In the center of the Spartan royal court and elders' meeting hall is a huge circular sunken square.
It was used to give speeches to the king and elders, and of course, it could also be used for duels at certain times, such as when two kings had serious disagreements.
The blond mercenary Herman drew out his long sword with his left hand and took off the battle axe from his back with his right hand. He pointed his weapon vertically at the ground and looked indifferently at the Spartan warrior opposite him.
Sword in the left hand and axe in the right hand is a two-handed fighting method popular in Holstein in the north. Probably because the right hand is strong, so it holds the axe which is convenient for chopping, and the left hand is dexterous, so it uses the long sword which is convenient for thrusting.
Agesilaus was equipped as a Spartan heavy infantryman, with a long sword in his right hand and a shield in his left hand.
The two men faced each other on the battlefield, and with the signal to start the battle, their weapons quickly collided with each other.
Attacking and parrying, Agesilaus suddenly exerted force with his right arm, only to feel that the opponent's strength was also rapidly increasing, and for a moment the two were actually evenly matched.
Agesilaus shouted loudly, pressed his weapon down to avoid his opponent, and stepped back. He felt a slight numbness in the palm of his hand and the hilt of the sword was cold.
He charged forward again, swinging his shield, but Hermann leaped back, avoiding the blow and bringing his axe down on his face.
Agesilaus raised his shield with his left hand to block several blows, and stabbed with his right sword swiftly, but Herman swung his sword to deflect it.
The two sides fought for dozens of moves again, and neither side had a clear advantage.
"That's..." The sharp-eyed Spartan warrior suddenly noticed that Agesilaus' right arm was shaking.
His fingers curled slightly, as if trying to grip the hilt of the sword.
Herman on the opposite side still had a gloomy expression, and his face seemed covered with frost.
No! It's real frost!
The Spartans watching suddenly realized that Herman's hands were wet, but it was not sweat after strenuous exercise, but those water droplets flowed down from his weapons.
There was a faint white mist around his sword and battle axe - that was the mist droplets produced by the rapid condensation of water vapor in the air after it came into contact with low temperatures.
The two men swung their weapons and collided again. Agesilaus' shield shook noticeably, and the hand holding the shield was frozen purple by the cold metal handle.
Herman swung the axe with his right hand and struck it several times with great force. Agesilaus held up his shield and held the axe against him once, twice, and three times, until the shield finally flew out of his hand.
He quickly knelt on one knee and raised the sword in his right hand to block, but the next slash did not come down.
Herman simply stared at him grimly, then sheathed his weapon.
The victory or defeat is clear.
The surrounding Spartans were in an uproar because they saw that Agesilaus' hands were completely blue and covered with water droplets and tiny frost particles.
"That's witchcraft!" someone shouted.
"This is not witchcraft." Andrea said calmly, "This is a supernatural power, the same frost power as the snow monster on Mount Taygetus."
The Spartans fell silent. Even if you can accuse your opponent of using supernatural powers in a duel, can you force the snow monster on the mountain not to use its powers
If you can't win, you can't win. There's no point in making excuses.
"Don't the Iron Cross Mercenaries believe in Western Catholicism?" Lysander, another king of Sparta, asked, "Are they now allowed to become extraordinary people?"