(7) Sword and sugar
If An Ci can come out of the pickle bucket, then he must be able to recognize that Ice Hunt's move is clearly the double strength that he is proud of, but Ice Hunt uses a wooden stick as a medium to use, but An Ci only roughly described the principle and skill of the double strength to him when chatting before, and Ice Hunt relied on this information to restore the comprehensiveness of the double strength, and he can also use a wooden stick to use it, although the power has been weakened to the level of an ordinary heavy attack, But it retains the characteristics of double strength and is good at breaking through rigid defenses, and Ice Hunt's learning talent and comprehension ability in martial arts are simply monsters.
The battle lasted only a few seconds from the beginning to the end, leaving everyone watching the battle stunned, and the room was silent for a while.
The village chief was surprised that he had underestimated the power of Ice Hunt, although he knew very well that this red-haired boy was certainly not a fierce man who could only fight wild boars, but he did not think that even the Goths, who were heavily armed and quite surprised by battle, would not be able to take his move.
Hearn Jr. was surprised that the other party was able to defeat the specially trained, experienced and functional-building Gothguard veteran without the functional building bonus, which meant that even if the boy did not receive the functional building bonus, his own physical strength and combat skills were still better than the Gothguard bonus, and he was a real warrior rather than a soldier from the barracks.
Several Gothguard veterans, including the one who was poked to the ground with a stick, had a more direct reason for surprise, they actually lost!
Reasons for Knock Knock's Surprise...... In fact, there is no such thing as a surprise at all, in Dongdong's cognition, Ice Hunt is a very powerful existence, and it is normal to win against these Tin Hunters, even if he loses, it just proves that Tin Men are better than Ice Hunt, and there is nothing to be surprised about, no matter whether Ice Hunt wins or loses, Dong Dong doesn't feel anything, the little guy just saw that everyone was surprised so he also put on a surprised look.
This kind of trick is really only suitable for fighters who can use their bodies as weapons, this trick is too heavy on the arms, and the swordsman's training focuses on a different direction than that of a fighter, and it can be used occasionally, but it will be troublesome if you use it often. β
Ice Hunter thought so, then threw the stick away, turned his head to look at little Hearn, who was still in a state of surprise, and asked in a calm tone.
"How? Chief Herrne? Is my original as good as the village chief said? Although it was a question, the boy's words were full of confidence that could not be ignored, and this confidence in himself and the record just now made little Hearn begin to re-examine the teenager.
"If you don't mind, can you let me appreciate your martial arts again? Or...... Let me experience this martial art for myself! β
As she spoke, Hearn took the short sword and the Great Round Shield from the guards beside him, and then motioned for the other Guardian to provide the same weapon to Ice Hunter, but once again he was puzzled that the other party only took the short sword and rejected the more important Great Round Shield.
In the world of the Age of Empires, shields and swords were the standard for swordsmen, and even if they only used swords, they used large, heavy two-handed swords or half-handed swords that could be used for both hands and hands, and Hearn had never heard of a swordsman fighting with a one-handed short sword.
Unbeknownst to the people of the Imperial Age, there was a special group of swordsmen who could no longer pick up a shield to protect themselves because of a strange illness, but this group of swordsmen never gave up the will to fight - if the sick hand could not raise the shield, then the only way to fight in the future was to hold the sword! As long as I have a sword in my hand, I can keep fighting!
As a result, a variety of unique fighting techniques were developed by this group of swordsmen who continued to fight despite their disabilities.
For example, the berserker kendo, which uses the pain brought by the ghost hand to intensify the mad blood, the sword soul kendo, which uses its pure will to subdue the ghost hand and obtain a new life, such as the asura kendo, which allows the heart to detach the body and smash all things, such as the Devil May Cry kendo, which Ice Hunt is using now.
(I have complained more than once~ Neuropathy, severe albinism, the chairman of the Disabled Persons' Federation, the late stage of Kazan syndrome, and the ghost sword was hacked so miserably.) οΌ
Of course, the space in the room can't be used as a battlefield, otherwise the battle will turn into a house demolition, so the two of them came outside very tacitly.
Knowing that Ice Hunt is powerful, Little Hearn will not make the same mistake as his subordinates, he did not put the shield flat in front of him but blocked it sideways in front of him, this blocking method can prevent the round shield from obstructing his vision, he knows very well that once the opponent is out of his field of vision, then the end of this battle is decided, the opponent's stabbing action is very fast, and Little Hearn has no confidence to block it.
