The afterglow of the setting sun, lazily crawling over the white and smooth skin of the rolling mountains, warmly shone on this quiet land. The heavy snowfall that had been going on for several days finally stopped in the evening.

The sudden sunshine brought clarity back to heaven and earth.

The blue, jade-like water of the lake is covered with a thin layer of cracked ice, which slowly ripples with the biting north wind.

The needles of the green pine are covered with thick hoarfrost, like clusters of white pear blossoms; The tall oak trees are wrapped in snow, and the branches are fluttering like silver threads, like a white jade carving; The sparse bushes have become white coral bushes, which are in a variety of shapes, making people feel like they are in a fairy tale world.

On the leeward side of the lake, sits a modest hunter's hut.

The roof with a thick layer of snowflakes makes the smoke rising from the chimney look very quiet; The wooden door that was not completely covered also faintly revealed a few shining fires, making this pale world not too lonely.

also let Chris who returned with the snow fox see it, and couldn't help but feel the warmth in his heart surging quietly.

The knee-deep snow didn't stop him from picking up his pace.

When I looked closely, I noticed that he still had a shield-shaped mesh sole under his feet.

These soles are the result of the wisdom of hunters living in the hills of the Alps, and they have been able to avoid walking with their legs and feet deep in the snow.

When he approached the cabin about seven or eight paces, a huge mace suddenly poked out of the crack in the closed door, and a burly man with a fierce face flashed out.

It's just that when the strong man saw that it was Chris, the expression on his face instantly softened, and he casually put the mace on the snow, opened his arms and showed a hearty smile, and gave Chris a thick and happy hug forward, "Oh, Chris, you're back!" You know, it's been three days! I've been waiting for you for three whole days! If you don't come back today, I'm going to go back to the castle and ask your father to send territorial guards to search for you in the ice field! ”

The strong man's name was Sean Clark, and he was now the captain of the guard of Eton's realm, the only one to reach the pinnacle of warrior force in force.

He was a native of the south, and for generations the males of his family were guards serving the Einsk family.

And he was also appreciated by Archbishop Raphael, so he followed Avril, who was known as the "pride of the sky" at that time.

However, when Avril was ambushed, he was busy with other affairs without a guard.

It also became a mistake that he could never forgive himself.

Although it is said that there is a strong man among the villains who ambushed Avril, with the strength of Sien, even if he was by Avril's side at that time, it was just an extra corpse.

But Theon doesn't think so.

The Einsk family, which has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, has cultivated family guards who are never afraid of death.

But he couldn't accept his own default.

With this guilt, when Avril set out for the north, he also knelt down on one knee before Archbishop Raphael, and begged without hesitation for permission to follow Avril to the north.

Raphael did not refuse.

Whether it is from the love for his daughter, or from the satisfaction of the loyal family guards.

The Eaton family also trusts and values this affectionate man.

Henry Sr. personally selected a woman of appropriate age from the family to be his wife, let him share weal and woe with the Eton family, and made him the chief of the guard of the territory, with full responsibility for training and directing the guards of the territory.

Sien was also worthy of old Henry's favor.

When Avril Lavigne died, everyone thought he was going to go back to the South, so he chose to stay in the North.

"From the moment the Archbishop allowed me to come to the North, I was no longer a guard of House Einsk, and the only person I had been loyal to was Avril. Now that she's gone, my loyalty should continue with her son Chris, rather than going south to pledge allegiance to the Einsk family. ”

With this sentence, he adhered to the rules of the game between lords and vassals, "vassals of vassals, not my vassals", and also completely integrated into the Eton family. And because he is the person with the highest cultivation in Eton's territory, he has naturally become the best person to guide Chris's cultivation.

It's just that his way of directing is a bit unusual.

When teaching martial arts, he just talked about the general skills, and then he picked up the mace and smashed it headlessly, and said to the abused Chris in a heartfelt way, "Experience is summed up in failure, and skills are memorized in beatings."

