There are only a few rammed earth walls separating the place called the Recruit Ground by Isenlien from the training ground. It is even colder than the training camp. Due to the lack of an outer wall, I can hear the cold wind blowing through the training dummies. A sharp whistling sound from friction.
However, all the new recruits inside were sweating profusely. They kept raising the heavy swords in their hands, and then used all their strength to slash at the training dummy in front of them.
I caught a glimpse of the instructor who was walking back and forth and yelling angrily. He was taller and stronger than anyone I had ever seen, and he was as thick as the walls of Lordaeron. His neck was extremely thick, with exposed veins and messy black hair stuck to it. Isenlion told him his name was Osmar Garithos.
"Have you not had enough to eat?! Jordan!!" He yelled rudely, making the boy in front of him tremble.
"No! Sir!"
"Then show off your energy to suck milk!"
"Yes! Drink!"
"You should have put on a skirt! Skeeter!" he yelled in a sinister tone, making the boy in front of him frown angrily.
"No! Sir!"
"Then make me as strong and strong as a man wearing pants!"
"yes!"
"How about going back to have a baby?! Bridget?!" Even when dealing with girls, he was sarcastic.
The girl glared at him with bloody eyes, "No! Sir!"
"If you can't kill the enemy, you'd better give birth to a child as soon as possible!"
"No!"
"Then, push harder!"
"yes!"
After saying hello to him, Isenlien said to me quietly, "Osmar is very strict, but absolutely fair. Do everything he asks, and you can graduate from him easily. I wish you good luck. , Miss." He retreated quietly.
Graduation easily?
I stared at the instructor with a ferocious expression, not believing his lies at all.
Osmar slowly walked up to me dragging the sword in his hand. For a moment, I felt like there was a giant standing in front of me.
The giant stared down at me with burning eyes, "Look what I saw?!" He frowned and shouted, "A petrified little rookie?! Put down your precious cloak and pick up the sword over there! This This course is called combat training! What I need you to do is hack and slash! Hack and slash! Hack and slash! Cut down a dummy that won’t fight back!”
I frowned, but I still placed the cloak neatly on the dry wooden bench. Then, following the direction of his finger, I found a rusty iron sword. That thing didn't fit well in my hand, it was too heavy.
I glanced at the training ground. There were obviously not many dummies here. There were people standing in front of them, and only two were empty. One of them stood alone in the corner, dilapidated, while the other stood in the center of the training ground. The model was much larger than the others, almost as tall as two people, and it was much newer.
"What are you still dawdling about? Rookie?! Start your training!" Osmar yelled, with real pressure erupting from his body.
My heart trembled, and I immediately dragged my heavy sword towards the largest dummy in the middle.
"Are you going to challenge 'Grandpa Tam'? Rookie?" Unexpectedly, Osmar shouted again. This time, his voice had a hint of blood.
I immediately stopped and looked puzzled at the tall shadow that was approaching me step by step. The pressure came in waves like a tide. God knows how much effort I used to stand firm and not retreat, "I I don’t understand what you mean at all, sir!” I said loudly to him, holding my neck, the fire in my heart kept rising under his pressure.
"If you take one more step forward, little rookie, and step into the red circle, I will treat you as if you are going to challenge 'Grandpa Tam'!" As he spoke, he raised his hand with scale gloves and pointed at the huge one in the middle. training dummy.
"Can't I challenge him?"
"Oh," he stood with his sword in hand and showed a strange smile with unknown meaning, "if you step into the red circle, you can challenge him."
I couldn't help but look at the training dummy again. It was really no different from the others, except that it was a little bigger, except that its head was poorly carved with facial features, and its mouth was grinning widely as if it were mocking. smile.
Any questions?
No, I suddenly noticed that the color of its outstretched arms was a little different. There were dark purple traces at the ends, which were long-lasting blood stains. What idiot would bump into his arms?
In addition, it is also fixed to the ground by an iron rod. Wait, it does not seem to be fixed, because the ground seems to have grooves. Could it be that it will move along the grooves?
so what? It's just a dummy.
"You courageous little rookie, go practice in the corner!" Osmar yelled disdainfully, and he put the heavy sword on his bulging shoulders, "Don't just stand there like an ogre. !”
I hated what he said, so I lifted the sword in my hand hard and stepped on the scarlet line on the ground!
"Oh my God!" I heard someone scream, and when I looked closely, it was the girl I just called Bridget. She covered her mouth, and her red eyes were filled with fear, "Sir! Let her come out. She doesn’t know Grandpa Tam at all!”
