponent city level. Please prepare for both sides. 】

The sun's brilliance suddenly disappeared, and the suddenly dark sky seemed to have a curtain drawn on it, with two silver moons and stars dotting the curtain.

The Shining Knight put on his helmet, and the Candle Knight lit the candlestick.

Then, a transparent countdown appeared in mid-air.

【10,9,8...】

"call……"

The elegant little deer slowed down his breathing, and after relaxing every muscle in his body to the extreme, he quickly tightened it again at a faster speed.

The Candle Knight slowly raised the copper candlestick in her hand. On the milky white candle, light and heat intertwined in response to her name.

It's not against the rules to warm up the Origin Stone skills in advance, as long as you don't accumulate energy, and private duels don't care about this little rule.

On the audience stage, Zhou Cheng took out two sunglasses.

The black devil sitting next to him tilted his head slightly and said in confusion:

"A Cheng, is this...?"

Zhou Cheng looked towards her. The waterfall of white hair and the pair of pure white horns were tilted together. The face of the imperial sister with the charm of a married woman was blended with the holy tenderness, revealing some slight doubts.

"They both suffer from serious light pollution, so they should just wear them."

With that said, Zhou Cheng put on sunglasses for Shining.

She was originally dignified and holy, but she looked a bit majestic wearing sunglasses, but there was still something wrong.

What's wrong?

After looking at it carefully, Zhou Cheng reached out and touched Shining's white and tender face and said:

"Come on, wifey, pout, don't laugh, be serious."

So the black devil stopped smiling, and after her sunglasses hid her compassionate eyes and brows, her whole person became solemn, as if she was racing while holding the handlebars.

"……what--"

Zhou Cheng couldn't help but burst out laughing, causing Shining to look at him with annoyance.

He waved his hand and put it on himself again, put his arm around Shining's shoulders and looked towards the arena, saying:

"Why don't we go racing someday? You'll be the one to drive."

"Huh? Why did you say this suddenly?"

"It's nothing, I just think it's appropriate, um, appropriate."

"Is it suitable... If you want, Cheng, I can do it."

Shining answered softly and looked towards the arena together.

The two knight girls were not in a hurry to compete in swordsmanship. They jointly unleashed their Origin Stone skills.

Colors like the sun are painted behind the dazzling knight, extremely bright and eye-catching. The blazing brilliance is like the sun rising from the ground, shining brightly on the double-headed eagle embedded in the wall of the arena.

Opposite her, a cluster of candlelight was crumbling, but stubbornly held up a space where light and shadow intertwined.

There is no barrier-free area in the arena, which is a bit disadvantageous for Viviana. She needs shadows to weave the Origin Stone skills that she is really good at, but she doesn't mind this.

Just a wisp of shadow, eroding the brilliance of the sun with the flickering of candlelight.

Do not……

Perhaps that should be described as 'gnawing'.

After strengthening her Origin Stone skills, Viviana can evoke astonishing energy with just a raise of her hand. It is a brilliance that is no different from Margaret. She can achieve the same level as the Glory Knight by just using candlelight.

But instead of letting herself shine, she was restrained.

The flickering candlelight always maintains a pure land that the sun cannot penetrate, and at the same time, the light is sucked into the candle along the shadow.It could still be hidden at first, but as the energy contained in the candle gradually increased, the milky white candle began to glow all over, like a detonator about to explode.

In fact, it was about to explode.

131.Level [-] tag Glimmer Touch (additional update)

'Touch of Glimmer', this is the spell used by Viviana to attack. After she controls the shadow to engulf the light to a certain extent, it condenses together and suddenly explodes, causing a large amount of burning magic damage.

It cannot be said that it is not powerful, but it is useless in a duel between masters.

But Viviana has never accumulated brilliance to the point where it can no longer be accumulated. She has never touched the upper limit of 'Glimmer Touch'.

Except today——

With the increase in equipment, she didn't even need to draw much from the radiant sun. The energy gathered just by raising her hand slightly exceeded any previous 'Glimmer Touch'.

And when more and more 'light' gathered on the candle, a feeling of powerlessness and uncontrollability gradually spread from the arm.

"This feeling... is coming, Margaret!"

"it is good!"

The light bloomed.

The energy concentrated in a cluster of small flames instantly produced a violent and turbulent reaction like nuclear fission. The ultimate brilliance broke through the shimmering film, bursting out with a burning light that was white even through sunglasses.

And Margaret was not to be outdone. She was covered in radiant sunshine and charged forward in the arena that turned into daylight. In the blink of an eye, her whole body turned into a golden flash of light that penetrated the arena that was less than a hundred meters long.

What echoed it was a violent explosion sound like a sudden inhalation of air after it collapsed into a vacuum.

"boom--!"

What does it look like specifically?

do not know.

Because Zhou Cheng was just like Banana Road at night, his eyes were completely white and he couldn't see anything.

I only felt waves of hot air blowing towards my face.

"drink!"

"what!"

"Zheng-!"

"Chong-!!"

"Drink!"

"Oh!"

"Goooo...!?"

