Section 37 The wind rises

In the past, the spear was a forbidden weapon in Mondstadt.

On the surface, swordsmanship is the martial arts cultivation of noble people,

It is said that it is actually because the spear can fill the gap in training,

Equip civilians who lack weapons and practice to fight.

- Novice Lance.

Located north of the eastern shore of Fruit Wine Lake, Wangfeng Mountain Land starts from Mondstadt and follows a pioneering avenue through the empty plains and wooded Whispering Forests of the villages, passing the Whispering Warehouse for cargo transfers, and taking a winding path that leads into a short tunnel carved out between the towering cliffs.

The wilderness of the Wangfeng Mountains is like a piece of plain that is pieced together by different heights and bottoms, and is pressed obliquely on the ground.

Rising high at one end and sloping down at the other, it doesn't fit perfectly into the horizon, leaving behind a prohibitive cliff that hangs over the plains of the wine lake below.

On the sloping mountain plains, endless grasses are patched, wild sunset fruit trees and apple trees are dotted, and tall beech and pine trees are sparsely forested. Shrub-borne raspberries and delicate sweet flowers can be found everywhere.

The sky is high, the white clouds are still there, and even the wind here is extraordinarily arrogant and cold.

The monsters here welcome people as enthusiastically as the scorching sun hanging high in the sky.

"In the first year, the shield guards move forward and maintain the squad formation."

"Don't stand in a row! Do you think hilichurls' arrows will only shoot at the one who is ahead of you?! ”

"Fool, don't use fire here! Are you trying to burn everyone here? The second-year apprentice found out that the first-year apprentice was planning to set fire to the grass, and a shout of rage interrupted his next move.

"I just want to get rid of these damn weeds if I burn them with fire." The one who was ready to burn the grass with fire was William, who had helped Xu Yun and a few people in the Deer Hunter Restaurant before.

"By the way, you also make a barbecue of monsters hiding in the grass? You think too much, before the monster is made into a barbecue, we will be grilled into charcoal first! The second-grade senior roared angrily, quite like an instructor.

He pointed his spear at the Windy Mountains, where endless weeds spread like a carpet on the plain.

"Look at it, how long will you burn this weeds all over the mountains with fire? And it's summer, and the weeds and straws are so rich in moisture that they can't be burned far by fire, so if it's late autumn when the grass and trees are exhausted, I'd approve of your plan. But," the second-year lead senior paused.

"But if you don't look at the direction of the wind now, it is true that the wind from the north cannot blow over the high ridge to reach the southern slope where we are, but the sea breeze from the sea off Mondstadt blows from the northeast, and once the fire is lit, we are the first unlucky to enjoy the fire!"

William shrunk his neck and honestly shut his mouth, William was quite prestigious among the first-year apprentices, and was one of the leaders of several small groups. But for the second-year apprentice, especially the eyes that had experienced the war and were already a little murderous, his momentum was completely suppressed.

"The first time we went out to practice, let's listen to the arrangements of the seniors, and Instructor Hiro also gave an order to let us obey the command. We are now his soldiers. The boy on the same team whispered reassurance.

William nodded, and someone persuaded him that he could just take a step back.

"Use the sword in your hand to clear a path, the shield guard is responsible for taking care of the teammates who clean up the weeds, if there is an attack, the responsibility for the injury of the teammates lies with the shield guard, your duty is to protect your teammates!"

"Do you understand?" The second-grader shouted.

"Yes, sir!" Xu Yun responded loudly.

The second-year senior nodded in satisfaction. "Look at this little point, although it is a little smaller, it is more reassuring than you."

The second-grade apprentice leads the first-year apprentice to experience and complete the task of recapturing the watchtower by the way, and five second-grade combat teams, each team leads two teams of first-year newcomers, and advances separately, agreeing to meet under the watchtower to complete the task of capturing the tower together.

There are no instructors to follow, no strong people to protect.

The journey before reaching the watchtower is reserved for the first-year apprentices to complete their training, and how many hilichurls they can hunt depends on their luck and ability.

