Magic Apprentice

Chapter 5: Apply

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As the strong light faded, the travelers found that they had moved to the center of a huge square. Enleco was no stranger to such a square. When he went to the Magic Association Center in Xinna City with Teacher Victor, the Magic Center There is also the same teleportation magic circle.

However, the square in front of us is much larger than the one in Xinna City. From the front of the square, we can see a group of contiguous palaces from a distance. That should be the imperial city. A towering observatory on the left indicates that this is the center of the Magic Association in the capital Sophien, and its supreme presiding officer is the great wizard Naga. There is a row of buildings with pointed roofs on the right, which shows close communication with the gods. It is the center of the church.

Perhaps they were alerted by the teleportation magic circle. From a distance, a group of cavalry could be seen walking towards here.

I saw the cavalry marching slowly along both sides of the square avenue in two columns. From the completely consistent marching pace of the pair of war horses and the knights on the war horses, who were fully dressed and majestic, Enleco could roughly guess that , that should be the Royal Knights that Jerry's brother joined.

Sure enough, when the cavalry came closer, they could see that the long shields on their horses and the badges hanging on the saddles were embroidered with Sophie's Royal Pegasus emblem.

The cavalry slowly lined up in front of everyone, then dismounted in unison, and drew their swords. Under the rising sun, the swords shone with rugged golden light, and followed the orders of the two captains on both sides. , all the knights gave a knight's introduction ceremony,

After the ceremony, the knights sheathed their swords. At this time, the cavalry captain on the left walked directly in front of the princess, got down on one knee and paid her a royal entrance ceremony.

Kate, who had already stepped aside, grabbed Enleco and Jerry by their collars and pulled the two commoners behind her. Bertina also ducked to the other side obediently.

"Dear Princess, your Majesty is late to greet you. The King is presiding over state affairs in the main hall. Please rest for a moment. Your Majesty will receive you in a moment. Please." After saying this, the knight captain bowed and slowly retreated. In the cavalry.

The five knights led their horses to the front of the travelers, knelt on one knee, and hugged their chests with their hands.

Enleco didn't know what was going on, but he saw the princess walking up to a war horse, kicking on the knight's arm, taking advantage of the knight's gently raising his arms, turning around and riding on the horse .

Kate also found a horse, but he did not step on the knight's shoulder. Instead, he gave the knight a simple knight's salute. The knight nodded and stood up. I saw Kate push on her seat and get on the horse.

I saw Bertina and Jerry looking at each other, feeling that it was safer to be like the princess.

When Enleco was working in a grocery store in a small town, he often managed horses for customers, so he developed good riding skills. After imitating Kate's salute to the knight, he did not step on the stirrup as usual. He just flicked his leg, pressed his hand on the saddle, and then his body rose into the air and he sat steadily on the horse. Seeing Enleco's equestrian skills, the knight beside him nodded.

After Enleco mounted his horse, all the knights mounted their horses in unison. He protected the five people in the middle and marched towards the imperial city.

Pass through the Arc de Triomphe, the Central Avenue and the Forbidden City Gate. Sophien's center of supreme power, the Royal Palace, is right in front of her.

After getting off the horse, the group climbed up the white marble stairs. Two bronze Pegasus statues on both sides are erected in front of the palace. Forty-eight marble columns support the entire palace, and each stone column is carved with giant reliefs. Most of the content of the reliefs tells the story of the Glorious Battle and the Battle of Victory Day. The top of the palace made of white marble is inlaid with gold foil to create the shape of heaven. The twelve main pillars in the center are inlaid with the symbols of the twelve main gods of the divine world. The sound of talking came from the depths of the hall, and the resonance of the huge palace seemed low and rich. The knights had already exited the palace, and the group, led by the princess and surrounded by the palace officials and maids, came to the side hall.

The side hall is an exquisite small courtyard with eight floor-to-ceiling windows more than two meters high. The sunlight illuminates the room extremely brightly. There is a row of sofas along the edge of the small courtyard. A fox fur seat and camel hair pillow.

Feeling exhausted, Enleco bent over and buried himself in the sofa. The soft fox fur and camel hair wrapped Enleco's body, and a feeling he had never felt before came to his heart.

"Comfortable, really comfortable, I've never been so comfortable."

"It turns out that this is the royal style."

Looking at Jerry and Bertina who were also enjoying themselves, Enleco thought that it seemed that they were enjoying this kind of royal treatment for the first time. After all, unlike Kate, who was a noble, Kate was sitting slightly in bed, looking at the people around her. Not caring about anything.

Enleco relaxed and buried himself deeply in the fox fur and camel hair, enjoying the happiness he had never felt before.

After a long time, four palace maids came in pushing a silver dining cart. There were four colors of tea on the dining cart, and there was an unknown drink in a silver pot in the middle.

