6 To each his own strength

The winner has not been decided, and the clock is still passing.

For a noon time, Ryan never moved, and even the spectators forgot about their hunger and were deeply attracted by the duel. Although Ryan never moved, everyone knew that the duel had already begun - he was dueling with his own heart! In the face of "yourself", should this sword be cut down? Really want to kill "yourself"? Will "yourself" kill yourself? These doubts can be thought of even by people who are not standing on it, not to mention that Ryan's task is to face off against "himself".

Albert never sat down, he was sweating profusely, and when he saw his brother nervously gripping the short sword in his hand, he understood what his brother was struggling with and what he was suffering. But as an older brother, he can't do anything, and he doesn't even know what to shout......

Just when everyone was at a loss, Ryan made a decision - the dagger fell freely and fell to the sand.

"I throw in the towel...... I can't attack myself. Ryan said softly. And the black shadow Ryan on the opposite side bowed to him and immediately dissipated.

"Alright, you get some rest. Everyone is hungry too, so let's hurry up and cook. The teacher got up and walked back casually, leaving Ryan and the dazed crowd behind. Albert hurried to his brother's side and gently reassured him, but Ryan only responded sluggishly, obviously distracted. The others, already sweating profusely, dragged up their stiff bodies and headed straight for the black building.

During the meal, everyone lost their enthusiasm for discussion, and their hearts were full of mixed tastes. Ryan was even more silent, looking at the food in his hand in a daze......

"Come on, come on, let me tell you who won the duel just now." The teacher's voice suddenly came out, and everyone hurriedly raised their heads, "Keep eating, just listen." Ryan also looked up, and his otherwise dead eyes shone brightly.

"In the duel just now, Ryan won!" The teacher announced with a smile on his face. There was silence, then thunderous applause! "Beautiful!" "Awesome!" "Great!" The cheers resounded through the building, but quickly subsided at the teacher's motion.

The teacher walked up to Ryan, who hadn't recovered from his surprise. The teacher turned to everyone and said, "The purpose of this duel is to let everyone know that one's biggest opponent is oneself." From ancient times to the present, how many heroes, emperors and generals, they have defeated powerful opponents, overcome difficulties and obstacles, broken through layers of obstacles, and finally achieved unprecedented achievements. But many of these people are unable to overcome themselves—unable to overcome their own desires, unable to overcome their shortcomings, unable to overcome their fears...... Unable to overcome themselves, their success was short-lived and fleeting. Ryan, you dare to face 'yourself', but you put down your weapon, because you understand: if you want to defeat yourself, you can't treat yourself as an opponent! ”

"Why can't you think of yourself as an adversary?" A voice asked.

"Will you have trouble with yourself?" The teacher asked, "You can take your bad habits as opponents, you can take your greed as opponents, you can take your laziness as opponents...... But you yourself are always on your side. We always say 'overcome yourself', but in fact it is just a comfort, but in fact, what people really need to do is to change themselves. ”

"Oh—" The crowd let out another burst of epiphany. After that, the teacher told some examples of how people can correct their bad habits, which enriched everyone's knowledge. Although Ryan still looked confused, his spirit had recovered a lot, and he quickly became part of the discussion. Albert actually had a lot of complaints about his brother's suffering, but he did feel that this kind of experience could make people grow, and the fact that he didn't interfere at all when the teacher taught his brother was the best proof of this.

The rest of the course was related to magic, but only Umi and Para were gifted with magic, and the others were all white, and after discussion, it was unanimously decided that the magic course would be changed to an elective for some people. Surprisingly, a sailor named Daniel is also interested in magic and receives a copy of the Saknusem Manuscript from his teacher.

After dinner, everyone was no longer as tired as they were yesterday, and Ryan and his brother were talking about the harvest of the past two days, just as House and Umi had come to look for them.

Umi excitedly said to them: "I looked at it, and the inscription on the wall of House's room was 'Natural Selection of Species Fit for Competition' (Natural Selection), which is a proverb that motivates us to study hard...... It seems that our Prince Ryan is very popular with the teacher, and today's performance is really fantastic! ”

House also chimed in and said: "Don't look at me as being from the steppe, now I can't even ride a horse, let alone hold a sword, the young man has a future, and I have to learn from you!" Ryan smiled modestly and thanked both for the compliment.

"Huh! Don't you, the elder brother, stay and study? Umi asked Albert suddenly.

Albert scratched his head impatiently and said, "I'll be back with the crew in a few days, and it's his business to learn." He pointed to his brother and then turned to Umi, "Para said it would be okay to take your boat." ”

"Well, let the crew go back first," Umi continued to persuade, "stay here and study with your brother and us." ”

"yes, yes, learn more and go back." House also persuaded, "For my sake, stay!" ”

"Brother, you stay." Ryan also joined in, and Albert didn't know how many times he had persuaded himself, but he still responded to the three: "Isn't there still a few days left, let me think about it again." ”

The three of them didn't persuade again, and began to say something else. When it came to the lectures in the past two days, several people felt that they had gained a lot, and although they also had doubts, they at least heard a lot of knowledge and opinions that they had never heard of, and they really benefited a lot.

