Chapter 142: The plot begins, response and preparation

"Kuroshio...... Monsters, lots and lots of monsters......"

"Don't eat me...... Don't eat me!! ”

Suddenly struggling out of the soft bed, two or three healthy women on the side couldn't even hold him down, this man was at least a trained warrior, Shi Yi noticed that there were thick calluses on his palms, which was a sign of regular use of weapons.

It was rare for such a thing to happen in this remote place, so as the masters, Claude, Fessyat, and Cassandro all gathered, and they all knew from the man's frantic words and roars that he had encountered something.

It seems that the strange and terrifying black tide was encountered first, and in that black tide, a large number of all kinds of evil ghosts and beasts began to appear...... This man is sometimes sober, sometimes manic, and no matter how much he tries to comb through the information, there is only so much effective information he can get.

"What, Kuroshio or something. I think the uncle was a thief and was seriously injured and hallucinated. "Cassandro had studied medicine at the seminary, and although medieval medicine was closer to witchcraft, relying mainly on priests' magic to heal wounds and diseases, she still knew more than ordinary villagers, and knew that people would hallucinate when they bled too much and were terrified.

"I hope so, I feel a little uneasy." The silver-haired Fessyat, although she is already extremely talented at her age, her decisiveness cannot reach too high a level, and how far can a college student in modern society reach in her early twenties under the bombardment of countless classics and information? What's more, Fessyat did not stand on the shoulders of giants and look down on the environmental foundation of living beings.

If the plot is allowed to advance like this, the strategic first-mover advantage will be lost. Therefore, Shi Yi had to stand up and speak:

"I'm afraid what he said is true, his palms are all calluses with swords, and he also has old sword wounds on his body, such a man who has been in a hundred battles, even if a thief of ordinary level kills him, I'm afraid it will not be enough to make him break his mind and become what he is now. What's more, I had just noticed the wound on his back, and from what Mr. Richard had taught me, I could be sure that it was not a wound that any human weapon could inflict, and that it would be difficult for a normal beast to reach such heights and wound the back of a veteran cavalryman. ”

"Or even if what this guy says is false, like Cassandra said, it's due to visual vision. At the very least, it means that there is a very strong gang of thieves nearby, and we can't afford to be unresponsive to that. ”

After Shi Yi finished saying this, he found that the surroundings were quiet, and Cassandro and Sister Fisette, who had short blond ears, were all looking at him with a frightened gaze.

"What's wrong? You all look at me like that? As she spoke, she stroked her hair, and this silly look made Fei Shiya exhale a long time, and she smiled and shook her head.

"Ahh My brother looked so handsome when he just analyzed, he was focused and serious, you say it again, do you say it again. ”

Fortunately, Sister Fessyat is here, otherwise, looking at Cassandro's bright and abnormal eyes, Shi Yi only felt that he would be "eaten" on the spot, and not even a little scum would be left.

"So, what are you going to do in this situation?" Fessyat stared at Claude? Afar asked.

"All the money at hand is spent on the purchase of food, timber, iron ore, weapons and other important materials, and at the same time the training of the local militia guards, there are many hunters and lumberjacks in the town of Saclay, who can become qualified warriors with a little training."

"Okay." Fessyat nodded.

"As the current head of the Afar family, I will support whatever decision you make, Claude, remember, this family is yours, you are the only man in this family, and you must take the responsibility that you should bear."

In fact, in Festat's position, it was a little too arbitrary for her to make such a decision directly, but seeing that Claude finally really grew up and showed the courage of the Afar family in the face of the crisis, she felt that even if Claude's judgment was wrong, she lost all the funds she had accumulated over the years, it was worth it. As long as Young Master Claude is willing to work hard and gamble on the last foundation of this family, it will be worth it.

In the past few years, because of Fessyat's good management, Claude does not have too many habits of degenerate nobility in addition to loving and Cassandro fooling around, so the finances of the Afar family are getting better little by little, and the money from selling land to replace the territory is still 50,000 gold coins left, and the next day, Fessyat personally took 48,000 gold coins to Atlas, the largest city nearby, leaving Claude and Cassandro 2,000 gold coins for training the local militia of the fiefdom Thackeray and buying supplies for the surrounding towns.

