Volume 1: The Dark Cavern Chapter 9: The Third Order

Early in the morning, Ayton's Cave-in.

"Brother, hurry up, it's time for the third-order test. Ariel said excitedly, shaking Ayton's voice

Ayton yawned, "Oh, why did you wake up so early?" ”

"Brother, get up. ”

"Got it. ”

After the two of them had washed up, they went to the altar of sacrifice. Along the way, Ariel looked extremely happy, and the smile on the corner of her mouth couldn't hide it.

"It's just a third-order test, are you so happy?" Ayton asked suspiciously, "I haven't seen you so excited in the first-order and second-order tests before." ”

"Brother, don't you know, after passing the third-order test, it means that you are already an adult. Ariel said in surprise

"What if you become an adult, you can't get free food every day, you can only go to the Land of Trials to earn gold coins in exchange for food," Ayton said disapprovingly

The Dark Elves are only allowed to enter the Land of Trials when they reach the Third Order, a black forest deep in the cavern that has existed since the Dark Elves moved to this cave, and there are a large number of black twisted trees and black vines, as well as countless spiders and monsters.

It is said that no one in the dark elves has yet to explore the deepest part of the Land of Trials, and the last Queen of the Dark Elves took her own holy weapon (Heavenly Soul Bead) to go to the depths of the Land of Trials alone, but only to disappear in the depths of the Land of Trials.

“...... Brother, don't you know you'll be able to find a partner when you're an adult?" said Ariel, blushing slightly

"Ahh Ayton asked, shocked.

The dark elves are a very open race, and when the dark elves don't want to cultivate at night, they look around for a mate, or directly choose among the slaves, basically every dark elf female has slept with dozens of dark elf men, and in the face of this phenomenon, Ayton said to Ariel more than once that he hates this kind of woman who doesn't know how to control herself.

Dark elves speak by strength, and only when they reach the third-order level can they be considered adults, of course, some abandoned dark elves are not counted, and after counting the time, Ariel is only 15 years old now, and Ayton doesn't want her to be like other dark elf women.

"My brother is such a stupid person, so I won't take a fancy to others. Ariel pursed her lips and said, "I just want to be with my brother." ”

Ariel lowered her head, her little face turned red: "Brother, wait until the third-order test is passed, we... Also come... Do.. That... Thing. ”

"Forehead" Ayton has black hair, and Ariel is thinking about that kind of thing.

Ayton patted Ariel on the head, "Let's think about how to pass the test." ”

"Oh," Ariel said slightly aggrieved

The two arrived at the Sacrifice Square, and Ayton looked at the Sacrifice Square, and couldn't help but think of the first time he came here, he and Ariel slaughtered the unarmed slaves with their own hands, the blood stained the black slabs on the ground, and the huge red blood balls in the air tumbled towards the bright blood moon in the sky.

"Brother, this time it's Mentor Sapera who is here to test. Ariel said excitedly as she pulled the corner of Ayton's coat

"Well, she was the one who came to test. Ayton followed Ariel's gaze, where a sexy dark elf woman in a black leather suit, black shorts, black boots, and a black cape and a black hood stood straight.

In the first order test, Instructor Rykrano was testing, in the second order test, Instructor Daisy was testing, and in the third order, Shaperina was actually testing. And the content of each test is to take turns to play against the instructor, and whether it passes or not depends on the examiner's own judgment. Come to think of it, Ayton and the others haven't fought against their mentor yet.

Shaperina also noticed the arrival of the two and nodded at them. The two did not step forward to say hello, but silently waited in place for everyone to assemble.

After a while, everyone had already arrived at the sacrificial altar, and Ayton looked at the original team of 100 people, but now there were only more than 70 people left, and a third of the number of people had been eliminated, and most of them had been killed in the first or second order test.

I've never seen my mentor kill anyone before, and I don't know if she'll kill someone during this test

"Now that the test begins, all of you will come and besiege me, don't show mercy, and I will also use my third-order strength reserves. Shaperina's calm voice came.

"What, let everyone go together. Everyone hesitated, they used to fight alone, but now they are a little overwhelmed by team battles.

Ayton silently stood in front of Ariel, and Ariel hid behind Ayton in the sneaking state, and if others didn't look closely, they wouldn't notice that there was actually someone behind Ayton.

Three minutes later, someone finally couldn't help but shout, "Let's go together." ”

Then they rushed head-on to Shaperina, and Ayton leaned on the back of someone else to jam the mentor's vision and cut to her back from the side, and Ayton had also learned a lot of assassin skills in the past seven years, of course, compared to Ariel.

When the blade of the first person's sword was about to slash into the Mentor's body, she finally moved, and with a slight move to the side, perfectly dodging the full force of the man's blow.

