Chapter 349: The Boy and the Battle (I)
The types of food in Mona's collar are relatively simple.
Due to the lack of professional farmers, Mona's farm has only a few vegetables that are relatively easy to grow, except for mushrooms; The presence of a large number of monsters also makes there almost no wild animals in Mona's territory, and the only source of meat is those chickens and rabbits raised in captivity.
The variety of ingredients is already scarce, and Mona's poor craftsmanship has always made the kitchen cuisine very monotonous. But as soon as the cow girl Epova joined the kitchen, new dishes appeared in the kitchen - milk, cheese, pudding, rabbit stew with cream, and so on.
Compared to Mona, who likes to tinker with mushrooms, Apova's cuisine is much richer, and she occasionally uses the ingredients at hand to make some innovations and create new dishes.
But that's just the beginning. Green believes that as more and more maids graduate from the maid academy, the city will change more and more.
The change is not only coming from the maid academy, but also from the seven teenagers who are being trained in the barracks.
A month of training is not a long time, but the adequate diet and high-intensity fighting exercise every day have added a touch of warrior strength to the originally thin beggars.
On the barracks playground.
Seven teenagers stood neatly on the playground, with their heads held high, waiting to be reviewed by the leaders.
In front of the teenagers is the podium of the playground. Green stood on the high platform with two maids, looking at the teenagers below, scanning the spirits of the teenagers.
"Hmm~ Yes, compared to a month ago, it looks a lot stronger." Green scanned the muscles on the teenagers.
A month ago, the teenagers looked very thin, as if they would fall when the wind blew. But after a month of nourishment and exercise, some muscles appeared in the teenagers' bodies, and they looked more or less like that when they stood there.
"I won't say anything superfluous. I'll talk about the specific assessment rules. Green paused and said to the teenagers below, "There are two assessment items: single challenge combat and command battle. ”
"Solo fighting is when a person takes on a goblin alone. The first time you singled out one goblin, the second time you singled out two goblins, the third time you singled out three goblins, and so on. The number of goblins in heads-up will be the criterion for their final score! ”
"To command a battle is to lead a man into battle. You will lead ten goblins and fight against a thousand goblins in the jungle. This assessment mainly tests your ability to command troops, and the best ones will receive additional rewards. ”
"That's the general assessment content, is there anything else you don't understand?"
The teenagers were collectively silent, all carefully digesting what Green had said.
"Well, that's good. If there is no doubt, then the assessment begins. Green turned to the fox-eared maid standing beside him, and then walked to the chair behind him and sat down.
Felix bowed respectfully and stepped forward to stand on the podium.
"Now the assessment begins. Everyone, get out of this enclosed circle. Felix gestured to the improvised fence around it.
In the playground below the podium, a fence encloses a field. Outside the fence, a group of goblins were standing, waiting for orders.
Hearing Felix's words, the teenagers looked at each other and hesitated, then turned around and sparsely walked towards the outside of the fence, freeing up the arena.
"Al, will you be okay later?" A teenager couldn't help but whisper to Al, "Your physical performance has not been very good, right?" ”
"I'll do my best." Al had a solemn expression on his face.
For the upcoming battle test, some of the teenagers were excited, and some were nervous. With different moods, the teenagers retreated outside the venue.
Next to the playground, a group of goblins were already waiting there. A few Mona keep the goblin team in order.
Felix made her way to the front of the goblin party next to the playground.
"You, go there." The fox-eared maid pointed to a goblin, then to a fenced field on the playground next to it, and ordered the goblin to enter.
Under the command of Felix, a goblin walked into the arena with a large club.
"Kill a goblin and win, if you leave the field or get killed, you lose." Felix said to the teenagers on the side, "Which of you goes first?" ”
The teenagers were a little apprehensive, but at this moment, the burliest teenager took the initiative to step forward.
"I'll come first!" The burly boy's eyes burned with longing.
The teenagers looked nervously at the teenager who took the initiative to speak, but they did not say anything to stop him. After all, if someone can go up and try it first, it can also give the people who participate in the assessment a little more reference experience.
The burly boy is named Aru, and he is the strongest of the seven little beggars, so Aru is not willing to be Al's little brother all the time! Although Al is the smartest of the little beggars, and many children obey him, not including Aru.
