Humans are stupid creatures, Mira is like this~щww~~lā
Plate armor is made of pieces of wrought iron or steel. The blacksmith will punch holes in it, usually at the four corners, and then fix it with a piece of leather armor.
The leather armor itself is generally made of softer leather, and the iron sheets covering it vary in size due to cost and craftsmanship requirements. Mira and Henry chose the type made of finger-length iron sheets. It is relatively easy to move around.
The outer layer of leather armor prevents the iron sheets from rusting due to wind and rain, and it also has a certain degree of defense against cutting attacks, while the iron armor at the back strengthens the resistance to puncture attacks. However, these two items alone cannot effectively protect against the powerful impact of various weapons, which are usually around one kilogram. Therefore, no matter what kind of armor it is, it must be made of cotton and linen inside. Cushioned lining.
On a hot day, even on the lakeside where the wind blows at night, the weather is in the 30s and 40s.
Because of some worries, they wear thick cotton armor and wrap it with airtight iron armor and outer leather armor - human beings are really stupid creatures. They wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely and then wake up from the heat. Mira, who couldn't sleep either, rolled her eyes at herself in a daze.
"Ugh..." She whined softly, and her close-fitting clothes were stuck to her body due to sweat. The sultry feeling brought by the outer armor and the strong smell of sweat made the girl feel even more uncomfortable. Henry and Joshua were already asleep next to them. The sage had bought a large tarp before and put everything together to make an oversized four-person tent, with a bonfire in the middle and two sides. They are Henry and Mira and Joshua and Emmanica respectively.
Starlight and moonlight shine through the branches and onto the surface of the cloth, making the branches look like the withered arms of a demon with claws and teeth. Her wet hair stuck to the side of her face, and it felt very uncomfortable to wake up in the middle of the night. Mira sat up, doing it lightly because she didn't want to wake Henry up.
"Pa-" She gently opened the cloth covering one side of the tent, and then stood there thinking for a while. In the end, she still didn't take off the armor, and turned around and picked up the tent next to her bed. A half-sword in one hand, carefully tied around his waist.
"Click -" The end of the extended belt hit the weighted ball at the tail of the sword and made a slight sound. Mira turned her head, paying attention to whether she woke anyone up, and then slapped the belt near the buckle. After finishing the knot, he walked towards the other side with light steps.
"Emonica..." She whispered. After leaving the tent, Mira immediately felt much cooler. However, when the night wind blew, her exposed skin immediately felt itchy due to sweating.
"Emonica..." Not wanting to wake up the other two, the girl called out again in a low voice, and then gently opened a corner of the tent.
"No...haha-" She yawned greatly, because she was woken up by the heat in the middle of the night, and she was still a little sleepy now.
"Did she go take a shower too... Really, just wake me up." Mira, who was not thinking clearly, muttered a few words in a low voice, and then walked forward.
The grass and shrubs rubbed against the outside of the light leather boots, making a "swirling" sound. She groped towards a place with light. Although the group of people camped near the lake, in order to avoid the various people who were looking for food at night. A beast-like territory, they chose a half-slope that was not easy to walk over directly.
"Neigh--" Seeing his master approaching, the war horse that was on alert snored as if to say hello. Mira walked over and patted its cheek gently: "Be quiet, you. This little guy." The faint moonlight shone on the girl's face, and she said softly with a sleepy smile, then crossed the horse and continued walking forward.
There were not many traces of animal movement on the nearby forest floor, and the grass and shrubs here only reached the level of the girl's ankles - this was a deliberate choice, and now she had the knowledge and ability to judge this fact. Mila, who was a little confused due to lack of sleep, was thinking wildly: the low grass and shrubs made it impossible for large and dangerous beasts to hide. Even if there were animal trails nearby, they would only be small voles and rabbits.
In addition, it is in a leeward position, so there is no need to worry about wild animals smelling it and running to look for food. It is also at a certain distance from Lake Leyika, so there is no need to worry about being disturbed by animals that come to drink water at night.
If you have experience and knowledge, you can summarize a lot of key points from even these ordinary details of choosing a camping location.
