We disarmed and safeguarded all of our equipment at the entrance to the tower, and we were herded into the hallway, squeezed into a large room.

"Quiet!" One of the instructors shouted. He drew his whip and snapped one of the cadets who was whispering in the corner.

The room immediately fell silent.

"I am Crest," the instructor said in a strong voice, "I am the preacher of history. Before you are trained, you must first understand the history of our dark elves. ”

Crest began to pace around the classroom, "You are dark elves," he said suddenly. Do you know what that means? Do you know where you came from and the history of your race? Demon Blade City is not our home since ancient times, nor is it any cavern in the Dark Realms. We used to inhabit the world on the surface. ”

"Do you know the surface?" Instructor Crest roared. Almost half of the students were shaking their heads.

"It's a terrifying place," Crest continued, "every day, as the light rises from the time-keeping pillar in the middle of Demonblade City, a huge fireball leaps into the air, radiating a brighter light than the daylight used by the priests of Rose to punish sinners!" His hands were outstretched, his eyes were looking straight up, and his face was twisted hideously.

The students' cries of surprise came and went. Isn't it the sun, why is there such a fuss, I kept my posture still, and secretly turned my eyes to look around. Those surprised students should be NPCs, and conversely, the ones with helpless expressions should be players.

"Our compatriots used to live on the earth," he said with mourning, "in the distant past, older than the blood of any family." We live with those dead-skinned elves, the damned high elves,"

"We treat those high elves as friends, and we call them our compatriots! We don't know that they are hypocritical and evil in their bones. Little did we know that they would suddenly betray and drive us away, slaughter our young and old, women and children, and hunt us down in the surface world without mercy! We pray for peace, and they answer with swords, bows, and deadly magic! Determined to kill them all! ”

He paused for a moment, smiling. "Thankfully, we found the Great Goddess!"

"Praise Rose!" The NPCs shouted in unison. Then came the uneven praise of the players who came to their senses.

"Praise the Queen of the Spider God!" The instructor replied. "She is the one who has repelled our brutal enemies, it is she who has led our ancestors to the paradise of the Dark Lands, she is the one who has led us to the paradise of the Dark Lands," he roared, his hands clenched into fists. "Give us willpower and mana to take revenge on our enemies."

"We dark elves!" Crester shouted. "We are no longer inferior peoples, we are the rulers of the dark regions, the conquerors of other races!"

"As for the surface," the instructor laughed contemptuously. "Who would want to go back to that ugly place? Let the High Elves stay there and be roasted by the fire in the sky! The Dark Regions are our true home! ”

Instructor Crest's curse isn't just for the High Elves. Dwarves, Pauls, humans, halflings, and all races on and off the surface, even the gray dwarves who often fight and trade alongside us. Without exception, these races were criticized by the instructors as inadequate and worthless.

Only the NPC trainees are still listening intently to his speech, and the players are all in a state of drowsiness, but they can't protest, so they have to secretly slander themselves: this racist paranoia, better choke to saliva.

"Your history lesson is over." This quote refreshed all the players,

Several other instructors entered the room, leading large boxes that had been floated by magic, filled with assortment of upholstered wooden weapons. Such a weapon does not actually hurt the opponent, but instead inflicts bruises that will automatically heal after a short period of time, even if the bruises take more than health, they will only be stunned and will not die.

"Now choose your right practice weapon!" Crest said as the instructors distributed equipment around the room.

I took a small wooden shield and a blunt wooden sword.

The instructor kicked us out of the room, out of the Martial Arts Tower, and into a sizable cavern at the back of the academy. Sharp stalactites overlook them from the ceiling, and the stalagmites that fill the ground make the whole place a large labyrinth.

"This is the driving range. Your training rules," the instructor explained, "Warrior, Ranger and Rogue are any two cadets practicing one-on-one. In addition, a melee tournament is held every day. ”

The students scattered one after another, and practiced in pairs.

I confronted a cadet with two wooden daggers in both hands.

He tucked one hand at the side of his body, and reached forward with the other, rushing over.

I raised my left hand, hoping to attract his attention with a small wooden shield, and the wooden sword in my right hand quickly picked it out, hitting the daredevil's abdomen.

The wooden sword didn't do much damage, but it still stopped his momentum, and with a flick of my wrist, the wooden sword struck him in the neck, knocking him to the ground.

