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With a square shape as the building structure, the square long house is built by mixing and matching cement and long wood. The roof adopts a pointed design with angles, and there are chimneys emitting gray smoke at the corners.

Based on this kind of "civilian" housing, almost every building has a neat and orderly arrangement without much difference in appearance.

Walking on the central stone street where the left and right sides are the same and the end is almost invisible, Jieshi always has a novelty and repulsion that is hard to get used to.

The novelty is that they are all square-shaped and neatly arranged. There are almost no gaps between houses. If you want to walk from the first street to the second, you must go to the junction between the two streets. , that is, there are no houses at a certain distance, and a square pool leisure square is also made with the concept of square.

These squares are the only joints of the streets. As the largest capital of the Magic Kingdom, there are more than [-] squares that can accommodate a hundred people.

Whether it is a square structure, neatly arranged, or a design with public leisure, Jieshi will honestly admit that all these constructions are definitely more advanced and beautiful than "Kingdom of Swords".

Compared with the capital of the Magic Kingdom, the Kingdom of Swords is only surrounded by rice, and most of the houses are built with ordinary or even inferior wood. It is very difficult to imitate its square shape. The beautiful design of the exterior is also all tough technology.

If the two countries simply compare their construction, it may seem ridiculous to say that they are competitive with each other.

As for the sense of exclusion, these streets are obviously full of businessmen, women or children, and a large number of people are moving around. The simple small-scale trade on the side of the road, and the buying and selling of various large houses as shopping malls are all going on fast and lively. .

But there is a sense of strangeness among the crowd.

Everyone is all focused on their own affairs, and no one will pay more attention to others.

This is exactly the repulsion that Jieshi produced. If we want to give an example in detail, it is like what happened in front of Jieshi.

"Someone help me! Help me stop my alpine cow!"

On the stone brick street, a head whose limbs are so strong that the muscle lines are clearly visible, the tail swings up and down quickly, the body is huge and the back and abdomen are covered with brown mane, the eyes are bloodshot and full of menacing aura, and the air can be clearly seen flowing in the nostrils— ——It is an alpine cow unique to the Magic Kingdom, a kind of domestic cattle that is usually gentle and not prone to emotional explosions.

Based on staying in the Magic Kingdom for a long time, no matter how much he spends his days fooling around, Jie Shi can still tell what kind of creature is gradually approaching him in front of him.

Behind the alpine cow, a woman wrapped tightly in dark-colored clothes kept shouting, and her weak body was getting farther and farther away from the alpine cow.

The tense and dangerous atmosphere immediately infected the entire street with a large number of people. As a result, hearing the woman's cry for help, the street immediately vacated a passage for the alpine cattle to pass through unimpeded.

Everyone who took the initiative to give way showed panic and worry, and fled and dodged to both sides to avoid being involved in the impact of the bull.

The yelling of the owner of the mountain cattle did not attract the help of the people, but instead prompted everyone to flee.

This scene is the repulsion that Jieshi has confirmed that he will never be able to adapt to in his life.

Disgust, nausea, all kinds of negative emotions slowly rise from the pictures received by the eyes.

"What a hassle."

Looking at this angry creature that was bigger than himself, Jieshi, who was the only one who didn't get out of the way, sighed helplessly, and slowly pulled out a very slender double-edged sword from the scabbard.

Moo!

Probably taking Jieshi as the biggest obstacle on the whole road, the alpine cow with thick brown hair kept running, raised its head and let out a low growl, aiming at the target with its two sharp, hard and most aggressive horns .

Clang!

He swung the double-edged sword in his hand horizontally, and used the blade of the sword to directly bear the impact brought by the cow. The moment the collision made a sharp sound, the lower body was stabilized by his feet.

"Whoa!"

Jieshi thought that this would be able to stop the impact of the alpine bull, but in the end, his slender body and the rapier went to the empty street behind him, "keeping a steady posture and continuing to retreat".

"Hey, hey, hey! You didn't stop for me!"

Although the strength exceeded Jie Yi's expectations, the posture did not collapse at the moment of the impact, holding the rapier firmly with both hands, and the posture of both feet clinging to the ground.

Only because of the heat generated from the friction of the soles of the feet and the fact that the cow still didn't slow down, Jie Shi finally felt worried.