Grunt~

Grunt~

Xu Yun's ears moved slightly, stopped chopping weeds in his hand, and looked at Kerry, who was protecting him next to him, Xiuma was on the other side, wielding a big sword to open the way.

Xu Yun's team and William's team formed a team with one of the second-grade teams, two first-year rookie teams were responsible for opening the way, and the second-year team members were responsible for responding to emergencies by walking in the rear.

That's what he said, but along the way, these newcomers worked hard to chop down half-human-tall weeds to open the way, and the second-year old apprentice followed behind to talk and laugh like on an outing, and it was almost impossible for the newcomer team not to be resentful, which is why William wanted to set fire to the mountain.

The tower was in sight, but the weeds on the road ahead seemed to never be cleared, and the second-year students still demanded that the first-year newcomers must clear the road, instead of just pushing the weeds through it.

William once asked the second-year student to give an explanation, and the second-year captain said in a playful tone: 'The instructor has prepared a week's supply for us, why do you think that?' If you don't understand, use your brains more, don't just train your pimple meat in the knight training class, we want to become knights, if you only practice martial arts and physique, you might as well go to the barracks to be a big soldier in the past three years, maybe you can train better. ’

William was angry in his heart, but he couldn't match the strength of the second year, so he could only obey.

"Do you hear me? Kerry. Xu Yun asked

"Hear what?" Kerry wiped the sweat from his forehead and glanced back and forth in the half-human-tall weeds. He chose the shield guard, so he was responsible for protecting his teammates, so he kept his nerves on guard.

"Grunt." Xu Yun explained.

"Is Shuma hungry? He's just hungry fast, but he has a lot of strength. Kerry teased Shuma casually.

Shuma snorted his sword and swept through a large area of weeds, and the apprentice's heavy sword made of white iron danced as easily as a wooden sword in his hand.

White iron is indeed a light metal, but it is not as heavy as a wooden sword.

"I'm not a rice bucket." Shuma spat out the grass clippings that had been sucked into her mouth, "But it's close to noon now." ”

"Don't interrupt, stop and listen carefully." Xu Yun shouted to the others.

Shuma stopped wielding her sword, and the noise around her suddenly disappeared by half.

"Little Timmy, why did you stop before..."

Xu Yun gave a silent gesture, and the William team next to him who was opening the road also stopped.

Grunt~

Grunt~

Xu Yun is very familiar, he has heard this voice many times, but he can't remember it for a while, as if he heard it a long time ago, when he was a real new player.

He rubbed his chin and browled in thought.

Grunt~

Grunt ~ hiss ~ (inhale)

"Kerry raises his shield, shield guards take care to protect their teammates, are there any archers?" Xu Yun turned around and asked.

"I am." In the second-year team, a slender senior waved the hunting bow in her hand.

"It's the Wind Slime, be careful to avoid the direction its mouth is aimed at, it will fire Wind Bombs. If it flies into the air, we can't beat it in close combat, it's up to you, senior sister. Xu Yun explained: "If the Wind Slime flies into the air, it is in the form of a balloon, and it can be exploded with one arrow, but if it is on the ground, it will be trickier." ”

Xu Yun didn't know how different the wind slime in the Teyvat world was from the little cute thing in the game, if it was as easy to deal with as in the game, it would be a good target for training and fighting. It's always better to face a slime in the first fight than to face a hilichurl who is more intelligent and aggressive.

"How do you know it's a Wind Slime? Are you sure? The team leader drew his sword and took off his shield from his back.

Without waiting for Xu Yun to answer, a cyan patterned ball monster had already flapped its two cute little wings and flew up.

"This head..." Shuma looked up at the behemoth rising from the grass not far ahead, and swallowed his saliva, the big sword in his hand compared to the monster like a twig.

"It's just a façade, and my stomach is full of air." Xu Yun gave a reassuring look.

"Senior sister, before it has just flown and hasn't launched a wind bomb, now is a good opportunity to shoot." He shouted to the archers behind him.

The senior sister raised her hunting bow, hit an arrow and began to aim, although her movements were skillful, but compared to the role that Xu Yun operated in the game, it was far behind.