"As soon as I came up, I used all my strength, and the intention was too obvious to be qualified. A cold voice rang in his ears, and his face suddenly turned to ashes.

"Pop" was the sound of a skull hitting the ground, blood gushing from the carotid artery of the young dark elf.

Everyone looked stunned, and they all cheered up, but they didn't dare to make a move easily.

Ayton's expression was also quite solemn, and he didn't even see the action clearly just now.

"I don't dare to come. Shaperina chuckled, then licked the blood from the dagger: "Then I'll have to strike first." ”

Before she could finish speaking, she was already slashing at another young dark elf woman. She tried to dodge, but it was too late.

The Dark Bondage dagger slashed into the rock, and the Dark Elf woman glanced at Ayton with a grateful look.

"Everyone has to go up together, and we can't let her break them one by one. Ayton shouted, and then rushed forward, Ariel clinging right behind him.

Since it's a teamwork, you have to work together.

'Bloodthirsty' Ayton's eyes glowed with an eerie red glow.

Shaperina stood there with a smile on her face, not in the slightest intention of making a move. [Is it the same move?]

Just as Ayton was about to touch her, the 'Dark Blade', two Dark Blades flew to both sides of her at the same time, sealing her retreat.

'Bloody Blade Dance' came out of the blade of the Nether Sword, as if it had just been taken out of the pool of blood, and with a single slash, it aimed at the top of her head.

A smile tugged at the corner of Shaperina's mouth, but she remained motionless as the blade touched the top of her head, and as soon as the blade touched her body, her body immediately turned into a cloud of black smoke and quickly dissipated into the air.

Level 3 martial arts, shadow stand-in

Shaperina Myanman's figure suddenly appeared to Ayton's left, and just as she was about to attack Ayton, the air behind her rippled, and at some point Ariel's petite figure appeared, and stabbed Shaperina in the back.

"Interesting," Saperina chuckled, quickly turning sideways to dodge Ariel's attack.

'Dark Bondage', a black lock of energy suddenly trapped her ankles.

"Damn" Shaperina's figure was forced to stop, and she could only fend off Ariel's attack, but Ayton also attacked from behind.

Saperina must first deal with Ariel in front of her, but Ariel retreats with a single blow, not giving her a chance to hurt herself, while giving a dark blow to bind her to her other ankle.

"You two imps are really good bullies, aren't you? Shaperina was a little angry, but more relieved, she didn't expect these two people to cooperate so well.

A four-pointed star array appeared out of thin air behind Shaperina, shooting out two black energy locks and flying towards Ayton, breaking free of her feet at the same time.

Fourth-order magic 'Dark Embrace', Ayton had expected that the mentor would definitely control himself first, but he didn't expect that it was not the third-order magic dark bondage, and he actually used the fourth-order magic Dark Hug despicably. Didn't she say that it was only good to use the third-order one?

However, at this time, Ayton did not panic at all, and there was already a shadow arrow shooting at the mentor, and then a figure rushed towards her, plus Ariel. As long as he dragged it for a while, he was able to break free.

"Qiang" Shaperinag blocked Ariel's attack and shook her back, and her ears moved, quickly avoiding the shadow arrow magic that came out of nowhere, and blocked the figure's attack.

The pacing is perfect, and he is worthy of being the chief master assassin of the dark elves.

The corners of Shaperina's mouth twitched, her left hand rolled, and a shadow arrow shot at Ayton, who was entangled in energy.

"Brother" Ariel exclaimed, and at the same time ran in the direction of Ayton, ready to slash at the black energy with a sword, but was punched in the back by the sudden appearance of Shaperina, and Ariel was instantly knocked to the ground. It seems that Shaperina knows very well that if Ayton is threatened, she will be unstable.

"Ariel!" Ayton exclaimed, he didn't expect Mentor Shaperina to be so fast that he could handle the attacks of four people at once.

With a "ding" sound, a black shield appeared out of thin air in front of Ayton to block the shadow arrow shot by the mentor.

Second-order magic [Black Shield], Ayton glanced back and found that the girl he saved just now was behind him, and the shadow arrow that started must have been cast by her.

The other man stood not far from him, joining him in a flanking attack on Shaperina.

It's a pity that when he first shouted to go together, only two people followed him and Ariel to make a move, and the others wanted to wait for Ayton to come forward to consume Shaperina's fighting energy in order to retain their strength, and they would play again at the end, because at the beginning, they heard the mentor say that only the fighting energy and magic power reserves of the third-order strength should be used.

He happened to know the two people who just shot, one was Dan Mo, who he had known since he was a child, but neither of them said anything during the training, and the impression he gave Ayton was that of a taciturn and endurance person who trained hard to live.

The other is a shy girl he had just rescued and couldn't name her, and on several occasions Ayton had spotted her secretly watching her, but when he found out, she would quickly turn her head and pretend not to be looking at him.