Fifty thousand gold coins, in the hands of the poor and extravagant nobles, may be the cost of playing one or two cards, but the actual purchasing power is actually very amazing, this is the gold coins left after the last fief of the Afar family was sold and replaced with the current Thackeray, so Fessyat does not take care of it personally, no matter who hands the money to her, she is not at ease.

On the other side, the shrewd and capable Fissyat is gone, leaving only the silly/innocent and cute Cassandro by his side, and Shi Yi can also show his strength, while expanding the castle's outbuildings manor, expanding the warehouse, and expanding the town tavern as if he has a grudge against money, while constantly sending people to buy supplies from the surrounding small towns.

In the Middle Ages, the castle attached to the manor house, which also served the role of farmland and animal husbandry, to put it bluntly, was to establish a small and simple city-state and expand the land.

But for a remote town with a net outflow of population, this is not necessary, because there is not enough population to support it, and even if it is expanded, it will only end up barren due to lack of manpower to take care of it.

All of a sudden, the name of the silly boy of the lord's family spread in all directions, and the peasants laughed at the nobles for being fools while holding the money of the Afar family. Of course, life is not to deal with, because although the young master of the Afar family is stupid, but the witch butler Fessyat is not easy to bluff, when the family first came to Thackeray, on the one hand, it was a noble clerk, and on the other hand, Fessyat directly roasted a few local thieves alive, so as to establish prestige.

However, in Shi Yi's view, Fissyat's technique is still too rough, prestige and prestige, only prestige, no faith, how can it be done?

It is not enough to obtain stable and solid power on this basis.

……………

Although it was in the agricultural slack period, the entire town of Saclay was mobilized because of the intervention of the Afar family, so people came and went.

On this day, Shi Yi came to the large warehouse under construction with the short-haired Lolica Sandro with her blond hair, and then the aristocratic young man on a traveling horse shouted to the people who were coming and going below: "Two clocks later, if any of you carries this log to the inn, I will give you five gold coins as a reward!" ”

Hearing the lord's words, the people who were working looked at each other, and felt a little incredulous about this kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing, but after all, five gold coins were a lot, and one of them still said: "I'll tell you." "Then I wanted to step forward.

"I'm talking about two clocks later, of course you can hold it now, but I won't give money." Moving wood bonuses and moving wood to build letters, of course, this kind of thing must be known by more people and the better the effect, so Shi Yi intends to spread the news more widely.

Sure enough, in this era when there were no cultural and entertainment activities, the matter of moving wood bonuses quickly spread, and the time of one clock basically spread throughout the town of Thackeray.

At this time, the swordsman Edu Haney and the swordsman Woolf were drinking in the expanded tavern/inn of Thackeray Town, and now the whole world is full of black tides, and the thick black fog itself has seriously interfered with the normal life of human beings, not to mention that there are a large number of terrifying creatures in the black fog, Edu Haney and Woolf are in the process of looking for refuge in the big city, passing through Thackeray, and they plan to leave after a short rest.

However, it was the "Tree-Shifting Bonus" incident that caught Edu's attention.

"The lord here seems interesting, Woolf, shall we take a look?"

"The noble lord is just playing with untouchables, do you really think he will give gold coins? The lord of such a deserted place is stingy and shameless. The bald man Woolf said that hundreds of years ago, in the era of the frost wolf, people had surnames, and after hundreds of years of rule by the frostwolf dynasty, because of the aristocratic legislation, the commoners now have no surnames, and all those with surnames are nobles.

Like Fessyat and Cassandro, they are commoners without surnames, but after marrying Claude, they can have the surname Afar.

"It's not necessarily like you said, I think the lord here is still very ambitious, expanding the manor, expanding the warehouse, expanding the inn, plus the geographical remoteness of this place is conducive to defense, he is likely to have sensed something, if he develops with all his might, he may not be able to hold it when the Kuroshio arrives!"

At the beckoning of his friend, the bald man Woolf, though reluctant, finally followed him, and at this time, they saw a sturdy lumberjack, holding a log, panting here.

