Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 377 Preparations Before War (4000 words)
The adventurer who spoke just now was thrown out together by other people in the tavern.

Before the battle started, I felt that most people would definitely die. Although many people had this idea, it was still annoying to say it.

"Since even the giants have returned to the city, the real war may break out in the next few days." Sam said to Rhodes after sitting back in his seat.

"What is the purpose of the dragon's return from the north?" Rhodes asked.

"You are really asking the right person. I am a very famous 'Dragon Scientist'. I think that there are definitely less than five humans on the mainland who know more about dragons than me." The bearded adventurer suddenly laughed loudly.

"Five? Yesterday you said it was ten." Sam said from the side.

"These are not important." The bearded adventurer waved his hand, "I have been studying the history of giant dragons all these years, and some recent events just proved my conjecture.

In our human history, the giant dragons were finally driven to the north by the Holy Spirit and many strong human beings to the north of the Land of Eternal Night. Afterwards, they used magic and miracles to build a high wall like a world barrier, but for some reason The environment on our side has been declining, and the concentration of magic power is getting worse day by day. This is also the reason for the collapse of the high wall. The sages of the Dragon Clan predicted all this on the day they were expelled.

And our human sages also knew that this day would come when the first high wall was built, so they built a fortress at the place where the gap first appeared. A military fort built by the Dragon Clan.

The Dragon Clan came to Chasing Dragon Castle on the day when the gap in the high wall just appeared. The nobles in the north were also prepared, but there was a big gap in strength between the two sides. Under the attack of the Dragon Clan, the speed of the high wall collapse was further accelerated , now there is no barrier in the north, and Dragon Fort finally fell.

But we still have Eternal Winter City, which is also a city specially built to deal with giant dragons. Outside the city, there is a giant anti-air circle and a city wall of nearly [-] meters. "

"You're going too far. He's asking you about the purpose of the dragon coming back to us. Every time I ask you, I'm always fooled by these seemingly relevant things." Sam interrupted the bearded adventurer. .

The bearded adventurer touched his messy beard embarrassingly, "I'm sorry, but what I want to say is that the dragons were originally creatures from the other side of the Land of Eternal Night. They came to our continent tens of thousands of years ago. It also caused the destruction of several brilliant civilizations and enslaved many races.

We human beings are one of these races, which is why we are shocked by the 'Longwei'. We are all descendants of slaves, but in the end we humans overthrew their rule by relying on the blood of countless ancestors. They rushed back to their hometown, saying that they rushed back, mainly because there were too many dragons flying fast at that time, and some of them couldn't catch up, otherwise the ancestors would definitely let them die.

I speculate that the reason they come to this continent is the same every time, that is, the environment on the other side of the Land of Eternal Night cannot accommodate so many dragons, so they will let a large number of them come to our continent to fight for it. Living space, whether it is the reduction in the number of dragons or the reduction in the number of us humans, they have achieved their goals. "

Rhodes also felt that the bearded adventurer's speculation was very reasonable, but shouldn't the birth rate of dragons be very low?
"This is just one of the purposes, and they have a more important purpose." Al, who was next to him, said suddenly. Rhodes listened more seriously, and didn't even notice when he leaned over.

"What else is there? Revenge?" the bearded adventurer asked.

"Conquer our continent." Al explained, "otherwise they can bypass Eternal Winter City after breaking through Dragon Chasing Castle. I want some people to live on our continent. They can even bypass Chasing Dragon Fort and go directly to the south to find a place to live. They will not attack the city, let alone attack the city for the purpose of consuming the population. It’s the resources of our mainland that were used.”

"Whatever they think, anyway, we only need to think about killing a few more of these ugly lizards." Sam drank the ale from the wine glass in his hand and smashed it on the wine table.

"What are you doing? The table was smashed, should you lose money or something?" The bearded adventurer who was thinking aside was startled by the loud noise.

