Chapter 13: Beginning of Sword Practice
One person and one dragon quickly fell asleep, after all, a few kilometers of weight-bearing cross-country in the afternoon is still too difficult for a combination of otaku and young dragon.
At this time, only the flames in the camp at night were constantly flickering, making the area always in a state of light and darkness.
At some point, however, a steady black shadow appeared at the edge of the firelight, shaped like a hand, and it reached for the center of the firelight like a thief.
It took a long time for the shadow to finally spread into the fire, covering a piece of firewood, and then dragging it back into the darkness as if it were a real thing. The firewood disappeared as if it had melted into the darkness, and the flames decreased, and the light area faded a lot in an instant.
It didn't take long for the dark shadow to reappear on the edge, heading for the firewood again. Just when it was about to succeed again, Wang Xingjiang woke up.
I don't know if it's because he cares about the effect of the smoke or because of the wrong posture, Wang Xingjiang slept very unsteadily, and when he woke up, the first thing he saw was a black hand stretching out for the fire.
Wang Xingjiang, who had not completely woken up, woke up instantly, and hurriedly got up to prepare to drive away, but he was still a step too late, and the black hand retreated into the darkness with a piece of firewood, and the fire at this time was hit again and became crumbling.
Seeing this, Wang Xingjiang immediately began to add firewood, but the tiny flame could no longer ignite the wood immediately. Seeing that the flame was about to be extinguished, the little fire dragon, who had also just woken up, saw this tiny firelight, and then immediately used the flames in his heart, the firewood was ignited instantly, and Wang Xingjiang was also startled by the sudden flames and fell to the ground.
Seeing the recovery of the fire, the excited Wang Xingjiang picked up the hero Xiao Huolong is slammed rub, and the little fire dragon immediately broke free from his embrace as usual, and even ran to the opposite side of the fire before lying down to continue his dream.
Wang Xingjiang did not continue to entangle, but fell into reflection, why didn't he think that there was such a problem?
In Don't Starve, players who don't fall asleep must have light in the dark to survive or be killed by unknown forces, while players who choose to sleep can avoid this and go straight back to daylight.
But because the character doesn't get tired at night, he can still do a lot at night. So in order to make the player less comfortable to work at night, the game arranges the black hand to try to reduce the flame from time to time to disturb the player, but it is not difficult to deal with, holding the torch to drive the black hand back into the darkness can make this one not appear again overnight.
Wang Xingjiang knew about the existence of the black hand, but he didn't expect that the black hand would appear when he was asleep, and he didn't say it in the game! If you steal all the firewood by the black hands, won't you be killed if you get up at night to go to the toilet?! Wang Xingjiang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but he immediately saw the little fire dragon opposite, fortunately, no matter how bad it is, there is still light, at least there is a chance to save it.
However, Wang Xingjiang didn't dare to rely only on the flames on the tail of the little fire dragon, after all, this black hand would appear when he was asleep, if it could reduce the flames on this tail, it would be a big problem, and the little fire dragon would even die because of it.
Then the fire at night must not be extinguished, but then it must be kept all night, Wang Xingjiang made a decision, and then began to prepare to make a plan.
At this moment, the black hand in the darkness opposite Wang Xingjiang appeared sneakily, cautiously but openly reaching out to the flames.
Hehe, sure enough, it came again, Wang Xingjiang took out a piece of wood from the fire as a torch, ready to solve it like in the game.
At this time, except for the absence of the weird BGM, it was the same as in the game, and the black hand retreated with Wang Xingjiang's approach, and soon retreated into the darkness. Wang Xingjiang did not go back immediately, but took a few steps forward again, and did not return until he reached the edge of the original firelight.
Feeling that he shouldn't come again, Wang Xingjiang sat on the ground and began to think about how to keep vigil. If there were entertainment things such as computers and mobile phones, Wang Xingjiang would have absolute confidence that he would be able to stay up all night, but it is a pity that although he has a mobile phone, there are not many parts that can be used.
In this way, he was not sure that he would be able to stay up all night, and Wang Xingjiang could only regret why he didn't bring all kinds of electronic devices such as game books with rich reserves like blank.
Wang Xingjiang also thought that in fact, he could let the little fire dragon come to keep vigil, and the little fire dragon would definitely do it if he was so obedient. But he immediately dispelled this idea, the little fire dragon was already very unfortunate to follow him, and if he was still allowed to do such a thing, Wang Xingjiang would have a disturbed conscience.