The maids gently pushed the dining cart in front of Enleco.

Enleco didn't know what to do.

The princess said: "Just pick what you like to eat."

To be honest, these snacks are novel to Enleco who comes from a small town. He would never mind leaving all the snacks, but I'm afraid it would be impolite. After choosing, he ordered a plate of sponge cake that looked extremely soft.

Enleco savored the smooth and sweet taste of the sponge cake that melted in his mouth and flowed on his tongue.

At this time, a guard wearing a sapphire blue palace dress came in and conveyed His Majesty's intention to receive him.

Everyone stood up, and Enleco reluctantly said goodbye to the sofa.

Follow the princess through the hall and down an extremely long corridor. Stand in front of a huge arched door. The door slowly opened to both sides. Inside is a huge domed hall. Bright and soft light shines from the high dome

Directly in front, a low platform composed of seven stairs clearly divides the hall into two parts. On the throne in the middle of the low platform sat the king and queen.

To the king's left, on a throne that lay sideways, sat the young prince.

There is a throne on the right side, which should be the princess's seat.

Under the low platform, a group of ministers stood on both sides. All eyes were cast on the people entering the hall.

The princess walked to the edge of the stage and saluted the king. Enleco followed closely and followed the princess to do the same.

Hearing a burst of laughter, Enleco looked up and saw all the ministers pointing and laughing, and the three emperors sitting on the stage were also smiling. The prince even looked at himself secretly happy.

Looking back to the left and right, he saw his companions staring at him, and the princess on the left front also turned back and glared at him. At the same time, I felt three fingers poking me from different directions on my waist. Immediately afterwards, the princess in front stretched out her heel and stepped hard on her toes. This made everyone who saw it laugh unbearably.

Enleco looked at himself from head to toe, only to realize that he only paid attention to the princess's actions, and even learned the way to salute, which seemed a little inappropriate. He quickly stood up straight and looked around. Bertina and the princess were giving the same salute. Isn't that a woman's way of saluting? Kate seems to be practicing knight etiquette, follow Jerry's example! Having made up his mind, Enleco followed Jerry's example and posed.

Seeing Enleco's clumsy look, the other four people now regretted bringing this idiot. Now, come to the palace in disgrace. Enleco had no idea that just because of this small mistake, he would be called "one of the six shames of the Magic Association" along with his two teachers Victor Magician and Chrissy Magician. The crime is, of course, extremely tarnishing the sacred image of the magician.

The princess quickly introduced the identities of Kate, Bertina, and Jerry. In order to make up for the severely damaged image, the princess exaggeratedly claimed that they were trainees of the Magic Association but had passed the assessment of intermediate magicians early (the journey to the dream forest is indeed one of the contents of the assessment of intermediate magicians). 1), and received training from Princess Chris, and is a rare magic genius.

When introducing Enleco, the princess bluntly referred to him as the private property of Her Royal Highness Princess Chrissy. And told all about the contract he signed with Chris. To treat others differently.

After listening to the princess's introduction, the king, queen, and prince were extremely interested in Enleco's identity. Of course, they knew Chrissy's character well, and only she could do such weird things.

Other ministers were doubtful about the abilities of the four young people. After all, they were too young. No matter how talented you are, the practice of magic is accumulated over time. It cannot happen overnight. Moreover, this mission has a heavy responsibility, and all personnel who are going must be capable and competent.

"I would like to test the strength of the four of you. Please give me your permission." At this time, a knight stood up.

The king looked at the knight. In fact, he was also very worried about the abilities of the four young people. After all, he knew his precious sister deeply. Her sister would never teach anyone well, so his Although her daughter is her disciple, in fact, it is the great wizard Naga who actually teaches her daughter magic. I have no idea what kind of disciples my sister can teach. In fact, even as to how strong my sister's magic power is, I only heard the Naga Archmage say that she is very strong, and I don't have much idea about it. Cognition. However, now my daughter insists that the four young people are very strong. If this is not the case, it will be a fatal blow to the princess's reputation and ability. If this is the case, it will have a negative impact on this mission. Huge negative impact.

The princess was also very worried. After all, she was just impulsive and wanted to undo the negative impact caused by Enleco, an idiot, and exaggerated the strength of the three people. In fact, I don't know the strength of these people at all. What if...

The king looked at the princess and saw that his daughter was hesitant. He knew that her daughter was not sure, so she did not dare to reply.

On the contrary, Kate was full of confidence and strode forward: "Your Majesty, I am willing to accept the test."

The king glanced at Kate. He felt a little relieved about Kate because he had heard several different people mention this young man and knew that he was very talented in swordsmanship and magic. However, he must be too confident, and he dared to accept the test of the leader of the Royal Knights. So the king decided to give the young man a warning.

