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I can see the Emperor's stats-Chapter 76

abnormality of the main line

Tournament Qualifiers are followed by a jousting jousting match. However, in fact, this was also an event that was not very popular with spectators as much as the score was low.

This is because it is almost all about forming a formation and charging, and it is boring in many ways compared to the fights of knights using force.

“It may not be a glamorous seat, but to win the overall championship, you must earn some points.”

In fact, Julius didn't have much to worry about. He had his own severe training, and above all, the quality of his senior knights who would support the formation was excellent.

'Actually, it's not an empty word to say that participating in the martial arts meeting this time will give you experience, which is one of the reasons why I did it.'

Unfortunately, with the exception of Keynes, the skills of the new knights were still far from being able to become the protagonists of this martial arts meeting.

However, the knights do not go back to only a few skilled knights. The jousting spear battle could be said to be a necessary procedure to increase the unity of the knights.

“I trust you.”

Julius did not hold back words of encouragement as he held each knight's hand. It is a work to confirm that they are not bridesmaids at this martial arts meeting.

'It seems that His Highness the Prince has high expectations for this martial arts meeting.'

'Maybe he's really trying to win.'

In fact, the performances of some of the players in yesterday's preliminaries were dazzling. The knights they belong to go up to the most honorable position, but what knight would hate?

Thanks to this kind of encouragement from Julius, his knights were able to do much better than he thought.

Upon receiving the report from Haines, Julius' expression was bright at first.

“Advancing to the semifinals is an unexpected success.”

“The problem is that the next opponent is the Golden Lion Knights.”

At this point, Haines' expression hardened slightly. To be honest, it was a daunting opponent for them now.

* * *

The rules of the jousting spear battle were simple. Because it is not a real battle, the knights don fragile practice spears and thick armor to determine victory or defeat in a mounted battle.

It was also not permitted to inject the Force into a weapon to increase its strength. Then there is a high probability that the game will be influenced by the power of each individual.

What is needed is the individual knight's quickness and the ability to maintain formation!

Of course, strengthening the body with the force is also important, so it's not that there's no need for an excellent article. However, no knight had the ability to withstand a concentrated attack from a place where spears were concentrated.

The elimination condition of the knights is to fall off the horse or break the spear.

“I heard that you did well in the preliminaries, right? What about the knights of His Highness, the First Prince?"

Although jousting spearmanship isn't very popular, there were maniac fans in every field. An old nobleman with a dignified appearance, who seemed to be of that kind, shook his head.

“Probably tough because of the nature of this game. I mean, both experience and skills are being pushed back.”

With various whispers, the game finally began.

“Charge!”

“Hee hee hee!”

Doo doo doo!

As soon as the Golden Lion Knights started, they first increased their speed with terrifying momentum and started charging.

Julius, who was watching the match, was staring at the stadium with a calm expression.

'I don't have a good feeling about this.'

If the opponent mobilizes such an ignorant number from the beginning, this side has no choice but to speed up and collide head-on.

“Everyone, do your best to maintain formation!”

Heinz shouted and the two knights collided head-on.

Kwaaang!

Dust rose thickly with the dull sound of metal colliding.

“Tsk, as expected, the overall power is still too low.”

Seeing through the dust, Julius clicked his tongue and confirmed the outcome of the first clash.

Many of his knights were forced to withdraw from the ranks because their horses fell off or their spears were broken.

In preparation for such a situation, he tried to prevent the formation from collapsing by placing elite knights here and there, but it was not very effective because the quality of the elite was similar to that of the Golden Lion Knights.

After the charge, only a melee remained. However, his knights, whose formation had collapsed considerably, did not see much victory.

In addition, the Golden Lion Knights took out some of the knights and turned around and attacked them. The relentless offensive forced Julius to make a choice.

"stop! I will admit defeat.”

After taking a loss in the charge, if you get a pincer attack like that, you can't stand it. As the Archduke said, his knights were completely defeated.

Julius frowned.

