In the afternoon, the woodland of Silvermoon Manor.

The sun shone on the snow, and a cold mist rose over the entire forest. In the snow in the forest, two armored warriors faced each other ten meters apart.

With a flick of his toe and three steps, Nelson's Adamantite Battle Axe was handed to Bruce. His movements were light and swift, and the iron armor seemed to have no weight, and the contrast between lightness and heaviness gave people a sense of unreality. In the face of this lightweight attack, Bruce couldn't help but be surprised, his wrist flipped, and the Adamantite one-handed halberd was like an awakened giant snake to catch the oncoming battle axe with precision.

"Bang!"

The axes and halberds intersected, the sparks splashed everywhere, the sound was like thunder, the seemingly tentative attack erupted with amazing power, and the fierce wind swept up the snow on the ground, shooting in all directions like an explosion, fully interpreting what violent power is!

Although he had been mentally prepared, the strange power on the Adamantite Battle Ax still surprised Bruce, and the other axe slashed hard at the Adamantite Shield, and Bruce clearly felt that the force of this blow was much greater, and even the frozen ground under his feet was shaken out of cracks.

Nelson swung his tomahawk and slashed in a staggered manner, the momentum of the stormy attack, the sharp roar of the air being torn apart and the explosion of the weapon colliding, and the snow on the branches of the shaking trees fell and was swept into the air by the wind. As he slashed the sixth axe, Bruce finally took a step back.

This retreat boosted Nelson's morale, and the attack was like a mountain of mountains, wave after wave, axe after axe. Bruce only defended and did not attack, connected twelve axes, and retreated twelve steps in a row.

Bruce wasn't unable to stop the heavy tomahawk, he just wanted to see where Nelson's extreme power was. When the pressure on the shield no longer increased, Bruce pinned himself in place, like a reef in the sea, standing still despite the wind and waves.

With the help of the vibrations of the weapons as they collided, Bruce could clearly perceive Nelson's muscles working in an orderly manner under the armor, and the power was progressive, continuous, with almost no gaps.

Nelson's limits have been tested, and it's time to end this fight. But Bruce found that if he wanted to suppress Nelson in terms of strength, he had to embody the Elemental, and in this case, Nelson would be shocked, which was not what he wanted to see.

If there is no flaw, make a flaw!

The Adamantite Halberd swept over with a scream, and Nelson's eyes froze, and his left axe turned into a purple rainbow to meet the sharp sweep. However, as soon as the weapons of the two sides came into contact, Nelson noticed that the halberd, which should have been powerful, was lightly attached to his axe, and then a soft force led the battle axe to the side. Nelson hurriedly retracted his strength, trying to stabilize his center of gravity, but the force on the halberd turned from virtual to solid, and instantly became fierce. Seeing that the tomahawk was about to fly, Nelson let go of his left hand, and the adamantite tomahawk spun around the halberd and was about to fall into his hand again.

"Huh. ”

The abrupt change was no faster than Bruce's strength, and the halberd slammed the tomahawk down, the tip of the halberd tapping against Nelson's breastplate and retracting it.

"Nelson, I didn't expect you to have reached such a level of strength and skill, no wonder you were able to kill the Buryat knights head-on. Bruce said with a smile.

Nelson said in frustration, "Master Bruce, you let me go at the beginning, I used my best strength, but you didn't take half a step back. ”

"With strength alone, you are far beyond the level of an ordinary knight, comparable to an adult ogre. If I don't manifest the Void Element, I can't suppress you. Bruce nodded and said, "I wasn't repelled by you, that's because the strength of the two of us is similar, but your body is not as strong as mine, and when the weapons collide, you instinctively retreat and unload the force, otherwise you will be injured." ”

Nelson exhaled a hot breath and grinned, he had worked hard to practice the Barberry Secret Form, both in physique and strength, and now he was recognized by the Great Knight, which was enough to be proud.

Bruce walked out of the woods, and Nelson hurriedly followed, while several of the guards took their weapons and shields.

Bruce asked solemnly, "What is it that you asked Phinex to tell me that she had something important to give me, and that she wanted me to bring the best martial arts instructor over?"

Nelson carefully recalled Victor's explanation when he left, and made sure that nothing was missing, and then said, "Lord Bruce, do you think that my strength is much greater than it was more than two years ago?"

"It's been a lot of progress, it's like a different person. Bruce bowed.

Nelson laughed: "I have summarized a training method a long time ago. At that time, I was still a mercenary, either fighting or on the road, and I didn't have time to practice properly. After this period of cultivation, I have made the progress I have now. Master Victor was very pleased with the results of this training method. I intend to give this method of training to the York family. ”

Bruce was silent. Each family with a long tradition has its own martial arts training method, although it is not a secret that is not passed down, but it is also a very precious secret method for ordinary people. Nelson created a unique secret technique, not as a secret method of inheritance of the Randall family, but to give it to the York family, which must have been instructed by Victor. With Victor's relationship with the York family, what can't be said directly, but must be told through Nelson? What is the purpose of Victor's disclosure of the secret law?

