As the bright light faded, the travelers found that they had moved to the center of a huge square. Enleco was no stranger to such a square. When he went to the Magic Association Center in Xinna City with Teacher Victor, the Magic Center There is also the same teleportation magic circle.
However, the square in front of us is much larger than the one in Xinna City. From the front of the square, we can see a group of contiguous palaces from a distance. That should be the imperial city. A towering observatory on the left indicates that this is It is the center of the Magic Association in the capital Sophien, and its supreme presiding officer is the great wizard Naga. There is a row of buildings with towering roofs on the right, showing close communication with the gods. It is the center of the church.
Maybe they were alerted by the teleportation magic circle, but from a distance they could see a group of cavalry walking towards here.
I saw the cavalry marching slowly along both sides of the square avenue in two columns. From the completely consistent marching pace of the pair of war horses and the knights on the war horses, who were fully dressed and majestic, Enleco could roughly guess that , that should be the Royal Knights that Jerry's brother joined.
Sure enough, when the cavalry came closer, they could see that the long shields on their horses and the badges hanging on the saddles were embroidered with Sophie's Royal Pegasus emblem.
The cavalry team slowly lined up in front of everyone, then dismounted in unison, and drew their swords. Under the rising sun, the swords shone with rugged golden light, and followed the orders of the two captains on both sides. In the middle, all the knights gave a knight's introduction ceremony,
After the ceremony, all the knights returned their swords to their sheaths. At this time, the cavalry captain on the left walked directly in front of the princess, got down on one knee and paid her a royal entrance ceremony.
Kate, who had already ducked to one side, grabbed Enleco and Jerry by their collars and pulled the two common people who didn't know etiquette behind her. Bertina also ducked to the other side obediently.
"Dear Princess, your Majesty is late to welcome you. The King is presiding over state affairs in the main hall. Please rest for a moment. Your Majesty will receive you in a moment. Please." After saying this, the knight captain bowed and slowly retreated. In the cavalry.
The five knights led their horses to the travelers, knelt down on one knee and folded their hands on their chests.
Enleco didn't know what was going on, but he saw the princess walking up to a war horse, kicking on the knight's arms, taking advantage of the knight's gently raising his arms, turning around and riding on the horse .
Kate also found a horse, but he did not step on the knight's shoulder. Instead, he gave the knight a simple knight's salute. The knight nodded and stood up. Kate pushed on the seat and got on the horse. .
I saw Bertina and Jerry looking at each other, and felt that it was safer to be like the princess.
When Enleco was working in a grocery store in a small town, he often took charge of horses for customers, so he practiced good riding skills. After he imitated Kate and saluted the knight, as usual, he did not step on the horse, but just rode a horse. Swinging his legs, he pressed his hands on the saddle, and his body rose into the air, riding steadily on the horse. Seeing Enleco's equestrian skills, the knight beside him nodded.
After Enleco mounted his horse, all the knights mounted their horses in unison. Protecting the five people in the middle, they marched towards the imperial city.
Passing through the Arc de Triomphe, the Central Avenue and the Forbidden City Gate, the Royal Palace, the center of Sophien's highest power, is right in front of you.
After getting off the horse, a group of people climbed up the white marble stairs. Two bronze Pegasus statues were erected in front of the palace on both sides. Forty-eight marble columns supported the entire palace, and each stone column was carved with giant reliefs. Most of the contents of the reliefs were It tells the story of the Glorious Battle and the Battle of Victory Day. The top of the white marble palace is inlaid with gold foil to form the shape of heaven. The twelve main pillars in the center are inlaid with the symbols of the twelve main gods representing the divine world. From the depths of the hall, the The voices that came to talk sounded low and rich through the resonance of the huge palace. The knights had already exited the palace, and the group, led by the princess and surrounded by the palace officials and maids, came to the side hall.
The side hall is an exquisite small courtyard, with eight floor-to-ceiling windows more than two meters high. The sunlight illuminates the room extremely brightly. Along the edge of the small courtyard are rows of sofas with one-color fox fur seats and camel hair pillows.
Feeling exhausted, Enleco bent over and buried himself in the sofa. Soft fox fur and camel hair wrapped Enleco's body, and a feeling he had never felt before came to his heart.
"Comfortable, really comfortable, I have never been so comfortable."
"It turns out that this is the royal style."
Looking at Jerry and Bertina, who were also enjoying themselves very much, Enleco thought that it seemed that they were enjoying this kind of royal treatment for the first time. After all, unlike Kate, who was a noble, Kate was sitting slightly in bed, looking at the people around her. Not caring about anything.
Enleco relaxed and buried himself deeply in the fox fur and camel hair, enjoying the happiness he had never felt before.
After a long time, four maids came in pushing a silver dining cart. There were four colors of tea on the dining cart, and there was an unknown drink in a silver pot in the middle.
