Laymen watch the excitement and experts look at the doorway. When ordinary people look at blacksmiths, they feel that they are just clinking with hammers. But only Stan, a guy who has been blacksmithing for half his life, understands the forging strength behind Rody's hand. How deep.
Strength, accuracy, fire control, and the steps of polishing, these things can't be learned immediately, and Stan thinks that he can't be as perfect as Roddy.
Fortunately, Rody didn't forge weapons but only modified them. Otherwise, not to mention a few hours, a few weeks might not be enough—but it still took Rody three months to make the most original modifications to two knives. four hours.
In the middle of the night, he finally completed the transformation, but Stan stood by and never left. Rody, who was tired for a long time, felt sore all over his body. After all, his physical fitness was not as good as that of the former Ranger. With two scimitars, he has a little more confidence in the next battle plan.
After exercising his stiff body, Rody picked up the two scimitars and walked out of the blacksmith's shop. In this way, he did a set of the simplest basic moves of double-knife combat in the moonlight in front of the shop—including chopping, chopping, and parrying. And the most practical combat skills on various battlefields, although only level 2, but the dignified aura in every gesture is something that those scouts who only put on airs will never be able to learn.
He self-adapted to the weight of the two scimitars, but he didn't know that Stan, who had been watching silently beside him, was completely ashamed by his set of sword skills.
What is a soldier
Simply put, a killing machine. This is the most essential thing, and it is the ultimate purpose of every soldier being trained.
But among the scouts in Nolan Village, except for Luger, almost none of the remaining young people can meet the standard of "soldiers"-this is Stan's conclusion. But now, looking at Rody under the moonlight, he only felt that the young man in front of him was the most "thorough" killing machine.
Looking at Roddy's figure, Stan thought of something in a daze, finally sighed secretly, shook his head for some reason, then turned and left. Not long after, he came over with a burden—Rhody had put away his knives at the moment, was sweating, and was about to return those tools to Stan and thank him, but he didn't know that the blacksmith had given him the burden.
"This is…"
Rody looked down and found a strange gauntlet in the baggage.
Generally speaking, metal gauntlets are not equipped for soldiers other than heavy infantry. Knights wear full-body heavy armor, while ordinary infantry only have a simple layer of leather armor, so this also makes gauntlets suitable for most soldiers. However, its role is not important for ordinary soldiers, because heavy gauntlets will make soldiers swing swords much slower. Will wear it, but at the moment when Stan takes out this set, it is naturally not that simple.
For Rody, who is dual-wielding scimitars, he has no way to use shields to defend like ordinary soldiers. The only way to resist attacks is to dodge and block with scimitars. Once he has this set of gauntlets, he Relatively speaking, its protective ability has definitely soared by a large margin.
"I don't think I'll ever wear it in my life, but seeing you, I don't think this set of gauntlets should be eroded by time..."
Stan looked at this set of gauntlets, and told his story with emotion—his grandfather used to be a heavy infantry soldier in the kingdom. When this unit first appeared, the kingdom selected the strongest young men, but Stan After the grandfather died on the battlefield, there was no one in the family who was qualified to be a heavy infantry soldier, and only this set of gauntlets was left in the handed down equipment. Stan's father failed to inherit the glory of the kingdom, and Stan himself became a blacksmith who worked hard all his life. His son died of a serious illness three years ago. Seeing Rody's strength at this moment, Stan felt a little sour at last. made this decision.
Sending this gauntlet may be regarded as Stan burying one of his past sustenance... Rody can understand the sadness of a white-haired person giving a black-haired person, but he can't really understand it.
After Stan finished speaking, Rody seemed a little dazed—because there was a line of small words in front of his eyes that no one else could see: "Stan's wish (completed)".
In the past, Rody probably wouldn't even have the thought of looking at Stan one more time. He has always been just the purest player, acting on the basis of interests and ignoring all external things. But now, holding the gauntlets with both hands, he didn't know what to answer.
All the illusory things in the past have become the reality in front of him. Rody, who was dealing with NC with a mask in the previous games, suddenly felt a little dizzy. Looking at Stan's lonely face, Rody even felt a little sad for no reason. In the end, he took the pair of gauntlets, bent down to thank him, and said goodbye to the blacksmith who he remembered also died in the war like an ordinary young man.
War is ruthless, and Rody has realized this more and more. In the past, he only knew it through everything in the game, but now when it becomes a reality, his mood also has a heaviness that he could not understand before.
Carter, Ruger, and even that Dick quartermaster, these NCs have now become vivid characters in their own lives. They have their own stories and emotions, as well as their own troubles and dreams. Roddy felt more and more that he was slowly blending into this dreamlike world.
Putting away the gauntlets, he was going to pack up some items that could be used later—the only thing Rody could do now was to try his best to complete every set goal in his head.