In this regard, even Kafka, who was born weak and unable to practice martial arts, had objections.

How can a beginner resist the attack of a warrior who has experienced life and death fighting?

This way of teaching is so unfair to Chris!

However, with a single word, Theon told him to shut his mouth and leave, never to say anything more.

"When it comes to life and death, there is never fairness. In the future, when Chris fights the enemy, the other party will not show mercy because of his age! ”

This sentence reached the ears of old Henry, and old Henry also specially told Sien to let him go.

As long as you can ensure that Chris's body is not disabled, what a blue nose and swollen face, broken skin and bleeding~

Feel free for you!

That's not all, this ruthless old man also gave Kafka a lecture.

Dongyi said that the men in the north have no bad seeds, so what is the pain of eating some flesh and skin?

Let Kafka not spoil the child because of heartache.

Chris is the only person in the Eton family who has the hope of becoming a strong man, and since he wants to be a strong man, he must always be ready to face all kinds of tribulations. Now that Sien is not without a weight, if he can't stand this, how can he have the indomitable courage to break through the shackles and become a strong man in the future?

Such rhetoric made Kafka's face flushed.

It's aggrieved.

Obviously, whenever he sees a scar or bruise on Chris's body, the old man in front of him will be so distressed that he can't eat, but why are the words coming out of his mouth so hard!

The dispute between the father and grandfather, Chris did not know.

He just passively accepted the extremely difficult path of cultivation.

Of course, Theon wasn't a sadist.

His way of teaching is the cultivation model inherited from the Einske family.

Even Chris's mother, Avril, who is praised as the "pride of the sky", was crushed by absolute strength since she was a child when she began to cultivate.

It also works very well.

Everyone who survives has a good mentality, and they will not break down emotionally when facing a desperate situation, but strive to find a glimmer of life. And the body's reflexes become extremely sharp, almost instinctively thinking about how to avoid being hit hard.

When Chris was sixteen years old, Sien stopped this tyrannical style of sparring and teaching.

Because it's not needed anymore.

At that time, Chris was accustomed to using the weapon in his hand as an extension of his body, and he had accumulated enough experience and familiarity with the fighting techniques in various situations.

Therefore, Theon's new round of teaching is to strengthen Chris's ability to get out of battle and save his life in defeat.

That's right, it's how to successfully escape when your skills are not as good as others.

In his words, there is nothing to be afraid of defeat, there is no shame in running away, and everyone will encounter an enemy stronger than themselves. But to save your life is to have hope that you will be stronger than the enemy in the future!

As long as you get up more times than you fall, it's a success!

As a warrior, only a brave heart that is indomitable and stronger can overcome all the ups and downs on the road of life.

As for how to train this "Instant Escape......

The approach is also very different.

In the beginning, it was Theon himself who chased after Chris with a mace.

But later, he took Chris to the edge of the northern blood rock to find some ferocious beasts, and then deliberately provoked them to attack Chris; And it is strictly forbidden for Chris to run away and not fight back.

This continued until Chris turned seventeen, when he turned into his bar mitzvah, and Theon announced that it was time for his teaching to end.

"Dear Chris, I have nothing more to teach you. Your mother, Avril, was probably three points stronger than you when she was your age. ”

Avril's talent is recognized by the entire South.

Therefore, this assertion of Sien was very pleasing to Kafka, and made the old Henry grateful for God's favor to the Eton family.

But for Chris, it was his competitive spirit.

He was not so arrogant as to compare with his mother, but he quietly made up his mind at the coming-of-age ceremony to make up for his mother's regrets in this life, so he wanted to know where his shortcomings were.

In order to better realize what you want.

"Talent is one point off."

In the face of Chris's questioning, Sien explained it this way, "As for the remaining two points, it's that you have one less tempering than your mother. The direct members of the Einsk family have their own cultivation methods, and I am just a guard, and I am not qualified to touch them. However, when you go to the South, I believe that the Archbishop Church will treat you as a direct member of the family and receive that kind of training. ”

At this point, Theon paused slightly.

