Section 24 It is both a recognition and a challenge

"It's courageous." The red lips opened lightly, and the female knight in heavy armor whispered as if talking to herself.

Xu Yun found that he could hear clearly.

'Huh? She wouldn't have said it specifically to me, would she? ’

With the male knight greeted, the new students gathered outside the school field walked out of the lounge used to wait for the assembly, these children are generally between 12-14 years old, although they are not very old, their immature faces are full of confidence and perseverance, and they have a bit of the prototype of knights when they walk.

It is worthy of being a good seedling selected by various towns or recommended by senior knights to enter the training class.

However, the female knight only glanced at them slightly, and the disdain on her face was not very well concealed.

"Timmy." Tima's eldest son, Kerry, approached Xu Yun and waved hello.

Xu Yun finally broke away from a javelin, nodded at him, and glanced at the edge of the school field, where Ruth was standing wrapped in a thick winter coat, but he didn't see Kerry's younger brother Duke.

Ruth's gaze met Xu Yun, showed a gentle smile, and beckoned to say hello.

"Queue up, queue up, do you understand?" The male knight's loud voice sounded again, driving away the little ones in the cold wind.

"This time there are a little more people than last year, there are thirty, so ten people in a row, three in a row." He waved his hand impatiently in command.

"If you want to be a knight, don't you know the most basic discipline? Obey orders, obey commands! Quick, if you haven't lined up within ten seconds, you can roll home. The Knights don't keep useless bugs. ”

"Take him as a benchmark." He pointed at Xu Yun.

The children quickly lined up to the sound of his scolding, and if they moved a little slowly, they would be kicked.

When the queue was finally arranged, the male knight looked at the loose and messy formation in front of him, and spat in dissatisfaction, and the spit froze in many places.

"Bad, it's really bad, look at the way you look now, it's like a group of wild boars in Mingguan Gorge."

"There's no way to stand, and the queue is not good, so you still want to be a knight?"

"Do you want to be a knight?" He walked up to a child, the tallest and strongest of all the new students.

"I want to be a knight, sir." The boy said in a snarled voice.

The male knight glared at him, and without saying a word, he kicked the boy, along with the two girls beside him.

"It's so quiet, I can't hear it!

Also, don't call me lord, call me adult! But that will be until you graduate from here and join the Knights, and now you only deserve to call me Instructor! ”

The boy rubbed the outside of the kicked thigh and stood back in his place under the man's vicious gaze.

"Now tell me again, do you want to be a knight?"

"I want to be a knight, instructor!"

The man nodded, and then picked a random child to ask the same question.

After the question was repeated three times, all the children knew how to answer the instructor's question.

"Okay, it's a little cooler, so I won't waste time here with you. Now I shout 'to' when I read my name, let me see what you are all called? ”

The man brought the folder under his armpit to his side and began to take a roll call.

"Tom!"

"Here!" Two children at the same time responded loudly.

Xu Yun hung several black lines on his forehead.

"You hillbillies, you can't have more fancy names? It's either Tom or Sam, or Alice..." The man muttered discontentedly, but his voice was still loud.

"Last year there were three Sams, and this year there are two Toms. It's too lazy to say. In this way, if you are tall, you will be Big Tom in the future, and you will be Little Tom, so it is decided. He pointed to the two Toms and gave them their nicknames.

"Next up is Phyllis."

"Here!"

"Alice!" He pursed his lips as he said Alice, obviously quite familiar with the name.

"Here!"

"Kerry!"

"Here!" Kerry, who was standing on the other side of Xu Yun, responded loudly.

"Timmy!"

"Here!" Xu Yun shouted after him, he and Kerry were recommended by Tima together, and it was normal for them to line up together.

shouted a circle, and the last one called Xiuma, at this time Xiuma was already shivering with cold, but under the physical threat of the instructor, he still shouted "Here!" ”

"Alright, everybody. It seems that there are no late idiots this year. ”

"It doesn't matter where you come from in Mondstadt, whether it's a town or a mountain village, or who you were before you came in, whether you're a noble kid or a commoner, you're all knight cadets, my apprentices, and classmates. Remember? ”

"Yes! Instructor. Xu Yun was the first to shout. The other children followed with a scrambled answer.

The man pinched his brow: "It's like a swarm of flies." ”

"Forget it, let's teach it slowly in the future."

"This is your chief instructor, the Knight of Sasria, and the knighthood is the Wall of Despair."

"And my name is Hiro, and I'm your assistant instructor and life warden."

"For the next three years, you will be trained here as a preparatory knight, and if you successfully awaken the Vision during this period, you will be directly awarded the glorious title of knight by the Knights, and you can enter the knight sequence of the Knights after graduation.

