I, Lord of the End

2022-01-14

Chapter 8, Fast as the Wind

Holy Empire calendar 5017, late September.

Sid woke up early in the morning, as always.

Pushing open the windows of Migrating Bird Tavern, the cold winds assaults the senses, Rizlan is like this, even in the hottest June and July, the nights are still cold, the altitude here Too high.

Drawing a basin of water from the tavern, and simply washing up, Sid began to put on his full armor.

I have to say that Old Ma is a reliable brother. After Sid got into trouble, Old Ma asked the blacksmiths to work overtime and finally delivered it in the middle of the night.

This is a complete set of chain armor, the small iron chain weaving is closely linked with one another, finished with black paint, the chain armor made by the Rizlan people has a small reputation in Holy Empire, durable, resistant to hacking and fighting Hit and can cover the whole body.

For an agile warrior like Sid, chainmail is the upper limit of the armor he can wear, and it is impossible for him to wear chainmail or plate armor like those professionally trained Knights who use a swift sword. When facing the enemy, relying on agile toss and move the sword, being able to wear chain armor is already the result of his enhanced strength and speed after he was promoted to Paragon Rank.

Put the chain armor on, put a black leather coat on the body, and then the belt, whether it is a leather coat or a belt, it is a special decoration with a black background and a gold edge, and the belt buckle is according to Sid’s The request made a golden double-headed eagle pattern, and on the chest and back of the fur coat, Old Ma filled in the pattern of skull and cross according to Sid’s request.

Specialized shoulder pads and wrist guards on the right shoulder and right wrist to protect the owner’s safety.

This complete set of chainmail costs 100 gold ecubit.

After getting dressed, Sid continued to prepare his weapons.

Sid’s most commonly used and favorite is his swift sword saint, which is a relatively standard high level swift sword with a length of about 120cm, of which the blade is about 105cm long. The hilt has a load-bearing ball and the grid is a rather fancy double-headed eagle and golden spiral gauntlets with buckled fingers.

The swift sword receives sword enters sheathe, the secondary weapon is a short fire gun inserted into the waist holster, and Sid hangs two short swords on his chest.

Everything is ready.

Go.

It took about fifteen minutes to walk to the place.

In this world, people like to use carriage (or bullock cart) for their travel. After a long time, passenger transport companies came into being. These passenger transport companies have stations in cities and villages. Carriage cattle Buses will move around these stops regularly. Each bus has a starting price, which is generally 2 Copper Coins, and then one more Copper Coin is added for one more stop.

Helvetia’s passenger station is naturally the largest in the entire Rizlan Kingdom. Even if there is only a very simple waiting room, there are still many people here. Now the first bus has not yet started in the early morning, there are already many mercenaries here. Waiting for the car.

Sid was a little surprised that not only did he arrive early, but the Raven Knight group also arrived early.

The thick-browed Old Knight, Sid remembers his name as Bauer, was sitting with the bald Old Knight David and whispering something, while another apprentice, Knight Mochi, was sitting far away, staying with the squires .

Seeing Sid’s early appearance, Old Knight Bauer seemed to have expected it, and he stepped forward: “Hello, Mr. Sid, good morning.”

“Hello.” Sid knew , Old Knight respects himself not because he is a middleman, but because of his appearance: “Arrived so early?”

“It’s early benefits.” The two Old Knights Bauer and David agreed Looking at his eyes, Old Knight Bauer said with a smile: “I’m always getting older and need some time to get into the state.”

“Mr. Bauer is really experienced, and he is indeed a Raven Knight. He is really a stock of the empire.” Sid followed with said with a smile: “On the way, I still have to learn a little more from you, the experience of life.”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the two Old Knights clearly showed joy. expression, and the apprentice Knight named Mochi twitched the corners of his mouth and moved his head to the side.

Let’s see what you have to say to him next!

Sid caught Mochi’s changes out of the corner of his eyes. He thought that there was something tricky, so he prepared himself and waited for the two Old Knights to have problems.

The two Old Knights gave another wink.

Just after going back yesterday, Bauer and David specifically asked others to learn how the commission for cleaning up the Brother Ma Brin tribe would not exceed 100 gold ecubit, and Sid was able to accept it. When the “list” of 500 gold ecubits was really met with “fat sheep”, the two Old Knights made a calculation, 350 gold ecubits were given 30 to Mochi, and 20 were reserved for the apprentices. The annual income is still high, and it is really a blessing from Alan Bell (the god of luck) to earn extra money this time.

But people are always greedy, and the two Old Knights quickly caught on to the idea of Sid’s commission.

30% is too much.

“Little Brother, it will take a while for the car we have packaged to arrive.” Bauer thought for a while, but decided to speak for himself: “There is nothing to do, we can only wait here, it seems that we do It’s a little early.”

“I’m used to it.” Sid said angrily, not one drop of water can leak out: “Jupiter is on top, and I can bathe in the first rays of light in the morning, I I believe this is the blessing of the Lord of Heaven.”