In the game, the character can shoot straight to the bullseye in seconds when he raises his hand.

Collapse~!

Shout!

The arrow flew out in response, grazing the bottom of the rising Wind Slime Sphere and turning into a parabola.

'Can this be missed?' Don't you know the amount of correction in advance? Xu Yun glanced back at her senior sister, her eyes full of surprise. However, judging from the parabola of the arrow, the speed and power of her arrow are completely incomparable to those of the characters in the game, and the crossbow arrows of hilichurl archers are much more powerful than this arrow.

Kiss~

With a soft sound, the Wind Slime fires a wind bomb.

The wind bomb had a very pale azure color, and the almost translucent wind bomb smashed down condescendingly.

In Xu Yun's memory, Wind Slime's Wind Bullet damage was limited, and it would cause minor damage at most. However, this wind bomb could not be seen in the air, but when it was blocked by the shield captain's wooden shield covered with a layer of iron, everyone intuitively felt the horror of this monster.

Bang!

With a bang, the wind bomb burst into more than a dozen translucent wind blades, shooting around, and the wind blades flew a few meters before dissipating, and the weeds that passed along the way fell down one after another as if they had been chopped by sharp swords.

The senior was blown out by the bursting force under the blow of the wind bomb, flew backwards two meters, and was caught by his own teammates in the rear.

Yes!

Ouch!

Cries of pain rang out one after another, and the two members of William's team were affected by the wind blade because they were standing in front, and their arms and thighs were cut into long bloody wounds.

The first-year apprentice was only equipped with a hard leather cuirass inlaid with thin iron sheets, and his arms and legs were not protected by armor, so it was not surprising that he was cut by the wind blade.

"The wound is so big!"

"I've bled a lot, will I bleed too much and die?"

"Annie, please help me."

The Fellow Nun, who was part of William's team, was a spellcaster of the Priest's branch and possessed healing spells, and she hurried to her teammates, opened the Anemo tome, and began to recite the spells.

"Don't use healing spells, such skin injuries, bandage them first, go back and apply some medicine, and then deal with them when it is safe." Xu Yun opened his mouth to dissuade.

One of the injured team members was a girl who glared at Xu Yun.

"Healing spells should be left for use at critical moments, and now..."

"It's the crunch time, we're fighting." She opened her mouth to interrupt Xu Yun from speaking.

Kiss~!

"The second wind bomb is coming!" Xu Yun yelled. "Kerry! It's up to you, the wind bomb won't bend, get in front of it, don't let it explode in the crowd! ”

Kerry and Shuma understood the meaning with a look, Shuma dragged his hands, Kerry stepped on it, and then with the strength of Shuma, the Kree jumped into the air and blocked the second wind bomb with a metal vulture shield of pure white iron.

Smack~Boom!

The wind bomb exploded in midair, and more than a dozen azure wind blades scattered in all directions, not hurting anyone.

"Senpai shoot it!" Xu Yun shouted again.

The massive Wind Slime floated in mid-air, puffing out its cheeks and preparing for the third wind bomb, when a feathered arrow came out head-on, drawing a slightly arc in the air and shooting at the slime's large round face.

There was a hint of mockery in the two big shining eyes.

Feathered arrows are poking out of the slime's skin!

No, before the Feather Arrow hit the slime, it was blocked by a layer of azure energy outside its body, and it was blown off the course and flew out diagonally.

"The Celestial Wind Shield, this is the elemental shield of the Wind Caster. I didn't expect this kind of low-level monster to do the same. The pikemen in the second-year squad said, throwing his spear out.

The iron-tipped spear flashed in the sunlight with a silver-white glow, and the distance of more than ten meters passed by in a flash.

Syllable!

The Wind Slime was shot, and it was like a popped balloon, blowing up and flying in the sky, and then exploded into a pile of condensate and spilled down a few seconds. Also falling was the iron-tipped spear thrown by the senior.

"Sure enough, it killed with one blow, this little bit is really accurate."

"This thing is much easier to deal with than the water slimes and rock slimes we've killed." The spearman rubbed his sore arm, which had been strained with too much force. He was ready to push through the grass to retrieve his spear.

