Volume 1 Growing Up in the Academy Chapter 3 The Hunter of the Twilight Forest

Rogge and Orfina's training is not simply a matter of standing on a stake to practice martial arts and magic. Standing practice is necessary at the beginning of mastering martial arts and magic, and can improve the perception and proficiency of skills.

Now they can unleash several skills that they have mastered very proficiently, and the standing practice is not suitable, they are fighting in actual combat.

Actual combat battles, of course, are not as simple as you release your martial arts and I release my magic. Understanding the battle environment, controlling the timing of martial arts and magic releases, understanding the opponent, and many other factors can affect the outcome of a battle. It's not necessarily the strongest that wins.

Rogge and Ofina stand on opposite sides of the training ground, about 50 meters apart. From a professional point of view, archers and magicians can be said to be evenly matched, and no one has any advantage.

"Let's go!" With Orfina's coquettish shout, both Rogge and Orfina moved.

Rog moved to the side, first using a weak point to see through and strengthen the control of the fighter. However, now the distance is too far, and you can only shoot arrows while moving. At a distance of 50 meters, the accuracy of shooting with a training bow is not high, and both himself and Orfina are moving, so they can only make the opponent evade and consume more physical strength.

Orfina was rushing towards Rog, and her spells were all within 20 meters, so she had to close the distance. Due to the interference of the arrows shot by Rogge, she ran in an S-shape, and at the same time urged the magic power to release the second-order magic sword of light. The bits of light turned into three lightsabers and followed at Orfina's side.

Rogge knew that Orfina was no ordinary magician, and that her magic was cast much faster than the average person. As long as you let her get within 20 meters, let her blind her face and attack with the Sword of Light, there is basically no hope of winning.

So Rogge stood at a distance of 35 meters, which is the distance that the training bow could shoot accurately. Draw the bow and shoot the arrow, and charge the arrow to launch. Under the effect of seeing through the weakness, Rogge was able to capture and predict Orfina's movement trajectory to a certain extent.

Seeing Rogge standing still and drawing her bow, Orfina instantly understood what he wanted to do. It's not once or twice that the two of them have practiced against each other, and they are very familiar with each other.

With a wave of Orfina's staff, a dazzling flash appeared. Basic Magic Flash, which is best used to interfere with the archer's line of sight.

"It's this trick again," Rogge thought to himself. Basically, every time she practiced against Orfina, she would use flash magic to interfere with Rogge, and the timing of the spell was just right, and the subsequent running positions were different.

The weakness can only be seen through it, and under a few flashes in succession, Orfina's figure still can't be captured, and standing still will only continue to be approached. Rogge had no choice but to shoot the charged arrow, and at the same time turned on the basic martial arts sprint, concentrating his strength on his legs, and rushed forward.

20 meters is Orfina's casting distance, within this distance, only hand-to-hand combat has a chance to win, at this time, the distance between the two immediately entered the range of 20 meters, and Rogge can only rush forward.

The lottery-based charged arrow did not hit Ofina, she estimated the distance, no longer put the flash technique, and directly condensed the blinding technique, intending to strike first. The light dissipated, and when she saw Rogge rushing towards her with his head sideways, she was not surprised, this was avoiding her blinding technique.

Of course, Rogge didn't dare to look at Orfina, and if he hit the blinding technique, he could only shoot blindly. Orfina dodged the incoming arrows and stabbed Rog with the Sword of Light. Orfina hadn't been learning this magic for a long time, and she wasn't too familiar with it, and the three lightsabers simply shot out one after another to stab at Rogge.

I saw that Rogge dodged the first sword on his back, jumped high with both feet to dodge the second sword, and after landing, he dodged the third sword, and he had come to 5 meters in front of Orfina. Rogge uses a sliding shovel, bends his bow and arrows, and launches martial arts to shoot at close range.

At this moment, the blinding technique that Orfina had pinched in her hand before was released. Rogge's eyes turned white, as if he had been hit by a flashbang, and the arrow directly lost its head and passed by Orfina.

Rog rolled over and kicked a basic martial arts kick in the direction where Orfina had been seen last, as Orfina's staff struck him lightly on the head.

"Oops!" Ofina was kicked and flew more than two meters away, got up with teary eyes, and shouted at Rogge: "Brother, you kicked me so hard!" Wow!! "It's troublesome, or I still stretched out my hand to put a blessing spell on Rogge, the blinding technique comes with a slight mental impact, which makes people have a headache and is very uncomfortable, and Rogge is still shaking his head and spinning in circles.

The slightest coolness penetrated into the brain, the comfort was abnormal, and Rogge returned to normal. Seeing Orfina pouting and glaring at him, she understood that she had lost her mind and kicked her heavily, so she ran over to coax her: "Nana, I was wrong, didn't I fall painfully, right?" ”

"It hurts to death, you help me rub it."

Rogge looked at her round little ass and couldn't get his hands down. Touching a girl's ass is not a serious person's doing. "You still beat me with your staff."

"People don't use their strength, and they haven't had a brain ache yet. You've kicked me off, woo-woo. ”

Rogge knew that Orfina was pretending to cry, and he couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly said, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I went hunting after training in the afternoon, and I will make you something to eat in the evening." ”

Ofina turned from cloudy to sunny in an instant, and smiled sweetly: "That's okay, I want to eat pork ribs." ”

Orfina's troubles were to let Rogge say it himself, and he promised that it would be stable, and Rogge never lied to her. The girl did her best to eat.

This time, the final result of Rogge's sparring with Orfina was that Orfina took a kick and flew more than 2 meters away, and Rogge was stunned by a blinding shot. Looking at the result, it was almost the same, but in fact, Rogge lost. After all, Rogge couldn't see anything at the time and was dizzy, but Orfina could continue to cast magic.

