"What a good person he is." Kalki said sadly, "Like the warmest brother, loved by everyone. Why does the scythe of fate always harvest such good people? Only the incomplete soul is left to grieve alone.
..."
"I was promoted to Grand Commander a year later. The Senate allowed me to own the latest first-class flagship instead of using Grand Commander Ravana's old flagship. I named it 'Varuna',
I hope that my good brother can accompany me in another form and get along with me day and night in battle, just like the years we have passed..."
Xuanji opened her black eyes wide and looked at Kalki who lowered her head and was immersed in memories - it turned out that it was not only the Gaians who suffered from the war, she had also heard too many death news during the more than two years of being a mercenary.
Rangers are often used as cannon fodder, and those seemingly indestructible Platonic knights will also suffer from the death of their companions.
"What are we fighting for?" she suddenly asked, "Do Platonians and Gaians really have so much hatred for each other?"
He was silent for a long time, "Justice and peace."
"Is this Plato's official statement? Do you really believe it?" Xuanji was surprised. She had long disbelieved in these moralistic rhetoric. All she saw was making war profits and drinking soldiers' blood. She was also in it for money.
Work for Gaia's army.
"This is indeed what I was taught, but I also want to really fight for justice and peace. In fact, it's more of a fight for survival... This is my life, I have no choice." His tone.
There is helplessness in it.
"In our lifetime, can we really see humans living together in peace again?" she said softly.
"It will definitely happen, I believe it."
Kalki's desire for peace was so strong, which was beyond her expectation.
"Then if there is peace, you will be unemployed. What else can you do?" She stared into his eyes, looking a little aggressive. She didn't believe that anyone would fight for "peace and justice" now. This is a reality where interests come first.
She is immersed in the world and no longer believes in ideals.
Kalki was silent. This question really stumped him. He had never thought about this question, because the career of a soldier was not his own choice. Being a soldier was as natural as breathing and was a part of his life. p>
"Although you yearn for peace, you have never thought about where you will go after peace. How strange it is." Sometimes when she talks, it seems as if there is a strange elf in her body. Her bright and clear eyes are still the same as that of a girl.
She is still as energetic and active as ever, but she is not the ordinary Xuanji.
He was surprised and wanted to drive this elf out of her body, but he couldn't figure it out.
"I will choose to disband and return to the fields, farm my own land to support myself." Kalki replied.
What? Farming? Xuanji couldn't believe her ears, thinking: The spiritual world of Plato really lived in ancient times.
"Be realistic. Modern agriculture no longer needs to 'farm'. All agricultural products are cultivated using soilless cultivation. Farming robots are planted on a large scale in the planting building like industrial products. The system control program can simulate any growth.
Conditions, countless fruits and vegetables can be put on the market in large quantities, so it is possible to feed so many people." She wanted him to be realistic. She felt that his ideas were extremely unrealistic. "Plato is the same, maybe he has retained some traditional agriculture.
The planting area is given to you for sightseeing, so that you can pretend to be Platos who love land and labor. Agriculture is the result of the latest technology and has long been separated from the land... You have been trained as a soldier since you were born, 'Logos
'Will you be arranged to be a farmer?"
Kalki looked at Xuanji and felt that she was really incomprehensible to him. He had always lived with a group of upright and naive young soldiers. That world was so elegant and closed. He did not expect to meet such a complicated girl. She could always
Let him face the loopholes in his thinking that he has never thought of, making him feel that he has never lived or thought in the world.
He looked at her seriously and said slowly:
"The extreme of expansion is nothingness, the end of heroism is death... A best general should be killed by the last bullet of war. In this way, the bay leaf will be evergreen and undefeated, and he will not have to endure humiliation and old age."
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Now, both of them were silent.
"Kalki, I didn't mean that..." She seemed to realize that she had touched the bottom line of talking to him. He was not someone who could easily talk and joke with. He was always so serious and lived in
In a particularly classical and solemn worldview.
"Practice quickly!" He also realized the different views between them and urged her to practice quickly.
