When Altria sent a message to Shinji through the contract, Shinji was already covered in bruises - from being beaten by Chiron.
Yes, the special training has started from 6 o'clock this morning.
The core of special training is adaptation, which is mainly divided into two aspects: speed and skills.
As a servant, his attributes are fixed and there is no room for improvement. The only thing that can be trained is experience, the experience of fighting Achilles.
The first is speed. This is Achilles' strong point, and he is known as "the fastest of all heroes of all times." This legend has been sublimated into a treasure called "Comet Run."
Comet Run (Dromeus etes): Grade A+
Type: Anti-personnel (self) Noble Phantasm
He can run through a vast battlefield in one breath, and his speed will not be reduced even if there are obstacles on the field. Although he must expose his Achilles tendon, which is his weak point, few Heroic Spirits can fully grasp his speed. His speed is said to be the pinnacle of all human beings in history.
There is a famous saying in the Chinese martial arts world: "All martial arts in the world are indestructible except speed." This shows how terrifying extreme speed is, and Achilles possesses the most extreme speed.
It is precisely because of this that Shinji worked hard to practice prediction and prepare the divine thunder barrier, which indeed caused Achilles a lot of trouble in the first battle. But these are just tricks after all. If you can't kill the opponent once, the effect of the second time will be greatly reduced. Now that Achilles has issued a duel declaration in the name of the Olympian gods, Shinji must adapt to this speed if he doesn't want to be killed - by facing Chiron's arrows.
As the prototype of Sagittarius, the leader of the Gold Saints (huh? Something strange seems to have sneaked in), and one of the best archers in human history, Chiron's archery skills have long reached the pinnacle. Whether it is shooting speed, shooting power or shooting angle, they are all impeccable. Only in this way can he shoot high-speed arrows comparable to the "Comet Run" without having to worry about a single operating error seriously injuring or even killing Shinji.
However, due to the characteristics of the arrow itself, there is still a difference between the contact surface between Chiron's simulated "comet running" and the original. After all, the volume of an arrow is much smaller than that of a human. If it were not so, Chiron's arrow would not be able to reach Achilles' running speed. In fact, if you really want to simulate it, you can still do it, but it will consume a huge amount of magic power, which will burden Chiron's body and affect his endurance, that is, the special training time, which is not worth the loss.
Therefore, in order to achieve better training results, Chiron asked Shinji to increase the difficulty himself. Without using the Noble Phantasm, only using the body to dodge or block the arrows - using skills such as magic release to directly smash the arrows is not allowed, unless you have the ability to smash Achilles in this way.
"If you can't do it, don't think about taking shortcuts. This will only be detrimental to your improvement." Unconsciously, Chiron began to preach again. This is a teacher's professional instinct. Besides, Shinji always called him "Chiron teacher" during training, and then simply called him teacher after omitting his name. Well, the title of master is reserved for Scathach, there is nothing wrong with it.
As a result, before seven o'clock, Shinji had turned into a hedgehog, with at least twenty arrows sticking out of his body and countless scratches from the arrows.
Fortunately, Chiron had controlled the strength of the blow, so the injury only looked exaggerated, but it was not serious. After having breakfast and taking the Goddess's Scepter and the Life Rune, Shinji was full of energy again and started the second training - skills.
After two observations from a distance, Chiron has already made an accurate judgment of Shinji's strength.
His skills are not bad, but they are definitely not good, especially compared with the heroes who have made various achievements in history. In addition to a wide variety of treasures, his biggest reliance on fighting against these heroes is his flexible mind and excellent adaptability - he can always see the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy, and then avoid their strengths and attack their weaknesses.
It is precisely because of this advantage that Chiron agreed to help with special training. Once the Holy Grail War begins, it will not last too long, generally no more than half a month. If it is a sluggish person who has a poor brain and relies purely on his body to fight, even if he spends 24 hours a day on special training, it will not make much sense. Only a "generalist" like Shinji who knows how to use his brain and seems to know a little bit of various skills can find a way to deal with Achilles. The premise is that he has enough experience in fighting Achilles.
Chiron is Achilles' teacher. All of Achilles' skills were taught by Chiron. No one in this world knows Achilles better than Chiron. Although Achilles has developed on his own after leaving his teacher, with Chiron's ability, it is still no problem for him to imitate a 90% version of Achilles.
So in the second round, Chiron simply threw away his bow and replaced it with a pre-prepared sword, shield, and javelin - the three weapons that Achilles was best at - and fought in close combat with Shinji.
At this moment, Shinji finally deeply understood the familiar saying - "An archer who can't fight in close combat is not a good archer."
The shield in Chiron's hand can not only be used for defense, but also for attack. No matter what weapon Shinji uses, he can block it with the shield and bounce back part of the force, making Shinji's wrist numb and even losing balance.
The same goes for swordsmanship and spearmanship. Although he doesn't have the delicate skills of Karna, every move is simple and crisp, full of lethality. If it weren't for the unsharpened weapons he used for practice, Shinji would have died at the hands of Chiron dozens of times.
You know, this is imitating Achilles, not Chiron's own fighting style. Shinji seriously doubts that in terms of skills alone, Chiron can fight with Siegfried with swords and with Garna with spears. He is an all-rounder with no shortcomings.
"It's the same with the Master and Chiron. As expected, Teacher is the strongest job in the legend. Should I change my job too?"
Shinji, who was beaten badly, actually had the mind to complain, and then he was punched away by Chiron - Chiron no longer used weapons at this time, but beat people with his bare hands, but Shinji was still beaten badly, which reminded him of his childhood training. Although the styles of the two teachers are completely different, the results are the same.
"Keep your focus during the battle!"
After thinking for a while, the two of them had been fighting for more than two hours, and Shinji was being beaten most of the time. Chiron suggested: "If you are tired, take a break. You are almost at your limit."
"Limit? I'm still a long way from reaching my limit." Shinji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth nonchalantly, "As long as I'm still standing, I haven't reached my limit. Keep going. If I continue training at this intensity, I can at least hold on until noon."
"you-"
Chiron's eyes carefully scanned every part of Shinji's body, and his eyebrows twitched slightly.
"No, your body is clearly reaching its limit. Why? Has this been the kind of training you've received since childhood?"
"Yes, yes, you are indeed a teacher, you have a good eye. My master, the one who taught me since I was a child, had the educational philosophy of 'Only by constantly surpassing your limits can you become stronger.' Oh, at the beginning, I really suffered a lot, and I cried until my tears dried up. It was really miserable when I think about it."
After hearing Shinji's explanation, Chiron's brows not only did not relax, but became even more furrowed.
"This is too much. Although I do not deny that extreme training can make people stronger, excessively intense training is likely to cause irreparable damage to people. I do not agree with this way of education."
Ah, you questioned the teacher's educational philosophy. If you two met, you would definitely have a fight. To be honest, I don't think you have a good chance, Teacher Chiron. Regardless of whether you regain immortality or not, you are the son of two gods, born to two gods, and you were killed by the teacher's "deicide". In order to prevent you from suffering, I'd better expose this matter as soon as possible.
"Whether you agree or not, you can tell me when you meet her. Or how about you two teach me and I can give you my evaluation then?"
"That's fine. After all, it's up to the students to judge whether the teacher teaches well or not."
Chiron nodded solemnly, accepting the challenge that belonged only to his teacher. To him, this was more meaningful than simply winning the battle.