The first round of testing for the selection of freshmen at the Imperial War College of St. Aaron is actually very simple, and the purpose is also very simple. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info let the children show themselves freely, test whether the direction they aspire to really suit them, and then give some suggestions to help them.

The first day was a relatively easy test, and in the face of the very excited children, Mr. Kyle Jones couldn't help but feel a lot happier and looked at the list in his hand.

"Uh, the Hammer! Who's the Hammer?" shouted Mr. Kyle Jones.

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"I know that the dwarves don't have an official name when they are adults, but I guess I have to write a surname. Kyle said, scratching his head.

"Uncle Horns said that my last name can't be said casually. The brass flickered his little eyes, looking at Kyle innocently.

"Forget it, forget it, anyway, everyone in this strange village has the surname Haber, and they are all called only by name and without surname. Kyle muttered as if he had been wronged.

"Alright, I'll take a look, Hammer, Dragon Knight, right?" Kyle looked at the list in his hand, and then at Hammer's smirking face.

The copper hammer nodded desperately, the copper hammer in his hand had already begun to swing, and the next thing he had to do was to use all his strength to smash the copper hammer into the log prepared by the selection team in advance.

The brass hammer was about to rush over and strike hard, but was stopped by Baron Kyle.

"This ...... How heavy is your hammer......" Kyle said as he looked at the hammer dancing in his hands.

"58 pounds," the copper hammer said happily.

The hiss of the cold air was heard all around.

It was obviously a bit too heavy, and Arthur couldn't even lift it.

Generally speaking, even the strongest warriors in the heavy infantry will use a long-handled double-edged axe, which will never exceed 40 catties, and it must be held with both hands, even after the berserker is crazy, he will hold a slightly shorter, slightly smaller long-handled double-edged axe with one hand, and the weight is around 35 catties, which is the limit of human beings.

And the brass hammer handle in the nagging dwarf's hand is very short, obviously a one-handed war hammer, but such a handle has a hammer head as big as a watermelon, square and extremely hideous.

Cut, how could such an old teenager use it, it must be hollow inside. Kyle muttered to himself.

"Ahem, brass hammer, come and let uncle see your brass hammer, don't be afraid, just check it. Kyle smirked distrustfully.

The copper hammer did not hesitate, and reached out and handed it over.

The moment Kyle's hand grasped the copper hammer, the smile on his face shattered instantly, and before his crooked eyes could change back, he was brought out by the hammer, and it took a lot of effort to stand firm, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Poof. Adam, who was watching the play next to him, had just taken a sip of water, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't hold back his laughter at all, so he directly squirted out the water and sprinkled himself.

Wilson directly hammered his son's head, smiled gracefully and maliciously, and said: "Sir Kyle Jones, worthy of being the first general under the Duke of the Desert, even dares to doubt the weapons used by the dwarves, has courage, and admires him." ”

And Olsen, who was still on the horse, revealed a still indifferent voice from behind the mask: "It seems that the hammer is genuine, it is indeed extremely heavy, although Kyle is useless, but there is still a little brute strength." ”

"Of course I know, it's just that I'm curious and want to give it a try, and you talk a lot. Kyle quickly returned the hammer to the dwarf, blushing back and protesting dissatisfied.

"Eh, what's wrong with my hammer? The copper hammer was puzzled.

"Ahem, Copper Hammer, you've been admitted, you don't need to take the second test, come, just go to Wilson and get a certificate. Come, come, next!Asrae!" Kyle ignored Copperhammer's question at all, glanced at the hammer in Copperhammer's hand with trepidation, waved his hand away from Copperhammer, never wanting to see the hateful hammer again, and then called the next person directly, completely ignoring the dwarf whose jaw fell to the ground.

The selection team unanimously acquiesced in Kyle's decision to pass the decision without discussing it at all.

It was a fitting decision, but Mr. Kyle said he was too embarrassed to explain it to the dwarf.

The Earth Dragon Knight, the ultimate class of the Dwarves, is completely different from any Terran Knight.

Generally speaking, the Terran knights generally have two advantages, one is that the weapon is much longer, and the speed brought by the mount will form a great impact and penetrating ability. The second is that people will be much taller than infantry warriors on mounts, and they will naturally have a great advantage if they are condescending.

