Richard Tenall, very French-looking in appearance, with a burly build, black hair, a large beard, and a black and white beard.

In addition, his sword is also very Franconic, unlike Asker, who hangs his long sword on the buckle of the belt at his waist and can hold the hilt or unsheath it at any time, but holds it in the center of his arms, unsheathed, and simply wrapped with strips of cloth.

"Weapon Master?" Seeing that Asker was covered in weapons, Richardnell asked.

His voice was low and magnetic, as if it echoed through his chest.

"Master of swordsmanship?" Asker asked him rhetorically.

A master of swordsmanship is both a bloodline (similar to a master of weapons, but specialized in swords) and a profession.

An honorific title for swordsmen who are committed to improving their swordsmanship, as well as teaching and spreading their own swordsmanship.

"I haven't seen you." Richard Nell said.

"You can't have seen everybody." Asker said.

"Nope." Richardner shook his head and said, "A great swordsman, once I have seen it, I will never forget it." ”

"I'm not strictly a swordsman." Asker replied.

"But your swordsmanship is strong." Richard Nell said, "I sense that your swordsmanship is from the East. ”

"How do you feel it?"

"Intuition." Richardnell let go of his arms, and the long sword fell and stabbed into the ground, strips of cloth scattered in the air like ripples, "The intuition of the sword-wielder." ”

"Are you aware of that? Swords have a soul. His beard twitched and he muttered muttering.

"When you hold it, it naturally becomes the makeup of your body, an extension of your arm, a part of your soul."

"When you hold the sword, it groans softly; When you swing your sword, it roars; When you put away the sword, it sighs. He stroked the hilt of his sword as if to speak to it, his eyes as clear as a rock.

This old man is really half crazy...... Aske thought helplessly.

In the world of "Iron and Fire", if you become a demigod with a level of more than 20 levels, both players and NPCs have to face a hidden attribute: the SAN value.

Purely according to the style of the gram system, it is not appropriate to translate the san value into "reason", to be precise, it should be "human reason".

The higher the level, not only the more distant you are from the pure-blood humans (the so-called dehumanization), but also the spiritual will begin to be eroded by the law.

After all, the key to becoming a demigod lies in the fusion of oneself and the law. The more you merge, the stronger you become, and the more crazy you are spiritually.

Lv., the SAN value fluctuates between 100 and 50, and the transcendent only needs to deal with some hallucinations and whispering on a daily basis, and usually behaves no different from normal people, this stage is called "mental abnormality". Like Sheila's grandfather.

lv., the normal SAN value drops below 50, and the illusion and whispering will evolve into damage to ** and the erosion of the spirit, which requires the transcendent to actively resist and destroy it.

For example, this old man Richard Ner's Sword Master.

From other people's perspectives, it is a demigod walking on the road and suddenly starting to tremble, as if fighting to the death with an invisible monster, or suddenly starting to talk to himself and talk to unheard whispers, so this stage is also called the "half-mad stage".

Lv.40 is the full level, players can't go up, and NPCs are completely crazy when they go up.

After all, the loss of human reason is basically the same as being taken away, which is equivalent to the death of the soul.

When this mechanism first came out, the major player forums were almost scolded, and no one liked this kind of "the higher the level, the crazier it is" setting, isn't that to find guilt for yourself? Co-author: Our old players have a high level of training and are still restricted?

However, the essence of human beings is true fragrance.

Players who have ascended to the demigods have found that in the nature of the main plane, there are very few enemies and transcendent creatures that can challenge them, and almost all of them can fight with their feet and kill at will, which is not interesting at all.

After all, demigods are already at a level above the mainstream.

On the contrary, when you fall into madness, those conjured monsters have unexpected strength, killing them can increase your SAN value, and at the same time increase the degree of integration between yourself and the corresponding law, all in all, it is difficult and stronger.

For example, the endless mode of Plants vs. Zombies was immediately welcomed and addicted by a large number of highly skilled players.

To get back to the point, the old man Richardnell in front of him, if Asker remembers correctly, he should be around LV.34 at this point in time, which is the typical half-crazy stage.

With the upper limit of the Demon Tide level at lv.10, the fight between the demigods and monsters is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will overexert yourself and then hang up due to spiritual uncontrol.