"Very well, young man, your courage is commendable, but as a qualified knight, courage alone is not enough. Do you know who the knight in front of you is?"

"Your Majesty, of course I know Mr. Pastin, the leader of the Royal Knights. He is the person with the most noble title of Holy Knight among the knights. He is the knight I respect the most besides my father." Kate said proudly, because His voice trembled slightly with excitement.

From Kate's words, you can hear the sincerity and reverence with which he said these words. Both the king and Lord Pastin were quite satisfied with this.

Kate continued: "Therefore, it will be the honor of my life to ask your majesty to allow me to be tested by the Lord Paladin."

When the king saw Kate speaking like this, it would be too unkind to disagree. Thinking that Pastine should also like this young man, it should not embarrass him too much, so he announced: "I hereby decide , Kate's trainee knight accepts the test from the leader of the Royal Knights, Paladin Pastin, and I hope that everyone can embody the glorious style of a knight in the spirit of mutual competition."

Following the decree, the ministers on both sides retreated to both sides of the hall, leaving as much space in the middle as possible. The palace magician stood at the six corners of the hall, setting up a magic barrier. Two other high-level magicians stood beside the king, and a transparent wall protected the royal family members.

Kate and Pastin retreated to the left and right sides of the hall respectively, choosing suitable weapons from the attendants standing with various weapons in their hands. When they returned to the center of the hall, they saw two people choosing two narrow-bodied slender swords at the same time. It looks like this will be a sword fight.

At this time, everyone who knew a little bit about martial arts couldn't help but wonder whether Kate was overstating the situation. After all, it was a stupid thing to compete with a paladin like Pastin. Choosing a dragon spear or a battle halberd, which can magnify the situation. Weapons with distance should be more advantageous. Moreover, Kate is capable of magic, and using long weapons is more effective than hand-to-hand combat.

Pastin may have thought so too, so he suggested that Kate change weapons. However, Kate declined.

Seeing that both sides were ready, the king stood up and personally announced the start of the test.

Kate took five or six steps back, distanced herself, and began to chant the incantation softly.

Pastin obviously did not want to take advantage of this opportunity to attack.

A series of fireballs were launched towards Pastin.

This old trick of dealing with hand-to-hand fighters certainly doesn't threaten Pastin, but Pastin doesn't want to use advanced sword energy or shock waves to win. After all, he wants to really test the young man in front of him. strength.

Therefore, he dodged the fireballs one after another.

Suddenly a wall of fire rushed over.

"A chain of fireballs plus fire waves is a very orthodox attack method. The power and density of the fireballs are good, and the magic switching between the chain of fireballs and fire waves is also very fast. It can indeed be regarded as reaching the level of an intermediate magician." Pastin said to Kate. The strength has been recognized to a certain extent.

Suddenly, amid exclamations from all around, a sword stabbed through from the blazing wall of fire.

Although Pastin was taken aback, he blocked the sword and swung the sword away with a twist of his wrist.

"The position of the sword thrust is very tricky. It happens to be the backhand. It seems that the foundation of swordsmanship is good. And he didn't lose his hand. His wrist strength is quite good for his age. In particular, the conversion between magic attack and sword strike is very fast, almost as if they are happening at the same time. Same." Pastin now also has a certain understanding of Kate's swordsmanship.

Two people, you come and I go. During the battle, Pastin became more and more surprised, and the people watching the battle, including the king and princess, became more and more surprised. They discover that Kate is apparently able to use both magic and martial arts. Although the magic used is only several elementary and intermediate fire magic such as serial fireball, fire wave, fire wall, fire rain, and explosion. However, with the endless combinations and superb sword strikes, the fight with the Paladin was actually quite exciting, and it didn't look like a test battle with a huge disparity in strength.

The more Pastin fought, the more he appreciated that the young man he was fighting could actually use magic and swordsmanship at the same time. Moreover, the coordination between them was impeccable and must have been cultivated through countless efforts.

I simply don’t know how Princess Chrissy trained such a magic knight.

The more Pastin fights, the more excited he becomes. He is a martial arts fanatic and likes to compete with opponents he has never seen before. My brain was so hot that I forgot all about the test. The sword skills become more and more powerful. At first Kate was able to continue. The later it gets, the harder it becomes to resist.

Seeing all this, Enleco and Bertina each began to prepare their own magic.

Sure enough, with a sharp sword energy, a wave of fire rolled up, and Kate, who was in the center of the fire wave, burned instantly. It all happened so suddenly. The magicians who were protecting him were too late to provide corresponding rescue. There was no time to even close the barrier. Although the two senior magicians around the king had prepared water magic to extinguish the fire, they were unable to do anything about the magic barrier that had not yet been opened.