But the dwarf earth dragon knight does not have these two characteristics at all, the earth dragon and the sand lizard are somewhat related, but the appearance is more similar to a crocodile, but the mouth is much shorter, and the tail is relatively slender like the sand lizard. Sand lizards have slender limbs that can be more than two people tall without standing up, while earth dragons have much shorter limbs and usually never reach the waist of a human race, but their speed can be compared to that of a sand lizard. After the dwarves ride the earth dragon, they often only reach the height of adult males, and there is no condescending advantage at all. As for weapons, they tend to be shorter, such as the one-handed hammer used in the copper hammer, which does not use length and distance to create an advantage like the Terrans.

There is only one battle method of the Earth Dragon Knight, impact.

Both the dragon and the dwarf will be heavily armoured, protected to the teeth, completely ignoring arrows or spears, and in the full charge, each dragon knight is like a super-high-speed mobile fortress, directly hitting with a war hammer, armor, and pushing through, which is very much in line with the dwarven's straightforward character.

In any war between the Terrans and the Dwarves in history, once the Earth Dragon Knights charged with all their might, there were almost no troops that could stop them, which was the only class of troops that the Holy Knights of the Holy Aaron Empire needed to use roundabout tactics to face on the entire Huron Yar Road.

Therefore, for the Earth Dragon Knight, only two words are needed, power.

And the copper hammer that can hold 58 catties of one-handed hammer and hold the hammer flower undoubtedly has this qualification for a long time.

After the dwarf's turmoil, it has been relatively calm. Amid mutual cheers and encouragement, most of the children's choice of direction was confirmed, with only two people frowning at the selection team.

One of them is Garcia.

Garcia swung his axe and slashed wildly at the logs, fast, and the mark was clean and deep.

Baron Kyle's eyes lit up at the time, and he said that if Garcia wanted to and passed the second round of tests, he would recommend Garcia to study Berserker instead of heavy infantry.

The other, much to Arthur's surprise and envy, was Drake.

Drake hit the log with precision from about fifty paces away, then charged with his spear and stabbed into the log. He didn't mean to pull out the spear at all, so he directly pulled out the long sword at his waist and slashed it on the log.

Arthur didn't see anything remarkable about Drake's movements, but Olsen got off his horse without a sound, let Drake ride on, and then removed the stirrup, which was so important for maintaining balance, and told Drake to ride it twice.

When Drake got back to his place, Olsen nodded and said two words to Kyle, Knight.

The children who heard Olsen's words cheered and congratulated Drake.

Arthur was a little jealous, and he had to admit that if it weren't for his difficulty controlling the knight's weapons, he would have been able to do it.

Seeing Drake's condition, Arthur's mind was extremely confused, thinking about the knight, thinking about the thief, thinking about Simon, thinking about his biological parents who didn't know where, and thinking about the dark blue mark on his arm.

Therefore, Arthur was completely unaware that the cheers around him had disappeared, and completely unaware that everyone around him was looking at Arthur.

Finally, it was Arthur's turn.

Finally, it was the scout's turn to test.

"Arthur, Arthur, come here. The tryouts split into two teams, with Kyle Jones calling Arthur over alone, and the rest of the tryouts headed over to the rest of the children.

Kyle put his hands on Arthur's shoulders, looked into Arthur's eyes, was silent for a moment, and said solemnly: "Child, this is the last chance, it will be very tiring and difficult, but you can't quit no matter what, any child who tries to quit will be punished by 10 Imperial Gold Coins - you know, this is not a price that the average family can afford, and the final result is to work in the War College for ten years to pay off the debt, so I ask you one last time, if you still choose the profession of scouting." ”

When Arthur heard Kyle's description, his heart trembled, and he stammered, "Yes... Yes, it's scouts. ”

Kyle looked at Arthur's face, smiled, and shook his head, "Well, since it's your own choice." ”

Kyle put his face up again: "The scout test is divided into three stages, to simply imitate what the scout has to do in a mission, the purpose is two, one, to simply introduce the scout's task to the tester, and two, to understand the tester's talent through the task. ”

"The first stage is very simple. ”

Kyle said mysteriously as he put his arm around Arthur's shoulders.

"You know where your village's oasis is. ”

"Know... Know. Arthur said with a shudder.

"Yes, that's good. Kyle smiled brightly, revealing two rows of white teeth.

"Then let's go, it's 20 kilometers back, I'm with you, you have 75 minutes. ”

Looking at Kyle's bright smile, Arthur always felt gloomy and compassionate.

20 kilometers is a big challenge, and most people have a hard time sticking to it.

The average person with good physical fitness can do it in about two hours or more.

90 minutes for a well-trained fighter is about the limit.

