V1.Chapter 40

The caravan reached its new foothold in the afternoon.

It was a small town called Jinxi Town. Because there was once a river where gold could be found, it was very prosperous for a period of time. Unfortunately, after the gold mine was fully exploited, it gradually declined again. The alarm bell rang before the caravan approached the town, and then someone came to check it out on horseback. This is still the edge of the wilderness, so the people living here are very vigilant. After confirming that it was a caravan, the people in the town let them go, and at the same time, some people came to ask about the goods.

In places farther away from the city, some people will sell their goods cheaply to caravans, who will bring them into the city to sell.

At the same time, some things will be bought from merchants and sold in nearby towns. Ordinary merchants don't trade long distances unless they are heavily guarded like this northern caravan.

Because it is more dangerous and it is very troublesome to communicate with.

The little girl was in good spirits today, perhaps because the road was relatively calm, she just jumped down after arriving in the town and looked around curiously.

The captain of the guard told Sauron that he would be staying in the town today, and that he could have a look here at will, and just go to the hotel at the east gate in the evening.

The whole town is surrounded by walls.

It is the kind of wall built with two layers of solid logs. The thickness of a log is 20 centimeters. Both ends are sharpened and driven into the ground. There is an arrow tower every 100 meters or so, which can be climbed up with a ladder from below. The town has two gates on the east and west sides, both of which are very heavy gates, which look like a solid city.

This is to guard against gnoll attacks and possible robbers.

But in such towns, there are always vigils at night, because gnolls may sneak in here.

"Look brother!"

The little girl looked around holding Sauron's hand, and when she heard the shouting beside her, she pulled him over curiously.

It was two people training.

One is a middle-aged man, and the other is younger and looks a bit similar, either father and son or uncles and nephews.

"Watch to the right!"

The middle-aged man holding the shield wooden sword let out a low drink, and continued, "When the enemy attacks from this direction, you must learn to use your shield."

"Look carefully."

"When blocking, the arms must keep a distance, so that there is room for movement."

"Don't take too big steps when launching a shield strike."

"It's the sword in your hand that kills you, not the shield."

"All you need is the impact of the shield to destabilize the opponent and stab your weapon."

The two are training hard.

The middle-aged man didn't look back at all, but the young man was a little distracted, and was immediately smashed to the ground by the middle-aged man with his shield: "This is the second point I want to tell you, when fighting Absolutely no distractions."

"Keep training."

The young man gritted his teeth and got up, his expression became much more serious, and at the same time he launched a more valiant attack.

Maybe it was because someone watched it aroused his competitive spirit.

The middle-aged man was still calm, and said solemnly while blocking: "See clearly."

"Facing the enemy's slashing attack."

"Shields are not the only means of defense, you have to learn to parry with weapons."

"The hacking attack is a line."

"If you can't dodge at this time, you need to find a way to hold up the enemy's attack."

"It's like that."

The middle-aged man parried with a sword, then rushed forward and knocked the young man to the ground with his shoulders: "It is not only the sword that can defeat the enemy, our body is also a weapon."

"stand up."

Very authentic and ruthless way of training.

Sauron looked at the blood dripping from the young man's nose, his expression gradually became serious, and he observed them carefully.

The middle-aged man only glanced at them at this time.

But he didn't pay much attention to it. After turning the wooden sword in his hand, he continued: "If the enemy stabs you with a sword."

"It's best not to parry and block at this time."

"You have to learn to use your body to dodge. The piercing attack is a single point, and it is very difficult to parry, but you can easily avoid the attack as long as you move your body."

"but."

"When the enemy stabs, it's often just the beginning of the attack."

"You need to learn to judge in an instant."

"Watch their shoulders."

"Any attack is launched with a trajectory, and when they need to explode their power, their bodies will inevitably make corresponding movements."

"Like you can do this."

The middle-aged man dodged to avoid the stabbing sword, then twisted his waist and stepped to swing the sword towards the young man's wrist, and the wooden sword fell to the ground.

The young man who was defeated in a row was finally a little discouraged.

He lay panting on the ground, not even picking up the sword. The middle-aged man looked at the sky and said slowly, "I will train here today."