It's not thinking about how far I will be dragged, but worrying about whether the pair of boots covering my feet will be worn out like this.

The Magic Kingdom is surrounded by high mountains. In addition to the influence of weather and climate, the supplies are not very abundant, because the prices are very expensive. As a poor ghost, Jieshi really has no extra money to buy a new pair of shoes.

"Um?"

Just when Jieshi was thinking that he might really have to sacrifice his wallet to buy a new pair of shoes, he felt a cold touch from the bottom of his feet.

Following this strange feeling, Jieshi found a thin layer of ice emerging from the corner of his eyes, which not only protected the boots from the risk of damage caused by high temperature, but more importantly, the erosion at low temperature caused all the limbs of the alpine cow to be suddenly shattered. The low temperature that appears and the crushed ice affect it.

The impact speed slowed down rapidly.

"It's almost time for you to stop!"

Comprehending and following the sudden situation, Jieshi resisted even harder, making the cow even slower.

moo.

After dragging for about ten meters, the alpine cow gave up moving forward and stopped its limbs, took a step back to break away from Jieshi's rapier, and uttered a gentle and natural cry to Jieshi.

Carefully observe the eyes of the alpine cow, the bright red bloodshot eyes have disappeared and turned into the usual big black eyes.

"Really, if you were rich, I would have extorted some money from you."

Gently tapping the mane-covered back of the alpine cow with his fingers, Jieshi waited for the animal's owner to gradually approach.

"Thank you, thank you!"

About a minute later, the old and weak woman finally came to Jieshi, her cheeks were covered with sweat and she was breathing hard, her hands were clenched on her chest, her pale face showed that she was about to have difficulty breathing.

"Auntie, are you okay?"

"No, it's fine. Just let me rest for a while."

After taking a deep breath for about half a minute, the rapid heartbeat began to stabilize, and the complexion finally recovered a little. At this time, the woman focused on the kind man who offered to help, and was already thinking about how to repay the young man.

"You, you are the captain of the barbarians?"

Realizing who was the person in front of her at this moment, a look of horror immediately covered the woman's face, and at the same time put her hands on the cow, fearing that her most precious alpine cow would be stolen.

Alas, this familiar reaction again.

Seeing the appearance of the woman, Jie Shi sighed slightly, ignoring this woman's strong warning reaction to him, turned around and moved forward.

Jieshi has long been used to being treated as a thief. In fact, the Kingdom of Sword and the Kingdom of Magic are incompatible enemy countries. The only difference is that they have not yet declared war on the other country.

A few years ago, in order to prevent this barely peaceful relationship from disintegrating again, the two countries reached a pact to exchange the "hostage relationship" of students to achieve an alternative peace.

And Jieshi's team of four is the executor of this policy.

"Speaking of which, Alpine Cow's attitude is strange no matter how you think about it."

Ignoring the woman's appearance just now, Jieshi walked on the street, and the scene of the alpine bull rushing just now appeared in his head again.

Alpine cattle are extremely gentle animals. Even if they are stimulated, at most they just yell and do not rush. If they are violently running with bloodshot eyes, they may be in danger of life.

"Women want to kill it?"

Thinking of this possibility, Jie Shi felt amused and immediately denied it.

Alpine cattle are domestic cattle, and their function is not only to provide meat but also to provide delicious fresh milk. If the woman wants to kill the cow, it is equivalent to cutting off her own economic lifeline.

If you really want to kill, normal people will not be so stupid as to let the cow run away out of control.

"Hey, it can't be the reason that the alpine cows eat super hot peppers? Forget it, anyway, it's none of my business. Are you right?"

He stopped suddenly, and turned his gaze to a woman who deliberately hid in the corner of the roadside vendor, her whole body covered with dark brown cloth.

The other party trembled visibly at first, and finally looked left and right to confirm that no one noticed him, and quickly moved to Jie Shi's side.

"First of all, I just saw you on the street by chance."

He raised his head and stared at Jieshi with the only light blue eyes that were not blocked by the cloth, and explained with a light and comfortable female voice.

This lie is really not convincing, and the tracking skills are also very bad, it is difficult not to find you.

Of course, Jieshi didn't intend to say this out loud, otherwise he might be beaten violently.

"Did you sneak out again this time?"

Jie Shi couldn't help admiring the other party's weird appearance of wrapping himself up in airtight.

