Regarding what happened that night, the royal guards and the Duke of Monroe's palace tacitly chose to ignore it.

Both sides know who the opponent is, but no matter who it is, there is no crucial evidence to prove that the other party did it. Therefore, they tacitly chose to maintain this apparent peace without tearing their faces.

The raiders buried the bodies of their dead comrades in a nearby place, and they moved a lot of slag to prevent them from being dug out by dragon lizards or black panthers. As for those Monroe's personnel, they let all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants in the forest devour them.

The lead miners who came here the next day were almost frightened when they saw the corpses crawling with all kinds of poisonous insects and gnawing marks, and several of the corpses still had obvious traces of dragging. The intestines and internal organs were spilled all over the ground, and the miners, who had just finished breakfast, bent down on the spot and began to vomit, which must have been an unforgettable impression on them.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

The conflict erupted and ended quickly as if it were the first time that two swordsmen had tried each other, and although the entire city-state was still thriving to the uninformed of the level of ordinary Monroe residents, it was in fact only a brief peace before the two sides broke out again.

A few who were more sensitive to the atmosphere, such as merchants or ruffians, could clearly notice that the number and number of patrols of the royal guards had increased, especially in the vicinity of the Duke's Palace, and the elite soldiers had improved in terms of equipment and their own qualities, and although the patrol routes were still the same as before, they showed much greater vigilance.

It's like an animal that gets restless before an earthquake. These people are more or less aware that something might happen. They can't say what it is, but the instinct to seek advantage and avoid disadvantage cultivated by years of business or experience at the bottom of society has made these people flee like ants before the rain.

Monroe residents, whose lives are busier and monotonous and haven't changed much, are relatively slow to react to all this. They may have noticed some of the details, but they didn't take them to heart. Just continue to be busy with their own things, glad that this is the daily routine that has finally returned.

Time passed peacefully, and Henry and Mira were still trying to find Ferry's traces. They even ran to his mother's grave to keep watch, but the young mercenary, who didn't want to be found, didn't come back once.

In this way, all parties were preparing under the surface of calm, and a few days later, February was over.

In March, the Krat region is not much different from the past, and in this tropical country, where even winter temperatures rarely drop below 20 degrees Celsius, the only thing people feel about the season is "cool", "hot" and "hot".

Like other regions with more distinct seasons, the summer is so hot that the winter is freezing to death, and the people here never knew about it. Mira and Henry, who had come here from out of town, had no sense of time passing because they had been very hot all the time. It wasn't until the fruit trees in the nearby suburbs were full of bright yellow flowers, seasonal vegetables began to be brought in from nearby villages, and Monroe residents began to celebrate the holiday.

The pace of life began to slow down all of a sudden, and the investigation of the royal capital guards with a lot of local resources was not something that the two of them could intervene in, and the places where they could search for Fei Li had been searched, and the two of them had become idlers as completely as literally.

The idea of going to Monroe's Mercenary Guild to take on the mission is also true, but because of the previous troubles of those foreign mercenaries, the Mercenary Guild of Hate House and Wudi has something to do with them, and unfortunately it has become the object of hatred of the residents.

Looking up, the residents don't trust them. Because they wore the same badges as those foreign mercenaries, and looking down, Monroe had security posts and troops, and to a large extent, there was no need for mercenaries to help the residents, or the needs of the residents were not met by the mercenaries.

For various reasons, the number of regular mercenaries belonging to Monroe is scarce. There is basically no work, and it is not until this period of time that the royal capital guards have cleared up the atmosphere and all aspects of the atmosphere There are signs of slowly warming up, but it is still a door for a while.

There is nothing to do. Mira and Henry once again seem to have returned to the time when they first registered as mercenaries, learning swordsmanship and knowledge every day. Horseback riding training is also available.

What Henry wanted to teach Mira was to fight right away—something that could not be learned in any place, and the impact advantage of a horse's speed and physique was considerable. But don't use your own feet to master the direction and speed of your movements. It is even more difficult to grasp the timing of the attack in the face of the same target, and it is very normal for the target that can be easily hit when walking to get on the horse, but it is also very normal to make frequent mistakes.

