Chapter 23: Recruitment of City Guards

Vendôme's recruiting office was located in the Glion district, north of Vendôme, which was the military center of the entire Vendôme, next to the central castle district.

When Luo Lin arrived at his destination, there was already a long queue in front of the recruitment office, and there were only ten places, but there were hundreds of competitors.

Every young man who came to enlist was in good health, carrying his own weapons and equipment. Bringing your own equipment is a necessary condition for becoming a city guard, because city guards are the most Vendôme

The basic military force, which is large in number and not very capable, is the task of maintaining law and order in the city.

The lord of Vendôme would not generously distribute equipment to all the low-level soldiers, at most only a set of battle robes per person to identify themselves.

Luo Lin also carried equipment, he was wearing forged scale leather armor, in this set of leather armor chest and abdomen, shoulders, knees and other positions are decorated with forged steel plates like fish scales, the defense ability is excellent, his sword has also been replaced, replaced by a sharper moire steel sword, the shield has been replaced by a tough ebony shield, each of which is of the highest quality.

This was the equipment that Dai Wei had prepared for him, and it cost about six gold coins.

In fact, this rich merchant lady who didn't know how to save money since she was a child even spent a hundred gold coins to prepare a set of all-steel heavy armor for Luo Lin, but that armor is excellent, but it is too heavy, not to mention fighting after Luo Lin wears it, even if he is tired of walking, if he wants to use that armor to fight, the strength must be at least 6o or more, and the corresponding level is about 2o level.

With Luo Lin's current strength, these equipment on his body are just right, and among the recruits, it is not conspicuous, Luo Lin has seen at least a dozen people whose equipment is better than him, and he is now at the upper middle level.

When Rollin appeared, the young people present did not look at him very kindly, and there were enough competitors now.

"Look, another one, only ten slots!"

"It's just a small city guard, this kind of drudgery, how can so many people rob it!" Someone sighed.

"You're stupid, the city guard is just the beginning, you know? Well done and appreciated by the big guys, that's it! ”

Rollin smiled and began to line up at the back of the line.

After waiting for about ten more minutes, the door of the recruiting office opened, and out came a short officer in dense scale chain mail, who was obviously accustomed to the long queue at the door, and after a little counting, he shouted: "We are recruiting temporary personnel this time, and there is a new rule." Have you all seen that row of stake dummies? ”

When everyone looked over, they saw a row of wooden dummies on the square on the side, and there were spell runes on the dummies, and there was a faint light flowing on the runes, which looked mysterious.

The officer announced the rule: "The rule is that whatever weapon you have with you, charge at the stake from twenty meters away, and when you get close, immediately attack the dummy's vital points." From charging to attacking, each of you has a total of ten seconds. During this time, the more hits you make, the more powerful the hits, and the better the results, and those who hit six times and make the runes shine in each stroke are qualified. If there are more than 10 people, we will select those who have passed the test and conduct a second selection until the number of 10 people is recruited. ”

After listening to the rules, the young people who applied for the job were all talking.

"It sounds simple."

"Ten seconds, six critical attacks, it shouldn't be difficult."

"I'll come first!"

A tall and strong young man volunteered to stand up.

The officer pointed to the circle drawn on the ground in the square: "See the circle?" Stand in there and listen to my commands. ”

Young people did so.

When the officer waited for him to take his position, he shouted, "Begin!" ”

The young man was holding a two-handed sword, and as soon as he heard the sound, he rushed out with all his might, and strode towards the dummy, and when he came closer, he found that he could not estimate the distance, and after the sword was slashed, although he succeeded in slashing the dummy's neck, his strength was weak.

The rune on the dummy's neck didn't move in the slightest.

The young man's face changed, obviously a little panicked, he withdrew his sword and slashed again, still cutting his neck, his big sword was the most suitable for this kind of slash attack, the second slash hit, and the runes lit up, indicating that the strength was enough.

The young man hurriedly put away his sword and cut the third sword, but he used a heavy sword, and it took at least a second to collect the sword, charge it, and draw the sword, and by the time the third sword was slashed, seven seconds had already passed...... In the end, he only slashed five swords, of which only three swords made the rune bright, and he was directly eliminated.

The officer commented on the sidelines: "Obviously, on a real battlefield, the enemy will not give you the opportunity to cut the second sword, and when you do not kill the opponent with the first sword, you are already defeated." Go back, young man, practice hard, don't come to death. ”

The young man retreated in shame.

Luo Lin was not surprised by this result, he knew that this test seemed simple, but in fact, it was the most basic test and psychological quality, and the standards set were also very realistic battles, and the tester could not pass if he did not pass one of them.

Then the second, and the third, and the whole ten young men in front of them, whether they were armed with axes or one-handed swords and shields, none of them passed the guò test, and the best result was five hits, and by the time they were ready to slash the sixth, ten seconds had passed.

The string of failures put more pressure on the followers, and no one expected that this test would be so difficult.

"I'll try!"

Suddenly, a voice sounded that seemed somewhat familiar to Rollin, and he turned his head to look, only to see a tall bald man walking out, who turned out to be a ruffian wolf from the old city.