At this time, Enleco, who was already ready to stop, made a gesture. A transparent crystal wall with divine runes painted on it enveloped Kate, who was on fire in the middle. This is the special magic "Chaos Crystal Wall" taught to Enleco by the demon clan.

The moment the "Chaos Crystal Wall" came into contact with the guardian magic barrier, the talismans on the crystal wall glowed brightly. The magic barrier was suddenly broken. At the same time, Enleco felt a sharp tingling all over his body, like an electric shock and a burning sensation. The "Chaos Crystal Wall" suddenly enveloped Kate. There is no scene like when water magic extinguishes a fire. It seems that the fire suddenly disappears. Kate fell to the ground covered in burns. Enleco also fell to the ground at the same moment, trembling all over and turning pale. He only felt waves of stinging pains that cut his vagina and injected it into his spinal cord. The entire spinal cord seemed to be burned by a red-hot iron. It seemed necessary to ask that monster Most next time what happened. One thing.

However, Enleco's painful expression was not noticed. Everyone's attention was focused on Kate, who was lying in the middle. Bertina, who was already prepared, immediately attached a special detergent with powerful healing power to Kate's body.

All this was done before the high-ranking priest hurried over.

In front of everyone, Bertina's magical magic miraculously worked.

The wounds on Kate's body healed quickly, and the burn scars faded quickly. After a while, Kate woke up.

The uneasiness in Pastin's heart eased slightly. He lifted up Kate who was lying on the ground and said: "You are the most promising knight I have ever seen. One day you will surpass me."

Everyone returned to their positions with peace of mind. Only then did he realize that Enleco was in a bad situation.

After the king ordered the two wounded people to be carried to the rest room and settled, Bertina and Jerry also hurriedly left. After all, Bertina is the best at dealing with Kate and Enleco's injuries.

After seeing everyone leave, the king asked the ministers on the left and right: "What do you think of these four young people, what is their strength, please express your opinions."

Paladin Pastin stood in front and said first: "I quite recognize the strength of Knight Kate. Everyone has seen that he can use magic and martial arts at the same time. I have never heard of any knight who can do the same thing."

"Don't forget, that Enleco, although his behavior is ridiculous, he can break our barrier. Although, in the end, he was injured due to the transition of casting, his strength must not be underestimated." The magician guarding the barrier One of them said.

"There is also the little girl who uses magical magic. The magic she uses actually has the function of light magic with healing power that can only be used by our priests. Moreover, its effect is actually more effective than the advanced light magic "Holy Protection"." That one. The senior priest added.

Except for Jerry, who had no chance to perform, the ministers unanimously spoke highly of the strength of the trial trainees.

"Have you noticed that whether it is magic or special abilities they use, we have never heard or seen them before?" the queen reminded.

"Yes, yes, it seems that Aunt Chris is a genius," the little prince next to him said in admiration. "But how to allocate their tasks? Others can say that if Enleco takes him on a mission casually, he will probably make a big fool of himself."

After listening to the prince's words, everyone burst into laughter again thinking of how Enleco had made a fool of himself just now.

"That daredevil can just be left to the discipline of that bumpkin who doesn't know etiquette," the princess suggested.

In this way, when Enleco woke up the next day, he received an order from the king himself who reported to the mercenary group.

Carrying his luggage, under the guidance of the guard, Enleco came to the mercenary group camp located on the west side of the city suburbs. The location of the mercenary group is indeed a beautiful place. There are towering trees everywhere on a low hill. But it's not as dense and eerie as the primitive jungle of Dream Forest. After climbing over the hill, a meadow full of flowers appeared in front of me. There is also a small river that passes through the camp.

The leader of the mercenary group is a middle-aged mercenary named Joe, who is quite famous in the mercenary world. But as the princess said, this man does look like a country bumpkin. Not only is his face wrinkled, he looks much older than his actual age. And his hands were covered with calluses. Plus his rude behavior. Enleco was a little uncomfortable at first. However, Enleco is not qualified to talk about others at all. Because, during the time when he was in a coma, the wonderful and fierce competition had already spread throughout Sophien City through various channels. At the same time, he did not know that the big mouth also publicized Enleco's ugly appearance. . Therefore, Enleco also became a celebrity for a while. The title of one of the six great disgrace of the Magic Association, and the special status of the eldest princess's private property, spread to everyone everywhere. Enleco has even thought of changing his name.

However, Enleco soon got used to it. He discovered that the mercenaries, including Joe, were actually kind-hearted guys, much like the neighbor uncles in the small town.

Not long after settling down, all the members of the mercenary group arrived. For the upcoming mission, Qiao will conduct special training for the mercenary group.

The first course of training is running.

Sitting on the grass, the soft green grass is like a soft precious wool carpet, gently covering the instep of Enleco, leaning his back against the slope behind. He had the urge to take a nap, although it wasn't even noon yet.