Horseback riding, using horses as a means of transportation, many people will. However, most people will choose to get off their horses during battle to increase their control of the situation, so they can really only be regarded as "infantry on horseback" and not "cavalry".

Fighting right away is something that takes time to master, but Henry has another thing to teach her before Mira can really learn it.

The girl had become more and more proficient in the basic posture of swordsmanship over this time, and the non-slip pigskin on the hilt of the armed sword had fallen off a little from repeated practice, and she was now able to swing her sword with a clear "boom-boom-boom" sound, which Mira understood was the correct expression of what Henry called the "edge line".

If you look at a weapon with a sharp edge, such as a sword or a sword, you can see that they resemble a thin silver line, and when the flat blade is swung in the right way to confirm that its swing trajectory is completely vertical, the sound of the flat blade will be a sharp "boom".

In contrast, if you swing the sword or swing it in the wrong posture, the thick sword surface part of the sword comes into contact with the air, and the resistance of the whole sword is even worse, it will make a "whirl" sound like waving a stick.

Knowledge is infinite. Now Mira not only understands the basics of how to swing a sword correctly, but also learns many more complex moves - but wants to learn how to fight. It's not enough to just understand that.

"It's ......," said Henry, who had gone out a few days ago and had bought two sackcloth-wrapped things, and when he opened them today, the girl found them to be two simple one-and-a-half swords.

The material is wrought iron. Weapons of choice are often used by low-level mercenaries and robber bullies with little money. This material is cheaper and easier to forge, but because it is too soft, the blade often rolls off after chopping an item.

Most people don't choose steel swords when they can afford them, and although they are relatively simple to polish, the softer materials and the fact that steel swords can curl their blades when they come into contact are obviously not a reliable combat weapon.

"Now the one-handed sword is a bit too light for you, or do you prefer to learn the art of sword and shield?" the two of them came to the clearing on the outskirts of Nancheng District, where they had a picnic with Ferry.

"No, I'm just curious why I bought two. Mira shook her head, the cheaper iron sword was used as a practice. The girl, who has reached a height of more than one meter and six, is barely able to hold a larger hand and a half sword despite being slender.

The one-handed sword has a shorter hilt, and now that she has to swing the sword correctly with both hands, she can only hold the counterweight ball, and after changing to a one-and-a-half sword, she has slightly adjusted to the weight and center of gravity, and Mira feels that she has become more handy.

"You were taught the starting style of two-handed swordsmanship, and before that you didn't have the stamina to hold the sword alone. Faced with the doubts of the Luoan girl, Henry opened his mouth to explain.

The girl nodded, but she couldn't understand why Henry wanted to buy two swords. It was at this time that Mira saw Henry unbuckle the sword behind his back, put it next to it against the trunk of the tree, and then drew another half-hand sword.

"Whew-" The sage spun the sword with one hand, and the girl understood that he was feeling the weapon's gravity.

"A little bit forward......" the sage muttered. Then he turned to look at her. "Goo-" The girl swallowed, then took a conservative mid-"plow" stance, her hands bowing and pointing the tips of her sword upwards.

"Think it's a little too early?" said Henry, standing plain and relaxed, a half-sword in one hand as light as a one-handed sword for his physique.

"Sparring with a bladed weapon. After all, there is still some fear. Mira frankly acknowledged her concerns, and the sage shrugged, "It's okay to use wooden weapons for safety, if you want to pursue the same texture as a real sword." It is also possible to use an iron weapon that does not have a blade. ”

"But......" he paused, "After all, these things are only for practice, and they can't completely restore the feeling of sharps fighting-"

Before the sage's words fell, he stepped out and swung a straight sword. Mira was drenched in cold sweat, but her body quickly followed.