"Brother, I... It's okay. Ariel propped up her weak body and said, the punch just now showed that Shaperina didn't want to kill her, and didn't even make her lose her combat effectiveness, and Ayton was also relieved.

"You two passed, hurry up. Shaperina said a little angrily, it was a bit embarrassing to force her to use fourth-order magic just now.

"Thank you, mentor" Ayton thanked Ariel, who had fallen to the ground, and then walked quickly out of the test venue.

Ayton helped Ariel to a stop at the edge of the Sacrifice Square.

"How does it feel. Ayton asked with concern

"I'm fine, brother," Ariel got up and hugged Ayton, "The mentor is actually not heavy-handed." ”

"Well, you looked so weak just now. Ayton was stunned

"That's what I pretended, I didn't want you to help me more, brother. Ariel said mischievously.

"Shhh ”

"Ah, I don't dare anymore, brother, it hurts. Ariel hurriedly begged for mercy

"Hmph, it's good to know. "Ariel has followed him all these years, and she has only been injured occasionally when she was training by her mentor, but she was soon cured by the ointment brought by the instructor.

"Let's see how the mentor test goes. Ayton said as he rubbed Ariel's ear.

"Hmm. ”

Soon after, Danmo and the girl also left the venue, apparently passing the test.

Danmo is still the same, but his leg is still a little lame, and it is obvious that his leg injury will never get better, I really don't know how he has persevered all these years.

Danmo gave Ayton a faint look, turned and left. Ayton was also accustomed to this, and turned to walk towards the shy young man, after all, she had just helped him block the shadow arrow magic, but the latter seemed to sense his intentions, turned around and ran away with a red face.

"Brother, is that woman interesting to you, I've been paying attention to her for a long time," Ariel said with a slight squint.

"How is it possible, you think too much, we haven't said a word to her in all these years" Ayton said disapprovingly, "Let's go see Mentor Shaperina, calculate the time test and it's over"

At this time, I saw that there were already 5 people in the test site who had fallen in a pool of blood, all of them were killed with a knife, and there were still about a dozen people struggling to support them.

Only then did I find out that the tutor was so strict. Ariel said softly

"Yes, it's good that she's our mentor, but it's been a long time. "Judging from the speed at which Shaperina casts her magic, the consumption of mana fighting energy is already clearly beyond the level that a third-order person should have. It seems that what Shaperina said at the beginning that only using the third-order reserve was just a pretense, and the key was to rely on his own strength.

Five minutes later, the test was over, and a total of ten people were lying in a pool of blood, and they were only one step away from the dark elves coming of age.

"Do you doubt that the strength I have shown in this test has clearly exceeded the level of the third-order dark elves" Shaperina's cold voice sounded, this was said to those present who had not yet left, it was a graduation speech.

"I'll tell you now, that's right, I did use the strength of the fourth order, but even if I use the strength of the fourth order, if you go up together at the beginning, I am not your opponent at all, and you will all pass this test"

Ayton understood for a moment the real purpose of this test, which was actually to train their teamwork ability, or let them have a sense of teamwork for the first time.

"The first thing you thought about was to let others go first, consume other people's strength, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman yourself, I'm right" Shaperina's eyes looked directly at each of the dark elves present.

"But I want you to remember that it is easy for the enemy to defeat you one by one, especially the hypocritical races on the ground, with whom we share the same enemy, and we must be united in the face of them, and we must not let up in the slightest. ”

Seeing that everyone present was thinking, the mentor said slowly, "Okay, congratulations, you have all passed the third-order test. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone invariably showed a relieved feeling, since the beginning of the training, they have eliminated nearly half of the people.

When everyone left, Shaperina found that Ayton and the two of them were still here, so she stepped forward and asked, "You guys are cooperating very well, it seems that we will increase the amount of training for you in the future, do you have anything else?"

"Well, Mentor, I heard that there will be a dueling tournament in three days, and the champion will be given priority in selecting slaves. ”

"Oh, you also want to choose a personality-slave to be your companion at night, don't you have Ariel. Shaperina quipped.

Ariel lowered her head, her little face flushed, and whispered, "I haven't. And my brother does that. ”

“.....”

"Forget it, although you have only recently advanced to the third order, it is no problem to get the top ten. The tutor smiled mysteriously: "I heard that there are a few good-looking slaves in this batch, do you want me to take you to see them?" ”

"Well, count..."

"Yes, yes"

... Ayton wanted to refuse, but Ariel immediately agreed.

"As long as my brother likes it, I can also participate in that dueling tournament. Ariel said happily

Ayton was speechless, what was this for me.

"Then let's go, those slaves are under strict guard, and ordinary people can't see them. Shaperina glanced at Ayton with disdain, and directly regarded Ayton as the kind of person he thought.