Qualified graduates after three years can also be eligible to serve in the Order.

As for the rest of the waste, you can choose to be a soldier or go home to be a farmer, herdsman, hunter or worker, in short, you can only continue to be a civilian.

However, this does not mean that your future path is cut off, and if a knight has his eye on you, you can choose to be his servant. ”

As Hiro spoke, a cold wind blew through the empty school grounds, and the biting chill quickly drove away the temperature from the children's bodies, and the little ones who had held their heads high before began to shiver and their standing posture became crooked.

Seeing this, Hiro turned his head and didn't bother to look at it.

"Okay, that's all I have to say, now I ask the chief instructor to give a lecture. Applaud. ”

Bang bang bang

The lonely applause sounded, and only Xu Yun applauded. The scene was a little awkward, and he quickly kicked the two people next to him, so Shuma and Kerry applauded. Only then did the other students know what Hiro had asked them to do, and they applauded with a sparse cheer.

The female knight's helmet of Sasria nodded imperceptibly, and then a dazzling golden smooth bloomed around her, and the heavy armor surface of the white iron light plate outside her body lit up one after another runes of golden elemental power.

The runes lined up along the edge of the carapace, forming a gorgeous formation, and even the two-handed greatsword she held in her hand lit up with the same rune.

A final layer of translucent golden light appeared around her, like an eggshell.

The giant sword in the female knight's hand was slightly raised, and then slammed into the ground.

Rumble!

The dull and heavy hum was accompanied by the vibration of the ground, and the entire center of the school field seemed to sink a little under her pause, and the vibration from the ground shook the children in line.

Even Xu Yun managed to maintain stability and did not make a fool of himself.

"Obedience."

"Assiduously."

"Stoic."

"Charity."

"Solidarity."

"Light."

Words popped out of her mouth.

"This is what I ask of you, if you can't do it, you will be eliminated."

"There are only six places to enter the Knights, you can compete, but only open challenges are allowed, if I find someone using insidious means, remember this sword."

She pressed down with both hands, and the two-handed greatsword pierced through the solid hard soil of the schoolyard, sinking nearly halfway into the ground.

"No toleration."

She tried her best to suppress her voice, but Xu Yun still heard the soft voice of her original voice. If you use this kind of voice to speak, it is indeed not easy to establish majesty.

"You, and you, follow me, and the others can be disbanded. Hiro will arrange for your dormitories and daily necessities to be distributed. Sasria nodded Xu Yun and Xiuma with her iron-clad fingers, dropped a sentence and turned around and strode away.

Xu Yun pulled Xiuma and hurriedly followed.

After hearing the disbandment, the other children were still at a loss and didn't know what to do, so the loud Hero greeted him and began to arrange the follow-up.

Following Sasria and walking out of the school yard through another small door, Sasria didn't say a word along the way, Xu Yun and Xiuma could only follow silently.

Outside the small door, there is a row of low rooms, and judging by the instruments and tools placed inside, it should be used as a warehouse. Walking past the low house, there are three rows of enclosed stables, and the smell of livestock manure can still waft far away even in such a cold winter. On the other side of the stables is the city wall of Montesi, which has a small gate that leads down the steps to the Lake des Fruit.

Mondstadt is a city built on a cliff island in the middle of the lake, and the Upper Town, where the Knights of Favonius are located, is the waist of the cliff, much higher than the lower city, and relatively far from the level of the lake.

"You are special and dare to look me in the eye. It is worthy of being recommended by the three knights. Sasria stopped in front of the stable, and turned to look at the two men behind her, her eyes as sharp as a sword.

"Don't be complacent, thinking that if you dare to look at me, you will be appreciated? Don't think that someone behind you will be treated differently, that fellow Landis can't control me yet.

As for whether you can be a good piece of material, I will have my own judgment. Sasria no longer showed her voice, and she spoke like a gentle big sister discussing with you what to eat for the evening.

"Now, it's the first lesson for you, fill all the tanks in the stables, and if you don't finish it before noon, there will be no lunch. I guess I've done all this kind of work at home, right? You don't need me to teach you, do you? She pointed to the stable door.

Xu Yun and Xiuma shook their heads at the same time, and Xiuma was even faintly afraid, obviously the power that Sasria had established earlier made him ignore her soft voice.

"Where's the tool? And what if the lake below freezes? Xu Yun saw that Sasria was about to turn around and leave, and hurriedly asked.

Sasria turned around, furrowed her iron-gray slender sword eyebrows, and finally dropped a sentence: "Figure it out yourself." ”

If you don't know, you don't know, and you can figure it out for yourself. Xu Yun complained in his heart.

