If it is normal, as long as Xiaya stares, the magician will be so frightened that his legs will go weak, flattering and respectful. But now, Xiaya stared at Dodo Luo with rounded eyes, but this guy looked firm and didn't mean to waver at all.
After a long time, Xia Ya sighed: "Okay!"
Dotolo was immediately overjoyed, and bowed to Xia Ya: "Master, if I can successfully come back this time, I will get the title of a magician, I... I will definitely go to you!"
Xia Ya laughed and looked at Duoduoluo: "You guy, you can't lift it on your hands, you can't carry it on your shoulders, you eat more than others, and do less work than others. What's the use of asking you to join me?" But Then Xia Ya went up and hugged Dodoro, hugged him fiercely, and whispered in the magician's ear: "Hey, you guy, although I don't look down on you very much, I usually bully you and tease you. , but we finally meet, and you are the one who walked down the battlefield with me."
Although this sentence is light, the sincerity in his tone is rare. The magician loosened his hands, and the burden he was carrying fell to the ground. His face showed a dull look, and then his eyes gradually flashed with emotion: "I … that, Char, you…”
"Idiot, I want to call you Master!" Xiaya let go of Dodoro and knocked him hard on the forehead. Then he took two steps back and squinted his eyes: "You don't have to leave now. Anyway, the duration of the trial is 100 days, how long has it been? There is still time! Your current ability, what life spell? Magic requires life force every time you use it, so you haven't tried it before, and you don't know how powerful it is, and the aura is not very bright. With your current ability, hum, even if you go to the wildfire, it will take less than two days. I'll give it to the monsters. I heard that the land of chaos, the forest sea where the elves live, is more dangerous than the wildfire. If you go, I'm afraid it will become the feces of the monsters at some point. Um-time There are still many days, you don’t have to go, these days, I will teach you a little bit, I will teach you some skills, or learn some self-defense martial arts. When you go outside, you will be more sure of your life.”
Dodoro was moved to tears, but Xi Ya tilted his head and shouted: "Sharba! Cato!!!"
Not long after, I heard Xia Ya's roar, and saw Sharba and Cato running out of the backyard. They were holding rice bowls in their hands. Sharba's mouth was full of greasy, and he didn't know what kind of meat was stuffed. He said vaguely: "Fuck, howling while eating, so that you won't live!"
Xia Ya smiled and pushed Dodo Luo: "This guy is going to go out and do a desperate business. These few days, if you are free, help me teach him some skills."
Throwing the magician to two cavalrymen from the army, Xi Ya walked back to the room by himself.
He had already saved a lot of things in his heart today. Sitting in the room at the moment, many thoughts came to his mind, but suddenly he couldn't help but think of a question.
Before, whether it was General Adric, or the old goblin Kavisher... Both of them seemed to have mentioned a word-faith!
(Well, General Adric's belief is that of the senate in the white robe... and Dodoro's belief is probably the magician.)
(Even this guy, Duoduo Luo, has his own beliefs, so what is the belief of Lao Tzu?)
This is probably the first time in his life that the turtle has been alone and introspected. These serious and profound questions are also the first time in his life that he has thought of it. The young turtle probably still doesn't understand what the so-called "faith" is at this moment.
But... even Todoro, who he usually looks down on, has faith.
I... If I don't have faith, it seems... as if something is wrong.
(My, belief... what is it?)
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The appointment of General Adrick was dismissed by the Senate, and news of this kind soon spread throughout the imperial capital under the dissemination of interested people. There are three results of this matter: Some people think that this is a slap in the face of the emperor by the Senate. Some people think that the Senate slapped itself in the face (because Adric himself is a supporter of the Senate line), while others think that the Senate is not siding with the warlords.
However, these disturbing news spread in the imperial capital, but a gossip came from the palace: It is said that the Great Lancer himself heard that the Senate rejected Adric's appointment on the same day. Instead of being annoyed and angry, he Instead, he laughed and drank two more glasses of wine for dinner that night, and that night, he was lucky enough to have a beautiful newly selected maid...
Subsequently, the appointment was re-transferred by His Majesty to the Council of Nobles.
However, General Adric himself did not go to the noble council to participate in the review process. He was invited to the Imperial Military Academy that day and gave an impassioned speech to hundreds of students of the Imperial Military Academy. This famous warrior in the empire is quite prestigious among the students. His speech made the young students excited and caused a sensation in the academy. Many of the students who graduated that year have revised their graduation applications to join the army. According to the statistics after the fact, half of the people who applied for enlistment filled in the "13th Cavalry Regiment", the army that General Adrick had served for the longest time.
