"Fortunately." Theodora said gracefully, "Captain Asker, your team of mercenaries is special...... I think it seems that the majority of the members are women? ”

"Yes." "But it wasn't a deliberate selection of me, but because the right people I met happened to be women." ”

Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway...... He added in his mind.

"And they all happen to be beautiful at the same time?" Theodora was witty, with a hint of playfulness in her tone.

When the girls heard the evaluation of "beauty", they all smiled happily.

"That's right, it's just a coincidence." Asker replied, "As you can see, my team members, while mostly female, have nothing in common other than gender. ”

"They come from different ethnic groups, have different physical characteristics, and even have different personality habits, which is enough to prove that I am not choosing teammates according to personal preferences."

Maybe it's just because your hunting recipes are varied...... Theodora thought warily, and heard Aske say:

"Let's not talk about that, let's continue to introduce the strength of the team. It just so happens that my lesson plan is already in the second class, so if you are interested, you can also audit it. ”

"Okay." Theodora nodded.

"Girls!" Asker cleared his throat and said to the women, "In the last class, we taught the Eight Tactical Styles, and everyone should have practiced it. In this lesson, we're going to talk about defense and dodging. ”

"Peggy, get out of line!"

Peggy walked out with a cold face and pulled out her dagger tied to the outside of her thigh.

"Hit me head-on once." Asker said.

Peggy didn't answer, just disappeared in an instant. In the next second, she had flashed in front of Asker, her dagger stabbing him in the chest—blocked by Asker's longsword.

"So fast!" Theodora's eyes opened slightly, and her pupils shrank suddenly. There is no doubt that this person named Peggy must be a transcendent, and the kind whose physical strength is more explosive and controllable.

In other words, it was herself who faced the attack, and I am afraid that she had already been pierced by a sword at this time...... Achilles was able to take such a high-speed attack? His strength is probably much stronger than I judged before.

"Blocking, the most basic defensive move." Asker maintained his stance and said, "It should be noted that when an enemy attack is successfully blocked by you, the enemy's body will appear in an ailment called 'Stiffness'. In a stiff state, the muscles of the enemy's arms are temporarily paralyzed by violent vibrations, and they are unable to move. ”

"The normal stiffness time may not even be 0.1 seconds. However, the heavier the enemy's attack, the longer it will take to freeze after being successfully blocked. ”

"If it's long enough, you can seize this moment to fight back, and the stiff enemy can't deal with it." Asker said this, instructing Peggy, "One more attack." ”

Peggy nodded, swinging her dagger again. Asker blocked with his sword, and the moment the gold and iron collided, his right knee lifted fiercely and hit Peggy's lower abdomen. The latter flew upside down and fell to the ground and rolled a few times.

"It's so ruthless." Nora and Mia whispered, "Is it because Peggy has the quick recovery ability of Flesh I that Asker is so heavy on her?" It hurts all over my body. ”

"Normally, the freeze time generated by a block is not enough for you to launch a counterattack." Asker continued, "At this point, we need a second defensive move: the blade, which is the attack parry. Using your attacks to deflect the opponent's attacks will cause the enemy to freeze for longer. ”

"Sidlifa, get out of the ranks!" He beckoned, "Give me an axe." ”

Hearing this, Sidlifa immediately stepped out of the queue in excitement, took off the tomahawk at his waist and threw it to him.

"Come, attack me." Asker catches the tomahawk.

"Good!" Sidlifa roared angrily, raised his tomahawk with both hands and slashed down, but it was the advanced version of the "lion's tooth" that Aske had taught last time, "Collapse Mountain Strike".

The blade of the axe fell, and another silver light came up. Asker's right hand slashed upwards and deflected the mountain collapse blow with a ding, while his left hand punched out and hit Hidlifa's lower abdomen.

The latter screamed miserably, clutched his abdomen and knelt down, so painful that even his face was distorted, and two lines of tears could not help but flow out.

"I take back that sentence." Nora and Mia muttered, "He's ruthless to anyone...... It's good that we're not a combat class. ”

"If you say that blocking is a passive defense, it is better to be steady, but the chance of counterattacking is smaller." Asker summed up the defensive lesson, "Blade is an active counterattack that can cause a longer period of stiffness, but it is also more risky - if you fail to fight the blade, the enemy's knife will slash at you. Do you remember that? ”

"We remember!" Looking at Peggy and Sidlifa, who had risen miserably from the ground, the rest of the girls hurriedly said in unison, for fear that he would find someone to demonstrate again.

"Okay, let's dodge." Asker nodded, "There are four forms of dodge: side-step, small jump, tumbling, and sliding. Eleanor, out of the ranks! ”

Eleanor walked out with a solemn expression, mentally prepared to be abused.

"Take it." Asker tossed his longsword to her, "Attack me with a long sword." ”

"Okay." Eleanor caught the sword, then took a stance and slashed down with a single right lion's fang.

Asker took a half-step to the right, flashed his sword slash, and said, "Side-step, the fastest dodge move, the distance of each move is half a step to one step." ”

Eleanor's side continued to chase and slash, and he dodged with side steps one after another, each time at the moment when the blade was about to get closer, dodging with a fraction of a millimeter, which made the girls extremely worried.

