"Damn, I'm so sorry! How could I pick this lunatic Calvin among so many people at that time!" Link looked back and saw that Calvin's cabin was far away, and then he raised his voice and pointed to the side.
Kermilla howled.
"Keep it down...keep your voice down", the answer was Kermilla's rapid breathing mixed with a weak voice: "Let...let the teacher hear it, it will be easier for you!"
"Could Knight Link be afraid of him?" Link muttered, but his voice had obviously become softer: "Humph, I still don't believe that this tank can't be filled with water today!"
Although the Sunset Garrison Station where the bearded knight Calvin is stationed is also on the border with the Sakara Empire, the climate and conditions are very different from the Colo Castle, which is like spring all year round. After all, Colo Castle is the same as the Sakara Empire.
The Kara Empire is directly connected. There is a road connecting the two sides, and the checkpoints are very convenient to enter and exit. Therefore, merchants from both sides have very frequent business contacts, and the border town of Coloburg has become prosperous.
The daily harmonious business exchanges between the two sides have also caused the military significance of Fort Colo, an important border location, to be overshadowed by its commercial significance. After all, frequent commercial exchanges have made all possible ways to enter Fort Colo from the Saqqara Empire impossible.
It has been almost developed, and there is basically no possibility of being raided. Especially under the background of such a long-term peace on the mainland, basically what the garrison on Fort Colo does on weekdays is to block various intersections to prevent smuggling and interception.
It's just a job of collecting tariffs, so it's no wonder that Victoria, who has nothing to do, would eat up her figure like that.
The Sunset Garrison Station is different. Here, where the Bavarian Empire and the Sakara Empire border, there is a Sunset Mountain Range that stretches for who knows how many miles. And this large mountain range happens to be half of the Bavarian Empire and half of it.
The Sakara Empire, and in a place like this with high mountains and dense forests, even if the two countries are friendly neighbors, they still belong to a sensitive area where things are prone to trouble. Therefore, the entire Sunset Garrison can be said to be guarding the boundary sign on the top of the mountain.
In the large military camp next to it, there were almost no people except for the logistics personnel who delivered food and daily necessities every month.
The warm air of the Sakara Empire cannot climb to such a high peak as the Sunset Mountains, so walking down the mountain from the top of the Sunset Garrison Station is like experiencing a seasonal change from winter to spring.
And now, under the biting wind at the top of the Sunset Mountains, our Knight Link, oh, no, it should be said is just a knight apprentice, and two poor young men, Kermilla, are sleeping.
The upper body was only wearing a pair of trousers, with both hands raised to the level of the shoulders, hanging two large buckets that were almost as big as their bodies, just fighting for their lives in the cold wind that hit their faces.
Running.
Look carefully, the bottom of the bucket is still a bit pointed. As long as the arm hangs down a little and touches the bottom of the bucket to the ground, there will be a burst of water splashing. In such weather, even with Link and Ke
Even with such a strong body, Mira would not think that taking a cold shower would be a happy thing.
"Come on, it should be almost two more trips, come on." Although the muscles in Link's hands were beating and trembling involuntarily, he still gritted his teeth and encouraged the man who was following him.
Kermilla was already swaying and looked like she might fall down at any moment.
After they said goodbye to their families that day and followed their chosen mentor, Calvin, back to the Sunset Garrison Station, this bearded knight who originally represented generosity and justice in their eyes began to reveal his extremely perverted side.
He claimed that when he agreed to accept Link and Kermilla as his knight apprentices, he had already agreed that the two teenagers must be able to pass his test, otherwise he would drive them back, and what he said
The test began the moment Link and Kermilla arrived at the Sunset Garrison Station.
Our Knight Link and the honest and strong Kermilla were full of confidence in Mentor Calvin's test at the beginning, and even looked forward to it. After all, they are both good young people determined to become a real knight, so what?
Would you take an introductory test seriously?!
After all, these two young people, who have been dreaming of a knightly career since childhood, full of warcraft and battles, full of baptism of blood and fire, and of course full of beautiful princesses of all kinds, have no idea about the entry rules that knight apprentices should accept.
, is completely unfamiliar.
Including getting up early in the morning to clean the sword, spear and armor of your knight instructor, including the housekeeping of the training venue and the daily maintenance of training equipment, including receiving training and reprimands from the knight instructor, and must
Our two young men, Link and Kermilla, are already familiar with things like absolute obedience and are fully mentally prepared for them.
But even if they have the richest imagination about the life of a knight's apprentice, before they officially follow Calvin as a knight's mentor, even if they break their heads, they will never imagine that there will be an entry test for a knight's apprentice.
It's reached this point.
They don't need to clean swords, spears, armor and other equipment for their knight mentor at all, because their mentor, Knight Calvin, often forgets where he threw these things!
They don't need to clean up and maintain their training ground at all, because they don't have a training ground at all, or their training ground is the entire Sunset Mountains!
