Chapter 172: Swords Overwhelm the Whole
Court In the battle room, Valk, who had just finished recuperating, was adapting to his body again, and the person opposite him who was guiding his training was N, who was holding an unsharpened steel sword
. N was a high-level instructor of Sequence 6 Blade Slasher. He was once a core operator of a large firm. After getting married, in order to take care of his family, he quit his previous dangerous job and was recruited by Edes Academy.
During the sparring, Valk's movements were not fast at first, as if he was warming up. As he gradually became familiar with the condition of his body, his momentum slowly rose.
"Hah!"
After a short punch to block the sword attack, he used his strong thigh to kick the teacher in front of him, briefly sucking out a vacuum in the air, making a loud bang.
The powerful force made N retreat several steps after being swept, and then he could barely stand firm.
"Not bad." N nodded slightly, praised him, and then pointed out the shortcomings.
"You've done well in terms of burst and power, but if you face an opponent with high speed and sharp weapons, your fighting style will suffer a lot."
"In general, there is a lack of diversified offensive means to deal with many situations."
"Starting tomorrow, I will teach you firearms, and there will be several first-year students training with you." After the instructions, the two ended today's training. Are
there other people training together? Hearing this, Valk was quietly curious. Although he was not a proud person, he had seen many first-year classmates. Most of them were rich children and spoiled. Few of them focused on fighting. Most of them were other aspects, such as technical research, financial business, or art.
After returning to his residence, he finished the customized nutrition meal of the academy, took a shower, and was about to meditate for a while before going to bed. At this time, someone rang the doorbell.
Walking over and opening the door, Valk saw a familiar figure. The other party was a little fat, wearing a brown suit jacket and an old hat on his head.
"Teacher Sima." He was a little surprised that the teacher came to visit so late.
"Let's go in and talk." This man was very familiar with Valk. Instead of chatting outside the door, the two of them went straight into the house and sat down in the living room.
After taking off his hat, Sima looked at Valk carefully, and then slowly spoke: "How is your recovery now?"
"Very good, almost the same as before, at least I can't feel any difference." Valk replied.
"That's good, that's good." Sima put his hands on his knees, twisted and clenched unconsciously, and then relaxed.
Seeing that Valk was puzzled, he didn't explain too much, but talked about other things.
"It was my negligence before, but after this incident, I think you and I should learn a lesson. If the academy hadn't invited someone this time, the sequelae of your injury might not be eliminated for a lifetime."
"Yes, teacher." Valk also lowered his head. He was also panicked when he was lying on the hospital bed, afraid that he would fall in the future.
In the past, he could be fearless, because being able to live to adulthood was actually fulfilling his childhood wish. But now it is not possible. If he collapses, the funds to support the orphanage may be gone, and Pastor Boyce will face many difficulties. He does not want this to happen.
"It's good that you understand. Regarding your friend, I will have someone communicate with the police station. I promise you that I will try my best to save his life, but for other things, I hope you will not continue to ask and interfere. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I... I know." Valk sighed. He is not strong enough now, and he is indeed not qualified to ask Teacher Sima.
"It's good that you understand. If the other party contacts you again, transfer it to me and I will help you deal with it."
"You have done enough for him. If he still regards you as a friend, he should not let you fall into danger again and again."
"Well..." Valk answered silently.
"I know you had deep feelings in the past, but now is not the time to be emotional. You will have to bear a lot in the future. You can't be as impulsive as before, otherwise..." He wanted to say something, but swallowed it back, because as a mentor, he knew that he shouldn't use this kind of intimidation and threat to educate, which is also forbidden in Edes Academy.
"...Otherwise, I will be very sad." Sima sighed. Although he didn't intimidate Valk, his tired look made Valk feel more uncomfortable and ashamed.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Sima, I have caused you a lot of trouble."
"I understand, but I don't want you to be depressed because of this." Sima shook his head. He didn't want the atmosphere to be so heavy.
After saying that, he stood up, looked at the living room, and then found the location of the water dispenser, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and then asked Valk to get himself a cup.
After slowly drinking a sip of tea, leaning on the sofa, Sima half closed his eyes, his expression was relaxed, and Valk opposite him also relaxed a little.
"You're going to start new training tomorrow, right?" Sima suddenly asked another question.
"Yes, it's about firearms."
"Well, these things wouldn't have been taught so early, but now it seems that they have to be taught earlier."
"There are other people in the same batch of training, and among them..." He paused for a few seconds, as if he was considering something.