Aru is hungry for appreciation!
Everyone was born as a beggar, why can Al be appreciated by adults, but he can only be Al Ary's little follower!?
As a beggar born at the bottom of society, Aru's desire to get ahead is extremely strong!
When faced with opportunities, ambition breeds in the hearts of teenagers, and the teenagers who are eager to be on top intend to prove themselves in this assessment and prove that they are the best among these beggars! So the teenager took the initiative to stand up and became the first person to participate in the assessment.
There is no doubt that the first person to take the assessment will not have the experience of predecessors, and the assessment process will be more dangerous, but it can also leave more impressions on adults.
Aru glanced in the direction of the stands, his eyes shining with ambition and desire - Aru was somewhat confident in his own strength.
Felix glanced at Aru's eyes and indifferently pointed to the weapon rack on the side: "Go get the weapon." ”
Aru grabbed a shield and a spear from the weapon rack next to him, and walked into the field.
The boy was dressed in a slightly shabby linen shirt with bulging muscles underneath the shirt. With a wooden shield in one hand and a spear in the other, the boy stared nervously at the goblin in front of him.
After a month of exercise, the teenagers have made a great difference. At least now they weren't intimidated by a mere goblin - compared to the behemoths of Golem and Wyverns, a goblin was nothing to fear. However, this was the first time that the boy had fought to the death, so Aru still couldn't help but get nervous.
The monster goblins are much burlier than ordinary goblins, and their body size is almost the same as that of adults, so they are much stronger than the teenagers in terms of size and strength, even though Aru is the strongest among the beggars, but there is still no advantage over the goblins in front of him! The only advantage is that Aru has a shield in his hand, while the goblin on the opposite side only has a large wooden club.
After arranging the team, Felix came to the high platform next to the field.
"Master, the game can start at any time." Felix reported respectfully to Green.
Green sat on a chair on the high platform and looked at the two people facing each other below: "Then let's get started." ”
"Yes!"
Felix saluted, then walked to the front of the podium and looked at the two in the arena below.
"Now, the battle begins! Kill him! ”
With Felix's order, the goblin rushed towards the boy like a tiger out of the cage, waving the big wooden stick in his hand and smashing it into the boy in front of him!
Aru, who was on guard, raised the shield in his hand without hesitation!
"Bang! ~”
The big wooden stick smashed on Aru's shield, smashing Aru directly to his knees! However, Aru did not give up. At the moment of kneeling, Aru did not hesitate to stab out the spear in his hand that had been waiting for a long time!
"Poof! ~”
Blood splattered, and the spear pierced the goblin's abdomen.
"Karma! ~"The goblin roared angrily and smashed directly into the spear in the abdomen with one punch!
"Click! ~"The wooden pole of the spear was shattered.
Looking at the spear that was only half cut in his hand, Aru was directly stunned.
"Karma! ~" The goblin roared, swinging the large wooden stick in his hand again, slamming it into the boy.
Aru hurriedly threw away the half of the spear in his hand and held the shield in both hands!
"Bang!" The large wooden rod collided with the wooden shield with a dull sound, and the impact was so strong that Aru took two steps back.
At this time, Aru's heart was extremely flustered. The impact of the destruction of the weapon terrified Aru more than the impact from the shield. What to do without weapons!?
If the weapon is racked outside the field, you will lose if you leave the field, so it is impossible to go back to the field to get the weapon. What should I do? Aru's heart was in turmoil.
On the high platform outside the arena, Green sat on a chair under a sun umbrella, holding a cold drink, watching the battle in the arena.
"Huh~ The situation looks a little bad." Green shook the drink glass in his hand, "Who do you think will win in the end?" ”
Behind Green, the winged maid Asine stood straight, staring at the battle below: "That human has no weapons, and it is impossible to defeat that goblin with the shield in his hand alone. ”
If you change to an ordinary goblin, you will basically lose your combat effectiveness after being traumatized to this extent, but these goblins are not ordinary goblins, but a monster! As a magical creature, the monster goblin will not only not be weakened by this level of "injury", but will become more violent!