The maids gently pushed the dining cart in front of Enleco.
Enleco didn't know what to do.
The princess said: "You can just choose what you like to eat."
To be honest, these snacks are novel to Enleco who comes from a small town. He would never mind leaving all the snacks, but I'm afraid it would be impolite. Choose, choose, he ordered A plate of sponge cake that looks extremely soft.
Enleco carefully tasted the smooth and sweet taste of the sponge cake that melted in his mouth and flowed on the tip of his tongue.
At this time, a guard wearing a royal blue palace dress came in and conveyed His Majesty's intention to receive him.
Everyone stood up, and Enleco reluctantly said goodbye to the sofa.
Follow the princess, walk through the hall, and walk through an extremely long corridor. Stand in front of a huge arched door. The door slowly opens to both sides. Inside is a huge domed hall. The high dome shines through Bright yet soft light
Directly in front, a low platform composed of seven steps clearly divided the hall into two parts. On the throne in the middle of the low platform sat the king and queen.
To the left of the king sat the young prince on a throne that lay sideways.
There is a throne on the right side, which should be the princess's seat.
Under the low platform, a group of ministers stood on both sides. All eyes were cast on the people entering the hall.
The princess walked to the edge of the stage and saluted the king. Enleco followed closely and followed closely, imitating the princess to do the same.
He only heard a burst of laughter. Enleco looked up and saw all the ministers pointing and laughing. The three emperors sitting on the stage also looked smiling. The prince even looked at himself secretly. Straight music.
Looking back to the left and right, I saw that my companions were all staring at me, and the princess on the front left also turned back and glared at me. At the same time, I felt three fingers poking me from different directions on my waist. Immediately afterwards, the princess in front of me looked back at me. He stretched out his heel and stepped hard on his toes. This made everyone who saw it laugh unbearably.
Enleco looked at himself from head to toe, only to realize that he only paid attention to the princess's actions, and even learned the way to salute, which seemed wrong. He quickly stood up straight and looked left and right. Bertina and The princess gave the same salute, but it was not the way a woman would salute! Kate looked like a knight's etiquette, following Jerry's example! Having made up his mind, Enleco followed Jerry's example and posed.
Seeing Enleco's clumsy look, the other four people now regretted bringing this idiot. Now, they came to the palace in shame. Enleco had no idea that just because of this small mistake, he would be with him. The two teachers, Victor Magician and Chrissy Magician, are also called "one of the six shames of the Magic Association". The crime is of course extremely tarnishing the sacred image of magicians.
The princess quickly introduced the identities of Kate, Bertina, and Jerry. In order to make up for the severely damaged image, the princess exaggerated a bit and said that they were trainees of the Magic Association but they passed the assessment of intermediate magicians early. (The trip to the Dream Forest is indeed one of the components of the intermediate magician's assessment), and received training from Princess Kris, making him a rare magic genius.
When introducing Enleco, the princess unceremoniously referred to him as the private property of Her Royal Highness Princess Chrissy. She also revealed all about the contract signed between him and Chrissy, so as to treat him as different from others.
After listening to the princess's introduction, the king, queen, and prince were extremely interested in Enleco's identity. Of course, they knew Chrissy's character well, and only she could do such weird things.
Other ministers are doubtful about the abilities of the four young people. After all, they are too young. Even if they are talented, the practice of magic is accumulated over time. It cannot be achieved overnight. Moreover, this mission has a heavy responsibility. , all personnel who are going must be competent and competent.
"I would like to test the strength of the four of you. Please give me your permission." At this time, a knight stood up.
The king looked at the knight. In fact, he was also very worried about the abilities of the four young people. After all, he knew his precious sister deeply. Her sister would never teach anyone well, so he Although her daughter is her disciple, in fact, it is the great wizard Naga who really teaches her magic. I have no idea what kind of disciple my sister can teach. In fact, I don’t even know how strong my sister’s magic power is. I just heard the Great Wizard of Naga say that she was very strong, and didn’t know much about it. However, now my daughter insists that the four young people are very strong. If this is not the case, what will happen to the princess? The evaluation of credibility and capabilities will be a fatal blow, and once it does, it will have a huge negative impact on this mission.
The princess is also very worried. After all, she was just impulsive. She wanted to undo the negative impact caused by Enleco, an idiot, and exaggerated the strength of the three people. In fact, she didn't know the strength of these people at all. What if...
The king looked at the princess and saw that his daughter was hesitant. He knew that her daughter was not sure, so she hesitated to reply.
On the contrary, Kate was full of confidence and strode forward: "Your Majesty, I am willing to accept the test."
The king glanced at Kate. He felt a little reassured about Kate because he had heard several different people mention this young man and knew that he was very talented in swordsmanship and magic. However, he was also too confident. , actually dared to accept the test from the head of the Royal Knights. Therefore, the king decided to remind this young man.