"Be good at observation... The teacher said, be good at observation..." Mira, who was shaking her head and drowsily murmuring this in a low voice, continued to fumble towards the shore of Lake Laika ahead.
All she wanted now was to find Emmanica as a companion, then wash away the discomfort, and then return to the tent to have a good sleep. The road from the camping site to Lake Leka was shaped like an L. The girl stepped on the half-sloping land on this side and walked for a while before reaching the intersection.
"Hawu——" She yawned loudly again, and then reached out her hand to wipe the tears welling up from the corners of her eyes.
Mira did not bring a torch, but the bright moonlight was enough to illuminate the path under her feet. She continued to walk forward, while thinking endlessly in her mind.
'Speaking of which, if it weren't for the possible existence of dwarfs, I wouldn't have worn armor to sleep for safety -' The thought that flashed through her mind made Mira instantly fall asleep - 'Dwarfs? ! ' She stopped, changed her lazy and confused look, and immediately assumed a standard guard posture. A gust of wind blew through the woods and bushes, making a "rustling" sound, and the dark places where the moonlight could not shine suddenly seemed to her like Full of hostility.
"Woo--" After she woke up, all the details of the whole world were described in detail by her senses. In front of her, under the pale blue moonlight shining through the branches on the tree trunk, there was a creature with more than a dozen long legs. Centipedes crawled across quickly, and unknown insects chirped in the shrubs on both sides. Together with the chirping of cicadas, this was the sound of the forest at night.
"Whoosh - rustle -" "snap -" The branches and leaves shook for a while. Mira was so frightened that she directly grasped the hilt of the sword. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then stared at the place where the shaking came from. Although her reason told her that even those dwarfs could not be hiding among such low shrubs, but who knew, maybe there were shorter ones among them.
- A short dwarf? What should I call it, little dwarf? Mira, whose mind was still unclear, shook her little head vigorously to get rid of this idea. The bushes rustled again, and a gray hare jumped out. It sniffed and turned to look at the girl, then jumped out to the other side.
"Huh..." She let out a long breath and her whole body softened suddenly. It was the first time for Mira to walk alone for a long time in the wild at night. Without anyone else to accompany her, she felt a little uneasy. At this moment, she forgot about the stuffiness of the armor on her body, because she felt more at ease wearing it.
"Emonica... did you really go to the lake?" Mira, who calmed down because of fear, began to use her knowledge of tracking. Henry had mentioned many times that human beings walking into nature will cause changes in the surrounding environment: stepping on Being on the grass will cause them to break off, stepping on the soil will leave footprints, and walking through bushes and trees will break off fresh leaves and twigs. Although the current light is not very sufficient, Mira can still see on the ground. to clear footprints.
Emmanica walked slowly. Although the sun has been quite strong during the day these days, the dirt ground on this side covered by the woods is still slightly moist. Mira can tell from the exposed ground that her The footprints should be flat and slightly deeper at the heel.
The stones next to her were pressed down and did not fly around. If she was running, her toes would be deeper, and the surrounding stones would be overturned by the impact of her fast and violent steps. Leaves clearly identifiable traces.
"The clues are there, you just have to know how to observe..." Mira squatted down and studied it carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
'Emonica was not chased by anything. She walked out normally, so there shouldn't be that much danger around here...' She thought like this, turned her head and looked at the surrounding environment. The moonlight was suddenly captured by The clouds blocked it and the light became dim. Mira shuddered involuntarily.
"It's better to be more careful." She lowered her center of gravity slightly in preparation for exerting force, and then looked around to pay attention to any movement.
Being nervous will not do you any good. The slightest disturbance will only quickly consume your energy like a frightened bird. Mira kept Henry's teachings in mind, and while remaining vigilant, she did not let her whole body fall into a tense state. She just used smaller steps to move forward at a leisurely speed. Marching forward can be more flexible and respond immediately when an enemy is discovered.
Every day and every moment, she would think carefully about what Henry taught her.
——Doubts existed before. In just over a month, it will be a year since they met. When they first met, Mira had no choice but to trust Henry. This trust was shaken in some subsequent situations, but when the dust settled, she would always find that Henry was right.
From helpless reliance, to some doubts, it finally evolved into trust from the bottom of my heart.
