Crossing Swords

“Perhaps I’m not!” Goliath laughed.

Richard just shrugged, “So, what’s the test?”

“No need to rush. You’ve marched all day and haven’t eaten yet, come, I’ve prepared food; a thousand portions. I don’t want people saying… I bullied Gaton’s child.”

Richard froze for a moment but then grinned, “Alright. My knights eat quite a lot, though, a thousand portions is far from enough. Still, shadowspears!”

The elite shadowspear knights uniformly spurred their horses forward, the entire formation moving ten metres ahead as they dismounted under Richard’s command. All 300 entered Goliath’s camp under the guidance of the Earl’s soldiers, sitting ten people a wok and starting to eat.

As Goliath watched these elite knights eat, his eyelids twitched a bit, “Astonishing!”

“Eh, they’re alright,” Richard...