When he finally arrived, a handsome young man on a traveling horse with a sword at his waist really took out his money bag and handed him twenty pieces.

"Thank you, sir, thank you!"

These twenty gold coins were worth several years of hard work, so the strong man was grateful to Dade and couldn't be overjoyed.

"Master, master, let me move again, let me move!"

"Master, I'm strong, let me move."

Seeing that the expected purpose had been achieved, Shi Yi sat on the back of the horse quite satisfied, his eyes scanned, and when he landed on the side of the crowd, two strong men in leather armor, the pupils in his eyes suddenly dilated:

“???? , Profession: Swordsman, Level: Twenty-four, Talent Qualification C, Rating: 98. Special note: A veteran swordsman who has been in a hundred battles and has received a good education, so he has quite good martial arts and command skills.

Core Skills: Tactical Command, the troops under his command will have increased offensive and defensive stats. ”

“???? , Profession: Swordsman, Level: Twenty-six, Talent Qualification A, Rating: 64. Special note: A fierce beast that has experienced a hundred battles, bloodthirsty and aggressive, with the development of the times, his growth ceiling is far from limited to the present.

Core skills: Bloodthirsty, the more you kill, the more excited you are, and your basic attributes will be improved as a result. ”

(The middle-aged man with a square face over there should be a nobleman, and although he is down-and-out now, he still has etiquette and is quite generous.) C-level qualification, although the growth coefficient is lower, but the score is almost the highest at this level. And that big bald head, rude, and animalistic, is obviously a warrior from a civilian background...... A-level qualifications, the future can grow to a terrible point, but with my current strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to ambush this kind of person. )

Although it was just a glance, Shi Yi's heart had already made various judgments, and during this period of time, with continuous adaptation, the remnants of the Yanhuang Divine Dependents became more and more in line with this mental world, assisting Shi Yi to accelerate his growth. Let him judge a person's basic information and growth coefficient at a glance.

Ordinary civilians are E-class, with little information. The stronger ones are D-level and C-level, and each higher level, the growth coefficient of career level promotion will be higher, and B-level belongs to senior talents, and talent reaches A-level, which is the only one seen during this time.

The score is the ability score within this level, and the external performance of the 100 score of the D grade is probably not significantly different from the 60 score of the C grade, in the short term. Of course, if the gap between career levels is too large, then even if the gap in talent and aptitude is large, D-level and C-level can still crush B-level and A-level senior talents with high growth coefficients.

Cassandro now has such stats:

"Cassandra, 16 years old, Occupation: Priest, Grade: Eighteen, Aptitude D, Rating: 92. Note: A naïve and devout priest, a lively and playful temperament, and a belief in a loving God. Failure to strictly adhere to the teachings of the gods led to a decline in natural qualifications.

Core Skill: Healing, which can heal minor injuries with the holy light of a loving god. ”

As for Fishyat, because before she left, the remaining strength of the Yanhuang Divine Favor had not yet fully adapted, so she did not know her message.

"Everyone, go to the militia training ground, and if anyone does the next thing, then I will pay him fifty gold coins!"

On the one hand, Shi Yi's integrity has been established, on the other hand, there is really no entertainment in this era, and the days go by day after day, so when such an interesting thing is suddenly encountered, the people follow in groups, and they only feel fresh and interesting.

After coming to the militia training ground, Shi Yi turned over and dismounted, and after cutting a range on all sides with his long sword, he said to everyone present: "Using the training weapons over there, whoever can defeat me will be able to take away fifty gold coins." Of course, I've been trained in swordsmanship since I was a child, so I'm allowing the two of you to join forces. ”

As he spoke, Shi Yi took care of himself to the pile of wooden weapons on the side, picked out a thick two-handed heavy sword, and then walked back to the militia training ground.

Although Shi Yi said that he had been trained in swordsmanship since he was a child, looking at the thin beautiful boy on the training ground, some stout people still asked worriedly: "If we break the lord, we won't be hanged, right?" ”

"Yes, even if you don't blame it, the butler will burn us at the stake one by one when he comes back!"