And a front-line officer like Xiang Kyle, 75 minutes is probably extremely rare.

What's more, this is in the middle of the desert, running is more difficult, or for an 11-year-old child.

Probably, the person who designed the scout selection didn't want people to pass at all.

But Arthur looked at Kyle's two rows of white fangs, and all he wanted was to laugh at the sky.

In the past two years, Arthur's daily training has been 20 kilometers of desert off-road, 70 minutes.

"Hey, hey, come along, Kyle Jones!" Arthur bared his two rows of white fangs and ran out in a puff of smoke, leaving Kyle standing there dumbfounded.

When Olsen sees Arthur and Kyle again, Arthur is gasping for air on his knees, and Kyle is lying on the ground unable to stand up.

Olsen saw that Arthur's body was soaked with sweat, and the bloodstained strip of cloth on his right hand was probably also soaked, and it had just been replaced with a clean one, but his expression was still very tidy, but Kyle was lying on the ground, motionless, and felt very puzzled.

"Kyle, what's wrong with you? You're back halfway?, why are you lying on the ground?" asked Olsen in a brisk and still cold tone.

"It's... This... This stinky boy....yin me. This... This stinky boy... There is a problem. Running faster than me... Damn, I'm tired of Lao Tzu. Kyle was still lying on the ground, and he only raised one finger to point at Arthur, and said intermittently.

Olsen couldn't help but be surprised, as a foot combat instructor, Kyle's strength was recognized, but he didn't expect to be defeated by an 11-year-old skinny kid here.

"It's useless, well done, kid. Olsen looked at the two and gave two completely different comments.

"Don't talk nonsense, next time you come! I, I'm bored, you can tell him. Kyle finally sat up, gave Olsen a blank look, and said angrily.

Completely ignoring Kyle's provocation, Olsen beckoned Arthur to step forward.

"The first phase of the test, which simulated a long-distance attack, simplified the factors of this test are roughly as follows: the threat of the surrounding enemy in wartime, and the need for stealth. Although Olsen's eyes were already tinged with appreciation, he still said coldly.

"Now the part of the story is regarded as a short break. ”

"The second phase of the test, which simulated enemy camp reconnaissance. We've placed three chests near the three adjacent houses in the village, and you'll need to scout and get Kyle to let us know. ”

Olsen handed over a simple map showing the locations of the three houses, and Arthur knew at a glance that it was the home of Garcia, Franz and Frudy, presumably after consulting with the Hunters.

"What you need to tell us is that the size, color and shape of the boxes will be judged on the quantity and accuracy of your report, and it is not allowed to be recorded on paper. ”

Olsen saw that Arthur had regained his composure and was no longer panting, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes. Then he stepped forward and attached a piece of papyrus with a black diamond pattern to Arthur's chest.

"The four members of the selection team will lead all the children, divided into four teams, and patrol around the three houses along a fixed route, and any child who sees the picture on your chest will be rewarded with 10 gold coins, and these ten gold coins will be counted in your account. ”

Another ten gold coins, damn it, Arthur didn't want to be chained to the academy for ten years and only work as a chorre.

"If you can successfully complete it, for each box found, all the children participating in the selection will be rewarded with a gold coin, which will be borne by the Academy. ”

Olsen looked up at the sun that was close to noon, and said to Arthur, "You have an hour, and you'll be on your way in ten minutes." ”

With that, Olsen turned around and walked away without looking back.

Arthur's right wound felt a slight ache, driving away the mental fatigue from running.

Arthur pondered intently.

"Arthur. Kyle's voice came from the side, and Arthur turned his head to face him, Kyle's face was unexpectedly serious.

"I have to apologize. Kyle said.

"The death rate of scouts on the battlefield is too high, and even peacetime training can cause deaths, and although it is peacetime, neither I nor the academy want to see too many children blindly engaged in this direction. ”

"The standard time for the first test is 90 minutes, sorry. Kyle stood up, clasped his right hand over his chest, bent slightly, lowered his head, and solemnly apologized.

Arthur passed the first test, and he didn't have any knots, but smiled helplessly, probably because his too weak body gave others a reason to look down on him.

"Kid, you have to try to find all three boxes, it has nothing to do with money, if you do pass, it will involve the academy's attitude towards you in the future. Kyle was clearly saying something he shouldn't have said.

"Go, child, bless you. Kyle grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, filled with a warm light.

Arthur nodded, smiled slightly, and turned to look at the familiar village.

At this moment, the village of Habsha suddenly took on the taste of war in Arthur's eyes.