Humans are stupid creatures, Mira thought.

Plate armor is made of sheets of wrought iron or steel. The blacksmith would punch holes in the top, usually in the corners, and then secure it to a single piece of leather armor.

The leather armor itself is generally made of softer leather, and the iron pieces covered are different in size due to the cost and the skill of the craftsman and the demand, while Mira and Henry chose the kind made of finger-length iron sheets, which is relatively easy to move.

The outer layer of leather armor prevents the iron pieces from rusting due to wind and rain, and it also has a certain defense against cutting attacks, while the iron armor at the back strengthens its resistance to piercing attacks. However, these two things alone cannot effectively protect against the powerful impact of various types of weapons, which are usually around a kilogram, so no matter what kind of armor, it is necessary to wear a cushioned lining made of cotton and linen inside.

On a hot day, even on the shore of the lake where the wind blows at night, there are enough days in the thirties and forties of the day.

Because of some worries, and wearing thick cotton armor and covered with an airtight iron armor and an outer layer of leather armor - human beings are really stupid creatures, and Mira, who was sweating profusely and woke up in the middle of the night from the heat and could not sleep again, rolled her eyes at herself in a daze.

"Woo......" she let out a small wail, her close-fitting clothes were stuck to her body because of sweat, and the stuffy feeling brought by the armor on the outside and the strong smell of sweat made the girl feel more and more uncomfortable. Henry and Joshua were asleep, and the sage had bought a large tarp and put everything together to make a huge four-person tent with a campfire in the middle and Henry and Mira on either side, as well as Joshua and Ammonica.

Starlight and moonlight cast through the branches on the surface of the cloth, which looked like the withered arms of tooth-and-clawed goblins. Her hair was wet and all the way to her face, and she felt very uncomfortable waking up in the middle of the night, and Mira sat up, lightly because she didn't want to wake Henry.

"Smack—" She gently lifted the cloth covering one side of the tent, and then stood there and pondered for a moment, but finally did not remove the armor, and turned back to pick up a half-sword placed next to her bed, and carefully tied it to her waist.

"Click-" The end of the extended belt slapped against the counterweight ball at the end of the sword with a slight sound, and Mira turned her head to notice if she had woken anyone up, then tied the belt in a knot near the buckle and fastened it, and walked to the other side with light steps.

"Amonica......" she whispered, and as soon as she left the tent, Mira felt much cooler, but the night breeze blew her bare skin and felt an itch from sweating.

"...... Amonica" didn't want to wake the other two, the girl whispered again, and gently lifted the corner of the tent.

"Not there...... Woo-" She yawned heavily, for she had been woken up in the middle of the night, and was still a little sleepy-eyed.

"Did she go to the shower too...... Really, just wake me up. Mira, who was not quite clear, whispered a few words, and then walked forward.

The grass and shrubs rubbed against the perimeter of the light boots, making a rustling sound, and she groped her way towards the light, although the place where the group camped was on the shore of the lake, but in order to avoid the territory of the various beasts that foraged at night, they chose a half-slope that was not so easy to walk directly.

"Shh The faint moonlight shone on the girl's face, and she whispered with a sleepy smile, and then walked past the horses and went on to the front.

There was not much sign of animal movement on the nearby woods, and the grass and shrubs here were only below the girl's ankles—a deliberate choice, and she now had the knowledge and ability to judge this fact. Mishaps, a little confused by lack of sleep, Mira thought wildly: the small grass and shrubs made it impossible for dangerous beasts to hide, and even if there were animal paths nearby, they were only small voles and rabbits.

In addition, it is in a leeward downwind position, so it is not afraid of the smell of wild animals and runs to find food, and it is a certain distance from Lake Leyika, so there is no need to worry about being disturbed by the animals that come to drink water at night.

With experience and knowledge, even the details of these ordinary camping site selections can be summed up from a lot of points.