As one of the former life professional players, even when raw materials are scarce, he can still make some food that improves attributes. Fortunately, after Ruger agreed to the combat operation tomorrow, the entire scout team, including Dick from the Quartermaster Department, understood Rody's current "temporary leadership" status, so he didn't bother to ask for raw materials from Dick, who was still awake. Made some "hemostatic bandages" by my own means.
These are the most basic skills in "First Aid", but they can really save lives at certain times. After getting ready, Rody fell into a deep sleep, waiting for the dawn of the next day.
…
In the morning, Nolan Village was a bit cold, and everything looked the same as before. The farmer walked on the dirt road with a hoe, and occasionally complained that the lord's tax was too difficult to pay. The peasant women returning from milking carried wooden buckets, covered their heads with scarves, and chatted about the gossip in the village.
The only thing that is a little strange is perhaps the members of the scouting team.
The voices of soldiers joking and laughing with each other in the past disappeared. In the bustling small square, they packed their luggage silently.
For them, the enemy they have to face today is really too powerful to make their legs weak. Except for veterans like Ruger, the young scouts couldn't hide their nervousness at all, their faces were pale, their legs were a little weak, and the knots were tied too tightly when wearing armor... All the signs told the yawning Roddy—this The combat effectiveness of this army is really lacking.
But who is born to be an elite soldier? Roddy is very aware of this, so today's task means more "training" to him.
"Sordin has already gone to Houllier City."
After hastily eating breakfast, Carter has already detected the movements of that "boss". Apparently, this news shows that their actions will not be noticed by that greedy and greedy guy for at least five days.
The soldiers who heard these words had an inexplicable feeling in their hearts—hope that Sodin is here? Maybe they wouldn't have to face those orcs that way; wish he wasn't there? Then he might become the hero who saves the border villages.
Before the expedition, these raw melon eggs had a lot of feelings in their hearts, but the hearts of the veterans were only numb... Ruger silently wiped his sword, as if he had participated in the battle when he was young, and let his mind be emptied, leaving only the most focused status.
But Rody was not in a hurry to lead the entire scout troop to set off. He counted the number of people. The two teams counted 15 people including himself. Facing the orc stronghold with about 25 people, there was no way to charge, so he summoned all the scouts. , issued a very simple and surprising order - "rest, stand by."
"We attack at night, so the winning rate will be greater, and before dark, I will be responsible for telling you how to face these green-skinned bastards."
When Rody spoke, he no longer had the cowardly look he used to. He was radiant and full of confidence. "A leader must always have his own charisma." This sentence was indeed reflected in the reborn Roddy—his Confidence comes from countless battles against the orcs.
Ruger and Carter looked at each other. They didn't understand what Rody was going to do. If he only taught combat skills now, wouldn't it be a complete "sharpening the gun"
But Rody ignored those surprised eyes. After telling Dick to prepare some items, he pulled more than a dozen soldiers to the school field to start this kind of temporary training.
In Roddy's view, a group of humans who have never really fought against orcs face to face can't imagine how powerful those guys are. What he has to do is to tell them the weaknesses of the enemy.
Including the combat style, combat skills, footstep rhythm and action habits of the orcs, these are the experiences summed up by countless people on the battlefield with their lives. If you can remember three or four, the chance of survival is often several times higher than that of ignorant people, so In Rody's view, this kind of "temporary training" is absolutely necessary.
"The orcs are very powerful. Never try to block with a weapon, or even hold a shield, because when you find that your arm is broken, it is too late to dodge."
"How to judge their attack? Keep a close eye on the shoulders of these guys, and step back immediately if there is any shaking..."
"The orc turns very slowly. Don't try to face him alone. When three people besiege an orc at the same time, you must learn to fight around him!"
After a few simple explanations, Rody even demonstrated how to fight against the orcs himself—this sounds a bit far-fetched, even ridiculous, but only a true technical nerd will understand how powerful these things are. Important... It is important to understand that Roddy's own research on orcs is enough for him to write a professional-level thesis: different orcs' attack intervals, attack styles, weapon attack routes, footstep transfer habits, and even their languages. Roddy has done in-depth research Research.
It is through these researches that Roddy, a technical geek, has come to the forefront of V players in just a few years from a half-ordained life player.
The experience in his mind allows a group of young people who only spar with wooden swords on the school field to understand how to deal with the seemingly powerful but clumsy green-skinned barbarians in a short period of time.
What this seemingly impromptu method really brings is not only the so-called "combat skills", but also more functions, so that soldiers have enough confidence to face the next battle - understand what they are facing , and know what they should do, this is the reason why veterans are stronger than recruits, most of them die on the battlefield before they understand this, and Rody is using his own experience to make this process in advance.