Chapter 242: Latent
When morning came, Xu Shuo opened his eyes a little tiredly, because he was worried that the two men in white would kill the carbine, so he just held the knife all night and closed his eyes to recuperate, in fact, he stayed awake all night.
But fortunately, he only slept once yesterday afternoon, and he usually doesn't sleep much at night, so he is used to staying up late, so he is not very sleepy. I just can't understand why those two men in white killed him.
(Probably got something wrong...... )
Xu Shuo sat up from the floor, scratched his somewhat messy hair, and turned his eyes to Miao Zhen and Lilian beside him, the two hugged each other and slept soundly.
(Those two guys don't know if they'll come back, should I take the initiative to find them...... No, forget it, I'll leave here in a few days, and I won't be able to find them when they want to, so it's better to hurry up and train the little ghosts in the village more than that. )
After making up his mind, Xu Shuo took the short blade and quietly walked out of the door.
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After breakfast, Xu Shuo took the little ghosts of the hunting group to the open space again, and Xu Shuo planned to test the results of yesterday's practice first.
"Alright, let me see how well you have your [throwing] skills, now everyone takes turns throwing knives at the tree over there. Let's start with you, Malt. Xu Shuo casually pointed to the malt standing on the very edge.
"Ah, me?" The malt that was ordered looked very nervous, and she whispered: "I, I may not be able to, when I practiced yesterday, I was able to succeed from time to time at the beginning, but then, just, I couldn't use it once......"
Xu Shuo understood what was going on as soon as he heard it, and comforted: "It's okay, it's probably because your magic power has been used up, so you won't be able to use it later, don't worry, it's definitely okay today, after a day of rest, your magic power should be recovered." ”
"Is that so?" After listening to Xu Shuo's words, Malt regained her confidence, she clenched the flying knife and took a deep breath to adjust her state, "Okay, then I'll try." ”
Under the encouraging gaze of everyone, Malt raised his flying knife and threw it towards the body of the tree not far away.
The knife turned into an afterimage and plunged neatly into the trunk of the tree, striking a crack the length of a little finger up and down the gap.
"It worked!" Malt raised his arms excitedly and shouted.
Xu Shuo clapped the venue, "Yes, it seems that you have almost mastered it, the next one." ”
The five people of Lv3 took turns throwing throwing knives, and each of them successfully used [Throw], which made Xu Shuo very satisfied with this learning efficiency, if he could successfully master one skill in a day, then by the day he left, they would be able to learn at least four of his skills, which was enough for them to have the upper hand in the face of most enemies of the same level.
"Today we're going to learn the basic skills of a thief, do any of you know [Stealth]?" Xu Shuo asked.
"Me! I know! Baozi was the first to jump out and said loudly: "Stealth is, sneaky, quietly walking, not being discovered, right?!" ”
"Well," Xu Shuo nodded, "That's pretty much what it means, but you're talking about the act of stealth, and I'm talking about the skill called 'stealth'." Stealth is the practice of reducing one's presence as much as possible by adjusting one's breath and the sounds created during one's actions to achieve the effect of concealing one's whereabouts. The skill of [Stealth] is to use the magic power as a support, which in turn makes our stealth behavior more effective. In order for you to understand better, I will give you an example. ”
Xu Shuo said, his gaze turned to Junxiong.
"Toshio, come over and cooperate with me."
Junxiong obediently came to Xu Shuo's side and asked, "What do you want me to do?" ”
"I want you to stand facing that tree," Xu Shuo said, pointing to a big tree not far away, "Then, I will approach you from your left or right rear, I need you to concentrate to listen to my voice, if you hear me approaching you from the left rear, you have to raise your left hand, if you hear me coming from your right rear, you have to raise your right hand." ”
"That's it?"
"That's all."
Toshio nodded and stood facing the tree.
After Xu Shuo repeated what he had just said to Junxiong loudly to everyone, he came to a position about ten meters behind Junxiong, and then said, "The first time, I will walk to Junxiong in the same way as I normally walk, please keep quiet and don't make a sound." Alright, Toshio, let's get started. ”
After Xu Shuo finished speaking, he gently moved a few steps to the left, and then walked towards him from the direction of Toshio's 7 o'clock at an unhurried speed, Xu Shuo's feet stepped on the snow, and every step brought out a rustling sound, and Junxiong raised his left hand after taking a few steps.