"This is Thackeray, the territory of the Afar family, and I am the head of the Afar family, you can rest assured, as long as you can defeat me, not only will you get the money, but no one will hold you accountable afterwards!"

After such repeated assurances, finally two people couldn't resist the temptation of heavy money and picked up wooden weapons. Haney and Woolf still don't think so, they are both experienced fighters, and they can naturally see a person's strength from a person's body, and like Claude? A man like Lord Afar, with fair skin and a slender body, did not look like a swordsman who had been trained for a long time no matter how he looked at it.

Fighting, after all, is a confrontation between speed and power!

However, the battle between the three of them on the training ground did not last more than twenty seconds at all, and the moment the heavy two-handed sword danced in the hands of the slender young man, his whole person seemed to be carried and flew up, the weight of the whole person was completely pressed on the sword body, and his body moved with the sword momentum, the faster he danced, the faster and more ruthless.

The most terrifying thing is that in this state, this young man can still control the sword momentum, and he didn't cause much damage to the two people, just beat them down and it's over.

"This ...... Is this the noble high swordsmanship? He doesn't exercise his body at all, and he uses his skills to show great lethality! The bald man Woolf was shocked at this moment, he didn't expect that there was such a type of martial arts in this world.

"No, I haven't heard of it. Well, it may also be that my family has been in decline for too long, so the information has been lost, I heard that the frostwolf used to circulate a court swordsmanship called 'white crow', but it seems to be rated as flashy, only suitable for armorless swords!? ”

And just now, the sword skills shown by this Claude are not the style that is only applicable to the legendary head-to-head sword competition without armor, this style of opening and closing the big sword is the most suitable for breaking heavy armor on the battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Yi had already let go of the four waves of people, although none of these people were injured, but no one was willing to go up and be beaten for no reason, at this moment they finally believed that even if they seemed slender and thin, but the nobles who were proficient in swordsmanship were still different from them civilians, they could not win.

And Shi Yi is also deliberately creating this effect, after all, the people are subjugated to the strong, in peacetime, fortunately, when the catastrophe comes, a hero needs to stand up and make the right decision.

"One hundred gold coins, four people, as long as you can beat me, or force me out of this circle, you can take a hundred gold coins!"

Because of Shi Yi's consecutive victories and great strength, the blonde little Lolita Sanjo who was also riding on a traveling horse on the side was so excited that the cute white and tender little face was like a ripe red apple at this moment, if Fessyat was here, he might still doubt the origin of Claude's swordsmanship in front of him, but Cassandro ...... It's over when she's happy, Shi Yi doesn't explain to her, she will make up the plot by herself.

But at this time, a bald and fierce strong man, pushing away the training ground where the crowd was rampaging around, this guy was full of flesh, and his arms were thicker than the thighs of ordinary farmers, especially the fierce eyes in his eyes.

"Little nobleman, I want to fight with you, your hundred gold coins, won't you not count them?" Woolf said this, moving her arms and torso as she spoke, and the bulging muscles, as if they had a life of their own, even looked a little disgusting.

Of course, if the muscles grow on a handsome man (Peng Yuyan), it will look good, and if it grows on an ugly man, it will make people feel a little disgusting, which is really an unfair social reality.

Seeing Woolf coming out of the crowd, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Shi Yi's mouth. Although he is not sure of defeating Woolf now, how can a hero with an A-level growth coefficient not take the slightest risk and not pay the price if he wants to ambush him?

(Hundreds of years ago, the hero I cultivated in this world was the tank?) Olmedo is such a stupid big man, and he will have to train it once in a few hundred years, in fact, I hate this kind of repetitive work, but as long as it is effective and easy to use, it is not unacceptable. )

Such a thought flashed through his mind, and then Shi Yi spoke: "A hundred gold coins is not interesting, I bet a thousand gold coins, but if you lose, I want the two of you to be loyal to me and serve me for two years." ”

(After two years, you have nowhere to go, so serve me in peace.) )

If Shi Yi said "buyout", then Woolf might still hesitate to think about it, but I heard that the other party said that it was just a "lease", and the lease period was only two years. After Harney looked at each other, Woolf smiled maniacally and nodded in agreement.

