Snorlan and Arturius sat opposite each other at the table at Arturius's house. Theresa also came over and sat down next to Arturius, it was very hot in the Marton rainforest, Snorlan was wearing only a tank top, a pair of loose trousers, and his exposed arms were covered with hideous purple tattoos, Arturius observed for a long time, and found that he could not recognize the meaning of these sashimi.

"Snorlan," Arturius said, looking at the tattoos, "what do you mean by these tattoos?" ”

Snorlan raised his arms, looked at the tattoo on his arm, and said with a smile: "I don't know, this is a custom in our country, both men and women, when they are adults, they will be tattooed, and I have only heard the specific meaning once or twice, it seems to represent my background, clan or something." ”

Arturius nodded and said, "Oh. By the way, Snorlan, I haven't had time to ask you, how old are you? ”

Snorlan was stunned by the question, and he pondered for a moment, how old is he this year? According to the earth, he is 26 years old this year, but he has been strengthened by Astaro, and his body is obviously more visible and younger than before, so he simply said that he is younger, so he said: "I am exactly twenty this year." ”

Arturius nodded and said, "Well, that's it, Theresa. Arturius looked at Theresa, and said, "You can call Snorlan brother from now on." Calling uncle is a bit of a call for people to be old. ”

Snorlan couldn't help but smile and said, "That's fine, Theresa is so old, it's a little uncomfortable to call me uncle." ”

Arturius laughed as well, and Theresa sat in Arturius very quietly, smiling and not speaking.

At this moment, an old woman who walked in from the kitchen outside, with kind eyes and plain clothes, held in both hands a worn-out white ceramic plate with a roast chicken on it and no other decoration.

Arturius saw the old woman come in and said, "Mom, you have taken out all the things at the bottom of our house." ”

The old woman who came in, that is, Arturius's mother, smiled and said, "Since it is Snorlan who is here, naturally you need to use some good things, this set of utensils was brought back from Selland, and this time you brought back Snorlan, the little brother, from Riptide Town, then you should also use this set of utensils for entertainment." ”

Theresa got up and took the plate from the old woman's hand, put it on the table, and asked, "Grandma, what else?" ”

The old woman wiped her hands on her apron, touched Theresa's hair dotingly, and said, "Don't worry, Theresa, your grandfather has made a soup, and I have boiled some potatoes." ”

Theresa smiled and nodded, and sat down next to Arturius.

Arturius thought for a moment and said, "Snorlan, before you...... You don't have any military training, do you? ”

Snorlan nodded and said, "Well, no. ”

"Not at all?"

"Well, not at all."

Arturius nodded and said, "Okay, I see." ”

At this moment, Pachel and the old woman came in with two pots, one for boiled potatoes and the other for soup of some unknown vegetables. Theresa hurriedly got up and went over to help. A few people sat down and began to eat.

This meal naturally couldn't be said to be very delicious for Snowland, but he at least ate it well. Halfway through the meal, Arturius said to him, "Don't eat too much, I'll take you to get equipment in the afternoon and teach you some basic swordsmanship." ”

When Snorlan heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he said, "Okay, that's great! ”

After dinner, Snorlan followed Arturius to a dilapidated warehouse, and when Arturius pushed the door open, there was a hole inside. Rows of leather, iron, arrows and other military supplies were neatly arranged inside, and further back, there were rows of leather armor and weapons.

Arturius said to Snorlan, "Go ahead, choose your own equipment." ”

Snorlan nodded, walked over to the leather armor, Arturius helped him try the leather armor that looked suitable one by one, and finally chose the most suitable leather armor, this leather armor is still very new, it can be seen that no one has used it and there are often people who do basic maintenance.

Snorlan came to the weapon rack again, he was a little dazed, and said to Arturius, "Big brother, I don't know much about weapons. ”

Arturius smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll pick one for you." What do you want to use? Sword? Spear? Hammer? Mace? Or an axe? ”

Snorlan thought for a moment and asked, "Big brother, what are you best at?" ”

Arturius blurted out, "Of course it's a sword." ”

Snorlan nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll learn the sword." ”

Arturius nodded and said, "Good." So he picked and chose the best sword of them all, and handed it to Snorlan. Snorlan took it in his hand and waved it twice, his clumsy appearance made Arturius laugh.

"The sword is not held like that." Arturius shook his head and said.

Snorlan smiled awkwardly and handed the sword to Arturius, who took the sword and posed for him to explain the key points of the sword-holding posture, Snorlan is also a person who has gone to school, although the university is not 985 or 211, but it is also a book, and being able to be admitted to the university shows that he is not a fool. What's more, a person like Snorlan is usually a little smart, and now Arturius is explaining the basic essentials of swordsmanship to him, and he has listened very carefully, after all, this is related to his future life and death, plus his IQ, he quickly learned a rough idea.

But this probably, in Arturius's opinion, is still too immature and superficial. He shook his head, and meticulously picked out the fault for him. Snorlan got the guidance and corrected it carefully, and after another long time, Arturius finally nodded, and Snorlan can be said to have basically mastered the sword holding posture.

Snorlan was also happy at this time, because there was a sudden change in the skill bar of his character template!

Two new abilities have been added to his character template: Sword Mastery: Beginner (Normal): You have just learned a little bit of swordsmanship. Master of Weapons (Epic): Sleep and the depths of your bloodline are gradually awakening to the mastery of weapons, and the speed at which you master weapons will become faster and faster as your understanding of weapons improves.

