Chapter 21: The Eve of the Battle

As a result of Otta's joining Lord Charry's Guard, Sawyer became the first captain of the reserve as he wished, but his face did not show the excitement of getting his wish, because he had clearly seen the difference between the two. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Just three days ago, Ota had miraculously become a knight after a challenge, something no villager had ever imagined, and whenever he saw the iron medal on his chest, which symbolized the glory of knighthood, his eyes were filled with longing and envy. He made no secret of his burning gaze, for Instructor Mondello had said that envy would also motivate people.

Now, when Sawa saw Ota wearing jet-black iron armor, heavy but metallic combat boots, and a red cloak embroidered with elk behind him, Sawyer was simply envious.

It was the emblem of Lord Charry's Guard, and the battle flag embroidered with elk fluttered in his territory and in the camp of the Guard, a symbol of nobility and peace.

Seeing Otah's back disappear into the guard barracks, Sawa reluctantly withdrew his gaze, and secretly swore in his heart: "I will become a great knight, I will let Sawyer's name spread all over the continent, Otah, get ready to meet my challenge." ”

I saw Sawa resolutely turn around and walk towards the entrance of the village, his eyes were full of fortitude, and his back was as straight as a javelin.

In the guard barracks, in Lord Xia Rui's room, Lord Xia Rui fiddled with a huge white bone staff with a puzzled face, and there was a black magic bead on the desk in front of him, but there were a few cracks on the magic bead, some of which were wide to both sides, and I was afraid that the magic bead would explode with a little force.

Lord Xia Rui fiddled with it for a while, and his face showed a look of interest, this weapon that can only be used by a witch has not even been thoroughly studied by the pharaohs and high priests in the city-state, let alone Lord Xia Rui, a small nobleman who has become a lord by virtue of his outstanding military exploits.

I saw that he found a long box of mahogany, put away the white bone staff and magic beads, wrote a letter and stamped his seal with his private seal, and then called a servant and ordered: "Give this box and this letter to Master Guran, if nothing else, he should now be the vice principal of the civilian academy." ”

"Yes, my lord. Na Yi picked up the long box and picked up the letter, and replied respectfully.

Just as Yi Cong was about to walk out of the house, Lord Xia Rui showed a lewd smile inexplicably, and said loudly: "Remember to tell that guy Gulan that he owes me another favor with this bone staff, and ask him how he wants to pay it back." When Lord Xia Rui said this, he seemed to remember something funny, and he actually laughed.

Yi Cong seemed to know something, and he turned around and laughed a few times before walking out.

When he appeared at the training ground on a war horse to select his retinue, Ota was practicing swordsmanship with the Guards instructors, accompanied by various battle formation drills.

"The two-handed broadsword is to attack instead of defending, so the angle and location of the attack are the most critical, either the angle of the attack is tricky to kill the opponent with one blow, if you can't do it, you can retreat to the second, that is, the part of the attack must make the opponent have to defend, so that the opponent can only give up the attack and strive to save his life. ”

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"The left hand, the power of the sword forward stab in the left hand is not enough, the speed is too slow. This will give your opponent the opportunity to give you a fatal blow, remember, your worst enemies are orcs, their powerful hind limbs have amazing explosive power, and their fighting instincts are very strong, and they are even more imposing when injured, often tearing apart humans regardless of their own life and death. In the end, most of the orcs were seriously wounded in such battles, while our comrades were torn to shreds. So you have to remember that there can be no slightest laxity and mercy on the battlefield, and only dead orcs are good orcs. ”

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"No matter what battle formation requires tacit understanding and absolute trust, even if you face death, you must nail yourself in your position and cannot escape, only such a warrior can gain the respect and trust of your teammates, and in the same way, they will desperately protect you when you encounter danger. This is 'death and then life'. ”

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"The No. 1 charge position of the triangle battle array is the most critical position, and the people who can stand in the No. 1 position are absolute warriors, because he kills the most and the smell of blood on his body is the strongest, so it is the most hateful position for the orcs, and they will pounce on the people in the No. 1 position as soon as possible, so you have to judge the strength of the sword and the order of attack according to their distance and body strength......

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"The six-pointed star battle array is the most commonly used battle array in the army, only used in plains or open areas, you can imagine, when several six-pointed star battle arrays are spread out and launched, is it like a huge gear bite together? Yes, this is the feeling, while slowly rotating can allow the warrior to save physical strength, while constantly pushing forward, leaving behind a piece of minced meat, yes, in the army, this battle array also has a name, called a meat grinder. ”

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This is an extremely burly, strong and even somewhat exaggerated Guards instructor, his name is only known to Lord Xia Rui, but his nickname 'Fortress' is famous, not to mention that no one in the Guards knows him, even many nobles in the city-state of Kurgea know him, and there is even a nobleman who wants to exchange him with ten Yi Cong, but he was rejected by Lord Xia Rui, which shows how important his position in Xia Rui's Lord is.