"Bang-" "Whew...... "The more she advanced on the path of swordsmanship, the more she realized how powerful the sage was, albeit a sword that was careless and deliberately made easy for her to block. The girl still felt extremely nervous.

"Click-" She subconsciously wanted to shake off Henry's longsword as hard as she had done when she used to practice with a wooden sword, but the feel was very different from before, Mira first felt a pause, and then the sage's longsword left, but she immediately realized that it was not her throwing it off.

"Huh-" Henry crossed his sword and crossed his hand with the cross gauntlet in front of the girl's little face.

"What was that?" If this were in actual combat, Mira would have been blinded by her opponent's attack with her gauntlet. But she paid no attention to the danger that had just arisen—for she trusted the sage, and at the same time did not have any appreciation for Henry's grasp of power, for it was a matter of course for Mira—she just, merely, raised the question that had just arisen in an instant, and was only intent on further solving it.

This single-minded focus on moving forward caused Henry to smile imperceptibly, and he withdrew his sword and pointed at the weapon in Mira's hand.

"Look at the blade. Henry said this, and the girl immediately reacted.

"Gap......" she frowned, as if she had thought of something, but she couldn't figure it out. Fortunately, the sage is here, as always.

"You just wanted to slip away from my weapon and then step forward and attack, didn't you? Henry said this, and Mira nodded, which is a very standard practice, using the gap in the opponent's attack to counterattack.

"If it's a wooden sword or an iron sword that doesn't have a blade, you can do it. The sage affirmed her approach, but the girl was not very pleased with it, and she stood in place with her half-sword in one hand and listened quietly.

"A wooden sword or an iron sword without a sharp blade, when two swords clash—" Henry held up a finger, and continued, "it will slide away." ”

"Because they are smooth and solid planes of each other, when they come into contact, they will stagger in different directions like two stones colliding together. Mira listened quietly, and Henry continued, "That's why those weapons are only suitable for practicing moves, because real real combat sharp weapons, when they are engaged in each other—"

"Will bite together. The sage raised a second finger and said this, and Mira was stunned for a moment, then nodded her little head.

"Whether it's a weapon that surpasses the opponent's hardness or a weapon with a similar hardness, a sword blade, which is sharpened to a point thinner than a human hair to kill and injure an enemy, will inevitably have a gap on one or both sides when it is collided with an equally sharp opponent. Henry lifted the half-handed sword in his hand, and there was also a notch in the curly blade on it.

"And such a gap will cause the sword in your hand to bite together with the opponent's sword, instead of sliding away like a wooden sword or an iron sword without a blade. Henry said, and Mira nodded, she kind of understood how she had felt, but it wasn't over, the sage continued.

But this thing, like many other things, can be used to create its own advantage. He put away his hand, put down his sword, and continued, "I reacted the moment you wanted to shake off my sword, and I used the movement of you swinging your sword to the left to reverse the blade of the sword and attack your right side, which is based on this. ”

"It's not just sliding away, it's biting together, what does that mean, Mira. Henry smiled and asked her a question, and the girl lowered her head, and after a moment's thought, she suddenly raised her face, stared at the sage with those sparkling eyes, and said loudly.

"It means that there is time to feel the power of the opponent!" she said, recalling Henry's actions for a long time as if his whole body was covered with eyes, and the answer became obvious - Krammer was the eyes of a sage, and the opponent tried to exert or withdraw between the weapons, and the force transmitted by the blade to the palm of his hand, combined with his experience, he could clearly judge the opponent's next move.

"I see...... Mira nodded frequently, and as she deepened her understanding, she took a step closer in this regard, and Henry looked at her with a slight smile, then took a few steps back and raised the sword again.

"Now do you know why I'm going to use dangerous sharps to fight you? He asked, and Mira nodded.

"Yes! ”

"Qiang-ding-" The sound of gold and iron continued to echo, and the two of them had a tacit understanding to choose the simplest move for sparring. With a dedicated and hard-working disciple and a brilliant mentor, Mira may grow faster than anyone could have imagined during this time and beyond. (To be continued.) )