"Observant...... The teacher said, "Good at observing...... "Mila whispered this with a drowsy head and eyes, and continued to grope her way towards the shores of Lake Laika.

All she wanted now was to find Amonica as a companion, then wash away her discomfort and return to the tent for a good night's sleep. The road leading from the campsite towards Lake Laika was shaped like an L, and the girl walked for a while on the half-slope of the land before she reached the junction.

"Woo-" She yawned again, then reached out to wipe the tears welling up from the corners of her eyes.

Mira didn't have a torch with her, but the moonlight was bright enough to illuminate the path beneath her feet, and she walked on, her mind wandering in her head.

'Speaking of which, if it weren't for the possibility of the dwarfs, they wouldn't have slept in armor for safety-' The thought that flashed in the daze made Mira instantly sleepy-'The dwarf?!' She paused and changed her lazy and confused appearance and immediately assumed the standard guard posture, and a gust of wind rustled through the trees and bushes, and the dark place that the moonlight could not shine on suddenly seemed to her to be full of hostility.

"Uhhh

"Boom-rustle-" The branches and leaves shook for a while, and Mira gripped the hilt of her sword in fright, swallowing a mouthful of saliva before staring at the place where the shaking was emanating. She had been told that even those dwarfs couldn't have been hiding in such low bushes, but who knows, maybe there were some of them shorter.

- Short dwarf? What is that called, little dwarf?" Mira, who was still not very clear-headed, shook her little head vigorously to get rid of the idea. The bushes made another rustling sound, and a gray hare jumped out of it, sniffing and turning to look at the girl, and then jumped out of the other direction.

"......Whew," she let out a long sigh, and her whole body softened at once, for this was the first time for Mira to walk alone for a long time in the wilderness at night. Without the company of others, she had to feel a little uneasy in her heart, and at this moment she forgot about the stuffiness of the armor on her body, because she was more or less relieved to wear it.

"Amonica...... Did you really go to the lake? Calm down by fear, Mira began to use her knowledge of tracking, and Henry had mentioned many times that human beings walking into nature would cause changes in their surroundings: stepping on grass would cause them to break off, stepping on dirt would leave footprints, walking through bushes and trees would break off fresh leaves and twigs, and Mira could see clear footprints on the ground despite the lack of light at the moment.

Amonica walked slowly, and despite the strong sunlight during the day, the wood-covered dirt was still slightly wet, and Mira could tell from the bare ground, her footprints flat and her heels slightly deeper.

The stones next to her were all pressed down, not flying around, if she was running, her toes would have been deeper, and the stones around her would be overturned by the impact of the fast and rapid pace, leaving clear and recognizable marks.

"The clues are there, but you have to ......know how to observe," Mira crouched down and studied it carefully, then breathed a sigh of relief.

'Amonica wasn't chased by anything, she walked out normally, so there shouldn't be so much danger around here...... ' she thought as she turned her head to look around her, the moonlight was suddenly blocked by the clouds, and the light became dim, and Mira shivered involuntarily.

"Also, it's better to be careful. She vigilantly lowered her center of gravity slightly, ready to exert her strength, and then looked left and right to watch for any movement.

Nervous tension doesn't do you any good, and a little wind and grass is like a frightened bird, which will only quickly drain your physical strength. Remembering Henry's teachings, Mira kept her vigilance but did not put her whole body in a tense state, but only moved forward at an unhurried pace with small broken steps, which was more flexible than striding to react to the enemy at the first time.

Every day, every moment, she pondered carefully what Henry had taught her.

-- Doubts have existed before, and it will be a year since they met in a little more than a month. When they first met, Mira had no choice but to trust Henry, and this trust was shaken in some subsequent circumstances, but when the dust settled, she would always find that Henry was right.

From helpless dependence, to some doubts, and finally evolved into trust from the bottom of my heart.

Whether Henry could never be wrong was asked by Mira, and the Sage reacted by shaking his head and decisively rejecting the idea.

