4 Preparing

Chapter 4 Preparing

Linde seemed to have eyes behind him. He easily dodged the attack from behind. At the same time, he turned around and swung his sword, hitting the sneak attacker in the chest. If this was a real sword, the sneak attacker should have already He couldn't afford to be seriously injured, but now the sneak attacker could still continue to attack him, and there were two people nearby who cooperated to besiege Linde.

  Ordinary people would definitely be in a hurry when faced with this kind of siege, but Linde seemed very relaxed. His steps were as light as a deer in the forest, and his body was as comfortable as a butterfly in the flowers. He always When the attack is about to fall on him, he can easily avoid it, and he can also counterattack according to the situation, and the weapon in his hand can accurately hit the vital point.

  If he hadn't held two wooden swords and the attackers were wearing leather armor, the three attackers would have died dozens of times.

  However, even so, some of Linde's counterattacks were still able to penetrate the gaps in the leather armor and hit the attackers in unprotected areas, causing them great pain.

  "Stop, stop!" After Linde's wooden sword passed through the leather armor and stabbed one of the attackers, the attacker finally couldn't bear the pain on his body, took two steps back, waved his hands repeatedly, and took off his leather armor. , lifted up his clothes, revealing bruises and bruises on his body, and gasped: "I won't practice any more. If I keep practicing, I'm afraid the sparring fee dad gave me won't be enough to heal my injuries." Seeing

  someone stop, the other two The sparring partners, who had also endured it to the limit, put down their wooden swords and shields, indicating that they didn't want to do it anymore.

  As the person involved, Linde gasped for air, punched the ground with his wooden sword, and looked apologetically at the three sparring partners carefully selected by Father Bain.

  Lind's injury was completely healed half a month ago, but there is no news from Bain's father. Although the smiling Will has been found, Will did not give Bain a clear answer. , just telling Father Bain to wait until the Red Lake City guards need to expand.

  Lind was not worried about this, because from the news he got from the tavern, it was not difficult to see that Red Lake City, Oak City, and Golden Tree City must be making big moves. Red Lake City would definitely summon its citizens by then, and he would only need to bring weapons. He just needs to go to the battlefield. He believes that with his own strength, he will definitely have a brilliant record. Coupled with his current reputation as a bear hunter, as long as the Klein family is not blind, they should not let him go. A capable subordinate.

  Maybe he doesn't need to start as a guard at the lowest level and can directly assume a higher position.

  After putting aside the matter of becoming a guard of Red Lake City, Linde began to concentrate on various trainings. Physical fitness and other basic physical fitness training was naturally the most important, but he did not fall behind in swordsmanship training, but he never had an opponent to do it. Practical training.

  After watching him practice swordsmanship once, Father Bain felt that it was useless for him to continue practicing alone, so he helped Lind from time to time to hire actual combat training subjects from the caravan mercenaries.

  At first, it was just one-on-one training, but it soon became apparent that Linde was suppressing his opponent to death during one-on-one training, and such training had almost no effect.

  Linde also felt that the dual-wielding swordsmanship he had mastered was too strong. If he met a knight who had been trained for many years, it would be of some training value, but against an ordinary mercenary one-on-one, he would not be too relaxed.

  So he took the initiative to increase the number of people, and after less than ten days of actual combat training, he was able to easily suppress the siege of three mercenaries. According to the current situation, perhaps only increasing the number to five can make him feel to pressure.

  Although the swordsmanship he has shown during these days of training is amazing, he has also exposed some physical deficiencies. He can only sustain a high-intensity battle like the one just now for two or three minutes. After this time, his physical strength will be reduced. It will plummet, and the combat effectiveness will also drop as a result. This flaw cannot be made up for in a short time, and it requires a long period of training to change.

  While Father Bain handed the ointment prepared to remove blood clots to the few hired mercenaries, he analyzed to Lind: "Ordinary mercenaries can no longer bring pressure to you, add a few more It's the same, you need real fighting, preferably fighting with real warriors, to help improve your strength."

  After saying that, he paused, looked at Linde who was still breathing, and said: " You should stop looking for someone to spar with you recently. It would be better if you do more physical training."

