Chapter 42: Abel 2
readx;? Ricken lowered his bow and asked the three students to retrieve the arrows from the target. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Abel caught a glimpse of the indifferent expression on Rickon's face, he had seen the look of Augst when he was fighting, and his fierce expression seemed to be about to eat the other party. Just by looking at Ogst's expression, he knew that this battle would definitely end in the death of one of them, and the sword move that left almost no way back was like a death seeker, and both momentum and morale were greatly inspired.
Rickon's bow and arrow, on the other hand, is a calm and even indifferent attack. It's hard to tell how hard he put his bow and arrow, this casual appearance feels like he doesn't want to hit the target at all, but he does.
"Abel, Bert, and Haydn. Rickon said to them, "I think you can see that you still have a lot of room for improvement in your skills. ”
With his good-natured warnings, it's hard to associate with a typical dismount. And the three of them also admired Rickon from the bottom of their hearts, and admired the bows and arrows that seemed to be alive in his hands.
Rickon's temper is almost identical to his brother's, only more confident. He carefully taught the three of them about the things they need to pay attention to when drawing a bow, and explained that accuracy does not need to be so high, and too high accuracy is actually not of much use on the battlefield. Hearing this, Bert and Haydn still thought that they would never go to war, and the accuracy of the bow and arrow was of some use in the tournaments held by the nobles.
During a break from practice, Rickon showed them the compound bow he had used. It is said that a full bow requires 60 kilograms of pulling force to use, and this bow is also a standard weapon in the army, and it can shoot about 300 meters. If you take advantage of the parabola to the maximum, it will have a range of up to 400 meters. In hand-to-hand combat, powerful bows and arrows can easily pierce chain mail, scale armor, and even plate armor.
Crossbows are also part of a ranged threat in combat, but are usually only used as weapons for improvised peasant soldiers. Because it is easy to use and easy to aim continuously, it is not treated well by the aristocracy. However, compared to bows and arrows, crossbow arrows are less weighty and cannot be lethal at long distances. If you increase the distance of the crossbow, it will make the crossbow that is already slow to reload even more disadvantaged. In the absence of sufficient distance, the use of heavy arrows may encounter the problem of insufficient muzzle velocity and incomplete energy conversion.
The aristocracy took pride in practicing a superior bow, which was no less important than the swordsmanship of jousting duels.
After Abel was shocked by Rickon, he was fascinated by such a hundred steps of archery. After dinner, Abel returned to the practice ground, picked up his bow and arrows, and began to practice hard. After a while, his arms were sore, and he no longer had the strength to continue drawing the bow. At this point, Abel went to the target to retrieve the arrows. With the light of the aftersun, Abel found that the gap between himself and the archery master Rickon was not half a star.
Chang Gengxing gradually brightened, and Abel stared at the night sky for a moment. It suddenly remembered that the two brothers, Bert and Haydn, had made an appointment to meet in the church's grave in the city, and this was an opportunity to ease their relationship, but it could not end with the release of pigeons. Although those two people have poisonous tongues, they are not bad people after all. If you want to be friends with them as Kenneth said, maybe you can help change their temper.
The location of the church is not very far, and it didn't take long for Abel to arrive at the agreed place. Bert and Haydn sell it and say that there is something incredible for Abel to show Abel, and that eight or nine are not far from ten or something, and that is a ghost or something. Rumors spread quickly in a city like this, and they quickly became mysterious.
Abel's unique gift allows him to perceive many natural, supernatural things, and ghosts are no exception. If there is really something, it must not be intimidating. Seeing that Bert and Haydn had not yet arrived, Able slowly moved towards the door of the tomb.
A small hall was used for some ceremonies, with two doors leading to different burial chambers. A lower position could contain more coffins, and it was a resting place for ordinary religious citizens. The other, closer to the church, is located higher up, where the remains of the nobles are laid to rest and enjoys a separate burial chamber. Presumably, the economic warehouses used by the citizens were painfully folded together, and the nobles were more noble than them even after death.
Able felt the movement of the lower tombs carefully, and it seemed that there were no commoners protesting against the nobles who enjoyed the better rooms. I don't know if the rituals that give the deceased extra rest actually worked, but the fact is that there are no anomalies. Abel focused on the burial chamber of the nobles, which seemed to be unchanging and quiet...... It's just a seem, and there are some unspeakable anomalies in it. It's like a ghost you've ever encountered, but it's slightly different and faint. If you get closer, you might find something.
Abel thought, a hand silently resting on his shoulder. This made Abel leap more than a meter high, and the waving arm hit Bert's nose, who patted him on the shoulder.
"Oh!" said Bert, covering his nose and pushing back, "Hey, calm down." I'm not a ghost. ”
"Me neither!" Haydn said, holding up his hands.
Abel's attention was on the depths of the tomb, and he didn't notice that Bert and Haydn had silently walked behind him.
"Holy Spirit and the One God, don't be so scary, okay?" Abel said with a steady heartbeat, "Now you can tell me what we're doing here?"
"I think it's obvious. Haydn said, "Rumor has it that ghosts haunt here. ”
"Yes, there really is such a thing. "It's rare that Bert doesn't have a tangled nose.
Abel knew what might be inside, so he still asked by chance, "Are you sure it's not a rumor?"
"I'm sure!" said Bert, "think about it, more than once the Tomb Keeper has reacted to something here, and it will make strange noises and move the objects in the room. After the sun went down, no one dared to come here, including the mausoleum guards. ”
And the priest of the church also said that sometimes in dreams he is woken up by loud sounds, but when he wakes up it is quiet. The person who was frightened awake was covered in a cold sweat, and his mind woke up from his sleep in an instant. Haydn said, as if it were himself who had been disturbed by the ghost, "But the exorcists have never noticed anything out of the ordinary, but the locals have deliberately avoided the church at night." ”
Combined with Abel's discovery just now, he felt that this was true. I was a little timid......
"You're not scared, are you?" said Bert, looking at Abel.
Abel smiled bitterly in questioning, "Aren't you afraid?"
"We're not afraid. "We've been here many times," Bert said. ”
"There are also a lot of people who are scared to pee their pants. Haydn said.