However, the old man is a demigod of physics, and his strength is basically from pure ** and combat experience, and he is not greatly affected by the restrictions of the demon tide, and it is said that he is still in the perennial struggle with illusions and whispering, and he has comprehended a set of swordsmanship by himself, and wrote a long poem called "zettle", which is full of incoherent words and grammar like a mental patient.

Different swordsmen read this "zettle", and they can actually interpret and learn different swordsmanship moves from it, which can be called the Western medieval swordsmanship version of the "Yijin Sutra".

"You know me." Richard Nell said.

Asker frowned. He is now a little unsure whether the other party is real or fake, but it is more likely that the real person is real.

After all, the current Demon Tide level lv.10, it is impossible for the mutation to copy a real demigod, at most it will copy a demigod's shell, and its strength level is the highest lv.10, so there is no point in beating people and not deceiving people, what's the use.

"Let's talk." Richardnell drew his long sword, "In the swordsman's way." ”

"Can't you use a normal conversation?" Aske sighed.

"The words of the tongue are weak; Gold and iron clash, sonorous sound. Richard Nell said.

Asker: ..................

came, chanting poetry at every turn, is the characteristic of this old man of the sword saint.

Asker had no choice but to draw his sword with his right hand and his sword with his left, slowly pulling out a dual-wielding stance.

"Let's take a look at your foundation first." Richardnell said this, and suddenly disappeared in place.

Disappear? No, it's his speed!

Asker's right sword slashed down, and his left sword stabbed into the air ahead. Richardnell had flashed in front of him, his sword swinging upwards and shaking away his right sword, as he spun around to dodge his left thrust, which slashed at his throat from a tricky angle.

Shinra - Richardner swordsmanship, throat slashing.

Shinra's throat slashing is similar to the tiger cut of Dongluo's swordsmanship, both of which use a long sword to cut the opponent's throat. It's just that the tiger cut pays attention to the speed and the angle to be tricky; And cutting the throat requires a crisp and neat killing.

The old man of the Sword Saint's throat can be described as having both speed and strength, and if he were a normal person standing here, he would immediately be killed by the cut of his trachea.

However, Asker pulled his sword back from his left wrist and happened to use his gauntlet to block the opponent's throat.

"Huh?" Richard Tnell snorted, because parrying with the blade near the gauntlet was a characteristic of his own school of swordsmanship.

The old man of the Sword Saint jumped backwards, swung his sword in the air, and the full moon slashed!

Asker's right knife slashed upwards vertically, parrying with the opponent's full moon slash with a reverse half-moon slash, while his left-hand long sword was placed flat on his chest, and then followed by a thrust.

"Dongluo's Eagle Sword." Richard Tenall, who was jumping back, said, and his backhand in the air blocked the tip of Aske's sword with his sword, and the whole person was pushed backwards by the force of the sword. Asker had already collected his sword, then slashed with his right sword and stabbed with his left sword, striking him again from both sides.

"What kind of swordsmanship is this?" Richardner jumped back one after another, dodging all the opponent's attacks, and asked curiously.

"Two-handed sword assassination." Asker said.

"The right sword is heavy, the left sword is agile, and the two hands are together, and it is impossible to prevent it." Richard Tenal began to recite poetry again.

Aske was speechless, his right hand was wiped on his waist, and the saber in his hand was suddenly replaced by a tomahawk.

"The 'fast hand' of the master of weapons." Richardnell said, "With an axe in his right hand and a sword in his left, Holstein dual-wielding stream? ”

"Barbarian tactics." As he spoke, Asker suddenly threw his tomahawk at him.

Richardnell's wrist spun sharply, and he used his long sword to split the throwing axe.

It was only at the moment when the flying axe obscured his vision, and Asker had already rushed back behind him, Longche!

The sword wind came silently from behind, but the old man of the sword saint seemed to have eyes behind him, rushing forward and jumping to dodge, and then there was a sharp pain in his waist.

If it was the length of the sword, Richardner's forward jump could have been dodged calmly. However, Asker's free right hand had an extra spear at some point, and with a longer attack range, it quickly stabbed him in the back.

Dragon Lance!