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"It blasted me out for some reason, a woman's heart, it's really not something that normal people can understand. ”

Soon after the two twin sisters were reconciled, Lina used the following time for the girls' private conversation to send Pennis away, anyway, she had to go back to the temple to help after the conversation, and it was useless for Pannis to follow, so it was better to go home by herself. After a futile protest, Pannis, who was very helpless, had no choice but to accept his fate and slowly wander home along the street alone.

"I haven't been here for decades, and it's still so lively. Pannis held a bag of granular fruits in one hand, threw them into his mouth one by one, and muttered to himself: "The red pearl fruit really has to be eaten like this to be delicious, the image or something, it should have died a long time ago." ”

"Hi, this beautiful little sister. Boredom, Pannis, who was wandering around, crouched down in front of a random handicraft stall on the side of the street and asked the stall owner, who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, sitting on the floor, "Are these things yours?"

The girl rolled her eyelids and replied in a reluctantly elongated voice: "Yes~~~." ”

Pannis rummaged through the stall a few times and picked up a thumb-length wooden sculpture: "Yo, this eagle is very good, is your craft?"

"Yes. The girl didn't even bother to reply.

"This wood is very rare, what kind of material do you use? Penismo clutched the statue and was speechless.

"Well, a few small pieces of wood picked up on the side of the road look like leftovers carved by others. The girl jerked her head up and glared at Pannis, "Are you here to chat or to buy something?"

"Buy, buy. Pannis held up the sculpture and asked, "How much does this cost?"

"Fifty silver coins. The girl said casually.

"Hey, why is it so expensive?" asked Pannis, a little surprised.

The girl squinted at Pannis from the corner of her eye: "Mom told me that if you meet a strange uncle who is staring at you with drooling and has nothing to say to talk to you, you will directly open ten times the price, those people are idiots, and they will definitely buy it." ”

"Hehe, hehe. Pannis laughed dryly: "Your mother is indeed ...... Clever. ”

"Do you want to buy it?" the girl asked impatiently.

"Although I drool, staring at you, I haven't found anything to say. Pannis pointed to his nose and asked, "But do you think I look like one of those idiots who spend money recklessly?"

The girl looked up at Pannis, and nodded fiercely, "It's very similar." ”

"Well said. Pannis gave the girl a thumbs up: "I took it, I bought it." ”

Two gold coins popped out of his fingers and gave them to the girl who set up the stall, and Pannis stood up from the front of the stall: "By the way, cute little sister, let me tell you something." ”

"Uncle Blame, what's the matter?"

"This wood is called the Wood of Life, a specialty of the elves. Although this piece has been a little longer, and the life force in it is only half, this small piece can still be worth four gold coins. So, the other two gold coins will be used to pay the tuition. By the way, this kind of sculpture can be placed at home to get sick and strengthen the body. Pannis threw the sculpture in his hand and turned away.

The girl who set up the stall was stunned, and suddenly stood up and shouted at Pannis's back: "Uncle Strange, thank you, if you come to buy things in the future, I will never charge you ten times the price." ”

"Obviously you lost two gold coins, but you actually said thank you. Although Pannis muttered this, a smile appeared on his lips: "What a smart child." ”

"I'll take you a hundred times next time, Uncle Blame, hahahaha"

Pannis stumbled under his feet, and the sculpture in his hand was almost thrown out: "The people in this city are really so individual, even the little girls." ”

After changing several snacks in the hands of Pannis, who was messing around in the central business district, he returned to the Western-style restaurant on Fox Street. Pushing open the metal fence gate, there was silence in the huge space, and there was no figure.

"Strange, Catherine should be here. Pannis scratched his head, listened carefully, seemed to hear some small sounds, and followed the sound through the Western-style pavilion to the backyard of the Western-style pavilion.

Behind the pavilion is a large training ground, with a row of weapon racks on the edge of the square training ground with a length of 20 meters and a width of 20 meters, and various specifications of swords, shields, axes, hammers, flails, and morning stars are full of weapon racks. Catherine, dressed in chain mail, stood in the middle of the training ground, holding a shield in her left hand and a sword in her right.

"Three thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight", raising a shield, "three thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight", chopping, "three thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine", raising a shield, "three thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine", straight stabbing, and so on, meticulously. Sweat continued to drip from Catherine's forehead under the early autumn sun, but Catherine was unconscious, still repeating the same movements.

Every movement of hers is the most basic action, raising the shield and swinging the sword, without a trace of fancy or change. But Pannis knows that a truly powerful knight is made of these most basic movements. Only knights who endure boredom and constantly practice their basic moves every day can reach the top, and those knights who feel that their basic skills have almost been practiced and turn to practice fancy combat skills may be able to win with fancy skills in a short period of time, but they will never be truly powerful.

