Mercenaries and Adventurers

The next day, in the backyard of the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce.

"Stand firm!" Captain Jess shouted to stop the relaxed Keir.

Kiel had to lift the heavy wooden sword again, keeping the tip of the sword slightly on the ground, but not far enough from the ground.

At this time, Keir's legs were slightly separated by a shoulder distance, and his body squatted slightly, which was a posture for maintaining a confrontation with others. And his big sword is held in both hands, and the blade hangs forward, maintaining a position where he can attack and defend with force at any time.

"Very good! The great sword is not a one-handed sword. It is excellent in offense and defense, but it only has insufficient strength and swing speed, so it must be attacked before the opponent and defended before the opponent." Jess put his wooden great sword with one hand. Leaning on it, the other hand borrowed a small whistle whip from the driver, and kept pointing at the places where Keel's posture was deformed and out of shape.

He walked across to Kiel, threw back the whip, and pointed at Kiel with a heavy wooden sword in one hand: "This action is before the opponent, not before the opponent. Their weapons are lighter than yours. See No matter how the opponent moves, it will be too late.”

Jess raised the big sword and made a few attack moves to show Keir. Sure enough, every time Kiel tried to change his movements to defend against possible attacks, Jess had deftly changed the same great sword into another attacking position where Kiel couldn't keep up with the defense at all.

"I only comprehended this principle after a long time of fighting. You must firmly remember it. Each weapon has its own unique fighting method. The sword and shield attack and defend at will. The enemy attacks and we defend, and the enemy defends us. Attack. The one-handed sword focuses on attack, aiming at the opponent's defensive flaws and possible flaws to attack. The spear is to control the opponent out of the distance of the spear, so as to ensure that only oneself can attack, and the enemy does not have enough attack distance."

Speaking of this, Captain Jess went on to say: "Others in the team have told me about your ability and strong learning ability, so I will not teach you according to the traditional method. I will teach you while we are fighting." The way of fighting with a big sword." After speaking, he stood the big sword on his chest and held it in both hands.

Kiel did the same. This is battle etiquette. Respecting your opponent is respecting yourself.

"Let's start with the defensive retreat." Having said this, Jess put the big sword flat and sprinted forward to Kiel.

Hearing what Jess said, Kiel began to move sideways, and swung the big sword a little, hitting the big sword that Jess was stabbing straight at.

Jess allowed Kiel to defend successfully, he raised his sword and stabbed again: "When using the big sword, you must let go of your moving steps, stride forward, move sideways with strides, and retreat with strides."

"Every step of movement must be firmly stepped on, so that at every opportunity, there is enough power to catch the opponent's attack or counterattack."

Kiel saw Jess's footsteps, and he adjusted his steps accordingly, letting go of the distance between each foot, and at the same time, his footsteps were no longer falsely stepped on the ground, but firmly stepped on every step.

Soon, he felt the difference. He defended against Jess' stabbing attack again. With the same movement, he could forcefully open Jess's great sword far away.

Seeing that Keir quickly changed his pace, Jess smiled under the wooden helmet: "This move is solid."

He raised his hands high and slashed straight with the big sword. Kiel himself used this move to deal with goblins. Naturally, he knew that this sword was powerful and heavy, and he had to defend it with all his strength.

At the same time, there are not many changes to this move. If it is not necessary, in fact, when using this move, there is no need to change it at all. The direct attack is generally the most powerful move.

Zhao Ji did not dodge, but held the big sword in both hands, and resisted the opponent's attack horizontally.

loudly.

Kiel's knee sank slightly to block the opponent's attack. The wooden great sword is quite strong, so there is no problem at all in parrying like this.

Unexpectedly, Jess was dissatisfied with Kiel's defense: "You are a deadly block, and the defense can't resist like this. Hold the big sword diagonally, with the hilt higher and the blade lower. This will allow the opponent's weapon to The force cuts obliquely."

After speaking, he raised his sword again and slashed straight.

Kiel understood what he heard, he stood in place, slanting his big sword to block the opponent's attack route.

Sure enough, with a sound, Jess's great sword slashed at Kiel's great sword obliquely, then slid down along the blade, and finally fell directly to the ground.

"When I teach you defense, you have to learn how I attack at the same time. I want to see if your learning ability is as good as what Kolico and Nickton said."

