Chapter 102: The Challenge of a Woman (Please Collect and Recommend)

Soon, a short figure walked in from the door of the hall. He was wearing chain mail and knight half-body armor, with a helmet on his head. The long sword in his hand was still dripping with blood, and it was obvious that he had just chopped someone. Behind him, there were some guards who followed him timidly, not daring to step forward.

The guards had no choice. Today was New Year's Eve. According to tradition, this day might be the most peaceful day of the year for the Celts. Even duels between knights would be moved to the next day, so the defense of the palace was not tight, and many guards went home for New Year's Eve.

There were not many guards left on duty in the palace, and the man dressed as a knight was really fast, and every sword must hurt people. Those soldiers who blocked him were chopped down before they had time to attack.

There were few people and they couldn't fight. How could the guards not be afraid?

The man completely ignored the unfriendly eyes in front and behind him, and walked to the seat where the king was sitting. Kai and Arthur stood up immediately. The difference was that Kai had a calm look and no expression on his face, while Arthur had a fierce look on his face and looked at the approaching person with a bad look.

The man saw Arthur and Kai's obstruction and did not move forward. Instead, he took off his iron gloves and threw them in front of Arthur.

Everyone in the hall was stunned. What was going on? Running to the palace on New Year's Eve, first cutting people, and then adjusting the crown prince? This is crazy.

Now even Kai's face was not good. Originally, today was a good day, but it was messed up like this. As a Chinese, this kind of reunion festival has always been very important. In China, even the most ignorant people know that they will not get involved in trouble during the New Year. No matter how big the hatred is, they have to endure it on the New Year's Day.

Arthur couldn't bear it anymore. Damn it, who are you hitting in the face?

So when he saw the iron gloves at his feet, he didn't hesitate at all and bent down to pick them up. But as soon as he bent down, he was stopped by Kai.

"Give me a reason, a reason for you to survive, otherwise, I don't mind hanging your head on the city gate on New Year's Eve." This guy was obviously coming for Arthur, and Kai was not stupid, so he naturally couldn't let him succeed. Besides, with the way this guy just behaved, no one would say anything if Kai drew his sword and chopped him off.

The man turned his head to look at Kai, without saying a word, and took off his helmet directly.

The moment the helmet was taken off, a beautiful golden hair spread out like a waterfall. This golden hair was so beautiful that it actually looked shining under the candlelight. When the man raised his head, everyone gasped.

It's not because he looks scary, on the contrary, she looks extremely beautiful!

Yes, it's her!

A woman!

This woman is very beautiful, with big eyes and dark brown pupils. Although her facial lines are not so soft, this does not affect her beauty. On the contrary, it gives her a rare heroic spirit for women.

Seeing this woman, Kai's heart skipped a beat. Her appearance reminded Kai of a person who should not be alive. King Uther and Gaius had the same feeling as Kai. King Uther looked at Gaius, wanting to get an answer from him. But Gaius was still in shock and did not respond to King Uther at all.

Morgana was not as shocked as they were. She just felt that this woman gave her a sense of closeness, as if she had seen her before. →

"Are you afraid of a woman?" the woman said so, and finally she looked at Arthur. The meaning was very clear.

"I accept your challenge!"

"No! Arthur!"

Kai had no time to stop him, and Arthur accepted the challenge. The woman's behavior was very simple and clumsy, but the problem was that Arthur could not remain indifferent, otherwise everyone would know the next day that their prince was afraid of a woman's challenge. In this society where women are inferior and men are superior, this accusation is absolutely fatal and may accompany Arthur for the rest of his life.

"I must accept the challenge!" Arthur said to Kai very seriously, and then resolutely bent down to pick up the woman's iron gloves. "Since I am about to duel with you, please tell me your true identity."

"My name is Morgause!" the woman said, "See you tomorrow at noon!"

After that, the woman turned around and left without caring about others.

...

Morgause's challenge shocked everyone, and at the same time, they felt very complicated. In this country of knights, no woman has ever challenged a knight. And fighting between knights and women is also considered dishonorable.

Some people present at the time thought that Arthur was too frivolous to accept the challenge, while others thought that since someone had issued a challenge, he must accept it, and the woman was good at fighting. Why can't he issue a challenge? Should the prince avoid fighting a woman? That would be much more embarrassing than accepting a challenge.

In short, no one could convince anyone.

As for the royal family, the controversy was even greater.

King Uther and Kay were unwilling to let Arthur accept the challenge, but the problem was that in the Knight's Code, only accepting the challenge must be executed, and it has never said that women are not allowed to challenge. At least the Grand Secretary has not seen similar incidents in the records of nearly three hundred years, and Arthur disagreed to cancel the challenge.

Instead, he felt that King Uther and Kay's attitude was too strange. They actually asked him to avoid a woman! This was ridiculous! He felt that the two of them treated him like a child and did not trust him at all, and did not even believe that he could beat a woman.

In the end, the three of them parted unhappily, and Arthur left angrily, saying that the duel would definitely take place.

Kay and King Uther looked at each other.

"Although I don't want to say it, but... I always have a bad feeling." Kai said helplessly.

King Uther didn't speak. He could understand Kai's feelings because his premonition was stronger. Although he was not sure whether his previous worries were correct, but... In short, he was helpless now, unless he completely ignored Camelot's face and secretly killed Morgause.

Unfortunately, this woman was too smart. She didn't leave, but stayed in the palace. King Uther even had to arrange a place for her to live. As long as she was in the palace, King Uther could not only not hurt her, but also arrange people to protect her. He couldn't let anything go wrong, otherwise Camelot's face would be ruined.

...

The next day, the duel was held as scheduled. The aftermath of the Knights' Conference had not yet passed, and now Arthur accepted the challenge again, and it was a woman's challenge. People in the city had seen this kind of thing, so the duel field was more lively than the final that day.

Unfortunately, such a lively duel ended up in a mess.

Arthur lost.

This was beyond everyone's expectations. The woman's martial arts were very good, which was indisputable. But to say that she was really better than Arthur was also a shame. Arthur's martial arts had been fully demonstrated at the Knights' Conference. As the knight closest to the title of champion knight after Kai, Arthur's ability had been recognized by most people.

But Arthur still lost.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Arthur had a lot of concerns and was not decisive enough. In the duel, Arthur knocked down Morgause's sword three times! But Morgause refused to admit defeat every time. Arthur, forced by the spirit of chivalry, could only allow her to pick up the sword and fight again.

Her swordsmanship was similar to Gawain's. She took the light route and her moves were cunning. If she hadn't suffered from the disadvantage of strength, Arthur might not have knocked down her sword so easily. Finally, she caught Arthur's hesitation and pressed the sword against Arthur's chest.

She made a deal with Arthur with his life. She asked Arthur to swear that he would accept a challenge from her in three days. As long as he completed the challenge, Arthur would fulfill his oath.

Arthur could only swear on his own name and accepted the challenge.

This decision made King Uther furious. King Uther thought that Morgause had other intentions, but Arthur didn't believe it, because if the woman really wanted his life, she could take his life in the duel.

In short, Arthur insisted on fulfilling his oath regardless of King Uther and Kay's persuasion.