"Little bastard, I'm going to crush your bones inch by inch and make you cry and call Daddy!"

Snatched two heavy two-handed swords from the pile of weapons, one in each hand of the bald man Woolf, and pounced on the delicate noble son Claude with a fishy wind? Afar, this bastard seems to have not bathed for years, and his body smells like a wild beast.

Of course, this may also be his deterrent.

Calm and calm, the heart is clear.

Shi Yi's major practice of guarding the corpse, although it is a corpse turned into a human corpse, and it is a reversal of life and death, and a mysterious and evil path, but this set of exercises is based on the Maoshan School's pure and righteous method, that is, the exercises can be fierce and evil, but the artistic conception should be jade and ice-clear, and too forgetful.

Although it seems to be very contradictory, it is just like the code of conduct of the Maoshan faction, in addition to its own uprightness: raising ghosts, refining Gu, exorcising corpses, lowering heads, living sacrifices, witchcraft and evil methods, side doors, feng shui divination, folk deception, everything is used, and it is free.

It is to temper one's own Dao heart with these demonic thoughts and evil intentions, and when the power is completed, it is naturally the time when the Dao heart is completed, just like the yin and yang of the Dao.

A body of basic attributes, internal and external skills, can not be brought into this mental world, the dream of the evil god, but Shi Yi's Dao heart cultivation is always with him, at this moment, in the face of a strong opponent, with all his spirit, the whole world seems to turn into black and white, but there are dark gold gossip graphics around the two of them constantly rotating.

(Kun 9, Li 17, Xun 26, Gen 18, Qian 68, Dui 77, Zhen 24, Kan 12...... At this moment, Shi Yi completely pressed his body on the sword body in his hand, and kept following the sword to swim the dragon.

Woolf is undoubtedly a powerful swordsman who has experienced a hundred battles, so at the beginning of the battle, Woolf felt an inexplicable oppression enveloping him, no matter how he charged, how he pounced, the distance between him and the kid in front of him was not narrowed in the slightest, and the other party was not forced out of the area, but he was close to the charge several times, and was almost caught by the other party.

(What a weird guy, he gives me the feeling that he's not here, but in the ...... In mid-air? Subconsciously looked up, because Woolf always felt as if a pair of eyes were watching him in mid-air, as if the guy who was fighting him in front of him was just a shell, and his soul had turned into a huge demon, spreading and looking down on him, bringing great oppression to the mind.

In a way, Woolf's perception is indeed as sharp as a beast.

………………

"Ahhhh

The furious battle cry was accompanied by sword art that swept like a storm. Woolf double-wielded and double-swords, the person looked rough and reckless, but the transition between attack and defense was not leaky, the attack was furious, and the punctuality was meticulous, and he had indeed achieved the relative upper limit of what his realm could do.

What if Shi Yi just relied on Claude? The body foundation left by Afar may even be defeated by him at this moment.

Even if the innate Bagua realm mental image can be almost contemplating the gods and knowing everything, if it can be predicted, the body can't keep up, then it is meaningless.

In the past few days, Shi Yi has begun to secretly practice the "Death Black Séance Mantra", burning the marrow and burning blood, refining all life potential to supply cultivation, and a force has begun to conceive and penetrate in Shi Yi's body, not the pure "Death Black Séance Mantra", but Shi Yi's "Breath of Death" greatly improved according to his own situation, "Death Black Séance Mantra" is cultivated by the increase of fighting spirit and magic power, and the cultivation of "Death Breath" is closer to the true yuan of Taoism.

In the eyes of the people around him, Claude? Lord Afar has completely fallen into a disadvantage, his body has fallen to the ground, and he has been rolling continuously from time to time to avoid the opponent's attacks, it is impossible to use such a ground skill in the chaotic battlefield, but this is in the spacious militia training ground, and Shi Yi has no concept of honor and disgrace at all in the battle, and all suitable powerful and effective moves can be used.

As the battle lasted longer and longer, Woolf began to sweat and began to gasp a little, the consumption of physical energy was still secondary, and the most important thing was to be stared at by the guy opposite, which inexplicably brought him a huge psychological pressure, and the mental consumption during the battle was more serious and more physically demanding.

