Chapter 5: The First Duel
The Warden system had an extremely important military character and had nothing to do with suzerainty in itself. The king appointed the supreme military commanders of the regions and granted the title of "Guardian" to defend against any foreign invasion of the region. The system did an excellent job of avoiding disputes between the lords over the distribution of command of the army.
-------- Chronicles of the Seven Kingdoms
"Do you think we've gone too far?" Ma Shen looked at the path in front of him dumbfounded, turned his head to look at the village behind him, and found that he seemed to have crossed the village.
"Maybe, my lord," Will also looked at the path in front of him dumbfounded.
Ma Shen patted his forehead depressedly, feeling that his IQ had dropped with the stupid Will for a long time, so he could only say helplessly: "Let's go back and ask again, in such a small village, it is impossible not to find a place." ”
"Oh, so you can't find a place to steal?" a voice asked
"Yes, it's hard to find a place," Ma Shen said casually, and then immediately reacted. "Uh, no, what's the situation?"
"I've seen you two strange stinky boys looking around all the way, and you really want to steal, thief, no wonder I've been running out of things lately. A man who looked like a bear suddenly rushed out of his side, and without waiting for Ma Shen to explain, he smashed a hard punch at Ma Shen.
Ma Shen was caught off guard, so he could only struggle to block forward with both hands, and with a "bang" sound, Ma Shen only felt that his hands were numb, and the whole person was forced to take 3 or 4 steps back.
Ma Shen was about to explain, but the attacker didn't give Ma Shen time to react at all, stepped forward and leaned against Ma Shen, and punched Ma Shen again, Ma Shen could only block it with his numb hands, barely supporting it.
It can't go on like this, Ma Shen thought anxiously, if he was subdued by this big man, then he would be slandered as a thief if he was not a thief.
Ma Shen struggled to grasp the hilt of the sword hanging from his waist, and just as he wanted to draw the sword, he was kicked away by the attacker's clean kick, and the sword flew straight away.
The attack of this sudden attacker was very fierce, so that Ma Shen only cared about parrying, and had no ability to fight back.
Will also reacted at this time, "My lord, hurry up, I'll stop him." He rushed up to block it, but was kicked away by the big man at random, but Will immediately struggled to get up from the ground and yelled like a bullshit plaster and stuck to the big man.
Taking advantage of the fact that this big man was entangled by Will, Ma Shen finally got a chance to breathe, and hurriedly opened the mall interface and exchanged his energy for a basic fighting technique.
"Exchange basic fighting skills, consume 10 points of energy, and the remaining 10 points of energy", the memory of a burst of fighting appeared in Ma Shen's mind: fighting is to use the body as his most advantageous weapon, and the brain that dominates the body is a strategy to win in this war...
At this time, this bear-like big man finally knocked Will unconscious to the ground with a punch, spat on the ground, raised his head and was about to continue to clean up the thief who was stupidly lying in place, but was surprised to find that Ma Shen did the opposite, and rushed directly towards him, and the big man sneered: If you don't take this opportunity to escape, you don't know how to die.
Both hands formed a claw shape and grabbed Ma Shen's shoulder, seeing the hand that came with the sound of the wind, Ma Shen went to the side, and then hit the back of the big man's hand with his elbow, Ma Shen knew in his heart that his physical strength was far less than the strength of this big man, and it was not cost-effective to hit it hard, and he had to use skill.
Then the man suddenly found that Ma Shen was like a completely different person, the speed of his attacks was getting faster and faster, and even the speed of dodging was getting faster and faster.
The two of them unexpectedly stalemate, and gradually, Dahan felt as if he was playing with another self, and every move he made seemed to be in the other party's calculations.
But I didn't know that at this time, Ma Shen was even more surprised: No, this guy's strength, speed, and endurance are far stronger than me, and the basic fighting skills can't deal with him at all, and I will definitely lose if I continue like this!
When the brave man wins on the narrow road, feeling the boiling chest, while the big man's punch has not been withdrawn, the old power has been exhausted, and the new force has not been born, Ma Shen suddenly hugged the big man's body, "Ah!!" Ma Shen roared like a lion and slammed his head against his head, and his irritable heart finally found an outlet. The feet were not idle, and he kicked the crotch of the big man, and the big man was still struggling at first, but gradually, the big man finally couldn't hold on to Ma Shen's two-way attack, and was very unwilling to be stunned by Ma Shen's hammer.
"Whew. Ma Shen gasped for breath, covering his vertigo head, wondering if he had a slight concussion, looking at the big man lying on the ground, Ma Shen kicked him hard again.
"Okay!!", a burst of cheers came, Ma Shen turned his head to look, only to find that he didn't know when, there was already a circle of strong-looking big men around, and after seeing Ma Shen stunned this big man to the ground, they cheered: "Good job! ”
Ma Shen, who originally thought it was the companion of the fainted big man, was about to find a way to escape with Will, when he suddenly heard the cheers of the onlookers big man, and suddenly stood in place at a loss.