Some people stopped General Adrick directly after the speech and petitioned in person, requesting that he be transferred to him as a guard or adjutant.
It is said that Adrick was in tears at that time, but he could only reject the demands of these students one by one.
These news reached the ears of the fat man Ruhr. The rabbit general, who had been packing his bags at home, was ready to set off for the 13th Corps to take office. Hearing these news, it is said that General Ruhr sighed deeply at that time. His tone, he suddenly became depressed, interested in chatting, and scattered the entourage around him. He sat alone for a long time, and got drunk at night. While drunk, the fat man pulled out his sword and carved a line on the wall in one breath.
"Hot blood! There is no way to serve the country!!"
The next day, when Fatty woke up, he saw the words he had carved with his sword on the wall. He laughed a few times, and waved his hand to erase the writing on the wall.
Fatty didn't even go to say goodbye to Xia Ya, he just sent someone to send a letter to Tu Bie, and left the imperial capital with a group of escorts and went to the 13th Cavalry Regiment to take up his post.
On the same day, Green, a senior instructor at the Imperial Military Academy, a former imperial general and known as a "mad dog", formally submitted his resignation to the academy, and at the same time submitted an application to the Imperial Military Department for a transfer.
The application was tough, stating that if he couldn't move this time, he would rather retire and go home and give up his military status.
The application was sent to the military that day, and at night, a copy appeared on the study desk in a quiet manor on the southern outskirts of Osgilia.
A gray-haired old man held a magnifying glass, carefully read the application with cloudy old eyes, and then sighed a long time. The back of the old man's hand was thin and his muscles burst out, and he finally let out a long sigh.
He raised it and threw it and looked at the wall. On the wall of the study, there was a broken sword hanging there. Only one third of the blade was left, and the broken part was like a sawtooth, and the blade had a green color. …
After hesitating for a moment, the old man finally picked up a pen and wrote his name on the copy of the application: Minas.
Green's application, in the military, some people sneered after reading it. The original fate of this application must be thrown into a trash can. However, at the last moment, the copy of the document signed with the name "Minas" was sent to the military department. After some people read it, the final result changed.
That same day, General Green's application was approved.
"Zha, the instructor of the Imperial Military Academy, Green, who taught him ineffectively and misunderstood his children. He should be dismissed from the post of instructor of the Military Academy. Change past mistakes, make meritorious deeds, serve the empire, and live up to the glory of the imperial eagle. This order!"
After Green got the transfer order issued by the military department, he didn't even read the words like "teaching nowhere", and only saw the words "transferred to the battalion officer of the local garrison flag regiment in More County". , and laughed three times.
After laughing, the mad dog general's order was torn into pieces and thrown into the trash can, with a middle finger.
"Cut, you idiot!"
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Adrick was promoted to Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, and was immediately assigned to inspect the southern military region. Ruhr also left the imperial capital, and Green had already left for Moore County...
The remaining Tubie himself was still waiting in the imperial capital for the official appointment document from the military department. The review process of the nobility in the noble council has not yet been completed, which makes the turtle very anxious.
However, fortunately, the news about his promotion and transfer to the military commander of More County has been spread out. I heard that he was also summoned by His Majesty, and the news of the knighthood in the noble council has also spread - but there is no small night to come to make trouble. harassed.
After all, a helpless turtle is easy to mess with. But with the title of baron and the position of a military commander who holds the actual power of tens of thousands of troops in a county, the turtle can be considered to have his own capital after all, and those young people dare not come to provoke him.
Taking advantage of these few days of happiness, he finally remembered the partner he met on the way to the imperial capital, and sent someone to contact Avre Carter of the 50th Regiment of the Wolf Fang. Naturally, the Landisian Guro was also arrested. attracted to the past. After everyone got together twice and got drunk for two games, Xia showed a little bit of solicitation, and Afre Carter happily agreed.
Leaving aside Xia Ya's kindness to Alfre Carter, the local turtle is about to take control of the military and political power in a county and become a powerful party, so following such a boss, in the future, it is better to be a half-officer than to be a nameless person. The Jianghu warriors are much stronger.
Avre Carter quickly stated that he would take all the brothers of the 50th Regiment of the Wolf Fang to take office with Char.
