Chapter VII.

The teacher and student returned to the manor and came to the sword training room. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info is very spacious here, with a variety of weapons, and a variety of training models.

Isabel was not willing to lose to Hales, so she sent the reason to the sword: "I am more accustomed to using medieval swords, your swords are too light, I am not used to it. ”

Hales shook his head and gave her a medieval sword again, "You said it was a sword problem, so you can attack me now." ”

As soon as the words fell, Isabel immediately launched a rapid offensive, but fortunately, Hales reacted in time and blocked her first round of attacks one after another. The sound of violent slashes echoed through the training room. As Hales expected, Isabel was much more skilled with a medieval sword than with a modern sword, and her moves were so lethal that if she didn't stop them in time, she could only die.

Hales muttered: "This girl is really not simple, these few blows just now, it turned out to be fatal." The medieval sword was clumsy to use, how could it be so nimble in her hands?"

Isabel seemed to hear what he said, and asked, "Don't worry, I have the number in my hand, and I won't hurt you." ”

"Then you're welcome. ”

"Use your housekeeping skills. ”

So, the two had a discussion again, and both used some of their usual skills, in order to avoid injuries, the two sides did not move seriously, just pointed. The light reflected by the sword continued to flicker through the eyes of the two teachers, and the sound of the slash was more violent and chaotic than the first.

In the process of fighting, Hales seems to feel a killing breath from the ancient times of Poppy Island from Isabel, and it also reveals an indomitable spirit from the Middle Ages. He seemed to see medieval knights galloping across the battlefield, meeting the enemy head-on, and a rain of arrows falling from the sky, accompanied by the chaotic cries and neighs of the horses, and the groans of the dead. He struggled to shake off the illusion and soon returned to reality.

In the end, both sides made a forward stab at the same time. As a result, Hales's sword was pressed against Isabel's neck. And Isabel's sword was only close to hitting Hales's neck, which was missing, and Isabel admitted that she had lost.

Hales knew that he had won by luck, and that he had won because of his height and arm length, so he didn't feel glorious, but a little embarrassed, and it was probably because the hallucinations just now distracted him that he didn't win perfectly. But in any case, Isabel's performance this time impressed him, he said: "You have shown you your strength, if it weren't for my longer arms, I wouldn't have won." ”

Isabel put away her sword, "That's because you didn't use your full strength. Go ahead. ”

The two distanced themselves and had another exchange. This time, Hales didn't give her a chance and snatched her sword in just a few moves. After failing again and again, Isabel gradually grasped the trick, which made Hales have a lot less thought and patience, and she has achieved such an amazing result on the first day of class. But Hales didn't praise her, for fear that praising her would make her proud at the same time, so he just kept encouraging her, hoping that she could do better.

On this night, the teacher and student barely stopped at all, leaving countless gaps in many swords.

One day...... Two days......

After a few nights of hard training, Isabel's swordsmanship has improved greatly, and she can be considered a qualified warrior, but not the best. In her free time, Isabel is not idle, she always carries a cowhide backpack full of gold to practice her swordsmanship and movement speed, although this training method is somewhat cruel, but when she unloads the backpack, her speed is like the wind. However, this brutal way of weight-bearing training was not what Hales asked her to do, but what she asked for.

After two weeks of hard training, Isabel progressed from "pass" to "excellent", and Hales was so proud of her results that even she couldn't believe it. Since her results were beyond everyone's expectations, many people believed that she really should have served the organization in the battle for Poppy Island.

Isabel still remembers her beloved spaceship in the process of training hard, and she always imagines what the ship looks like before going to bed. Two weeks have passed, and it's time for engineer Lahague Odro to keep his promise.

On a snowy, dark day, Isabel and Hales suddenly arrive at a makeshift dock on a pier in Copenhagen. On this day, Lahagrid lived up to expectations, and sure enough, the spaceship was presented to everyone, and he used several strong ropes to hold the spaceship five meters above the ground and levitate in mid-air. Isabel was completely stunned by the scene in front of her, only to see a large warship suspended by a huge oval airbag in front of her, she ran to the ship in joy, looking curiously at this huge "monster", and had a sense of eagerness to try. Lahagrid walked up to her and tried to give her a warm explanation, but she wanted to go up and feel it.

Taking advantage of the heavy snow and the lack of sunlight, Lahagrid agreed to take her to experience it. So they quickly climbed to the deck by rope, and took only fifty guards with them. Helmsmen, wingmen, lifters and other personnel with heavy responsibilities were quickly put in place.

The guards let go of the ropes, and the ship began to rise slowly, so smoothly that there was not a hint of shaking. The ship flew higher and higher, and then began to fly forward.

Isabel was so pleased with the ship that she asked Lahagrid, "Lahagrid, can you give me a brief overview of the ship?"