The only thing that was somewhat similar to their original imagination was the maintenance of training equipment. Of course, this so-called training equipment was so abnormal that they could not imagine it. Link and Kermilla still remember it.
When they followed the knight instructor Calvin into the hut with excitement for the first time, they saw that the training equipment he took out was not a big sword or a spear, but two pointed ones, as fast as the waists of the two of them.
The feeling of being stunned and spinning when you hit a big wooden barrel with the same thickness.
Moreover, Lord Calvin has no intention of giving them any training!
Oh no!
According to Lord Calvin, his entry test itself is the best training, which requires Link and Kermilla to carry these two large wooden barrels with pointed bottoms every day, and according to his designation, almost go around the
After passing most of the mountain peak, we filled up the water in the pool halfway up the mountain, then returned to Lord Calvin's hut and poured the water in the bucket into the two large water tanks he had placed behind the house.
Lord Calvin said that as long as one of the two boys can fill his large water tank with water from a pointed bucket between sunrise and sunset on any day, it means that he has passed the test.
It’s time to take the introductory test.
"This is a mysterious training method passed down from ancient times. If I hadn't placed great expectations on you two, I wouldn't tell most people about it!" Lord Calvin said this to Link and Kermilla.
His face was serious when he spoke, but now the two teenagers always felt that the face of the knight instructor in front of them looked like some kind of animal with a pointed chin.
"No...I can't do it anymore." Kermilla's hands were trembling constantly, trying hard to hold the bucket flat, but it always hung down weakly. Her running speed also became slower and slower, and the water splashed.
It kept shaking and splashed on his body and the ground.
It was an unknown number of days after they arrived at the Sunset Mountains. They only remembered that at the beginning, although they were surprised by the unusual training plan of the bearded instructor, they did not take this test too seriously.
superior.
After all, in their opinion, a whole day from sunrise to sunset is quite ample, and Teacher Calvin has not limited the speed at which they can carry water back and forth each time, nor has he restricted them from carrying a full bottle of water each time.
Buckets of water, so when they first started to fetch water, they only carried half a bucket of water and staggered back.
But when they returned to Instructor Calvin's cabin and poured the water in the bucket into the two designated water tanks that belonged to them, they discovered that this thing was actually leaking water continuously!!!
Although the water tank leaked very slowly, the two teenagers made a brief calculation. Under such circumstances, if they had to fill the entire tank with water between sunrise and sunset, it would mean that not only they
You have to run at full speed almost all the way, and you have to carry as much water as possible every time!
"As I said, this method is very old." When the two angry teenagers protested to their knight instructor, instructor Calvin just shrugged helplessly: "Such an old thing,
It’s completely normal to have some minor defects!”
"Besides," Instructor Calvin looked at Link: "Have you not always wanted to be a real knight? Then when you face the enemy on the battlefield, do you still have the opportunity to complain about the terrain and environment for you?
Isn’t it fair?!”
Link, who was originally angry and preparing to go on strike, immediately calmed down when he heard Calvin's words, ran out without saying a word, and began his arduous journey of filling water.
Teacher Calvin is right. There is no absolute fairness in the world. A true
A knight will never complain about objective and unchangeable factors when facing a battle.
As long as it can help him become a true knight, Link will not avoid training!
But when he and Kermila rushed back carrying a bucket full of water, they really felt the difficulty of completing this entry test.
The arrangement of this large wooden bucket with a pointed bottom makes it almost as difficult to carry half a bucket of water as it is to carry a full bucket of water. Once the water in the bucket exceeds half, balance becomes a problem.
This is a very serious problem, and due to the sharp shape of the bottom of the bucket and the height of the two large buckets, it is almost mandatory for Link and Kermilla to use two hands spread apart when carrying water.
Lifting it to shoulder height can ensure that the pointed bottom of the barrel will not hit rocks or other objects when running. So at the beginning, Link and Kermilla were in this mountain forest.
During this time, I didn’t even know how many times I fell down.
But Link Knight will never shy away from a challenge!
He fell down, got up again, fell down, and got up again. In these days, his speed and strength have gradually surpassed Kermila, who was originally taller and stronger than him. Even recently,
In the past few days, Kermilla, who originally helped Link from time to time, has completely fallen behind Link. Instead, he encourages Kermilla to go faster and faster every day!
"I can't do it anymore, I really can't do it!" Kermilla's trembling hands finally couldn't hold the two pointed-bottom buckets anymore. As soon as her hands were loosened, the two buckets fell to the ground, and the water in the buckets dropped.
The people of Kermilla also leaned back and fell into the mud on the ground.
With a "boom", Link turned around and saw Kermilla. Without hesitation, he dropped the bucket in his hand and ran back to help Kermilla: "Are you okay?"
"Leave me alone", Kermilla finally took a breath, and when she saw Link standing in front of him, she shouted loudly: "You go first, uh..."