He got up and rushed over again, but "an inch is short, an inch is dangerous", how could I give him a chance to get closer.

So he was knocked down again and again. On one occasion, I finally took advantage of my negligence to get closer, and before I could rejoice, I used a small wooden shield to meet the head-on, although I did not learn the combat specialty "shield strike", which did not hurt him, but also hit his head back, and then made a sword to make him fall to the ground again.

This time, the other party collapsed on the ground and refused to get up, waving his hand again and again and shouting: "Don't fight, don't fight, you find someone else to practice~~~"

In view of the tough demands of the other party, I had to go away and find another opponent.

After switching opponents for more than a dozen and playing dozens of practice sessions, I became more and more confused. These opponents, whether they are NPCs or players, feel that they are no more difficult to deal with than the test before entering the academy, and the bear goblin.

This time the opponent was armed with a spear-shaped wooden stick and poked in the chest. I raised my shield as I came, and then struck the spear with my wooden sword, swinging it away. Let the opponent's door be wide open, and even the balance cannot be maintained. One later, before the other party could stabilize his body, my counterattack stabbed him in the chest.

The other party made persistent efforts, but repeatedly gave me a definite hit. I feel that although my opponent is more agile and has a strong sense of rhythm, he is not as strong as me, and he is not good at using spears. It's definitely a gamer.

"Stop!" I shouted, stopping the momentum of the opponent's repeated defeats. I always feel that the other party's movements still look a little familiar.

We stared at each other for a moment. They shouted together: "Ah Hui! "Senior brother!"

It turned out to be my junior brother Cheng Hui who practiced taekwondo in the gym.

Ah Hui is a college student who practiced taekwondo later than me, but he is very talented and has a strong sense of attack, and he won the black belt with me. If I play according to the rules of taekwondo, my odds of winning or losing against him are only five to five.

"What a coincidence, senior brother."

"It's a coincidence, my name here is Scorpio, and I'm a warrior of the ninth-ranked Dark Flame Family. What about you? ”

"My name is Ah Hui, a black belt, and I'm a forest ranger of the Denya family ranked 23rd." He showed me the family crest, which was in the shape of an arrow of lightning. "Senior brother, you are so powerful, I used to win when I fought with others, but when I met you, I would only be beaten."

"Really? You don't think you know how to use a spear, do you? How did you win against the bear goblin so badly? "I ask questions that have been bothering me.

Ah Hui didn't seem to understand: "What bear goblin?" ”

"It's the test before entering the academy, the bear goblin you have to deal with."

"No, my test is to defeat a goblin."

Goblins are also goblin-like creatures, although they are not as weak as goblins, but they are much worse than bear goblins, and 4 goblins together may not be able to deal with 1 bear goblin. In this way, it was at least four times as difficult for me to pass the test as others! Sure enough, he offended Commander Ayton.

Ah Hui stopped me from continuing in a daze, "Senior brother, in fact, I don't know how to use weapons, I just use them when I see that it is long enough." Will you use it? Teach me! ”

"This 3-meter-long spear is suitable for riding charges or group charges, but not for melee or heads-up. In fact, I don't know the use of spears, but I guess it's similar to the marksmanship of my country's martial arts. "I tried to scratch out what little I knew about marksmanship.

"The main marksmanship is mainly blocking, taking, and piercing, in addition to pointing, collapsing, picking, plucking, winding, dancing and other methods. However, the barrel of the spear is mostly made of elastic ash wood, and the elasticity of the spear body is poor, so it is estimated that it cannot be used to wrap and dance flowers. The basic gun techniques are: holding a gun steadily, the front tube and the back lock, holding the gun in both hands, stable but not dead, alive but not slippery, holding the gun, expensive for the four flat, the so-called four flat, that is, the top flat, shoulder flat, foot flat, gun flat. The root does not leave the waist, the three tips are opposite, and the so-called three tips are the tip of the nose, the tip of the gun, and the tip of the toes. The gun should go straight out and straight in, it must be flat and flexible, fast, and the waist tendon strength penetrates the tip of the gun, like a hidden dragon entering and exiting. The gun is divided into upper level, middle level and lower level, with the gun as the law, and there is a "middle level gun, gun king, one of the most difficult to stop" saying. ”

Ah Hui looked at me blankly. I had no choice but to teach it hand-in-hand: "The blocking, taking, and piercing of marksmanship is like this......"