  After tax, he walked up to Linde, grabbed Linde's arm, squeezed it, and said, "You are too thin now. You need to gain some weight. During this period, I will make you some more rotten mashed beans, which should make you stronger."

  After hearing Father Bain's arrangement, Lind felt that it was different from his physical training . There was a conflict in the plan, but he didn't refuse. After all, his training plan also required a lot of high-calorie food. Rotten mashed beans might not taste good, but it could provide the energy needed to support training.

  Moreover, Father Bain's suggestion is not unreasonable. Because he has absorbed the combat experience of Peace Walker, his training will be involuntarily in the direction of Peace Walker. During the training, he can dodge quickly and sneak and hide. The emphasis is on speed, so his training is all focused on speed, which makes his weight a bit too light, especially because he has very little fat on his body.

  You must know that on the battlefield of cold weapons, fat can be called the last armor. After a person with enough fat on his body is attacked, it is very likely that only the fat layer will be injured, and his muscles and bones will not be injured. He still has the ability to fight, but if Linde's current body is hit hard, without the protection of fat, the attack will directly act on the muscles and bones, and he is likely to be injured and lose most of his combat effectiveness.

  Linde nodded and replied: "I understand! I will adjust the training methods."

  Seeing that Linde did not refute him, but directly agreed to adjust the training methods, Bain's father was also a little surprised, because in the past, Linde's character He is very stubborn, and once he decides on something, he will never change it. Even if it is a suggestion he makes, he will use various words to refute it, just like this adventurous bear hunt.

  "What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Linde noticed something strange in Father Bain's expression, and realized that he might have done something different from before, so he asked pretending to be casual.

  "No, it's fine." Father Bain smiled and indicated that Lind was fine. Although Lind had become a little different, this change was good in his opinion.

  Almost half a month has passed. During this half month, Linde has been training to gain weight. I don't know whether it is because of the large amount of training or the effect of the golden finger. In short, his height and weight are here. There has been a significant improvement over time.    

  Originally, he was the same height as most hunters in Bai Village, only about 1.7 meters, but now he has grown to about 1.9 meters. This height is already outstanding in Bai Village. He even has to lower his head when entering Bain's tavern. Only then could he get in, and as his weight increased, his body became larger and larger. From a distance, he looked like a bear walking upright.

  Because of this, some rumors soon began to spread in Bai Village and the caravans traveling to and from Bai Village. Most of these rumors said that the reason why Linde had such a big change in a short period of time was because he committed suicide. When he killed the mountain bear, he also devoured the mountain bear's essence, thus giving him the shape and body of a mountain bear.

  Such rumors made people fear Linde even more. Some Baicun people who had a bad relationship with Linde before would involuntarily stay away after seeing Linde, let alone look up at Linde.

  The behavior of the people from Bai Village also made Linde feel more and more uncomfortable staying in Bai Village. In fact, he didn't have much resentment or hatred towards the people from Bai Village who tried to take away everything from him when he was dying. On the one hand, this was because He is not the real Linde, and has no feelings for the people and things in Bai Village. On the other hand, he does not think there is anything wrong with the people in Bai Village doing this. In such a poor environment, he uses all available resources. It's human nature, he would do the same thing if he encountered it.

  Because of this, he had already considered improving relations with the Baicun people during the period of his recovery, so that he could take advantage of the Baicun people's population advantage in the future.

  There is no doubt that if you want to develop your own power in such a backward world, the Xiang Party is definitely the most important population resource. What's more, most of the people in Bai Village are archers, and they all know a little swordsmanship and a little training. In no time, you can become a good warrior.

  Linde considered that if he could get some positions in the army under a certain noble in the future and recruit people from Bai Village, he would be able to quickly form his own power.

  But now, the fear and worry of the Bai Village people towards him caused his plan to be shattered before it could be launched. He could clearly feel that even if he took the initiative to improve relations with the Bai Village people and explained that he did not hate them, I am afraid that the Bai Village people would not either. I will believe that he will let go of his hatred.

  The change of mind also caused him to hear rumors from the people of Bai Village that he had swallowed the mountain bear's essence and gained the power of the mountain bear. He did not stop such exaggerated rumors. Instead, he would take the initiative to show some abilities that he had not had in the past in front of the people of Bai Village, and even more so. To further deepen the authenticity of this rumor, the people of Baicun took the initiative to become a mouthpiece to promote their legendary experiences, and the rumors created by the people of Baicun soon began to work.