Bruce saw Nelson with a sincere face, and suddenly realized that Victor did this to let the York family lead Nelson a favor, because the secret method was created by Nelson after all. In that case, just ask Nelson to find out what Victor is aiming for.

Thinking of this, Bruce asked, "Nelson, why are you disclosing your martial arts training methods?"

"Lord Bruce, have you heard of the large army designed by my lord to fight?" Nelson took off his helmet and said, "According to Lord Victor's vision, every 5,000 soldiers form a phalanx, and when you assemble more than ten phalanxes, you can defend against no more than 30,000 Ant-Man troops in the field. My training methods build the strength and physique of the soldiers, making them qualified fighters. ”

"It's useless!"

Bruce explained to the stunned Nelson, "I'm not saying that the martial arts secret methods you created are worthless, it's that all the martial arts secret methods are useless. The infantry phalanx envisioned by Victor is simply impossible to realize, and even if it does, it is useless!"

"Why?"

Nelson was a little indignant, but he had personally experienced the excellent effects of the two secret forms, and after the family guard cultivated the simplified secret form, his personal strength was obviously much stronger. If it weren't for Victor's orders, Nelson wouldn't have been willing to openly simplify the secret form to the Yorks, even if only a part of it.

Bruce shook his head and smiled, "Nelson, if the giant rhinoceros hits you, will you be able to stand it?"

Thinking about the scene of being hit head-on by the 9,000-pound beast, Nelson shook his head decisively.

"This is the limit of the body that determines the limit of the individual. ”

Bruce said, "It's impossible for anyone to break through the limits of any martial arts. No matter how great the strength of ordinary people is, they can't be bigger than a bull, no matter how fast they are, they can't gallop horses, and in the face of the absolute difference in strength, combat skills are just a joke. Elite soldiers who have cultivated their martial arts to the limit are no match for ogres. ”

"Although my strength is not as great as that of the Giant Rhinoceros, I can easily kill the Giant Rhinoceros. And it's not without examples of ordinary soldiers killing ogres. Unconvinced, Nelson argued, and proudly said, "According to my training method, the average person can improve their strength, physique, and endurance to the limit in four years. ”

"That's why I said it didn't work. ”

Bruce sighed and explained, "The giant rhinoceros are huge and powerful, but they have a gentle temperament, and they have great strength but no fighting spirit and wildness, even ordinary hunters can hunt them. In the same way, no matter how strong an ordinary person is physically and skillfully martial arts, he has no fighting spirit and courage, he is just another giant rhinoceros. ”

"Strength, speed, physical strength, and skill can only be formed by courage, will, and wisdom. Your training methods may indeed be clever, but you can't equip ordinary people with the spirit of bravery, indomitable will, and loyalty. Bruce turned to the guard next to him and ordered, "Harvey, go show your skills." ”

The guard nodded, looked around, and finally walked towards a spruce tree.

Harvey looked like he was about thirty years old, with a resolute face, sharp eyes, a burly figure, a strong body, and vigorous movements, looking lean and steady. He walked in front of the spruce, drew his sword and slashed horizontally, the sword light slashed through the tough and tight trunk, and returned the sword into the sheath, and the thigh-thick spruce tree smashed on the snow in the sound of "squeaking and rattling", stirring up a large snow mist, and the momentum was amazing. Harvey caught the iron spear he threw with precision, a standard thrust, straight into a hemlock tree, sawdust flying, and the sharp tip of the spear emerging from behind the trunk of the one-man hug. With a vigorous shake, he drew his spear and returned to the ranks without blushing or panting.

"The movements are clean and clean. Awesome!" Nelson exclaimed.

Bruce smiled and asked the guard, "Harvey, how long have you been practicing stabbing and slashing?"

Harvey said respectfully, "My lord, I don't know. I started training at the age of 7 and practiced my skills at the age of 10, practicing 100 horizontal slashes, thrusts, homeopathic slashes, straight slashes, and return strikes every day. ”

Bruce nodded and said, "Nelson, our vassal soldiers and noble sons of the York family, have been trained in martial arts since childhood, not only to exercise a strong physique and tempered skills, but also to hone their will and blood bravery. Including myself, I have received rigorous martial arts training. Although these martial arts are not worth mentioning for a knight, the boring training has given me the quality of tenacity, which is one of the reasons why I can become a knight. ”

"No matter how strong the farmer is training, he is still a farmer, what kind of combat power can they have? When facing monsters, they can run away faster. Bruce shook his head disdainfully.

What Bruce said was the truth, but the secret method of the barberry secret form was rejected like this, Nelson was very unwilling, he wanted to tell Bruce loudly that the barberry secret form also has a high-level secret method, which can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but he still held back.

"Isn't there a clever secret technique of martial arts?" Nelson asked in a sullen voice.

"If so, how did you War Bear mercenaries survive on the battlefield?" Bruce asked rhetorically.

