Chapter 63: Argent's Request
"What is the difference between a thief and an assassin?" Yi Huiqi said, I didn't expect Argent to take the initiative to say this at this time.
Yi Hui has never understood why there are two professions in this world, the thief and the assassin at the same time, obviously these two professions are so close but they are separated into two reading class systems, and there are also two professional guilds to serve the professionals of the two professions respectively.
"Yes, the next thing I'm going to tell you is the difference between the two professions." "Since we talked about unlocking, I might as well tell you more." Assassins and Thieves are both classes that value agility, and the attack patterns of the two classes are similar, and there are even many overlaps between the two classes in many fields. For example, our Rogue Level exam requires stealth, dodge, and attack, and the Assassin Level exam also needs to test these. ”
"But here's the difference – unlocking. In the Assassin profession exam, the counterpart to this exam was Poison. The difference between the two classes is the same as the difference between the dodge and attack schools in Rogue, and the biggest difference between them is the content of the two exams. The purpose of learning to pick locks is to explore, and the purpose of learning poison is to take life, and these two sciences correspond to the tendencies of the two professions, the thief and the assassin, respectively. As for why these two professions are separated, it can be traced back to a long, long time ago when the Continental Stronghouses defined the characteristics of each profession with their own skills, including the originator of thieves and assassins - the representatives of the agile profession: twin brothers Thief Tifu and Assassin Kyle. ”
"They are of equal strength and have similar skills, because they disagree on the title of the agile profession. Tif's quest for treasure and his thirst for adventure is quite strong, while Kyle is obsessed with the quest for great power and the thrill of controlling the lives and deaths of others. Eventually, they fell apart, and neither of them would budge, eventually referring to their profession as a thief and an assassin. ”
Since then, thieves and assassins have been divided into two professional systems, and over the past few thousand years, the two professions have also separated into their own schools. For example, I, Argent, am a shadow stream thief under the shadow master Dak Sardar, and Starr, the speedy meteor I mentioned earlier, is a star flash thief. Conversely, the Assassins also developed a number of genres. ”
"These different schools are the inheritance and development of Tiv and Kyle's respective agility skills, like the branches of a tree, at the same starting point but each developing in its own direction. Later, every two years, the thieves and assassins would send representatives to compete over the question of who was right and who was wrong. Later, until today, it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong, but thieves and assassins still have to compete with each other, firstly to hone their juniors, and secondly, to fight for face. ”
Speaking of this, Argent paused for a moment, turned to look at Yi Hui, stared for a moment, and said to Yi Hui in a solemn tone: "In the thief exam, I care about you very much. Not why, just because of your dodge skills. I wonder, what genre does your dodge skill belong to? Is this convenient to say? ”
"What genre ......" Yi Hui's mind raced, thinking about the purpose of Argent's question.
"Don't get me wrong, Yi Hui, I don't mean anything else." Seeing Yi Hui's hesitation, Argent said, "To tell you the truth, the dispute between thieves and assassins has gradually weakened since today. The stunts of many of the rogues have also been lost, which has to do with the tradition of mentoring in our profession. The reason why I pay so much attention to you Yi Hui is because with my experience, I can't tell what school your stealth skills are inherited, and you have the flashy disadvantage of being able to teleport a certain distance in an instant, and at the same time having the flashy flaw of emitting a large cloud of red smoke when you cast your skills. But overall, the pros outweigh the cons. In today's downturn in our thief profession, I hope to be able to pass on another genre. Can you tell me? ”
Yi Hui secretly said in his heart: "I can't tell Argent that my skill is extracted by the system, right?" As for him, he's confirmed that my skill belongs to the Thieves genre. You might as well make up any of them, I'm going to go the thief's way anyway. ”
"I don't know exactly what genre it is, but Scott didn't teach me this skill, Scott just taught me some basic things. The person who taught me this skill is no longer there, but he once told me that this skill is called 'Trick of Deception'. Yi Hui half-truthfully said to Argent, leave the rest to him to understand.