Joe stood on a big box from a distance. No one knew what was in the box.

"Kids, your life may very well depend on whether you can run fast enough. For mercenaries, only those who can save their lives on the battlefield are truly worthy. Now, run away." Qiao looked at The mercenary who was sitting lazily on the ground instructed.

After speaking, Joe opened the huge box, and a dozen vicious dogs rushed out of the box. All Enleco's sleepiness has disappeared now. I saw these vicious dogs staring with green eyes, attacking and biting wildly. For a time, the mercenary group was in a state of chaos. The mercenaries were running around desperately.

After running all morning, Enleco returned to the camp dragging his scarred pants. He was finally lucky enough to get rid of a vicious dog that was chasing him. The camp was littered with mercenaries lying on the ground.

He saw the listless mercenary lying on the ground. cried Joe. "Okay, okay, get up! You bastards, your lunch is here."

After a while, he drove all the mercenaries down to the river to catch fish.

I saw that when I came to the river, Qiao was swimming in the middle of the river. The water was quite shallow, just below his knees. Qiao stared at the river tightly in the water, and suddenly jumped forward, shaking each other with his left and right hands. Kabuto, a herring was firmly grasped in his hand.

Joe smiled, walked back to the river, and threw the fish back into the river far away.

Joe turned around and faced the group of mercenaries.

After briefly explaining the essentials, the mercenaries were allowed to go into the water and fish for themselves.

For a time, there was a splash and crackle on the water. There were mercenaries writhing and jumping to catch fish everywhere.

After playing for two hours and gaining nothing, the exhausted Enleco returned to the river bank. There are really very few mercenaries who can catch fish. Enleco, who was so hungry that he was weak, lay on the ground.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat," Qiao shouted while knocking on the two-sided pot.

"It turns out that when we have food, we are actually being punished," Enleco thought. However, a strong sense of hunger forced him to drag his tired body towards the two cauldrons.

All the hungry people came to the pot.

When I opened the lid of the pot, a spicy herbal smell hit my nose.

The green ones are like a mixture of grass roots and leaves, mixed with red and green roots of unknown plants. There were two whole pots of mushy stuff, churning and bubbling.

"What, bastard, don't you want to eat? Okay, you can catch the fish yourself," Qiao said, turning aside all the green-faced mercenaries.

Bracing his scalp and pouring a bowl of herbs into his stomach, Enleco didn't dare to experience the pungent smell. He could only keep reminiscing about Bertina's cooking skills and the sweet memories that the delicious sponge cake brought to him in his mind, and worked hard to produce gastric juice.

After taking a short rest after the meal, I heard Joe's voice from far away: "Little cubs, when you've eaten and drank enough, open the door and let the dogs out."

A dog barked in the distance. Enleco quickly turned over and got up.

Run for your life.

Every day, it's the same training content.

Being chased by a dog in the morning.

Catch fish at noon.

If you can't catch fish, you will eat grass.

I was chased by a dog again in the afternoon.

After more than a month of running training. Now, ordinary dogs can no longer catch up with Enleco. Of course, my ability to catch fish has also improved greatly, and I don’t eat grass very often recently.

Joe saw that everyone's running speed had been greatly improved, and their endurance was also quite good. They can easily run continuously for dozens of miles.

Therefore, in the next two months, these mercenaries must be trained in appropriate fighting skills.

What made all the mercenaries happiest was that after the running training was announced, at the suggestion of a certain mercenary, all the mercenaries held a dinner party that night. At the dinner party, a group of mercenaries gathered around a Hot pot is eaten on the stove. As for what kind of hot pot it is, of course it uses local ingredients, fish and dog hot pot.

Leaning against the sunny slope of the hill, the mercenaries sat around in a semi-garden. There were several bundles of spears piled in the open space in front of them. Joe pulled one out. As he began to dance with his hands, he saw the spear in his hand, sometimes circling and flying, sometimes swiping left and right, sometimes thrusting back and forth, and sometimes smashing up and down.

Enleco never thought that there were so many ways to use the spear.

Because the long gun has always been the most basic equipment among infantry. It is a weapon used by the lowest level soldiers. As long as that soldier has a little bit of fighting potential, after completing three months of basic training, their commanders will let them transform into sharpeners who use swords and shields or heavy armored infantry who wear heavy armor and use super long guns. If there are some with outstanding abilities among them, then these people will be selected to receive sword or halberd training to become swordsmen or halberd warriors. Only those soldiers with the least potential will be issued with only a spear. These soldiers are generally only used as border guards or as handymen in the army.

However, if the same spear can be used like Joe, then an ordinary spearman will also be a powerful fighting force.

