Chapter 12: Mutations
Time was lost in patrolling and swordsmanship, and two months passed in the blink of an eye. www.biquge.info After that day, Rodin never saw Leviathan again, and the memory of him was fading, but there was always a thought, or an expectation, in his heart, that he could only keep admonishing and motivating himself, and work harder until the man came again.
In the past two months, life in the town has been as dull as water, occasionally one or two beasts that have slipped into the town at night have been sent away by the team, and there are no mercenaries or adventurers to make trouble, and the other team members are very satisfied with this life, except for Rodin and Fletcher, who are restless people in their bones.
In the daily militia training camp, Rodin was always the most diligent man, and the other team members rarely came here to train, so he couldn't even find a chance to learn. Is there such a lazy and unenterprising swordsman?
The new sheriff, Jeff, doesn't seem to overdo it. Rodin had also asked Phelps about the matter, but he had explained it lightly
"Everyone has their own ambitions, you can't force all the players to practice as hard as you do, they are also training, at least the swordsmanship has not regressed. “
It is worth mentioning that Fletcher finally progressed from a swordsmanship idiot to a rookie swordsman, but unfortunately he never won the battle with Rodin, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger. The more he honed, the more Rodin felt that he was suitable for such a streamlined and battle-locking swordsmanship.
A month after joining the militia, Rodin had the courage to ask Phelps for details about the power of domination, and Phelps bluntly said that he did not understand it himself, and then gave Rodin a set of breathing methods - the breathing of rocks, a common exercise method among all mercenaries and adventurers.
At first glance, the appearance of a hundred words is somewhat similar to the reverse abdominal breathing method on the earth in the previous life, which is essentially a method of exercising the viscera, improving the vitality of the body, and strengthening the circulation of qi and blood by controlling the rhythm and way of breathing. The difference is that there is also a set of advanced moves.
Pranayama is divided into 3 phases. Stage 1: Practice in stillness, gradually prolong the time, strengthen qi, blood and physical fitness. Try to prolong the breathing time until you reach the limits of your body until you can't make any progress in the breathing method.
People breathe all the time, breathing is even more important than eating and resting, to completely reverse the way of breathing that has been cultivated since childhood, as if to forcibly transform a left-handed person into a right-hander. The difficulty can be imagined, and most of the practitioners are trapped in the first stage.
Stage 2: After completing the exercises of the first stage, cooperate with the advanced movement exercises.
Stage 3: Break through the critical point of the body, defeat the power of the bloodline, and successfully awaken.
In the last two phases, the breathing method is very rough and completely devoid of details. Rodin was deeply impressed by Herder's breakthrough in such harsh conditions.
According to the description in the breathing method, the vast majority of mercenary swordsmen linger in the first stage.
Rodin soon shared the breathing technique with Fletcher, and the two began to practice together, which Rodin has been practicing for a month now. From the first ten minutes or so, it was unbearable, but now it can last for an hour.
And the time that Fletcher insisted on was almost unchanged, always ten minutes.
"I feel so uncomfortable with the breath in my chest, and if I keep going, I'm going to see my brother. "He has a younger brother who died of illness at a young age, in this world, medical means are far less developed than on the earth, and many diseases are incurable, but on the contrary, the people of this world are generally higher in physique than on the earth.
After a month of rock breathing, Rodin clearly felt the changes in his body. The five senses have been strengthened a lot, and the endurance and strength have also improved to a certain extent.
It should be that its own starting point is low, so there is such an obvious strengthening at the beginning. However, every trace of progress is the driving force for Rodin's progress.
In addition to the outrageous practice, Rodin occasionally goes to the bulletin board to pick up the vicinity, unfortunately most of the commissions are some to find lost items, material search and the like, Rodin is not a hunter, not good at this, he is more yearning for actual combat commissions.
"Hey, Rodin, have you heard?"
Slowly exhaling the turbidity in his chest, Rodin asked slowly, "Is there any big news? Aunt Ghent's cattle have been lost again, or is Uncle Carter beating each other again?"
Fletcher approached Rodin, and spat excitedly: "This time it's absolutely right. My cousin Benjamin, they found the wreckage of the caravan outside the town, a dozen or so corpses, all of them mutilated, horrific to see. “
Rodin suddenly straightened up, clenched the sword in his hand tightly, and suppressed his excitement and returned: "We are finally useful?"
"Definitely, Sheriff Jeff is coming here for a meeting right now, it hasn't been such an emergency in years. Much more serious than the last Herder killing. More than a dozen lives, it's scary to think about. ”
"Is it a robber attack?"
Fletcher said firmly, "Absolutely not, I have never seen such a ferocious robber, and Benjamin told me that the wound was not caused by a weapon, but rather like the traces of some kind of large beast?"
Exhaling and taking a deep breath of cold air, Rodin felt a little uncontrollable agitation, "What beast can cause such casualties, lions, wolves, or some unknown creature?"
"Jeff, they've been to the site to investigate, and I'll get to that in a moment. “
The two did not wait for a long time, and in about ten minutes, the large army rushed to the training camp in a hurry, and the escort team did not have the laziness of the past, only a solemn and heavy atmosphere remained.
Jeff's eyebrows furrowed, his previous calmness was no longer there, and his tone was deeply tired, it seemed that this incident had a serious impact on him: "
I'm sure you've heard that the caravan of the old man Gogol, his men, his grandson, including himself, were brutally murdered. It's been five years since the last robber attack in Hidden Town that such a tragic accident has occurred.
I went with several captains to survey the scene, and already there were results, the murderer was not a robber, nor an ordinary beast. We picked up this feather on the spot. “
In Jeff's palm, there was a feather half the thickness of a palm. Gray and yellow, unusually eye-catching.
Behind the beauty, there is a mortal danger.
"Do any of the team members recognize what kind of creature this is?"
There was a sudden silence in the procession, it was impossible for normal birds and beasts to have such thick feathers.
This also means that the creature that created such a bloody slaughter is a creature that has never been seen before in the town. And the unknown represents danger and fear.
A depressing and dreary atmosphere spread among the crowd, and the timidity of Fletcher began to tremble uncontrollably.
Such terrifying creatures were beyond his barren imagination. The militiamen with a certain amount of force are not enough, but what about the unarmed townspeople?
Rodin's body was trembling, but not because he was afraid, but because he was excited! After practicing for so long, wasn't he just an enemy? No matter if he was a man, a beast, or some kind of magical creature, he had only one fight, no matter whether he lived or died. I feel my blood surging when I think about it.
Seeing that the momentum of the team was so low, Jeff encouraged, "No matter what kind of creature he is, if he dares to attack our townspeople blatantly, he must sacrifice his blood to the souls of the dead." “
"The townsfolk have raised us for so long, and now it's time to put it to use. It's important to resist the pressure. “
"Imagine that behind us are our parents, our wives and children, and our young sons, our close friends, who are like brothers and sisters, and now they are all in a great crisis, for their safety, why not die!"
"My Jeff, I swear that I will punish this fellow!"
The sheriff's oath had finally saved morale, and the militiamen, most of whom were brave men, became even more furious as soon as they woke up from their fears. “
"Kill him and cut off his head to make a trophy. “
"Marinate it into jerky. “
"Pluck it out of its skin and make it into clothes. “
"it!"
"Okay, I can see everyone's fighting spirit. But we are human beings, we plan and then act."
"The mayor has gathered all the townspeople in the central square, and it's time for us to go. “
Immediately after the plenary meeting, discuss the plan and swear to kill this fellow!"