"Hey, wake up, Marven, what do you want!"

Marven, who was immersed in the memories of the charming scenery on the hillside after the rain yesterday afternoon, shuddered, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Instructor Bligh holding the scabbard in his hand and staring at him with a hideous expression.

"I ...... Not...... I'm listening......" Marven subconsciously shrank back.

"Oh?" the bearded and fierce-looking Bligh sneered, slung the scabbard over his shoulder, "Okay, what did I just say?"

"Tell ......" Marven snorted, half turned his head to look at Fa Xiao Cain standing in the line behind him, saw him snort at his sword, and waved his arm again, and immediately understood, "Sword...... Swordplay. ”

Bligh grinned, turned sideways and pointed ahead with his scabbard, "Come on, I'll make it a little easier for you, you rush at the scarecrow, use the sword skills I just talked about, do the three things right, and I'll pass the test." ”

Marven looked at Bligh pitifully, and saw that Bligh was unmoved by the cold expression on his face, so he had to step out of the ranks, and walked up to the scarecrow in front of a group of students of similar age behind him, gritted his teeth and raised the wooden sword used for training, and smashed it on the scarecrow's head several times in a row like a nail.

The team immediately erupted into a burst of laughter, Bligh was awkward, probably wanted to be angry and wanted to laugh, the blue tendons on his forehead jumped up, his face was swollen red, and he said for a long time: "You can't kill chickens with this chopping method, there is this kind of swordsmanship in the world?"

I don't know who in the team answered loudly, "Instructor, you don't know, he really killed chickens, he really didn't kill them!"

Immediately there was another burst of laughter.

Bligh was so angry that he choked, "I guess I can cut your ten-year-old brother more decently than you!"

The man who spoke before was angry and continued, "Instructor, that chicken was indeed killed by his brother!"

The laughter reached a new peak, and Marven blushed and lowered his head, almost trying to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"Laugh at me, get out of here and go to training!" Bligh roared angrily, turned his head and yelled at Marven again, "You come with me!"

Marven couldn't, so he had to keep his head down, and amid the laughter and boos of his classmates, he followed Bligh to the firewood pile on the side of the school yard.

Bligh didn't say anything more, bent down, pulled out a broken long sword from a pile of rusty and tattered wood knives, and threw it to Marven.

Marven was startled, and he didn't dare to take it, so he jumped to dodge.

Bligh was immediately furious, "You look like a warrior, you can't even catch a rusty sword?!"

Marven didn't dare to argue, and hurriedly picked it up.

Bligh was so angry that he was panting, and the cowhide armor on his body was almost bursting, and it took a long time before he said: "You go to chop wood now, three hundred catties, if you can't cut enough in one day, it will take two days, and if you don't have enough days, you can carry it back in two days, and then you can continue to train, and if you miss one pound, you will go home and feed the pigs!"

Instructor Bligh is notoriously short-tempered, well-known far and wide, few people dare to provoke, and now he is obviously angry to the verge of outburst, Marven didn't dare to say more, and quickly turned around and ran out of the school.

Marven has just turned 16 years old this year, and he is an ordinary teenager in Baierwen, the northernmost village in Dolin, the administrative province.

According to the laws of the Kingdom of Harilan, men over the age of sixteen must undergo two years of paramilitary training, regardless of the nobility and commoners, but the law was enacted at the time of frequent wars on the mainland, and after years of peace, this law became a tradition, and the vast majority of so-called paramilitary soldiers became farmers two years later.

Just as it was being suggested that the system should be abolished, things changed.

The various fierce beasts and monsters that have been gradually declining for a long time seem to have been catalyzed by some kind of force in just a few years, and their numbers have risen sharply, raging everywhere across the continent, and they are simply out of control.

The people who have adapted to a peaceful life are miserable for the time being, even the well-trained Wang **, like a firefighting team, encircled and suppressed everywhere, but the east side could not take care of the west, and it was really stretched.

Under these circumstances, some of the ministers who proposed to abolish the service system naturally obediently kept their mouths shut, but it was Priest Riva, who was the left priest at the time and was also the person in charge of the daily affairs of the divine court, suggested that the regular army of the kingdom should be expanded and a certain number of civilian armed forces should be allowed to be established in the local area to deal with the increasingly complex situation.

For now, this was a good idea, so neither the king nor the parliament objected, and it was almost unanimously adopted.

According to Riva's suggestion, after paramilitary training, some of the best achievers could join the regular army of the kingdom, and most of the rest could be added to the local armed forces, and even the militia in the kingdom would be paid more than a farmer who had worked hard for a year.

And this new system has a more special meaning for young people of Marven's age, the so-called times create heroes, ten legendary masters on the mainland, eight became famous in the war years, and even so far recognized as the first master, Mikael, who defeated the three evil dragons by himself, is a militiaman, and who doesn't want to take this opportunity to become famous and get out of the almost destined poverty life?

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and Marvin is one of them.

It's noon, and the early summer sun is warm and sprinkled everywhere, even if you are in a bad mood, you can't be gloomy in such weather.

As soon as Marven, who was scolded bloody, came out of the school field, he was immediately infected by the weather and became much more relaxed, sneaking to the corner of the street and spending four solges to buy two wheat cakes, and then slowly walked out of the village and up the hillside.

The hillside is to the north of the village, and there is a very nice name in the local area: Cuiping, along the hillside to the north, you will enter the range of Dieyun Peak.

Dieyun Peak is the second largest peak in the mainland, which is why it is called Dieyun, the vegetation to the south is still dense, the scenery is pleasant to see from afar, in fact, over the peak, because it is close to the extreme north, the north side is completely a dead and silent frozen land and ice stone, it is said that during the war between the two continents, the Yanyang tribe once had the idea here, planning to go around the frozen sea in the extreme north by boat, land from behind the Dieyun Peak, and then attack the hinterland of the mainland, but without waiting for the shore, the warship was hit by the ice floe and sank several ships, barely landed at the foot of the mountain, the extreme northerly wind blew so that the camp could not be established, nearly half of the people froze to death in two days, and had to return by boat, so it was hundreds of yearsByrwin is one of the few areas on the continent that has not been affected by the war.

Of course, as the saying goes, there are two sides to the story, and for hundreds of years, there have been almost no famous people in the province of Balvin, not to mention warriors or magicians, even decent hunters have never produced one, and it is known as the hometown of farmers, which is also the place where the young people of Balwin are deeply criticized but helpless.

However, as far as Marven is concerned, he doesn't think there's anything wrong with that.

Since he was a child, his favorite thing to do was to climb the hillside and look into the distance, listen to the birds, smell the flowers, and bask in the sun.

Stepping on the still fresh green grass to climb to the top of the slope, Fang Cai's frustration and unhappiness have been swept away, Marven took a big breath of fresh air, condescendingly looked at his companions who were still training the school field, and couldn't help but smile.

Chopping wood or something, what's the hurry, anyway, you can't finish cutting it in a day.