Only then did he see the two large wooden barrels that had been thrown away by Link, and he shook his head dejectedly: "Why...you are only two or three times away! It's all my fault..."
"Phew", Link breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the ground, panting heavily and laughing and cursing: "Fuck, do you really think I can run two or three more times?!"
"Uh, haha", Kermilla scratched her head: "It's not that I'm dragging you down!"
Link sat up and looked at the sun that had already set on the other side of the mountain. He threw a pebble angrily: "It looks like it won't work again today!"
"You are already very good," Kermila said sincerely: "In the beginning we could only run five or six times a day, but now we can run more than a dozen times a day, and now you can leave as much water in the bucket every time.
They all have more water than me. I took a look when I came out from the trip just now. Your tank was already filled with more than half of the water, while mine was only a little over half. I believe you can pass the test faster than me.
of!"
"There was a lot of progress in the beginning, but there has been little progress in the past few days." Since there was no time, Link simply lay down on the ground, stretched his feet, and squeezed his arms. In fact, he had already felt it.
What his bearded instructor said was a good training method may not necessarily be a lie. At least after so many days of water-carrying practice, he now feels that his arm strength, speed, and balance are better.
They all had a completely different feeling than before he came to the Sunset Mountains, but he was still not very satisfied. He smacked his lips and said: "Ten days ago, I could fill the water in the water tank to almost the same level as today.
, in the past ten days, the amount of water has only increased by less than one trip at most, so the next half of the tank... uh... something is wrong..."
Link suddenly thought that judging from his current progress, even if he could continue to improve, it would probably take three to five years to fill the water tank!
But the entire career of a knight's apprentice only lasts a few years?!
But I still have to learn swordsmanship, fighting spirit, equestrianism, and many other things. They are all things that should be learned in the knight apprenticeship stage. Even if the so-called training method of instructor Calvin is no longer
As a result, after all, it is just basic training. I have already been carrying water for several months. It is impossible for me to spend another three to five years just doing water carrying. So what about other courses?
manage?!
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Kermilla turned over and sat up: "Link, are you okay?"
"By the way", Link had a thoughtful look on his face and asked Kermilla: "You just said that when we came out for the last time, did you see where the water in our water tank was?"
"Your tank is more than half full, and mine is already a little more than half full!" Although Kermilla didn't understand why Link asked this question again, she still answered honestly.
"More than half the tank...more than half...ha", Link suddenly jumped up: "I understand! I understand!"
"Understand what?" Kermilla was startled by Link: "Are you okay!"
"It's okay." Link raised his head and chest proudly: "I just understand that Link Knight will pass the entry test tomorrow. Sure enough, there is no difficulty that Link Knight cannot overcome!"
"Wow", early the next morning, with the sound of Link and Kermilla pouring water into the water tank, Teacher Calvin, who was still lying on the bed and seemed to be sleeping soundly, immediately felt as if he had been stabbed in the butt by a needle.
He jumped up and lay down in front of the window, eyes wide open.
"Hey, hey, I'm talking about you two boys." The bearded instructor blew his beard angrily, which looked quite scary: "What are you doing?! When I really fall asleep, I will do this little trick.
You know, 'honesty' is the most basic virtue of a knight!"
"Yes." Link choked Mentor Calvin half to death with one sentence: "We just saw that the 'honest' mentor was not pretending to sleep, so we deliberately showed it to you!"
"Uh, hehe." Instructor Calvin sneered twice, and then quickly said with a straight face: "But I clearly watched you pour all the water you brought up into Kermilla's water tank. Why is that?
?!"
"Well, I still remember clearly the rules for the entrance test set by you, instructor." Link cleared his throat and read loudly: "'As long as any one of you can do it between sunrise and sunset,
Filling his large water tank with water from a pointed bottom bucket means that he has passed the entry test and can truly become my Calvin's knight apprentice! 'Mentor Calvin, did I remember correctly?!
"
"That's right, but..." Instructor Calvin looked a little weak.
"It's nothing," Link smiled evilly: "Then, Master Tutor, is it between sunrise and sunset? Is the water we are pouring into the water tank now the water from the pointed bottom bucket?
Woolen cloth?"
Calvin frowned and grimaced, but he had no choice but to nod.
"That's right," Link cheered and pushed Kmilla: "What are you still doing? Come on, walk on, fill yours first, then fill mine, and then we will both pass the test!"
"
He grabbed Kermilla and ran out in a hurry: "Teacher Calvin, you can't beat the great Knight Link, hahahahaha!"
Calvin walked to the door, looked at the backs of the two teenagers Link and Kermilla running away, his bitter face slowly relaxed, a smile gradually appeared on his face, and he whispered:
"If you understand that the most basic essence of a knight is not the individual's superior bravery, but the spirit of cooperation between each other who dares to sacrifice himself for the sake of his comrades, Link, you have passed this first level!"
"However," Mentor Calvin's eyes flashed with that perverted light again: "This is just the beginning!"