Hollow Knight: Hallownest

The two rented a house near Sly for one hundred euros a month, but it was much more spacious than Ida's home.

As agreed, the two began their first sparring session on the afternoon of the next day as scheduled.

"Theo did a good job, and his swing of the bone nails became more powerful, but it was not enough!"

"Mato, don't be like an idiot. Don't stop when you spin. Be decisive!"

"Ahhhh, Auro, you idiot, don't swing the bone nails like a mallet!"

As soon as Merong walked into the basement, she heard Sly's roar. She didn't dare to interrupt, so she had to stand aside and wait for Sly to finish his training before saying hello.

Sly corrected everyone's movements, and then turned around to find the two of them already behind him.

"Ah, you are here, wait a moment."

Sly clapped his hands and motioned for the disciples to come to him.

"Today's class ends here. Until tonight, you will use the knowledge you learned today to attack these two sparring partners. Do you understand?"

The three of them nodded, and Mato said:

"Master, what if we hurt them?"

"So you are going to replace the bone nails later."

"Listen up, I'm going to give you training tasks now."

With that said, Sly pulled Ida over.

"The little brother next to me is the goal of you two, Xio and Auro today. Next, I will give this little brother a piece of armor. After the end, I will check the results of your course learning from the nail marks on the armor. ."

"Uh, Master, can I run?" Ida grimaced.

"Nonsense, your mission is to prevent them from hitting your armor. Mato, your mission is similar, but I only need you to turn when attacking."

"You are different from that little brother, you can't move."

Sly said to Mo Rong with a smile, and then patted Ida.

"I will leave their tasks to you. If your armor does not leave any traces from them during a sparring session, I will increase your reward by twenty geo."

"Really?"

"I don't need to lie to you. Okay, you are ready to start."

Sly turned and left, and the three apprentices also replaced the bone nails with unsharpened ones.

Ida was already gearing up and eager to try. She put on her armor, walked up to Theo and Auro, and asked:

"Which one of you comes first?"

The two looked at each other, and Auro spoke first.

"I'll go first, are you ready?"

"Come on, I want to see how capable you are."

"Cut the nonsense!"

With that said, Oro picked up the bone nails and rushed towards Ida, striking at her body.

After all, Date was someone who had seen big scenes. Although Oro was very powerful, it was of no use. Not only was his sprint speed not fast enough, but he could also clearly see the speed of his swinging bone nail.

"too slow!"

Ida couldn't help but assume the role of a 'master' and said while avoiding it.

Oro did not stop, but continued to rush towards Ida. He lifted the bone nail at his waist and stabbed Ida fiercely. Unfortunately, Ida's reaction was much faster than him, and this time again Failed.

Xio, who looked at Auro waving the bone nails coldly from the side, also frowned.

Although the man in front of me looked dull before, his body was extremely flexible when fighting.

On the other side, Mo Rong was not in a hurry to start training with Ma Tuo, but quietly asked Ma Tuo:

"Brother Mato, what is the bone nailing technique that Master Sly taught you?"

"How about Whirlwind Slash, what a cool name!"

"You didn't learn it just because of the name, did you?"

Mo Rong asked Ma Tuo with a strange look on his face. Ma Tuo asked with a "naturally" expression:

"Isn't this enough?"

"Niu, can you tell me what your master taught you?"

Mo Rong looked at Ma Tuo with a sly look. Since Sly said they could learn secretly, he should just ask if it was a mistake.

"I can't tell you, the master said, these skills can only be known by ourselves."

"It's okay, you tell me, I won't tell anyone else."

Mato shook his head and refused to say anything.

Come on, forget it, Mo Rong doesn’t believe that he won’t be able to understand it in a month.

After putting on the armor given by Sly, Mo Rong stood there and waved to Ma Tuo, indicating that he could start.

Mato picked up the bone nail, stood still on his two feet, and then his body shape changed and he started to turn.

Mo Rong just watched the horse spinning like this, getting closer and closer, turning more and more crooked, turning slower and slower until it stopped.

Mato didn't even touch him.

"Ugh~"

Ma Tuo retched several times on the spot, and Mo Rong came over and patted his back to comfort him.

"It's a pity Brother Mato that you didn't even touch me."

"I know, ugh~"

Mato retched again and slowly stood up to cheer himself up.