And there are many taverns in the city-state that there are still legends about him, and it is said that once he was the three daughters of the night until dawn, and the three women were exhausted and walked against the wall, but he was in a state of mind. At first, I thought that this matter might be exaggerated by the boring people, but after the good deeds explored the three daughters many times, the three of them neither admitted nor denied it, and they acquiesced in the matter.

As a result, the 'fortress' is regarded as a huge beast by the womanizers, and they are all envious, although this thing is not very remarkable, but it is not a shameful thing in the city-state, but it shows the strength of the 'fortress' from another angle. And this nickname was given to him by his teammates in praise of him for keeping his teammates safe like a moving fortress.

At this moment, the instructor nicknamed 'Fortress' is in charge of Otta's training, in addition to explaining the most basic battle formation drills to Otta, he is more about giving correct guidance and correction to the improvement of Otta's personal combat strength.

The Fortress Instructor's eyes were vicious, and he could see what was wrong with Ota almost at a glance, and he paid special attention to the speed of Otta's left-handed sword, which was the result of a lack of strength. After learning that Ota had the habit of striking iron at night, he asked Ota to switch to striking iron ore with a hammer with his left hand, so as to increase his strength as soon as possible, because the suspension bridge by the river was almost completed, and the day of passage was the time to go to the battlefield, which would be three or five days.

In the evening, after a day of training by the instructors of the fortress, Ota dragged his exhausted body back to the hut, and after devouring his food, he rested for a while, then got up and walked out of the hut, and walked towards the pharmacy named after his mother's name Avril next to the tavern.

Avril had learned how to make some herbs when she was young, and besides, the demon slayer members would inevitably get injured every time they hunted orcs.

Next to Avril Avril's pharmacy is Yuna's aunt's leather armor equipment shop, in the past, the orc fur and other materials hunted by the demon team in Xiluo Village were made into leather armor by Yuna, and the leather armor, leather boots and other equipment she made were not only light but also very resistant to wear and tear, and the protection was also good, and it was very beautiful and handsome after modification.

Due to the arrival of demon squads and adventurers in the village during this time, and more and more people have become overcrowded, so Avril and Yuna hit it off, and the two opened their own shops, but what they didn't expect was that as soon as their shops opened, the effect was surprisingly good.

Yuna's leather armor shop doesn't have many raw materials in stock, only enough to make more than ten sets of leather armor, so when she gritted her teeth and set the price of leather armor at a set of fifty copper plates, she actually sold six sets in one day, which was three silver coins, which was something Yuna couldn't think of before. After the excitement, Yuna calmed down, now it's not as good as before, Xiluo Village is now overcrowded, and this is the reason why there are many people who are popular.

So she immediately hung up the sign of purchasing fur raw materials, and the price of each fur ranged from five to ten copper plates according to the size of the new and old. A few days later, after the demon team and adventurers rushed to the battlefield, the renovation and repair of leather armor was also a big investment, and there were more fresh raw materials to supply, and the price would drop as soon as the supply was more, and the profits in the middle would naturally be more lucrative.

"This is thanks to Ota, if it weren't for Ota's efforts to kill the witch, the orcs would not have been around the village of Oka after the birds and beasts dispersed, and there would not have been an army, so many demon squads and adventurers to hunt them, and without these people, there would be no prosperous Xiluo Village today. Yuna counted the silver coins carefully and couldn't help but be grateful.

On the exterior wall of Avril Avril's pharmacy hangs a large sign with graphics and names of various herbs, and in the back is the purchase price. At this time, there were more than a dozen onlookers under the sign, looking intently at the prices behind, most of these people were familiar faces in the village. As Ota approached, someone said:

"Look, the price of herbs has risen again, and I will pick herbs tomorrow, his aunt, remember to call me tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay, you prepare the medicine basket, I heard that the herbs in the neighborhood have already been harvested, it seems that you can only go away, eldest sister, shout your iron man, I heard that he is now the second captain of the reserve, with him, we can be safer, and we can also collect more......"

"No, his instructor is fierce, he stares my iron man to death, but he doesn't dare to let him waste his training......."

When Ota walked into the shop with a smile, his nostrils were immediately filled with the strong smell of medicine, and several sergeants in iron armor were discussing something with his mother Avril. Cousin Ellie at the counter glanced up, and when she saw that it was Orta, she immediately showed an unhappy look on her face, and after a glance at him, she lowered her head and got busy.

Ota smiled awkwardly, then approached and asked, "Do you need my help......

"No, you don't. Before Ota could finish speaking, Elle interrupted categorically.

Ota scratched his head and thought to himself for a moment, he had been busy training in the last few days, and he had to practice forging at night, so he hadn't met with Ellie, so it was impossible to make her angry.