Every time I sneak out, I need to wrap myself up like this. This perseverance can be said to be very persistent.

"It's not about sneaking out, it's about understanding the lives of civilians!"

"Yes, it is what you say."

For this strange woman who had to cover her face and hide while walking on the ordinary stone steps, Jie Shi's intuition that she hates trouble kept ringing.

"Wait, why does your expression seem to say 'Please leave me quickly', just tell me if you have any dissatisfaction!"

Being easily seen through by the other party's light blue eyes, Jie Shi subconsciously shook his head vigorously.

"No, ah, and the Ice Magic thanked you just now, otherwise my shoes would be useless."

"As long as you have another full pair of shoes, why worry?"

"Oh, forget it, that kind of thing is not important, then miss, I'll go first."

"Wait, since I saved you just now, if you want to repay me, then explain what you are going to do next."

Jie subconsciously felt very bad, the alarm that hated trouble was so big that it was about to pass through the eardrum and smash his head into pieces.

"Wander around? Well, probably."

"Didn't you ask for Mr. Ton?"

"How can that guy need my supervision?"

"Then I will act with you."

boom.

At this moment, Jie Shi sighed weakly as if he heard the horrifying sound of the worry in his head exploding.

This person's body is covered with a long robe and coat, his head is covered by the hood of the cloak, his light blue eyes are watching left and right from time to time, and his whole body perfectly releases the aura of "I'm suspicious", Jie Shi really doesn't want to let him She followed beside her.

It wasn't because there was someone beside her who felt troublesome, but thinking that if this girl was caught by the patrolling guards of the Magic Kingdom and asked to show her face, then things would get out of hand, and Jieshi, who was just an ordinary person, would definitely be caught by the police. Captured as a suspect for interrogation.

No, it was probably worse, because he was a swordsman.

Although the probability of the situation happening is very low, Jie Shi doesn't want to take such a risk at all.

"This doesn't seem very good, does it?"

As if seeing through Jiexi's hidden worries, a proud smile appeared on the face hidden under the cloak.

"If I remember correctly, your team needs the right to speak, right? I happen to have information that can help you, how about it?"

"Come here!"

"Isn't it necessary?"

Obviously, it was an extremely important matter. Leaving aside personal wishes, just thinking about it from the perspective of the team, Jie Shi, as the captain, had no choice at all.

The right to speak is one of the tasks of the hostage team when they came to the Magic Kingdom. It can even be said that the ultimate goal of the hostage team is to have the "right to speak" in the Magic Kingdom.

If it was discovered that Jieshi had easily given up on this source, it probably wouldn't be easy to deal with by simply punishing him or asking for a duel - this condition directly blocked all of Jieshi's retreats.

"You have to cover it up so that your true face won't be discovered."

"Absolutely no problem!"

"Hey, so what useful information do you want to give?"

"So impatient from the beginning? You're failing as a gentleman!"

"It's really troublesome, listen. Let's find a way to avoid the patrolling soldiers. As for the civilians, you don't need to worry about it, because the guys who hide their noble identities and run on the streets are definitely rarer than rare animals."

Jieshi didn't have any ironic meaning, he was thinking this way from the bottom of his heart, but this sentence undoubtedly attracted the displeasure of the girl beside him.

"It's really discriminatory."

"what?"

"We nobles are usually busy with business, and the contact with the residents is naturally reduced. In fact, we also hope to live in peace with everyone."

"I'm afraid you're the only one who thinks so."

"That's not the case!"

With astonishing vigor, he put his whole face close to Jie Shi's body.

A pressure squeezed his body, and Jieshi raised his hands in surrender.

"I see, this is my fault. There are also people in the nobles who are full of justice and want to be close to the common people."

"It's almost there."

Finally, this topic that is likely to lead to a quarrel is over, Jieshi subconsciously judges that he should never talk about "nobles and commoners" and other similar topics, and think about other issues.

"Speaking of alpine cows, you should be clear about them, right?"

"Of course, as a nobleman, knowledge of the Magic Kingdom will naturally know."

Probably because she felt proud of being a noble from the bottom of her heart, the girl emphasized this in a very pleasant tone.

"Oh, then please tell me about the situation just now."

As if he believed that Jieshi needed to explain himself because he was too stupid, the woman beside him obviously developed a certain pride and confidence, and looked at Jieshi with a mocking expression of contempt.