Looking at the back that was fading away in the sound of the sonorous metal collision, Xu Yun pulled Xiuma into the nearest stable.

"Let's see how many water tanks there are, and I just saw that there are them in the warehouse over there, so if you can't find them in the stables, go over there and get them." Let's move quickly, or we'll run out of food at noon. Xu Yun said

"I didn't eat breakfast, it's so cold, you just now pulled me to blow the cold wind in the venue, I can't lift a little strength in my whole body now." Shuma grumbled with a bitter face.

"It's like I've had breakfast." Xu Yun rolled her eyes.

"Everyone else has been disbanded and allocated dormitories and daily necessities, so we two fools are here to attend classes in advance." Shuma continued to break her mouth.

The two entered the stable, and the horses, seeing the stranger, stared at the stranger and neighed menacingly, and from time to time gouged their hooves. Xiuma has seen war horses, but he has never seen such an unfriendly war horse, and he is a little timid.

"What are you afraid of, they're all in the fence and can't kick you. Hurry up and get to work, I'll count one, two, three... Eight. Eight water tanks, if the number of water tanks in the three stables is the same, then we need to fill 24 water tanks. ”

"Heh~ This woman really looks up to us."

"Oh my God, this water tank is taller than all of me, twenty-four water tanks, it's going to tire people to death!" When Shuma heard this, he immediately cried out. "But Timmy, how did you come up with the number twenty-four? Did you go to school? ”

"It's a simple math, don't tell me you can't even count." Xu Yun looked at him with some surprise.

"Who wouldn't be able to count? I could count to ten, ah no, twenty, plus two feet. Shuma retorted.

Xu Yun supported his forehead

"And what do you do when you go out to buy something and get change?"

"My mother goes out to buy things by herself, and she pays for it, and I am only responsible for helping to move."

"You still helped with the food, didn't you?"

"Hey~ How do you know?"

"Okay, let's hurry up and get to work, you didn't eat in the morning, don't you want to eat that meal at noon?" Xu Yun took out the bucket from the corner of the stable next to the water tank, but he didn't see the flat pole.

"Of course you have to eat, if you don't eat at noon, I'll starve to death!" When Xiu Ma heard this, the grievance on his face disappeared instantly, and he actively took the bucket handed over by Xu Yun.

It has to be said that the height of this bucket is already more than the boy's calf, and it will be quite laborious to carry it only by hand if there is no flat pole.

'Do all the people of Mondstadt carry water by hand?' ’

"What tools do you use to fetch water at home?" He asked Shuma

"I have a pick from my grandmother at home, which is a flat wooden stick with two iron hooks on both sides, and the hook is used to hang the bucket, which is convenient for carrying water. There are also a few imitations in the town, but none of them are good at making them. Come to me and tell me that they are just lazy and don't do anything like that. Shuma replied.

"So Mondstadt doesn't have a tool like a pole. Hey~" Xu Yun sighed.

Is this a daily task? Do you want to give the rough stone after you finish it? I don't know what the rewards will be after the completion of the Adventurers' Guild's quest, but if you give the Primogem, expand the backpack to 100 slots first. ’

There was no flat burden, Xu Yun could only carry two buckets in his hand, Xiuma looked at him with your immeasurable eyes, holding a bucket, and the two of them followed the staircase path in front of the stable through the small gate on the city wall all the way down to the lake.

Thankfully, the water on the shore of the lake does not freeze.

The long-term non-freezing of the fruit wine lake is also a feature of its external publicity.

However, the lake water is still very cold, and Xu Yun feels that its temperature should actually be below freezing, because after the lake water is put into the bucket and raised to the surface of the lake, the outer wall of the water-stained wooden barrel and the water surface inside the barrel immediately freeze, although it is only a thin layer.

Xu Yun had a wooden bucket in one hand, and it was quite reluctant to lift two buckets at the same time, even if he tried his best, he could only get the barrel a few centimeters off the ground. But he didn't dare to leave it on the ground for too long, for fear that the bottom of the barrel would freeze on the ground.

"I just wanted to say, you don't look as strong as me, how can you carry two barrels at a time? Let's put down one, each of us only carries one bucket at a time, and one bucket per trip is two, so one bucket is less. A few more trips will make up for it. Shuma carried the bucket in his hand and walked forward diagonally.

"Big brother... You... Bad at math... Don't fool me, isn't this... Uh... The question of going a few more trips. Xu Yun was really unwilling to put down the bucket, so he could only grit his teeth and insist, so he had a hard time talking.