  After completing his daily training as usual, Lind was ready to go to Father Bain's tavern to eat the weight-gaining food specially prepared for him, but when he reached the door, he was blocked by someone.

  "You are the bear hunter. You are much taller than I thought. Very good, very good!" A nobleman in luxurious clothes looked up and down at Linde with arrogant eyes, and nodded, as if he was looking at someone. items are the same.

  Linde looked at the young nobleman who deliberately wore a beard to make himself look older, and quickly looked at the golden crane badge brand on the saddle of the fine horse at the entrance of the tavern and the six soldiers following the nobleman. Scanning it, I had some guesses about the identity of the person in front of me.

  Although he had roughly guessed the identity of the person coming, Linde didn't know what the other person's purpose was. He could only vaguely feel that there was some hostility in the other person's sight.

  Even though he felt hostility, Linde did not show any abnormal emotions. Instead, he took two steps back like a normal person who encountered provocation. At the same time, he put his hand on the small hand ax at his waist and moved towards the A nobleman asked vigilantly: "Who are you? I don't know you?"

  Seeing Linde's extremely rude reaction, the nobleman frowned slightly, but soon returned to his previous arrogant look and was about to signal. The soldier beside him introduced his identity to Linde.

  "You brat, what do you want to do!" At this time, Father Bain suddenly rushed out of the tavern and wanted to give Linde a hard slap on the back of his head, but due to his height, he could only slap him hard. He touched Lind's back, and when he closed his hand, he squeezed Lind's arm without leaving any trace, as if to imply something, and then he bowed to the young noble and said: "Lord Crow, don't blame him. Since he recovered from his injury, he has become particularly sensitive to everything around him, just like a frightened little rabbit. This is not intended to be directed at you, adults. If you don't believe me, ask other people in the village!"

  "Little boy ! Rabbit? This little rabbit is not small. Old Bain, you don't need to explain, I know exactly what he is, a brave bear hunter!" The young noble glared at Bain's father slightly, telling him to shut up, and then He looked at Lind and said: "I am Sir Crowe Klein of Red Lake City. I heard the legend about you in the tavern and was very curious about you, so I came to see what a bear hunter looks like? Although You're a little worse than I expected, but you're not bad at all."

  Linde didn't speak, just looked at the other person calmly.

  When Sir Crow saw that Lind didn't give him any response, he felt as if he was insulted, and his face became more and more gloomy, but then he seemed to have thought of something, and sneered on his face, and looked at Lind with eyes that seemed to be... Looking at one of the four people, he said: "However, I still don't believe the rumors, so..."

  As he spoke, he turned his head and winked at a soldier beside him, and then took a few steps back. Said: "Since you can hunt mountain bears, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat this follower of mine with your bare hands, right?"

  "Sir..." Father Bain's face changed suddenly after hearing this, and he quickly wanted to intercede for Linde. With combat experience, he knew very well the difference between those with weapons and those without weapons, not to mention that the opponent not only had weapons, but also wore leather armor. Even though Linde's dual-wielding swordsmanship was so amazing, he still couldn't. I don't think Linde can defeat this heavily armed soldier under such disparity conditions.

  "Old Bain, I know you have gone to see Will, and want to help the bear hunter join the Guard. I am now testing whether he is qualified to join the Guard." Sir Crow stopped Bain's plea. , directly revealed what Bain did in Red Lake City some time ago, and then acted as if he had just thought of something, and said: "Oh, by the way, I forgot just now Let me tell you one thing. Smiling Will has been dismissed from the post of captain of the Red Lake City guard because of corruption and has been locked up in the dungeon. He will be executed with other prisoners in two days. The current captain of the Red Lake City guard is me, Chloe. "Ser Crane."

  After hearing the other party's remarks, how could Father Bain not know that he seemed to have been inadvertently involved in the power struggle of the Crane family. The Sir Crow in front of him was here to help him. A lesson learned.

  Seeing that things could not be changed, Father Bain could only turn around and patted Linde's shoulder apologetically, then leaned into Linde's ear and said, "You must use your full strength and don't hold back."

  (End of Chapter)