"Master said, my goal today is just to turn around. I won't let Master down."

Then Mo Rong watched Ma Tuo repeat the process of spinning and retching. After a while, the armor on his body was still intact, but he couldn't help it anymore.

"Brother Mato, why don't you take a break? If you keep doing this, you won't be able to recover."

Ma Tuo listened to the advice this time and sat down unsteadily, almost crushing Mo Rong.

Seeing Ma Tuo resting on the spot with his eyes closed, Mo Rong also tried it on his own. According to what he saw, the so-called whirlwind chop was to spin himself at high speed to achieve a circular range of damage.

This is not easy.

Just do it, Mo Rong picked up the bone nail and started spinning it. Then Ma Tuo opened his eyes and saw Mo Rong lying aside.

"Ugh~"

......

"Special report! Special report!"

"This Palace Guard Selection Competition will begin in one month! Everyone is welcome to participate!"

"This guard selection competition is not only rich in rewards, but also hosted by Knight Delia!"

"Special report! Special report!"

"this time......"

On the street of the City of Tears, a sentry was posting a message on the bulletin board on the street while shouting loudly.

The residents of the City of Tears were all excited when they heard the news. Not to mention how glorious it would be to win the crown and become a guard in the trials. The usual trials are hosted by the Knights of Hegmer, and this year's This time it was actually the knight Delia.

You must know that each of the five knights has unique skills and strong martial arts. They usually only guard the king and rarely show up. Most people in the City of Tears have only seen Hegmer. Who wouldn't be excited to have the opportunity to see Knight Draya?

People rushed to tell each other, and the news soon spread throughout the land. As the caravans and people traveled, the news would spread like wildfire throughout Hallownest.

......

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past half month, both Ida and Morong got some bounties at first, but they couldn't get them in the next few days. This was all due to Xio and Auro, or to be precise, Xio.

Siobbiolo is much more difficult to deal with, which is the common evaluation of Ida and Morong.

Although he is not fast, his understanding is very high. In the half-month battle with Yi Mo, Xio has roughly figured out the rules of their actions, and he is extremely decisive every time he takes action, which makes them unable to guard against them.

What's even more frightening is that in the first few days of this half month, Xio's powerful chops only used the bone nail to swing out.

Gradually, when the two of them took turns fighting him in the next few days, Theo actually used a brand-new stabbing method. He, who was already more biased towards strength, almost penetrated the armor of the two of them with this move. Feeling that their lives were threatened, the two strongly asked Sly to change them into thicker armor.

"As expected of the future Bone Nail Master, it's so terrifying." Only then did Mo Rong feel the pressure from Xio.

Sly also came down to watch several times during the sparring period and corrected Oro's movements. Every time he gave instructions, Oro would make very obvious progress. Now Oro can also hit the two of them many times with sprint and chop. .

I can only say that your master will always be your master.

Among them, the most uncomfortable thing among them was Ma Tuo, who vomited while watching him.

From being unable to spin at the beginning, it became more and more crooked, and now it can spin stably and launch an attack on the two of them, although the speed is not very fast.

The most optimistic one among them is Ma Tuo. After getting along with each other these days, Mo Rong has probably figured out the temperaments of the three of them.

Theo is calm, collected, and unsmiling, well, the standard for a strong person.

Mato is optimistic, enthusiastic, and perseverant, well, the standard features of a brave man.

In Auro's words, Morong could feel that he was a bit like Theo's seriousness and Mato's perseverance, but more prominently, he could detect a strong competitiveness in Auro's behavior.

Because Theo and Oro usually fight against the same person, whenever Theo leaves more and deeper marks on the armor, Oro will take the initiative to practice more until he surpasses Theo. Rong originally thought it was just a temporary reluctance to admit defeat, but it has been like this every day these days.

He didn't think much about it. It's good to be competitive. After all, healthy competition brings progress.

On this ordinary day in half a month, Sly went to the basement again and stopped everyone.

"From now on, Ida Murong, you two can use bone nails."

"Really?" The two of them said in unison. They had been beaten for the past half month. It would be a lie to say they were not angry.

"Of course, up to that point, the rules are still the same as before."

After saying this, Sly left.

The two looked at the disciples aside and looked at each other again.

He smiled knowingly, a bit scary.