Then I have to see if there are any downloaded novels on this mobile phone, Wang Xingjiang took out his mobile phone, and the mobile phone screen was full of games, except for the very simple reproduction book.
Wang Xingjiang opened the book of replicas, saw his bleak panel data, and then thought of his current situation, he had such a dangerous job, just thinking that it was useless to simply live, he had to make himself stronger, so that he could stand out in the subsequent world and return to his home.
"Is there any way to improve my combat effectiveness?" Wang Xingjiang asked such a question, and then he reacted that there was no one around here who could answer him, and it was useless to ask.
However, to Wang Xingjiang's surprise, the answer of the replica book actually appeared on the mobile phone screen.
'Given the host's current state, swordsmanship is the only direction that can be trained, and as the host's ability increases, the summoning and contract abilities will increase simultaneously. In this book, it is recommended that the host give priority to swordsmanship for training, and the improvement speed is the fastest. ’
"Is there a way to practice swordsmanship?" Wang Xingjiang hurriedly asked.
'Since the host has not learned any swordsmanship, it is impossible to practice according to the swordsmanship, and there is no foundation in swordsmanship. This book recommends that the host start with basic practice, starting with wielding a sword. ’
"Is there a more concrete way?"
'Sorry, this book does not store any information about basic swordsmanship, and cannot make specific recommendations. ’
Wang Xingjiang didn't ask again, after all, it was enough to surprise that the Book of Replicas could answer his first two questions, and he didn't have to be disappointed if the last question was not answered.
You have to start practicing with a sword and swinging a sword, but this is very suitable for the current situation, Wang Xingjiang thought in his heart.
First, I really don't have a foundation, so I have to start from scratch; Second, in order to avoid waking up the little fire dragon, you can't do too much action at night, and the action of holding the sword and swinging the sword is relatively small; The third is to hold a sword and swing a sword, you have to stand, so that you won't fall asleep.
According to this arrangement, Wang Xingjiang would have to practice swords at night and sleep during the day, which can be regarded as a forced jet lag.
Pulling out the sword and standing up, Wang Xingjiang began to be confused again, how to practice this sword? Is it to practice the method of holding the hand, or to practice the ability to hold the sword?
Well, let's practice swinging the sword.
Wang Xingjiang doesn't know how to swing a sword, he only knows that in the animation, the Japanese practice wooden sword is to swing the sword directly from the top of the head, not to mention other effects, at least it can exercise arm strength.
The other thing is to swing the sword with the backhand when chopping the clockwork chariot, but this part is completely unsystematic, more like a random chop.
Then come and practice swinging the sword above the head with a big opening and closing, although it feels like it's more like a split, but this is also a New Year's swordsmanship, so it's a swing.
Wang Xingjiang raised the sword above his head, waved it vigorously with both hands, and the sword also stopped after turning a big arc with the sound of breaking through the air. The little fire dragon was disturbed by the sudden sound in the silence and covered his head with two small hands.
Seeing the little fire dragon's move, Wang Xingjiang didn't continue to swing the sword, it seems that the movement of the sword swing is still too big, and he can't practice it at night.
Now you can only practice holding a sword, so do you want to practice one movement at a time like practicing radio gymnastics? Wang Xingjiang had no choice but to do so.
Wang Xingjiang chose one of the most common sword-holding movements in his mind, which was to stand back and forth with both feet and raise the sword with both hands facing forward. I have the impression that this action is the first action after engaging the enemy, and then it is easy to follow other actions.
Imagine that he was facing the enemy, Wang Xingjiang made a good move, because the enemy did not act, Wang Xingjiang could only maintain this action and prepare for the follow-up action.
The flames flickered, and the fire shone on Wang Xingjiang's body, and it could be seen that his hands were not moving at all. However, it didn't take long for Wang Xingjiang's hands to begin to tremble slightly, and then quickly turned into violent tremors.
Wang Xingjiang stuck his sword into the ground with both hands, recalling the situation just now. At first, I didn't feel anything, but then I began to feel the flow of blood and the trembling of my muscles, which gradually increased, and then reached the point of soreness and numbness, and finally I could no longer hold the sword.
This is much more tiring than radio gymnastics, Wang Xingjiang thought while rubbing his arms, but he could see that his hands were still not stable enough, so he was sure that this matter was useful, and he still had to strengthen his exercise.
Wang Xingjiang rested for a while and then started again, he just graduated from high school and still has a ruthless energy, isn't it just holding it, there is still time, if you don't believe it, you can't be cured.