Lahagrid, a military engineer who likes to be a narrator for others, said: "It seems that you are very happy with this. This ship weighs 2,309 tons, is 210 meters long, 58 meters wide, 27 meters deep, has three decks, can carry 800 to 1,000 members, more people will increase the weight of the ship, I recommend carrying a maximum of 600 people, there are a total of 210 cannons on board, of which 20 have been replaced with British cannons, and the 20 Spanish cannons have been replaced for backup. This is also what you ask for, because the British cannons have a longer range, and I mainly arranged them in the bow and stern, as well as on the second deck. In addition, I deliberately reinforced the ship's protective armor, which is difficult for ordinary cannons to shoot through. ”

"Very good. ”

Lahague raised his head and pointed to the huge airbag, "This huge airbag is two to three times larger than the hull of the ship, if it is not big, I am afraid it will be difficult to raise such a huge battleship, its surface is glued with a layer of heavy wooden planks, and there is a thick rubber layer on the outside of the plank, if it is hit by an enemy shell, the flexibility of the rubber layer can disperse the power of the cannonball, so that the airbag is not easy to damage." At the lowest part of the airbag, there is a large air supply port, and the burner below extends a thick flamethrower into it, using the hot air generated by the flameshoot to control the ship's lifting. ”

"I've also learned the principle of heat rising. ”

"Let's take a look at this again. Lahagrid came to the side of the ship and pointed to the wings, "These are the wings, like the sails, and we can adjust the direction and speed of the boat according to the current and the direction of the wind." In order to prevent lightning strikes, I also added a lightning net on it, which can absorb and diffuse the current from the air, once we encounter a thunderstorm, we are not afraid of being hit by lightning. These wings are retractable, and if they break, we can also unfold the spare ones. ”

"You've thought of everything you need to think. ”

"There is one more important thing, please come with me. Lahager took Isabel to the stern of the ship and pointed to the four thick flamethrowers at the tail of the ship, "Look, this is what I have recently researched, if an enemy escapes during the battle, we can turn on the internal burner and let the flames shoot out, and the maximum speed of the ship will instantly increase by five to eight times, even if the enemy is fast, we will catch up." If we encounter an enemy who is stronger than us, we can also use this feature to quickly shake them off. But...... This instantaneous acceleration function can only be used once per flight and can only last for 30 seconds each time. ”

"Thirty seconds is enough. With it, none of us is afraid. ”

Hearing Isabel say this, Hales felt a little anxious, and he interjected, "Isabel, please come here." ”

Isabel walked over, "What's the matter?"

"What are you going to do with this ship?"

"Destroy Castor and avenge the dead Vanessa and Draco, as well as my guards. ”

"What else?"

"Take control of the whole island of Zealand, and make all the bloods of the island submit to me. ”

"Actually, you don't have to. ”

"Why? Isn't it bad? This is nature, and the weak should obey the strong. ”

"Do you want to prove that you are a strong man by violent means? ”

"I'm not in the mood to hear you say that right now. Isabel overlooking snow-soaked Copenhagen, and now she doesn't want to listen to any persuasion. "Look, how beautiful the snow is in Copenhagen!"

Hales was once again apprehensive, fearing that Isabel's pride would be revived again, and he regretted letting Lahagrid build the ship, so he sighed and muttered, "It's all my fault!

The spaceship drifted aimlessly in the air for a morning.

By noon, the snow had stopped.

The heat from the burner caused the snow on the deck to melt quickly, making the deck more slippery, and Isabel gave the order to return.

The ship soon arrived at the dock, and the one hundred and fifty members of the Blood Angels who were waiting there also boarded the ship. Eventually, before the ship was about to sail to Siegfried Manor, Isabel ordered all the blueprints and materials for the ship's construction to be taken with her, and the dockyard burned down so that no clues would be left behind.

When the spaceship flew over the manor, the people in the manor came outside one after another, looking at this "monster" from the sky in surprise and curiosity, and even Monica and Ostein were shocked. When the spacecraft landed, many people came up to watch. The ship descended the ladder, and Isabel descended from it, followed by Hales and Lahagrid, as well as the other guards, some jumping directly from the side of the ship.

Monica never expected that it was her daughter who walked down from the spaceship, and when she saw that her daughter was overjoyed, she asked, "Isabel, what is this?"

Isabel hugged her mother and said, "Mother, this is the 'Blood Angel' spaceship converted from the 'Kraken', what do you think?"

"Nice, but...... Why are there so many people?"

"I'm sorry, ma'am. "These are all Mr. Siegfried's men, who were stationed in Malmö, Sweden, and were later transferred to Copenhagen to build the ship." ”

"So you already knew. ”

"Yes, I forgive you for not telling you in advance. ”

"It doesn't matter. ”

Isabel declared herself to be the captain of the ship on the spot without anyone's permission: "From now on, I am the captain of the 'Blood Angel', with Hales as the military advisor and Lahagrid as the operational commander. Casto had taken the gold and silver from me, and I did everything by myself, and I vowed that one day I would take it back. ”

Monica shook her head, she was worried that her daughter would cause more trouble again, and immediately dissuaded: "No, Isabel, those treasures don't belong to us, they were also stolen by you from others, we don't need so much gold and silver treasures." ”

"Casto killed Vanessa and Draco and burned my castle, can I spare him?"