“Are there any seriously injured knights?”

“Fortunately, all the knights participating in the tournament are fine. However, some ordinary knights are seriously injured. To be honest, I think I was very lucky.”

However, Haines also continued speaking in a voice full of excitement, which was rare.

“In the first charging, even in a situation where a win or loss was decided, he showed intentional behavior to induce injury on this side. If Your Highness hadn't made a quick decision, the damage would have been much greater.”

soft.

Julius gnashed his teeth.

'Grand Duke, I guess this old man really made up his mind?'

Actually, it wasn't an unexpected development, but I didn't know that it would be a fight from the jousting spear, which wasn't a tournament and didn't have much importance.

'Let's see in the tournament.'

First of all, the jousting spear battle was defeated by the Grand Duke, but it ranked higher than the original goal.

* * *

“You did a good job in the jousting spear battle.”

The Grand Duke summoned the officers of the Golden Lion Knights for the first time in a while. It was to thoroughly trample down the Knights of Julius in the final tournament tomorrow.

“Gilbert, Hendricks, you guys should show off your skills properly in the tournament.”

"All right."

These two were key executives of the Golden Lion Knights, and were also the disciples he painstakingly raised. They will go to the Prime Tournament.

And he didn't forget the shadows, including Dmitri, who had been called just in case.

“You guys thoroughly trample the knights of the 1st prince in the general tournament.”

In fact, the Grand Duke had already obtained some information, and he went to watch the first prince's knight qualifiers, which was rare for him. The bottom line is that there are a lot more formidable people than you think.

'It's enough power to rise to the finals. The fact that the first prince provoked me is not baseless confidence.'

In particular, in the case of Haines and Beatrice, who competed in the Prime Tournament, he thought that from what he saw, they had skills that were not inferior to the officers of the Golden Lion Knights.

'But if it's a regular tournament, it doesn't matter if I step on them all.'

However, the Grand Duke was confident of winning the overall victory. Even if an unexpected result comes out in Prime, there is no chance of losing as long as the shadow is put into the general tournament anyway.

'The first prince has some talent luck, but the result will not change anyway.'

* * *

Finally, the day has come to start the finals of the tournament. After seeing the table, Julius smiled in contemplation.

‘Fortunately, Zoro is the complete opposite of the Golden Lion Knights. I'll see you in the finals.'

“But the first opponent is not easy. They are the Knights of the Bronze Cross of the Holy Kingdom.”

However, Julius just smiled while looking at Haines.

“As a leader, there may be pressure, but you don’t have to be too humble. From the Prime Tournament to the finals, there is no knights worthy of our opponent.”

Today was the final round of the tournament, which could be said to be the flower of the Imperial Family Martial Arts Association. Except for this festival, it was safe to say that there was no spectacle to see excellent knights competing with all their might, except for the battlefield.

Already, the heat is heating up in the bleachers of the stadium.

“Which knights do you see as the eye of the typhoon in this tournament?”

"Aren't they the first prince's knights?"

At first, I thought it was an improvised knights, but as the first and second days passed, the reputation of the knights increased rapidly.

First of all, there were knights who performed very impressively in the qualifiers, and even jousting spears were not popular.

People's attention was bound to turn to the first game of the finals.

“The Knights of the Bronze Cross are the traditional strongholds of the tournament. Indeed, the question is how well the knights of the First Prince will save.”

The general prediction was this, but after seeing the first results, everyone couldn't shut their mouths.

“To defeat that Sir Florence so easily… … .”

The Knights of the Bronze Cross were among the top three knights in the Holy Land. Of course, the executive staff also consisted of a considerable number of articles.

However, the knights from the side of the first prince's knights could not compete with more than 50 people and were defeated.

In particular, Lord Florence, the leader, had to kneel before a young female knight from the side of the First Prince's Knights, unable to compete with more than thirty.

"haha… There must be a reason why Duke Dios didn't have a separate heir.”

