Chapter 6, it's okay to be a brave man now
But Pan Long wasn't able to set off right away to get experience points.
Because the brave training class sent him a notice of opening.
When he saw that the system panel suddenly flashed, and then a notice popped up at one point, he looked confused.
"This ...... While this is true in the game, it is also ......"
When he opened the notice and took a closer look, the first thing he noticed was a passage marked in red.
[The number of students enrolled in the first brave training class is limited, and the enrollment will be on a first-come-first-served basis. 】
This reminded him of a detail in the plot: after the enrollment was full, a young girl who had traveled from the far north could not enroll because she was late. She didn't want to give up, but she didn't make trouble, so she moved a stone and sat at the school gate every day, saying that maybe someone would drop out of school, and she would be able to replace her when the time came.
Then, as if a week or two had passed, the king came to inspect it, learned of it, and granted her additional admission.
Pan Long didn't want to learn from that unlucky ghost, so he rushed to school as soon as possible and successfully enrolled in school.
After the opening ceremony, he went straight to the headmaster, the retired head of the Knights.
"I want to go out and practice. He said, "About a month or two." ”
The principal didn't wonder and asked: "I remember you, when the student information was handed over, the instructor of the military training school specially told me about you. You just want to be brave, you don't want to take classes here, do you?"
"That's right. ”
"Why?"
"Because I think...... I'm past the stage of laying the groundwork. Pan Long naturally thought about it a long time ago, "Now I need more actual combat." ”
The headmaster frowned, "How do you know that you have passed this stage, and you are so confident in your own strength?"
"Pretty much, I'm supposed to be much better than the freshman anyway. Pan Long replied not modestly at all, "Learn the basics with them, I'm afraid it will hit them." ”
Before the words fell, an unconvinced shout came from outside: "Don't underestimate people!"
But it turned out that it was several teachers who came to the principal with the candidates they recommended for class president, and when they heard Pan Long's somewhat arrogant words, the teachers were okay, and among the young and vigorous students, some people were immediately enraged.
The shouter was the "genius swordsman" Flange among the students, this swordsman is considered to be the apprentice grandson of King Chris, according to his seniority, and has shown excellent talent since he was a child, claiming that "even if he joins the knights now, he is qualified to be a captain".
Well, it's the kind of "genius teammate" who likes to find fault with the protagonist and is finally impressed by the protagonist.
Pan Long was not interested in convincing him, and he didn't even bother to pay attention to him, just looked at the principal, waiting for an answer.
The principal smiled: "Since some people are not convinced, then you can prove it." As long as I can prove that you don't need to lay the foundation anymore, I will approve you to go out and practice. ”
"Good!"
Before the words fell, Pan Long had already flashed towards the few people who had just walked in. The handsome young man Fran, who had just shouted, was about to draw his sword, but he put one hand on his shoulder, hooked his foot, and fell directly to the ground.
Then, a short knife was pressed against the genius swordsman's neck.
"I won. Pan Long said.
Fran's face flushed, but he didn't say anything.
Although he can shout "You are a sneak attack" and the like, it is an indisputable fact that he failed to block it just now.
Fighting is a very serious matter, and at this moment, he is already considered "killed", and the dead are not qualified to argue.
He didn't speak, wanting to recommend him as the class leader's riding teacher, but "Golden Knight" Ron did.
"There's no point in sneaking up, he didn't watch out for you when you were a teammate. Ron, who was also handsome but much more mature, was full of contempt and disdain, "I can't trust anyone who dares to sneak attack his companions!
Before the principal could answer, Pan Long interrupted him coldly: "Then are you wary of me now?"
Ron was furious: "How dare you—"
He was only halfway through his words when Pan Long had already jumped up and rushed towards him.
Ron drew his sword in an instant, he was already on guard against Pan Long just now.
This kind of arrogant guy, he has seen a lot and fought a lot!
The cold light flashed, and the sword was unsheathed. Ron stepped back at the same time, trying to distance himself to free up space to swing his sword.
But at this moment, the speed of the light on Pan Long's body suddenly accelerated, much faster than just now, and even so fast that an afterimage appeared behind him.
Ron was taken aback and was about to swing his sword when Pan Long's fist slammed into his face.
With a muffled snort, he took off his sword, and the whole person fell out heavily and fell to the ground outside the door, but he was directly knocked unconscious by Pan Long's punch.
Compared to Fran, who was knocked down by Pan Long and then forced by a knife, he lost more miserably and ugly.
"Huh?!"
More than one person exclaimed.
The teachers were shocked by Pan Long's unexpected strength, but the principal exclaimed because he saw the clue.
"Explosive power, have you reached this point in your cultivation of the strength element?"
"Explosiveness?!"
"Isn't that a skill that can only be mastered when the strength element is cultivated to the limit of the human body?"
"He's so strong?"
"Isn't it okay to be a brave man now?"
The teachers exclaimed, and the students even looked at Pan Long with the eyes of a monster.