"Very well, young man, your courage is commendable, but as a qualified knight, courage alone is not enough. Do you know who the knight in front of you is?"
"Your Majesty, of course I know Mr. Pastin, the leader of the Royal Knights. He is the most noble knight among the knights, and he is the knight I respect the most besides my father." Kate said proudly, because His voice trembled slightly with excitement.
From Kate's words, you can hear the sincerity and reverence with which he said these words. Both the king and Lord Pastin were quite satisfied with this.
Kate continued: "Therefore, it will be the honor of my life to ask your majesty to allow me to accept the test of Lord Paladin."
When the king saw Kate speaking like this, it would be too unkind to disagree. Thinking that Pastine should also like this young man, it should not embarrass him too much, so he announced: "I hereby decide , Kate's trainee knight accepted the test from Paladin Pastin, the head of the Royal Knights. I hope that everyone can embody the glorious style of the knight in the spirit of mutual competition."
As the decree was issued, the ministers on both sides retreated to both sides of the hall, leaving as much space as possible in the middle. The palace magician stood at the six corners of the hall, setting up a magic barrier, and two senior magicians stood Next to the king, a transparent wall protects the royal family members.
Kate and Pastin retreated to the left and right sides of the hall respectively, choosing suitable weapons from the attendants standing with various weapons in their hands. When they returned to the center of the hall, they saw two people choosing two weapons at the same time. A narrow and thin stabbing sword. It seems that this will be a fast sword competition.
At this time, everyone who knew a little bit about martial arts couldn't help but wonder whether Kate was overstating the situation. After all, it was a stupid thing to compete with a paladin like Pastin. Choosing a dragon spear or a battle halberd, which can magnify the situation. Weapons at a distance should be more advantageous. Moreover, Kate is capable of magic, so using long weapons is more effective than hand-to-hand combat.
Pastine may have thought so too, so he suggested that Kate change weapons. However, Kate declined.
Seeing that both sides were ready, the king stood up and personally announced the start of the test.
Kate took five or six steps back, distanced herself, and began to chant the incantation softly.
Pastin obviously did not want to take advantage of this opportunity to attack.
A series of fireballs were launched towards Pastin.
This old trick of dealing with hand-to-hand fighters certainly does not threaten Pastin, but Pastin does not want to use advanced sword energy or shock waves to win. After all, he wants to really test the young man in front of him. strength.
Therefore, he dodged the fireballs one after another.
Suddenly a wall of fire rushed over.
"Serial fireballs plus fire waves are a very orthodox attack method. The power and density of the fireballs are good, and the magic switching between the serial fireballs and fire waves is also very fast. It can indeed be regarded as reaching the level of an intermediate magician." Pastin said to Kate. The strength has been recognized to a certain extent.
Suddenly, amid exclamations from all around, a sword stabbed through from the blazing wall of fire.
Although Pastin was taken aback, he blocked the sword smoothly and swung the sword away with a twist of his wrist.
"The position of the sword thrust is very tricky. It happens to be the backhand. It seems that the foundation of swordsmanship is good. And he didn't lose his hand. His wrist strength is quite good for his age. In particular, the conversion between magic attack and sword strike is very fast, almost as if they are happening at the same time. Same." Pastin now also has a certain understanding of Kate's swordsmanship.
The two of them were fighting each other. During the battle, Pastin became more and more surprised. The people watching the battle, including the king and the princess, were also more and more surprised. They discovered that Kate could obviously use magic and magic at the same time. Martial arts. Although the magic used is only a few elementary and intermediate fire magic such as continuous fireball, fire wave, fire wall, fire rain, and explosive fire. However, with the endless combinations and superb sword strikes, it can actually be compared with the holy magic. The Cavaliers played a very exciting game, and it didn't look like a test match with a huge disparity in strength.
The more Pastin fought, the more he appreciated that the young man he was fighting could actually use magic and swordsmanship at the same time. Moreover, the coordination between them was impeccable and must have been cultivated through countless efforts.
I simply don’t know how Princess Chrissy trained such a magic knight.
The more Pastin fought, the more excited he became. He was originally a martial arts fanatic, and he liked to compete with opponents he had never seen before. When his mind became so hot, he forgot all about the test. His sword skills became more and more powerful. At first, Kate was able to continue. The later it gets, the harder it becomes to resist.
Seeing all this, Enleco and Bertina each began to prepare their own magic.
Sure enough, with a sharp sword energy, a wave of fire rolled up, and Kate, who was in the center of the fire wave, burned instantly. It all happened so suddenly. The magicians who were protecting the surroundings had no time to respond accordingly. Rescue. It was too late to close the barrier. Although the two senior magicians around the king had prepared water magic to extinguish the fire, they were unable to do anything about the magic barrier that had not yet been opened.
