Chapter 67: Psychiatric Instructor
Old Barney waved his hand and said to the half-elf boy, "Come in and talk." β
Loki followed the trainer, his optic nerve collecting information and converting the images into a series of numbers, which were Barney Longbow's physical attributesβStrength β₯ 1.7, Agility β₯ 1.4, and Constitution β₯ 1.5.
Loki was a little surprised, the overall evaluation of this former adventurer even surpassed the previous strong orc scout captain, and definitely exceeded the level of ordinary first-order professionals.
As for what level of old Barney's strength should be divided into? Loki didn't learn the general skill of the Eye of Internal Inspection, so it's not easy to compare levels, but it must be very strong.
Barney Sr. invited the half-elf boy to sit in a chair in the living room, and he said as he examined the boy.
"Now that you know my name, you must want to learn how to use a weapon, or do you want to join the town's militia?"
Loki nodded and said, "That's right, Mr. Longbow, I'd like to learn from you how to use weapons and, if you can, about adventurers." β
Barney Sr. asked, "Boy, what's your name?"
The half-elf boy duly handed over a small bag of copper coins and said, "Mr. Longbow, my name is Loki, and this is the fee I paid you for teaching. β
Barney didn't care about the money, so he casually put the small bag of copper coins on the table, and then said to the half-elf boy.
"What sir, don't call me so rigid, the kids in town call me Barney Sr., you name it. β
"Loki, I look at you very much, which child are you?"
Loki didn't hide it, and said: "Like you, I am also an outsider, I just came to Silent Town a few days ago, the environment and residents here are very good, I plan to settle down in this place first." β
"Well, you said you're not a resident of Silent Town, a half-elf from outside?"
Barney Sr. exclaimed in surprise, and then, suddenly, got up from his chair, muttering something like 'No, it can't be, how could it be?'.
It was as if the powerful trainer had fallen into some terrible memory.
Loki's brows furrowed, and he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, no matter what it was, there was always a weirdness in it.
The trainer exhaled, and finally regained his former composure, staring at the half-elf boy with complicated eyes, and said, "Then you must have gone through many traps and only arrived here?"
This is an exaggeration, but Loki has indeed experienced a lot of dangers, and he nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed dangerous, I was chased by some humans, and I passed through the dangerous jungle to reach this silent town. β
Barney Sr. shook his head and said, "Boy, you're so lucky in that case. β
"Do you know what I went through? As a half-elf adventurer, I ventured into this jungle in search of treasure, but the terrible humans would not let us go, and I fought with them. β
"This horrible and damned group of humans, not only powerful, but also take pleasure in capturing half-elves as slaves, and in order to catch half-elves like me, those powerful slave traders sent hundreds of terrible human witches at a time. β
"Evil Witch, you know what a witch is, right?"
Loki's expression was a little surprised, and after a moment, he replied, "Yes, I know evil wizards, terrible fellows. β
"Each of these witches summons a terrible dragon that spews fire into the ground, capturing or killing one half-elf after another............"
"I also went through a dangerous life, many dangers to come to this town, I really don't want to remember the past, sometimes, I really want to seek revenge on those humans......"
Loki's face was extremely weird, he felt that the other party was making up stories for children, it was true that humans were very repulsive to half-elves, and slave traders were also hateful, which was also true.
But how could an evil wizard, a terrible guy who hides his head and is wanted by the major sects, appear in the open, and cooperate with the slave traders?
The most ridiculous thing is that a slave trader can command a hundred evil witches at once, and the evil witches also have their own dragons that can breathe fire?
What is a dragon? These are some stories made up to scare children, taken from some rumors about Warcraft by adventurers, and normal people would not believe that there is such a thing as a 'dragon'.
"He must be crazy, more terrible than collective amnesia, I wonder if this psychosis has aggressive tendencies?"
Loki looked at Barney Sr., who had fallen into his memory, and was sure in his heart.
After a while, Barney Sr. regained his composure, clapped his hands, and said, "Okay, forget what I just said, and don't talk about these terrible past experiences. β
"You'll have some lunch here at noon, and in the afternoon you'll go with me to the training ground on the west side of town, and learn the art of weapon fighting with the militia boys. β
Although Loki was a little suspicious, he still stayed for a simple lunch, during which he carefully inquired about Silent Town like Barney Sr., and carefully inquired about a little 'collective amnesia'.
"These half-elf inhabitants live comfortably, and of course they will be forgetful when they are older, like the old fellow of SAINT ANGELO, who lost some copper to me in a bet, and has always forgotten faster than anyone else. β
Loki carefully listened to some of Barney Sr.'s words, and at the same time collected the data of the other party's facial images, while doing a quick video playback comparison.
He found that Barney Sr. was actually behaving similarly to the residents of Silent Town, and based on his answers, he found that Barney Sr. was not aware of other people's problems related to 'collective amnesia', indicating that he may also have 'collective amnesia' without knowing it.
"It seems that this is an amnesia problem for the entire population of Silent Town, including outsiders. β
"I'm the only one who can avoid collective amnesia because of the very different way of remembering quantum computers from ordinary people?"
Loki ate his lunch slowly, and at the same time summed up this conclusion in his mind.
Barney Longbow Sr. didn't have such a complicated mind, and as an outsider, he was especially honest with the half-elf boy.
In the afternoon, they left Barney Sr.'s house and went to the training ground south of the town.
This is a sandy training ground, not too far from the gentle slopes of the mountains to the south, from here you can still see the townspeople who are busy farming, there are already a lot of young half-elves waiting there, the oldest of them is in their twenties, the youngest is only ten years old, but the half-elves of the same age are much shorter than Loki.
"Old Barney, you're finally here. "Good afternoon, Mr. Longbow. "Good afternoon, Mr. Barney Sr. β
These half-elf lads called everything, but they could feel the words with adoration and awe.
Barney Sr. told the half-elf young men to stand still, then pointed to Loki and introduced them.
"This young man's name is Loki, and like you, he wants to learn martial arts here, and you want to get to know each other better. β
The group of young half-elves all looked at Loki, and one of them, the oldest, suddenly said questioningly.
"Loki, why haven't we seen you, haven't heard your name. β