Chapter 11 chapter Ten

The screen fades out again.I thought I'd see Morpheus, like I'd seen at the end of every scene before.Although I have a superficial understanding of the subsequent history, I still can't help worrying about D's fate.What's more, there are only stories compiled by later generations in the books, and they only occupy half of the truth at most.And the other half, I need to go to "another world" to find it.I wanted to beg Morpheus to let me see the back as soon as possible, but this time he didn't show up. What appeared was D.Despite the complete change of attire, I recognized him instantly, and he's grown up a bit.His appearance is now very close to what I remember, but it still doesn't feel right.He was still a young man in his early twenties, with a mortal body of flesh and blood.

I could feel the tension and excitement deep in his heart at this moment, because he was clenching his fists tightly and staring intently at the two people who were struggling hard in the arena. The light here is bright and dazzling.The water-washed ground was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the green water waves and turbulent fish schools above the head, which were violently turbulent in the warm atmosphere of the venue. This is "the kingdom under the waves", the territory of the brave and warlike mermaid tribe. I followed D's gaze and looked into the arena. From the other party's attire, I could tell that they were two mermaid warriors.This is not the cruel amphitheater. It is much smaller and has no auditorium. It vaguely looks like a "practice field", surrounded by onlookers.Some of them wore loose white robes and just stopped to watch, while some showed their scaly armor and clenched their fists like D, eager to see the situation in the arena.

"Pay attention to his spearmanship." A man leaned close to D's ear and whispered to him, "His way of using force is very clever. When you get off the court, be quick and fast, and don't be robbed by the other party." First opportunity." When the man spoke, the beard on his lips was raised, but it didn't make people feel ridiculous.Because of his serious and square face, his strong and thick shoulders are almost twice as broad as D.He also had a sword hanging from his waist, but he carried his hands behind his back from the beginning to the end, and he didn't intend to fight at all.

D nodded.He never took his eyes off the man on the field for a moment. It was a young man about his age, to be precise, a male mermaid.His face was very delicate, fair complexion, with blue eyes and golden hair.He was not tall, slender, and seemingly powerless, but his lightning-fast spears drove his opponent, a huge man with amazing arms, into retreat. Eventually, the big guy hit his knee and fell to the ground with a loud bang.There was a burst of warm applause in the arena, celebrating this handsome young mermaid's victory again.So far, he and his spears have won five games in a row.

After the big man withdrew, a host-like person stood up and asked loudly, "Are there any challengers today?" The sparse applause stopped, and there was no sound in the arena.The onlookers exchanged suspicious and apprehensive glances, then shook their heads.Several mermaid warriors even secretly retracted the scales on their shoulders. Until a thick and deep voice sounded. "Here's another one." It was the middle-aged man with the beard and his hands behind his back who spoke.He pulled D forward a step, and said clearly to everyone: "My name is Hunyadi, and this is my adopted son Vlad. This is his first time in your land, and I hope you will leave him in good stead." Make a deep impression."

Several people in the crowd immediately laughed. "Human kid who overestimates himself, you will die!" Someone said. But the young mermaid who just won stopped them with a wave of his hand.He took a step forward and carefully sized up his opponent.Then he smiled and held out his right hand in a friendly way. "My name is Theodore," he said, "and it is my honor to accept your challenge." D stretches out his right hand to shake hands with the opponent.Then he stepped back and drew his sword. He firmly remembered what his mentor Hunyadi had said to him just now, to be quick and fast.But the opponent's spear method is too weird, and the ghostly speed is not something any human being can achieve.The spear stretched and retracted freely, following him like a shadow, and he couldn't dodge it at all.Within a few minutes of the opening, there were already several bloody wounds on his body.But I don't know if the other party was merciful or what, but he was not seriously injured.

There was laughter again from around.Some have given up watching and gone off to have fun elsewhere. D gritted his teeth tightly.He can't just give up like this.Since stepping onto the land of Transylvania four years ago—that was the most correct decision he had ever made—he had been blessed by the great Hunyadi. This former enemy on the battlefield has now become his best mentor, even his adoptive father.Although they hadn't made the relationship public outside the Demon Space, Hunyadi gave him everything a father could do. He has even now become Governor of Transylvania.But no, not enough.Far from enough.He studied swordsmanship and fighting day and night in Hunyadi's huge Gothic castle, and entered the magic space together to perform the tasks assigned by the Dragon Knights.Then today, Hunyadi took him into this "land under the waves" for the first time.

He was amazed at the splendor and cleanliness here, and at the cruelty and beauty of the mermaids. He saw the dense pickets erected on the arena.The sand beneath the pickets was soaked with blood.Hunyadi told him that it was the famous "stabbing" of the mermaids, which made all the onlookers, including the mermaids themselves, terrified.But it is also the most effective political tool.Its existence has nothing to do with the perfect and just social order here. But there were no sharp stakes in sight.This is just a practice field.He was not threatened with death. He just doesn't want to lose.

He dodged the shining spear point with a short body, aimed at the gap and swung his sword desperately!The tip of the sword swept across the opponent's long hair, and a few bright golden strands fell down.His eyes lit up. But the opponent's spear pressed him even tighter.He gritted his teeth and puffed out his chest to meet him. The other party was taken aback.He didn't expect that his opponent would greet him physically.He tried to redirect the spear, but it was too late. With a muffled "poof", the sharp spear pierced obliquely into the opponent's ribs, and then a short section protruded from the side of his body.

The mermaid warrior panicked.This is just a leisurely pastime, this is not an arena.He didn't want to hurt the opponent's life. D didn't hide, he rushed forward instead.Maotou protruded more from the side of his body, but the tip of his sword had successfully landed on the opponent's neck. The mermaid warrior dropped his spear. D smiled and coughed up a mouthful of blood. "I won," he said. The mermaid warrior looked at him in shock: "You don't want to die!" "I just want to win." D looked at his opponent, holding his sword on the ground, precariously.Hunyadi immediately supported him from behind.

"Can I borrow the spring water from your place?" he asked anxiously to the mermaid warrior. "Oh, of course." The mermaid warrior suddenly came to his senses. He put away the scaly armor on his body, stepped forward, and helped Hunyadi set up the desperate young man from left to right.