While Green and As-Yin were chatting, the rampaging goblin swung the giant wooden stick in his hand and kept smashing at Aru! Aru held his shield in both hands and retreated under the goblin's furious onslaught. The powerful impact from his hand almost made Aru vomit blood!
Aru was terrified.
No way! It can't go on like this!
"Bang! ~"The stick smashed into Aru's shield again. With the help of the power transmitted from the shield, Aru quickly retreated backwards, and then ran away!
The goblin was stunned for a moment, picked up the big wooden stick, and chased after Aru, and the two of them ran in the field one after the other.
Aru's speed is a bit faster than that of the goblin, so the goblin can't catch up with him for a while!
Looking at the battle below, Green couldn't help but laugh a little: "It seems that this period of training has not been in vain. Although the combat effectiveness is not good, at least it can run fast enough. ”
"Meaningless." The Winged Maid looked indifferently at the humans below, "Humans want to compete with monsters for physical strength, that's looking for death!" ”
Although the situation was not good, Aru was given valuable time to think.
Aru is running and thinking about what to do!
At this moment, Aru saw his companions standing outside the arena and watching. Aru's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, but then, Aru closed his mouth.
No way! Can't ask them for help. If I'm going to overtake Al, then I'm going to have to do it on my own! As a teenager with a dream in his heart, Aru knew that he must not ask for help from the teenagers outside the arena, because if he did that, he would definitely leave a bad impression on the adults in the audience.
Just as Aru was thinking about countermeasures, the teenagers outside the stadium also panicked. After all, everyone came from the same place, so the relationship between them was good, and even if there were some conflicts occasionally, they would not be irreconcilable, so everyone didn't want Aru to die.
"Al, what should I do!?" A teenager looked nervously at Al, who was the "leader".
Al couldn't help but look at the weapon rack to the side. The rules only say that you can't leave the field, but they don't say that you can't let someone outside the field throw your weapon in......
Al: "We...... Maybe you can throw a weapon in. ”
"Is that okay?" The teenagers were stunned for a moment.
Al: "The rules only say that leaving the field is considered a loss, but it doesn't say that you can't let someone outside throw a weapon in......"
"So what are you waiting for!" A teenager rushed straight to the weapon rack, picked up a spear, and threw it into the field.
Looking at the behavior of his companion, Al was slightly startled, and quickly glanced at the fox-eared maid standing not far away, and then looked in the direction of the stands.
In the stands, Green in the game frowned slightly.
In the battle arena, Aru looked at the weapon that was thrown in, a light flashed in his eyes, and he quietly glanced in the direction of the stands, his eyes flickering.
Suddenly, Aru turned around and ignored the weapons thrown in by his companions, instead holding his shield and rushing towards the goblin!
The goblin who was originally chasing Aru didn't have time to react, so he directly collided with Aru!
"Bang! ~”
The shield in Aru's hand made intimate contact with the goblin's body, smashing the half of the spear that had been inserted into the goblin's body and stabbing out from behind the goblin.
"Karma! ~" The running goblin let out a muffled grunt of pain. Not only because of the secondary damage caused by the half-cut spear, but also because the impact of the shield is really not weak.
Taking advantage of the goblin's unstable body due to the impact, Aru released the shield in his hand, walked around behind the goblin, grabbed the half of the spear that pierced the goblin's body, pulled it out, and ......
Stab!
Half of the spear stabbed the goblin in the chest from the back!
The goblin's body shook and he took two steps forward, and Aru was unforgiving, grabbed the half of the spear tightly, stuck to the goblin's back, and pulled it out...... Stab! Pull...... Stab!
After giving up his shield, Aru relied on his nimble skills and repeatedly stabbed the goblin in the back with a half-cut spear.
Around the tournament platform, all the children were stunned.
In the stands, Green was also taken aback by the boy's sudden burst of combat power!
"This little imp...... It's pretty impressive. Green couldn't help but sigh.
The Winged Maid, who didn't have any good feelings for humans, couldn't help but have a hint of surprise on her face: "It's a bit bold." ”
Just when everyone was surprised by Aru's sudden outburst, the goblins who had been stabbed several times in a row finally turned into pure magic and disappeared because they couldn't bear the damage......
Aru, win!