40 Practice with Night Raid
"I've arranged for you and Sansa to go to Winterfell the day after tomorrow, the front line is dangerous, and it's not for you to be here."
In the tent, Eddard, who had changed into brown leather armor, had already grown stubble at this time, and he kept writing something on the parchment scroll with his head down, which looked like a letter.
When Charles heard this, his originally calm expression couldn't help but be stunned: "You actually treat me as an old, weak, sick and disabled?" ”
Before he could say a few words when he walked in, he received such a sentence, which made Charles quite puzzled in surprise.
Shouldn't this be, is he acting like such a weak chicken?
"War is not child's play," the busy Ed glanced up at him, "As far as I know, your spells don't work on the battlefield at all." ”
"But it's enough to protect yourself."
"An army of tens of thousands of people charged to protect itself?"
“……”
Perhaps feeling a bit stiff in his tone, he added, "I don't know what you're going to do, and I don't know what you want, but you saved my life in King's Landing, and you don't ask for anything in return, but I can't bear it in peace; No matter what, I have to keep you safe. ”
"So, with Arya and the others, go back to Winterfell, which is much safer than this, and here?" After a pause, he shook his head and said, "When the war starts, I can't even guarantee my own life. ”
Charles was silent, he couldn't refute what Ed said, because it was true. It's quite special to take it out on its own, but if you blend in with the army and follow the war, it's not qualified at all.
It's just that he doesn't want to give up the goal he has set, or if he pursues safety, he won't have to come to this world repeatedly.
Although there are many mysteries in the world in front of the door, the order is much stronger than this, if he blindly pursues stability, then he can eat and wait for death with a fluke mentality there, instead of running to this war-prone medieval world to play some adventure.
As for why he lived a good life but came to this dangerous battlefield - it was like a criminal running to join the police force as an undercover agent, surrounded by potential enemies, and he was really unsteady in his heart if he didn't practice that camouflage spell earlier......
So in the end he said, "I don't want to be an infantryman, but an archer, right?" As far as I know, archers are much less dangerous. ”
"But that doesn't mean there isn't."
"Of course, but if you don't agree, I'll probably have to do it alone."
When he said this, the young man's tone was firm, and seeing this, Ed hesitated a little.
"I know you have good intentions, but sometimes, good intentions only do bad things." Charles said, his eyes fixed on the middle-aged man in front of him, his expression full of seriousness.
"You said you didn't know what I wanted, and I'm going to tell you now that all I want is to stay here. And if you want to repay the favor for saving my life, then do your best to keep me safe here. ”
As he spoke, Charles smiled slightly: "Of course, if I really die unfortunately, you don't need to feel guilty, because this is completely self-inflicted, what do you think?" ”
After a moment of silence between them, Ed finally nodded, "In that case, I agree that you will stay here and join the archer army, but there is a premise. ”
"What?"
"You have to be trained as an archer, with other people, otherwise you will only drag others down."
"No problem."
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This is the end of the conversation, as a duke who leads tens of thousands of troops, Ed is not as idle as he was on the ship at this time, and he is even busy until late at night every day, so Charles retreated very interestingly,
He had expected it to be done in a few days, but the next afternoon a servant came to inform him that his training needed to begin alone.
"You're a guest in the North, you can't mix with ordinary soldiers, that would be too lazy."
The squire said so.
Charles didn't think it was like Ed's doing, it was estimated that the lord had made the changes after Ed's orders, but he didn't care about it, although group training was more cooperative, but it seemed that individual training could progress faster.
And so began the practice of archery with a wizard
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"Use your index, ring and middle fingers to hook the bowstring, pull the string tight with your right hand, place the shaft on the left side of the bow, and ......"
"The most important thing on the battlefield is to follow orders, and in addition, as an archer, the main thing is to protect yourself from being ......"
"Eyes, bows and arrows, and targets, three points and one line, when pulling the bow, do not use force when aiming, do not use force, gently release, and do not have excess force to affect the bow and arrow, so that the accuracy of shooting will be greatly improved."
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A sturdy-looking soldier explained and demonstrated Charles's movements, and prompts drifted through Charles' eyes from time to time.
[You listened to Soldier Rohr's key points for bow and arrow throwing, and your bow and arrow skills have improved somewhat]
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[You listened to the soldier Rohr's tips on the aiming and shooting of bows and arrows, and your bow and arrow skills have improved somewhat]
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[You try to shoot with a bow and arrow, and your bow and arrow proficiency increases]
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While learning and practicing, another week passed unconsciously.
During this time, Charles did not have anything to praise in the world in front of the door, either eating or sleeping, and then went to the Pita City Noble Welfare Management Association to ask if their president had returned, but there was no news.
In addition to returning on time every day, he is now focused on bow and arrow practice, and occasionally familiarizes himself with the two spells that he can practice so far, in fact, he is basically familiar with these two spells, and there are all kinds of animal corpses in the barracks, which is enough for him to "squander" at will.
On the fifth day and half of the night after learning the bow and arrow skills, the skeleton resuscitation allowed him to practice to 99%, but no matter how he practiced, he couldn't take a step forward.
"Maybe there's something I didn't know?" Thinking so, he rummaged through his notebook and couldn't find the point.
It also convinced him that the notebook was only a few "elementary spells", and it could even be said that there was nothing too special about it except for the last few pages of sealed text and the three disguise spells.
He also didn't find any clues about his possession in the notebook, which may have been sealed as well, but it was more likely that there wasn't any!
Out of caution, he did not dare to investigate the specific origin of the notebook, so that the matter was put on hold for the time being.
As a result, he devoted all his attention to practicing bows and arrows and spells.
Bows and arrows had been improving, and when it came to spells, his main focus was on the Touch of Fatigue after the skeleton recovery reached a bottleneck.
The conditions for this spell to be activated are different from those for Bone Resurrection, and the prerequisite for activating is not a pendant, but a secret text.
A secret text engraved in the palm of your hand!
It is said to be engraved, but in fact, it is to write the secret text on the paper first, and then cover the palm of the hand to recite the incantation, and finally it is engraved. It's painful, but it's much more convenient than using a knife or whatever.
This is a very useful spell, but unfortunately it can only be cast at close range with your hands; Of course, it's okay to use your feet or whatever, but you have to touch the target - so it's still handy.
Except for Arya and the others who went to see each other when they were sent back to Winterfell, he basically "devoted himself to reading the books of the sages", because of the "correction" of the Eye of Knowledge, his bow and arrow skills improved rapidly, and he was so shocked that the soldier Rohr, who taught him to practice bows and arrows, often looked sluggish, and even began to doubt life.
It's just that no matter how fast the progress is, it is useless, and it stands to reason that a normal soldier in this era can go to the battlefield with a little training, but Charles has not heard any sound of his participation in the war.
This made him wonder if Ed was going to let him continue to train like this until the end of the war.
So a week after the last conversation, he couldn't help but go to Ed again, but unfortunately the person was not here, and he pounced.
As he was returning to his tent depressed, he suddenly heard a turbulent and dull sound of horses' hooves, and Charles looked in a daze, and hurriedly looked in the direction from which the sound came, and then his face changed greatly.
In the night, countless cavalry rode their horses and rushed to the edge of the camp without the slightest slowdown!
Among the large number of cavalry, a silk cloth banner with a red background standing in the shape of a lion was erected high, and it was fluttering awe-inspiring with the charge of the army, and Charles had not lived in the barracks for so long in vain, so he recognized it at the first time - it was the military flag of the Lannister family!