Chapter 28: Coming from the Misty Forest (Please read it again, please read it again)
Luo Xi then told Knight Carl about his wish to learn swordsmanship. This was just a small matter for Knight Carl, so he readily agreed.
"This request is far from enough to repay your assistance. Please keep the badge."
Knight Karl then began to teach Roshi swordsmanship.
A few days later.
"The hand holding the sword must be steady. Remember that for a knight, the sword is life, the sword is everything. With this belief, let the sword grow in your hand and never let go under any circumstances."
"When you strike, you must be ruthless. Pour all your strength into your hands, concentrate it on one point, and then strike out at this point with all your strength."
"The target must be accurate. You should not only see with your eyes, but also feel with your heart. Focus your thoughts and ideas on that point. Only in this way can you avoid missing the target."
"Steady, fierce, and accurate, these are the three most basic elements of the swift sword, and also the core elements of this sword technique. The sword technique is just its form, the real core is this."
The sword technique that Knight Karl taught Luo Xi is called Swift Sword. It is the most common basic sword technique for knights on the continent. It is fast and easy to learn, and is very suitable for swordsmanship beginners.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" A loud sound of breaking wind was heard.
In the open space, Luo Xi followed the instructions of Knight Karl and waved a cross sword in his hand repeatedly.
Luo Xi stopped only after he had completed a series of swift sword strikes.
"Complete a Serious Swift Sword, resulting in a critical hit, time +8 days."
Knight Carl nodded repeatedly: "Very good, although there are still some shortcomings in the details, but you have already mastered the basic force techniques and sword skills. You really don't look like a beginner."
Luo Xi had a good talent for swordsmanship. He mastered the swift sword to the entry level in just a few days. An ordinary person would need at least ten days or half a month, and even Knight Carl took nearly a week.
Luo Xi said: "Maybe it's because I've been practicing the body-building boxing."
Knight Carl shook his head: "The Body Refining Fist is only a physical training. What really matters to swordsmanship is the feel of the hand and the degree of soul harmony between the sword and the cross sword."
This is a mysterious but real feeling, just like when some people are learning to drive, they just can't learn it no matter how hard they try, while some people, once they sit in the driver's seat, feel as if they have achieved enlightenment and become one with the car.
After a pause, Karl said, "What do you think? Are you not going to seriously consider my proposal anymore?"
"Although the life of a mercenary seems thrilling and exciting, it actually contains too many pleasures that ordinary people cannot experience. You can meet different people, go to different places, and sleep with different women."
“The money that ordinary people cannot earn in their entire lives may be just a task for us.”
"Life is only a few decades long. Guarding a piece of land and finding a big-footed woman to roll around in a shack until you die of old age, how boring is such a life? Don't you want to see the outside world?"
"The world is very big. Believe me, your perception will change after you go out and take a look."
Carl admired Luo Xi very much. After spending a few days with him, he found that this young man not only had outstanding talent in swordsmanship, but was also very pleasant to be around. He couldn't help but feel a sense of cherishing his talent.
In the past few days, he has persuaded Luo Xi more than once to stay and join the mercenary group as a mercenary.
Luo Xi shook his head: "I'm sorry, Knight Carl, but I really don't have the idea of becoming a mercenary at the moment. My mother and brother are still waiting for me to return."
Karl sighed and said regretfully: “Okay.”
Ordinary people are like this. They regard being law-abiding as more important than anything else. For them, the best life is to stay in one place, grow up, get married, have children and reproduce.
In their eyes, the world seems to be only as big as a small town, and the farthest place they have been to may be the nearby city.
They will never know how vast and boundless this world is, that there are larger kingdoms out there, cities with more than 100,000 people, and how wonderful this world is.
"If you change your mind, you can always come to me."
"OK."
At noon the next day, Luo Xi's destination, Blackstone, was reached. The convoy had to head north and could only send him here. If they continued west, they would reach Blackstone Castle before sunset.
When they parted, Knight Karl gave Luo Xi a cross sword.
"The name of this sword is Glory. I asked someone to make it years ago, but I haven't used it much yet."