At this time, Enleco, who was already ready to stop, made a gesture. A transparent crystal wall painted with magic runes shrouded Kate, who was on fire in the middle. This was the special magic "Chaos Crystal Wall" taught to Enleco by the demons. ”.
When the "Chaos Crystal Wall" came into contact with the guardian magic barrier, the runes on the crystal wall glowed brightly. The magic barrier was suddenly broken. At the same time, Enleco felt a sharp sting all over his body, like an electric shock and another Like a fire. The "Chaos Crystal Wall" suddenly enveloped Kate. There was no scene like when water magic extinguishes a fire. It was as if the fire suddenly disappeared. Only Kate fell to the ground with burns all over her body. Enleco He also fell to the ground at the same moment, his whole body trembling and his face turned pale. He only felt waves of stinging pain splitting his flesh and injecting into his spinal cord. The entire spinal cord seemed to be burned by a red-hot iron. It seemed that Next time I need to ask that monster Most what is going on.
However, Enleco's painful expression was not noticed. Everyone's attention was focused on Kate who fell in the middle. Bertina, who was already prepared, immediately attached a special detergent with powerful healing power to Kate. On the body.
All this happened before the high-ranking priest hurried over.
In front of everyone, Bertina's magical magic miraculously worked.
The wounds on Kate's body healed quickly, and the burn scars faded quickly. After a while, Kate woke up.
The anxiety in Pastin's heart was slightly relieved. He helped Kate who was lying on the ground and said: "You are the most promising knight I have ever seen. One day you will surpass me."
Everyone returned to their positions with peace of mind. Only then did they realize that Enleco was in a bad situation.
After the king ordered the two wounded to be carried to the rest room and settled, Bertina and Jerry quickly left. After all, Bertina was the best at dealing with Kate and Enleco's injuries.
After seeing everyone leave, the king asked the ministers on his left and right: "What do you think of these four young people, what is their strength, let everyone express your opinions."
Paladin Pastin stood in front and said first: "I quite approve of Knight Kate's strength. Everyone has seen that he can use magic and martial arts at the same time. I have never heard of any knight who can do the same thing."
"Don't forget, that Enleco, although his behavior is ridiculous, he can break our barrier. Although, in the end, he was injured due to the transition of casting, his strength must not be underestimated." The magician guarding the barrier One of them said.
"And the little girl who uses magical magic. The magic she uses actually has the function of light magic with healing power that can only be used by our priests. Moreover, its effect is actually more effective than the advanced light magic "Holy Protection"." That one. The senior priest added.
Except for Jerry, who had no chance to perform, the ministers unanimously spoke highly of the abilities of the test trainees.
"Have you noticed that whether it is magic or special abilities they use, we have never heard or seen them before?" the queen reminded.
"Yes, yes, it seems that Aunt Chris is a genius," the little prince next to him exclaimed. "But how to allocate their tasks? Others can say that if Enleco takes him on a mission casually, It’s very likely to make a big fool of yourself.”
After listening to the prince's words, everyone burst into laughter again when they thought of how Enleco had made a fool of himself just now.
"That daredevil can just be left to the discipline of that country bumpkin who doesn't know etiquette," the princess suggested.
In this way, when Enleco woke up the next day, he received an order from the king himself to report to the mercenary group.
Carrying his luggage, under the guidance of the guard, Enleco came to the mercenary group camp located on the west side of the city. The location of the mercenary group is indeed a beautiful place. There are towering trees everywhere on a low hill. .But it is not as dense and gloomy as the primitive jungle of Dream Forest. After climbing over the hills, a meadow full of flowers is revealed in front of you. There is also a small river passing through the camp.
The leader of the mercenary group is a middle-aged mercenary named Joe, who is quite famous in the mercenary world. But as the princess said, this man does look like a country bumpkin. Not only does he have wrinkles on his face, he looks much older than his actual age. His hands were also covered with calluses. Coupled with his rude behavior, Enleco was a little uncomfortable at first. However, Enleco was not qualified to talk about others at all. Because, during the period when he was in a coma, there was nothing about That wonderful and fierce competition had already spread throughout Sophien City through various channels. At the same time, the big mouth also publicized Enleco's ugly appearance. So, for a while, Enleco also became The title of celebrity, one of the six major shames of the Magic Association, and the special status of the eldest princess's private property were spread everywhere for a while. Enleco had even thought of changing his name.
However, Enleco soon got used to it. He discovered that the mercenaries, including Joe, were actually kind-hearted guys, much like the neighbor uncles in the small town.
Not long after settling down, all the members of the mercenary group arrived. For the upcoming mission, Qiao wanted to conduct special training for the mercenary group.
The first course of training is running.
Sitting on the grass, the soft green grass was like a soft precious wool carpet, gently covering the instep of Enleco, leaning his back against the slope behind. He had a feeling that he wanted to take a nap, although he couldn't even do it now. Noon hasn't arrived yet.
Joe stood on a big box from a distance. No one knew what was in the box.
