"Come on, attack me." Cisco Moon picked up a steel shield on the weapon rack, turned to Arthur and said, "Don't think too much, you don't have the ability to hurt me yet."
In the backyard of the "Yuwaska" longhouse, there is a large flat rocky ground as a martial arts arena. Surrounding it are some auditoriums equipped with wooden pergolas. Various weapons are hung on the weapon racks on the side of the arena, because it is getting late.
, and also lit a torch.
"That's right, beat him!" Attis shouted from the side.
Ella was talking to White Mane in the house, and the three Wells brothers also had something to say to each other. Outside the house, only a few members of the nocturnal comrades were sitting in the auditorium to rest. The only thing Arthur could recognize was the dark circles under his eyes.
Young Artis, he is probably too embarrassed to sleep in the residential area with those dark circles under his eyes?
With bare hands and a shield, he wanted to resist the attack of a two-handed sword, and he still had one eye? Arthur hesitated for a moment, but immediately put it aside under Cisco Moon's fierce gaze, because that look was similar to that of an injured snow tiger he had hunted.
Very similar to that time when his throat was almost bitten off. Wounded beasts are the most dangerous, and Cisco Moon, who has only one eye, has obviously summarized a set of fighting methods that are only suitable for him from his unique perspective. He is a half-hearted warrior.
There is no right to question him.
"Drink!" Arthur raised his sword high to charge up, and then slashed down suddenly. This move has been confirmed to be effective in previous battles. Ordinary robbers and beasts are completely unable to resist his power, and the consequences of parrying and blocking are
They were all struck in two by his sword. Even if you dodge in time, you can't avoid the subsequent slash. If the attack is not finished, you can still turn around and sweep away other close enemies.
However, this set of three consecutive attacks was terminated at the beginning.
"Clang!" The steel two-handed sword had clearly hit the shield, but it didn't encounter any resistance. It slid directly across the shield and hit the ground. The huge force caused sparks to scatter on the stone ground, drawing out
left a deep mark.
"The strength is good, but the skill is lacking. It is probably used to kill bandits," Cisco Moon looked down and raised the shield again: "Come again."
Obviously, he has excellent judgment and can change the tilt angle of the shield before the sword blade and the shield surface come into contact to remove most of the force. If he repeats the same trick, he will only bring humiliation to himself. Arthur retreated and swung his sword.
Sword stance.
The next attack was something he summed up when facing those ghouls whose ordinary injuries could not stop their actions at all. He stabbed hard, no matter which side of the body he was leaning towards, and immediately turned around to perform a spinning chop. This could usually dry up the ghouls.
The body is cut in half, but it is also very effective against heavily armored enemies.
"Ding!" "Bang!" The shield was stabbed in the front and did not slide away. Arthur was about to perform a whirlwind slash, but the hilt of the two-handed sword was hit by a huge force at this moment and flew straight out.
"Hey! Can you do it?" Artis was still cooing.
"Oh, do you think of me as a ghoul whose limbs are as stiff as his head?" Cisco shook his shield and said to Arthur, who went to pick up the two-handed sword, "You said you are a hunter, then think of me as a
How about the most ferocious beast ever encountered?”
Phew - Arthur took a deep breath, changed his hands on the handle, dragged the giant sword to the ground without raising it, and stared straight at Cisco Moon.
At this time, in front of him was no longer the one-eyed Cisco Moon, but the huge snow tiger with an injured right front paw. At first, Arthur thought it must be slow to respond to attacks from the right, but unexpectedly because he knew he was slow, the snow tiger hit the right
Fang was more vigilant than Zuo Fang, which made him suffer a big loss. Just like now, although Cisco Moon only has one right eye, the shield in his left hand is extremely flexible.
Unless they were wounds caused immediately by themselves, those flaws were actually their advantages. Understanding this, Arthur no longer rushed to attack the shield, but instead targeted Cisco Moon's whole body. Yes, he just let Ya
"Attack him" instead of "attack his shield". This subconscious misunderstanding made the previous attacks in vain.
What he wants to use now is a two-handed sword thrust. This move is more effective for armored and shield-wielding people, but the follow-up will still be a whirlwind that will sell the opponent's back and elbows. Maybe he can force the sword to swing.
The inertia changes direction? In that case, it must be a big surprise for Cisco, who was preparing to carry out the shield slam step by step.
"Crack——" The giant sword was raised. Cisco Moon calmly waved his shield to divert the power away, and took advantage of the situation to prepare for a shield attack. At this time, Arthur's two-handed sword had already exhausted its power. Under normal circumstances, he could only bring
Use the inertia to perform a roundabout attack, but in that case, you will only be knocked away again.
Reverse downward slash - Arthur, who was well prepared, used his strength to stop the whirling force, and then slashed towards Cisco, whose posture had changed and was unable to block.