After finishing speaking, Jess began to open and close the offensive, and Kiel was also anxious to defend under the reminder of the other party.

"Yimei's defense is not good. Carefully judge my attack. If you can dodge my attack by moving, then my attack will be an ineffective attack. Missing is very dangerous in battle. If you can rely on dodge to dodge One of my attacks, then you won a rare attack time." Jess said, deliberately creating a few attacks that could only slightly hit Kiel.

For these attacks, as long as Kiel predicts the opponent's attack distance in advance, he doesn't need to dodge too much. He can get away from Jess's attack by only moving his body slightly, creating a rare opportunity for his possible counterattack.

The first few times were unsuccessful, and Jess's great sword hit the thick wooden armor for great swords. Sure enough, you get what you pay for. This kind of thickened wooden armor can effectively resist the power of the collision against the attack of the wooden sword, but it just makes Kiel's chest tight.

Just when Jess felt that the training progress was too fast, Keir spotted Jess's moves, and after a subconscious judgment, he counted the distance between the two of them, the distance between the two, and the distance between the big sword and the arm , accurately judged the maximum attack distance that Jess could hit with the next blow.

He flicked back occasionally, allowing Jace's greatsword to just brush past his arm armor, before delivering the blow he'd been building up to counter.

Kiel reversed the blade, turning the defensive sword into an offensive. Since the time to counterattack was fleeting, Kiel grabbed the hilt of the sword with one hand and the root of the big sword with the other, and stabbed directly towards Jess.

But Kiel thought too much, Jess smiled and watched the big sword attacking, he just made a slight mistake, and avoided the direct attack of Kiel's big sword.

When Kiel's attack weakened, Jess let go of his great sword with his right hand, and his free right hand directly grabbed Kiel's great sword, and his armpit also clamped the great sword.

The attacking sword was restrained, and Kiel wanted to draw out his own weapon, but found that neither of his own hands could match Jess's one-handed opponent in terms of strength.

The opponent firmly blocked Kiel's great sword, and then swung the great sword with his light left hand and tapped Kiel's wooden helmet.

Signal yourself to win.

Seeing that Kiel was a little discouraged, Jess praised him a lot: "You can grasp the offensive flaws of the big sword so quickly in battle, Kiel, you are already amazing. Really amazing."

Feeling a little embarrassed by what he said, Kiel leaned on the sword and scratched his head.

"Let's exchange next, you attack and I defend. Since you are so talented, let me see your skills."

"good!"

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Keir and Jess exchange offense and defense, and they are also defending. He wants to see how Jess defends.

At first it was a straight attack, facing Kiel's attack, Jess didn't even show any expression, he directly tilted his sword, staggered Kiel's offensive, and directly cut his own big sword horizontally, hitting On Kiel's helmet.

There was a little kick, and Keel felt dizzy.

Jess criticized: "You can't just slash straight down like this. This is too obvious. The straight slash is powerful, but there are too many flaws, and lifting the big sword to the upper part of the body is too obvious. People can see your attacking intentions. The moves must be continuous, and when the final blow is made, the opponent whose rhythm is disrupted will take a straight attack."

Zhao Ji rubbed his cheeks and nodded. He was a little too excited. Human opponents are not goblins, so they won't be scared by him. Not to mention that Jess is an experienced guard, and the opponent may even have been using weapons longer than his body was born.

Seeing that Kiel understood the fighting principle of the big sword, Jess began to talk about the improvement of the straight slash just now: "The simple straight slash has too many loopholes, but if the opponent is parrying, you have to look at the opponent's attack." Changes in parry. The opponent is defending with a big sword obliquely, so you don’t want to slash directly, you also come at an oblique angle, which is consistent with the opponent’s inclination angle, so that it can cause a lot of trouble for the opponent. In real battles, maybe you can Cut off the opponent's arms directly."

Zhao Ji thought, indeed, once an attack without change is seen through, it will be over, so whether it is defense or attack, one must use the right move at the right time, and at the same time make appropriate corresponding changes.

Moves are dead, but people are alive.

It has to be flexible.

Kiel took a deep breath and fought with Jace who was ready again. This time, he no longer sticks to the previous rigid routine, but also uses other learned experience in it. He moves in large strides, not simply approaching back and forth to attack, but also adding single-handed moves such as rounding back and flanking. Sword attack method.