While Enleco was in a daze, he saw Joe hovering, and the spear in his hand drew a perfect arc in the air. When the spear reached the end of the arc, Joe waved his hand. The spear turned into a meteor that pierced the sky and shot towards the mercenaries. The mercenaries took cover one after another. With a "Duo" sound, the spear pierced a big tree. The sharp tip of the spear emerged from the other side of the tree. The gun body nailed to the end of the tree trembled.

The mercenaries, who had calmed down a little, came back to their senses.

Joe saw that his performance had obviously achieved its original purpose. Over the next few weeks, these guys should be willing to practice using the spear obediently.

"Boys, do you know why the most commonly used weapon among mercenaries is a spear?" Qiao asked loudly.

If it were Enleco in the past, he would definitely answer that mercenaries are non-staff soldiers who are not part of the establishment and have limited combat effectiveness, so they are not worthy of being equipped with advanced weapons and equipment. However, after looking at Joe's skills, it was obvious that a mercenary force with such skills would be very helpful in achieving victory.

"Because the spear is very strong," a mercenary said loudly. This is also Enleco's idea.

"Idiot, if spears were stronger, the army would be full of pikemen, and pikemen wouldn't be the most useless branch of the army." Qiao scolded him back. Seeing that all the mercenaries looked extremely confused, he continued to explain: "Mercenary is a dangerous profession, and victory in the battle does not mean much to mercenaries. For mercenaries, the most important thing is to win the battle." Save your life on the battlefield. Therefore, when mercenaries choose weapons, they consider not the combat performance of the weapon, but whether it is safe to use the weapon."

Seeing that most of the mercenaries around him didn't understand, Qiao pulled out another spear, stabbed forward a few times, and continued: "You have all seen that the main attack method of the spear is stabbing, and all the attacks in hand-to-hand combat are Among them, stabbing is the attack method that can distance the enemy the farthest from us, so it is also the safest attack method, and the spear can also be used in this way."

I saw Qiao bending his arms, then standing up, raising his arms, drawing an arc with his spear, and shooting toward the tree like a shooting star. The spear also pierced the tree trunk.

"See? Can you take a two-handed sword and use it like this?"

"Besides, the spear has another advantage that cannot be compared with other weapons. Do you know what it is?"

Seeing no reaction from everyone, Joe shook his head: "It seems that none of these guys are smarter."

He raised his voice and shouted: "Okay, if you can work hard on your spear skills, I will tell you after the training is over."

Each mercenary stood up, walked to the bundle of spears and pulled out a spear. Enleco also stepped forward and picked one.

The spear in his hand was different from the four spears he bought when he entered the mountain. This long gun uses a shaft made of tough redbud wood. It has strong elasticity, unlike the original four that use hardwood as the pole. The tip of this kind of spear is also thin and long. The entire spearhead is one foot eight long. No wonder it can pierce the trunk of a tree so easily. The gun tip is cold forged from high-hardness stainless steel. Extremely hard and sharp. However, it is not as wear-resistant as the original gun tips forged with thousand-layer folded iron. It seems that it is indeed a spear specially used for combat.

In the next few weeks, Enleco and other mercenaries followed Joe to practice the skills of using a spear.

What Qiao gave them were the most basic offensive and defensive movements, such as straight thrusts, up and down picks, and left and right moves, but he required everyone to practice them repeatedly. Practice alone, practice with each other, practice in groups, break down individual movements to practice, and practice all movements in combination. Without the wonderful performance and the persuasive speech before, I am afraid that no one would be able to support this boring training.

However, without such training, Enleco would never know. It turns out that such a simple action has so much profound knowledge. For example, the simplest thorn looks quite simple, but to pierce different parts from different directions requires considerable skills and clever control of strength. Several times, Enleco thought he had mastered the skill of stabbing, but in the actual battle, he discovered that there were further uses for stabbing. As for picking and poking, which are effective defense methods for spears, their skills are even more difficult to master. Every time he practiced, Joe always asked the mercenaries to attack him. Although Enleco and the others had practiced many times and studied their cooperation in depth. However, every time, with a simple pick or flick from Joe, the spears in the hands of the mercenaries flew out of their hands. Although, Joe explained many times about the power usage skills in using the spear. However, no matter how much Enleco understood this, even in the end he was able to make the spears in the hands of other mercenaries fly into the sky in a few moves. However, in Yu Qiao's sparring, the results were still the same.

After several weeks of training, Enleco became an expert in using a spear. Originally, he had learned sword fighting from Kate, and Kate also said that Enleco was quite talented in fighting, and kindly mentioned that he would introduce Enleco to his father and let Enleco learn martial arts instead. However, Enleco already fell deeply in love with magic, so he rejected Kate's kindness.