"Kids, your life is likely to depend on whether you can run fast enough. For mercenaries, only those who can save their lives on the battlefield are truly valuable. Now, run away." Qiao looked at The mercenary who was sitting lazily on the ground lectured.
After speaking, Joe opened the huge box, and more than a dozen vicious dogs rushed out of the box. All Enleco's sleepiness had disappeared now. He saw these vicious dogs staring at green eyes, attacking and biting wildly. For a moment, the mercenary The group was in a panic. The mercenaries were running around desperately.
After running all morning, Enleco returned to the camp dragging his scarred pants. He finally got rid of a vicious dog that was chasing him. He saw mercenaries scattered all over the camp and lying on the ground.
Seeing the listless mercenary lying on the ground, Joe shouted. "Okay, okay, get up! You bastards, your lunch is here."
After a while, he drove all the mercenaries down to the river to catch fish.
I saw that when I came to the river, Qiao was swimming in the middle of the river. The water was quite shallow, just below his knees. Qiao was staring at the river surface tightly in the water, and suddenly he jumped forward, his left and right hands touching each other. Kabuto, a herring was firmly grasped in his hand.
Joe smiled, walked back to the river, and threw the fish back into the river far away.
Joe turned around and faced the group of mercenaries.
After briefly explaining the essentials, the mercenaries were allowed to go into the water and fish for themselves.
For a moment, there was a splash and crackle on the water. There were mercenaries writhing and jumping to catch fish everywhere.
After playing for two hours and getting nothing, the exhausted Enleco returned to the river bank. He saw that there were really few mercenaries who could catch fish. Enleco, who was so hungry that he was weak, lay down on the ground.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat," Qiao shouted while knocking on the two-sided pot.
"It turns out that when we have food, we are being punished," Enleco thought. However, a strong sense of hunger forced him to drag his tired body towards the two big pots.
All the hungry people came to the pot.
When I opened the lid of the pot, a spicy herbal smell hit my nose.
The green ones looked like a mixture of grass roots and leaves, mixed with red and green roots of unknown plants. There were two whole pots of mushy stuff, churning and bubbling.
"What, bastard, don't you want to eat? Okay, you can catch the fish yourself," Qiao said, turning aside all the mercenaries with green faces.
Bracing his scalp and pouring a bowl of herbs into his stomach, Enleco didn't dare to experience the pungent smell. He could only keep recalling Bertina's cooking skills and the delicious sponge cake that she brought to him. Come to the sweet memories and work hard to produce gastric juice.
After taking a short rest after the meal, I heard Joe's voice from far away: "Children, you are full of food and drink. Let the dogs out."
A dog barked in the distance. Enleco quickly turned over and got up.
Escape.
Every day, it’s the same training content.
I was chased by a dog in the morning.
Catch fish at noon.
If you can't catch fish, you will eat grass.
I was chased by a dog again in the afternoon.
After more than a month of running training, ordinary dogs can no longer catch up with Enleco. Of course, his ability to catch fish has also improved greatly, and he doesn't eat grass often recently.
Qiao saw that the running speed of all the people had greatly improved, and their endurance was also quite good. They could easily run for dozens of miles continuously.
Therefore, in the next two months, these mercenaries must be trained in appropriate fighting skills.
What made all the mercenaries happiest was that after the running training was announced, at the suggestion of a certain mercenary, all the mercenaries held a dinner party that night. At the dinner party, a group of mercenaries gathered around a Hot pot is eaten on the stove. As for what kind of hot pot it is, of course it is made from local ingredients, fish and dog meat.
On the slope of the hill facing the sun, the mercenaries were sitting around in a half garden. In the open space in front of them were piles of bundles of spears. Joe took one out and started to dance around, seeing the spears. In his hands, sometimes he was circling and flying, sometimes he was swiping left and right, sometimes he was stabbing forward and backward, and sometimes he was slashing up and down.
Enleco never thought that there were so many ways to use a spear.
Because the spear has always been the most basic equipment in the infantry. It is the weapon used by the lowest soldiers. As long as the soldier has a little bit of fighting potential, after completing three months of basic training, their commander will let them transform into Sword sharpeners who use swords and shields or heavy armored infantry who wear heavy armor and use super long spears. If there are still more outstanding abilities among them, then these people will be selected to receive swordsmanship or halberd training to become swordsmen or halberd warriors. .Only those soldiers with the least potential will be issued only a spear. These soldiers are generally only used as border guards or as handymen in the army.
However, if the same spear can be used like Joe's, then an ordinary spearman will also be a powerful combatant.
While Enleco was in a daze, he saw Joe hovering, and the spear in his hand drew a perfect arc in the air. When the spear reached the end of the arc, Joe waved his hand, and the spear turned into a sword that cut through the sky. Meteors were fired at the mercenaries. The mercenaries evaded one after another. With a "duo" sound, the spear pierced a big tree. The sharp tip of the spear emerged from the other side of the tree. The spear was nailed to the end of the tree. The body was shaking non-stop.