This time, because the other party wanted to judge his own strength, Ice Hunt did not choose to be on the defensive but took the initiative to attack, and Devil May Cry's short sword swordsmanship is not suitable for defense, it is originally a swordsmanship that pays great attention to the efficiency of killing the enemy, and kills all the enemies disturbed by the power of the ghosts and gods at the fastest speed.
Ice Hunter kept moving his position, the short sword in his hand kept maintaining a posture of preparing for a stabbing attack, he was looking for an opportunity to attack, but Little Hearn's shield was not an ornament, and it was impossible to break through its defenses with a short sword alone......
Ice Hunter suddenly grinned, then stopped moving left and right, and rushed directly to the sturdy shield in Little Hearn's hand without any idea.
'Want to knock your body off the shield?' If you do, you lose. Little Hearn immediately half-crouched on the ground, and stood his shield diagonally on the ground, and if Ice Hunter did crash into it, he would use his shield to knock him to the ground, and then subdue him.
Unlike what Little Hearn expected, Ice Hunt didn't hit it with his body, of course, he didn't stop in the middle, and what collided with the shield was the hilt of the sword in Ice Hunt's hand, Ice Hunt held the short sword with both hands in his fist, and then smashed it on the opponent's shield with all his strength, this time the red-haired boy did not use double strength, but used pure brute force, Little Hearn gave this blow and half knelt on the ground, and the arm holding the shield was also shocked and numb, Ice Hunt took the opportunity to step forward and press Little Hearn's hand holding the sword, and then put the sword on his neck.
"Chief Hearn, now the winner is decided." As he spoke, Ice Hunter tossed his sword aside, then stood up and stepped back three steps away.
This child is a man of natural powers, and he knows how to use his strength effectively, and he is not reckless. β
Chief Hearn made such a judgment, and these are exactly the judgments that Ice Hunt wants him to make, a smart incumbent will not show all his secrets at once, and Ice Hunt is not a guy who is in a hurry to find a job, his purpose is to take advantage of the lord's convenience to take a boat to the east to find the lady named Yakumo Murasaki, so Ice Hunt will not show his own value, if his value is too high, the person in power will definitely not let go easily, and the 'warlike wandering samurai' is a chicken talent, and the person in power will be much more generous.
"Pretty good, you're good enough to stand at the head of the first row of the Gothguards. It's a pity that now the lord has reorganized the guard. β
Although he was already in a high position, Hearn Jr. still maintained the thinking habits of a Goth Guard, and if it was an ordinary aristocratic official, he would definitely hold grudges and wait for an opportunity to retaliate, but the encouraging look of the village chief told Ice Hunt that he could show himself freely.
"Awards... My martial arts are not yet satisfactory to me, and I still need to practice and hone myself to make myself better. β
What Ice Hunt said was the truth, but his training and goals were unimaginable standards for ordinary martial artists, and he probably cultivated to the extent that he could split the sky and the earth in order to make Ice Hunt a little satisfied, right? Now it's time to train this mortal body.
Hearn stood up, dropped the shield on his arm, and then rolled up his sleeves, only to see a round black blue appear on his arm, and a round depression appeared in the center of the shield, all of which were smashes by Ice Hunter with all his strength with the hilt of his sword.
"Your martial arts are already very profound. If I were on the battlefield, I would be dead by now. Juvenile, you don't need to be humble. β
It's just that this power is indeed a bit sensational, and the Gothic Shield has not been smashed at all, is it concentrating all the power on one point? β
Hearn sighed in his heart that Ice Hunt could fight, and just wanted to say a few words for the official solicitation, he suddenly felt someone pull his clothes, little Hearn looked down, only to see that the girl who had been silently watching from beginning to end handed a small piece of linen smeared with green paste in front of him, the trade director didn't know what she wanted to do, but this child with a cat lying on his head, her eyes were very simple and full of kindness, little Hearn felt that he had no way to refuse.
"Hmm... Little girl, what are you doing for me? Is it to wipe my sweat? Oh ~ Oh my! Your handkerchief is dirty. β
Little Hearn took the piece of burlap and joked with the little guy kindly, and after listening to his words, Little Mao Yu immediately shook his head and pointed to the black green on Little Hearn's arm, explaining in a disappointed tone of 'so stupid'.