"My dear, the whole of Europe is in a time of war, you can't ......"

"Don't worry, Mother, I'm joking with you, how could I do something stupid for the sake of those treasures?"

Monica let out a long breath, "I'm relieved." ”

"I'm a little tired, I need to go get some rest. Isabel went into the house.

Many of the servants and guards were still curiously gathered around the ship, as if they were eager to try it.

Everyone involved in the construction of the Blood Angel was also duly rewarded, with Hales and Engineer Lahago receiving the most rewards.

In the evening, it was time for Isabel to teach. She and Hales went to the rooftop, and the two exchanged swordsmanship briefly. In her free time, Isabel looked up at the vast sea of stars, she frowned, and shook her head helplessly.

Seeing that she was depressed, Hales asked, "What is wrong with you, Isabel?"

She walked to the edge of the rooftop, "The night sky more than 2,000 years ago was so clear and transparent, as if entering a dreamlike situation. But now the night sky ...... It's not clear anymore!"

"The world is always developing, and it is inevitable that we will lose some good things, and if there is no development, we can only live in a backward primitive society. ”

"The 'Industrial Revolution' is the evil of mankind, it is the Industrial Revolution that causes the world to lose its clear starry sky, and it is the war that makes the world more and more chaotic. ”

"You're right, but ...... No matter how we develop, we cannot escape the operation of the laws of nature, because we are all part of the natural world. In a few thousand years, or tens of thousands of years, maybe we will cease to exist, and maybe a new species will replace us, but the natural world will remain the same, it can erase the footprints left by any civilization with the laws of operation, and everything on the earth will be renewed. At that time, who will remember the industrial revolution and the wars? If the industrial revolution is the evil of mankind, then ...... What are the ships you've built?"

"What are you telling me all this for?"

"I just wanted to tell you that everything in nature is balanced. There is no one who is the strongest in the world, and there is no one who is the weakest, just like ...... Mice are afraid of cats, cats are afraid of lions, lions are afraid of elephants, and elephants are afraid of mice. No matter how strong you are, there will be a day when you will come to an end. Alexander's empire was so powerful that he died after only thirteen years on the throne, and his empire was divided, the mighty Roman Empire was only 500 years old, and it eventually perished, and the Spanish Armada was so powerful that it was finally wiped out by the British. It can be seen that everything has a beginning and an end, and this is called balance. ”

"That is, whether it is a country or a person, it becomes strong because of weakness, and perishes because of prosperity?"

"Exactly,"

"So, Henks, the supreme leader of our Blood Angels, also has a day to perish?. ”

"I don't want to answer this question, I beg your pardon. ”

"When you were on Poppy Island, did you tell your daughter about that too?"

"At that time, I was too busy with the war to talk to her, and if my daughter was still alive, she was as old as you, and she had a somewhat similar personality to you. Therefore, some of your actions will often remind me of my daughter, and the death of my daughter has hit me hard enough, so I don't want you to have any mistakes, and I have an explanation in front of your father. ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Graeme! I'm sorry for making you sad, I'm ...... Don't talk about your daughter. ”

Hales smiled slightly, "I don't blame you, I'm already very satisfied to be here to be your mentor, and I'm very grateful to your father for giving me this opportunity, it's much more comfortable than fighting on Poppy Island." ”

"As long as you are willing to teach me, it is my greatest honor. ”

"I'm glad to hear you say that, but I'm still going to tell you that you only have one life, take advantage of it. Whatever you do, you have to think from a long-term perspective, if not very sure, at least six or seven points of certainty. ”

"I'll keep that in mind. ”

"Good. Hales walked to the center of the rooftop, "Pick up your sword and continue." ”

The two of them once again had an exchange of swordsmanship. Isabel's swordsmanship has improved a lot, and the medieval sword is as light and nimble in her hands as it is with today's rapiers. Even Hales couldn't believe that her swordsmanship would improve so much.

In the process of sparring, due to the greater weight of the sword in the Middle Ages, the lethality is also greater. The Rapier used by Hales was cut off while making a lateral block. Fortunately, Isabel stopped in time, otherwise half of Hales's shoulder would have been cut off. Next, he made it more difficult for Isabel to blindfold her eyes and plug her ears, and then practice with him. Isabel did so, but after only a few seconds, she lost. From this moment on, every time Hales took her to practice the sword, he asked her to be blindfolded and her ears gagged, judging only by smell and intuition.

After a few days of rigorous training, Isabel can subconsciously block and dodge targets from all directions without relying on her eyes and ears, even if a silent throwing knife flies towards her, she can accurately judge the direction and distance of the flying knife.

At this time, Hales felt that Isabel's swordsmanship and sensing ability no longer needed to be trained, which was enough to make Green feel satisfied. Next, he will tell her how to adapt to the cruelty of nature. (To be continued.) )