Dinner at the Quinn family wasn't very pleasant.

Tony Stark never wanted to attend such a 'potluck', so he didn't come to Quinn's house.

Ethan also noticed that Oliver's mother and her current husband seemed to be at odds with each other, and even though they covered it up well, the atmosphere could get awkward from time to time.

The only normal thing is Thea, who is trained every day, she eats very happily, even if the posture of eating is still elegant, but there is no way to hide the amazing amount of food.

"Can you hand me the salt?"

Ethan looked at the salt shaker in front of him, resisted the urge to use the mage's hand, picked it up and placed it next to Thea.

"Thank you. ”

At this time, Moira noticed her daughter's exaggerated amount of food, which was already the second steak.

"Thea?"

The daughter's sudden increase in food is not a normal thing, Moira is not in a very good mood, but good personal cultivation requires that she not be rude in front of guests.

"What's wrong? Mom?"

"I've noticed that you've been eating a lot more lately. ”

The amount of training every day is very large, and the mental exertion is exaggerated, and eating a lot at this time is the only way to replenish the missing physical strength and nutrients.

If it weren't for the fact that Thea's figure hadn't changed significantly, it is estimated that Moira would have asked more bluntly.

Even now, she was misunderstood.

Overall, she was quite happy with Ethan.

looks good, looks good, looks good, but the age is a little young, and boys at this age probably don't know what responsibility is.

However, she did not object to the contact between the two young people, and she considered whether to remind her daughter to take protective measures a little.

"Ahem, Mom, Thea has been taking a self-defense course lately, so the amount of food will increase. ”

"Oh?"

Oliver's explanation surprised Moira.

"I know you've been going to Ethan's house lately, do you have extra defense classes there?"

Thea was learning from Ada. ”

Moira looked at Ada again, and this time not only Moira, but Walter was surprised.

Both of them knew that Ida was the newest shareholder of the Quinn Group, and although she was an agent, she had the power to represent Ethan and Tony Stark with full powers, so no one would think that Ida was not worthy of attention.

How unreliable does such a business elite teach Thea a self-defense course at home?

Ethan was about to say something, but Oliver immediately interjected again.

"Actually, it's just to make Thea more active, and you know that Thea was a little thin before. ”

It can be seen that Oliver is trying his best to get Ethan not to speak, and Ethan eats quietly when he sees this, Moira doesn't ask him, he doesn't speak, and casually copes with the meal.

The days that followed were still uneventful, and the enemies Green Arrow faced were all ordinary people, the one who had the same good archery and fighting ability as the Green Arrow, and was also very good at hiding himself and stealth, even if it was the most troublesome opponent for Oliver.

Of course, Ethan is not interested in such goods, it is better to stay at home and wait for the birth of the Flash.

In addition, Oliver's stepfather, Walter, left the Quinn family, and it seems that Oliver's stepfather's marriage to his mother has finally come to an end.

Oliver didn't know about these things yet, and he still had a headache about the various crimes that continued to appear in Star City.

Thea still comes to learn magic and martial arts every day, and after a long time of study and training, Thea is no worse than the one in the original plot, and it can even be said that she is stronger.

Originally, in the plot, Thea just accepted a few months of training from her biological father Malcolm Merlin, the Black Arrow who is currently giving Oliver a headache, and her strength is just that.

In addition to her actual combat experience and lack of due mentality, Thea's strength has surpassed her original self, even if she has only mastered a few auxiliary spells.

In addition to Mana Blast, these spells include Swamp Spell that interferes with opponents, Buff Spells that increase your reaction speed and strength, Feather Fall that guarantees your life when you fall from a height, Eagle Eye that improves your eyesight for a short time, a simple healing spell, and most importantly, Flash, which can be used as a flashbang or a flashbang.

This ensures that Thea can handle most situations on her own, and can also take on a supporting role in the team if necessary.

In addition, the biggest advantage of learning these spells with Ethan is that the dependence on spell casting materials has become very low, because Ethan splits the composition of magic very carefully, and gets rid of the restrictions of spell casting materials from the beginning, and completely relies on magic to complete various spell effects.

This also avoids the dilemma of Thea having to carry a lot of messy miscellaneous items around: after all, Thea doesn't have any storage equipment, but the casting materials are generally numerous and miscellaneous.