"I'm going back to sleep first." Rhodes said to Sam and the others.

He went back to the room on the second floor, sat on the bed and continued to practice Lingyun Feidu's mental method.

Practicing the mental method can reduce the consumption required to use this light skill, and enhance the power of martial arts, allowing him to fly farther and faster when borrowing power in the air.

Rhodes intends to go to Haval tomorrow to talk about that combat skill. Don't wait until the end of Eternal Winter City falls. He hasn't given that combat skill to himself yet.

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After Shi Wen was woken up by the movement from outside, he didn't fall asleep. He knew exactly what these movements meant.

He put on his armor, left the tavern with a one-handed sword and shield, and found an open space to practice the most basic moves one by one.

The family was destroyed, and most of the familiar people were also killed. After experiencing the feeling of falling from heaven to hell, everyone who knew him felt that he was completely different from before.

But no matter how much resentment you have in your heart, it is useless, and your strength will not increase because of it.

When he was young, he thought he was the proud son of heaven, one of the protagonists on the world stage in the future, but his talent and strength told him the real answer.

Shi Wen used all his strength to stab the sword straight ahead.

When he recalled the experience during the day, he felt more humiliation and unwillingness in his heart. He struggled countless times in life and death, but in the end he was still so powerless and was easily subdued.

After calming down, he was no longer happy that he had found the person Michel had foreseen, but felt a sense of humiliation.

Why is it not up to me to rebuild the Knights and restore the glory of the Lord?

Shi Wen didn't know how many swords he swung, he only knew that his clothes were already soaked in sweat, and he didn't feel cold even standing in the cold morning.

He looked at the slowly rising sun and sighed. After putting away his weapon and shield, he walked towards the tavern, preparing to eat something, and he didn't know how many days the remaining money would last...

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Rhodes, who just woke up, came to the lobby of the tavern, intending to practice Ling Yunfei after eating something.

He saw Sven sitting at a table wolfing down a table with an empty seat next to it, and walked over.

After sitting down, Rhodes suddenly remembered one thing.

He dug out a two-handed sword that he was going to use as a collection from the interspatial ring.

Fortunately, it was not hung in the castle as a decoration.

"Is the owner of this sword still alive?" Rhodes asked Shi Wen who didn't greet him.

Shi Wen turned his head, and when he saw the sword, his eyes suddenly widened, "Why is this sword in your hand!"

This is the sword of the female knight. Rhodes has not used it for so long that he almost forgot about the sword. Since it is not easy to describe the female knight, Rhodes did not ask Shi Wen about her situation, nor Knowing whether she is dead or alive.

"What did you do to her?" Shi Wen grabbed Rhode's collar again and asked loudly.

Rhodes didn't expect Shi Wen to be so excited. He remembered that when he separated from Shi Wen yesterday, he was still polite and respectful.

But the weapon of the dead comrade suddenly appeared in his hand, Shi Wen did have reason to be so excited.

Rhodes didn't know how to explain it either.

Sven loosened Rhode's collar, and left the tavern without saying a word. Rhode followed and found that he was running towards the city gate.

"What are you doing?" Rhodes asked loudly.

Shi Wen ignored him, but ran all the way to the city gate. The city gate is now open, and troops are entering the city one after another.

Rhodes saw Shi Wen rushing towards the city gate while the guards were not paying attention, dodging all the way and rushing out of the city gate.

The surrounding soldiers and guards didn't chase after seeing this situation, but just let him leave.

Rhode looked at Shi Wen's leaving direction with a dazed expression, not knowing what happened, why did he run away suddenly?

Forget it, forget it.

Rhodes turned around and went back to the tavern. During the meal, Rhodes kept thinking about why Sven would behave like that after seeing the sword.

Does Shi Wen think I'm here to kill him again?

Or does he think that I picked up this sword in the Dragon Fort in the north, so he thinks that the female knight might not be dead?