Joe obviously also discovered Enleco's martial arts talent and often gave Enleco some further pointers. This also made Enleco's learning of spear skills progress much faster than others. However, Enleco soon discovered that Joe's teaching methods were completely different from Kate's. Kate was good at explaining and always told Enleco the methods and principles of offense and defense in detail, so that he had a certain understanding of them. Only after that will the actual practice be carried out, and Kate will also pay attention to the rhythm during the practice, so that Enleco can practice the skills he has learned as much as possible. He will never let go of the attack as soon as he comes up. Corresponding to the test trial in the palace, it seems that this is the training method of knights. However, Joe is completely different. Once practiced, he will make you immediately experience the atmosphere of death. Although he rarely stabbed the mercenaries once or twice (of course, he would do this sometimes. Enleco had such a gunshot wound on his butt), but he shot so hard on the ribs. A moment, or a hard blow to the head. But this is the treatment that mercenaries often receive. Each exercise is no less than an actual fierce battle for the mercenaries. Of course, this is only true for mercenaries. As for Joe, it was just like playing. His greatest pleasure is to beat the mercenaries until they are rolling on the ground, or to chase them all the way. During practice, Enleco felt several times that Joe looked very much like Chris from Dream Forest.

This morning, after everyone had breakfast and took a short rest, they each picked up their spears and went to the open space behind the mountain to practice their spears. When they arrived there, Joe was already waiting there. There were a dozen longbows and several bundles of arrows piled at Joe's feet. There are more than a dozen targets made of hay standing in the distance.

Joe ordered the mercenaries to poke their spears into the soil, and then come over empty-handed.

For a few weeks, Enleco has never left the spear in his hand. Now, he is really not used to it.

Moving closer, the mercenaries sat in a circle around Joe.

Joe picked up a bow from the ground. The bow is very curved, almost forming a half-moon shape. Then he took out three arrows from the bundle, put one on the string, and poked the other two on the ground. Turn around and face the target. Qiao nocked an arrow and opened the bow, taking a slight aim. As soon as he released his wrist, the arrow flew into the bullseye. He bent down to pick up the other two arrows, opened the bow again, and put the two arrows on the bowstring at the same time. As soon as he let go, the arrow shot out. Although it did not hit the bullseye like the first one, it still hit the target.

After shooting three arrows, Qiao turned around and said: "On the battlefield, if you want to stay away from the battlefield and effectively kill the enemy, in addition to using magic, you can only rely on bows and arrows. Of course, except for one of you who knows magic, no one else can No one has this ability."

Listening to what Joe said, everyone looked at Enleco, because everyone knew that Enleco was the only magician here. Enleco felt funny. In fact, he didn't know how to use magic, but who would believe it if he said it

Joe continued: "I'm going to teach you archery now. There is no need to teach archery. You have to practice it by yourself. At the beginning, I will correct the mistakes in your movements and give you some tips. Then it's up to you. .”

Although Qiao said there was nothing to teach, in fact, there was so much knowledge in archery.

Enleco listened to Qiao's explanation for several days before he roughly mastered the magical effects of archery.

As far as the types of bows and arrows are concerned, they are divided into hunting bows, long bows, and combat bows. According to the manufacturing method of bows and arrows, they can be divided into light bows and hard bows.

Different bows not only have their own methods of use, but also have completely different methods and precautions for bow maintenance.

Obviously Qiao has been immersed in bows and arrows for a long time and knows the performance of bows and arrows well. Through him, Enleko learned a lot about bows and arrows. He even learned how to make bows and arrows. Regarding making bows and arrows, Qiao does not force all mercenaries to learn how to do it, but he will never hide his secrets from those who are interested. Unfortunately, in the Kingdom of Sophie, which has a strong atmosphere of knights and magic, archers have always been ignored, and most of the soldiers and mercenaries in the Kingdom of Sophie are not equipped with bows and arrows. So there are very few people interested in it.

Enleco followed Joe's instructions and while taking a rest, he used the barrel of the extra spear left over from last time to cut into a bow and arrow of his own. Because it was made of redbud wood that had been hardened with wax, it was elastic. It is far from comparable to the redbud wood normally used to make bows and arrows. However, since it was originally the shaft of a long gun, it had an advantage in terms of length, and Enleco made it a hard long bow. However, because the arrows used in the longbow were of different lengths from the arrows Qiao was issued, he could only make dozens of arrows by himself.

Since he has his own bow and arrow, Enleco does not have to practice bow and arrow with other mercenaries. He has his own practice area and archery target.

The following exercises are just to improve the archery speed and hit rate.

The other mercenaries lined up in ten teams, each team using a bow and three hundred arrows. In each round, ten people shoot all the arrows in their hands. After Joe recorded the hit rate, the latter man ran up to pick up the arrow and then shot it.

Enleco sometimes used the bows and arrows they used to practice when other mercenaries were resting. Different bows have different methods of use. The shooting stability of a longbow is much better than that of a combat bow. But longbows shoot very slowly. And it's harder to aim than a combat bow. Combat bows have great advantages in accuracy of aiming and ease of use. However, in terms of range and accuracy. Longbows are much stronger than combat bows.