Immediately, as if to prove the credibility of his words, he specially accentuated his tone, "Well, it will be!" Previously, your mother was the archbishop's favorite daughter; And now, you're your mother's only child! ”

Chris doesn't care if he gets special attention from his grandfather, Raphael, but he has a deeper yearning for going south.

He had never left Eton's territory, and as a child, while Avril was still alive, he had the idea of going south to see it.

Because in the few memories he has of his mother Avril, there is a scene that has always haunted his heart.

That's when Avril tells him stories about the South, and he suddenly stops talking and tilts his head to the South in a daze, with something hidden in his eyes.

When he was still young, he always thought that his grandmother was blinded by the wind and sand in the north.

When he grew up, he realized that his mother's eyes were blurred because he was hiding too much of his hometown and relatives.

Later, when Avril died, his father occasionally told him stories about the South.

It's just that he doesn't want to listen.

His father, Kafka, is still a man to this day.

It was not to maintain the relationship with the Einske family that Kafka did not remarry. Instead, he felt that the ten years of acquaintance, acquaintance, and love with Avril were enough to warm the rest of his life.

It also caused him to suddenly fall silent when he was telling the story.

This sense of déjà vu is something Chris doesn't want to experience.

Moreover, he was about to leave for the south.

If it weren't for the fact that old Henry wanted to leave the snow fox fur for him as a gift to his grandfather Raphael, so that he was very stubborn to hunt another snow fox again, he would have embarked on a journey to the south half a month ago.

Half a month is the fox hunting time given to him by old Henry.

Whether he could hunt it or not, he had to go straight to the cabin here and join Theon on his journey.

Apparently, he was not punctual and made Siendo wait for three days.

But what does it matter?

Chris also smiled at Sien's complaints, "I'm sorry, Sien. This snow fox is so cunning that it makes me delay a little longer. However, even if I were thirty days late, you wouldn't have asked my father's guards to search the ice field. When I was sixteen, you left me alone in the ice field for two months! ”

"Hahaha~~~"

Seon laughed heartily and slapped him the back a few times before getting out of the way for Chris to enter the house.

But Chris didn't mean to enter the house, but raised the snow fox in his hand and lowered his chin to the lakeside, "I'll go to the lake to deal with the snow fox first." ”

"I'll do it."

Sien suddenly reached out and grabbed the snow fox, and without saying a word, he turned to the lakeside, and teased with his back, "The snow fox is frozen stiff, with your lame craftsmanship, you will definitely destroy the fur!" ”

Also let Chris Waner.

He has been roaming the ice fields a lot since he was fifteen years old!

There are countless wild beasts that have been hunted, and how can they not even have the skill to pick a snow fox skin? Not to mention, the fur of the last snow fox was not peeled by him~

Sien's strong words of kindness are nothing more than love.

Naturally, Chris didn't argue anything, turned and went into the cabin, sat down in front of the fire, added a few pieces of firewood, took the wooden bowl that Theon used and drank some hot water to warm his body, and then wrapped his cloak tightly and slept diagonally.

He stayed alone on the ice field for more than ten days, chewed dry food when he was hungry and thirsty, and climbed the trees at night to rest, keeping one open and one closed, alert to unknown dangers, which made him very sleepy.

Now back in the cabin, the security of having Theon outside the door made him feel unable to resist the onset of sleepiness.

By the time Theon had brought the cleaned Snow Fox into the cabin, he had fallen into a deep sleep and let out an even snort.

It's night, there's nothing to say.

The next day, the sun broke, and the two of them, who had packed up early, began to climb the Alps with simple bags on their backs.

The only way to re-enter the human realm is to follow the path that Mike Eaton had for the caravans to cross the Alps and walk along the edge of the desert to the southwestern and north-south hub of the Holy Empire, the city of Gardinanras.