Chapter 12 Training
The next day, Sora was woken up by his "wife" again.
Rubbing his eyes, he muttered, "Anyway, Nana, you're too early today." ”
The sky outside the window was gray, only a few rays of sunlight fell, and when I looked at the time, it was only half past five.
"Babble—" Nana ignored her master's complaints, and instead jumped onto the windowsill and looked out of the window.
Sora only then heard the faint sound of a fight coming from downstairs.
Pushing open the window, it turned out that Xiao Mao was exercising in the morning, and he controlled the two elves to fight at the same time, although it was a little reluctant, but it was also decent.
This product is too hard! Sora thought as he quickly brushed his teeth, washed his face and got dressed.
When he helped Nana clean up and rushed to the yard, Xiao Mao happened to be pointing to Little Lada, and the flying mantis stood aside rubbing its two forelimbs, and when he saw Eevee, his eyes suddenly sharpened.
"Morning, Mao. Did you sleep well last night? Sora said hello.
"Sora, you're too slow. It's not okay for a trainer not to be strict with themselves. Instead of answering his question, Shigeru said something that made Sora feel ashamed.
"Huh." He could only smile awkwardly at this empty space, and then began today's training.
It is common sense to do warm-up exercises before you start training.
Sora commands Nana to tense her limbs and stretch in a cat-like manner, and Eevee is more like a fox in appearance, and her fluffy tail is raised high when she does this movement, which is very cute.
He lowered Nana's body a little more, and listened to her "babble" and stretched her body.
It's not just the elves who will have to train later.
A complete warm-up exercise should consist of four parts: a general warm-up, a resting muscle stretch, a specific exercise warm-up, and a dynamic muscle stretch. The latter two items are for athletes, and empty does not need to be so professional. So he first stretched his limbs to prevent strain, then twisted his waist span to increase his heart rate, and finally shook his wrist joints to adjust his state.
Feeling that his body began to sweat slightly, he said to Xiao Mao, who had been waiting impatiently, "Let's go!" ”
The place where the two of them are going is the Tokiwa Forest.
The outskirts of Tokiwa Forest are very suitable for novice trainers to practice, there are not many elves there, and they are generally relatively weak insect and grass elves.
Sora walked briskly, and after warming up, he felt in great shape, his heart beating vigorously, pumping blood throughout his body, and the power was pouring out. Eevee on the side followed unhurriedly, this level of movement was too easy for the elves.
Xiao Mao ran in front, heard rhythmic footsteps behind him, did not speak, and silently increased his speed.
After 10 minutes, the number of houses on the side of the road gradually decreased, and after passing through the north gate of Tokiwa City, the endless Tokiwa Forest greeted the two of them.
And the real training has just begun.
Sora stopped at the entrance of the forest, slightly adjusting his breathing to become rapid, and Shigeru released the Flying Mantis.
"It's still the old rule, the one who touches the big rock first is the winner."
"Okay."
There is a large rock near the center of Tokiwa Forest, which was accidentally discovered by the two of them during their previous training, and it has existed for an unknown number of years, and it is crawling with moss.
The two stood side by side, and the elf was also ready to go, just waiting for an order.
"Ready, ready—alright?"
"W-What the hell?" Xiao Mao just opened his leg and fell.
"Run!"
Then he saw Sora rush out with lightning speed.
I'm a man!
"Empty! You wait for me! Xiao Mao's angry voice came from behind him, and Sora's speed couldn't help but be a little faster.
Two figures, one in front and one behind, shuttled through the forest at high speed, startling a large number of birds and insects. Awakened from their dreams, they angrily attacked the two uninvited guests.
Nana was a few meters away from the empty body, and from time to time threw out the [high-speed star] to shoot away the wild elves who were awakened on the road, and encountered the bushes and directly [slammed] into the past, but the air knew that she was not suitable for this kind of work due to her petite size, and her physical strength was consumed too quickly.
Although he played Xiaomao just now, he took the lead. But Sora wouldn't be naïve enough to think that he would be able to beat him this way. What's more, the flying mantis in his hand is a sharp weapon to open the way.
"Flying Mantis, use [Split]!"
So fast! Sora glanced back in his busy schedule, and saw two shining blades, and the leaves and weeds were all split in two.
Feeling Xiao Mao getting closer and closer behind him, Sora knew that he didn't want to find a way to come out, and it was only a matter of time before he was overtaken.
If you can't speed up, slow down the enemy!
Sora saw a few mulberry trees not far away, and suddenly had an idea.
"Nana, attack those trees!"
Nana didn't know why she was doing this, but she had absolute trust in Sora. With a flick of his tail, a large swath of starlight shone over the side, beating the poor mulberry tree to the ground, and a few black shadows fell from the tree.
"Shigeru! Enjoy my gift to you! Sora shouted behind him, his voice full of pride.
At this time, Xiao Mao happened to pass by there and was shocked when he heard the words.
"Flying Mantis, get out of the way!"
