Afra's castle was on a hill with a two-hundred-meter-long slope that connected him to the bottom of the hill where the commoners of the territory lived, and he walked down the slope to practice his sword on the militia's playground.

The weather in the mountains of Belém is cold, and the residents here wake up late. He practiced his sword for half an hour, and the talents in the mountain town rose up one after another. In the curling smoke, one after another walked to the playground to practice swords. In addition to the militia, there are also children in their teens who will become militia in the future.

It was an intermediate warrior who taught those children to practice swords, and Lear only watched it for a while, and he had a feeling of "miserable".

But they all looked at the sword in his hand with envy—they all recognized him as a long sword with the added skill of washing the sword, and the whole of the Belém Mountains was possessed only by Baron Pinkov. Washing swordsmanship weapons need to be constantly infused with fighting energy to maintain more than ten years, and no one will use swordsmanship weapons if they are not swordsmen.

At about half past six, the talents who practiced the sword gradually dispersed, and Lear saw the big man Raymond running over with a red face, and bowed his head to admit his mistake: "Teacher, I'm sorry, I was drunk yesterday." ”

Lear smiled and said, "You are the commander of the private army, you should always be vigilant, and you must pay attention in the future." By the way, your lingua franca is very good, who did you learn it from?"

"The lingua franca is the second language of our Cruss, and my father was the last private army commander, and I learned it from an early age," Raymond said. In Crus, everyone with a head and face had to learn the lingua franca, and most civilians could understand the lingua franca and speak a few words, but they couldn't write. ”

"Oh, I see. Lear nodded and asked, "Who taught you how to swordsmanship?"

"My father taught us all in my generation, and there are also ancient swordsmanship maps in the castle. Raymond said.

Lear thought to himself that it was no wonder that Crous's swordsmanship inheritance was so backward, you must know that human beings are constantly improving, and swordsmanship has been developing and improving, and the so-called ancient swordsmanship atlas has too many flaws. Moreover, everyone's understanding of swordsmanship is different, and one person's mistakes can affect several generations, and the more mistakes accumulate, the more they accumulate.

Lear thought for a moment and said, "Your biggest problem now is that you have learned the wrong swordsmanship and misunderstood some swordsmanship. If you want to be truly strong, you must forget about your past mistakes and learn the right swordsmanship. This process is more difficult for you, do you continue to learn swords from me?"

Raymond hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, I will study carefully and correct my past mistakes." ”

"Well, I'll start with the basics, and then you spend some time teaching those kids," Lear said. Your generation is too deeply affected by mistakes to achieve great things, but it is possible for the next generation to receive correct swordsmanship from an early age. You use the footwork, starting moves, and basic swordsmanship that you know first, and I'll take a closer look and then find faults. ”

Raymond practiced his sword honestly, and Lear looked at it for a while, frowned, and said, "No wonder." I understand that your swordsmanship is not just a matter of inheritance, and that your understanding of swordsmanship is still stuck hundreds of years ago. Many of your sword moves were mistakes from ancient times, but have now been denied and improved. ”

"For example, the way you hold your sword changes in battle, which is a fatal flaw, and it was denied three hundred years ago; The ratio of length and height of each step should be within a fixed range, is the theory that Juggernaut affirms. Also, your three slashes and two stabs have fatal flaws and are easily countered by the enemy, and this sword move has been eliminated for more than a hundred years. ”

Lear sighed, "Raymond, stop, I need to teach you from beginning to end." I should really thank my teacher now, she taught me the latest and most effective swordsmanship. "Mercenaries and soldiers were always at the forefront of swordsmanship reform.

So, Lear inherited Catherine's role and taught Raymond from the most basic starting style, and all he had to do was brainwash Raymond and wash him of his backward ideas in swordsmanship.

However, in the course of the process, Lear found that the big man had a good grasp of some areas, such as diagonal slashes, frontal thrusts, wandering, jumping, and listening to swords. He even found that he was inferior to Raymond in both listening to the sword and wandering, and finally had to ask Raymond for advice.

Raymond patiently explained the trick of listening to the sword and wandering, and the few opinions and details he said were unheard of in Lear, not even recorded in the Book of Swordsmanship, so he took a pen and wrote them down.

The Book of Swordsmanship, the Book of Fighting Spirit, and the Book of Swordsmanship are books officially published by the Swordsmen Guild of the Holman Empire, commonly known as the Three Treasures of Swordsmen, and are printed every ten years, with major changes being published in advance. The Three Treasures Book costs one hundred gold carats each and is a must-read for swordsmen of the Homan Empire. Every time it was published, the nobles of the Homan Empire would buy dozens or hundreds of copies, and even foreigners would buy them in large quantities.

Lear listened to Raymond's explanation and nodded involuntarily, thinking that after all, Corus was once an empire, and there was always a part of the essence that was passed down. As long as Raymond is instilled with the right concepts and his flaws are made up, there will be a good apprentice at that time, and the promotion to swordsman is just around the corner.

After some confirmation, both sides have their own gains, and they are all happy. However, Raymond has more respect for Lear, and he gets more than he can give.

After breakfast, the people of the mountain town were engaged in farming, hunting, and grazing, and only Lear was still concentrating on sword practice. In the afternoon, the militia gathered and began to fortify the fortifications of the castle - in response to a possible attack by Pinkov.

In order to strengthen the militia, Lear plans to use the Golden Fighting Qi to add "Tenacity Sword Washing" to the militia's longsword.

He approached Afra and explained his intentions, and Afra smiled and quickly authorized him to be the temporary chief knight - now she didn't even have a family knight on hand, so she couldn't afford to raise it.

Afra personally took him and entered the arsenal, followed by two militiamen.

The door of the Squeak ...... Arsenal opened, and Lear thought that the smell of mold and rot would come up, but the arsenal was filled with a strong woody fragrance, and all the weapons were placed and sealed in an orderly manner.

Lear asked in surprise, "I really didn't expect you to be so conscientious about the storage of weapons." Afra, it seems that you are not only beautiful, but also a viscount with a vision. ”

Afra was complimented, smiled, and said, "It's all the work of the elders and the blacksmiths, I, I, I, I...... Just do it. After saying that, she hung her head and felt embarrassed when she spoke.

Lear looked her in the eye and encouraged, "Be bold, I love to hear you, really." ”

"Thank you!" Afra looked at him with delight.

Lear sniffed lightly and asked, "The wood in the house smells good, is there anything special about it?"