Later, Kalki taught her the basic steps in detail, how to move left and right, maintain a steady advance and retreat, and then teach her one move after another with the wooden sword, and then make it coherent and smooth. He has always paid great attention to the practice of basic skills.
Maybe this profound conversation made him feel a little unhappy, but they just had daily conversations. After a hard day's training, they staggered the washing time, and went to bed early to rest when it got dark.
When it comes to enduring the monotonous life of a barracks, they are matched against each other.
"Starting from today, we can use the practice sword."
Finally, after many days of hard practice, Kalki held two practice swords in hand and signaled her to use the "full body armor mode" of the training suit.
Xuanji pressed the button on her belt, and a mask of armor surrounded her face. She quickly caught the long sword he threw with her right hand.
"Ah! It's so heavy!" She cried softly, unable to conceal her joy.
The practice of martial arts finally started to get to the point - 1
"Xuanji, you must understand that the Medieval German long sword practiced by the White Tiger Knight is different from the Eastern swordsmanship you have learned. Our swordsmanship must be based on offense versus offense, not defense versus offense. If we
The first confrontation occurred in ancient times. If we had used cold weapons to fight, you would be dead by now.
What? Xuanji pouted, looking down on her so much. "Hmph, don't talk nonsense.
"When you are attacked, never block!" Kalki emphasized to her, "Swordsmanship moves are often contrary to human intuition. Your actions of blocking the sword and then counterattacking quickly are very dangerous and will directly
He was stabbed to death on the spot."
"I don't believe it!" she said confidently.
"Then I'll show you how to block as you're used to." He indicated that we could fight once.
Kalki was seen slashing at her with his sword. Xuanji tried hard with the sword in his hand, but he slipped with his wrist, and the long sword broke straight through, and the tip of the sword stabbed directly into her slender neck.
If he hadn't stopped and clicked accurately, the side of her neck would have been punctured.
"A slender girl like you will quickly lose blood and faint if her neck is punctured." He told her calmly.
Xuanji opened her black eyes and looked at him: Well, luckily it's not the cold weapon era.
This is indeed a very fierce swordsmanship for straight men. She secretly admired it in her heart. The chops, stabs, and slashes were directed at the fatal parts of the neck, chest, and head. Moreover, Kalki's height, arm length, and amazing explosive power were all suitable for him.
This kind of swordsmanship. The way he demonstrated it to her was so domineering. With a sword in his hand, who could compete with him?
"Life or death can be decided in an instant, and there is no room for regret." He reminded Xuanji, "You must concentrate on it and mobilize all your senses to feel the direction of your opponent's sword."
"The tangled sword is the technical pinnacle of ancient German swordsmanship. I will demonstrate to you that when you are attacked by your opponent's tangled sword, you must make an action that is contrary to your intuition."
He took a few steps back.
"Consciousness is related to vision." Kalki made a gesture to ask her to use her eyes, "You must stare at the tip of the sword and the direction."
"Come and attack me!" he ordered.
Xuanji takes the initiative to attack without hesitation. She has a decisive temperament that many girls lack.
"Look! Look! Look!" Kalki shouted in German. When practicing the long sword, he spoke many German words.
When she struck forward, he quickly stepped forward, followed her strength with the sword in his hand, and used her strength to attack her. The two swords instantly became entangled and stabbed her neck quickly.
Come here.
There was a strange sound of metal intertwining. Xuanji used all her strength to control the sword in her hand to prevent it from being swept away by an extremely terrifying violent force. In her eyes, the opponent's sword tip was like a swift silver snake piercing her.
She instinctively retreated, but Kalki stopped when the sword hit her neck.
"At this time, you must not dodge! This is what I said, when you must make moves that are contrary to your instinctive reaction, at this time, you must fight against my strength and wrap me back. If you are timid and dodge, you will be killed on the spot.
Stabbed or hacked to death."
"It's so difficult." He heard her muttering to herself, "My wrist strength is far different from yours, how can I reverse it?"
