THE BULLY AGAINST FORTY EIGHT KNIGHTS
The Battle against the Forty-Eight was held at the mountain peak opposite the entrance to the Knight Templar Academy. The duel wasn't held on academy grounds, so the result would not affect the Knight ranking.
"Why are you challenging the forty-eight knights ranked on the Knight Templar ranking? You are not even gaining rank for doing so if you fight them outside the academy", Cassandra asked me.
"I need to beat the shyte out of them so they will not disturb me again", I replied to them.
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"You should have challenged the knights inside the academy. You will gain ranking on the Knight Templar rank", Ratatouille said to me.
"I promised Orol not to challenge the ranking, so I challenged them on this mountain peak", I replied to him.
"You don't seem like one who cares about other's opinion about, especially if they don't make sense", Cassandra said to me.
"Master always has a plan", Meera replied to her.
Meera came back from Istiopolis city to join us in this fight.
"There is another reason that I want the fight to be on this mountain", I said to them.
"What is it?" Chash asked me.
"I want this to be a group fight", I replied to them.
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Numerous spectators gathered to witness the highly anticipated clash between Count Oriese and the elite forty-eight knights of the Knight Templar ranking.
This spectacle held particular intrigue, as these forty-eight individuals represented the pinnacle of martial magical prowess among the younger generation in the Kingdom of Drachia.
Oriese, a relative newcomer to the realm of knighthood, had swiftly risen to prominence within Drachia's borders.
His exploits in unseating the formidable knights of the Knight Templar Academy, reaffirming his moniker, "the Bully of Starri city," had been extensively covered by the newspaper publication, the Herald Times, ensuring his name reverberated throughout the kingdom.
Individuals from all strata of society in Drachia flocked to witness this showdown.
This was more than just a contest of skill. This was framed as a bold confrontation against the established hierarchy, challenging the formidable House of Nobles, a force even the royal family seemed powerless to sway.
For Oriese, this bout was not only an opportunity to showcase his own prowess but also to redefine the very concept of a "Bully" within the Kingdom of Drachia.
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"Oriese, Go Fighting", Illiwyn shouted to me from a flying pavilion that orbited the mountain peak.
The magic arena was brought out into the mountains while the spectators watched the fight from the comfort and convenience of their flying pavilions.
The Control Freak from the Conjurer Court came to watch my fight with the forty-eight knights and also as independent watchers. My fight with the forty-eight was framed as a challenge to the House of Nobles and having them here ensured the nobles couldn't do something unkosher to alter the result of this fight.
The forty-eight knights on the top ranks of the Knight Templar ranking were all here, even the first ranked Prince Spiros.
However, Spiros and several top ranked weren't planning to join the fight. They were spectating with the elders of the House of Nobles who came to watch this fight.
"This is a fight between the Bully of Starri against forty-eight of the top ranked knights in the Knight Templar Academy", Iras announced the fight and laid down the rules for us.
"The Bully of Starri invited the Conjurers Court's Master Conjurer to be the referee of this fight", one of the spectators said.
"This will ensure the House of Nobles will not do something funny", another added.
"Why will the House of Nobles do such things?" someone who doesn't know asked.
"Don't you know, the Bully of Starri is challenging the authority of the House of Nobles by fighting their ranked knights without their approval", someone who knows answered him.
"Who among us should go first?" someone from the forty-plus knights asked Iras.
"This is a challenge against the forty-eight top ranked knights. You can all fight together", Iras told them to their shock and surprise.
"Unbelievable, the Bully of Starri is going to fight against forty-eight of the strongest knights at once?" the crowd asked in disbelief.
"Arrogance, even one of us will destroy you", one of the knights shouted to me as he rushed toward me.
A powerful conjuration of an enormous bell was summoned by this knight that was heaped towards me.
"This is the Bell of Mountains, one of the skills of the Hermaios family. The weight of the bell could be several tons. The Bully of Starri is dead this time", a spectator speculated.
"I have not finished spelling out the rules", Conjurer Iras protested at the knight opening the fight without the referee's announcement.
"No matter", I replied to Iras.
As the Bell of Mountains was about to reach me, to the shock of everyone, it was frozen in the air. A powerful beam was fired on the Bell of Mountains that froze it in place before a second beam was fired on it. The Bell of Mountain broke into many pieces to shock of all the knights.
"Wrath of Ice and Fire"
"That is unfair, why is your bodyguard fighting for you?" the knight who summoned the bell shouted towards me and asked.
"I said in my challenge letter that I will challenge all forty-eight of you scums but I never said I will fight alone, have you lost your mind? Why will I fight all of you at once if I was fighting alone", I replied to the knight.
"You should have let me finish before starting the fight. This is a team fight, the Knight Templars against the Bully of Starri and his team. He wouldn't be a bully if he fought with you alone", Conjurer Iras told the knights to their surprise.
"Haha, of course. This is a team fight. Does the knights shamelessly plan to fight the Bully, forty-eight against one", a spectator shouted out.
"This Bully is tricky. We fight him together", a knight told the others as they all rushed to battle with me.
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