Orta couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask, "Have you eaten......?"

"Not hungry. ”

Ota was choked again, and said after a long time: "I have nothing to do, I just came to see ......"

Ellie snorted in her delicate nose, and glanced at Orta before saying, "The army has to buy a lot of various potions, don't you see that I'm busy? After saying that, he picked up a basket of herbs, turned around and went to the back to clean it.

Ota touched her nose in embarrassment, and saw that her mother was bargaining with a few soldiers and didn't have time to pay attention to herself, so she had to turn around and leave the pharmacy and go straight to Leo's father's hut.

"Stupid, fool......" In the washing room, Ellie stomped her feet angrily, pouting and annoyed. At this time, Avril walked in after talking about cooperation, and when she saw Ellie's annoyed appearance, she couldn't help but smile politely, and quietly turned around and walked out again.

"Which girl doesn't have a spring?Ellie, this girl has reached the age of the beginning of love, but it's a pity that Ota is as stupid as his father in this regard, how can he see through Ellie's girl's thoughts......" Thinking of this, Avril's eyes were slightly red, but there was a poignant smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she remembered something.

There was another clanging sound in Leo's cabin, but this time it was a little choppy and incoherent, and the sound was loud and small, and the rhythm of the previous notes was lost.

At this moment, Ota held a hammer in his left hand and iron pliers in his right hand and kept knocking, closing his eyes and thinking for a moment from time to time, as if he was looking for the previous feeling.

Gradually, the sound of the beating began to become coherent, and Ota slowly immersed himself in it, as the hammer rose and fell, the dark red light and shadow gradually joined together, and finally formed a light curtain.

At this time, Orta also entered the state of wandering outside the object, and what he was thinking about was the method and process of making the bone staff in his mind. There is a picture in my memory of the black-robed witch walking in a red land of black smoke.

The witch's hair was almost scorched, and it smelled of burnt, and over time, it finally found a small magma pool, covered with a layer of black ash, and several raised rocks in and around it that had not completely melted, and the black ash was occasionally torn open by the magma below, revealing a dark red liquid.

The witch stood on a black stone, the scorching flesh of its feet, but its sleek, zombie-like face remained expressionless, and it tossed a flat, irregular nugget of gold into the lava. Then it didn't pay any attention to anything, but took out a huge animal bone, the surface of which had been polished by something, and it was obviously concave, and these grooves twisted and twisted around the surface of the animal bone, forming a strange pattern.

I saw that it stretched out a finger, and there were sharp nails two inches long on the fingers, and the jet-black nails flashed a trace of rose under the reflection of the dark red light of the magma, which was very weird. The fingernail swiped lightly in the palm of the other hand, and thick blood gushed out, and then it held the beast bone tightly in its hand, and somehow, not a drop of blood in the palm seeped into the beast bone.

After a few moments, the concave marks on the beast's bones turned blood-red and showed signs of growth, while the rest of the body was white.

The witch glanced at his feet, and the gold nugget had melted most of it, and a layer of golden juice was already floating on the lava. At this moment, an expressionless witch seemed to have changed, and a smile that was more ugly than crying appeared on his stiff face.

I saw that it took out a black magic bead and placed it on the top of the beast bone, where there was a groove, and then cut the palm again, and after the blood was absorbed by the beast bone from the top of the magic bead again, the dye was already blood-red, and there was a dense blood-like thing poking out of the groove, and it was knotted along the two ends of the beast bone, the head of the magic bead was tightly fixed on the beast bone, and the tail end was probed into the surface of the magma to absorb the melted gold liquid.

"Whew"

After the witch screamed miserably, its distorted face seemed to be a Shura from hell, and its body began to shake uncontrollably, and it began to chant the beast language at this time, quickly and gritted its teeth, and a black light cluster gradually condensed from the center of its forehead and eyebrows, which was extremely similar to it when looked closely, with deeply sunken eye sockets and a dry face, like a skeleton.

Half a day passed unconsciously, and the witch became more and more thin, as if only a layer of skin was covering the skeleton. The black skull-like ball of light gradually drilled out of the center of the eyebrows in the beast language, only the size of a finger, and finally slammed into the magic bead on the bone wand.

"Teng" sounded.

There seemed to be a fire in the sky above the bone staff, but there was no fire, only a scorching heat, and at the same time, two flames suddenly appeared in the witch's sunken eyes, the size of a bean, which was very strange and terrifying.

The witch seemed to be overjoyed, and even knelt down in a certain direction, and after muttering something and not knowing what to say, he stood up, and then saw it chanting the beast language and waving its hand, and a black skull-like light shield immediately appeared on the bone staff to protect its whole body, and then it stepped on the magma and walked over with an expressionless face.