The mercenaries, who had calmed down a bit, finally came back to their senses.
Seeing his performance, Joe clearly achieved his original goal. In the next few weeks, these guys should be willing to practice using the spear obediently.
"Boys, do you know why the most commonly used weapon among mercenaries is a spear?" Qiao asked loudly.
If it were Enleco in the past, he would definitely answer that mercenaries are non-staff soldiers who are not part of the establishment and have limited combat effectiveness, so they are not worthy of being equipped with advanced weapons and equipment. However, after looking at Joe's skills, it is obvious that a mercenary with such skills will Soldier strength is very helpful in achieving victory.
"Because the spear is very strong," a mercenary said loudly. This was also Enleco's idea.
"Idiot, if the spears were stronger, the army would be all pikemen, and the pikemen would not become the most useless branch of the army." Qiao scolded him back. Seeing that all the mercenaries looked extremely confused, he continued Explained: "Mercenary is a dangerous profession, and victory in battle does not mean much to mercenaries. For mercenaries, the most important thing is to save their lives on the battlefield. Therefore, mercenaries choose weapons. What is considered is not the combat performance of the weapon, but whether it is safe to use the weapon."
Seeing that most of the mercenaries around him didn't understand, Qiao pulled out another spear, thrust forward a few times, and continued: "You have all seen that the main attack method of the spear is stabbing, and all the attacks in hand-to-hand combat are "Stabbing is the attack method that can distance the enemy the farthest from us, so it is also the safest attack method. Moreover, the spear can also be used in this way."
I saw Qiao bending his arms and bending down, then standing up, raising his arms, drawing an arc with his spear, and shooting toward the tree like a meteor. The spear also pierced the trunk of the tree.
"See? Can you take a two-handed sword and use it like this?"
"Besides, the spear has another advantage that cannot be compared with other weapons. Do you know what it is?"
Seeing no reaction from everyone, Joe shook his head: "It seems that none of these guys are smarter."
He raised his voice and shouted: "Okay, if you can work hard to practice your spear skills, I will tell you after the training is over."
Each mercenary stood up, walked to the bundle of spears and pulled out a spear. Enleco also stepped forward and picked one.
The spear in his hand is different from the four spears he bought when he went into the mountains. This kind of spear uses a shaft made of tough redbud wood. It is very elastic, unlike the original four which use hardwood for the shaft. The tip of this kind of spear is also thin and long. The whole tip is one foot eight long. No wonder it can pierce the tree trunk so easily. The tip of the spear is made of high-hardness stainless steel and is cold-forged. It is extremely hard and sharp. But it is not as good as It turns out that the tips of those spears were forged with thousand-layer folded iron and were resistant to wear and tear. It seemed that they were indeed long spears specially designed for combat.
In the next few weeks, Enleco and other mercenaries followed Joe to practice the skills of using a spear.
What Qiao gave them were the most basic offensive and defensive movements, such as straight thrusts, up and down picks, and left and right moves, but he required everyone to practice them repeatedly. Practice individually, practice with each other, practice in groups, and break down individual movements. Practice, practice all combinations of movements. Without the wonderful performance and the extremely convincing speech before, I am afraid that no one would be able to support this boring training.
However, without such training, Enleco would never have known. It turns out that such a simple action has so much profound knowledge. For example, the simplest thrust looks quite simple, but it needs to be thrust from different directions. Striking different parts requires considerable skills and a mastery of strength. Several times, Enleco thought he had mastered the technique of stabbing, but in the actual battle, he discovered that there were further uses for the stabbing. Picking and poking are effective defense methods for spears, and their skills are even more difficult to master. Every time he practices, Qiao always asks the mercenaries to attack him, although Enleco and the others have practiced many times and studied each other deeply. However, every time, with a simple pick or flick from Qiao, the spears in the hands of the mercenaries flew out of their hands. Although Qiao explained many times, about The skill of using force in using a spear. However, no matter how much Enleco understood this, even in the end he was able to make the spears in the hands of other mercenaries fly into the sky in a few moves. However, during Yu Qiao's sparring, The result remains the same.
After several weeks of training, Enleco became an expert in using a spear. Originally, he had learned sword fighting from Kate, and Kate also said that Enleco was quite talented in fighting, and kindly mentioned that Enleco would Introduced to his father, Enleco was asked to learn martial arts instead. However, Enleco was already deeply in love with magic, so he rejected Kate's kindness.