"Everything in the world is possible, there is no such thing as a prediction, and all people can do is rely on what they know and know to try to deduce what is happening. Because of the amount of things that are known, there are two kinds of conclusions: accurate and inaccurate. ”

But this is not an absolute polarization of black and white, whether it is right or wrong, there is a relativity. ”

"Relying on multi-faceted and all-round observations, combined with known knowledge and thinking, the more details that can be used, the higher the probability that the judgment will be close to the truth, but there will never be anyone, no one can make a prediction with a 100% accuracy rate. ”

As he always did, Mira still couldn't fully understand the words she had ever said, and all she knew was that the methods that Henry had taught her were the most effective.

Some of the literature she read during her travels mentioned that some apprentices had created greater brilliance than their own mentors after they left the school, but in other parts of the literature they saw the opposite description, and some people had refuted their mentors at the beginning of their studies.

At this point, Mira can more or less understand the psychology of these people.

'Why is he necessarily right?' 'Is it just because he is an authority?'' 'I must have come to a better conclusion by my own thinking than an answer I got directly?'

Guys with such thoughts can't trust their mentors, so they take many of the detours that their mentors want to avoid them take.

To raise objections and sum up one's own way, it is at least not until all the fighting techniques have been thoroughly learned, and the real sense of the word has been read through ten thousand books, and Mira uses these thoughts to calm herself, and at the same time to move forward cautiously.

"Rustle—" The bushes closer to the shore of the lake began to grow taller, and there was another sound on the right side of the road, this time far larger than the previous hare.

“...... Smack. Mira grasped the hilt of her sword with a wary face, and with her left hand she grasped the scabbard and tilted it so that the sheath was aimed in front of her, while lowering her center of gravity and continuing to move forward in small steps.

"The height of the bushes is about one meter three, judging from the movement, it is definitely not a rabbit-sized target......" she whispered to the method that Henry taught her to judge the situation: "At least it will be a creature of the level of a deer, but deer generally live in groups and there is no beast road nearby, and it is ......possible that the lone wanderer is a dwarf" Her voice was muffled by the sound of insects around her, and Mira quietly approached.

It was close to the lake, and the mountain wind blew, and the sparkling reflection shone on her left.

"In other words, the opponent should be agile, so it is not suitable to use a powerful stride slash, and choosing a small step with a stab is the right solution......"

"Whew-hiss. "Click-" The sound of breathing sounded with the sound of something hitting the ground, and Mira became more vigilant because it sounded like something was struggling.

If there is a struggle, then there will be an attacker.

Whether the attacker is a dwarf or a beast, there is a certain danger to the current self.

"Goo-" She swallowed, then lowered her weight and slowly approached.

"Hiss-" "Click-"

- It was a dark shadow.

It was not clear that it was in the bushes that did not reach the light, but Mira could tell that it had a human-like body shape, and that it was approaching the neck of a creature that was probably a fawn or something, and did not know what to do.

"Is it really a goblin......" Mira used the Soladin dialect this time, she was behind the other party at the moment, the girl slowly pulled out a hand and a half sword at her waist in order not to alarm the target, but it was also at this time that another gust of wind blew and sparkled, and the moonlight reflected on her blade, and Mira immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Hmmm-" "Cha-" She sped up in a hurry, but even faster than that was the humanoid black shadow, and the other party pressed directly on the shoulders of the Luoan girl, and carried her whole person to the middle of the road.

"Oops-" The long sword could not be drawn, and the impact of falling on the dirt floor was absorbed by the armor, and she immediately reacted and reached out to touch the small sword on the other side, and it was at this time that the humanoid black shadow riding on her opened her mouth and made a voice that could not be considered unfamiliar.

"Mira......?"

The crisp voice was accompanied by the owner's eyes red in the moonlight, as well as the blood at the corners of his mouth.

“......”

"Emonica?" Mira paused, then stared blankly at the blonde girl with her fangs baring from the corners of her mouth. (To be continued.) )