“In that case, why don’t we warm up first?” Bald Old Knight David said with a smile: “Little Brother, I see your age. You already have Paragon Rank strength when you are young, so you should be fighting in person, right? We are going to deal with goblins and centaurs this time, if you are careless, you will get into trouble!”

Sid understood immediately.

These two Old Guys want to test their own strength, right?

If their strength is not good, these two Old Guys will probably say “you have no combat experience” and “the outside is too dangerous for you”, and then persuade themselves not to follow.

Then there are two branches: if Sid follows, the Old Knights will ask for a lower rate under the pretext of protecting him, and if Sid does not follow, the Old Knights will easily demand Significantly reduced commissions.

It turns out that Sid’s guess was correct.

The two Old Knights thought that it would be enough to let this youngster take 10% of the fee, and no more.

“Just right, I want to warm up too.”

Youngster’s response is satisfactory.

Bauer stood up immediately, the Old Knight clapped his hands, and the two Knight squires immediately put on a full set of armor for him, Raven Knight regiment standard hydraulic press iron essence plate armor, standard standard iron boots, long sword and shield , and then the squire held the kite helmet with his own hands, and the exquisite kite helmet had a Raven feather pinned to his forehead.

A low-level enchantment “Eye of Raven” is attached to the Kite Helm, which slightly increases the user’s vision and magic resistance.

This set of Knight equipment is worth 500 gold ecubit.

After getting dressed, Bauer said apologetically: “Little Brother, I only have this outfit, excuse me, I don’t need my shield.”

What a shameless the old bastard.

Sid’s contemptuous look made Bauer a little sorry, and the boiling crowd around him relieved him.

“Oh oh oh! Someone’s going to try!”

“It’s a Knight from the Empire against our Rizlan mercenaries!”

“Nobili vs Iquis Ha, a family fights a family!”

“Come on, come on! Paragon Rank matchups are rare!”

Rizlan people are inherently martial, this kind of Paragon Rank’s duel is rare! The competition was rare, and the crowd who immediately heard the news blocked the waiting hall of Xunfeng Passenger Transport from three floors to three floors, and the director of the Helvetia branch of Xunfeng Passenger Transport was also alarmed.

“Move things out and let them talk.”

So in the middle of the waiting room, Sid and Bauer stood opposite each other.

Bauer is in the most basic Knight stance, with one leg in front and the other behind, with both hands raised on the right side of his head, one after the other holding the Knight’s sword, and the sword edge is aligned forward Sid, the blade is slightly drooping and the hilt is facing up.

This is the standard Knight sword gesture style. This gesture style can be used for slashing, slashing or thrusting. If the opponent is a long weapon, the defense can be withdrawn at any time.

Sid, who stood opposite Bauer, was different. Sid had a straight waist and drew his swift sword “Templar Rapier” from his waist. He clenched the hilt with one hand, and the slender sword The blade stands vertically, and the sword edge points straight to the sky.

The squires and apprentices of the Raven Knight regiment watched the duel with anticipation. One of the young squires, about the same age as Sid, was so excited that he moved towards Mochi, who was standing at the front. Said: “Mr. Mochi, who do you think will win?”

“Not good said.” Mochi, who was also in his early twenties, frowned. Of all the people present, he was the only Paragon. Rank strength, so what he said was the most convincing, and everyone around him pricked up his ears to listen to his explanation: “From the point of view of equipment alone, there is no doubt that Sir Bauer has an advantage, especially the one used by Mr. Sid. It’s a swift sword.”

Mochi didn’t say the rest, the plate armor had too much advantage against weapons with weak armor piercing such as swords.

“The Swift Sword is a very flexible weapon, and it is also a weapon that requires proficiency very much, because all the attack methods of the Swift Sword are generally only five in general, namely round cut, round Split, half-circle, half-circle and thrust…” Mochi continued: “From this aspect alone, the attack of the Swift Sword is very monotonous, but due to the light weight of the Swift Sword, it generally does not exceed 2 pounds (0.9KG). ), its moves can be said to be Myriad Transformations, as far as I know, there are Seven Shields and Wallace…”

Yo, this young Knight has something, Sid glanced at it and was explaining Mochi, index finger hard.

Let the battle begin!

“Shadow of Raven!” Bauer let out a battle cry, Old Knight’s First Move was a full-speed shot, Knight’s sword flipped in the air, and stabbed Sid’s chest, the sword edge was like a awn, Old Knight even It only took six or seven points of strength and was ready to close the sword, because if the middleman was seriously injured here, the task could not be done, and he would also lose money!

Sid dodged Bauer’s attack with just a casually side slide.

“Get out of the way!” Mochi screamed, “Fast!”

The Knight’s sword in the air immediately turned stab to slash, taking Sid’s shoulder.

At this time, Sid moved, and he lightly stretched out his swift sword, the sword edge like a snake, and took the Old Knight’s wrist.

Bauer didn’t waver at all. Of course, Knight’s plate armor includes hand armor. What can a swift sword do?

With one blow, take down this Little Brother!