Mira once asked whether Henry was infallible, and the sage's response was to shake his head and decisively deny this view.
"Everything in the world exists with possibility. The so-called perfect prediction does not exist. All people can do is rely on their own knowledge to try to deduce what happened. Because what we know is There are many and few, and there are two types of conclusions: accurate and inaccurate."
"But this is not an absolute polarization of black and white. Whether it is right or wrong, there is a relativity."
"Relying on multi-faceted and all-round observation and thinking combined with known knowledge, the more details that can be obtained and applied, the higher the chance that the judged matter will be closer to the truth, but no one can ever, no one can ever Make predictions that are 100% correct.”
Just like his usual style and somewhat professional words, Mira still can't fully understand it. All she knows is that the various methods Henry taught her are the most effective.
Some of the documents she read during her journey mentioned that some apprentices achieved greater brilliance than their mentors after they left school, but in other documents, she saw the opposite description. He raised objections to the instructor.
At this point, Mira can more or less understand the psychology of these people.
'Why must he be right? ''Just because it's an authority? ''The conclusions I draw based on my own thinking are definitely better than the answers I get directly, right? '
Guys with such ideas cannot trust their mentors, so they take many detours that their mentors want to avoid them taking.
If you want to raise objections and summarize your own approach, you must at least wait until you have thoroughly learned all the fighting skills and read thousands of books in a true sense. Mira uses these thoughts to He calmed himself down, and at the same time, he took steps and moved forward cautiously.
"Shasha——" The shrubs closer to the lake began to grow taller, and there was another sound from the right side of the road, this time far louder than the hare before.
"...Click." Mira grabbed the hilt of the sword with a vigilant expression on her face. She held the scabbard with her left hand and tilted it until the sheath mouth was pointed forward. At the same time, she lowered her center of gravity and continued to approach forward with small steps.
"The height of the bush is about one meter and three meters. Judging from the movement, it is definitely not a target the size of a rabbit..." She muttered in a low voice and used the method Henry taught her to judge the situation: "At least it will be a deer-level creature. But deer generally live in groups and there are no animal trails nearby. If they are alone, there is a possibility that they are dwarfs..." Her voice was covered by the sound of insects around her, and Mira quietly approached.
It was already close to the lakeside. The wind in the mountains blew by, and the sparkling reflected light shone on her left side.
"In other words, the opponent should be agile, so it is not suitable to use powerful strides to slash. Choosing small steps and stabbing is the right plan..."
"Huh-hiss." "Plop-" The sound of breathing was accompanied by the sound of something hitting the ground. Mira became even more vigilant, because it sounded very much like something was struggling.
If there is a struggle, then there will be an attacker.
Regardless of whether the attacker is a dwarf or a beast, there is a certain danger to me at the moment.
"Gu——" She swallowed, then lowered her center of gravity and approached slowly.
"Hiss-" "Pap-tap-tap-"
——It was a dark shadow.
Because it exists in the bushes where light does not shine, it is difficult to see the details, but Mira can tell that it has a body similar to that of a human, and that a creature that is probably a deer is approaching the other party. I don't know what to do with my neck.
"Is it really a Goblin..." Mira used the Thoradin terminology this time. She was behind the opponent at the moment. In order not to alarm the target, the girl slowly drew out the half-handed sword at her waist, but she also It was at this time that another gust of wind blew through, and the sparkling moonlight reflected on her sword blade. Mira immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Shua——" "Cha——" She speeded up in a hurry, but faster than that was the human-shaped black shadow, which directly pressed on the Luo An girl's shoulders and carried her with her whole body. Arrived in the middle of the road.
"Oops -" The long sword could not be pulled out, and the impact of falling to the dirt ground was absorbed by the armor. She immediately reacted and reached out to touch the small sword on the other side, and it was at this time that , the humanoid shadow riding on her opened his mouth and made a sound that couldn't be considered unfamiliar——
"Mira...?"
The crisp sound was accompanied by the owner's red eyes under the moonlight and the blood at the corner of his mouth.
"..."
"Emonica?" Mira stopped, and then stared blankly at the blond girl with fangs exposed at the corners of her mouth. (To be continued.)