The wolf pattern on his bald head was gone, replaced by a large scar, and it seemed that the skin had been directly peeled off.

"This guy's injuries healed so quickly...... Oh, he must have gone to the priest. Luo Lin suddenly realized that this world was different from the previous life.

The wild wolf stood up, holding two bone-cutting axes in his hands, charging up with a strong body, and when the axe was cut down, the runes immediately lit up, and then two axes, three axes, each of which could make the runes bright, and the situation was completely different from the person in front.

In the end, he managed to hit the Seven Axes.

"Very well, you're the first to qualify, stand over there." The officer nodded and smiled with satisfaction at the terrifying appearance of the wolf.

Testing continues.

Because the test time for each person is only ten seconds, although there are more than 100 people, the test does not take long. Even if the waiting time is added, when it is Rollin's turn, just over an hour has passed.

In the front position, there were only eight people in total, and the young man with the best score was called Harrington, who was holding a two-handed sword, and slashed out twelve swords in ten seconds, and the sword was deadly!

In the evaluation of Zhi Brain, this Harrington is extremely talented and has an elite quality body, but the level is low, only level 4, which makes Rollin pay attention.

There is also a problem in the previous test, that is, all the people who pass the guò test are all holding weapons in both hands, and even one epee warrior has passed the guò test, but there is no shield warrior who has passed the guò test.

There are many reasons for this, but the most important are two. One is that the shield slows down the degree of progress, and the charge takes too long. The second is that no one actually knows how to use a shield, they just use it as a shield or something.

Among the young men present, only one of them used a brute bull charge against his shield to play a qualified vital attack, but his follow-up attack was weak, and in the end he could only hit five vital points, and he was still eliminated. Not to mention the other shield warriors.

At this result, the officer shook his head and sighed: "It is a pity that the shield is a soldier's most loyal comrade-in-arms, but none of you young people can realize its importance." ”

It was Rollin's turn.

Rollin was holding a shield, which naturally belonged to the shield warriors, and the young people who stayed to watch shook their heads when they saw him take off the shield on his back and even before he could start.

"Another soft-footed shield warrior, haha."

"He's not very strong, and I bet he'll only be able to get four hits at most."

"Three hits is the most."

Ignoring all these discussions, Rollin moved his arms and legs with an ebony shield in one hand and a moire steel sword in the other, and then stood in the circle, waiting for the officer's order.

The officer was also a little lacking in interest, he didn't think that there was anything special about this shield warrior, and thought that this test was just a formality, so he casually shouted: "Begin." ”

'Boom! ’

The loud bang appeared less than two seconds after the officer's voice fell, and it was like a muffled thunderbolt, which shook everyone present.

Everyone looked intently, and saw that the shield warrior who was twenty meters away just now had already arrived in front of the stake, and his charge was ridiculously fast. The shield in his hand slammed into the stake's chest, and the force was so strong that the light from the runes on the stake's chest became almost blinding.

The officer who was originally lazy suddenly perked up, and with this kind of strength, a real shield warrior finally came.

After the loud noise, Luo Lin's right hand steel sword stabbed out, using a stabbing blow, borrowing the force of the brute bull collision just now, a sword stabbed out, stabbing straight into the dummy's heart, a critical hit!

There was a loud 'duh', and the rune light once again showed a dazzling light, showing the extreme strength of this blow.

The steel sword was bounced back by the spell power on the dummy, Luo Lin's body twisted slightly, and then transferred the force of the bounce back to the shield in his left hand, and took advantage of the situation to release the shield skill: Collapse Mountain.

This move is the most effective, obviously the shield only moved a short distance, but the sound of hitting the dummy was terrifying, which meant that Luo Lin's power exploded rapidly.

With a "bang", the rune lit up again, and the third blow was successful, and the total time was only four seconds.

After the blow, the attack turned back to the steel sword in his right hand, this time with a slash, slashing from top to bottom, still slashing at the opponent's neck with precision.

After the slash, the shield continued, and the shield that had been bounced back by the dummy had just returned to its position before it was re-launched by Rollin, once again using a collapse.

No matter how bright the rune was, the light on it was still dazzling, in fact, the light had never really been extinguished.

At this time, it was already the fifth blow, and only five seconds had passed.

This young shield warrior's attack is not particularly fast, others can see that his moves and styles are far inferior to the two-sword warrior Harrington just now, but his attacks are extremely smooth, and he does not give the opponent the slightest chance to counterattack.

The test officer nodded and said to the eliminated shield warriors on the side: "This is a qualified warrior, I bet that on the real battlefield, this young man may not be the sharpest and most eye-catching one, but he must be the one who lives the longest." ”

Ten seconds had passed as he spoke, and Rollin landed nine fatal blows, becoming the ninth person to pass the test.

At this time, the eyes of the young people around him had changed, and their contempt was gone, and when he walked over, they took the initiative to get out of the way.

Needless to say, Rollin has proven his strength.

In the time that followed, the officers continued to test a dozen more conscripts, but none of them passed again, and it seemed that there was no need for a second test, since the number did not reach ten at all.

The officer waited a little longer, and when he saw that no one came to enlist, he turned to Rollin and the others, "Okay, good luck boys, you have all been recruited." ”

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