The moment the tip of the swift sword touched the lower half of the blade of the Knight’s sword, Sid finally made a move, and the youngster’s wrist turned rapidly, like a poisonous snake, the swift tip was accurate. The ground supported the Knight’s sword, and the swift blade bent along with it. As the master’s movements stirred the Knight’s sword, the attack slowed down, and Bauer had to spend more strength to strengthen the attack.

However, Sid took advantage of the situation and took the Swift Sword, and the entangled blade was thrown backward along the master’s power. Not only was he unable to approach Sid’s body one step, but he even leaned forward with Bauer’s body. Knight was horrified to find himself moving towards Sid uncontrollably.

The Swift Sword was still mixed with the Knight Sword at this time, youngster suddenly stretched out his left hand and pressed it on his right wrist, leaning forward with strength.

To outsiders, Sid was just a nudge.

A flash of sparks flashed away, and the swift sword pressed down on the sword grid of the Knight sword in the blink of an eye. He staggered, took a few steps back, and finally sat down on the ground.

“It’s so fast, so fast!” Mochi tone barely fell , the Swift Sword has been calmly retracted in Sid’s hand, and the sword tip penetrated the hollow of the kite helmet with great accuracy. part.

youngster picks his wrist.

The Kite Helmet flew up, revealing Bauer’s intact face, and Old Knight was already sweating.

It only took a few seconds from his shot to the defeat!

“you let me win” Sid’s indifferent voice came.

Old Knight opened his mouth, he took several breaths, he really couldn’t find any excuse, and then said bitterly: “I lost.”

One move, Just one move!

“It’s pushback!” Mochi’s surprised voice followed the sound of Old Knight’s landing.

“Mr. Mochi, what is pushback?” a Knight squire immediately asked.

“Due to its special usage and flexible parry skills, the predecessors have summarized three Profound Truths through continuous summarization and learning.” Mochi has no intention of hiding anything, he will What I know said: “That’s the rebound, the push and the flash!”

“The rebound is the quick sword user who quickly counterattacks after parrying the opponent’s attack. The point is precision. Unlike the pre-judgmented parry, there are three types of swift sword’s parry: horizontal parry, vertical parry, and vertical parry. Swift sword users must complete the pre-judgment and do the parry action at the moment when the opponent makes a move, so that there is room for a counterattack. , this is the rebound.”

“The push-back is a higher level skill than the rebound-back. It pays attention to pushing back at a certain moment in the parry to make the opponent stumble. This is a very difficult skill to master. If you push too early, you will push before you release the force. The collision of force will also make you stumble. It is better to bounce back. If you push too late, the opponent has already started to attack, and pushing back will make your center of gravity lean forward. It is very dangerous. Only when the opponent’s old strength is gone and the new strength is not born can he push back, so that the opponent can only stumble.” Mochi was silent for a second: “The people who can master the push-back are all Master Rank characters, why would they? Appearing on a mercenary middleman…”

Oh! I don’t understand it, but it looks amazing! The apprentices of the Raven Knight squires applauded collectively, and the brown-haired squires immediately asked: “What about the flash? Mr. Mochi?”

“The flash is a legendary magic skill, which refers to the attack of the enemy. At the moment of your own body, you can simultaneously push back and use the opponent’s strength to use force to complete the counterattack. This magical skill needs to be in one go in an instant, which is the highest realm of the quick sword technique.” Mochi shook his head repeatedly: “I just listen to it. I said, I haven’t seen it before.”

This, this is too handsome, isn’t it? The onlookers burst into cheers. Although Holy Empire has never had any deep hatred with Rizlan in the history of the Holy Empire, a Rizlan mercenary actually defeated an Imperial Knight in plate armor, which is of course cause for celebration! There was a sensation, and soon there was warm applause.

In the eyes of everyone, Sid was just a beautiful teenager who smell of mother’s milk not yet dried, and now he has instantly become a sword technique master.

“Master, I also want to use the Swift Sword, can you teach me?”

“Just push down just now, I want to learn!”

“Master, do you still accept apprentices? Can you count me as one?”

“I always thought the Swift Sword would not work before, but now I know it’s me!”

“hmph, and the Raven Knight, I already knew that the Empire’s Knight is not good!”

The onlookers discussed spiritedly, and the Raven Knights were obviously a little stumped. David hurried over to help Bauer up. He felt that Bauer was underestimating the enemy, but he thought that his strength was similar to that of Bauer. Ashamed, I immediately gave up the plan to do it myself.

The two Old Knights looked at each other, and Bauer said embarrassedly, “cough cough, little brother, your strength is not bad, I really underestimate you, hey, after all, you are old, and you are another one. Early in the morning, my body is still a little stiff, and I can’t use it…”

“Mochi!” David immediately shouted: “Come and learn from Sid little brother, you are both youngsters and learn from each other. Well!”

I beat the old one, and the young one came, right? Sid’s expression remained the same, but nodded, agreeing.

It was just right, he also wanted to know the level of this apprentice Knight with good theoretical basic knowledge.

Mochi didn’t refuse either. With the help of his squires, apprentice Knight put on chainmail, shoulder armor, and hand armor, holding his own half-sword in hand, and stood in front of Sid.

“Please enlighten me!”

“Please!”

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(end of this chapter)