I went back to Commander Ayton, and he led me into the arena and said, "You're going to take a test and defeat the opponent who is waiting to come in." The outcome of your first battle will determine whether you want to train at the academy or stay as a handyman. ”

A humanoid creature more than two meters tall walked in with heavy steps, he was covered with thick coarse hair, unable to hide the tangled muscles all over his body, holding a small wooden shield in his right hand, and a huge mace in his left hand, the spherical hammer head of the skull-sized spherical hammer was full of spikes, and the simple leather armor on his body seemed to be wrapped indiscriminately, and then tied with leather ropes of gray animal skin, a pair of thick and powerful legs were not protected, but were wrapped a few times with some tattered strips of cloth. The black claws on the feet are sticking out. The large, shovel-shaped ears were tattered around the edges of what seemed to have been torn many times from previous fights, two long sharp fangs protruding from the mouth, and a flat, dark, bear-like snout in the center of the face.

It is an armed bear goblin, the largest and strongest of goblin-like creatures.

It looked a little frightened when it saw Ayton standing on the sidelines, and only turned its attention to me when Ayton shouted and scolded, brandished his mace, stomped his foot, and howled loudly.

Intimidation, I will too.

I slapped the little steel shield with my long sword and responded loudly with a goblin whisper: "Stupid head, come and die!" ”

It immediately swung its mace and rushed over...... Well, maybe it shouldn't be called "come here".

The mace swept hard from my right. Because the bear goblin is left-handed, and the angle of the attack is not easy to unload, I leaned sideways and blocked it with a small steel shield, and was shocked back a step.

It approached the backhand and hit it again, and I used the small steel shield at a sideways angle to unload the force, and the mace deflected to one side and slammed into the ground.

I swung my sword and cut a scar on it.

I struggled with the bear goblin for a while, leaving deep wounds on its arms, thighs, and body, but because I was more cautious in the first battle, I didn't manage to hurt its vital points.

After all, the strength of the bear goblin is not as strong as that of a real bear. The first blow can shake me back, but with the help of impulse, the actual force should be similar to mine.

Although the mace is exaggeratedly large, and it is not difficult to take a hit, the bear goblin is not as agile as mine, and the attack is monotonous and the pace is slow, so it is not difficult to deal with. The only thing to worry about is that as a warrior, my physique is too low to fight for a long time.

The tip of the sword was aimed at the chest and abdomen of the bear goblin, and he delivered a fatal blow with a thrust.

At this moment, the bear goblin actually twisted its bulky body in front of me, turned and ran away. One of my swords stabbed into its crotch, slicing open a long wound.

I was amazed by how fast the injured bear goblin could run.

Goblins are notoriously bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and are cowardly by nature. But I didn't expect that the tall and strong bear goblin looked like its cousin, and it would run away if it couldn't beat it.

I caught up, but the distance was getting farther and farther. Wearing medium armor, I couldn't keep up with the bear goblin who only wore light leather armor.

The bear goblin, which had almost reached the exit of the arena, suddenly stopped and fell sideways, revealing the dark elf standing in front of it.

Commander Ayton drew his sword from the bear's nest and said to me coldly, "If you pass, I will report to the master, and you can go to the academy tomorrow." Then he turned and left.

I walked over to the bear goblin corpse, and suddenly I was afraid that if it wasn't for the fighting arena, my opponent was not a bear goblin, but a more powerful ogre or other stronger monster, and this tactic of using a shield to defend and then counterattack would be greatly reduced, and when I was at a disadvantage, I couldn't run away if I wanted to.

I thought about it for a moment and picked up the bear goblin's mace and small wooden shield.

Back in the armament room, he argued with the custodian Nunn for a long time, and he only agreed to use the bear goblin's mace and small wooden shield and scale armor for half the price, that is, 30 gold and 5 silver coins in exchange for other equipment of the same value. NPCs are so dark.

This time, I chose a leather armor worth 25 gold coins. Inlaid leather armor is made of elastic soft leather, reinforced with dense metal particles, covering the torso and limbs. Although the defense ability is not as good as the scale armor, the weight is only 2/3 of the scale armor, which is much lighter. On top of that, it's a light piece of armor that doesn't slow down walking and running like medium armor does.

I also took a fancy to a pair of barbed iron gloves worth 5 gold. The barbed iron gloves ensure that even if the sword is out of hand, it can protect itself. The remaining 5 silver coins couldn't think of anything good to exchange, so they had to give up.

As soon as I entered the game the next day, a dark elf came to escort me to the academy.

Look at the colorful phantoms and various buildings that make up Demonblade City.

"What is this place?" Only then did I realize that apart from my family, I knew very little about the whole city.

"This is our world," replied the civilian warrior named Moyun. "Don't worry, newbie, you'll be able to learn everything you should know from the academy."

I followed Mo Yun out of the door of the family mansion.

The most conspicuous thing about Demon Blade City is the huge natural stone pillar that connects the dome to the ground in the center of the city, which is used to keep time. In this place where there is no season for day and night, this is the only way for the Dark Elves to keep track of the passage of time. At the end of the day, the city's mages cast a fire spell at the bottom of it to light it up. This spell works for as long as the ground lasts for a day. The heat generated by the spell slowly rises along the stone pillar until the entire pillar turns completely red in the eyes of the dark vision of the dark elves. Then it will quickly fade in heat, indicating the arrival of darkness. The moment the Archmage casts the fire spell is midnight in the surface world.

This is what Mo Yun told me on the way.

He also told me that the Academy of Demon Blade City consists of three parts:

The Spider Church, a spider-shaped mission house, was the place where Rose's priest honed himself, and the patriarch of the mission was second only to the head mother of any family;

The mage school, with its elegant appearance and many carefully carved stalactite towers, is a place for mages to study and study, and the head of the academy is the chief mage of Demon Blade City;

Fighting Towers, pyramid-shaped buildings where warriors study, thieves' sneak attacks and forest ranger tracking have always been considered useful skills, so these two classes can also be learned here, and the Martial Arts Captain of the Fighting Martial Arts Tower is rotated by the powerful martial arts chiefs of each family. And I'm going to the Fighting Tower.

The Academy is located in a side cave on the northern edge of Demon Blade City, connected to the city by a wide stone staircase.

At the foot of the stone staircase, Mo Yun left. I stepped up the stone steps of the academy alone.

I walked to the top, between the huge stone pillars, and the two guards stared at me with burning eyes. I didn't see it and walked over.

Walking into the square, three buildings occupied my view.

To my left stood the spiky stalactites of the School of Mages, the school where magic was taught.

In front of me, behind the other buildings, was the Spider Academy, the mission of Goddess Rose, a giant spider carved out of rock. Among the values of the Dark Elves, this is the most important building in the academy and is usually only accessible to women.

While the Mage School and the Spider Church are the most elegant buildings, the most important building for me is the huge pyramid that fills my right view. The pyramid is the Fighting Tower, a school for warriors, rangers, and thieves.

Then I noticed that the hundreds of Dark Elves standing in the square with me, presumably like me, were cadets about to begin their training.

The sound of a leather whip tearing through the air rang out, and the instructor who came out of the martial arts tower drove us like shepherds driving sheep. I followed the other freshmen into the martial arts tower.