It was too late, and the white worm silk spat out of the mouths of several green caterpillars, wrapping the flying mantis tightly.
Green caterpillars are weak and will eat a lot of leaves in order to evolve quickly, among which mulberry leaves are their favorite. Before the evolution, the only means of attack was Tusi, and if they encountered the flying mantis head-on, they would definitely be killed in seconds before they could react, but Sora woke them up first, giving them enough time to brew an attack.
To fight is to use everything on the battlefield, and Sora recalls his father's teachings.
Just as Sora continued to bury his head and run forward, Xiao Mao in the back encountered a problem.
"Damn, this guy is too cunning!" He tried hard to tear the silk from the flying mantis's body, and to his surprise, this silk was so tenacious that he could only tear a small piece with all his strength.
In desperation, he released the little Lada.
"Little Lada, use [nirvana]." The worm silk was bitten off in an instant under the sharp front teeth.
After estimating the time and distance, Xiao Mao felt that he should be able to catch up if he ran with all his might.
Be sure to make him look good later. He thought to himself with hatred, and then ran as fast as he could.
"Whew-whew." The long-distance trail running almost exhausted Sora and Nana's physical strength, but fortunately, the finish line was just around the corner. Sora could see the goddess of victory beckoning to her. When it comes to the last few points of strength, the speed of the air is a few points faster.
"Huh-Flying Mantis, leave me alone, use [High Speed Movement] to overtake them!" With a keen sense of hearing, Sora knew that Xiao Mao had caught up.
However, he didn't worry too much, using [high-speed movement] in the woods, and he was not afraid of crashing to death.
However, what he can think of, others may not be able to think of.
With an indomitable momentum, the flying mantis approached quickly, and the broken trees, grass, and even small trees were all cut in two by it.
How can it be?
When Sora noticed it, it was already a little too late, and he watched the flying mantis forcibly open up a straight passage and point to the end. He immediately reacted, Xiao Mao must have used the wild elves along the way to continuously improve the power of [Continuous Cutting], and there was nothing to stop the Flying Mantis when he ran here.
Still, I want to win!
"Nana, use [Electro Flint Stone], and then [Sacrifice Crash] to go over!" The end is just around the corner, and Sora decides to give it a go.
Eevee could feel the feeling of not admitting defeat, and in the face of the flying mantis, she herself held her breath. She has fought against this flying mantis many times, although Sora tries her best to arrange tactics, but she always loses more and wins less, this is a physical gap, Sora has never blamed her, but Nana is still very unwilling in her heart.
So, in response to Sora, she increased her speed to the limit, dragged out the trail remnant behind her, and finally jumped violently, slamming into the finish line with all her strength.
"Bang!" Nana was a little faster than the Flying Mantis after all, and hit the boulder at the finish line first.
In the distance, Xiao Mao exhaled, a little unwilling, he had fallen too far behind before.
Sora ran over and picked up Nana, who was dizzy, and rubbed her head in distress.
He was in a bit complicated mood now, he should have been happy to win, but when he saw Nana injured, he felt that it was not worth it.
Hiding behind the elves, ordering them to charge, leaving them scarred, it sounds like a despicable bunch of people for trainers.
On the way back, he simply hugged Nana in his arms, Nana couldn't understand Sora's complicated feelings, and looked around excitedly.
Xiao Mao in front was obviously a little sullen, and walked forward without saying a word.
Will I be beaten if I talk now? Sora thought in his heart.
However, he finally spoke: "Xiao Mao, don't be angry. Can't I apologize? ”
"You think I'm not happy because you've been tricked?" Xiao Mao said without looking back, "I can catch up with that distance at once." I was angry with myself, but as a trainer, I didn't notice my surroundings at the first time, and I wasn't familiar enough with the characteristics of the elves, and my ability to adapt to changes was too poor. ”
Sora didn't know how to comfort him, so she told him what she had just thought, hoping to divert his attention.
As a result, Xiao Mao scoffed: "Sora, are you fighting with this kind of awareness?" Worried about the elves getting hurt? I'm also worried, since I'm worried about injury, I'm going to train the elves to be stronger, isn't that the duty of a trainer? Fighting is the will of both the trainer and the elves, and when the elves are trying their best to respond to you, but you yourself have such weak thoughts, isn't the elf's effort meaningless? ”
After a long time, Sora said bitterly, "I understand." Then he hugged Nana in his arms tighter.
Although he was reborn in this world, but the experience from his previous life made him instinctively want to avoid fighting, afraid of being injured, simply put, he lacked the consciousness of fighting, and he didn't know how the protagonists in other novels dared to use knives to cut people as soon as they crossed over, are they all antisocial personalities?
Sora has no shortage of fighting talents, keen senses and quick thinking are his weapons, but can consciousness also be cultivated? If you can't overcome it, you'll just be afraid in battle, and wouldn't that be even worse?
After thinking about it a little bit, Sora suppressed these thoughts and decided to go to the elf PC first.