"The alpine cow is a docile livestock animal, and it will not change even with slight stimulation. It is one of the famous docile animals in the Magic Kingdom. The situation just now is obviously a great stimulation."

"For example, life-and-death stimulation?"

"That's right."

"As expected of a noble lady, I have benefited."

"Hehe, this is the wisdom of nobles!"

Seeing that the woman next to him was about to fly into the sky with pride, Jie showed a faint smile.

"Speaking of which, noble wisdom is indeed very powerful."

"That's right."

"Then naturally, you will keep your promise, right?"

"Of course! Nobles always keep their promises."

"Oh? Since I'm willing to accompany you, what information are you talking about?"

Speaking of this, the girl suddenly widened her pale blue eyes, and stared at Jie Shi with a look of surprise.

"It came to this set!"

"Maybe please explain in detail."

The light blue eyeballs moved left and right, after a few seconds of hesitation and thinking, he pursed his mouth in displeasure, and turned his face to an angle that Jie Shi couldn't see.

"Recently, the king is discussing with the other three nobles about the selection contest."

They are very familiar with the so-called competitions. In fact, in the kingdom of swords, it is a custom to compete for glory with each other. Even the representatives of the kingdom of magic are selected from the annual elimination battle.

Generally speaking, the trials are compared by students from different colleges. This is not only the case in the Kingdom of Swords, but also in the Kingdom of Magic. However, since it is the Kingdom of Magic, there are still some differences.

"What kind of selection?"

"A small selection conducted by representatives of the nobles of the Magic Kingdom."

Nobility again.

Hearing the girl's answer, Jieshi immediately came up with this idea, not because he hated the nobles, but because he simply believed that the nobles really possessed "extraordinary power".

"Could it be a homeowner competition? Shouldn't it be?"

"Every nobleman has direct sons and daughters, and they will participate in the competition."

Hearing this, Jieshi nodded to express his understanding.

The confrontation between the strongest of the nobles is very likely to be a struggle between the heads of the family, but the risk is too high, and it will not only affect the nobles but even affect the decline of the strength of the Magic Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Jieshi suddenly thought of the meaning of the girl's words.

"Doesn't this mean that you are also going to fight?"

"Yes, I will fight."

"Isn't that dangerous?"

"Hmph! Don't underestimate me casually, huh? Or, are you worried about me?"

"No, I'm worried about your opponent, you will definitely freeze others into popsicles."

After listening to Jieshi's words, the flustered and nervous appearance immediately regained his composure, and he stretched out his hand to pinch the skin of Jieshi's abdomen, twisting his thumb and index finger vigorously.

"Wow, it hurts, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I feel like my breakfast is about to come out, and the substance inside is about to come out!"

"Humph."

Probably because of attracting the eyes of the people on the street, the woman spared Jie Shi's loosening force.

"Are you a magician? What's the matter with this power? Isn't it too strong? I'm sorry, I'm talking too much, so don't pinch it anymore!"

Aware of the vicious and dangerous sight around him, Jieshi obediently shut his mouth and forcibly ended his complaints to avoid causing life-threatening danger.

Seeing Jieshi stop the complaining mode like continuous magic, the woman continued to explain.

"For this selection contest, the hostage team of the Kingdom of Swords can send a representative. The selection prizes have an important relationship with the national conference."

The national meeting in the Magic Kingdom also has a similar meeting in the King of Swords. Of course, the forms and etiquette of the two countries are somewhat different. It is impossible for Jieshi to apply the system of the Kingdom of Swords to the Magic Kingdom.

"Our meeting adopts a system where the king has one vote, and each noble family has one vote. As long as the plan passes the three major standards of national statutory goals, clarity, and rationality, whether it will be implemented in the end depends on this vote. system."

"Well, it's so complicated. Simply put, it's the voting system, right? But what does this have to do with the trials you mentioned?"

"The winning representative can get a vote at the meeting, and the hostage team representative can have the right to participate if he wins."

"A vote at the meeting? Ah, that's right, whoever calls the Magic Kingdom is a country whose power is king."

He didn't hear Jie Shi's irony towards the concept of "strength comes first" in the Magic Kingdom, but thought it was a compliment and responded happily.