"This isn't a handkerchief. This is a medicine mud for bruises, and bruises like yours can be cured in one day. β
As the head of trade in the territory, Hearn, who has traveled far and wide, has made a Mao Yu despised, but he has no sense of shock, largely because he has never heard of Mao Yu's creatures, and he is very surprised by Dong Dong now.
Little Hearn put the mud on the sackcloth to the tip of his nose and smelled it, a cool smell of medicine came to his nose, he had not seen ointments for bruises, but the smell of those plasters was very, very ...... It's disgusting, and the color is also very bad, so he didn't think about what the girl gave him for the first time, and after hesitating for a while, he put the burlap piece smeared with the mud on the bruise, and after the sting, little Hearn immediately felt that the wound was much more refreshing, and the swelling disappeared.
"Little girl...... Where did you get this medicine? Little Hearn asked at Knock Knock, but his eyes lit up as if he had found a baby pimple, and he thought he had found the real apothecary, but Knock Knock replied ......
"Huh? I made this muddy, huh? Don't... Do you feel unwell somewhere? Xiao Maoyu immediately became nervous.
"Wait?! You said you made this medicine...... Do you know herbology and dispensing? How old are you? This is the second time that little Hearn has opened his mouth to the point of stuffing goose eggs today, he turned his head to look at the village chief and hoped that this old man could know something, but found that the other party's expression was as dazed and surprised as his own, he turned his head to look at the ice hunt standing on the side and wanted to ask him for an answer, the red-haired boy nodded affirmatively at him with a crying and laughing expression, so the trade manager Hearn's mouth opened wider.
Although the probability of a large-scale famine in this world has been greatly reduced with the assistance of functional buildings, because there are no functional buildings related to medical care, the improvement of medicine here is very limited compared to the real world of the same period, which is probably the gap between AD1400 medicine and AD1200 medicine, right?
In this era when the sawman 'doctor' attacks the rivers and lakes and the 'famous doctor' of bloodletting emerges in an endless stream, a doctor with real talent and real learning is a precious talent, and a pharmacist who knows how to dispense medicine is also a sought-after talent worthy of high salary.
Now, a child tells little Hearn that she can dispense the medicine, and little Hearn finds that the medicine is several times better than the one he used before, knowing that she is only a child who shows up at most ten years old!
If it is said that meeting Ice Hunt is an unexpected joy, then meeting this little guy is simply pie in the sky!
And this little guy can't be self-taught, there must be a more accomplished master behind her, little Hearn suspects that person is Ice Hunt, but he didn't break it, because there are so many opportunities to test in the future, there is no need to be so urgent.
After getting along for a while, Bing Hunt understands the temperament of the little guy quite well, this is a child who does what he thinks of, and it is difficult to hide things in his heart, this child doesn't understand what he should know, but he understands a lot of things that he doesn't need to understand, and he is very stupid, so when she takes out the medicine mud, Ice Hunt knows that she wants bad dishes......
Sure enough, as he thought, Dongdong's approach increased the value of Ice Hunt, which made the red-haired boy's plan variable, but Ice Hunt didn't want to complain about Dongdong, for a child, doing good deeds should be praised, but Ice Hunt is not in the mood to praise Dongdong now.
"Little girl~ what's your name?" Hearn Jr. was now smiling like the big bad wolf.
"My name is Knock Knock."
"Knock knock. What a lovely child. β
Suddenly, little Hearn remembered that he still had a bag of sugar cubes in his pocket, which was a sample of the goods that the seller gave him when he bought the goods from a port in the south, all of which were fine sugar cubes with an ice-like texture, and it was just right to use them to have a good relationship with this little fellow.
"Knock knock, thank you for the medicine, uncle, I'll give you candy."
"Ahh Thank you uncle! Receiving an unexpected and precious gift, Dongdong jumped and jumped with joy, opened the paper bag of sugar, and then stuffed a piece of candy into everyone present, and finally threw a piece of it into her mouth.
Reminiscing the taste of long-lost happiness, the little guy covered his face and smiled silly.
Ice Hunter looked at the candy cube that had been forcibly stuffed, and a little distressed but helpless smile appeared on his face.
The village chief and a few Gothguards smiled knowingly at the sight of the cute child.
And little Hearn ...... This guy laughs like a husky who has a successful plot.