The process of reporting is very simple, the information of each reserve has already been connected to the training camp, and after verifying the identity, Wren received his own training clothes and some necessities, but this does not include weapons - in the words of the actual combat instructor Valolet, "Weapons are the second life of the witcher, and you rookies will not be issued exclusive weapons until you rookies learn how to use them properly, lest this second life accidentally hurt your first life." ’

In fact, it is true, after communicating with the others, Wren can be sure that these top students of the seminary have barely held a kitchen knife before, and although they do have good holy energy potential, they still have zero combat experience. In this comparison, Wren, who has experienced several lives and deaths, seems to have a lot of advantages, but he also believes that after rigorous training, those colleagues who have a happy and sunny face will quickly change their mentality.

Fortunately, although he couldn't touch the weapon for the time being, Wren was actually assigned a single suite dormitory, not because the mentors took special care of him, but because there were many empty rooms here, the other thirty reservists also had their own separate rooms.

Although the facilities are simple and the beds are not comfortable, there is a separate bathroom and toilet to use, which has made Rennes, who originally thought that he would sleep in a bunk, feel very lucky, after all, this is a training camp, not a resort, and he can't ask for a better work and rest environment.

The next day, when the sky of the magic projection was slightly white, the training officially began.

First of all, the morning training, under the supervision of Vaolet, thirty-one reservists began a five-kilometer morning run around the square in front of the chapel, and the use of holy energy was not allowed.

"If I find out that any of you have a trace of Divine Energy fluctuations, I swear, no matter how much physical strength you save with it, after the morning training, I will let you increase the saved physical strength tenfold and then consume it!"

"At that point," roared Valolet, "the rest of us will watch you sweat alone while we enjoy breakfast, while you will repent in chagrin and repent of your shameful cheating!" ”

Fortunately, the physical fitness of young people in this world is generally much better than that of those college classmates in Ren's previous life, and five kilometers is not very long, and almost everyone can persevere with physical strength. As for Rennes, he doesn't have access to the Holy Energy and doesn't need to, and for him, running five kilometers is not much different from walking five kilometers, and he always runs at the front of the line throughout the process.

Vaolet stood in the middle of the square, his eyes seemingly constantly scanning the group, but his attention barely took his eyes off Wren. If Wren had noticed his cold eyes, he would have been very surprised where he had provoked this big guy.

"Hey, man, it's just the first day of training, even if there are a few bad ones, it's normal, you don't have to put on a cannibalistic look, right?"

Mareus Moltin staggered to the square, a large loaf of bread in his hand with almost overflowing smoked meat, and a large wine glass in the other.

As he chewed his bread, he said to Valolet, "And I think these little hairy men are pretty good, especially the first kid, if I'm not mistaken, there are almost no water stains on his armpits, which means he doesn't sweat much at all, right?" Tsk, that's good. ”

"It's only five kilometers, what is there to praise?"

Hearing the dwarf's praise, Valolet's eyes became even more unkind, and he glanced at the dwarf angrily, "I'm surprised that you have an appetite to be able to eat breakfast with gusto, oh, and even drink!" This is a training camp, bro, as one of the mentors, please don't act too loose, okay? ”

"Hey, do you think we dwarves are less serious about our work than you humans?"

Maleos raised his glass in his hand dissatisfied, "You smell, it's just a beer for breakfast, can this also be considered wine?" I think the fermented milk is stronger than this stuff. ”

Valolet didn't refute, he knew very well that for a creature like a dwarf, if there was no wine for any meal, then they would not be happy even if they were allowed to eat dragon meat. Of course, this is not to say that dwarves are all drunkards, it is just nature, they are both drunkards and good at winemaking, and you can even question a dwarf's forging skills, which will cause a quarrel at most - but you must not question the amount of alcohol a dwarf drinks, otherwise you and he are doomed to die drunk at the drinking table.

So Valolet just wanted to lose his temper, and it happened that Mareos hit him on the muzzle of the gun.

"Alright, well, I didn't mean to accuse you, you know, Marley, we're old acquaintances, not to mention that my long knife and hunting crossbow are from you."

Valolet said helplessly: "I just ...... It's just that I'm a little upset, the current world is not peaceful, although ordinary people can't feel it, but all kinds of dark forces have not stopped for a moment. And I was actually assigned by Lord Rhodes as a practical mentor - I admit that the work of training newcomers is also important, but this kind of thing can just send a witcher and follow the process, is it necessary to let me come? Seriously, if I stay here for a year, I'm afraid my long knife will rust and rot. ”

"Oh, don't worry, even if your knife breaks, I'll be able to fix it again, and it's even easier to deal with rust."

The dwarf said nonchalantly, then wiped the beer that flowed from his beard, burping by the way.

Alas, Valolet sighed inwardly, sometimes he really envied the creatures of dwarves, whose brains were full of coal and alcohol, and there was really not much room for other delicate emotions.

Maleos may not know the current situation, but as a veteran witcher, Valolet knows very clearly from the archbishop that Rhodes may retire after a while, and if nothing else, after Rhodes leaves, the next chief should naturally be replaced by him.

