"She" gently repeated the ongoing conversation in the tent to Shade:
Eric Foran said: Those people in the Mirror Society are so bold, are they crazy
Charles Foran said: Brother, what do they want to do by attracting that relic? Hasn't the Mirror Association always been committed to finding a space suitable for human survival outside the material world? Although they were identified as an illegal ring magic group by the Orthodox Church because of their extremely radical methods, they are not crazy people who kill people at will.
Eric Foren said: Since last spring, the entire material world has become abnormal. Whatever they want to do, it has nothing to do with us. After finishing today's game, the communication with Delarion on the negotiation time, place and number of games is almost over. Let's leave Tobesk as soon as possible.
Charles Foran said: This is good. The negotiations between Green Lake City and Michaela Blast Furnace City are about to begin. I don't know what the result will be. From the perspective of the family's interests, it would be a good thing if a small-scale local war could really break out... ... Speaking of which, Green Lake... ...
Because it was "she" who was relaying the story, Shade could only hear the sound but did not know the specific tone. "She" paused for a moment, and then Shade actually heard footsteps in the tent.
"The Silencing Charm has been taken back, they're coming out!"
He quickly withdrew his finger, then turned and left the tent area of the two Forlan brothers.
"But, the Mirror Association? During the Pantanal War, they cooperated with the Pantanal Voodoo Society. During the Randall Valley War last month, I also heard that they sent people to hinder the activities of the church."
On the way back, he was still thinking whether the entry of this organization he had never directly contacted into Tobesk would have an impact on his peaceful life. Then he realized that the president of the Mirror Association, an illegal ring sorcerer organization, was the 13th ring sorcerer "The Hidden Mirror Man", a rare 13th ring sorcerer in the material world of this era.
Xia De wanted to tell Yin Luna about the "Mirror Association", but he couldn't contact the 17-year-old girl directly. So he could only return to his tent and tell Dorothy and Tifa what he had just heard, asking the girls to be careful this afternoon and try to stay in the tent and not walk around.
Just like that, the time came to 1:30 in the afternoon. The writer, who had been holding a pocket watch to prevent Shad from missing the time, urged Shad to put on his helmet, and then Tifa and she sent Shad to the entrance of the arena.
Because this was the last match of the year and the first time in recent years that real swords were allowed to be used in combat, even those who failed to get tickets were very excited and flocked to the fence at the entrance of the arena, trying to find a good position to see the inside of the arena.
After Shad, Tifa and Dorothy left temporarily, Shad's opponent, Sir Hels from Coldwater Harbor, who was supposed to enter the scene now, unexpectedly appeared near Shad's camp.
Everyone around him seemed to ignore him, and no one greeted him. When Sir Hels, expressionless, walked through the crowd heading to the entrance of the arena to watch the game in a strange way, and arrived at the entrance of Shade's tent, even the witch's followers did not notice the arrival of a stranger.
"Meow?"
Fortunately, the cat, who was taking a nap on the box containing the night watchman, was aware of the slight shaking of the box below him, so the awakened cat closed his eyes and tried to shake his body to the same frequency to stop the shaking. After finding that it was impossible, he stood up with sleepy eyes. Because Tifa and Dorothy were only away for a short while and would be back soon, Shad left it in the tent temporarily. After all, with so many maids helping to watch it, he was not worried that Mia would run around and get lost.
The orange and white cat stepped on the box and looked around. Then, in its big amber eyes, it reflected Sir Hels, who was invisible to others at the door of the tent. The small cat ignored the stranger and looked around again, but did not see Shad. So the cat turned around again and looked at the stranger standing at the door. The man and the cat looked at each other for a few seconds, and Mia licked her paw during this time.
Finally, the alert cat realized that this was a stranger with bad intentions, so it instinctively made a predatory threat to protect itself:
"Meow~"
Although the cat's cry was not very loud, it was enough to alert the maids. They still could not see the person appearing at the door, but Shade had mentioned the magical power of this cat many times in a boastful tone, so the sorceresses immediately gathered together to prepare for the enemy, and soon followed Mia's gaze to the door of the tent.
Looking closely, in the midday sun, the air at the entrance of the tent was twisting unnaturally. But when the ice-blue beam from the fingertips of the high-ring warlock passed through the unnatural twisting and left a small frozen area on the ground, the twisting had disappeared.
"Sir Hulls" turned and left, walking at a very quick pace.
"Meow~"
Seeing that the malicious guy had left, Mia lay down again, lying on the warmed box, with her kitten head hanging at one end of the box, her amber eyes staring at the tent entrance, waiting for Shade to come back.
The maids didn't quite understand what this meant, but they still gathered around the cat in a way that didn't affect the cat's vision. Fortunately, the danger had passed.
And Shad, whom Mia was thinking about, had already said goodbye to Dorothy and Tifa at the entrance of the arena, and then led his horse into the arena.
Sir Hulls had not arrived yet, and the audience, seeing Shad had entered first, shouted his name with the greatest enthusiasm. Shad squinted his eyes and looked at the audience seats above, then waved to the people according to etiquette.
The heavy armor made the movement of raising legs slow, and the warm sunlight made Shade feel stuffy in his chest. Although the duel was allowed to be played on horseback at the beginning, it was actually allowed to continue even if the horse fell off. The game would end when one party lost consciousness or voluntarily admitted defeat. Of course, out of chivalry, there was no need to worry about someone using the rule of not killing people to make trouble.
The long sword used in the competition was provided by the royal family. It was slightly longer than the steel sword of the Night Watch and was forged from the same material as the core furnace of the military steam engine, Littru Steel. The hilt and scabbard were decorated with the emblem of the Cavendish royal family. When the long sword was drawn, the blade had just been maintained with sword oil. The oil smelled strong, but it could still sparkle in the sun.
This is a pretty good steel sword.
"I wonder if I can ask to take this sword back with me if I win."
While Shad was swinging his sword to get used to the length and weight of the sword, Sir Hels also entered the arena from the other direction, leading his horse. His way of walking had become normal at this time, but he did not talk to Shad, nor did he approach Shad. Instead, he took his weapon and stood aside quietly holding the sword and waiting.
Shade, who was dancing with the sword, looked at him in surprise, and felt that the old knight from Coldwater Port seemed a little different from the morning. He believed in his inspiration and wanted to find out what was going on, but when he wanted to go over, he was stopped by the servants who were arranged nearby to help the contestants prepare their horses and replace their weapons.
"Mr. Hamilton, I'm sorry, according to the rules of the competition, before the start of the competition, in order to prevent accidents, the two contestants cannot have direct contact."
"I feel like I'm going to be in big trouble."
Shade muttered to himself, glancing at the lord who didn't even look at him, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became stronger:
“Does the method given by Helen and Grace work?”
At the same time, Tifa and Dorothy did not go to the audience seats as they did a few days ago, but returned to the tent as Shade had instructed. They had just entered the camp when they noticed the nervous expressions of the maids, but before the remaining maids could finish talking about Mia's strange behavior, hurried footsteps sounded from outside.
The writer and the head maid looked towards the door of the tent. Yin Luna and three ring magicians hurried in.
"Where's Shad?"
The seventeen-year-old girl actually asked in a panic. Dorothy frowned slightly:
"The game starts in two minutes, and of course he has already entered the field. Miss Bei Yasi, what happened?"
"Ladies, may I ask if there was a stranger here just now?"
Captain Moody Robinson beside Yin Luna asked in a deep voice. Tifa and Dorothy almost immediately realized the reason for Mia's abnormal behavior just now. Yin Luna also saw something from Mia's expression when she was standing on the Night Watchman's sword case and looking around.
"Probably not."
The blond writer shook his head and lied, then asked:
"Excuse me, what happened?"
The identity of the ring wizard cannot be exposed. Yin Luna pursed her lips and said uneasily:
"The superior department of our security company found Sir Hulls' body five minutes ago, but just now there was a report that Sir Hulls had entered the arena. So, someone replaced Sir Hulls and entered the arena in his identity. The other party's goal was to win the game as Sir Hulls, and then make some remarks that are not conducive to the unity of the kingdom when he is awarded the title of champion by the king and queen."
"Yes, the other party is a spy from the Gray Gloves of Carsonrick. We are worried that he will take action against Mr. Hamilton in advance."
Mr. Robinson, the squad leader, added.
According to the characteristics of the "Faceless Man", Dorothy and Tifa both understood that the other party's purpose should be to ask everyone about the whereabouts of their brother when speaking, and then forcibly trigger their own curse characteristics.
Dorothy took a deep breath to normalize her tone:
"We watched Xia De enter the arena, and no one took action against Xia De outside the arena. Since someone violated the rules by participating in the competition, let's end the competition now!"