The distance from the Sword Academy to the hill where Sakai stood was not too far, and it would hardly take much time to reach the destination before noon with the running speed of the academy's freshmen who usually trained. But if the training carried out by the freshmen of the Ottoman Empire's No. 1 Sword Academy is just that simple, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire cannot be called Sword Saint City, but should be renamed something else, after all, in the southeast of Sword Saint City, there is a higher learning institution that is no less than a sword academy, the Fighting Academy. The reason why most of the students at the Sword Academy would have a pleading look on their faces when they heard about Sakai's training was because they had already tasted the pain of this particular long-distance run countless times.

Not only do you have to carry a 50-pound long sword, but you also have to prevent the sneak attack of the first-level demonic beasts from suddenly coming out on both sides after leaving the Sword Saint City and walking into the mountains and forests, and there may even be a very low chance of encountering the attack of the second-level demonic beasts, which is where this long-distance run really trains them. How powerful the strength of the first-level demonic beast is, Wu Qi will not know, but his classmates who have gone through the same training know it very well. A first-level demonic beast is enough to seriously injure a fighting master among ordinary people, it can cripple a strong young man in a few strokes, and it can kill an ordinary person who is not physically strong with a single blow. Not to mention that the oldest of them is only 16 years old.

In the life-and-death struggles with first-class demonic beasts again and again, these children have already cultivated a physique far beyond ordinary people, not only can they swing a heavy sword weighing 50 pounds to attack at a young age, but their physical strength is also high enough to be able to sprint 1,000 meters with all their strength, and they will not pant for breath. It's just that they are just children after all, and their minds are not yet fully mature, so they almost have a fear of hard work and escape difficulties in their bones.

Wu Qi is the most prominent of these people. After sprinting nearly 100 meters at the fastest speed on weekdays, he was exhausted, but fortunately, his amazing recovery quickly recovered his exhausted physical strength. However, looking at Xiao De, who was running effortlessly beside him, and the brigade in front of him, which was getting farther and farther away from him, Wuqi couldn't help but have a thought of giving up in his heart. He gasped for breath and said with difficulty, "Xiaode......! ......Can you run so fast? Slow down?"

At the current speed, there is absolutely no problem in reaching the destination smoothly within the specified time, and even in a sense, this is the most energy-saving way to run. But this speed is already as slow as running a marathon for ordinary people, and for Xiao De, whose strength is in the upper reaches of the freshmen of the Sword Academy, this **Lasong running speed is too slow, and the most important thing is that he doesn't want to be at the bottom yet, and he doesn't want to be teased by other classmates who are not as good as himself because he has a newcomer like Wuqi. Therefore, for Wuqi's request just now, Xiaode did not give him a good face, but glared at Wuqi angrily, looking at his running face flushed, and his snot was too late to wipe his breath, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he replied a little angrily: "Hey, your name is Wuqi, right? Do you want to learn swordsmanship in school with such a little strength?"

"Whew...... Call...... Oh, yes. Wuqi nodded subconsciously while panting, and said intermittently, "Uncle...... Let me come to school...... I also want...... Get stronger. ”

"Stronger? Just like you?" Xiao De suddenly shook his body when he heard this, and his steps were a little confused, and he almost didn't fall because of this. It took him several seconds to regain his breathing, and he grinned as he ran briskly, "No wonders. You're not kidding me, are you?"

"I'm not kidding. ”

"Then do you really want to learn swordsmanship?"

"Yes. Wuqi nodded without thinking, looking at Wuqi's silly appearance, Xiaode was suddenly laughed at by him. He suddenly stopped and carefully looked at the other party's back behind Wuqi, and saw that Wuqi's running posture and speed were extremely poor, and he couldn't even see a trace of muscle in his limbs, he had the idea of abandoning Wuqi, planning to catch up with the big army by himself, and then surpass them one by one in the envious and jealous eyes of other students, and finally won the first place. But just as he remembered the thought, his mind remembered what Sakai had said to him before he set off.

"His name is Wuqi, and he is a year younger than you. Today is his first day in class, and the safety on the road is in your hands. You must not be late, and you are not allowed to abandon him halfway, do you know the way?"

"Little De. You don't know the way, you really encounter danger outside, and a person's strength is very small. If you don't know how to protect your companions, what should you do when you encounter a dangerous monster and you can't beat it yourself, and you can't escape? One day, you will also have a time when you need help from a partner, and today you helped Wuqi, then when you need help, Wuqi is likely to help you at the most critical time, understand?"