But now there was an accident, and the name of the accident was 'Wren'.

Before entering the underground training camp, Archbishop Myccera had spoken to Valolet in private, and according to her, Lord Rhodes had a great regard for the young man named Wren, and even used some dishonorable means to get him into the training camp, which had never happened before.

Although Valolet only had respect for Rhodes in his heart, this did not prevent him from feeling unhappy with his boss's behavior this time.

But it doesn't matter, Valolet said to herself, I'll prove with the facts that I'm the most suitable leader of the Demon Hunter Squad, and yes, I'll make it clear to Lord Rhodes. Wren did well in today's morning session, but what does that mean? It's just a run, you know, some elderly people with good physical fitness can easily run four or five kilometers.

He can't do it, that kid, he can't do it, he will definitely not survive the future formal training without the blessing of the Holy Energy, and the boys who are now behind him will soon surpass him.

Vaolet thought so, and then gave the order to end the morning exercise.

"You have good stamina, Wren, you look skinny, you don't have the strength to do it, I didn't expect it to last so long."

On the way to the cafeteria, Adam Oldman said to Wren that he had been following Wren closely during the run, but the sweat on his head showed that his second arrival was not so easy.

"Uh...... Maybe it's because I pay attention to exercise. ”

Wren felt weird about being praised by the man for 'lasting', "You're not bad, to be honest, I'm almost out of strength in the end, if I run a little longer, I will definitely be overtaken by you." ”

"Thank you."

Adam looked at Wren's fresh, dry face, and was very unimpressed by what he said. But it doesn't matter, there is no quota for the admission of the Demon Hunter Squad, as long as you can finally pass the assessment, you can become an official Demon Hunter, so there is almost no competition between the reserves, as long as you continue to become excellent.

After breakfast, the group went to a large room next to the chapel, where they would be trained in theoretical knowledge. The instructor was Helen, a middle-aged woman with black-rimmed glasses and a stern expression, and a well-known theologian in the Holy Light Empire, and after she gave a brief self-introduction, the class officially began.

"By the time you were in the seminary, you had learned all about the Light, and you had a considerable understanding of our belief in the supreme god Dinus, and you were able to use the basic powers—at this stage, you were already qualified for some of the lower levels of the priesthood, and after a few years of training, you were able to move up step by step."

Helen stood in front of the blackboard at the front like a university professor and spoke: "But instead of choosing the easy but dull path, you entered this training camp in the hope of becoming the elite of the temple battles and the glorious witchers. Then in this case, it is not enough to know the light, you must also understand the darkness, yes, you need to know it deeply. ”

Except for Wren, the rest of the reservists moved excitedly, after all, as Helen said, what they learned in the seminary was basically about faith and some cultural courses. There, they became staunch believers in the Most High God, but the seminary would not tell the students too much about the dark side, and there was no need to do so, after all, most of the students there would eventually return to secular life, although some of them would also enter the clerical system to work, but the ordinary clergy did not need to know too much about darkness and evil, they only needed to walk on the path of calm and serene light.

"First of all, you need to understand that it is the public enemy of all mankind - no, it should be said that the public enemy of all intelligent beings, the demons. Maybe you have also learned some information about the demon race in the seminary, the key words are nothing more than 'domination', 'vicious', 'extravagance', etc., these are of course enough to perfunctory ordinary people, but believe me, just knowing these is not enough for you to make a correct judgment in the future battle, and naturally it is not enough to save your lives. ”

No one spoke, and everyone was expecting Helen to continue, and she seemed to be satisfied with everyone's reaction, so she continued: "'Demons' is the name given to the rulers of the old world by humans, and it is also a name with a distinctly derogatory connotation, of course, this is what they deserve, but this is not an official title. The official name of the demon race should be the 'Antucan' clan, the king of the old world, and the god of worship is Ringo, the god of chaos and the void. ”

"In the old world seven hundred years ago, whether it was a good creature led by humans, elves, and dwarves, or evil creatures such as barbarians, goblins, and trolls, they were all regarded as inferior races by the Antucan, but they were completely different in their means of domination, because good creatures were inherently more intelligent, better communicative, and easier to manage, so they were an excellent choice as slaves. After all, barbarians may not even be able to serve plates, and goblin trolls, creatures that make people lose their appetite by looking at them, don't seem to be suitable for keeping as slaves at home, but rather for hunting or putting them into the gladiatorial arena for fun. Oh, I don't want to say that the demons are right, but that's the way it is. ”

Helen paused to take a sip of water, then took out a small piece of fluorite, "First of all, I'm going to teach you how to identify the Antucans - the correct recognition of opponents, this is the first and most important step. ”

Fluorite is a magical substance that can store and project images, and Wren knows it well, because fluorite is made through alchemy.

At this time, the fluorite was crushed by Helen, and a thick white smoke was released from it, and the images of several creatures that Helen had mentioned just now appeared in turn in the mist, and finally froze on the image of the Antucan people, which lasted for about five seconds, and then the fog gradually dissipated, and the image disappeared.