As for Gu Luo, the head of the Lantis spy was naturally even more excited. When he was on the way, he decided that this guy Xia Ya was not ordinary. Sure enough, within a few days of coming to the emperor, he got the news that he was promoted to be the military commander of a county, and he was also named a baron - hereditary! !
From this point of view, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire admired this person very much. Besides, the turtle was under the age of 20, so there was such an emperor's care, so looking forward to the future, the future was boundless! Such a star of hope is naturally worthy of his vigorous friendship. After Gu Luo returned, he consulted his superiors, and decided to increase the budget. He would spare no expense to befriend the future star of hope in the political arena of the Byzantine Empire.
To do what he likes, Gu Luo thought for a long time, thinking that since this guy started his career with martial arts, he is naturally martial by nature, giving money and wealth, but it is vulgar, and he may not be able to get the true friendship of the other party, he thought hard. After a long time, I finally prepared a special gift and delivered it to Xia Ya's residence.
This gift is not gold and silver jewelry, nor is it a beauty dancer, but a bow!
In addition to being famous for their maritime power, the Lantis people are also unique in their longbow troops. The Landis are good at bows, especially longbows. The bow given to Char is of the highest quality.
The bow horn of the rare white rhino leather bag, the stainless steel bow tire, and the bow string are made of the tendons of a giant snake that grows in the sea, and soaked with whale glue. It took three years to make a piece. It is said that the person who made this bow is a famous bow maker in the Kingdom of Landis. He traveled to the mainland when he was young, and he didn't know what method he used to get connected with the dwarves. With the skills of some dwarf craftsmen, he became a famous bow maker after returning to Landis. This bow and arrow was made by him in his later years. At that time, he made a total of three bows and arrows, and the other two were owned by famous warriors in the Landis Kingdom.
The bow delivered to Xia Ya has a length of 1.5 meters and almost one person is tall. It is called "Juxiao". When used, the arrows are strong and sharp, with a tsunami-like sound of breaking through the air. !
It can be seen that Gu Luo really spent a lot of money in order to make friends with Xiaya!
Xia Ya was very happy when he got this bow. This kind of long bow is suitable for someone with a strong body like him. In front of Gu Luo, Tu Bie pulled the big bow away and tried it out, but Ju Xiao bow started, and under the force, he felt the power in it!
With the monster-like brute force of the turtle, he was still calm, and he was able to draw the bow full! After a try, the bowstring vibrated and hummed like a gust of wind! Although he never shot an arrow, it was just the energy of the bowstring vibrating, and a piece of white paper on the table in front of him snorted and split into two!
The turtle was overjoyed and tried again.
But the result... With such strength, the Turtle only pulled the bow three times, and the fourth time, the strength was not enough!
"Good bow!" Xia Ya was very excited. After all, he was young and full of energy. He liked this kind of powerful weapon the most, and this bow was so strong that he could only draw it three times. It was obviously an extraordinary treasure!
Gu Luo couldn't help but look different when he watched Xi Ya try the bow.
After the bow was delivered, the samurai guards under him tried it out of curiosity. The captain of the guards in the group of samurai guards under his control already had the strength of the middle-level fourth-level, but it took a lot of effort. Even with the vindictive energy, it still couldn't draw the howling bow full!
Seeing this Xiaya, he was able to pull it three times at will, but he didn't even use his grudge... It seems that this guy really deserves to be the strongman who defeated Hastings on the battlefield!
(Gu Luo didn't know that Xiaya didn't have any grudges at all.)
Resisting the excitement in his heart, Gu Luo presented another twenty iron-ridged armor-piercing arrows and said with a smile, "Lord Char, although this arrow is not from the master of the bow, it is also a craftsman in our country in Landis. Made, the three-edged arrow has extraordinary lethality! The weight of the arrow is three pounds, which is the most suitable for this kind of strong bow. More importantly, this arrow is also smeared with a kind of magic fish that grows in the sea. The fish oil has been fumigated three times after soaking, and the medicinal power has been soaked... Although it is not a poison, it has some bonuses for cracking some magical defenses!"
Destruction attribute
Xia's eyes lit up.
Gu Luo's gift was delivered, and he breathed a sigh of relief - the value of this Whistling Bow is immeasurable, let alone. And these 20 specially made iron ridge armor-piercing arrows are worth hundreds of gold coins! This generous gift has already made Gu Luo take out the budget for the whole year, which shows that the blood has been invested.