"Ha, I didn't expect you to have such a skill, but still-" Cisco was not surprised but overjoyed, and kept adjusting his posture to prepare for this move.
At that moment, a ray of moonlight fell from the sky, covering the entire Yuevaska, and a flickering golden shadow appeared on the edge of Arthur's sword.
【Ex~calibur!】
Boom - Cisco Yue was knocked far away and hit the cliff. He seemed to be fine. He was staring blankly at a huge black burn mark on his armor. He couldn't say what he said for the time being.
"Uh...huh?" Arthur gasped as if he was exhausted, and then watched in surprise as the steel two-handed sword in his hand gradually softened, melted, dripped, and finally turned into a puddle of molten iron on the ground.
Artis was so stunned that he didn't even notice the half-eaten bread falling from his hand.
"Huh? What?" Ella accompanied Craco out of the hall, and was a little surprised by the scene: "The winner has been decided? So soon?"
"Tch, I admit that this kid has the qualifications to join us." Cisco Moon finally got up, wiped his armor and walked into the hall. When passing by Arthur, he added: "But the moves are still a show-off.
"
"Uh, Mr. White Mane, what was that just now..." Arthur threw away the two-handed sword with only the hilt left, looked at the bright moonlight in the sky, and asked Craco.
At this time, the moon beams that originally enveloped Yuevaska gradually converged and focused on the cliff where Cisco just hit.
"Hey! New kid! Come up here!" An energetic shout came from the top of the cliff.
"Go, that's our blacksmith Erindil Graymane. He doesn't like to talk, but he is a good man." Krako Whitemane smiled at Arthur: "He should be able to answer your questions."
"By the way, help me get the shield back~" Ella interjected.
What kind of shield do you need for an archer? Arthur cursed as he walked around the cliff and climbed up the path on its side.
On the platform above the cliff is a huge open-air blacksmith shop, but it is not necessarily open-air. A section of the protruding rock wall above the blacksmith shop is carved into the shape of a giant eagle spreading its wings, and the circular shape between the wings of the giant eagle
There was a bright moonlight shining down from the sky in the gap, making several weapons in the cooling pool of the blacksmith shop shine brightly. No, it was not reflection, but some of them were glowing themselves, just like before.
When Se swung that sword, the light on the blade was the same.
"Boy, you are lucky. Not only do you have the talent to use them, but you also happen to catch up with the 'Moonlight Infusion' of an uncertain date. You can pick a handful from them and take them away." The person who spoke was a man who was related to Krako Whitemane.
He looked like an old man, but his hair and beard were gray. He finished speaking in one breath, turned around and went straight to forging a one-handed sword and ignored him.
This kind of "lack of speech" is really rare, but it does explain what happened just now. Arthur tried to find a glowing two-handed sword among those weapons.
This is the "Sky Furnace" that is well-known throughout the sky. It is as old as the history of the Comrades. On uncertain nights, the moonlight will fall from the sky. At this time, the weapons forged will have the "Moonlight Infusion" effect. As for the specifics,
Whether it is fire infusion or ice infusion depends on which of the two moons gives the moonlight.
But only people within the comrades group know that although they do not require soul stone replenishment like enchanted weapons, their activation frequencies are also different. After many experiments, it was found that even if it is the same weapon, different people have a probability of using it to activate the effect.
They are also different, but the effect of activating all weapons by the same person is exactly the same, which leads to another concept, "moonlight adaptation" physique.
For a person with weak adaptability, dozens or hundreds of attacks may not have an effect. To him, the infused weapon is just an excellent steel weapon, while for a person with good adaptability, a dozen swords may be able to fly out.
Fire Tongue or Ice Blade—such people are usually directly recruited into the comrades group.
As for Arthur, he is not using an infused weapon. It can be effective just by being illuminated by the moonlight... It is absolutely impossible for the comrades to release people. If the activation frequency of the infused weapon is considerable, it is entirely possible to directly become a leader.
Arthur picked a two-handed sword with blue decoration and waved it a few times. The sword was once again filled with bursts of golden light, which made the gray-maned old man stop in his tracks.
With a clang, the steel sword fell, and Arthur sat down directly on the ground and began to gasp for air. This time, Erindil was so frightened that he immediately dropped what he was doing and came to help him.
"Sorry, I'm fine." Arthur refused the old man's support and stood up after taking a few breaths: "It seems that I have to control it to prevent it from being activated all the time. It consumes too much energy. By the way, Ella said she has a side.
Is the shield repaired at your place?"
"On Talos." Erindil Graymane seemed to have no idea what to say. He muttered to himself and went to take Ayla's shield and give it to Arthur.
"Could it be carried on the back to defend against cold arrows?" Arthur checked Ella's shield, it was just an ordinary iron shield, and waved goodbye to the old blacksmith: "I'm going back first, old man, you should rest early~"