There are too many possibilities, Rhodes didn't think about it any more, after breakfast, he came to the open space yesterday to practice Lingyun Fit.

This training process is to continuously transform his body, further increase his physical strength, and make the meridians related to this light work smooth and strong.

Just like exercising muscles, various parts of Rhode's body are constantly being torn apart, and are quickly repaired by internal force. Fortunately, the internal energy Rhodes practiced includes Shenzhao Sutra and Marrow Washing Sutra. With the blessing of these two internal skills, Rhodes The internal force healing ability is very strong.

If it were someone else who practiced this light exercise, it might take an hour to practice, and then he would be treated with medicinal herbs for a week.

This also makes the consumption of internal energy faster for practicing this light function, but Rhodes took a elixir drawn from the system to replenish internal energy.

This can be regarded as an elementary school problem. Rhodes' body is like a pool. When the faucet is filled with water, there is a stopper that releases water at the same time, and the speed of water intake is basically the same as the speed of water discharge.

There are many places to exert force in any light exercise, whether it is the legs or the waist and abdomen, it must reach a certain strength.

If the strength of some parts is weak, it will not be possible to use this lightness skill for a long time, and if the strength of those parts is not strong enough, although it can still be used, it will cause internal injuries and affect the body.

Rhodes didn't stop practicing until he was very hungry in the afternoon. During this period, countless people watched, and some even dropped a few copper coins...

He returned to the tavern, and met a guard leading Al out of the tavern.

"It just so happens that you're back too." Al said to Rhodes, "Haval sent someone to ask us to find him to receive the reward for the incident last time."

Rhodes nodded, and then followed.

On the way, he took out a roast leg of lamb and started to eat. There was still a lot of food in his space ring, but he chose not to eat it. If he could buy it in the tavern, then Buy it in the tavern.

"Why didn't he send it to us directly?" Rhodes chatted with Al after destroying the leg of lamb.

"Usually the precious combat skills handed down by noble families are not recorded on animal skins. They are all carved on stone tablets, and then placed in a very secret place and guarded by people. If we want to learn that combat skill, we just have to You can go there to learn in person, and manuscripts cannot convey the soul in combat skills." Al explained.

Rhodes thought about it, and there seemed to be a certain difference between the martial arts cheats rewarded by the system and the ones he copied by hand. It might be that he learned such martial arts through the cheats rewarded by the system, and then copied them down for others. No difference was noticed.

If someone who has not learned it is asked to copy it, it will be much more difficult for others to learn.

Haval may know the combat skills that Rhodes and the others want, but he obviously doesn't have time to copy them by hand, and other nobles who know this combat skill will not copy them by hand.

Rhodes and the two followed the guards sent by Haval to a tower next to the city wall.

The guard gave Rhodes a strange feeling. He didn't speak or express anything along the way, just like a tool man without emotion.

The guard in front of the tower opened the door after a brief conversation with him. He spoke completely without voice or intonation, which sounded very strange.

He stood by the door and made an inviting gesture to the Rhodes.

Rod and Al would take it easy and walk in.

"My lord is on the top floor." The guard just said again, and what he said still sounded weird to Rhodes.

Al and Rhodes walked up the stairs of the tower, and Al said while walking: "Don't learn the combat skill of 'Frost Heart', or you will become like him, who is obsessed with almost everything. No emotion swings."

"If all the soldiers in an army are like him, the combat effectiveness of this army must be very strong." Rhodes commented.

"Soldiers are people too, and they have their own families. How can they live with their families when they return home?" Al sighed. "The descriptions of soldiers in historical battles are only quantitative. I never thought that they also have souls. thinking individual."

While talking, the two reached the highest floor of the tower.

Harvar stood at the top of the stairs and looked at the two who were still climbing the stairs.

"We don't have so many gold coins in our hands now, how about asking an enchanting master in the city to enchant your equipment?" Havar said with some embarrassment.

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(End of this chapter)