Nelson was speechless, the war bear mercenaries fought against the Sassangs, and the physical fitness and martial arts of the Sassan soldiers were indeed stronger than the mercenaries, but they were not yet invincible. The two sides have won and lost each other, and the gap is actually not very large.

"The secret techniques of martial arts of each family are similar, focusing on exercising physical fitness and combat skills, and paying more attention to honing will and courage. No matter how good an ordinary person's martial arts skills are, they can't be the opponents of knights, and it is enough for soldiers to be proficient in combat skills. ”

Bruce said it tactfully, and Nelson could understand what he meant. The limit of ordinary people is there, and no matter how much you practice, you won't become an ogre, since there are powerful knights, why do you have to study the secret techniques of martial arts?

Victor had described the potential of ordinary people, and Nelson was excited about it, because he was also from an ordinary background. Realizing the huge gap between knights and ordinary people, Nelson felt a deep sense of loss.

"Nelson, you don't have to be frustrated. Martial arts techniques have limited improvement for ordinary people, but they are very useful to you. Bruce pondered for a moment and said, "As far as I know, there is a kind of person who has honed his martial arts to a terrifying level!"

"Who?"

Bruce said solemnly, "The Ruling Warrior of the Holy Warriors!"

"The holy warriors of the Church come from ordinary people, and they attach great importance to martial arts training. The church has been passed down for thousands of years, and no one knows how many secret martial arts they have created. However, there was a record of paladins killing ogre leaders alone, which shows that the Church's martial arts and secret techniques are very clever. ”

"The fifth-level holy warriors are the ruling warriors, their martial arts are extraordinary, and they cooperate with the divine skills of the holy warriors. Even the Grand Knight is not necessarily a match for the Judgment Samurai. However, the lifespan of the Paladins was generally shorter, and the majority of the Judgment Warriors did not live to be more than 60 years old. We suspect that the Church has many secret ways to stimulate the potential of life. ”

"If you can obtain the secret cultivation method of the Holy Warrior and get rid of the parts that damage your body, with your talent, you may not be able to reach the level of the Silver Rank. ”

"I have cultivated the two major secret forms to the peak, and I will definitely not lose to the Judgment Warrior. Nelson thought so in his heart, but said, "This kind of secret technique is not bad for training the militia, the militia are all adults, and it is suitable for practicing my secret technique." ”

Seeing that Nelson still refused to give up, Bruce bluntly pointed out: "Victor is brilliant and has a lot of great ideas. But he is still very immature in terms of military common sense. We have studied his strategy of large corps and found that such an infantry phalanx is simply impossible. ”

"The secret method of tempering the body always consumes a lot of meat. Victor wants to train all the militia and form a phalanx, so how much food do 50,000 people need? Bruston paused, shook his head and said, "Soldiers always need to be equipped, right? According to Victor's vision, the infantry phalanx is equipped with shieldmen, spearmen, crossbowmen, and longbowmen, how many supplies are needed to equip 50,000 people? Even if food and equipment can be satisfied, do these militiamen dare to fight Ant-Man in the field? When the silver-rank Ant-Man leader attacks the phalanx, I estimate that they will only flee, and then more people will be trampled to death than they will die in battle!"

"The most important thing is that we don't have land to give to so many people, and the church won't let the militia die in vain. ”

"The infantry phalanx proposed by Victor does not make any sense. Elite soldiers form squads, and working together is the most traditional and effective way to fight. ”

10 to 20 elite soldiers form combat groups one after another, cooperate with each other, outflank and suppress a weak opponent, line up in a close formation to confront an opponent who is evenly matched, and quickly disperse and retreat when encountering an invincible strong enemy, so as not to annihilate the entire army. Nelson was no stranger to this kind of flexible tactics, in fact, all the mercenaries fought in small groups, but he never thought about why. Today, Bruce's words left Nelson mouth stunned.

When a silver-level monster rushes into the phalanx of marching soldiers and unleashes a bloody massacre, even the strongest soldiers will collapse, not to mention ordinary militiamen. The difference is that the squad of soldiers can survive with their tails cut off, retreat in an orderly manner, and minimize losses, while the ordinary militia in the phalanx will only break up and flee for their lives, trampling on each other.

In the face of powerful monsters, the infantry phalanx really has no real combat significance, unless the soldiers who make up the phalanx are as fierce as Ant-Man.

Nelson was stunned, and Bruce patted him on the shoulder and said, "We have a strong castle, even if the Ant-Man army does come, don't worry." As for the secret method you contributed, to be honest, our York family has no way to give a reward, so let's ask Harvey to teach you the secret method of the family's martial arts, in exchange for some of the secret recipes of herbs that are still of great help to the soldiers. What do you think?"

"Good!"

Nelson was overjoyed, the mercenary's thirst for martial arts and secret techniques almost went deep into his bones, and he agreed without hesitation.

"I have a feeling that adults will definitely be able to solve these problems. Nelson added.

"What?" asked Bruce, confused.

"Supplies, equipment, soldiers' will to fight, land, church, all the problems, Lord Victor will always come up with a solution!"

Nelson's unwavering faith in Victor left Bruce speechless.