Chapter 260: Elbaf Tribal Assembly
After getting used to the new weapon, Jarul stood in front of Longinus again and invited, "Mighty warrior from the sea, let's continue the previous duel!"
"Sure, what do you want to compete?"
He would ask it because Longinus knew from John that the giant's matches included many kinds, weightlifting, swimming, archery, wrestling and so on, to name a few.
As for the pure sense of the battle, in the absence of foreign invasion, in turn, only under the most sacred rituals will be carried out.
They believe that the battle is sacred and cannot be defiled, and once it begins, it can never stop until the winner is determined.
"Then we'll compare weightlifting ... wrestling ..." Looking at Longinus, who was less than his knee height, Jarul was in some trouble, he didn't want to be called a mean giant.
"It's still up to you to decide how to fight!"
Hearing the commotion over here, the surrounding giants also came together, one by one, all excited and shouting.
"Than drinking I guess ... seems not to work, Jarul is still too dominant!"
"Than running it ... does not seem to work, Jarul a step on top of his ten steps!"
"How about swimming?"
"Let's forget it, there are many dangerous sea kings in the sea!"
"That was awful! Isn't there a reasonable way to duel?"
"There's no way around it. We giants are born warriors, and it's too unfair to choose either way!"
Longinus knew that these giants weren't claiming power, but it still sounded, well, slightly off-putting!
"No need to be so troublesome, let's go with one of the easiest ways to compete - arm wrestling!"
The giants were stunned and soon burst into laughter.
"Hahahahaha! Mighty warriors of the sea, you don't know that we giants are the most powerful race in the world, do you?"
"Jarul's power is that it is considered powerful among us giants!"
They did not underestimate each other's strength, but because power would have been the pride of giants.
Comparing strength with giants, this kind of statement is as ridiculous as comparing swimming with fishmen.
Longinus was not angry but smiled blandly and said, "May we begin?"
Jarul also stopped laughing and said with a straight face, "Are you really not going to do it another way?"
Longinus said with a parting thought, "No need, the result will be the same for anything else."
"Yeah! The result is the same for anything else!" Jarul blushed with embarrassment and thought secretly, was he not a bit too bullying?
"But, how are we going to arm wrestle here?" Jarul compared his own and the small point of the arm and asked in difficulty.
"Why don't you lie down on the ground and set your arms straight."
"Oh, okay!" The big man nodded and obediently plopped down to the ground, standing his elbows on the ground and assuming an arm-wrestling position.
Longinus then slowly walked into the air and grabbed the giant's large hand.
"Wow! You can actually fly!" Jarul couldn't help but say with envy.
The reaction of the surrounding giants is similar, in terms of the giants' strength, even a jump of dozens of meters or even hundreds of meters is not tricky.
But Geppo, a delicate technique that requires extreme speed and power, is just too difficult for them.
"Are you ready?"
"You should be careful, don't get hurt!" Jarul kindly reminded.
The giant who volunteered to be the referee said, "I'll count to three and shout to start, you all listen carefully!"
"One ... two ... three ... start!"
Boom!
The giant's magnificent arm was instantly pressed into the ground, leaving only a deep gully.
Jarul looked bewildered, and that was the end of it?
He didn't even react!
Jarul had the intention to play another round, but the honour of a warrior made him unable to do such a thing, so he had to say resentfully, "You won!"
At this point, the giants watching the battle also reacted.
"Jarul was actually crushed by a human in terms of strength!"
"No wonder John said he was one of the most powerful warriors on the outer sea!"
"To be able to defeat Jarul with a body as fragile as a human's, he is definitely a true warrior worthy of admiration!"
They did not suspect that Jarul was lightly defeated or let down or something like that, because that would be the greatest humiliation for a warrior.
"Mighty warrior Longinus, you have earned the respect of me, the giant Jarul!" Jarul said solemnly, "A mighty warrior like you deserves to win the blossom and honor that belongs to a hero at a tribal assembly!"
Longinus dropped to the ground unhurriedly. For him, defeating a giant was nothing to boast about it.
Instead, this tribal assembly sounds a bit interesting.
"A tribal assembly?" John couldn't help but exclaim, "Is this just the right time for the tribal assembly?"
"You guy, you even forgot the time of the tribal assembly!" Jarul said dissatisfied, "Although the royal court replaced the lords, but the tribal assembly still inherited, the day after tomorrow is just the opening day of the tribal assembly!"
"The King's Court? I've been hearing you guys talk about the King's Court since just now, why have I never heard of it?" John was slightly depressed, wasn't he afraid that he was now a false giant?
"You don't know about the King's Court?" Jarul was stunned for a moment before he suddenly said, "Yes, the Giant King's Court was only established after that disaster forty years ago, so it's normal that you don't know."
"That disaster forty years ago?" Longinus murmured darkly, "Is that the one where BIG-MOM went berserk?"
"Is that what led to one change that led to the centralization of the lordly tribe of Elbaf towards kingship?"
He had heard John mention that Elbaf's social system roughly consisted of three classes: lords, warriors, and free men.
The most powerful of them, the great lord, can also be considered a nominal king.
Only, it is not so simple to go from being a nominal king to a substantial king.
In Longinus' view, the Headquarters and the government have spent decades failing to get through to Elbaf, perhaps because Elbaf has been in the midst of separate wars over the years.
In the last few years, they have completed their unification and started to look outside.
"If you think about it this way, it is not so surprising that the Headquarters would get in touch with Elbaf." Longinus mused and asked towards one side.
"Vice Admiral John, the tribal assembly you mentioned is?"
"The Tribal Assembly is a meeting where the major tribes come together to deal with their affairs as well as disputes, but it is also the biggest athletic tournament and trade day in Elbaf." John said with a reminiscent look.
"Since the royal court has outlawed the status of clan chiefs, then this clan assembly should only retain the function of competition and trade."
"Rear Admiral Longinus, this is an opportunity for us to ..." whispered John, "Elbaf's greatest admiration is for the strong and heroic, and the best way to make the draft work is to have a Assembly to proclaim force."
"If we can win the assembly, this mission will soon be completed successfully!"
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