"So you have to practice more every day." He still encouraged her, "Didn't you say that you must beat me? Are you taking back your lies now?"
"Okay! I will keep my word!"
Xuanji was full of an unyielding aura. She walked to the equipment area alone, selected the operation interface, and the arm lifter for practicing arm strength appeared in front of her, "Wait for me to practice for ten minutes, and we will have another round." p>
In this way, they changed from the first group of people to the last two people in the martial arts training hall.
Xuanji collapsed on the floor with soreness all over her body. She was so exhausted that she had to lie in the biowave treatment device for five minutes every day before she could continue training. Otherwise, she would be so painful that she could not move the next day, and it would be difficult to even get up. "I thought that by practicing for 3 hours a day, I was already a super model soldier in Gaia's army," she muttered to herself while lying down, "but it turned out that Kalki had to practice for 8 hours, and his natural physical condition was excellent.
How can we catch up?"
While she was lying on the floor like a dead dog, Kalki went to take a bath and change her clothes.
Then he arranged the equipment, put the sword back into the rotating concealed equipment box, and raised the transparent partition of their practice venue, and a huge and spacious space appeared in front of them. It was too late today, everyone
Already gone.
"Xuanji, let's go." He was also ready to leave.
"Kalki, can you stay with me for a while?"
He was stunned for a moment.
"Lie here, okay?" This time she gently ordered him, pointing to the floor beside her, asking him to lie down too. It was hard for people to refuse the tone of a girl like Xuanji.
Kalki lay down some distance away from her. The martial arts training ground was empty, only the two of them were looking at each other.
When their auras are completely calm and they are not disturbed by their positions, there will be a strange tacit understanding that does not need to be expressed in words. It is as if they can communicate with each other and enter an extremely harmonious atmosphere - they are attached to each other but silently
.
He stared at her calmly. In his eyes, after practicing for a day, she exuded the brilliance of youth. She smelled of sweat, like a prairie with the fragrance of flowers, and smelled of game. It made him dream like a knight, and he could enjoy it.
Enjoy this rich wilderness.
Kalki reached out and took her hand. This was their first intimate handshake.
She didn't feel violated by him, it was so natural. She felt that his hands were very warm, his fingers were long and strong, but his palms were delicate and soft. He gently touched her little hands full of scars and bruises, although "all over her body"
"A Mode" was naturally protected by gloves and treated with biowave equipment, but after several days, her hands were still scarred under his desperate blows.
This was not the first time he touched her hand, but the smallness of her hands left a deep impression on him. Such a girl with small hands has a stubborn and unyielding soul like a warrior.
Then, he withdrew his hand again, as if he was caring about his beloved disciple.
He is very good at concealing or suppressing himself. She thought, he is really very classical. If he goes home to work in the farm, only a person like him can tell the truth.
There is a distance of 1,450 light years between Gaia and Plato, but she feels that the place where his soul resides is very far back in the Earth's history.
"What? No need to practice sword practice today?"
Xuanji looked confused when she woke up in the morning. They had been practicing for three consecutive weeks, and suddenly Kalki told her early in the morning that she didn't need to go to the martial arts field today.
"Today is a day off." Kalki was wearing pajamas and brewed himself a cup of "Special Beauty Tea" in front of the tea machine. It is a strange drink mixed with black tea and coffee. It is very popular among the people of Gaia, and the grand leader also likes it.
This is an unusually fragrant and slightly bitter drink. After pressing the button, watch the machine automatically add vanilla creamer into it.
"You're not saying you can't relax. If you want to improve your martial arts, you must practice every day."
"Oh, I also need to rest. You have done a good job... We can go to Mangxing City again today."
"Okay!" She looked very happy, she didn't have to be beaten today, "We can go to the 'Weishan Bookstore', I worked there... I bought all my ancient books there, and I have an employee discount!" "Ancient book bookstore? That's great!" Kalki, who was holding a teacup, also became happy.
For a Platonic person, antique used bookstores are really rare. Nowadays, even Gaians have canceled the publication of physical books, leaving only a few ancient book bookstores.