Work Prophet
Chapter 507 - 125 This is a Provocation

Chapter 507: Chapter 125 This is a Provocation

Ireya had a great start in the first round of the duel, but instead of resting afterwards, she called Ge Lipeng out of the city to practice gunnery again.

Having personally experienced the immense power of the Hand of Judgment, the young girl was now utterly in love with this Holy Artifact.

A Noble Knight who had trained diligently for decades was defeated in less than a round when facing her, even though she had only trained for an afternoon.

Miss Rabbit felt as refreshed as if she had drunk a can of ice-cold cola in the middle of summer, from head to toe.

Especially when the cheers in the venue rose like a tidal wave, the Lady finally understood why the people of the Bratis Continent enjoyed martial competitions so much.

The feeling of defeating an opponent was indeed addictive.

So she resolutely chose to train even harder, partly to work off the meal she had just had.

Miss Rabbit practiced shooting in the forest, to the left and right, and even managed to get a bear as a sparring partner.

The great thing about Lion Heart Castle was that you could buy any kind of peculiar goods as long as you had the money.

And now, the Lady was not short on cash, having extorted seventy Gold Lions from Geoff, of which she used thirty to purchase the bear.

However, they couldn’t find an Armor that fit the bear, so they just hung a shield in front of its chest to protect its vital points.

Indeed, the bear’s imposing presence was something a wild boar couldn’t compare to, especially when it was angered.

The Lady failed to bring down the brown bear with two shots and ended up with it charging at her.

Ireya fired a third shot... but it misfired.

Seeing there was no time to draw her axe, the Lady resorted to her ultimate skill—climbing a tree, and she scrambled up the trunk behind her.

The bear first tried to reach the girl in the tree, but as she climbed higher, it then violently struck the trunk.

Miss Rabbit clung tightly to a thick branch, daring not to let go.

As the bear moved wildly below, agitating its wound and causing more blood to flow, it struggled vigorously for about fifteen minutes before gradually losing its strength.

When the swaying of the branch lessened, the Lady took the last Flintlock Axe in one hand, aimed quietly at the brown bear’s back, and fired, sending it off.

Seeing the bear fall to the ground and not get up again, the girl climbed down from the tree, but she wasn’t very satisfied.

Although she was the ultimate winner, she had relied on the terrain; in the Duel Arena, there wouldn’t be any trees for her to climb, and the Earth Bear wouldn’t just wait obediently below one.

Miss Rabbit reflected on the battle and realized that her first shot was a little premature, failing to hit the bear’s leg. The second shot hit, but to her surprise, the bear could still run quite quickly on three legs.

The critical third shot, however, had misfired.

This was rare, but it had happened on the first day of training, and Li Yu had warned her that it might happen again, a common issue with Flintlock Guns that couldn’t be avoided.

The Lady felt she wasn’t shooting quickly enough. If she could shorten the time between aiming and firing, even if the third shot misfired, there would still be time for a fourth shot.

Besides, when one leg is hit, a person’s mobility on one leg would be significantly reduced, not allowing them to run as fast as the bear did.

But the girl was wearing full Armor, which already slowed her down, so it really wasn’t clear who could run faster.

After giving it some thought, Ireya decided that in the next bout, she would shed her stylish Armor and at most carry a Dragon Scale Shield to fend off any Flying Axes or the like that might be thrown at her.

She would go into battle lightly armed to maintain maximum mobility.

And the next day, the girl did just that; she switched to a lighter set of leather armor, feeling even more at ease with her breathing.

However, she didn’t expect that this move would cause yet another sensation.

After all, the last time Lady had competed, she had worn armor, unlike those mercenaries, commoners, and declining nobles who tried their luck or couldn’t even afford armor.

So, the onlookers generally took it as a challenge from the Lady.

She thought her opponents were too weak, so she decided to fight without her armor.

It was arrogant, but also magnanimous.

And this made the face of Lady’s second-round opponent turn sour; being underestimated felt terrible, especially by a woman.

But the fight had to go on, and learning from Jose’s lesson, this time Ireya’s opponent, a knight from Milk House Island,

chose to fight on foot and was very cautious, moving slowly to guard against any possible Divine Punishment attack, always on alert.

However, this also gave Lady more time to aim.

The girl even held her gun and zoned out for a while, only firing when the opponent was seven steps away from her.

With a bang of the gunshot, the knight from Milk House Island took a bullet in the knee of one leg and agonizingly half-kneeled on the ground.

Although he wore full plate armor, to ensure the limbs could move freely and the armor’s weight was as light as possible, the wearer could maintain stamina during battle.

Besides the chest, armor in other areas, especially at the joints, was very thin and couldn’t stop a bullet.

Miss Rabbit blew away the white smoke drifting from the muzzle, "I warned you, if you insist on fighting me, legs are very prone to injury. How about it, want to continue?"

The knight shook his head, "You truly deserve the title of Dragon Slayer Knight, you are indeed more skilled. I’m truly not your match."

Seeing the good attitude from the opponent, the girl was also polite, "Go get your wound treated by a Sabbath from the Double Rest Sect later, if you don’t, it might endanger your life."

"Thank you," the knight said, managing to get up from the ground with the help of his squire, hobbling towards the edge of the arena.

It was another swift victory, with the opponent not even having a chance to strike.

But this time, the audience were prepared, so there were not as many shocked people as last time, and soon they were applauding again.

The Lady smiled faintly, put away the Hand of Judgment, and also turned around to leave the Duel Arena.

Things done, she left without fuss, her talents and fame deeply concealed.

Since a number of people had already been eliminated in the past two days, today she had two duels, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Miss Rabbit didn’t leave either, standing aside watching other people’s duels, and after a while, Ferdinand also finished his match.

He, too, was victorious, but the fight was not as easy as yesterday’s, and he sustained a minor injury on his arm. His squire was bandaging him up, using some Yunnan Baiyao from the Double Rest Sect.

There were quite a few contestants like Ferdinand. The level of participants on the third day had clearly improved again, and the battles became even more challenging.

Moreover, with two fights in one day, it was a test for the contestants’ stamina as many had to fight their next duel with injuries sustained in the previous battle.

Of course, Ireya was an exception.

Her opponents were kneeling before they could even touch her.