Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 13 Missions and Raids

After resting in Ice City for a few days, it has been a week since the last mission.

Rhodes was able to accept new quests again. Even though he practiced the iron shirt late last night, he woke up early in the morning and began to think about which quest to choose.

Task [-]: Another new week, a comfortable life will destroy one's fighting spirit, and one needs to constantly challenge oneself to make progress.Task requirements: Accept and complete three tasks in the Adventurer's Guild.

Task [-]: Freezing three feet does not happen in a day, and high-strength skills need to be honed continuously.Task requirements: Upgrade any two martial arts to one level.

Task [-]: Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Long-distance travel can increase one's knowledge more than reading books.Task requirements: Enter three different cities.

Each of these three tasks seemed too difficult to complete in a week.

If you choose the first task, you need to complete any three tasks in the adventurer's guild. It should take a long time, and the tasks entrusted in the adventurer's guild are all difficult, such as cleaning a robber's lair.

Assuming that it takes at least three or four days to complete one task in the Adventurer's Guild, then it will take about ten days to complete three.

As for the second task, it seems a little easier to upgrade any two martial arts to one level, but there is no progress bar for martial arts training, and God knows how long it will take to upgrade.

Currently he has three martial arts: "Iron cloth shirt", "Shenzhao Gong", and "Basic swordsmanship".

Iron cloth shirt can be upgraded by being beaten, but I don't know how much it will be beaten. He has mainly practiced this martial art these days, but he still hasn't upgraded.

And the upgrade of Shenzhao Gong depends on lottery, so it is estimated that it will not be able to upgrade within a period of time.

In the past few days, he has been practicing the basic swordsmanship in his spare time while training the iron cloth shirt, and he probably will be able to upgrade it in a short time.

The third task will take longer. If you continue to the south, you will arrive at another province. It will take at least half a month to reach the next city, and the time will be shorter after that.

In the end, Rhodes chose the second mission. While completing the mission, he could also enhance his own strength.

If there is not enough strength, it is impossible to run from here to the southernmost part of the Nord Kingdom alive.

After choosing the mission, Rhodes was going to find a place to practice basic swordsmanship, but he was told by Baron that he was going to leave soon after he left the house.

Rhodes could only find a way to spare time to practice on the road.

He and Baron came to the place where the caravan was, and the caravan was still making final preparations before departure.

"Aren't you going to buy a new set of armor?" Baron asked, looking at Rhodes still wearing the tattered armor.

"Uh...the money is not enough, I will buy it next time when I have money, by the way, how much bounty did they give to the guards last time?" Rhode asked.

"I'll help them, so we can leave early." Baron left without looking back.

It was obvious that Baron was changing the subject, but Rhodes didn't bother to ask Baron any further, anyway, he wouldn't take out the money in the end.

Rhodes found a slightly open place nearby and began to practice basic sword skills.

Just when he was very interested in training, the caravan was about to set off, so he had to stop and follow.

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Throughout the journey, Rhodes did not sit in the car, but practiced while walking on the road holding a sword.

The content of basic swordsmanship is as basic as its name, without any brilliant moves, only the most basic moves such as drawing, belting, lifting, grid, striking, stabbing, pointing, collapsing, stirring, pressing, splitting, cutting, washing, etc. .

But it happened that this kind of foundation was exactly what Rhodes needed. Before practicing this martial art, he didn't even hold the sword correctly.

On this trip, the next goal is to go to Black Rock City in the Alpine Province in the middle of the Nord Kingdom.

The Alpine Province has many towering mountains just like its name, and this may also be the place where the Nord robbers are the most.

Because they are all mountainous areas, the natural conditions of the high mountain provinces are not even as good as those of the snow wind provinces further north. The land is not suitable for farming and the temperature is even colder.

Since the huge mountain ranges in the high mountain province serve as natural barriers against the cold wind in the north, the climate in the south of the high mountain province is much more pleasant.

After a few days of boring travel, the caravan entered the territory of the high mountain province. After that, the atmosphere of the entire caravan became tense, and they were always on guard against robbers with malicious intentions ambushing on the side of the road.

"Now you finally know how to hold a sword." Weber noticed that Rhodes was holding a sword all the way and said.

Rhodes was a little embarrassed when he heard it, and didn't know what to say.

"If you have any questions, you can ask me." Weber said again.

From the end of the first adventure, Rhodes felt that this notorious Weber seemed to be a good person.

Rhodes happened to have some questions about muscle strength, so he asked Weber for advice. Weber, who is good at using one-handed swords, patiently explained to Rhodes one by one.

And at this moment, Rhodes felt the ground shaking, and he heard the sound of horseshoes.

In the distance, more than a dozen people wearing silver-white full-body plate armor and riding armored war horses were rushing towards the caravan.

Their speed was very fast, and the people in the caravan rushed forward before they were ready.

The lances in the hands of the riders were still shining with white light in broad daylight, but Rhodes only saw this light for a while before it was covered by bright red blood.

The handyman in the caravan was instantly pierced by the lance when it touched his body, and the dozen or so riders could not be slowed down at all.

And they didn't come here to kill people, they just cleaned up those who stood in front of them.

These riders had a clear goal and went straight to the luxurious carriage that Rhode had noticed several times.

The groom of the carriage tore off his cloak, revealing the black armor on his body. The exquisite patterns on the armor gave off a mysterious feeling under the sunlight.

He stretched his hand into the carriage, and when he came out, a golden two-handed giant sword appeared in his hand.

Then he jumped out of the carriage, stood in front of the carriage and held a golden giant sword, watching the galloping riders.

Looking at the equipment on the man, Rhodes felt as if he saw a pile of human-shaped gold coins.

Really rich, a whole set of equipment can buy countless broken axes I had before.

A dozen riders rushed towards the carriage without slowing down after passing through the crowd.

The human-shaped pile of gold coins slashed the giant sword at the rushing rider, and the rider in front of him was chopped into two pieces by him including man and horse.Another turned around and cut the other rider into two pieces.

But then he was pierced by a rider next to him with a lance and nailed him to the ground. The silver-white lance pierced through the black armor, ripping him open, and spilling his intestines on the white snow next to him. On the ground, red blood stained the white snow. The human-shaped gold coin pile twitched a few times and then stopped moving. It was probably dead.

The rider who lost his gun jumped onto the carriage to drive the carriage, and the rest of the riders wrapped the carriage and turned around and ran towards where they came from, leaving a few unlucky corpses along the way.

The bearded Daniel turned over on a nearby horse with a long sword and shield, and after cutting off the rope connecting the horse and the cart, he rode his horse and chased in that direction.

The series of things that the group of riders rushed over to the carjacking back were all completed within a few tens of seconds. Rhodes was dumbfounded. It seems that the level of personal strength that can directly cut a man and a horse in half is not enough. ah.

If you run into a knight riding a horse, you will be shot to death.

Baron ran to the man who was nailed to the ground with a lance, dropped the gaping steel giant ax behind him on the ground, picked up the golden giant sword on his back, and rode on the side One of his horses also ran after them.

He shouted: "I'm going to rescue them! Rod! Remember to take my ax away!"

Some people who knew Rhodes next to him stared at him, making his scalp tingle. Did they also think that Baron's real purpose was to snatch the huge sword that looked very valuable...

(End of this chapter)