Theodora sat there too, her eyes rippling above the veil.

This guy named Asker is so strong!

Although she didn't know martial arts, she could see that Eleanor's attack was launched with all her strength, and she didn't spare the slightest hand.

Asker's ability to easily dodge all of her attacks only shows that the two are not at the same level at all in terms of consciousness and skill.

"Sometimes, when the enemy's weapon is longer or has a wider range, you need to use other ways to dodge." Asker said with a small leap back, avoiding Eleanor's Eagle Slash, "Small jump, each move is one to two steps. ”

"Rolling, at a distance of more than two steps at a time." He suddenly leaned to the left, rolled his whole body out of the way, and got up. Eleanor looked at him speechlessly and stopped what she was doing.

Aske stood up and said, "There are pros and cons to small jumps and rolls. Small jumps are faster, but there is a levitation during the jump, and you can't dodge when you are attacked while floating. ”

"Rolling requires curling up and getting up, and the launch is slower, but the roll will depress your body and reduce the area where you are attacked."

"Finally, there's the sliding shovel." Asker said this, and a few steps forward was a sliding shovel that reached Eleanor's feet, and bounced up, "The sliding shovel is lower than a roll, so it is more difficult to be hit." ”

"The problem is that the shovel has a front-end action requirement, which means you have to be on the move to slide. At the same time, after the sliding shovel is completed, you need to bounce up, which involves the strength of the waist and abdominal muscles, and needs to be exercised accordingly. ”

"That's it for the basic course." Asker finally concluded, "Next ......"

"Practice each movement a thousand times." The girls said in unison.

"That's right, it seems that everyone's consciousness is quite high." Asker waved his hand in satisfaction, "Go ahead!" ”

The girls went their separate ways to practice with tears streaming down their faces.

Coming to Theodora's side, Aske smiled and asked:

"How's it going, how do you feel about our team?"

"Your teaching methods and content ......," Theodora said slowly, after a moment's thought, "it does refresh my ears. ”

"Really?" Asker shook his head, "But those are all publicly recorded in Tactics, and they are not some secret that no one sees. ”

Theodora was silent, and her heart was filled with incomprehension.

The author of "Tactics", Emperor Leo III, was nicknamed "The Wise" in history. The reason is that although he claimed to be a good researcher of warfare, the battles he personally commanded were all defeated, so the citizens of Constantinople deliberately called him "the wise man", and the bitter irony is self-evident.

His book "Tactics" also has a saying in the empire, called "The Art of War for Nerds".

For example, in the "Tactics" recorded in the lion's fang, Leo III claimed that "the ultimate play of the lion's tooth is that even if the enemy uses the upper block or the blade, the lion's tooth can still cut the opponent's weapon strongly, and cleanly slash the roof of the split." ”

"To cut off a weapon, you have to hit the center of gravity of the blocking weapon."

"In the case of a sword-to-blade, the blade of a long sword is divided into two areas, the section close to the hilt is the 'strong end' and the section close to the tip of the sword is the 'weak end'."

"If your lion's fangs hit the 'weak end', that is the easiest place for the sword to be discharged, and if it hits the 'strong end', it is the thickest and most difficult place to destroy the sword spine."

"Only by hitting the junction of the 'strong end' and the 'weak end' will you have a chance to cut off the weapon, because that is where the whole longsword is most vulnerable."

When the reader reads this, he or she may feel that there is some truth in the book, or at least it seems that there are no flaws.

I didn't know until the actual drill - Nima, the enemy's long sword is not marked with the center of gravity for you, when the last moment comes, where will you have time to identify the position of the center of gravity of the weapon?

You're a little stunned, the enemy's long sword has already slashed back!

Like most people, Theodora felt that Leo III's Tactics was written in a way that was out of touch with reality.

Some theories can still be learned, such as the fact that there are four key points in human beings.

As for the overly detailed and even digital conclusions, such as "a straight chop at a 35-degree angle" and "a slash at the midpoint of the shoulder blades and triceps", they are simply on paper......

However, listening to Asker's meaning, those fantastical theories written in "Tactics" seem to be achievable?

Theodora secretly noticed in her heart and decided to find time to study it later.

"So that's it for today." The two of them exchanged a few more polite and polite words, and Asker smiled and said, "Please let me send you out." ”

"What, is Mr. Asker trying to drive me away?" Theodora quipped.

"Of course not, if you're going to stay here, we'd be more welcome." As he spoke, Asker took out a common mercenary contract and handed it to Theodora, "If you make up your mind at any time, please come to me with the contract." ”

With that, he uses his spirit to trigger "The Dream of Ridiculousness", and the surrounding scene changes in a swirl, and the two return to the tavern.

I saw that the tables and chairs around me were messy, and Michael and two guard officers were searching everywhere, and their anxiety and panic were overflowing.

"Michael Elch." Theodora called softly.

Michael was excited, and hurriedly turned around, and saw Her Majesty the Empress standing behind him, alone—Asker's figure had long since disappeared.