After Xia got this bow, it was like a child who got a favorite toy. His own archery is actually not that good - after all, he was born in the mountains before, and he never practiced bow skills carefully, but after getting this bow, when he was free during the day, he made a target in the yard and tried a few times. Second, it turned out that Xia Ya's bowing skills were really average. In the fifty-step test, three or four arrows missed the target, and the arrows that hit the target were just two of them.
It's a pity that the people around, Cato and Sharba are both cavalrymen, and the cavalry skills in horse charge are proficient, and the archery skills are average. Alfrekat is a serious warrior, and he has also dabbled in archery, but he is only proficient, far from being a master.
"Having a good bow is not enough, I have to find someone to practice this archery skill, otherwise, no matter how good the bow and arrow are, it will be in vain if it misses."
Shaya sighed.
Afrekat next to him heard it, and his eyes lit up: "Lord Char, I have a solution... The competitive competition has begun, this time warriors from all over the empire gathered in the imperial capital, some of them are famous archers, we might as well go to the Go and watch the competition in the competitive competition, maybe you can gain something."
Competitive competition
Xia Ya also slapped her head.
Such a big and lively event, I have been busy these days but almost forgot! This is a big lively scene! Given Xiaya's temperament, how could he not take a good look at it
Turtle has a temperament to do whatever comes to his mind. He didn't wait any longer, he dragged Afre Carter directly out the door and went to the vicinity of the arena.
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The annual Byzantine warrior competition has begun, but there are still some days before the main game, and these days have started only some preliminaries.
Knowing that Xia Ya didn't understand these rules, Avrekat briefly introduced it on the way: "This competitive competition is the best way for Byzantine warriors to stand out. If they can emerge in the competition and win fame and fortune, not only With that generous bonus and fame, it will also be of great benefit for future samurai groups to recruit new recruits to expand their scale—if they can be valued by some nobles and dignitaries with high salaries, they can jump into the wealthy family and enter the upper echelons of the empire. i.e....
The competition is held in the spring of each year, but the process is more and more complicated. Generally speaking, the samurai who achieved certain good results in the competition last year can directly register for the main stage without going through the preliminaries. But if some new samurai debuted, or those who had poor results in last year's competition, they had to start fighting from the preliminaries. The general rules are as follows: after registration for the preliminaries, according to the rules of the competitive competition, the samurai who signed up on the same day can draw their opponents on the same day, and they will be arranged to appear on the same day. One point will be awarded for victory, and one point will be deducted for the loser. There are ten days for the preliminaries, and there is no limit to the number of times each samurai can participate. After the ten-day preliminaries are over, each person's points will be calculated, and the highest 100 people will be able to enter the main competition.
However, there is a rule among them, that is, if you win in a row, your points will be doubled! If you win the first game, you will get one point on the spot, if you win the second game in a row, you will get two points on the spot, and if you win the third game in a row, you will get four points on the spot! The more winning streaks, the higher the score! "
Speaking of this, Afre Carter is quite proud: "Two years ago in the preliminaries, I once won four games in a row, which was considered rare at the time. However, I heard that in the previous competitions, only one person has won four games in a row. From the preliminaries, the winning streak has continued without a single defeat!"
"Yi? Winning streak..." Xia frowned and said, "As you said, opponents are decided by a temporary lottery, so it will inevitably be unfair. If a low-level samurai draws a high-level opponent, wouldn't it be bad? ?"
Avre Carter smiled lightly: "This is just resignation! If you are not strong enough, even if you get a good lottery, you are lucky enough to enter the main game, and you will lose in the end."
After a pause, he added: "However, there are also some weak guys who know that they have no hope of achieving results in the main competition, and some people are opportunistic, hoping to draw weaker opponents in the preliminaries and win a few wins. In the field, take the opportunity to become famous. But these people are, after all, a minority."
"When it comes to the main stage, you can't do it if you want to. The main stage is still a lottery, but everyone is only allowed to have three chances of losing. After losing three times, they will be eliminated directly. In the main competition, if you want to Winning streak is even more difficult!"
The two walked and talked, and after a while, they came to the arena in the Imperial City!
From a distance, at the end of the road, there is a tall building, more than ten meters high, like a city wall. Wearing a variety of leather armor, carrying a variety of weapons such as long swords, long swords, hammers, and battle axes.
Under the huge building, several gates were wide open, and dozens of naked knights stood there, but the warriors who came and went still blocked the road!
In the distance, after hearing the city wall of the arena, suddenly there was a thunderous cry...