"As you can see, the demons, or Antucans, are also humanoids, and their appearance is very close to that of humans, not as easy to distinguish between elves or dwarves. But if you look closely, you can see that the Antucan people's skin tone is grayish, a bit like a faint cement color, due to their long-term exposure to chaotic energy. At the same time, the iris of their eyes is mostly black, unlike the iris of humans, which has brown, blue, green, and other colors. ”

Helen waved her hand to dispel the wisp of mist floating in front of her eyes, "Another point, the Antucan people are born with all kinds of patterns similar to magic runes on their skin, just like birthmarks, and the patterns on each Antucan are different, which can of course be used as a good distinguishing standard. But as far as I know, these birthmark-like things are rarely born on their faces, and when you're fighting a demon, you obviously can't say anything like 'I'm sorry, can you take off your clothes and let me see, and then start fighting.'" ”

Everyone laughed, and then applauded.

Helen admired the results of her teaching with satisfaction, and when her eyes swept over Wren, she couldn't help but say with some surprise: "Ah, yes, it's so black, young man, your pupils are also the color of jet-black glaze, which is rare among human beings." ”

For a moment, everyone's attention was drawn to Wren's face.

With black hair, black eyes, a handsome face, and a tall and thin figure, this is the skin of Wren's life. Although he was very satisfied with this, he couldn't stand so many people staring at him, so he coughed awkwardly, "Well, Lady Helen, I don't mean to question your knowledge, but I must say that there are actually quite a few people in the human race who have black eyes, which is very common in my hometown. ”

"Oh, is it? Where are you from? ”

Helen asked with a frown.

"I'm from the Shade of the Eastern City-States, ma'am, and I can take off my clothes and prove my innocence if I need to, you won't see anything like magic runes on me."

"That's not necessary,"

A smile also appeared on Helen's serious face, "I really don't go to the east very often, maybe the folk there are like this, in short, your black eyes are very rare and beautiful, and I think they are also suitable for you." ”

"Thank you, Ms. Helen."

Ren said politely, what about black eyes, the legendary Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu still has a double pupil, after all, it is a world without the Internet, it is really rare and strange. Somehow, he suddenly remembered the woman named Honghime, not that he missed her wild tongue and body, but that he vaguely remembered that Honghime also seemed to have a pair of black and shiny eyes.

Could it be that she is an Antucan lurking in the capital of the Holy Light Empire?

Oh, how could that be, Wren laughed at the thought of herself, the woman's smooth skin had been exposed to her eyes at various angles, and there was nothing like a tattoo on her body.

"Alright, let's get back to business."

Helen clapped her hands and returned to a serious expression, "The Antucan clan, the Old World royal clan, the demon clan, no matter what they are called, there is one thing that must be admitted, that is, they are very powerful. I'm not an expert in combat, but I know that an Antucan is about the equivalent of five or six adult human males, and that's just physical strength. At the same time, every Antucan is good at chaos magic, and I'm sorry, I don't know much about this dark power, so I can't tell you how it works. But one thing is certain, and that is that the Holy Energy we use does have a restraining effect in the face of chaotic energy. On the eve of the First War of Liberation, the Supreme God Dinus showed his mercy to humanity, and a few pioneers, including Akron Holy Powers, were the first to awaken the Holy Power, and under the light of the light, our race united like never before, and finally won the war and became the dominant race of the new world. ”

After a pause, Helen continued: "Of course, although the rule of the demons over the world has been overthrown, the Antukan people have not been extinct, after they lost their royal court and territory, they have wandered between the cracks of the newly established human empires. According to the latest surveys, there are about 8,000 Antukan people in Artya, and perhaps more in Kalmdo - these demon remnants are still the greatest enemies of humanity today, and they will also be the opponents that everyone here will encounter. ”

Wren raised his hand.

"Yes, please."

Helen pushed her black-rimmed glasses.

"In your opinion, is the world getting better or worse today?"

Wren hesitated for a moment, then asked the question that suddenly appeared in his mind.

"What's your name, boy with black eyes?"

"Wren."

"Well, Wren, I don't understand why you're asking such a question,"

Helen's eyes were almost wrinkled together, "Is the world better or worse now?" You tell me? After overthrowing the old rulers, we humans have become the dominant race in the world, but we will not try to rule other races like the demons, so what's wrong with living in such a peaceful and stable world? If it were you, Wren, which world would you like to live in – new, or old? ”

"I don't know, ma'am. I'm just a little uncomfortable with the phrase 'dominant race' that you've mentioned many times, and it seems to be synonymous with 'the royal family of the world'. ”

Wren said sincerely, "The reason why we did not have the chaos of Kalmdo in Alcia is because this continent gave birth to the first batch of Holy Beings and was also the origin of the Liberation War, so it is easy to achieve unity of faith. However, the freedom and equality of Aldia were established under the maintenance of the Holy See, and even so, problems such as racial barriers, exclusion of beliefs, and class oppression still existed and became more and more serious. ”