"Among them, there is a girl named Tilan. You can try to get in touch with her and build a good relationship with her."
"What is that?"
"I'm not in a position to tell you the reason. Just take it as my personal suggestion. Don't be too deliberate. Just be friendly to her."
"I will." Valk has always been very friendly to his classmates. He didn't realize there was anything wrong with it.
Seeing that he didn't understand, Sima shook his head secretly and stopped explaining the complicated reasons. The world is so difficult to explain. She is obviously a lifesaver, but he can't tell him because Tilan is not yet famous. The identity of the girl is related to too many things, and he only knows a little bit.
"That's all for today. Have a good rest. Contact me if you need anything next time." After saying that, Sima stood up, put on his hat again and left.
The next day, at the underground shooting range of the academy.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three clear and standard gunshots were heard in the shooting range, and then the indoor auxiliary AI gave the statistical results.
[10, 10, 10, three hits]
"Very good, Tilan, your training for today is complete." N clapped his hands and walked closer.
The girl wearing the soundproof headphones put down the 'Black Pearl-G2' pistol in her hand and nodded to the teacher. She was wearing a black and white casual dress today, and her legs were wrapped in dark gray pantyhose.
Avni, Allen, Valk, and two boys of Sequence 4 were also receiving training with Tilan.
Because it was the first day, there was not much to learn. First, we were familiar with the characteristics of various types of firearms, as well as some military knowledge, and soon everyone completed the progress.
"Although the pistol is less powerful, it is easier to encounter in life because it is easy to carry, easy to use, and the legal provisions are lenient."
N picked up the 'Black Pearl-G2' pistol that Tilan had just shot, reloaded it, and then shot at the target in the distance.
"This 'Black Pearl-G2' is very suitable for beginners because it feels comfortable to hold and has a certain degree of aiming correction." He then talked about the choice of various ammunition, from the most common gunpowder metal bullets to special ammunition with enchanted inscriptions, etc.
"Compared to the era of cold weapons, firearms have now become popular in every corner. Even powerful extraordinary people will use firearms to facilitate various scenarios."
"Convenience, speed, and efficiency are the advantages of firearms, but they are not omnipotent. In the battles between high-level extraordinary people, the role of firearms will become weaker and weaker."
"Why is it getting weaker and weaker, teacher?" A student raised his hand.
N glanced at him and smiled, "You asked a good question, I will explain to you why."
"First, the output of guns is limited. Now you are only Sequence 3 and Sequence 4, so you naturally think that guns are very useful, but as the sequence level increases, you will feel that they are a bit useless. You can kill those low-level enemies at will without using guns, and powerful opponents have their own protective equipment, or exoskeleton armor, etc., and it is difficult for guns to penetrate their defense. Even if
you hit them with more than a dozen rounds, it is still not as good as a close-range sharp attack." "Second, it distracts attention. People's energy and concentration are limited. When you use guns, it is inevitable that your attention will be distracted and you will develop a dependence on them. In this way, in other combat aspects, because of less training and actual combat, you will be relatively weaker."
"Third, it is too replaceable. The advantage of high-level extraordinary people is to use the abilities of their own extraordinary job to magnify the advantages in a certain field. If you use firearms, it is equivalent to giving up this advantage and becoming the same as other common AI self-discipline units."
"Supernormal abilities are an extension of one's own will, like the use of fingers and arms. The higher the level, the more flexible and rapid, and the ever-changing, which is far from being replaced by the monotonous attack methods of guns."
"My advice to you is that you still need to know how to use guns and be proficient in using them, but you should not rely on them too much. They are useful tools, but they cannot be your reliance."
"Understood." Everyone nodded.
In the next few days, the six people received a lot of gun training in succession, and began to learn physical skills with guns, as well as combat skills.
"In open areas, especially in chaotic battlefields, snipers are still the nemesis of low-level extraordinary people. They will use special high-penetration enchanted bullets. These bullets are expensive, but the effect is worth it. It may only take one second and 6,000 federal coins to shoot a sequence 4 personnel. Enchanted bullets, but it takes at least ten years to train such a personnel."
"In the Federation Civil War four hundred years ago, due to the chaos of the early situation, there were many street fights and battles for power in the city. At that time, no one expected that the civil war would come so quickly, which led to many people being caught off guard and assassinated and ambushed. This caused many outstanding talents before the war to die in frustration. Later, when the civil war began, personnel on both sides became cautious."