"Trickery magic?" Argent thought for a moment, but he still couldn't find relevant confirmation in his memory, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he didn't think about it, and put this question over again for the time being, Argent said to Yi Hui, "Forget it, anyway, that's what I asked, my original purpose was not to get to the bottom of you, after all, you are already a registered thief of the thieves' union." The reason why I spend so much time with you to walk through the examination room again is that in addition to pointing out some of your problems, I have another idea, of course, I have to ask for your personal opinion. ”
"What's the matter?" Yi Hui asked.
Argent said: "I want to train you for a while, maybe a year. To tell you the truth, I value your thief skills a lot, and I have a very good appetite for your temper. Based on your skill characteristics, I want to help you find your own direction. We don't need to care about the status of master and apprentice between us, I just want you to take a little less detour and leave a little more for our entire thief industry. I wonder what you think? ”
Of course, Yi Hui couldn't ask for Argent's personal guidance, but his business in Grenoble was basically done, and his next target was to go to Miluz and Gilgil to make peace, and then go to the Greeneye Swamp to develop a Mithril mine, if he lingered here for too long, I am afraid that it would delay the matter at that end. After all, it's always a bit bad to leave Gilji's family empty.
"I'm sorry, I don't have a lot of time to stay here and train, I have my own things to do. However, I have heard a lot about your deeds, Master Argent, and to be honest, I admire your strength Yi Hui a lot, and I have seen a lot of it today, and you have also pointed me out a lot. If it weren't for something, I'd have been training with you without saying a word, but all I can say is sorry for now. Yi Hui apologetically rejected Argent.
For Yi Hui's refusal, Argent didn't have too many regrets, after all, there were only two possible outcomes for him to make this request, that is, yes or no. As a result of both results, Argent was ready, if Yi Hui could stay, it would be the best, under his personal training by Argent, he was confident that he could improve Yi Hui's basic quality to the level of a level 5 thief within 1 year. But Yi Hui didn't stay, Argent sighed softly and said, "Okay, since you have something to do, I can't keep it, I just hope you usually pay more attention to the exercise of basic qualities." Here is a notebook that describes some of the things you need to pay attention to from a level 1 thief to a level 5 thief, which I wrote down by myself back then, and I hope it will be helpful to you. As he spoke, Argent took out a notebook from his bosom that looked a little old and handed it to Yi Hui.
After Yi Hui thanked him, he took a cursory look at the notes and found that some of the basic quality training methods and requirements recorded in it, as well as some problems that need to be paid attention to when sneaking, are all experiences that he lacks very little. In terms of content alone, this notebook can already be regarded as an enlightenment textbook for thieves.
"When I was a helper in a leather shop, I worked hard to hone my skills as a thief and wanted to become a real professional," says Argent. That leather shop is where I am now, but I was just a helper at the time. Every time someone comes to buy leather clothes, I will ask them some basic exercise knowledge every once in a while, and write down these knowledge in different categories, and I remember this notebook after a long time. This knowledge has helped me a lot, and I hope it will help you now. Then I met my teacher, Master Dak Shadar, and it was through his guidance that I was able to achieve what I am today. What I lacked back then was skills, and what you lacked was foundation, and I hope that you can also become a powerful thief and add a little fresh blood to our industry. ”
"Thank you for your gift, your favor I will always remember in my life." Yi Hui sincerely thanked Argent, on the road of thieves, if Scott is his initiator, then Argent can be said to be his guide. Scott resolves him to become a thief, and Argent tells him how he can go the right way down the thief path.
"You don't have to thank me, in fact I have a little request for you," said Aquint.
"Please." Yi Hui said.
"I hope you can come back here in one and a half years, presumably your basic quality has also reached level 5, and that is the time of the competition between the thieves and assassins I talked about, and I hope you can represent the Grenoble Thieves Guild in this rookie competition. It doesn't matter if you can't come, I can't ask you to do this, it's a request of mine. Argent said.
Yi Hui thought about it, in one and a half years, presumably at that time, Jirji and they had been able to stabilize the mine, and at that time they should have exercised about the same, and this competition was just the touchstone to test his results, so he agreed without hesitation: "Okay, at that time, I will come." ”
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