Born in the Holy Land, he could only look at Beatrice with a dejected expression. He had already lost her age to the point where her hair was already gray, and she had a lot of experience.

“Compared to my father, I was far away. It is too much praise.”

She gave only a brief reply, but it also left a strong impression.

Even after that, the Prime Tournament of the Knights of the 1st Prince was truly unstoppable. They made it through to the final without losing a single match.

“This martial arts meeting has a scary new powerhouse. Maybe even defeat the Golden Lion Knights.”

“However, the members are too young, is that possible?”

Within half a day of the finals, the Knights of the First Prince emerged as strong candidates for the tournament.

'This is as far as I think'

Julius thought that he had the ability to win the Prime Tournament without having to intervene in the first place.

But for regular tournaments, he needed to step up a bit.

Crowd opinions were also divided in general tournaments.

“Doesn’t the general feel a bit precarious?”

“In Prime, they gave off an overwhelming feeling, more than the Golden Lion Knights, but it seems that ordinary knights haven’t been trained enough yet because of their short history.”

As the saying goes, regular tournaments involving Julius weren't as smooth as Prime. Even if they won, there were many cases where they managed to win 2 wins in a 1-1 loss or 1 win 1 loss. But there was another reason

“Sir Jamie will go to the next game. Maybe it's a narrow margin, but we can win.”

In fact, there are ten candidates who can participate, but in most cases, it is efficient and quick to have only three of the best performers. However, for the final match, Julius thoroughly hid him and Keynes from the finals.

And by making the most of the remaining 8 players, we started steadily winning the tournament. He was an unmanned man who had reached the superhuman level. His eye for skill was quite accurate.

In addition, if you can see the stats, you can know the tendencies and characteristics of the knights, so you can almost definitely match the win or loss.

In the eyes of the spectators, there were many games that were narrowly won, but Julius sent them out with confidence in winning or losing them all.

'It's possible to go up if we win 2 wins anyway'

Julius definitely gave up the games he would throw away and kept the knights' stamina intact while winning two victories.

The result looked precarious, but even regular tournaments were cruising by his standards. I can safely advance to the finals.

'I could have come up more comfortably if the Archduke hadn't been cunning, but I can't help it.'

Originally, he tried to give the general tournament a dominant feel, actively using himself and Keynes to impress.

However, after watching the Golden Lion Knights match, he had no choice but to revise his strategy. The Grand Duke hid it, but he couldn't avoid his eyes that could see the stats.

Come to think of it, the jousting spearmanship was also awarded. No matter how much the Golden Lion Knights were, it was a military force that could not collapse so vainly, but the formation collapsed so easily.

At this moment, Julius' eyes were on the regular knights of the Golden Lion Knights.

'These are the grand duke's subordinates I saw in the north. One of them is almost a superhuman level knight. I'm sure he's the leader of the other guys.'

Julius looked at Dmitri and began to ponder.

'I should be the author, but I don't know if Keynes can handle the remaining one.'

Although Keynes had grown rapidly recently, compared to the grand duke's subordinates, his realm was one step below.

'I'll have to come up with a trick somehow.'

Julius couldn't have imagined that the proud grand duke would openly commit cheating (?) like that.

Of course, the Golden Lion Knights of the opposite seed recorded an undefeated streak until the finals with overwhelming power.

It was the result of mobilizing even the secret powers of the Grand Duke, so it was natural in a way.

* * *

Meanwhile, there were others who wanted the finals to begin.

“Priest, it seems that the final match will begin soon.”

“Is the deployment complete?”

“All of the teachers melted easily into the crowd.”

“I kept talking about it, but the most important thing is to have a clear goal. We will carry out the operation as scheduled.”

Gideon intended to capture Julius by taking an obvious opportunity. Whether it is during the game or after the game, there must be a gap where the most defense is thinned.

“Then let’s start with the finals.”

Julius, Archduke, Church.

No one yet knew what the outcome of this final, in which all three forces were intertwined, would be.