"The combat environment in the city is extremely complex. There are always unexpected situations in the streets, high-rise buildings, indoor corners, etc. The risk factor of acting alone is extremely high. When soldiers perform tasks, they often cooperate in the form of tactical teams. The most basic of these is the triangle configuration, that is, one person is the main attacker, one person is the auxiliary, and one person is the guard."
"The advantage of extraordinary people is that they are fast and destructive. They can use their own abilities to flexibly find opportunities and break through quickly, instead of standing still in a certain position and fighting against others, or fighting against the enemy in a small and difficult-to-move environment. The former has limited advantages, and the latter is easy to be surrounded and killed by powerful weapons."
"In addition, many high-level extraordinary people have the ability to change the terrain and environment. If you use these well, you can be invincible in urban battles. For example, four hundred years ago, the leader of the 'Red Death God Sect' faction, 'Flame Devourer' Heslet, turned a city with a million people into a sea of fire. The wandering wildfire beasts devoured all the enemies in sight and destroyed the headquarters of the 'Holy Blue Cross Sect' that supported the opposition at the time."
"This brought the 'Red Death Cult' a great notoriety, and countless people were frightened. Of course, after the war, such brutal atrocities were punished. The 'Red Death Cult' was not allowed to preach or spread its disciples outside the Deep River Star Region for a hundred years, and Heslet himself was shackled for 50 years, and was not allowed to take it off until he died."
"In addition, there was 'Galloping Lightning' Hadmia, who single-handedly drove a transformable fighter mecha into the enemy's space station, released a large amount of electromagnetic lightning to paralyze it, and prevented the conservative opposition from gathering an army. He was also the founder of 'Hadmia University'. Today, the famous school in the South District, Thunder Front Academy, is the affiliated high school of 'Hadmia University', but the headquarters of this university is not in the Four Leaf Crystal Star Region, but in the adjacent Thunder Horn Star Region."
"Each level has a different way of fighting. At Sequence 4, you will use more firearms. At Sequence 5, you can start to try other methods. At Sequence 6, you are quite free. You need to determine your own fighting style according to your own style."
"As for Sequence 7, when you stand on the battlefield, you are a beacon for countless people, a hero surrounded by everyone, and a core trump card that changes the situation on the battlefield. You can easily destroy cities, penetrate space stations, and forcefully break through any weak defenses."
"Come on, there are many wonderful things waiting for you in the future." After N's words, everyone's blood was boiling. Only the black-haired girl had a calm look.
"Tilan." N suddenly called her name.
"Here." She took a step forward.
"Next is combat training. You have to defeat the others within two minutes. This is your goal today. As for the others, your goal is to last one minute and thirty seconds under the siege of Tilan."
"Alas."
Everyone looked surprised. Some of them even wondered if they had heard it wrong. In the past two days of training, they gradually became familiar with the black-haired girl. Although her shooting skills were good, looking at her slender figure and personality, she didn't look like a strong person. Besides, even if they are geniuses, who here is not a genius? Why is it arranged like this? Is it humiliating them to say that even if they join forces, they can't even last two minutes of the girl's attack.
N did not explain or answer this, but just asked everyone to start preparing.
After standing on both sides of the training ground, the two sides held unsharpened weapons and looked at each other. Of course, one of the sides only had the black-haired girl holding a steel sword.
"Do you really want to do this, Teacher N?" She looked to one side and asked.
"There is no need to hesitate, Tilan, it's time for you to know what level you are at. Being too modest is not a good thing." N shook his head.
"Okay, the battle begins now!" He swung his hand as a knife, sweeping the air blade in the air and sweeping across the center line of the battlefield.
The two sides acted quickly, first of all, Allen, the genius boy of the elf holding an ancient wooden staff, muttering something, and then sprinkled a handful of seeds. These seeds began to grow rapidly before they fell to the ground, and twisted vines began to form on the battlefield, as if to create a favorable environment.
On the other side, Avni frowned slightly, looking at the girl of the same age opposite her. She stretched out her palm, a ball of fire emerged, then twisted and compressed rapidly, and then ejected violently. As for Valk, he punched with both fists, his body sank slightly, and stood still like an iron tower, staring at the slender girl in the distance.
Facing the opponent's various means, the girl held the sword in one hand, and drew a semicircular sword arc in front of her with a posture of first fast and then slow. The silver crescent blade emerged and instantly split the oncoming flames. The fireball that was originally going to explode also quickly dissipated after being split, with only a few sparks scattered. This surprised Avni. Her flame was not an ordinary flame. It had its own "flowing back flame" characteristics. After exploding, it would shrink and explode again.