"Nana is amazing." Rogge couldn't help but sigh. Light mages tend to be support-oriented, and dispel and heal teammates are what they do best. In heads-up, the Light Mage is also the easiest class to be defeated by overstepping. However, after Ophina was promoted to a mid-level mage and learned the Sword of Light, Rogge never won against her again.

"Of course, there is no one in the whole hospital who can beat me now." Orfina said proudly. "If you learn the speed technique, and then pair it with the basic martial arts sprint, you will definitely run fast at that time, and my blinding technique will not be easy to put down."

"That's true. Let's quickly regain our magic and energy, and we will go to the twilight forest in the afternoon, so we need to be well prepared. ”

"Okay."

The Twilight Forest, the largest forest in the Nalan Empire, runs from the northwest of the empire to the middle of the empire, covering a vast area. The Twilight Forest is very rich in products, such as logs, resins, medicinal herbs, meat, etc., and is an important treasure trove of materials for the Empire.

Of course, not every place in such a large forest is safe, and there are a large number of monsters inhabiting the twilight forest, and the deeper you go into the forest, the higher the level of monsters, and even demonic beasts appear. It is rumored that there is a mad spider-like monster in the middle of the forest, named Rosenia, who has a certain relationship with the Emperor Charles. Rosenia stayed in the central region and did not expand outward, and the empire also explicitly forbade people to enter the central region to explore.

From Garin Orphanage, it's two kilometres south to the northwestern edge of the Twilight Forest. Rogge often went hunting on the edge of the forest, where he could practice his archery skills and get meat for a meal.

The brother and sister waited for the reply to be almost finished, and after a simple lunch, they set off for the Twilight Forest.

They chose the edge and didn't go too far into the forest, near a log cabin that Rog had built to facilitate hunting.

Rogge had already read the introduction to the speed movement in the book, and he had read it again two days ago.

The book is a primary magic book in the orphanage library, and the library is where the brother and sister meet.

The library at Garin Orphanage is open to all students, and they can view any book in the library at any time during the day, but they do not borrow it. There are also many types of books, such as magic books, martial arts books, monster illustrated books, world geography and even rumors and miscellaneous records from various places, etc., anyway, all kinds of knowledge required by their age and strength can be found in the books in the library.

Rogge was curious and studious as a child, and after learning to read, the library was like his second dorm room, where he read books all day long.

One afternoon 10 years ago, Rogge went to a quiet corner on the top floor of the library as usual and saw a petite figure sitting at a desk reading a book. When I sat down across from her, I looked up and couldn't help but feel a little distracted.

The warm sunlight shone through the leaves and windows on her goose-yellow hair and crystal clear face, a swaying golden halo. The long eyelashes fluttered slightly from time to time, and the large, clear eyes looked at Rogge, and smiled slightly as a greeting.

"Is this new? It's so beautiful. Rogge thought to himself, and a line of nosebleeds came out of his nose. He also smiled, his bloody smile slightly comical.

"Why do you have a nosebleed, are you on fire?" The little girl's bright and beautiful voice came.

Rogge was stunned for a moment, wiped his nose and glanced at it, and then realized that he saw that his sister had a nosebleed. "Ah, yes, yes, yes."

I saw the little girl raise her hand and put it on him, "This blessing technique can't cure the fire, but it can make you more comfortable, drink more hot water." ”

"Huh? Oh.. Good.. Rogge was told by the girl to drink more hot water, and was a little embarrassed: "That, my name is Rogge, are you?" ”

"Orfina, new here."

In the days that followed, Roger would see Orfina in that corner whenever he went to the library, and the two gradually became acquainted, learning magic and martial arts together, taking classes and training together.

One time, after Rogge returned from hunting and invited Orfina to have a meal, the little girl was too lazy to leave, and ate at Rogge's every day. Then he screamed at his brother and brother, so that he could sell cute and cute food. Being called brother by such a beautiful girl, Rogge feels very happy.

To this day, the two have a deep relationship, and they are more real than real brothers and sisters.

"Brother, do you remember what the book said about the practice of the Swift Movement Technique?" Orfina asked.

"Remember, I went to see it two days ago."

After speaking, seeing Orfina pursed her lips, Rogge instantly understood: "But I still want to ask Grand Magician Nana to tell me about it." ”

Orfina smiled, "Okay, okay. Swift Movement, a first-order wind magic that uses the power of wind to increase speed and agility. Simple and easy-to-use auxiliary magic, it is a skill that every wind mage must master. To learn the art of speedwalking, you need to feel the flow of the wind, and use magic to resonate with the wind element, so that the wind can be used by me. The wind accompanies the body, and it is naturally light and agile. Brother, can you try it? ”

"Try it and you'll die!" Rogge said confidently.

It was getting late, and even if Rogge had a good learning talent, he wouldn't be able to learn a first-order magic in an afternoon. He crashed into the tree several times, and Orfina laughed at him as she performed healing spells. The two of them rested for a while, ready to check the traps and hunt.

Rog led Orfina to the place where he had set the trap and found that there was a lot of blood on the ground and that the prey was gone.

"This amount of bleeding is wrong, it's too much, it may have been eaten directly by some creature." Rogge said.

"What kind of creature? Got mad at me and snatched my bunny. ”

As soon as Orfina finished speaking, the brother and sister looked at the woods not far away at the same time, their expressions solemn. Rogge is the hunter's keen perception of the past, and Orfina is due to the light mage's special perception of monsters.

In the darkening woods of the setting sun, a wolf-shaped shadow appeared, a true hunter active in the outer layers of the twilight forest, but now appeared on the edge.

"It's the Sharptooth Timberwolf, Orfina, be careful."