"Yes, because it is the strongest family in the country, it should have one vote more than other families. This is the reason for holding a special selection battle."

After thinking about it, this is a very reasonable competition. The characteristic of Magic Kingdom is the strong competition concept of "strength first".

If you want to achieve your goals, you can only improve yourself, but because of this, the Magic Kingdom will pay more attention to "blood".

There are countless ways to improve one's strength, some acquired hard work and some have inherent advantages, and that "innate advantage" forms the exclusive bloodline of the nobles.

Of course, these facts have nothing to do with Jieshi, at most they are facts that the team members in charge of the research need to study and observe.

Compared with these sad realities, Jie Shi is more concerned about this battle, after all, it does have an important relationship with the hostage team.

"It's really unexpected. In your eyes, swordsmen are outsiders, and you still let us participate. The champion can still get the right to participate. When did the Magic Kingdom treat the hostage team so leniently?"

It is not extravagant to have the same voting rights. After all, the hostage team is only four hostages here, and being able to obtain such a reward is already equivalent to a gift from God.

The problem is that the Magic Kingdom, which will give such a prize, cannot be so friendly to the hostage team for no reason.

"Don't underestimate the magnanimity of the Magic Kingdom. Although I want to say this, it is actually the interests and hostility between each other's families. In the end, there was a result that your hostage team sent a representative to participate in the competition."

"Why is there such an inexplicable conclusion?"

It is impossible for an outsider like Jieshi to have the power to monitor the conversations among the nobles, let alone to obtain such a result.

"Don't say it's inexplicable! It's just that our position is a bit complicated. Among the four major families, in order to restrain the friendship between the Fire Family and the Kingdom of Swords, we finally proposed to recommend you to play."

"Well, to put it simply, it is the result of the secret struggle between the families, right?"

According to Jieshi’s long-term observation in the Magic Kingdom, he can indeed clearly understand that the relationship between the four major families is indeed very subtle. They don’t like each other and compete in strength. Although they are very harmonious on the surface, they are really fighting fiercely in private. Very powerful.

"There is another family in this meeting who fully supports you in entering this selection battle."

"Who else is in the Big Four? If you deduct you who have other purposes, there should be no one who has a good impression of us, right?"

"And the family to which the king belongs, the Feng family."

Hearing this offensive word, Jie Shi inexplicably shuddered.

"Hey, it's not good. No matter how you think about it, it's not a good conclusion. Could it be that you intend to harm us?"

While complaining violently about this decision, the scene of entering the Magic Kingdom for the first time and meeting the king emerged in Jieshi's mind.

The king's smile was as constant as if he was wearing a mask, and he constantly released a dark aura like seeing prey. His words revealed a sticky and dangerous mysterious aura, and his subtle behavior seemed nihilistic but real, abnormal, Weird and scary, that's the king's message.

If Jie Shi hadn't been the captain, he would have run away in fright, fearing that he would be devoured by this devil in human skin.

"The Feng family is willing to support you. This is a surprise to all the families present, but because of this, the empty talk that made you enter the battle has become a reality."

"Yes, thank you for your help, so that we have the opportunity to emerge."

After a pause, Jieshi smiled.

"So if you meet you, don't blame us for being merciless."

"This is impossible."

"why?"

From the girl's only eyes, one can clearly feel the solemnity, or even the pressure, and the invisible force is pressed on Jiexi just by using her sight.

"The Fire Family has offered to fight against you in the preliminary round."

"Fire? Ah, I think that's the case. Their people just look at me as if they saw something dirty, and they want to ignite flames on me."

In Jieshi's mind, this family representing the fire, is like a word, with an irritable and irritable temperament, but he has to admit that the strength of the fire family is very good.

As for why the nobles can freely adjust these orders, you don’t need to think about the reasons. All you need to know is that the power of the nobles in the Magic Kingdom is far greater than everything else.

Facing the kingdom of swords, which is regarded as a barbarian, there is no need to talk to them.

"The Fire Family sent the eldest daughter, who possesses powerful induction and resonance."

"Ah, it's okay if you don't need to tell me specifically!"

"Idiot! Aren't you afraid of death?"

Facing the inexplicably angry appearance, Jie Shi could only helplessly grab his own hair.

"No, that's not what it means, it's just that I'm not necessarily the one who participated in the competition."

"What are you doing here?"