Then, facing the shooting of the other two opponents, the black-haired girl moved quickly, the blade in her hand seemed to dance, the staggered sword marks chopped the bullets in front of her one by one. The special perception ability given to her by the extraordinary job can calculate the trajectory in advance when the opponent pulls the trigger. Unless it is a sniper out of sight, it is difficult to hit her.
After approaching the opponent's camp, Valk, who was punching like a cannon, stood in front. The momentum that had been accumulated for a long time exploded, rushing towards the opponent like a scorching sun beam, while Tilan passed by in a thrilling way and was not directly hit.
After getting close, the two fought rapidly in a few seconds. The sound of the steel sword and the wrist glove colliding with each other was like firecrackers. Just when Valk thought he was getting better, the girl suddenly passed by and went straight to the back, interrupting Allen who was performing some secret technique.
The silver blade slashed diagonally and landed on Allen's chest, making his breathing choke and the spell interrupted. Then he felt a chill on his neck and a few drops of blood flowed out. He couldn't help but stop all his actions. If the other side of the battlefield hadn't stopped, he would have been dead.
Then came the two Sequence 4 geniuses. They gave up shooting with guns and drew their swords to fight the girl in close combat, but they were defeated in less than six seconds and squatted down, holding their painful wrists.
At this time, Avni once again used the ability attached to her job. Flames floated around her like swimming fish, and her long golden hair fluttered as if burning.
"Mu Yan Hongli!" Suddenly she opened her palm, and the symbols in it shrank and changed. Then the swimming fish beside her also shot out rapidly, turning into living golden flames, chasing Tilan on the opposite side.
In response, the girl changed her previous swift fighting style. She stood still and gently brushed the sword with her two fingers. A light blue transparent flame attached to it. The flames were very cold and not hot. The sparks formed pieces of frost on the ground.
After that, she attacked again. The sword blade slashed rapidly in the air, splitting, annihilating and dispersing the golden flame fish.
After breaking through the blockade of the golden flame fish, Tilan passed by Avni's side. The flame goldfish girl only felt a chill on her forehead, and then the boiling magic power in her body cooled down instantly. Her body also felt cold, making her feel pimples. Then she hugged her arms and left the field.
At this time, only Valk was left on the field, and one minute and ten seconds had passed.
Facing this opponent, the girl rushed forward again, the sword blade and the boxing gloves collided, and then the sword blade fell on Valk's body, making a tinkling sound.
Although it was hit, the body was like iron, and ordinary attacks could not break the defense that was like steel skin. As
expected of the Light Feather Sequence, which is famous for its protection, the girl sighed in her heart, and then a touch of blue appeared in her eyes. The mark of a butterfly also appeared faintly on the steel sword, and a fragile blue appeared faintly on the edge.
The boxing gloves made of fine steel were easily cut, and the originally strong defense became as thin as paper. Valk, who was shocked by the change, punched with all his strength.
"The pressure of the scorching sun!" The fist pressure like a beam of light directly submerged the girl in front of him, plowed a long gully in the battle room, and hit the opposite wall, making a dull loud noise. Just when he regretted whether he had hit too hard, a figure on each side of his back approached instantly, and the sword light pierced through, and the transparent ice sword pierced Valk from the shoulder blade.
Then the ice sword shattered, and then the two figures overlapped, and the figure of the black-haired girl emerged.
"The battle is over, Tilan wins." N shook his head. Even though he already had the answer in his mind, he still sighed. The swordsmanship of this girl was not as strong as it should be for her age. The seemingly simple steps and moves had the shadows of many famous masters. She had at least received the core inheritance of a certain extraordinary faction, otherwise she would not be so exquisite, because many details could not be summarized and accumulated by one or two generations, but the result of continuous improvement and perfection by many predecessors over hundreds of years.
This is her, Heshia Tilan, the younger sister of Themisia. Thinking about it, it seems that there is no doubt about everything.
That 'Demon Purple Rose' was also the same. She overwhelmed the geniuses from all sides in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Domain and reached the top in a dazzling way. No wonder the top management of the academy paid so much attention to her and invested in her generously.
In the training ground, the girl put away her sword, and her temperament returned to her usual quiet and delicate appearance. People could not see the sharpness and strength just now. She simply lifted her skirt and bowed to everyone to express her apology for defeating the opponent mercilessly just now.
But at this time, the other people in the room could no longer look at the girl with the same eyes as before. Her delicate and quiet expression turned into a kind of restraint and mystery, which made people feel awe.
(End of this chapter)
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