The power system of this world is the "five elements", strength, agility, endurance, spirituality and spirit, and when the five elements reach a certain level, you can cultivate and comprehend the corresponding skills.
And Pan Long's speed has just skyrocketed, and it is clearly the skill "explosive power" that can only be cultivated at the A-level level of the strength element.
What is the concept of elemental A-level? Most of the brave men in the Demon King's crusade in the past had only one element cultivated to this level.
In other words, even if the Demon King is resurrected now, and various countries recruit brave people to establish crusading armies, Pan Long is also qualified to join them.
As long as he wants, he can already be considered a "brave man"!
Even the teachers of this brave training class have not all cultivated to this point......
Pan Long nodded and asked, "Can I go to practice?"
This time, no one spoke out against it.
The headmaster coughed twice and said, "In your situation, it is indeed not suitable to study with those chicks who have not seen much blood. In this way, I plan to start actual combat training for them in three months, and after half a year, I will try to defeat some stronger monsters. You should be back within six months at the latest. ”
"Okay!"
When Pan Long turned to leave, there was a heated discussion in the principal's room.
"Headmaster, where did you find such a great student?"
"This is the level of the teacher at all!"
"Ron is so unlucky......"
"Yes, if it were us, it would be about the same. ”
"You guys, your skills are not bad, but your eyesight is not good, and you still owe some heat!"
Pan Long ignored the voices behind him, left the school directly, went to the hotel to pack his things, and left the royal capital of Ilore City.
He went all the way south, day and night. Only when passing through towns and villages will they go to hotels for a sleep and a hot meal.
In less than five days, he had arrived at the southernmost section of the Kingdom of Chris, "Wangyang Promontory".
There are several unknown fishing villages, a town called "Piketown", where an army of about 200 people is stationed, and there are three large and small warships.
Because it is only less than a hundred miles away from the "Black Skull Island" where the demon king was suppressed, unless there is a headwind, the warship will depart in the morning and arrive before dark.
For a long time, the soldiers of Pike Town have been tasked with patrolling the Demon Sea (the sea area between the mainland and Black Skull Island), and even regularly landing on Black Skull Island to check the seals. In the process of performing tasks, they will naturally encounter all kinds of monsters, so they have extremely rich combat experience and many good players in the army.
Pan Long knew that the fate of this army was very tragic.
It's May, and it's probably August, when the Demon King breaks through the seal. At that time, the door of space to the demon world will be opened again, and countless monsters will rush to the human world like a tide.
In order to give the people time to flee, the soldiers of Pike Town have been holding on to the "Demon Suppression Fortress" at the end of the headland, and fought until the last moment.
But death is not the end, after their death, the corpse is transformed into a death knight by the demon king, and there is no peace when they die.
It wasn't until the new generation of heroes had defeated the Demon King that they would be able to rest in peace - that would already be in April and May of next year.
The saddest thing is that even though they sacrificed so much, they still couldn't save those people. The fleeing civilians were chased and killed by the flying troops of the Demon King's Army on the road, and in the end, all but a few lucky ones died. Their corpses were transformed into zombies and skeletons, becoming part of the Demon King's army.
Moreover, they are far more than the ones who have such a tragic experience.
The Demon Realm doesn't produce skeleton soldiers and zombies, so where did these low-level necromancers who are overwhelming in the Demon King Army come from?
It's a painfully heavy question.
Although the plot and story rhythm of the game itself are relatively relaxed and joyful, the story of the resurrection of the demon king and the scourge of the common people is actually not easy to be happy.
Those blood and tears don't stop because they don't appear in the story.
Pan Long stood at the south gate of Piketown, watched quietly for a long time, and then turned to leave.
The town is peaceful, and there is no sign of the Demon King's resurrection. Except for the four heroes of the previous generation who had fought to the death with the Demon King and had a vague sense of each other, no one in this world knew that the crisis was coming.
He was the fifth.
The other four people who knew the crisis was coming, and they had already begun to act.
The rangers of the North are waging a large-scale sweep war against the monsters lurking in the ice and snow, the Wizards Guild is making a large number of magic items that can be used in the war, and the clergy of the Church of the Earth Goddess are traveling to various cities in the south, replenishing and perfecting protective enchantments city by city.
The most fierce reaction was still the Kingdom of Chris, and they directly began to cultivate the next generation of brave warriors.
But Pan Long knew that they were still moving too slowly.
When the Demon King recovers, the monsters in the world will quickly become stronger, and a large number of monsters will flock to the world.
By that time, the rangers would be exhausted, there would not be enough magic items, and the protective enchantment would only keep the inhabitants of those cities alive in fear for a few more days.
As for the young new generation of brave men...... By the time they grew up, there had been too many tragedies in the world, and too much blood and tears had been shed.
Pan Long wanted to try if he could do something.
Anyway, he has already obtained what he wants most, and even if he dies in this world, there is nothing to regret.
He's got a lot here, and he should have something in return.
As a certain teacher said: Go and be brave now...... Probably no problem.