However, most mercenaries found it quite strange that Enleco liked archery. There is certainly a reason for this. First of all, as a magician, Enleco has no advantage in long-distance battles with bows and arrows. The attack distance of the bow and arrow is between one hundred and two hundred meters. And magic can easily attack targets four to five hundred meters away. And there are quite a lot of range attack magic in the magic. That is the nightmare of an archer with weak defense. And for sharpeners and heavy armored infantry with extremely strong defensive capabilities, the power of bows and arrows is not enough to penetrate their long shields and armor. At a longer distance, bows and arrows cannot even penetrate the armor of ordinary knights. Once the knight approaches the archer, its powerful impact is beyond the ability of the archer to withstand.

Therefore, the Sophie Kingdom has a certain number of archers, but in fact they only have a relatively small auxiliary attack effect. It is only a limited unit that fills the power gap caused by the different attack speeds between knights and infantry. There were even times when the army considered completely eliminating the archer unit. If it weren't for an archer among the heroes of the legendary Victory Day Battle, the profession of archer would have disappeared from the army long ago. But Enleco never knew the name of that hero. After all, that hero is one of the three founding heroes of the Kaoqi Kingdom, so the Sophien Kingdom, as an enemy country, will never publicize it. Enleco was quite clear about the two heroes of his country who participated in this battle. The glorious deeds of these two heroes are celebrated in annual celebrations. They are the Templar Bozos and the Archmage Mekaton. Therefore, the Kingdom of Sophie has always been famous among countries for its powerful knights and magical power.

After all training is completed, there is still half a month left before departure.

Joe decided to teach everyone some skills that only mercenaries can use. Among them, Enleco's performance in cross-country and tree climbing training was very good, which surprised all the mercenaries, including Joe. Because in their impression, magicians are people with weak physical strength and clumsy movements. As for concealment and trap making skills, since Enleco can use magic circles, even Joe cannot match them in these two aspects. However, the trap making course made Enleco really suffer. It turns out that when Joe was assessing the mercenaries' trap-making skills, he asked the mercenaries to each make a trap. If Joe discovered the trap, the mercenary would be considered a failure. Most mercenary traps are relatively crudely made and can be seen at a glance. Joe was honest and unceremonious about this kind of traps, and uncovered them one by one. Some of the traps were carefully made and set very cleverly. There were even some traps within traps, serial traps, true and false traps, etc. that were cleverly set up. Although Joe saw it, he pretended not to see it and avoided it gently. The only thing is that Enleco's trap was not only cleverly set up, but also set up a magic circle. Even the experienced Joe didn't notice it and stepped on it. Got in, got fooled. Of course, Enleco received special care from Joe in the next few days.

After nearly half a month of study (this half month is the easiest half month), most of the mercenaries finally learned some knowledge about how to survive on the battlefield. When Joe announced that training was over. Almost all the mercenaries surrounded Joe tightly and asked him what he had said before, that there was a big difference between the spear and other weapons. What was it

Qiao tilted his head and glanced at everyone and said: "Haven't you ever thought that among all weapons, the spear is the cheapest among them. Do you understand to save money?"

After hearing this answer, a large piece fell on the ground.

There are still three days left before departure. During these three days, Qiao conducted some specialized training on the mercenaries, especially Enleco. The training item is actually palace etiquette. The most surprising thing among them is Joe's identity. When Joe introduced himself as a noble and one of the oldest noble families in the Kingdom of Sophie, none of the mercenaries believed it except Enleco. Because Enleco had the experience of teacher Chris, he didn't find it difficult to understand that Joe was a nobleman. After all, Joe was far more presentable than Chris. Moreover, Enleco soon discovered that there was a relationship between Joe and Chris. Chrissy’s mother, the late Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, was Joe’s aunt. This time Enleco was miserable. With such an elder, Enleco suffered a lot. In order to prevent him from making a fool of himself during his mission, Joe was entrusted by the king to conduct special and strict etiquette training for Enleco. During the training process, Enleco often thought that the character of the ancestor of Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother must be quite problematic, which can be fully reflected in the behavior of those two descendants.

Moreover, during the training process, the mercenaries also came to make noises. They plausibly claimed that in order to maintain the glorious image of the Kingdom of Sophie, they must impose stricter requirements on Enleco, one of the six shames of the Magic Association. Because he had a criminal record, Enleco really couldn't be tough and could only let others ridicule him. During the painful etiquette training, Enleco finally understood why Chris and Joe, who were nobles, gave up such noble titles, one became a mad magician, and the other became a mercenary. In addition to genetic factors, complicated court etiquette is sometimes a kind of torture.