Chapter 25: Tourney (1)
Hot air blew past my ears. A sudden feeling of excitement surrounded me.
Where did this feeling really come from? Is it simply because of the weather, or if that's not the case... ... Is it because of the excitement of the people here?
'Well, whatever it's fine.'
While thinking that I looked ahead.
The faces of countless people were reflected in my eyes. The roaring enthusiasm poured into me with the sound of cheers.
Only then I realized that this was the excitement of today's tournament.
Amid cheers and enthusiasm, I saw knights riding horses and aiming giant lances at each other.
Between them was a thin fence to avoid direct collision between horses.
The joust began with spears pointed at each other along a straight fence and spurred on, and ended the moment the spears collide.
The rules were simple.
– 2 points for hitting the head, 1 point for hitting the body, and 3 points for knocking the opponent off the horse.
– The first knight to score 3 points wins.