Jess just counterattacked, but his strength and experience are very sufficient, no matter how Kiel attacks, he has not revealed any flaws.

Gradually, as Kiel let go of his offensive and moving positions, Jess also became interested. He no longer used the big sword with one hand occasionally, but became more focused, paying attention to Kiel's various offensives accurately. .

When the confrontation between the two slowed down, Jace began to tell Kiel the real points about the use of the great sword.

That is the combat distance.

Different from other weapons, the real importance of the great sword lies in the grasp of the combat distance.

Keir didn't understand. Jess smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. In the next teaching, we will let go of offense and defense, and fight at will. You will soon understand why it is said that the combat distance of the big sword Mastery is where it really counts."

The two are ready to fight, "Get ready. Start!"

Unlike the previous one attacking and one defending. This time, both Jess and Kiel started with attacks.

Keir was shocked and didn't know what to do in the next moment, but Jess confidently let the two swords collide with each other and made a loud sound.

Snapped!

The wooden sword was moaning. Although it was made of strong wood, it could hardly bear the force of two warriors colliding with each other.

Unlike the nervous Kiel, Jess missed an opening, and then he changed his defense, and Kiel foolishly took the initiative to attack, while Jess directly changed his defense after Kiel made a move. The angle of the sword, along with the movement of his footsteps, gave way to Kiel's attacking crosscut.

Jess used his greatsword to block the defensive position of Kiel's greatsword, opening the door to Kiel's chest. He directly changed the direction of his greatsword, and hit Kiel's chest hard with the hilt of the wooden greatsword. superior.

After being hit, Keir fell down.

When he was lying on the ground, he didn't realize how he fell down.

Putting the big sword pillar on the ground, Jess began to speak: "Think carefully about how you were knocked down by me just now."

Keir simply rested on the ground, thinking about the confrontation just now: "You deliberately missed a defensive stance. This is first of all a decoy. Hey, Captain Jess, your ability must be to attack first, how could you do it first?" Take a defensive stance, after all, I hadn’t attacked at the time, and when I saw you defending, I went on to attack myself.”

"Not stupid, you didn't attack, and I took a defensive posture. Of course, this is nothing in normal times, but in the course of fierce battles, fighters who are not calm enough will fall into the opponent's trap. In battle, Be sure to keep calm. Not only must you be calm, but you must also have a beast-like intuition. When you see a trap, first protect yourself and then fight back. Unless you are the initiator of the trap.”

Kiel went on to say: "Then you saw through the place where my offensive hit the most, and took the initiative to dodge my hastily lured attack by you."

"That's right! One ring after another. The previous defensive trap is to lure you to attack first. Your attack is not well prepared and you rely on instinct to attack. Naturally, it is easy for me to see through the maximum attack distance next. Because the big The sword itself is a weapon with a slow attack, so whether to attack or not, you must attack after you know it~www.readwn.com~ instead of just rushing forward with a yell. This is too easy to be judged by others See through."

Kiel propped himself up and half sat on the ground: "Then, you used your big sword to limit my big sword to defend, and then you closed the distance, and hit me with your weapon first. Hey, I should have just retreated back then, maybe You can also swing the weapon while retreating to force your approaching attacks away."

"Hahahahaha, you are quite accurate. Being approached by someone is also a flaw of the great sword. It is difficult for it to protect itself when the enemy approaches. Firstly, because the great sword is large in size and heavy, it is not easy Protect yourself within time. Secondly, the big sword itself is difficult to achieve close protection. When facing this, the best way is to distance yourself from the opponent and regain control of the combat distance. If not, you You can also give up the big sword directly, if you have a one-handed sword and dagger on your body, it is still possible to draw them out to fight at this time."

After a pause, Jess continued: "There is only one possibility of a war."

"Next, I will teach you some unique fighting methods, all about the big sword. Get up, let's continue."

Keir got up, patted the floating dirt on his body, and said, "After the teaching is over, I have another gift for you. It's those wolf fur cloaks I mentioned earlier. Please be sure to be subordinate."

There are two cloaks that have already been made, just enough to give one to Captain Jess, and let him take the other back to their city gate guards. None of the four of them had one.

As for the best cloak made of wolf fur, he intends to give it to Jamura, on the one hand, to thank him for his previous rescue and shelter, and on the other hand, to thank the other party for his support between him and Knight Crowe. He was busy with trading pure elemental crystals.