After Landau gave Polu some tests, he looked at him with a very novel look, but said regrettable words: "You thought wrong, you didn't make a breakthrough."
Unexpectedly.
Bolu was stunned for a moment: Is this different from what was promised?
"Did I fail to break through?"
Cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead. Bolu felt that he was panicking. After all, if the breakthrough failed, there would be very troublesome consequences. He would need to wander around the world in search of adventure. If he were a European emperor, he would naturally break through when encountering adventure. If he had a dark face
, maybe I’ve read 2 million words but still can’t find it…
"Yes, and no, the test just now showed that your sensory sensitivity has increased, and your own feelings have confirmed this. You have crossed the high-level threshold. However, your mental strength and control proficiency are not up to the required level.
High, so it’s not a complete high-level breakthrough.”
"Teacher, I've worked so hard, but I'm still not proficient enough?"
"How long have you been working hard? Ordinary professionals start training when they are young. By your age, they have been working hard for more than ten years. Do you think you can catch up with this level of proficiency in one year? Do you think it is realistic?"
At this point, Landau's tone softened: "The most difficult part to break through actually improves first. This is the first time I have seen it. The most difficult part has been passed, but the control proficiency is lacking. This is as long as you work hard.
Practice and hard work can make up for it. Once the shortcomings in proficiency are filled, there will be no hurdles for you to break through to the high level."
That is, the conditions for upgrading have been met, and all that is left is the liver experience bar.
It wasn't until he heard Landau's last words that he put his heart down in his throat, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Teacher, can you put this kind of conclusion up front next time?"
?”.
After Landau explained a few more words, he waved and left, while Polu walked towards Geola in front of the stove.
"Gora! It's so fast! How did you get so much iron ore? Is it enough for continuous production?"
"Ah! Mr. Xiao..."
In the middle of shouting, Geola suddenly stopped. He remembered that it seemed inappropriate to call Polu this way now. After all, everyone had gone abroad. However, he couldn't think of a new title for a while, which made him feel overwhelmed.
I was so red from the heat that my face was about to turn purple.
Bolu smiled gently: "It's okay, just call it that, it won't affect you. Has the road to the mine been built?"
"There is a carriage road left over from the past. With enough manpower, it has been roughly cleared. Now tractors can travel. Fortunately, it is a downhill slope from the mine to here. We have deployed two of them first. Currently, one stove is enough."
"How fast is the mining? Is it time-consuming? Are the workers tired? Is it safe around the mine?"
"It's safe. The leader took his people to sweep the surrounding areas and came back with a lot of prey! Mining is not tiring. Anyway, the ones who smash the ore in the iron mine are the knights, and the ones who shovel the ore are the bugbears!"
"What? Knights? Bugbears? How did they get mixed up together? They can't be the same batch we caught last time, right? This time it's interesting! I'll go take a look tomorrow!"
When Polu came to the mine, Leonardo was sitting on what seemed to be a broken chimney of an abandoned iron-making furnace. He looked down at the busy figures on the open-air working surface in front of him. He had a mobile phone under his feet.
Machine cannons, and a few knights with shotguns guarding here.
"Leonardo, what are you looking at?"
He sat on top, turned around and replied, "I'm thinking about how to train these bugbears."
"I really brought these things here, I almost forgot about them."
So Polu also followed the leader's line of sight and observed the mine. The knights who came to Tower Island were conducting daily training here.
Due to the lack of training facilities and labor on the island, this group of knights who grew up in the harsh environment of the battlefield or on the march, and who had completely lost their aristocratic airs, recalled their previous experience in the limestone mines.
They put it all together - there is nothing else to do now anyway, wasn't the previous training effect pretty good? They might as well continue to crush the ore. So now they are shirtless in the howling north wind, swinging the sledgehammers in their hands
It whirred and smashed the ore exposed on the ground.
The bugbears looked at these knights in fear. After they broke large pieces of ore and walked away, they hurried over to collect the broken pieces with shovels. The overwhelming force of the knights made them obedient.
They do whatever they want.
In their short career as captives, they have certain intelligence and have learned the basic order under the persuasion of pointed steel rods, pickaxe handles, combat boots and gun butts - how can there be so much detail in being Nazwa's servant army?
, charge when they are alive, pull them down when they are dead - it is more difficult to make them learn to stay quiet and obey than to make them charge.
Bolu looked at the violent mining of the knights speechlessly: "Wouldn't you train some new recruits? Do you have to torment the bugbears? Doesn't this look quite diligent?"
"There aren't even a few people on the island, not even a single idler. Where can we get new recruits? We can't do it without keeping an eye on them. Letting them work now is entirely based on force. You look quite busy now. Wait until we leave.
They are just lazy and want to escape when there are too few guards. We can't stay in the mine all the time, right? We have to find a way to let them take the initiative to work on their own."
Leonardo kicked off his legs and jumped down from the chimney: "Do you have any ideas?"
Polu recalled: "I have an idea, but I'm not sure it will work. Let's try it first. I'll go back and prepare something first. We'll be here tomorrow and let's do an experiment! By the way, there are no elves sneaking into our team.