'Easy to deal with?' Once a big wind slime appears, it usually comes with three followers, and sometimes two big slimes appear together, and at the same time face a bunch of slimes that shoot wind bombs, do you try it? Xu Yun pursed his lips and ran to pick up Kerry who fell to the ground, just now his volley wind shield was really heroic, and he was smashed to the ground by the force of the wind bomb explosion, and the fall was tragic and heroic enough

"Wind slimes usually appear in teams of three, be careful if there are others hiding in the grass."

Gollum ~ Gollum ~

As soon as Xu Yun's words fell, another slime that had breathed enough slowly rose into the air.

The senior sister did not disappoint everyone this time, and the slime was shot by an arrow after climbing less than three meters, turning into a leaky balloon and exploding into a pile of condensation.

A third Wind Slime followed suit, rising from the grass farther away.

"No, it's too far away for me to guarantee a hit." The senior sister shouted, and she had already drawn her hunting bow and put on the feather arrows.

Collapse~

The feathered arrow flew out in an arc and flew less than half a meter away from the slime.

"Three big slimes, they're going to carry more small slimes. Prepare for battle. ”

Collapse! Collapse! Collapse! Collapse!

Four bowstrings sounded, but they weren't arrows from your side.

In the gap in the grass, the featherless crossbow bolts of the black arrow shaft passed through the gap in the grass pole and shot at the team from four directions at the same time.

"There's an ambush!" Xu Yun lay on the ground for the first time.

Belch~!

Yes!

Poop! Poop!

William's team was half-kneeling on the ground, reciting a healing spell, and the priest's apprentice was shot with an arrow in the chest.

The shield boy of William's squad shot to block the arrow, but the shield did not catch the crossbow arrow, and used his body to protect his companion.

The second-year-old team leader reacted very quickly, and the iron shield in his hand pulled out two afterimages, blocking the crossbow arrows that were shot at the female priestess in his team in two directions.

Nanqi, who is the most conspicuous target in the team, is not taken care of by the hilichurl shooter. Some of them stood in place in a daze, holding the long iron staff in their hands, and they were at a loss. Lulumara was already hunched over and put her spear in a position ready to strike.

'Slime and hilichurl teamed up, is it a slime domesticated by hilichurls?' Aren't hilichurls only domesticating fire slimes? Xu Yun was lying on the ground, and his face was cut by the sharp straw pole section after being chopped several bloody wounds, and he didn't know how many wounds he had left.

"Kerry, can you hold on?" He asked, lying on the ground

"My ass is numb, it's okay!" Kerry replied.

"Don't lie on the ground, get up and form a formation to protect your teammates at the back. Get ready for battle! Four shooters, there must be more hilichurls ambushed nearby. The leader shouted

"Annie, Annie! How are you? William asked, holding the heavy sword on his chest.

The nuns of William's team were stunned for a moment after being hit by the arrow, and then fell down with a miserable face, as if they had fainted with their eyes closed.

"Don't shake it, if you shake it again, she'll really die." Xu Yun got up from the ground and ran over with the cat on her waist, "Luke, look at it, I'll look at her." Xu Yun shouted to the shield guard of the William team

Although Luke was also hit by the arrow, he was strong and did not cry out in pain, gritting his teeth and sticking to his post. Hearing Xu Yun speak, he nodded and set up a wooden shield, and his defensive posture was very upright.

Xu Yun snatched Anne who was held in William's arms, and William refused to let go, so he scolded: "Are you really a brainless fool or didn't listen well in class?" I don't know if you are hit by an arrow, will you shake it like this to cause more damage to the arrow cluster in your body? ”

William was speechless and obediently let go.

Xu Yun looked at the crossbow arrow shaft on Annie's chest, the length of the missing arrow was not much, this arrow shot very accurately, right in the chest, but the apprentices were wearing hard leather armor inlaid with thin iron sheets, the position protected by the thin iron sheets was the chest, the crossbow arrows shot through the iron pieces and then shot through the hard leather armor, and the kinetic energy of the advance was almost exhausted, and they did not go deeper into more.