Joe obviously also discovered Enleco's martial arts talent, and often gave Enleco some further pointers. This also made Enleco's learning of spear skills progress much faster than others. However, Enleco soon I found that Joe's teaching methods were completely different from Kate's. Kate was good at explaining and always told Enleco the methods and principles of offense and defense in detail, so that he would have a certain understanding of them before he started practicing them. , and Kate will also pay attention to the rhythm during the practice, so that Enleco can practice the skills he has learned as much as possible. He will never let go of the attack as soon as he comes up. Corresponding to the test trial in the palace, it seems that the training method of the knight is Like this. However, Joe is completely different. Once practiced, he will make you immediately experience the atmosphere of death. Although, he rarely sticks one or two bullets on the mercenaries (of course, sometimes he does this too). Enleco had such a gunshot wound on his butt.) However, a hard blow on the ribs or a hard blow on the head are the treatments that mercenaries often receive. Every time Practice is no less than an actual fierce battle for the mercenaries. Of course, this is only true for the mercenaries. For Joe, he is simply playing. His greatest pleasure is to beat up the mercenaries. He had to roll all over the ground, or chase the mercenaries all the way. During practice, Enleco felt several times that Joe looked very much like Chris from Dream Forest.
This morning, after everyone had breakfast and took a short rest, they each picked up their spears and went to the open space behind the mountain to practice their spears. When they arrived there, Joe was already waiting there, with dozens of weapons piled at his feet. A long bow, several bundles of arrows, and a dozen targets made of hay were set up in the distance.
Joe ordered the mercenaries to poke their spears into the soil and then come over empty-handed.
For several weeks, Enleco has never left his hand with the spear. Now, he is really not used to it.
The mercenaries came closer and sat in a circle around Joe.
Joe picked up a bow from the ground. The bow was very curved, almost bent into a half-moon shape. Then he took out three arrows from the bundle, put one on the string, and poked the other two on the ground. He turned around and faced Archery target. Joe nocked an arrow and opened the bow, taking a slight aim. He released his wrist and the arrow flew into the target. He bent down to pick up the other two arrows, opened the bow again, and placed the two arrows on the bowstring at the same time. , as soon as he let go, the arrow shot out. Although it didn't hit the bullseye like the first one, it still hit the target.
After shooting three arrows, Qiao turned around and said: "On the battlefield, if you want to stay away from the battlefield and effectively kill the enemy, in addition to using magic, you can only rely on bows and arrows. Of course, except for one of you who knows magic, no one else can No one has this ability.”
Listening to what Joe said, everyone looked at Enleco, because everyone knew that Enleco was the only magician here. Enleco felt funny in his heart. In fact, he didn't know how to use magic, but he said it Who would believe it?
Joe continued: "I'm going to teach you archery now. There's no need to teach archery. It's all up to you to practice. At the beginning, I will correct the mistakes in your movements and give you some tips. Then it's up to you. ."
Although Qiao said there was nothing to teach, in fact, there was so much knowledge in archery.
Enleco listened to Qiao's explanation for several days before he roughly mastered the magical effects of archery.
In terms of types of bows and arrows alone, they are divided into hunting bows, long bows, and combat bows. According to the manufacturing method of bows and arrows, they can be divided into light bows and hard bows.
Different bows not only have their own usage methods, but also have completely different methods and precautions for bow maintenance.
Obviously, Joe has been immersed in bows and arrows for a long time and knows the performance of bows and arrows well. Through him, Enleike learned a lot about bows and arrows. He even learned the bow and arrow making process. For making bows and arrows, Joe does not force all the requirements. All mercenaries must learn, but they will never hide their secrets from those who are interested. Unfortunately, in the Kingdom of Sophie, which has a strong atmosphere of knights and magic, archers have always been ignored, and in the Kingdom of Sophie, neither the army nor the mercenaries Most soldiers are not equipped with bows and arrows, so there are very few people interested in this.
Enleco followed Joe's instructions and while taking a rest, he used the barrel of the extra spear left over from last time to make his own bow and arrow. Because it used redbud wood that had been hardened with wax, it was elastic. It is far from comparable to the redbud wood that is normally used to make bows and arrows. However, since it was originally the shaft of a long gun, it has an advantage in terms of length, and Enleco made it into a hard long bow. However, because the arrows used in the longbow were of different lengths from the arrows Qiao was issued, he could only make dozens of arrows by himself.
Since he has his own bow and arrow, Enleco does not need to practice bow and arrow with other mercenaries. He has his own practice venue and archery target.
The following exercises are just to improve the archery speed and hit rate.
The other mercenaries lined up in ten teams, with each team using a bow and three hundred arrows. In each round, ten people shot all the arrows in their hands. After Joe recorded the hit rate, the last person ran up to pick up the arrows, and then shot again. shoot.
Enleco sometimes used the bows and arrows they used to practice when other mercenaries were resting. The methods of using different bows are indeed different. The shooting stability of the long bow is much better than that of the combat bow. But the long bow The shooting speed of the bow is very slow. And it is more difficult to aim than the combat bow. The combat bow has great advantages in terms of accuracy of aiming and ease of use. However, in terms of range and accuracy, the longbow is stronger than the combat bow. Much.