Alright?"
"Don't worry, Edith and the others have gone back to report the situation. They told me before leaving that they didn't bother you since you were too busy those days."
"Oh, I still wanted to keep two sharpshooters, but now my efforts are in vain."
The next day, Polu came to the mine carrying a tin bucket. Leonardo summoned the guards and were already waiting by the chimney. As soon as they met, Leonardo noticed that this bucket was filled with wood.
Block of iron bucket.
"What is this bucket for? Is this your key?"
"I'll explain this later. I went back yesterday to think about it and checked the information. It seems inappropriate to treat bugbears completely as beasts. The information shows that they actually have the ability to speak. Have you noticed them?
Does it exhibit the characteristics of a conversation?”
The knights began to think about the past one after another. Under the prompts, the signs of the neglected past came to their minds:
"Don't tell us that we haven't noticed it yet. They seem to have the habit of yelling at each other, but animals can also yell at each other. Because we didn't understand it, we didn't think much about it."
"Just because they can work under pressure, I already feel that they are actually quite smart. I'm afraid they are not suitable for completely managing animals."
"Yes, they have shown to have the intelligence to understand our instructions. You really can't think of them as stupid, but it's a pity that no one can figure out what they are talking about. It doesn't matter, let's try to make them speak human common language later. Mine
This plan is based on their intelligence being enough to understand what we are signaling. If they don’t understand, they can only be used as animal training. Let me give you a brief explanation first.”
After a long explanation, Bolu knocked on the tin bucket with a dry mouth:
"Do you understand? Then let me repeat it again! Starting from today, we will reduce the food provided to bugbears, and the three average meals a day will be cancelled! This is the key to making them feel hungry!"
"Then let them do their daily work, that's right, shoveling ore. These iron buckets are being made at Goola's place, and a batch will be delivered to them soon. From now on, every bugbear will have one!"
"When they fill the iron bucket with ore, they need to carry the iron bucket to the mine car to load it. Each bucket will give you one of these chips."
Polu took out a small wooden block from the small bucket in front of him. He showed the small wooden block to everyone. It had the number 1 processed by rays on it.
"The following is the most critical part! The place where food is distributed is set up in three levels. I don't know how many barrels the bugbears can move in a day. Let's use a number as an analogy. There are 50 barrels in one level, enough food, and even one
Small pieces of meat! The second level is 30 barrels, so you can eat enough. The third level takes the last 5%, and only gives food to those who are hungry. Just exchange chips for food!"
"Let me emphasize that this is just an experiment. If the bugbears show signs of collective loss of control, don't hesitate, don't be soft, don't let them run into the forest and become a hidden danger, make a prompt decision to protect the mining area, understand? Even among the bugbears
Robbery is not allowed!"
"Captain, please pick out the 50 strongest and most vicious ones later, and teach these 50 first! I'm worried about what if they don't want to learn?"
"What kind of treatment can be given to those vicious and disobedient animals? Are they allowed to waste food rations? Don't worry, they are basically quite well-behaved now."
"Clever?"
How did the two-meter-tall bugbear get involved with being cute?
Soon, Leonardo and his men picked out 50 bugbears. When they were brought over in a line, Poru could hardly believe his eyes!
Are these bugbears still known as chaotic and evil? What about those bugbears that were full of fierce and wild temperament when they were just captured? What is going on with these bugbears that look like gangsters standing in front of their elder brothers now?
They still look very ferocious, but with a fearful expression, their beady eyes keep looking towards Leonardo, and they keep their mouths closed desperately, trying to hide their fangs, not even daring to show off.
Come out, and try to hold your chest up and your abdomen in, and stand in a row in an orderly manner.
He looked so much like a primary school student in front of an angry teacher. It really made people laugh. At the same time, it also surprised Polu: "How on earth did you train these bugbears to be like this?"
Leonardo touched his chin:
"When I was first imprisoned in the prisoner-of-war camp, I felt that they were quite unconvinced. Every time I went there, they would grin. Then one time they annoyed me, so I went in and had several candid conversations with them.
When they communicated with each other, I was empty-handed when they were empty-handed. After a few beatings, they became compliant. Now as long as I am around, they are very obedient."
When the knights saw that he was speaking so implicitly, they all added:
"Commander, why didn't you tell me that you picked a bugbear and let it wrestle with you when you were bored? The guys here are so big that they remember you after you knocked them down! When they see you coming again, they can
Aren’t you cowardly?”
"That's right, then they all refused to beat you. You hung a deer leg on your back, let alone bugbears. If I hadn't known that I couldn't beat you, I would have wanted to go out and give it a try! In the end, I beat you for a while.
They are really scared and trembling all over when they see you now!"
Bolu couldn't hold back his laughter until his whole body was shaking. He quickly lowered his head:
"If everyone has been trained to this level, I feel that my experiment may really be successful. Okay, I have told you the steps. Please pay attention to the experiment here. I have been too busy recently, so I have to go first.
Got it!"
After finally holding back dozens of steps, he turned around and saw Leonardo standing in front of the Bugbear. He couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing!