I can see the Emperor's stats-Chapter 75
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The capital, Charnople, was one of the continent's greatest cities. However, now, a week before the festival, it was literally forming a sea of phosphates.
The holding of the Imperial Family Martial Arts Meeting was finally approaching in a week.
“Today, the Bronze Cross Knights of the Holy Kingdom will enter, but this time they will be at least in the top 3, right?”
“Isn’t that something you don’t know?”
"no. This time, because of the Western Union's change, the higher-ranking knights from that side can't come, so this time is enough!”
There was a reason why the capital was teeming with people a week or even a month before the martial arts meeting was held.
It was because the parade in which prestigious knights from each country and empire entered the capital was a considerable spectacle.
Of course, the reaction of the welcoming crowd was in proportion to the reputation of the knights.
“Is that the 3rd Eastern Knights? It would be fortunate if we landed in the middle or lower ranks this time as well.”
In most cases, the knights who did not respond well had low quality of achievements or knights.
On the other hand, most of the Knights who received a great welcome are those that are famous on the continent.
After the turn of several knights, the highlight of the day, the knights, finally arrived.
The reaction was truly explosive, incomparable to other Knights.
“Wow! The Golden Lion Knights!”
"It's already an unprecedented record, but if you won this year, it was your 10th win, right?"
“Actually, it is true that I am losing steam a little. It’s like a tournament where you decide to win.”
As the onlookers said, the Grand Duke's Golden Lion Knights who came up from the south were magnificent. First of all, the scale itself is different from other knights.
The number of squires and knight apprentices following the procession of knights on horseback at the forefront was not inferior to that of the considerable order of knights.
The reason people come to see the Imperial Martial Arts is to watch the Golden Lion Knights win overwhelmingly!
These days, their skills are also excellent, to the extent that there are people who say this.
“I saw the Golden Lion Knights, so I need to go back to my inn now.”
Now that the protagonist of the day has entered, he has seen all the spectacle. The crowd that had gathered like a cloud began to slowly dwindle.
In addition, knights with big names entered, but none of them received even half the welcome that the Golden Lion Knights received.
Being undisputed No. 1 in any field has a sense of weight.
Damn dag dag dag dag.
Finally, when the welcoming crowd was almost gone, a group of knights began to pass through the gates for the last time. It was not very large, but what was unusual was that it did not have any crests symbolizing the knights.
Seeing their peculiar appearance, some of the onlookers began to observe them curiously.
"I think it's been over 20 years since I've been watching Martial Arts, but since I'm seeing it for the first time, it looks like the Knights Order was created this time, right?"
His curious eyes passed the knights and headed for the flag they were holding.
"for a moment! Is that flag the imperial flag?”
“So you mean the Royal Guard? Could it be?”
Then a small exclamation was heard in the crowd.
“Ah, I remember seeing it the other day during the improvement ceremony. That person is the First Prince!”
“Then, can the Knights be personal escorts?”
“Long live the First Prince!”
It's only been about a year since the Northern War ended. There were still many people in the crowd who remembered Julius' name.
However, the information about the Knights was not well known, so there was no reaction or only tilting their heads.
“Don’t dwell too much on the current reaction.”
Julius, who rode the horse in the lead, calmed the knights who were laughing bitterly.
'When the imperial martial arts meeting is over and my knights leave the castle gate, this reaction will definitely change.'
He planned to participate in this martial arts meeting to make it happen. In fact, there were only a handful of knights on the continent with a plausible name.
Most of them were divided into 1st Knights, 2nd Knights, or East and West.
If it was a knighthood with a separate name, there was a high probability that it was a knighthood with considerable history and achievements.
For example, the Grand Duke's Knights of the Golden Lion was a title bestowed directly by the emperor after he rose to the position of superman and accumulated considerable achievements.
Julius was confident that this martial arts meeting would make that achievement. That's why I didn't deliberately create clumsy names or sentences.
* * *
“Priest Gideon, information has arrived that the goal has entered the capital.”
"hmm… … .”
The man called Gideon fiddled with the snake-like tattoo on his wrist before opening his mouth.
“I've said it before, but I've heard that you've already failed twice in the tribe of Pluto. But if we go out, it will be different. Isn't it?”
“It is a matter of course.”
“We, the Bartuk tribe, are different from the tribe that makes money by assassinating people like that.”
"hmm… … .”
Gideon scratched his chin in satisfaction and rose from his seat.
“It is as you say. However, they also occupy one of the seven tribes of the religious headquarters. Never be careless.”
"All right."
"I'll have to look for an opportunity at the time of the raid, but I think it would be best during a martial arts match rather than breaking into the imperial palace."
“I know that even the emperor watches the game. Wouldn’t the defenses be ironclad?”
One of his subordinates asked back with a puzzled expression. But Gideon thought differently.
“That's what you're aiming for. If all the elite knights stick to the emperor's side, what will happen to the prince's escort in the arena?”
"ah!"
Only then did the subordinates understand. Of course, if you touch the prince in a place where there are many eyes, escaping becomes extremely difficult.
But they were basically fanatics. They are the ones who can throw at least their lives at any time to ensure that their target is taken care of.
'Did you say that Zamir's assassination branch saved his life even if he dispatched high-ranking assassins? Tsk!'
Gideon clicked his tongue. He was a brother of the same order, but thought the Pluton tribe too cautious.
'If you dispatch the elites little by little, there is a possibility of failure! If it's the paladins and priests on this side, it's not difficult to take care of a prince while taking advantage of the turmoil.'
Of course, Zamir would be thrilled to hear this. They had to work in secret from the assassination branch, but they did not mind revealing the power of the church to some extent with the permission of the upper echelons.
[Empire Shaking Plan]
It was the first start of a plan that had been prepared for over ten years after receiving an oracle from the church.
'I made a lot of promises in front of that clever-looking 2nd prince, so I'll have to take care of it.'
Gideon's identity was that of a member of the church who regularly visited Leonhard. They finally arrived at the capital to capture Julius.
* * *
The imperial martial arts meeting was a large event that cost astronomical amounts of money as much as the size of the event.
What always exists in places where fights and people come and go?
A stout man held out a bag of money at the window.
“I’ll bet this much on the Golden Lion Knights’ victory.”
“Thank you as always. Please write your name here and receive the dividend table.”
It was a bet and a gamble. Imperial law strictly prohibited speculative gambling, but there were a few exceptions, and that was the Imperial Court.
[Imperial Family Martial Arts Official Investment]
Some of the profits actually collected are returned to the knights in the form of subsidies, but the horse is an investment place, and in reality it was just an official gambling hall recognized by the empire.
In fact, there was no way to prevent illegal gambling even among the aristocrats, so they created an official temporary agency as a last resort.
“Are you safely joining the Golden Lion Knights this year? Let's take a little adventure, young man... … .”
“Then, have you seen a person who was disgraced like the old man once or twice?”
“What, you bastard!”
Like this, the inside was trying to maintain public order in its own way, but from professional gamblers to ordinary citizens and nobles who took this opportunity to bet for fun, it was noisy.
Of course, the betting was mainly focused on the knights who took the top rank in the existing martial arts society, including the Golden Lion Knights.
There was a person who looked at the scene as if it were interesting and went to the window of the batting arena.
thud!
A bag the size of an adult man's torso is placed on the window.
"Here, I'm betting this much on the victory of the First Prince's Knights."
The window clerk opens the pocket with a smile and asks back with a hurriedly surprised expression.
“Once you make a bet, it is absolutely impossible to get your investment back. Do you really want to stay here?”
All that was in the pocket was gold coins. Even some great aristocrats who like to gamble would not bet this amount at once.
“It doesn't matter.”
Some gamblers who watched closely whispered.
“Looking at your outfit, you seem to be from the desert, but you look like a wealthy noble or royalty? To bet that amount on a first-time knights... … .”
The person who put down his pocket was Zamir, a brightly smiling young man.
'I can't directly intervene because it's a matter of the upper echelons of the church, but can I cheer you on like this?'
Zamir murmured softly.
"Because it's better for me to stay alive if possible."
Of course, even if he bet a large amount, one hand cannot be defeated by ten hands. The amount of money bet on Julius' knights was still insignificant.
However, another person puts down a huge amount of investment here.
"Looks like you're from the East, wouldn't it be nice to collect a little more information?"
The clerk at the counter gave the advice very seriously, but the man wouldn't listen.
"Please bet on Prince 1's knights."
'Damn it, why are these foreign guys making so many unusual bets'
Of course, according to the regulations, you can never get it back, but I heard that there are cases in which the window clerk later comes to grab the collar or, in severe cases, is threatened with death.
The employee was crying, but the man safely completed the mission he was ordered to and returned to the upper building.
“Did you make it safely?”
“Yes, but the expressions around me weren’t too nice to see.”
“Perhaps.”
The identity of the Eastern man was Jegalgeon. Of course, the person who bet the money was Jegal Hwa-young, the general manager of the Blue Dragon Merchant.
She also bet a huge amount on the Knights of Julius. Although the reasons were very different from Zamir's.
"According to what we've been investigating, that prince is not the kind of person who would come to such a fight to lose money, right?"
“It is true.”
The same thought passed through the heads of those who bet Julius.
'What will the prince do this time?'
* * *
Meanwhile, Julius was checking the group tournament with a carefree expression.
“First of all, the group stage of the Prime Tournament comes first, then the regular tournament.”
“Then they said that the jousting jousting match and the final round of the tournament will be held.”
“First of all, the knights who will hold the tournament will have to work hard. It's a preliminaries, so tell the small children not to strain themselves too much.”
"of course."
Most of the famous knights are guaranteed the right to participate in the finals without having to go through the preliminary rounds.
However, in the case of Julius's knights, except for Haines, who was a royal knight, all of them had short careers as knights, so they had to go through preliminary rounds.
Of course, there was no way his knights participating this time were barely at a loss in the preliminaries.
However, his knights had not been marked or named at the moment, so their reputation was not much different from those of the 1st and 2nd knights in a typical province.
'But that's why I can drastically change perceptions in this competition!'
With Julius' expectations in mind, the martial arts preliminary round finally began.
“From now on, the Empire’s 80th Imperial Martial Arts Tournament will begin.”
In fact, there were very few knights who had a large number of high-ranking knights who could be exempted from the preliminary rounds, so it was normal for them to be quite fierce to break through the preliminary rounds, but Julius's knights were going up smoothly from the start.
Of these, two stand out.
Cacan!
The longsword, moving at a dazzling speed, broke the opponent's sword at once, and before they knew it, the sword was touching the opponent's throat.
"stop! The winner is Sir Dios”
"Thank you for your effort."
Beatrice politely bowed with her sword, but the other knight had a vain expression. She couldn't even read the trajectory of her sword's movement at all.
Another was rather peculiar.
Ssuk!
“Oh!”
Keynes' opponent had an expression of absurdity. At first, he thought that this guy was playing a joke when he saw the way he waved his sword like a joke, but the sword stopped right in the area of his heart before he knew it.
Uncharacteristically for him, Keynes was taking the preliminaries quite seriously.
The reason was as follows.
“If we win the overall championship this time, apart from vacation, special training will be exempted for one week.”
Of course, his answer was quick.
"I'll do it!"
Thus, three days of martial arts passed. In fact, one day was enough for the tournament to be filtered and filtered, and most of the time was spent in the preliminary rounds.
“Your Highness, all the knights of the Prime Tournament passed the preliminary round safely.”
“The same goes for regular tournaments.”
“Good job everyone.”
Julius congratulated them with a smile. The blast that they will create in this martial arts meeting has just begun.
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