"Greed is the source of evil, and Timmy can't imagine that you still have this side, it's really tough." Xiuma sighed, took a few steps back with the bucket, stretched out his right hand to help Xu Yun pick up the bucket on his left hand, and carried one alone in his left hand.

"If I'm unlucky, I'll accompany you." He said without complaints.

"Thank you." With Xiuma helping to share the weight on the left, Xu Yun can allocate more power on the right.

Two children with three buckets, parallel on the narrow stone steps, could barely squeeze in.

"Be steady, don't sprinkle on the steps, the steps will freeze if you sprinkle water, and you won't be able to walk then." Shuma woke up and said that at this time he was really a bit of a brother's style.

"Of course I do."

In fact, as long as Xu Yun mentions it, the bucket will always remain stable, which can be regarded as an extended use of the trait of residual blood and full combat power. No matter how tired and tired he is, his arms will not tremble and tremble, and he will execute the commands issued by Xu Yun's brain with precision like a machine.

But Shuma's side, because his arm trembled, sprinkled out a little water.

After a dozen rounds of back and forth, the two were already sweating all over, and the heat was steaming on their heads, and Shuma was able to carry the bucket to keep it stable at first, and on the next few trips, even if he changed his hard hands, the bucket was shaking more and more uncontrollably. The water quickly froze, and the two had to stop to clear the ice on the stone steps in order not to step on the ice and fall down the steep slope. Fortunately, the weather was cold enough, and the ice was smashed and thrown out, and the little remaining thin ice was barely acceptable.

After clearing the ice, Xu Yun asked Xiuma to leave himself alone, he tried to carry two buckets of water by himself, and Xiuma could bring one bucket.

It took half a day to fill the three and a half water tanks, and Shuma was obviously exhausted, and it was unrealistic to ask him to help.

"Timmy, don't blame me for not helping you, I really can't take care of myself right now." Xiu Ma looked at Xu Yun, who still insisted on carrying two buckets by himself, and said helplessly and complainingly.

"Okay, okay, you just take care of yourself, whether we can eat or not depends on you, the main force, I'll move slowly in the back, go slower and slower, I promise I will stick to the end." Xu Yun said.

Shuma looked at him steadily, as if she wanted to see through him.

"Timmy, you are the most powerful noble kid I have ever met, although you are so stubborn that I want to beat you up, but your persistence, your perseverance, and the kind of thing you show in the cold wind... I don't know what to say, anyway, if the nobles are like you, no wonder I'm just a wild boy from a commoner family. ”

"But what I will say is, I will learn from you and surpass you! I want to prove that even if I come from a common family, I will not lose to you. One of the six places the chief instructor said would definitely belong to me. He said earnestly, his immature face was red from the cold, and his nose looked like a clown, and his nose was still watery even when he spoke.

But Xu Yun didn't want to laugh at all, Xiuma mustered up the courage to challenge and didn't look like a child at all.

He hesitated:

"Where do I look like a noble kid?"

Xiuma seemed to smash his fist on the cotton, and half of the courage he raised in his heart was instantly discharged.

"Your acting skills are too fake, even if you want to pretend to be a child of a civilian family, you might as well change a set of clothes. Among the students in this session, today you will count the most gorgeous clothes. ”

"Well, forget about that. But I just have such a set of clothes now, and I don't have to change. Xu Yun was depressed and wanted to jump into the fruit wine lake and swim around.

Yesterday, I saw Landis and Wendy, and I forgot to ask for my luggage after patronizing what happened on the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain. And when I came here to report today, I was directly caught by Sasria as a coolie, and I didn't have time to go out to buy daily trivialities.

"Actually, even if you change your clothes today and deceive others, it's okay, but we met together yesterday, Master Landis, and I already know your identity."

"You know a ghost! Let's get to work. Xu Yun kicked him and drove Xiuma away.

After Xiu Ma stopped helping Xu Yun, the speed of carrying water was really greatly improved, and when Xu Yun was still struggling to climb the stone steps, he had already carried a bucket into the small gate opened on the city wall.

Taking advantage of Xiuma's departure, Xu Yun put down the bucket, took out all the elemental crystals in the space backpack, and put them in the pocket of his underwear, so that six grids were vacant, plus the purple quality fire element crystal that Landis was given yesterday, the total number of vacated grids came to seven. With that done, he turned back to the lake and tried to fill his space backpack with water.

Unfortunately, there were no containers, and the space backpack did not store the lake water at all, and this attempt failed. He returned to the place where the bucket had been placed and stored it.

"There is a door, a bucket filled with water can be stored, and a single compartment can hold multiple buckets."

It only took an instant for Xu Yun to construct a cheating plan in his mind.

"More buckets are needed."