"Hahaha, look, you scared this strange-looking little guy so much that he was about to run away, you don't have to run, we won't arrest you, this reckless guy completely deserves it, doesn't he know that all the things he has are hidden by the cute little Nasha!" a bearded man in the crowd laughed in a loud voice. Hearing this, the surrounding sturdy villagers burst into laughter again.
Ma Shen looked at the laughing men around him with a wry smile, and couldn't understand where there was such a funny place.
At this time, the bearded man walked out of the crowd, gave Ma Shen a warm hug, and said: "Strange-looking young man, we just came back from outside and saw you beating up this stupid fellow, let's go, for the sake of you making me very happy, I invite you to my house as a guest." ”
Ma Shen struggled to break free from the bearded man's arms with some embarrassment, smelling the smell of sweat on this bearded man's body, and some couldn't bear the enthusiasm of the people in the north, so he quickly shook his head and said: "The destination of me and my entourage is Winterfell, and I am already planning to spend the night at the enthusiastic Uncle Rohr tonight." ”
The faces of the big man and the people around him froze for a moment, looked at each other, and then let out a burst of laughter as if they had heard a super funny joke.
After laughing for a long time, the big man wiped his eyes that were about to burst into tears, patted Ma Shen's shoulder heavily and said: "Boy, how can you be so interesting, I am very optimistic about you, hahahaha! But since you are going to the enthusiastic Uncle Luoer's house for the night, I won't stop you, the house with a bucket on the roof is the home of the enthusiastic Uncle Luoer, go quickly, hahahaha." After saying that, he smiled and waved his hand to the people around him. "Come, boys, reach out and carry this stupid bear away with me. ”
Waving goodbye to the enthusiastic villagers, Ma Shen felt his numb shoulders, and thought to himself: The people in the north of the Ice and Fire World are really known for their boldness and physique, it seems that I have to find a time to improve my body, after all, any skill needs the support of the body.
Raise your hand to carry Will, who was still unconscious on the ground and no one cared about him, not to mention, poor Will had fainted a few times. Glancing at Will on his shoulder with pity, Ma Shen decided to be a little nicer to him in the future.
After a while, a wooden house with a bucket on the roof appeared in front of Ma Shen's eyes, and a very young and lovely little girl who looked young and looked about 13 years old was busy at the door, of course, if the yard was full of chickens, it would be considered busy.
Seeing that the little girl was about to cry, Ma Shen supported her forehead, sighed, put Will on her shoulder aside, picked up the chicken that was "clucking" and wanted to run from Ma Shen's legs, walked over and handed it to the little girl who ran over, the little girl happily took the more active chicken, and didn't have time to thank her, so she quickly put the chicken in the cage, patted her chest, and showed a relieved expression.
Then the little girl secretly glanced at Ma Shen, who looked completely different from others, and Will, who was lying on the ground, walked over and lifted the corner of her skirt, and thanked politely: Hello, thank you very much for your help just now, may I ask, is there anything you need my help with?
Ma Shen looked at the polite little girl in front of him and replied, "I am a traveler from the Far East, and my attendant may be too tired to fall asleep. Ma Shen said, gesturing to Will, who was lying on the side, and then continued politely, "We want to go to Winterfell, but because it's getting late, I don't know if we can stay here for one night? ”
"Oh. . . Oh.. Of course, sir, we haven't had any guests here for a long time, so please come in and sit down for a while, and my father is out, and will be back soon. The little girl replied a little alarmed.
Ma Shen looked at the little girl's nervous appearance, nodded with a smile, and thanked: "Thank you very much, if it is convenient, can I ask what your name is, beautiful little girl." ”
The little girl replied shyly, "My name is Natha." Ashton, you can call me Nasha. As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of something, and asked Ma Shen expectantly, "Sir, you haven't had dinner yet, have you?" ”
"Of course. Ma Shen replied with a smile.
"Then I'll cook an extra dinner tonight, everyone is saying that the food I cook is the best in our village, sir, you can go inside and cook it for a while." Little Nasha warmly invited Ma Shen.
"Okay, Nasha, you go get busy first. Recalling the laughter of the villagers just now, Ma Shen always felt that something was wrong, as if he had forgotten something.
But Ma Shen had no ability to resist the temptation of food, and decided not to think about it anymore.
While waiting for the meal, Ma Shen found a slightly empty place, pulled out the sword at his waist, and waved it one sword after another, looking for the feeling of swinging the sword.
"Gain experience through the perception of basic swordsmanship1."
"Gain experience through the perception of basic swordsmanship1."
"Passed。。。。。 ”
The prompts on the system panel over and over again made Ma Shen more attentive to training basic swordsmanship, and this kind of visible growth would make people more motivated.
"Hahaha, little Nasha, look at what I've brought you. Suddenly, a burst of laughter from a distance interrupted Ma Shen's training, and he saw a "bear" in clothes walking towards the house, probably psychologically, Ma Shen felt that the ground was shaking.
Looking at the man who came over in disbelief, Ma Shen now finally knew the reason why the villagers were laughing just now.