At the same time, he added a new resource bar: Experience Points (10/500).

And as experience changes, so does his only Legendary ability: Bourkeso's Grace (Legendary): Ancestors watch over you. You can gain experience points from training, fighting, and killing, and each level up will increase your strength and constitution by one point.

Snorlan couldn't help but be ecstatic, he finally figured out how he became stronger, which was like a guiding light in the long night for him, Arturius saw that he was so excited, he couldn't help but ask him, "What's wrong?" ”

Snorlan reacted, restrained his expression, and said with a smile: "It's just that I have had a dream of learning some swordsmanship since I was a child, and I haven't been able to realize it for so many years, and now I have finally realized it, I can't help but be very excited." ”

Arturius laughed when he heard this: "Haha, what am I talking about, and yes, what man did not dream of becoming a heroic warrior when he was a child?" Snolan, you'll have to work harder in the future! ”

Snorlan smiled and nodded, "I understand, Brother Arturius. ”

Arturius smiled happily and said, "Okay, let's go, I'll take you to the training ground." ”

Snolan nodded, followed Arturius out of the dilapidated warehouse, and walked a short distance to a fenced clearing, where there were many wooden stakes tied to sandbags, and several militiamen were practicing with training swords. When they saw Arturius coming, they all stopped and looked at Arturius.

Arturius looked around and shouted, "What? Haven't seen me? What are you looking at me for? Go on! ”

When the militiamen heard this, they all picked up their swords and continued their training.

Arturius took Snorlan to a small shed, put training gear on him, put on his own protective gear, took two more wooden swords for training, handed them to Snorlan, and led Snorlan to a small fence.

The two stood still, and Arturius turned to Snolan and said, "Come, try to attack me." ”

Snorlan thought for a moment, nodded, and assumed the sword-wielding pose that Arturius had just given him. Arturius nodded imperceptibly.

Snorlan clenched the hilt of the sword with both hands, stretched out a step forward with his left foot, raised his hands high, and slashed the wooden sword diagonally down from the upper left, Snorlan was powerful, even though Arturius had already seen through Snorlan's path, but suddenly a simple block still made Arturius suffer a small loss, Arturius couldn't help but be beaten back two steps by the folded wing.

Arturius cast an approving look and said, "Nice strength and speed." It's a lot of strength, Snowland. ”

Snorlan scratched his head and smiled.

Arturius continued: "The problem with your attack is that you are too slow, and I know how your sword will come from the moment you raise your hand, and the angle of your slash is too crooked, and it is easy for your opponent to unload the force. Come, you see how I cut this sword. With that, Arturius walked over to the training dummy next to him.

"Look!" Arturius took a breath, the whole person was like a cheetah moving forward in the dense forest, about to gallop out, he clenched the hilt of the sword with both hands, only to see the muscles on his arm tremble, the sword was swung out at great speed, and the wooden sword hit the training dummy with a loud sound, stirring up a puff of dust.

Snorlan was ashamed that he was still much worse than Arturius.

Arturius continued: "It's okay, don't be discouraged, you have only just entered the Black Iron Rank, and I am already at the Bronze High Rank, it is normal that you can't swing such a sword." You're still young, and you're in good physical condition, as long as you train hard, you'll be able to catch up with me soon. ”

Snorlan nodded.

Arturius then said: "You get up early tomorrow morning, and I will have someone call you, and you will train with them in the morning." ”

Snorlan asked, "Morning training?" What are you training? ”

"It's mainly physical training," Arturius said. First run two laps around the village, and then each person carried twenty pounds of iron from here to the hill east of the village. Don't underestimate this, I learned this from Roe's most elite unit, the Roe Knights of the Guard! For this method, I invited those uncles to drink a lot of wine! ”

Snorlan thought to himself, of course he wouldn't despise it, isn't this just weight-bearing off-road! Although this weight-bearing cross-country is not as professional and formal as the Earth Army, it can only be said to be a prototype, but I will not despise these trainings.

Arturius looked at the sky again, and it was still some time before it got dark. So he said to Snorlan, "Come, swing your sword the way I just did, and let me see." ”

Snorlan did so, and swung his sword in the same way as Arturius had just done, and it looked a little like it, Arturius nodded and said, "Don't raise it so high, it's useless!" Not only is it fast to slash, but also to raise the sword quickly! Try again! ”

Snorlan swung his sword again, this time there was progress, Arturius nodded again, and said, "Yes, but it's still too slow, a little faster!" ”

Sword after sword, unconsciously, an afternoon passed, and Snorlan also swung nearly a hundred swords under this guidance, he felt that his arm was about to break, even if his body was strengthened, but he couldn't withstand this kind of toss, and most importantly, he hadn't adapted to his suddenly strong physique, he subconsciously thought that he was the weak earthling, and half of the soreness in his arm was caused by psychological effects.

But I have to say that Snorlan's harvest this afternoon is still very rich, he went back to his house to rest after eating at Arturius's house, while relieving the soreness of his arms, while checking his harvest today, in addition to awakening a skill in the bloodline, learning a little bit of swordsmanship, he also gained an experience point system, and with an afternoon of training, his experience value also came to 108 points. He thought he had a good afternoon to come, so it was with joy that he fell asleep and looked forward to tomorrow's training.