Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 77

Rhodes and the others walked into the small town next to the castle. Accompanied by Baron and Hammer who looked like Nords, no soldier came to question them.

This castle is called White Hart Castle, and the town next to it has no name, and it is generally used to be called White Hart Town.

The town is very lively, and the tavern is full of mercenaries who want to make money from the war. In a few months, the Roman Empire will definitely send troops to retake this piece of land. The first battle will take place at White Hart Castle, and Nord Prepare to stick to this place, so that they can only return without success in the end.

The land south of Winterfell Fortress was assigned to Winterfell Province, and the Duke Lawrence of Winterfell Province had already entrusted the seven castles south of Winterfell Fortress, so there were two more Earls and five more in Winterfell Province. A viscount and a lot of barons and knights.

However, many territories are sparsely populated, and some places are completely deserted.

At the suggestion of Baron, they decided to rest in the small town for a few days and ride on horseback every day.

The traveling horses that were fat and strong before have lost a lot of weight.

After wandering around the town, Rhodes found a place to practice Baihong swordsmanship, and now he is very eager to improve his strength.

Every time he finished practicing, he would stop and think for a while to comprehend the essence of Baihong swordsmanship, but he didn't comprehend anything in one day, which also slowed down the acquisition of skill proficiency.This contradictory question made him a little irritable.

He returned to the tavern with the sword on his back, and found that the atmosphere in the tavern was very strange. The seats in the tavern were divided into two sides, and there was no one sitting in the middle.

"What happened here?" Rhode walked towards Baron who was drinking from a glass.

"There was a whole mercenary regiment over there. As soon as they came in, they clashed with other idle mercenaries, so no one wanted to sit next to them." Baron looked at the group sitting opposite with his wine glass. Said the mercenary.

"What's the name of their mercenary group?" Rhodes asked.

"The Blood Ravens, it is said that they were hired by the current lord of White Hart Castle to participate in the upcoming war." Baron explained, taking another sip of his wine, "The Blood Ravens are an ancient mercenary group with a history of hundreds of years , have participated in countless wars, and every time they appear, they will bring blood and crows. Although the Blood Crows are now gone, they still have some deterrent power."

Rhodes looked at the messy Blood Ravens mercenaries and didn't think they were powerful.

"The Blood Ravens have been able to exist for nearly a thousand years, not because they are good at adapting to the wind." Hammer said disdainfully.

An adventurer next to him was listening to their conversation, and couldn't help interjecting, "But they are indeed commendable, for example, every time they change employers, they don't leak the secrets before they are exposed, unlike our servants. corps."

"Which mercenary group are you from?" Hammer asked.

"You have never heard of it. We used to be a small mercenary group with only eight people. In the end, someone betrayed us. It would be best if I survived alone." The mercenary said.

Rhodes looked at him sympathetically, "Did you kill that traitor?"

"No." The man shook his head, then suddenly smirked again, "Because that traitor is me."

After he finished speaking, he left his seat and ran to the door of the tavern, turned around and smirked at them, and then ran out dancing.

Rhodes: "..."

"Are there a lot of neuropathy now?" Another mercenary beside them listened to their conversation and asked. He was blind in one eye, but he didn't cover the necrotic eye with a black eyepatch.

This necrotic eye made him look a little scary.

Rhodes glanced at him and didn't want to speak, he was afraid that this person would be as crazy as the one just now.

"I don't know." Finally, Weber answered him.

"Many, such as me." The man also began to laugh.

"Just kidding you guys." He said again, "I knew that person just now, the traitor he said was his own brother, and in the end he let his brother go, but he felt sorry for his dead brother, so he went crazy gone."

"You won't want to say that you are his younger brother next?" Rhode asked suddenly.

"You actually saw it?" the man said, "Yes, I am."

"Are you joking again?" Webb asked.

"Isn't it okay to be joking?" The man laughed, "I won't joke with you, I'll go back to bed first." After speaking, he walked up to the second floor.

"I know them," said Baron, who hadn't spoken before. "I know them. They're really a pair of brothers. The former 'good' Eden who was talking to you just now, the last time I saw When they were two, there were many companions by their side, and Jory's eye was still not blind, probably it was made by the companion he betrayed last time."

"Have you ever come to the border as a mercenary before?" Hamer asked.

"No, this is the first time I have come to the border. He has been to the interior of Nord before, and I met him in a tavern." Baron replied.

……

After filling his stomach in a hurry, Rhode took a short rest and went out to practice Baihong swordsmanship with his sword. The Baihong swordsmanship was more defensive. Rhodes felt that it would be better to find someone to practice against him.

He thought of Weber who had learned Baoyuan Shouyi from him. If he would be happy to learn the Baihong swordsmanship, it happened that Weber used a one-handed short sword, and he could also use the Baihong swordsmanship.

Rhodes ran back to the tavern and pulled Webber to the open space where he had trained before.

"Just attack me with your sword." Rhodes said to Weber.

"My attack is not powerful, but the sword is very fast, you have to be careful." Weber said.

"It doesn't matter, I'm wearing dragon scale armor, you just come." Rhodes said.

Weber nodded. The dagger in his hand was as fast as lightning. Rhodes subconsciously used the Baihong swordsmanship to parry the sword and brought Weber's dagger to the ground with the sword. As a result, the dagger in Weber's other hand give hit.

Rhodes had forgotten that Weber was dual-wielding, and Weber had expected this outcome long ago. He didn't use the extremely sharp dagger of the Death Cult priest, but an ordinary iron dagger.

"Come again." Rhodes opened his mouth and said.

This time Rhodes was hit by Weber only ten seconds later.

"Go on." Rhodes said again.

……

After half a night of practice, Rhodes was able to use the Baihong Sword Technique to survive under Weber's hands for 2 minutes without being hit.

Seeing that it was getting late, Weber hurried back to Baoyuan Shouyi, talked to Rhodes and left, and practiced with him tomorrow.

The proficiency of both the Baihong swordsmanship and the basic swordsmanship in the martial arts training column with Weber will increase, but the growth rate is as fast as Rhodes' practice in the air, but he began to understand the Baihong swordsmanship in his heart, and then You should be able to understand the essence after practicing a few times.

Rhodes thought about it for a while and continued to practice. It would be better to go back and practice the Divine Illumination Kung Fu. It would be great if he could understand the essence of the Divine Illumination Kung Fu. In the Divine Illumination Kung Fu martial arts column, you can't rely on proficiency upgrades, you can only rely on lottery.

He trotted all the way back to his room in the tavern. After eating and taking a bath, he sat on the bed and began to practice Shenzhao Gong.

Just as he was in the midst of practicing, it became noisy outside. After finishing his exercise, he thought of the beast tide in Shuanglin Town, but since there is no forest nearby, this kind of thing should not happen.

But could it be that the Roman Empire launched an attack in advance?
This possibility is a bit high. Taking advantage of the deployment of the Nord Kingdom's troops, they were caught off guard.

Rhodes walked out of the room wondering what happened outside...

(End of this chapter)