However, most mercenaries are quite surprised that Enleco likes archery so much. There is of course a reason for this. First of all, as a magician, Enleco has no advantage in long-distance battles with bows and arrows. The attack distance of bows and arrows is between one hundred and two hundred meters. Magic can easily attack targets four to five hundred meters away. And there are quite a lot of range attack magic in magic. That is the evil of archers with weak defense. Dream. And for sharpeners and heavy armored infantry who have extremely strong defensive capabilities, the power of bows and arrows is not enough to penetrate their long shields and armor. At longer distances, bows and arrows cannot even penetrate the armor of ordinary knights. And once the knight gets close to the archer, its powerful impact cannot be resisted by the archer.
Therefore, the Sophie Kingdom has a certain number of archers, but in fact they only have a very small auxiliary attack effect. They only serve as a limited filling of the power gap caused by the different attack speeds between knights and infantry. Arms. On several occasions, the army even considered completely abolishing the archer arm. If it were not for the fact that one of the heroes of the legendary Victory Day Battle had an archer, the profession of archer would have disappeared from the army long ago. .However, Enleco has never known the name of that hero. After all, that hero is one of the three founding heroes of the Kaoqi Kingdom, so the Sophien Kingdom, as an enemy country, will never publicize it. Enleco We are quite clear about the two heroes of our country who participated in this battle. Every year in the celebration, the glorious deeds of these two heroes are celebrated. They are the Templar Knight Bozos and the Archmage Mekaton. So So The Kingdom of Fenn has always been famous among countries for its powerful knights and magical power.
After all training is completed, there is still half a month left before departure.
Joe decided to teach everyone some skills that only mercenaries can use. Among them, Enleco's results were very good in cross-country and tree climbing training, which surprised all the mercenaries, including Joe. Because in their In my impression, magicians are people with very weak physical strength and clumsy movements. As for concealment and trap-making skills, since Enleco can use magic circles, even Joe can't match them in these two aspects. However, the trap-making course allows Enleco really suffered a lot. It turned out that when Joe was assessing the mercenaries' trap-making skills, he asked the mercenaries to make a trap each. If Joe discovered the trap, the mercenary would be considered a failure. Most mercenaries The traps are relatively crudely made and can be seen at a glance. Joe is honest and unceremonious about this kind of traps and exposes them one by one. Some traps are exquisitely made and set up very cleverly. There are even some traps within traps, serial traps, true and false traps, etc. Cleverly set. Although Joe saw it, he pretended not to see it and avoided it gently. The only thing is that Enleco's trap was not only cleverly set, but also set up a magic circle. Even the experienced Joe did not notice it. He stepped in and was fooled. Of course, in the next few days, Enleco received special care from Joe.
After nearly half a month of study (this half month is the easiest half month), most of the mercenaries finally understood some knowledge about how to survive on the battlefield. When Qiao announced that the training was over, almost all the mercenaries The soldiers surrounded Joe tightly and asked him what he had said before, that there was a big difference between the spear and other weapons. What was it?
Qiao tilted his head and glanced at everyone and said: "Haven't you ever thought that among all weapons, the long gun is the cheapest among them. Do you understand to save money?"
After hearing this answer, a large piece of it fell down on the ground.
There are still three days left before departure. During these three days, Qiao conducted some specialized training for the mercenaries, especially Enleco. The training items were actually palace etiquette. The most surprising thing among them was Qiao's Identity. When Joe introduced that he was a noble and one of the oldest noble families in the Kingdom of Sophie, none of the mercenaries believed him except Enleco. Enleco had Klee Teacher Si’s experience was ahead of her, so she didn’t find it difficult to understand the fact that Qiao was a noble. After all, Qiao was far more presentable than Chrissy. Moreover, Enleco soon discovered It turns out that Joe and Chris were still related. Chris’s mother, the late Queen Mother, was Joe’s aunt. Now Enleco was miserable. With such an elder, Enleco suffered a lot. In order to prevent him from making a fool of himself during his mission, Joe was entrusted by the king to conduct special and strict etiquette training for Enleco. During the training process, Enleco often thought that the character of the ancestor of Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother must be quite good. Problem, this can be fully reflected from the behavior of those two descendants.
Moreover, during the training process, the mercenaries also came to make noises. They plausibly claimed that in order to maintain the glorious image of the Kingdom of Sophie, they must have strict requirements for Enleco, one of the six shames of the Magic Association. No matter how strict the requirements are. Because he has a criminal record, Enleco really can't be tough and can only let others ridicule him. Through the painful etiquette training, Enleco finally understands why Chris and Joe, who are nobles, Giving up such a distinguished title, one became a crazy magician, and the other became a mercenary. In addition to genetic factors, the complicated court etiquette is sometimes a kind of torture.