"It's good, everyone can see that when we walk normally, our feet will make sounds, especially in this kind of snow, the footsteps will be very obvious and easy to be noticed. Next, I'm going to try to sneak closer to Toshio. Toshio, put your hands down and let's start again. ”
Toshio nodded in understanding.
"Guys, please applaud for three seconds." Xu Shuo said to everyone.
Everyone applauded obediently, and Xu Shuo returned to the original point under the cover of applause, this time he still chose to start from the left rear side of Junxiong.
As soon as the three seconds came, the applause stopped one after another, and the snow returned to calm.
Xu Shuo lowered his body, adjusted his center of gravity, and slowed down his pace at the same time, trying to let the entire surface of his foot fall on the snow at the same time with each step, and his movements became very light and slow.
This time, it wasn't until Xu Shuo took the sixth step that Junxiong raised his left hand.
"See, it was stealth just now, but it's stealth without skills, it's just that I adjusted my body to reduce the sound made when I moved, so I achieved the effect of stealth, and next, I'm going to use a skill called [Stealth] to get closer to Toshio again, so I can see the difference between stealth when using skills and stealth without skills. Okay guys, three seconds of applause. ”
Everyone applauded, and Xu Shuo walked back, this time standing on the right back side of Junxiong.
As soon as the applause stopped, Xu Shuo immediately turned on [Sneaking], still moving with a pressed step, but this performance made everyone present, even Xu Shuo himself, a little surprised.
"Good, so powerful, the sound has almost disappeared, and even the footprints have become ......so faint," someone couldn't help but exclaim.
"Shhhh The other was disgruntled.
Xu Shuo didn't expect the effect of [Stealth] to be so significant in the snow, he thought that even if he turned on [Latent], walking on the snow would still inevitably make a sound, but this silence effect was so good that he didn't expect. Xu Shuo quickened his pace, and in an instant he came behind Junxiong, he put his hand on Junxiong's shoulder, and Junxiong's shoulder trembled, and his expression turned back in shock.
"When are you ......?!" Toshio was a little incredulous, "It's terrifying, I only faintly heard a little sound, and before I could confirm whether it was left or right, you were behind me, and if you approach the enemy from behind with this skill, it should be difficult for the other party to notice." “
Xu Shuo didn't speak, but squatted down and looked back at his footprints, he became somewhat interested in the principle of the skill of [Latent]. The three movements left footprints on the snow, the first two footprints were the same deep, and after turning on [Latent], the footprints left on the snow became much shallower, which is probably the reason why he was almost silent when he moved. But why does [Latent] make the footprints shallower, and does [Latent] lose a person's weight when released?
Before Xu Shuo could figure out this question, Baozi shouted.
"What a great skill, I want to learn, I want to learn! Brother Xu, how did you do it, teach us quickly! ”
"Don't worry, I have to figure out the principle before I can teach you." Xu Shuo said.
"Huh? Brother Xu, don't you know the principle of skills yourself? ”
"Don't look at me like this, while I teach you, I'm also thinking about it, because some irresponsible guy, I don't know much about the magic system of this world, she probably thinks I don't need to know this...... No, it's nothing, anyway, you guys wait a minute. ”81??.?? M
After Xu Shuo finished speaking, he turned on the [Latent] again and walked in a circle on the snow, carefully feeling the changes in his body as he walked.
He could feel his heart beat slower and his desire to breathe less, and on top of that, he could feel the magic in his body from the soles of his feet to the ground every time he took a step forward.
"This feeling ......"
Xu Shuo leaned down and lay on the ground, and when his palm touched the snow, the magic also seeped out from his palm, and at the same time, the snow that should have been soft brought a hard touch to his palm.
"Sound is produced by vibrations...... Xu Shuo thought hard with his non-college-educated brain, "Does the magic strengthen the connection between the snow particles, so it reduces the vibrations?" I see. ”
"How is it, Brother Xu, do you understand?" Baozi asked expectantly.
Xu Shuo got up from the ground and patted the snow on his clothes, "I understand, I'll teach you now." ”
"Brother Shen!"
"Hmm!"
Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.
But it doesn't matter who it is.
There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.
on this.
Shen Changqing is used to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.
Arguably.
In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.
The Demon Suppression Division is huge.
The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.
Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.
Have memories of the predecessor.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.
Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.
At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.
Access to the attic.
The environment has changed in vain.
A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.
The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.