This is a two-handed cross sword, which is wider than the palm and about one meter and three meters long. It looks majestic and imposing when held in the hand.
Then he gave Luo Xi some instructions: "Although the journey is only half a day, you still can't let your guard down."
"The Earl is seriously ill, and the nobles throughout the Western Territory are busy fighting for power and profit. Scoundrels are taking advantage of the opportunity to come out and do evil."
It was originally the responsibility of the nobles to eliminate bandits. In normal and peaceful times, if bandits appeared in a certain place, the local nobles would definitely lead the knights to deal with them in time and would not let them get bigger.
On the other hand, if the number of bandits suddenly increases in a certain place, it often reflects the political turmoil in that area . In the evening, Black Stone Town.
Blackrock Town is a small border town near the Misty Forest at the southern end of the western border of the Kingdom of Karel. It is the direct jurisdiction of the Lord of the West and is also the hometown where the Fernandi family first prospered.
Walking into Blackrock Town, Luo Xi looked around.
It is not much different from an ordinary small town, with Gothic single-family buildings standing on both sides of the road. People in colorful clothes are coming and going on the road. In the distance are wheat fields, and piles of ripe wheat are sent to the mill.
Towers, streams, stone bridges, straw, and stables make it a very typical Gothic town, except that the road is smoother and cleaner than that of an ordinary town.
Luo Xi checked the historical records of the Kingdom of Karel. Blackstone Town was where the Fernandi family made their fortune and was also their earliest fiefdom.
Although times have changed and through the efforts and marriages of the ancestors of the Fernandi family, the former Blackrock country bumpkin has moved into Windhurt City and become an influential earl of the western border, but the Blackrock Territory is still the irreplaceable spiritual home of this family.
The Blackstone Earls of all generations would come back every year to offer sacrifices, and after death, no matter where they died, their bodies would be transported to the family cemetery here.
"Knight Lowa, that's the man."
"I sneaked into town and has been looking around since I came in."
At this moment, more than a dozen soldiers wearing bright armor and carrying cross swords walked over here. The silver wolf head emblem on their chests revealed their identities.
The family guard of the Fernandi family.
Led by a townsman, more than a dozen guards came to Luo Xi and surrounded him immediately.
Every soldier put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and they were very well-trained.
A middle-aged man walked up to Luo Xi. He was the captain of the guard, Knight Lova, a powerful knight who was currently ranked among the top three in the Fernandi family.
Under the iron helmet was a pair of cold eyes. He first looked at the cross sword on Luo Xi's waist, and then asked: "This is the territory of the Fernandi family. Explain your identity and purpose, stranger."
The townspeople living in Black Stone Town are all descendants of the Fernandi family or people who have made contributions to the Fernandi family. It is a semi-closed town. When a strange face like Luo Xi came here, he was immediately noticed by the townspeople and reported to Knight Lowa.
The Earl was seriously ill and the Fernandi family was in a tense moment, so Knight Lowa immediately brought people over.
Luo Xi didn't say anything, but put one hand in his pocket.
Although it was just a small movement, it was obvious that the surrounding soldiers suddenly became nervous.
If Knight Lowa had not raised his hand in time to signal, Luo Xi had no doubt that these soldiers would immediately draw the cross swords at their waists.
Luo Xi felt in his pocket and pulled out a copper coin.
This is a copper plate from a previous dynasty that has long been out of use and is covered with traces of time.
However, the moment he saw the copper coin, Knight Lova's body shook violently.
He took off his helmet and asked with a trembling voice: "Your Excellency is..."
Luo Xi looked normal: "From the Misty Forest."
It was just a simple sentence, but it seemed to contain some strange power. The burly Lova Knight who had practiced martial arts for decades actually shook violently.
He took a deep breath and immediately knelt down at Luo Xi's feet, showing humility that he had never shown even to the Earl.
Just when everyone was confused, his next words easily dispelled everyone's doubts, and also made everyone kneel down humbly like him.
But Lova said, "Master Wizard!"
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