"If you want to be a qualified fighter, you still need to learn a lot."

"To fight with strength alone is just to die."

The middle-aged man wiped his sweat with the clothes on the side, then glanced at Sauron, glanced at the scimitar on his body, and said solemnly: "Outlander."

"I'm the captain of the militia here."

"Although it does not exclude foreigners, it is not welcome."

"You'd better not cause trouble." [Threats]

The other party's tone was very serious, and there was no provocative expression, as if he was saying a very normal thing, but inexplicably gave people a kind of pressure.

"I never like to take the initiative to cause trouble."

Sauron smiled and said calmly: "But if someone provokes me, I will make him feel very sorry."

"We just passed by here."

The middle-aged man nodded: "That's the best." [Intimidation failed]

This is a third-order warrior, and it is very likely that he used to be a famous adventurer. Sauron noticed that his leg was a little inconvenient. It may have been so badly injured that the bones were displaced. Such adventurers are relatively common, and many have to retire after being injured and return to their hometowns to live a normal life.

There are many people in this world with stories.

"elder brother."

The little girl picked up a branch and gestured for a while, then said with a smile, "That person just looked really good."

"but."

"The people he taught are so stupid that they can't remember such a simple thing."

"look."

Sauron glanced at the little girl who looked crooked and gestured. She was small and weak, and she didn't know where she was going. But Sauron didn't hit her, just rubbed her little head and said, "It's quite simple."

"It's all practical skills though. Of course he's not as smart as my Vivienne."

"Walk."

"I'll take you to buy something delicious."

Just as he was watching the opponent's training, a row of small words appeared in front of Soran's eyes:

"Technology upgrade!"

"You learned something from watching other people's training!...Mastered certain combat skills!..."

"Parry +1, Block +1, Dodge (move) +1."

Sauron didn't expect that two new basic skills would be triggered in this way. He also thought that he would not be able to activate these two basic skills until he trained about parry and block in the future. One or two points of basic skills are not very useful. If you want to get a significant improvement, you need at least an increase of more than 10 points. Generally, if a basic skill is increased by about 50 points, there will be a relatively obvious improvement in ability.

For example, the 100-point block of the shield warrior.

That was the professional level of using a shield to block, just like Sauron's ability to sneak.

The basic skills are to choose a specialization direction.

Then other basic skills that are triggered are improved by themselves with time training, and the skill points obtained by upgrading are rarely invested in them, because 'skills have specializations'.

Most of the basic skills related to occupations will improve faster.

For example, Sauron's evasion skill has now reached 6 points, and he has not undergone special training. If he conducts relevant evasion (rolling) and evasion (moving) training, his evasion skill point can be quickly increased to 20 point above.

Generally, if the basic evasion skills are around 50 points, you can passively increase your evasion by 1 point.

This evasion is an instinctual evasion.

That is, the subconscious reaction of people when they are attacked, and only some specialties can increase.

For example, specialties such as 'intuitive dodge', 'master dodge', 'super dodge', etc. are all combat specialties that are difficult to train and acquire, and their effects are also very obvious.

Basic skills are relatively common abilities, and only specialties are skills that significantly improve strength.

Of course it is very difficult to master.

Some feats have pre-requirements for basic skills, such as the combat feat derived from parrying [Integrated Defense and Offense] (100 points for parrying), and the combat skill [Strong Shield Strike] derived from parrying (Block 150 points), these are all mastery requirements for basic skill points.

Basic skills below 50 points are relatively easy to master, and to continue to improve requires the level of professionals.

For example, the negotiating and valuation ability of professional businessmen.

as well as.

The barbarian's taunt ability.

Sometimes when you meet these simple-minded and muscular guys, you will really get mad at his words!

This group of mock professionals.

………………

(One of the things that the player Barbarians likes to do is to show his muscles disdainfully at the enemy, and then taunt: "A group of weak chickens."

In addition, the taunting ability of the Venomous Witch is also very strong.

There used to be some players whose professional level was not high [only level 6] because their mouths were too poisonous, and the taunting skill actually reached more than 200 points [master level].

Too much sarcasm will create an aura, even if you don't understand what you are saying, you will be full of hatred just by looking at the expression. )