He grabbed the shaft of the arrow and shook it gently, feeling that the tip of the shaft was loose and did not enter much flesh, and breathed a sigh of relief.

As he flicked the shaft, Anne snorted in pain, her brow furrowed.

"It's okay, I didn't shoot into my heart, I can't die." Xu Yun said to William and the other classmates who came around. "But if you can't treat the wound now, let her lie down, don't move her, just leave someone to watch, we have to kill these monsters first, otherwise no one will survive."

Collapse Collapse Collapse!

Another series of bowstrings, this time the trills of the bowstrings were closer to the cleared path where the men were.

Everyone hurriedly learned that Xu Yun lay on the ground, and a crossbow bolt flew over Xu Yun's head. The other three rushed to the second-year team, which was still standing in battle formation.

Poop! Burst! Burst!

The leader shield guard blocked one crossbow arrow, and the other two were caught by the wooden shield held by the priest, the crossbow bolt was nailed to the wooden shield, and the arrow shaft trembled endlessly, looking at the point of the arrow that pierced through the wooden shield and pierced the inside of the wooden shield, the priest turned pale with fright.

She is a new nun who has joined the second-grade team, but her grade is higher than Nanqi's, and her practical experience is almost blank. Blocking the two crossbows this time was purely lucky, not at all the result of her own quick reaction and timely defense.

"Kerry, protect Nanqi, Shuma, can you solve the left one?" Xu Yun shouted

"I've seen it, it's black like a briquette." Shuma bent over her waist and carried her big sword behind her back.

"I can fight too." Not to be outdone, Lulu Mara shouted, her voice a little delicate.

"You go with Shuma. I'll take care of the second from left. Xu Yun said without thinking, at this time, there is no time to hesitate and distribute, the slime in the sky should launch the wind bomb, delay a few more seconds, the wind bomb and the crossbow will hit together, and the team will go thank God if it is not wiped out.

"Senior brother! I'll leave the right one to you. Senior sister, find a way to get the one in the sky! After Xu Yun finished shouting, the person had already thrown himself into the grass about the height of his chest.

The so-called half-human-tall grass is said to be compared with the height of adults, but the fact is that Xu Yun is the shortest contestant among them.

"I do my best." Before the archer sister could finish speaking, the little dot had disappeared into the grass.

"This kid... It's amazing, it's quite decisive, it's fast, and it seems to know more than us. As he spoke, the spearman walked out of the queue alone, and rushed into the grass with a spare wooden gun, "You are still hiding, Lao Tzu has seen you!" ”

······ The boy in charge bowed his head and was silent, feeling as if his battlefield prestige had been unknowingly usurped.

Forget it, let's get past this level first.

"I can't go out, I have to stay and protect Sally, she shoots the Wind Slime and must stand still."

"William, can your team send someone to solve the one on the right?" The leader used his sword to point out the direction in which one of the previous crossbow arrows had flown out.

"I'll go! No one can compare to anyone, and Timmy's little man can solve one. William picked up his broadsword and rushed out.

"Luke, come along, I'll stay and watch Anne." The female apprentice who glared at Xu Yun earlier was a pikeman, and she said to Luke, the shield guard.

"No, Lucy, I've got to stay and protect you, there's the Wind Slime up there, I've got to keep the Wind Bomb out."

Kiss!

The Slime's Wind Bomb arrives as promised.

In order not to hurt more people, the team leader learned how Kerry jumped into the air to catch the wind bomb.

Smack~Boom!

The wind bomb exploded, the wind blade danced wildly, the senior's posture was not good, the thigh was swept by the scattered wind blade, and a wound almost cut the left thigh horizontally, fortunately, the simple armor he wore was more fully protected than the first-year newcomer, and the crusty leggings on the thigh blocked part of the damage, and when the wind blade cut into the flesh, there was little power left. Even so, the wound was nearly an inch deep into the flesh.

Blood spilled on the turquoise grass was particularly conspicuous.