"I don't care if you understand it or not. In short, you must listen to the teacher's words. Give me the honest memory of what I just said. ”

The last word, or the last sentence of the order of Sakai, completely dispelled Xiaode's idea of abandoning Wuqi. There is no way, who will let himself practice swordsmanship under Sakai's door in the future? If you offend him now, what will you do if Sakai teacher gives herself small shoes to wear in the future? What if you make Sakai lose confidence in yourself because of today's impulse and prevent yourself from participating in the professional selection competition? Not being able to participate in the professional selection competition means that he will never be able to become a swordsman, and not being able to become a swordsman means that he will never be able to become a super strong man respected by orcs like the sword master Abel.

Becoming the second sword master of the Ottoman Empire has always been his dream, and giving up Wuqi is equivalent to extinguishing the fire of his dream with his own hands, only 8 years old, but Xiao De, whose mind has gradually matured, immediately realized the seriousness of this problem. After a while, he finally convinced himself completely, shook his head helplessly, and then accelerated to Wuqi's side again, and said in a flat tone: "Wuqi! I'll tell you the truth." This run is not really training, the real training is to fight against the first-level demonic beasts that will suddenly appear at any time and anywhere. If you run at your current speed, once you really encounter a first-level demonic beast sneak attack, let alone resist, I don't think you even have a chance to escape. We're about to enter the woods, or you'll let me run on your back. In this way, our speed can be a little faster, if we don't catch up with the big army quickly, we will really encounter a first-level demonic beast sneak attack. I can barely handle a few of them myself, but what about you? How many can you deal with?",

"I ......" Wuqi didn't know how to answer Lu Dao, first of all, he didn't know what Lu Dao Warcraft was, and secondly, although his vision was not as broad as Xiao De's, but Xiao De's words just now revealed a look of disdain, he still heard some of it, and couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, looking at Xiao De who was smiling at him with displeasure, frowned, and said angrily: "I don't know what Lu Dao is about Warcraft, but you ...... You don't have to look down on me so much! Isn't it a year older than me? Hmph! I can run to the top of the mountain. ”

After speaking, Wuqi gritted his teeth and quickened his pace in the direction where the large army disappeared, his running posture was naturally more ugly than before, but the speed was indeed not slow, but for Wuqi himself, such a speed had reached the point where he could almost suffocate, every few steps he ran, his eyes would suddenly go black, and then he would recover his vision like lightning. While working harder than before, he felt as if he was in a room where the lights were constantly flickering, but he didn't know that this was the alarm before his body was about to collapse.

"Yo, are you still angry? I didn't expect you to be so weak, and your temper is still big. Looking at the damp Wuqi in front of his back that had been soaked in sweat, and he looked like he would never admit defeat and hold on to the end, Xiao De laughed angrily, but muttered to himself in his heart: It would be great if you could run at such a fast speed.

For more than an hour after that, Xiao De waited silently behind Wuqi with the mentality of watching people make a fool of himself, waiting for him to turn around and bow his head to admit his mistake. What Xiao De didn't expect was that Wuqi had been running like a cow since more than an hour ago, and he could still hold on for so long, and it seemed that he had gradually become accustomed to this situation of being on the verge of physical collapse, although Wuqi was still running so hard in front of him, but Xiao De never saw a trace of the other party's expression on his face that the other party was going to give up. This made Xiao De, who was planning to make a joke about Wuqi, couldn't help but be surprised, and he secretly had a trace of admiration for Wuqi in his heart.

But it's a pity that at this time, because of excessive physical overdraft and the first time to run so fast for such a long time, Wuqi finally didn't step on his feet, and fell to the ground with his head, and he didn't even have the strength to shout when he was tired.

"Teacher, isn't he naturally funny! I just wanted to praise him a few words, and he fell, this is too coincidental!" Xiao De in the rear stopped at the same time, he looked up to the sky and sighed, shook his head with a wry smile and muttered to himself, and then walked towards Wuqi with some reluctance, planning to go up and make peace with him temporarily, and help this guy who was dragging himself up. But as soon as he took a few steps, his footsteps suddenly stopped unconsciously.

Wuqi, who had recovered from the pain, looked at Xiao De, who suddenly stopped, with a puzzled face, and just wanted to say something, but saw that Xiao De's face suddenly became as pale as paper, and an extremely anxious look suddenly appeared on his handsome little face, and then he heard the other party open his mouth and shout to himself, "Lie down and !!".

Wuqi obeyed Xiao De's orders without hesitation and lowered his head suddenly. Just wanted to ask the other party why he suddenly said such strange things to himself, but before he put his head and body on the ground, he was so frightened by the huge body that suddenly flew over his head that his legs trembled, and his heart trembled.

A creature with a body more than three meters long and a body covered in thick black fluff suddenly appeared 1 meter in front of Wuqi. While seeing the appearance of this creature clearly, even the experienced Xiao De's heart couldn't help but be surprised, and he actually stammered a little and said, "What...... Possibly! This ...... This is...... Two...... Level 2 Demonic Beast Black Bear!"