Transmigrated: Rise of a King

Chapter 6

Both heirs looked at eachother. Lucas with a neutral look while Oskar had an arrogant grin. Their armors were quite different as well. Oskar was wearing armour that showed his noble heritage and made him look good. Lucas meanwhile had worn plain armor over chainmail. Lucas had a longsword while Oskar had on his hip a decorated longsword.

The nobles started to mutter amongst themselves when they saw the way the two heirs dressed. Many complimented Oskar for his great looking armor which showed his noble blood. But the nobles were staring and muttering disapprovingly at Lucas's choice of armor as it was very plain and made him look like any normal soldier.

"Why is he wearing armour like that?"

"He should wear something more fitting of his status."

"He looks more like a commoner than a noble."

Those were the kind of chatter that was going around the nobles. As for the royal family, they were mostly curious about Lucas's choice of armor as nobles usually wore more extravagant armor. Oskar saw the gaze of the royal family at the two and smiled at Olivia.

Olivia just stared impassively at him with the same serious face. It wasn't a secret that many in the kingdom wanted the princess's hand in marriage. Due to this fact she was asked by many noble children who wanted her as their wife. She was not only the princess but also a beautiful woman as well. By getting married to her they not only get a beautiful woman but can also gain the throne of the kingdom and rise in power.

Of course the princess Olivia was aware of it as she had been taught about it by her father and mother. Due to this fact she doesn't trust the noble children. She was also smart enough to know that many of the noble children wanted her only for her position and body and disliked them to a great degree. She mostly had a dislike for those nobles who are from a high position.

These nobles were spoonfed since they were born and as such haven't worked that hard for their livelihood. Many were simply chatterboxes who tried to use their family to gain her attention. But she wasn't as weak as people would believe. Her father knew of the great dangers of the world and so had made sure to make her prepared to face the challenges in the world.

This has resulted in Olivia becoming well versed in the art of combat. This also resulted in her feeling repulsed with the noble children of the country as they don't work for their livelihood and just live lazily. That was the reason she didn't want to come to this duel as she had seen many pompous nobles fight which was very poor.

Even though they knew how to fight they weren't that strong as most of the noble children stopped their training in combat after a few years and then live the rest of their lives in luxury. Many nobles who wanted to marry her would come to fight with great armors but didn't have that much skill with the weapons. Due to this Olivia gained a lot of respect for warriors so it was a surprise when she saw Lucas who didn't wear any extravagant armor and a normal sword.

'What an idiot. The princess and the royal family is watching and he has come in such plan armor. It's hard to think of him as a noble.' Oskar thought to himself with a smirk.

'Judging by his expression he might be looking down on me due to my armor. Well, he also has an interesting set of armor.' Lucas thought to himself as he looked at Oskar's armor.

Oskar's armor had an aura around it which showed that it was enchanted. Lucas wasn't that surprised as enchanted armor and weapons was something that most noble families had. They are heirlooms that were in the possession of their ancestors and due to them being from a time when magic was practised more it was more powerful.

Lucas's family also had an armor like this and knew that most of its enchantments were for increasing defence, attack power, speed, agility etc. Some weapons also had the ability to use an element to boost their attacks. Though it wasn't out of his expectations as he thought that the guy might do something like this.

Lucas stood with an impassive gaze as the referee got ready to announce the start of the match as he held a loudspeaker like object in his hand.

"Welcome everyone, it is my great privilege to be here to witness and mediate the duel between these two distinct heirs of the noble families. First let me introduce you to the heir of the great Rehbindr clan, Oskar Rehbindr!" The referee shouted to the people.

Many cheers were sent from the nobles as Oskar basked in them. Olivia scoffed at this as she had seen how the nobles acted during these types of duels. Her parents had seen what she had done just now but made no comment.

"And now we have the heir of the distinguished Larsen clan, Lucas Larsen!" The announcer shouted as he introduced him.

The cheers that Lucas got was more from the middle class people than the nobles. Lucas never actually attended the parties held by the noble families that much and had spent a better amount of time training and mingling and helping the people in his territory. This made the commoners in his territory grow fond of him which was the reason for their reaction. Only a few noble families who supported the Larsen clan cheered for him. Olivia also saw the change in how the audience treated Lucas and was getting more curious about him.

"And now without further adieu, let the duel begin!" The announcer shouted for all to hear.