Xu Yun got into the grass, and replaced the bladeless sword cast in white iron in his hand with the Dawn Sword, he had the intention to cast the two swords with similar appearances, but Xu Yun's skills were limited, so he could only imitate a rough idea, and usually the Dawn Sword didn't dare to take it out at all, because the workmanship of the Dawn Sword was really much better than the Bladeless Sword.

Xu Yun regretted it very much now, it hurt when he was idle, so he had to use the original stone to strengthen the Dawn Sword to give it a try, if the Dawn Sword still maintained the long-standing appearance of the wind erosion when he first bought it, he wouldn't have a headache now. Anyone who looks at it will think that it is just a family heirloom and poorly maintained old sword.

With the Dawn Sword in hand, the hilichurl shooter counts as a ball? Moreover, Xu Yun now gets up early every day to bask in the sun for the Dawn Sword, ensuring that there is a weapon passive skill effect bonus for bathing in the morning light every day.

took out the ghost face of the war madness and put it on his face, Xu Yun was like a leopard with a sturdy body, flying in the grass, his small body also had small benefits, and the grass did not have such a big impact on him.

As soon as the hilichurl archer loaded the crossbow arrow, Xu Yun had already burst out.

Walk you!

Flying Swordsmanship!

Xu Yun threw out the Dawn Divine Sword, and at such a close distance, he didn't worry about missing the hit at all.

The hilt of the sword struck the hilichurl archer's visor.

Collapse! It didn't have time to aim, and almost Xu Yun threw out the long sword and pulled the bracket at the same time.

Poop!

This time luck was on the side of the hilichurl shooter, and the crossbow shot was right in the forehead of the war-mad ghost.

Xu Yun's forehead tilted back, his head was a little confused by this arrow, and the scenery in front of him became blurred. However, the purple quality holy relics are not in vain, and the crossbow arrows have failed to make a difference.

The Excalibur of Dawn was obviously heavier, and the hilichurl shooter was smashed backwards.

Xu Yun instantly summoned the bladeless sword he had put in from the space backpack, and he rushed forward almost without stopping, jumping up and holding the sword with both hands and stabbing downward.

Burst!

The blade stabbed into the ground, and the hilichurl shooter dodged the fatal blow by tumbling to the side almost as soon as he hit the ground.

It touched it in the quiver, pulled out a crossbow bolt and stabbed it at Xu Yun's body.

One blow missed, the blade of the sword sank into the ground for half a foot, and he couldn't do it when he was eager to pull it out, Xu Yun let go of the hands holding the sword and rolled to dodge, and easily copied the Dawn Sword that fell to the ground in his hand.

Rolling around and regaining his footing, the hilichurl man had already pounced on him with a crossbow arrow, Xu Yun raised his hand, and the blade of the sword had already met the hilichurl's chest without stabbing it.

An inch is long and an inch is strong, not to mention that the long sword is more than a little longer than the crossbow arrow. The hilichurl had pierced the sword into his body almost himself, and before he could feel much pain, the long sword had already pierced his body.

It desperately stretched out its arm to pierce the crossbow arrow into Xu Yun's body, but he kicked it on the stomach, and the long sword was withdrawn, and at the moment of withdrawal, the wrist twisted, tearing the wound.

Crit!

The wound widened again, and blood sprayed like a spring. Poured on Xu Yuntou's face, a slippery and warm touch flowed on the skin.

Bah!

Spit out the blood dripping on the corner of his mouth, and Xu Yun kicked it away completely.

Whew~he~

In this raid, Xu Yun was overly nervous and used too much force when he was no longer in the temple, and all the responses were after brief thinking, and the shots were naturally smoother and faster, and the heartbeat no longer kept echoing in his ears like a drum, affecting his thinking.

"There are still two on the right, and Xiuma doesn't know if it's solved." Xu Yun stood up and pulled the bladeless sword out of the soil and put it into the space backpack. Looking up, he was only a head taller than the grass, and he couldn't see the battle around him.

"Twitter dog!" With a low roar, two hilichurls with sticks in hand swooped down through the grass, two taller and larger figures following them.

One carried a giant axe, the other a wooden shield.