Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 231 Competitors
"The Xie Li family?" Cyril was holding a piece of parchment. The ink marks on it were one by one, with traces of repeated additions and modifications, and the handwriting was different. It seemed that it had gone through several hands before handing it over to Anastas. It's in Thea's hand.

"The Xie Li family is a newly rising family in the South. They have great prestige in the Southern Islands. They have taken refuge in the Duke of Marcellus, and they are Duke Marcellus' vassals—I think you should know that he is a southern nobleman. One of the most ambitious dukes in the world... Of course, these are not important, not important."

Her Royal Highness was going to hand over a new piece of information to Cyril, but hesitated for a moment, then took it back, and re-emphasized:
"You just need to remember the name of your competitor, Darren Sherley."

As she spoke, she handed another piece of parchment to Cyril.The image of a strong man with a rough face and a lush beard is drawn on the paper, and his detailed introduction is on the side.

"Your Highness, are you sure this is not a barbarian?" Cyril stared at the portrait twice and couldn't help asking.

"Of course not—although I don't know, well, look, you have to be [-]% sure of defeating him."

Cyril continued to read with his head down.

Darren Sherley, 26 years old, the eldest son of the Sherley family, whose father is the Earl under the Duke of Marcellus.Darren has outstanding abilities and is proficient in navigation. He can even board the ship on the same day and set sail without spending a night of stamina for repairs.In the first two years, he developed three deserted islands, and won a long-term mineral order with Xinaowei Port...

"In terms of merit, he is indeed qualified to obtain a title." Cyril raised his head, "But why didn't he ask for it from Duke Marcellus, but chose to ask Solkonan..."

"Duke Marcellus's hand hasn't grown to the Adele Sea yet, it's a provincial area, not a playground for nobles." Anastasia replied, "As for whether Darren will develop into a He actually doesn't really care that the new behemoth is out of his control—after all, although the nobles in the south have conflicts with each other, don't forget their common northern alliance, and their interests are still consistent."

Cyril nodded, and continued to read. The following content was probably Darren's assessment of combat power - he had gone to Port New Orway for further training, and his best weapon was a long-handled battle ax wielded with both hands.His fighting style is extremely wild, and he seems to be learning from barbarians...

"It's really a barbarian." Cyril sighed.

"Can you beat him?" Anastasia asked rhetorically.

Cyril hesitated.He had never heard of a name like Darren Sherley, and he was unable to make a corresponding assessment of his strength, but in 1440, a 26-year-old guy probably couldn't reach the level of a fighter, and he was just a trainee fighter— —

This is actually a very puzzling point. In the game, it’s okay to say that with the development of the game over time, the level of monsters and people will rise, but in reality, people’s heads will not be covered with green blood. It is really difficult for Cyril to make an assessment of the rules and grades.

He hesitated. In terms of his combat power, it shouldn't be too much to say that he is invincible under the professional level, but he is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case——

"I think there should be no problem." Cyril finally said, "But maybe I need something that can improve the guarantee of winning."

"What?" Anastasia said neatly, "Do you want money? Treasures? These are not problems, as long as the position on the east side does not fall into the hands of the southern nobles."

When she said this, she didn't even raise her head, and continued to look down at the information in the parchment.

"Your Highness, maybe I need a suit of armor—I'm ashamed to say that I've fought lightly so far, and I have nothing but the sword that Captain Christine gave me." Cyril followed her words. , said simply.

He didn't forget that he joined the line of the eldest princess in order to collect wool - titles and fiefs are important, but treasures and money are always welcome.

Moreover, the eldest princess will never store some broken copper and iron in her treasury, and the equipment she takes out must be somewhat guaranteed——

"Armor? Heavy armor or light armor? I think I should have several sets in stock. It's been three years since Qing Hailuo picked one up... Let Qing Hailuo take you there, this trivial matter is not important. "As Anastasia was talking, her voice suddenly stopped, and then she said dissatisfiedly, "Adrien, please step aside, you have pressed the information—"

Cyril hurriedly raised his legs, and he noticed that he and the eldest princess had been sitting in the middle of the table since he didn't know when—he swore that he didn't intend to shorten the distance with the eldest princess on purpose, but this picture The table was too big, and it was too inconvenient to search for information, and the princess's information was too detailed. After getting Anastasia's permission, he also started to look through it, and was fascinated by it accidentally.

He hurriedly jumped down from the table, only to find that Heloise beside him looked gloomy, looked at him rather unkindly, and quickly laughed.

"Speaking of, Jian Qing—I mean Christine, how is she doing?"

Cyril turned his head, only to find that Anastasia looked up from the file and looked at him seriously.

"Captain Christine is alone now, and I don't know what she plans to do." Cyril took a deep breath and responded equally seriously, "She handed over the Knights to me... I hope she will show up again I can bring a whole order of knights to her when the time comes."

After he finished speaking, he didn't even dare to take a breath.The eldest princess looked at him fixedly, and finally lowered her head again, and squeezed out an "um" from her nasal voice.

"Then prepare well. Three days later, you will be announced to meet your father and the courtiers. I hope you will perform well at that time. If you want to compete with Darren, it is expected to be in seven days."

Cyril knew that the late-night meeting with the princess was over, so he bowed to Anastasia, but the other party didn't look up.

He followed Heloise and was about to leave the living room when he suddenly remembered something and turned around again.

"Your Highness, may I ask a question?"

The eldest princess just waved her hand and didn't speak.

"Do you know about the blacksmith recruitment order issued by the Kingdom about half a year ago?"

Anastasia's movements stopped suddenly, and then she raised her head, and her gaze fell on Cyril again, but it was as sharp as a long sword, trying to pierce him through.

"It's not something you should know, young knight."

Her voice became extremely cold in an instant, and it sounded like she was worried about something.

Could it be that this matter really belongs to the secrets of the kingdom?Cyril guessed wildly in his heart, he knew that this might lower the eldest princess's evaluation of him, but this was the only clue in front of him——

He gritted his teeth and finally asked:
"Yes, Your Highness, I don't want to know about such things, I just want to know, are those blacksmiths... still alive?"

That sharp gaze retracted.

Then, Anastasia Herman, shook her head.

　Thank you for the reward of 500 starting coins, thank you for the reward of 1 starting coins for a small flower, thank you for the reward of 500 starting coins for calling me a hooligan, thank you for Roshen’s reward of 800 starting coins, and thank you for the sweat of the world 500 starting point coins reward, thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)