"Basic moves. Pannis stood in the shadows with a nostalgic look, watching Catherine take out her sword with a serious shield: "Knights who are willing to focus on basic movements are becoming more and more rare, obviously every knight instructor will tell students that in order to truly achieve success, they must do their best in basic movements, why are people always reluctant to listen to opinions?"

"Is this going to raise the shield five thousand times a day and add a sword? After looking at it for a while, and seeing that Catherine had counted more than four thousand times, Pannis frowned, stepped out of the shadows, and said in a loud voice: "Catherine, what are you practicing? ”

"Five thousand times. Catherine, who was already close to the limit of her physical strength, temporarily put her shield on the ground, and replied while gasping with her sword: "You have to practice so many times a day at home, otherwise you will always feel that there is something shortcoming." ”

"Why do you practice basic movements every day instead of practicing knight-specific combat skills?" Pannis casually took a thin stabbing sword from the weapon rack and flicked the blade lightly.

"Because it works. Catherine wiped the sweat from her head: "After focusing on the basic movements, I feel that most of the knight's combat skills can actually be disassembled into multiple basic movements, and after the basic movements are practiced, those combat skills don't need to be practiced at all." ”

"Is that so?" Pannis smiled slightly, and his figure flashed, and suddenly appeared on Catherine's right side without a shield, and the bayonet sword in his hand stabbed Catherine in the neck mercilessly.

Catherine didn't expect Pannis to attack her suddenly, and she didn't react at all, but the effect of years of basic movement practice was clearly reflected. Almost completely subconsciously, twisting his waist and turning, supporting his legs front and back apart, raising his shield in front of his chest, the three movements were done in one go without conscious command, accurately blocking the attack angle of the Pannith stabbing sword.

"That's amazing. Pannis complimented, but his hand was not slow at all, seeing that the angle of attack was blocked, the bayonet sword in his hand did not make contact with the shield at all, but paused slightly in the air, and at the same time slid down on his feet, and appeared on Catherine's right side again. Catherine, who had already reacted, followed Pannis's movements, staggered with her feet, turned, and pushed her shield forward, which was also a basic action, but she attacked and defended without delay.

"It's flawless. Pannis shifted several positions in succession, and the sword stabbed out from various tricky angles, but whether it was a downward stab from the top of the head or a diagonal upward stab from below the knee, it was easily blocked by Catherine, and there was no chance.

"Bang bang. Pannis reappeared next to the weapon rack and clapped softly: "I can't break through your defenses at all." ”

"You scared me. Catherine lowered her shield and glared at Pannis, "You don't need to stab me so suddenly." Next time, let's talk about it and give me time to prepare. ”

"Okay, then you're ready, I'm coming again. Pannis picked up the hammer that hung from another weapon rack, picked it up with both hands, and with the weight of the hammer itself, drew an arc in the air from back to front, and smashed it into the top of Catherine's head. Catherine's eyes narrowed, her face became solemn, she took a few steps forward in the direction of Pannis, and only raised the shield horizontally with her left hand, the slender iris shield was close because of the distance, and directly hit the middle of the hammer handle of the long-handled heavy hammer, defusing Pannis's attack, and at the same time, the one-handed sword in her right hand stabbed out without warning under the cover of the shield.

"Clever play. Pannis dragged the hammer back a few steps, and gave way to Catherine's stabbing blow, and his body took advantage of the momentum, and the hammer drew a horizontal circle in the air and smashed it into Catherine's side. Catherine took two steps forward again to block the middle of the hammer handle, but Pannis was prepared and retreated as she slashed the hammer. Catherine, who had no time to adjust her position, had no choice but to stimulate her fighting spirit, and the light on the shield flashed, and she bounced the hammer back in the same way as a huge metal impact.

The frustrated Pannis, who had been frustrated, did not stop, and like a spinning top, he reversed the rotation with the power of the hammer being bounced, and launched an attack from the other side with greater speed and power.

There was another loud collision, and Catherine took a few steps forward after blocking the hammer, forcing Pennis back with her shield: "If you smash it again, I'll officially fight back." ”

Pannis chuckled, stopped his attack, put the hammer back in the weapon rack and said, "I found a problem with you. ”

"What's the problem?" Catherine asked angrily, realizing that her previous work of wiping her sweat had been completely wasted.

Pannis didn't answer directly, looked up at the sky slightly, and whispered: "I once knew a knight, just like you, he was also a very, very good guardian knight. ”

"That'...... He...... You must be very good friends, are you separated now?" said Catherine tentatively.

"She's dead. Pannis's voice was blank.

"Uh, sorry. Catherine was stunned and lowered her head.

"That's not the point, the point is, her defenses are as airtight and void-free as yours, but she rarely uses shields unless she has to. Pannis pointed to a corner of the training ground: "She used that." ”

"What? Catherine followed the direction that Panis pointed, and the first thing she saw was a weapon lying across the ground, a knight's spear more than four meters long, cast in pure metal, thin in front and thick in the back.