Blades collided, and then armor collided.

Finally, the light on one side dimmed a little, and Zhou Cheng's eyes saw the forms of the two girls.

Several huge semicircular potholes appeared on the ground of the arena, almost covering the entire arena, and the pits were full of cracks.

At the end of the crack, the wall that was set to be damaged but generally indestructible was scorched black due to the impact of the high temperature, and Viviana was hanging on it.

The blue-lighting mechanical sword pierced the breastplate wrapped in black cloth, penetrated her tall and round chest, and penetrated her heart to nail her to death.

Even at this time, Viviana still maintained her elegance.

She lowered her head slightly, panting slightly, and her blond hair fell down from under the hood and brushed her cheeks.

Letania's aristocratic dress-style armor was still generally intact, but some tiny holes were burnt out, exposing the girl's milky white skin underneath.

She still held the long sword in her hand, but the candlestick was completely scrapped, and her hands were smeared with milky white candle oil.

In front of her, Margaret held the mechanical sword tightly in her hand, half of the silver armor had melted, and the molten iron seeped into her skin, dyeing her into an iron man.

Although she looked miserable, Margaret was not greatly affected, at least her injuries were far from life-threatening.

The moment Viviana's 'Glimmer Touch' was revealed, Margaret judged that it would be difficult for her to receive such an attack, and the area of ​​less than [-] meters limited the possibility of evasion... Of course, it also limited the opponent's Activity space.

Margaret, who had rich combat experience and made extremely decisive decisions, immediately rushed into the center of the explosion and launched a sneak attack while Viviana was dazed by the overly powerful 'Glimmer Touch'.

Developing towards the hexagon, the Lion King with balanced comprehensive performance resisted the first close burst of 'Glimmer Touch' at the cost of being scrapped. After the mage was approached by the heavily armored warrior, what happened next was self-evident.

Although Viviana is also good at close combat, what she is really good at is spells. Swordsmanship is just an added bonus, and her own strength is not strong. She has no power to fight back when faced with a tank collision like Margaret.

She tried to use the long sword to pierce the helmet through the reaction force, but Margaret, who was traveling at high speed, reacted and raised her hand to slap her sword away. Then the mechanical sword penetrated her body and knocked down the wall along the way. superior.

"cough……"

A hoarse cough came from Viviana's mouth.

She felt that all the organs in her body were whining, and the throbbing and stinging sensations were coming continuously. The long sword that penetrated her heart was like a soldering iron. She could no longer feel the existence of her heart, and the blood in her body was also Evaporates quickly.

I just feel... my whole body is light and airy, as if my soul is about to leave my body at any moment and float to the sky.

Is this what it feels like to be about to die?

It's a little strange, but also a little scary.

Not wanting to experience death, Viviana clicked Surrender.

The Arena has received a refresh.

It was as if time had gone back to before the battle began, the field was intact, and the two knight girls stood on each side.

Viviana, who was on the verge of death just a second ago, was stunned, and murmured in a strange way:

"This is……"

"I haven't made a victory animation yet, so I just refreshed it."

Zhou Cheng in the audience gave an explanation.

He took off his sunglasses, clapped his hands and said:

"Excellent duel, although I didn't see much at all. Overall, how was it?"

"Very good, there is no difference from reality, and the equipment gap has been erased, and..." Viviana touched her heart. A few seconds ago, there was a hole there with a mechanical sword inserted in it. .

She exhaled slightly with lingering fear, her voice became lower in vain, and said:

"There is no need to worry about life and death. Knights can fight with their hands free. This alone is great."

"Yes, many competitive knights become disabled or even die every year, but you don't need to worry about that here." Margaret also affirmed, and then looked at Viviana, "Actually, you still had a chance just now. Why surrender?"

Of course Viviana is bound to die, but at that distance, if she releases the Origin Stone skill at the cost of burning her life, she might not be able to replace Margaret who has lost the protection of the Lion King. The probability is quite high, after all, there is no place to hide. .

At least it's a tie.

"Why surrender?"

Viviana smiled helplessly, put the weapon in her backpack, and explained:

"I have never experienced a real life-and-death experience. If I hadn't known that I would not die, I would have almost cried when my heart was pierced...

"It's very sad to think about death, to think that I will never see this land again, and the people I just met."

She stroked the towering silhouette with lingering fear, her voice slowed down, thoughts flashed through her glazed blue eyes, and she sighed:

"I have been on the tower since I was born, and perhaps I have never left the tower before.

"At that time... I saw your figure passing through the explosion, and your indomitable attitude even as the armor melted shocked me deeply.

“At least at that moment, I didn’t have the courage to die with you.

"I lost, Margaret."

PS: 1382 recommended votes, 106 monthly votes, 988 rewards, 366 blades

PS2: Additional update 9/10

132. Importing food from Kazdaele

Although there are still many imperfections in the virtual knight competition, its potential and future prospects have been unanimously recognized by the current Grand Knight Commander and Candle Knight.

After logging out of the virtual world, Margaret hurriedly put on two helmets and went to find Russell, leaving Zhou Cheng and the others outside.