On the other hand, Claude, although he was panting like this from the beginning, but now he is still panting at the same frequency, as if his physical outburst is not strong, but it is continuous, no matter how long, he can continue to fight. You know, before he fought Woolf, he had already played a few games in a row, although those few games were relatively low intensity, and now it seems that it is more of a warm-up battle.

Cassandro on the side, who was short with golden ears, rode on his horse, covering his mouth with his hands and drooling tears, afraid that his exclamations would disturb the young master.

Although I feel distressed, although I am uncomfortable, I haven't seen the young master for a long time, and I have fought so seriously and hard. Young master, you must not want to lose this battle. Cassandro knew she couldn't help, but she at least wanted to make sure she didn't mess up.

Finally, as Woolf took a breath and retreated, she stepped on a relatively sharp stone, which could not pierce the leather boots, but it was still uncomfortable, so Woolf's footsteps were slightly vain.

It was at this moment that Shi Yi, who had been holding a sword in both hands but swimming without attacking, suddenly stepped forward and slashed horizontally.

This sword slashed horizontally, and the two-handed wooden sword was swung out of an arc, and the sword momentum and intent unexpectedly overflowed like a waterfall.

(If you are struck by this sword, your entire body will be cut in two!) Obviously intellectually, he knew that the other party was holding a wooden sword, and even if he was killed, in terms of the leather armor on his body and his own physique, he would never be too badly injured, but at this moment, Woolf clearly "felt" that if he was killed, his entire body would be cut open, and even a crimson picture of blood bursting in his mind had appeared.

(It's a pity that the children of the nobility are the children of the nobility after all, and they lack practical experience!) The left foot that had touched the ground slammed down, and the stone shattered with a snap, and at this moment, the twin swords in Woolf's hands suddenly changed like a wolf and a poisonous snake, piercing Claude's chest at a faster pace.

As long as you succeed in one step, the opponent's strength will dissipate, and no matter how terrible the trick is, there is no strength when it falls on you, and there is no actual damage.

However, the severe pain fell on Woolf's body first, because Shi Yi gave up the army at the last moment, and the sword that was infused with huge strength and will, like a thunderous waterfall, was suddenly taken off by Shi Yi in the middle of the way, and the strength on Shi Yi's hand at this moment was less than the three layers in his heyday, and it was difficult to cause effective damage to any part of Woolf's body with his bare hands, so he chose to stab Woolf in the right eye with his right thumb.

Bang, the sharp pain converged on the force of the palm smashing, causing Shi Yi to slap the tall Woolf over with a palm blow, and the double swords in his hands pierced the space between the sword and Shi Yi's body. Woolf thought that Shi Yi lacked practical experience, if it was Claude? Afar's words, even if he has amazing sword skills, will indeed lack actual combat experience, but in Shi Yi's words: he may have killed many more people in his hands than Woolf has met in his life.

It can be said that Shi Yi came out of the Hell Shura Path, and it is not an exaggeration.

When Woolf struggled through the pain and opened his other eye, he found that the aristocratic boy had picked up his sword at some point, and it was shining with his only remaining eye.

Sweat slid down the cheeks of this guy, and although he was panting, he pronounced the words clearly and said in a steady tone: "Call Dad." ”

“……”

"Scream!" With a roar, the tip of the wooden sword was already in front of the eyeball.

“…… Father...... Father...... Father! Father! Completely overwhelmed by the will and courage of the monster in front of him, Woolf, who didn't want to be blind for the rest of his life, shouted Dad one after another, the more he shouted, the louder he shouted.

If it is in the face of other enemies, let alone one eye, death is death, Woolf may not surrender even in the face of death, but in the battle just now, Shi Yi completed the destruction and oppression of Woolf from body to mind, he is so good at fighting that Woolf, a one-eyed strong man whose mind was completely destroyed, completely surrendered at this moment.

"Claude? Your Highness Afar, you are my sovereign, Woolf, and I am willing to pledge my allegiance to you forever. At the moment when Dahan bowed down, he reversed the fate of his future death, and made the surrounding villagers of Thackeray cheer.