But even so, if you want to use these spells well, you still need Thea to practice hard, and before she can really solve all problems with magic, she still needs to practice hard for fighting and using cold weapons.

The most important thing in training to this point is not the technical training: it's not that these trainings are not important, but the next step is that Thea needs to practice diligently day after day, year after year, and then practice a lot of movements to the end, which is not a quick fix, only hard work.

At this time, what restricts Thea's combat power is actually her mentality.

"You still don't have the mentality of a 'warrior'. ”

"What do you mean?"

"When facing the enemy, you will unconsciously hold back and avoid causing fatal damage. ”

This is the normal mentality of ordinary people who develop the correct three views in a peaceful environment, because the education and the general environment are constantly reminding this person that it is wrong to hurt others, and it is even more wrong to kill people.

"Subconsciously you will avoid using deadly attacks, and this mentality will not only not win you praise in real combat, but will hurt you. ”

Ethan's teaching also did not avoid Oliver, and Oliver didn't know what to say about the lesson Ethan taught today.

His intellect, as well as his own experience, reminded him that Ethan was not wrong.

But in his heart, he didn't want Thea to become a 'cold-blooded and ruthless killer', so he was now extremely entangled, whether to stop this teaching?

In his opinion, Thea already has the ability to protect herself, with her current strength, even if she is herself, don't want to kill her easily, unless she chooses to sneak attack while Thea is completely inattentive, and she has to do a fatal blow, otherwise those strange magic alone are enough to make him feel an incomparable headache.

But Thea herself doesn't seem to be satisfied, she still practices hard every day, and it looks like she's addicted.

Oliver's feeling is right, getting stronger is indeed addictive, and a young person like Thea is not immune to this, and she is now looking forward to what her future self will be.

So she didn't resist anything Ethan taught, even if it was a concept she couldn't accept in the past.

What's more, Ethan's words are very convincing: "Of course, I don't teach you these things to make you a cold-blooded killing machine, so you have to know how to completely and completely control your own power." ”

"So...... What should I do?"

"To do the same, we must first learn the correct attitude towards the enemy. Starting today, you're going to have a battle with my energy clone. ”

Ethan didn't make any moves, but another Ethan suddenly walked out of his body, standing quietly in front of Thea.

"This clone is made purely of energy, so it doesn't matter if you kill him. In addition, this clone will only use a slightly stronger force than you currently have, so you don't have to worry about not being able to beat it, but if you still can't comprehend the correct fighting mentality, then you will be unlucky. ”

Ethan took a few steps back.

"He will use all kinds of methods to provoke you, and you need to learn how not to let your emotions affect your combat effectiveness. ”

"Huh?"

When Thea was in a daze, Ethan suddenly threw something over, instinctively reached out to catch it, and then she found that what she caught seemed to be a sword hilt?

"It's your weapon, and you'll have to figure out how to use it. ”

Without waiting for Thea to protest, Ethan had already retreated to the sidelines.

"The battle has begun, come on!"

Almost at the same time as Ethan spoke, blue-white electric light appeared between Ethan's clone's hands, and these thunderbolts slowly condensed, and finally turned into a blue-white pillar of energy light, which was held in his hand like a two-handed sword, swinging and slashing at Thea in front of him.

"Wait, I don't know how to use this yet. ”

There is only one handle of this weapon in her hand, Thea took the time to look at it, there was no switch on it, and when she was guessing whether to use mental power to use it, the attack on the opposite side had already arrived in front of her.

The long-term training still had the desired effect, the body instinctively dodged, and habitually wanted to reach out and grab the opponent's weapon.

And then she suffered.

The condensed blue-white energy pillar looked like a glowing stick, and it didn't seem to be threatening, but Thea just rubbed the edge of the dot, and felt that she had touched the leaking electric switch, and was numb by the current released from it.

“......”

Ethan covered his face, this kind of sparring in the greenhouse is prone to this kind of problem: you dare to get your hands on the opposite weapon without even figuring out what the opposite weapon is?

Reaching out to stop Oliver, who wanted to rush forward, Ethan comforted him: "Don't worry, it will only make people feel paralyzed and painful, and it will not be fatal or cause irreversible damage." ”