Osmar sneered, "Mind yourself! Bridget! Although she is reckless, she is more knowledgeable than you!"
Bridget bit her lip angrily.
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The moment I stepped into the red line, the grooves on the ground suddenly flashed with purple arcane brilliance. Almost at the same moment, Grandpa Tam moved. I discovered that he was not moving along the groove, but floating on the ground like a ghost. The routes on the ground were just a driving circle.
Look, he has already moved towards me in a swaying manner!
I held the sword in both hands and rushed towards Grandpa Tam. Then, I jumped into the air and slashed the sword in my hand at him with all my strength!
"Drink!" I shouted!
boom
We are in close combat!
My sword struck its shoulder. After all, the training dummy was made of fine iron. The momentary impact made my wrist numb, and the severe pain hit my arm all the way to my brain. But at that moment, I found that its hard arm suddenly fanned over, and it was so fast that it only left an afterimage in the air! I was so shocked that I immediately abandoned the iron sword, kicked it, and jumped back.
boom
Its arm slapped the iron sword, and in an instant, the iron sword was shattered into a ball of scrap metal!
I couldn't help but swallow my saliva, how powerful that must be!
Rumble
Grandpa Tam chased after him, his arm suddenly sank, and then he swept over suddenly! I immediately leaned back, I was sure that I could completely avoid its attack, but at that moment, I heard a low click sound, and a blade suddenly popped out from the end of his arm!
I took a deep breath, immediately kicked my legs, and jumped back again.
Whoosh
The blade almost cut across my chest. I'm really glad that I wasn't wearing a skirt today, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to dodge so flexibly.
Between the lightning and flint, I heard another sound of breaking wind, and an iron needle was sprayed out from its grinning mouth!
I immediately hit the ground a little and backed away again! At that moment, I felt as if my back had hit a thin wall. Only then did I realize that unknowingly, the platform surrounded by scarlet had been covered with a layer of nodules.
There was no way to retreat, but Grandpa Tam had already caught up with him in a few steps, and swept over with his other hand. I immediately jumped into the air, and twisted over its shoulder!
But just when I climbed over its shoulder, I saw a square hole suddenly opened in its shoulder, and densely packed small needles shot out. The small needles moved slightly, and then they all flew towards my cheek accurately. !
There was no time to hide!
"Ah!" I couldn't help but scream, and raised my hand to block it. Suddenly, the needles pierced my arms and arms deeply, and a few of them pierced my chin and pierced my chest. neck.
oh! Severe pain!
When I landed, I almost fell to the ground.
"Sir!" Bridget shouted again, extremely anxious.
However, it was obvious that Osmar did not want to pay attention to her at all.
Of course, Grandpa Tam did not hesitate in his attack.
The moment I landed, he caught up with me with a rumble, and raised his arm again to sweep over. I took out the dagger from my waist, rolled past the iron bar under him without delay, and struck him fiercely. Stab it on the lower back.
What am I talking about? It is fine iron after all. My power is a joke to him!
I quickly stood up on my knees, and took advantage of the opportunity to look at the injury on my hand. Those needles were densely pierced into my skin. I didn't have the courage to touch them, let alone pull them out.
The blood was flowing uncontrollably, dripping all the way down my trembling elbow. When it meandered into the groove, the magic circle suddenly burst into light, and Grandpa Tam suddenly stopped when he was halfway through. Moved.
I took a deep breath, not understanding what was happening.
However, when I suddenly relaxed from the tight state, I felt more pain in my arms and neck. I subconsciously touched the needle on my neck, oh... my temples began to throb.
At that moment, I heard a mechanical voice asking, "Will the battle continue?" The voice came from the magic circle.
continue?
That word made me feel fearful for no reason, and I couldn't help but look at Osmar standing outside the barrier.
He stared at me with those bright eyes, and suddenly sneered, "Stop."
"Stop!" the mechanical voice repeated, and then Grandpa Tam rumbled past me and returned to his original position.
I hid subconsciously.
Obviously, Osmar saw all my expressions and actions. He snorted coldly from his nose, "What are you here for? You little rookie?"
Gritting my teeth, I stood up from the ground and said, "Graduation!" I looked back at him. To be honest, the contempt in his eyes made me very angry.
"Graduation?" He laughed as if he heard a joke, turned around and left, "Go back and treat your injuries, little rookie. By the way, I'll also treat your head. If you can only run away and can't attack, If you do, you will never graduate!"