The next day's lesson, which was about the politics of the country, was listened to by the retinue, the captain, and the sailors, while several princes listened with relish, especially House, and asked questions repeatedly.

"If I want to reform the country, how do I make these policies work well?" House asked.

The teacher stroked his beard with his hand and replied, "Policies can be written into law and enforced, but they must be done fairly so that everyone can consciously abide by them." ”

"So how do you keep these laws going for a long time?"

"If the law is popular with the people, it will be able to be enforced for a long time. However, some extreme laws and regulations need to be promoted by faith and loyalty, and self-discipline is slowly formed. ”

"Faith and loyalty?"

"It is laid out by life, especially the life of the reformers themselves."

House nodded thoughtfully, and could tell that he was desperate to get his country through reform.

……

In magic class, Daniel, a sailor, had just learned to pronounce the ancient pronunciation of "fire", and Para instructed him to cast a spell of fire magic. Neil didn't remember it, but just shouted the word "fire" - and it turned out to be a fire magic!

"It's strange, I didn't recite all the spells, huh? How did it work? Daniel asks Parra, but the latter doesn't understand either, and they go together to ask the teacher.

"Oh yes, just saying that word can cast magic." "But you should have noticed that magic isn't as powerful as it is when you recite all the spells. ”

Para tried both casts a little, "Really! Sure enough, the flames released by reciting all the spells became even stronger. ”

"And spells that are short-lived can't use fusion magic." The teacher continued.

"Fusion magic?" Daniel had just learned magic and didn't quite understand it yet.

Umi explained to the two of them: "Combining the magic of two different elements with conjunctions is fusion magic, which can be cast at the same time and have an unexpected effect. Let's say this—" Umi silently recited the incantation, and his left hand released a flame, and his right hand released a stream of water, and then the water and the flame merged together to form a mist!

"I see!" Daniel suddenly realized, stunned by the sight in front of him!

The teacher nodded in satisfaction, acknowledging what Umi had shown, "Fusion magic is the future, my friends. The possibilities are endless, and there are so many new spells and spells to discover! The only obstacle to the development of fusion magic is your imagination and creativity. ”

"Conjunctions, fusion magic...... I remember, Teacher! Para replied delightfully.

……

"Divide your opponent and cause chaos, but don't set yourself on fire." The teacher was teaching Albert about politics and diplomacy. "To weaken your opponent is to make yourself stronger, or to show weakness and let your opponent fall into a trap. In short, the political relationship between countries is actually a mutual scheming, and if you use more stratagem, you can even defeat your opponent without using troops...... Having said all this, I have always believed that the best competition is actually to avoid competition and let the opponent perish on its own. ”

Albert still looks like his left ear is in and out of his right ear, but he actually wrote it down. At this time, he was more concerned about whether to accompany his younger brother to continue his studies here, after all, he really saw the teacher's skills, knowledge and teaching methods in simple terms. After a few days of study and pointing, he slowly remembered the various difficulties his country is currently facing, can he really use the knowledge he has learned here to turn the tide? And you can also make friends with two countries...... No, even more important figures in the royal family and aristocracy of the country can be said to have more advantages than disadvantages for their own country's political diplomacy.

Are you going? Or do you want to stay?

……

Finally, the Dragon's ship was about to depart, and the captain and sailors had to set off from the black building a day before to get to the lighthouse.

"Prince, will you go back with us, or will you stay here?" The captain asked Albert.

In the face of everyone's expectant eyes, Albert said his choice in an indifferent tone: "I'll stay!" ”

"Okay!" Ryan cheered along with the others, and they were glad to see that the "gentleman" had finally come to his senses.

The captain laughed too, and he took the opportunity to pull the sailor Daniel out of the departing group, "You kid stay here too, I see you are also very good at learning." We're leaving, and I'll be back to pick you up in a year's time! Before Daniel could say anything, the captain turned and left with the others.

Ryan shouted to the fading team, "Thank you! Goodbye, Captain Goliath! ”

Captain Goliath - Yes, he was the future Knight Goliath, the future Commander of the Praetorian Guard, the swordsmanship teacher to Alista Akay and Earl McQueen, the old man who protected Lilith and led her to the Desperate Desert. It was because of the experience gained from this trip that he was able to complete the difficult task of escorting Lilith to the desperate desert on his own. At this time, Captain Goliath probably never imagined that his final destination would be buried in this black building, in a stone mound made of Lilith.

"Daniel, don't look, they're far away." Parra said. The team had disappeared to the other side of the dune, but Daniel was still watching.

During the meal, Daniel finally began to talk to several princes, now he is not anyone's retinue, like several princes, he is just a person who studies here.

"Daniel, what's your full name?" Ryan asked.

"My full name is ......" Daniel swallowed the food in his mouth -

—Daniel Dutwid.