Chapter 59: What kind of melee combat does a mage do?

Chapter 59: What kind of melee combat does a mage do?

“Why enchant weapons to Vesdon?” Denise asked.

Leaven replied casually: "Because he wants it, I will give it to him."

He turned to Vesdon and asked: "How is it, do you like it?"
< br>Vesdon glanced at his mother and whispered: "Well... I like it!"

Raven shrugged: "Look, he doesn't have any objections himself."

Denise frowned and glared at Vesdon, then looked at Raven, her tone slightly aggravated: "Raven, I'm talking to you seriously."

She knows Raven. This person is as shrewd and cost-calculating as any businessman. There is no way he would waste precious enchanted weapons during such intense preparations. On Vesdon.

"Oh oh oh, don't get excited." Raven picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth: "I am also talking to you seriously."

"In two months, Weiss Dong is going to be fifteen, right?”

Denise nodded and asked in confusion: "Yes, but what does this have to do with giving him weapons?"

"Fifteen years old." Raven said with a little emotion: "This age , I have already started wandering on the street."

Denise still knew Raven's details very well, and glanced at him: "How can it be the same? "

"It is indeed different. Vesdon's conditions are much better than mine at that time." Raven clicked his tongue and said, "The physique is stronger than mine at that time, and he has more money. The most important thing is. Yes, he has a family."

Denise was ready to retort, but after hearing Raven's words, she couldn't help but fall into silence.

"He has to take up the responsibility and protect this family." Raven cut the pork sausage slowly: "I must be the one to lead the counterattack on Bloody Heights. When the time comes, Eagle Fort will need someone to guard it."

Dan Nisi's brows suddenly opened, and there was a bit of surprise in her eyes.

It was indeed a very reasonable arrangement for Raven to leave and Weston to stay at Eagle Castle, but she always felt that something was wrong.

Seeing Vesdon's eagerness to try again, she became even more worried:

"But he is only fourteen years old."

"It will be fifteen soon." Raven emphasized.

"That's still two months away!"

"It's only two months away!" Raven's voice was a little louder: "How do you think people grow? He becomes an adult at the age of five, is mature at the age of forty-five, and looks down upon the world at the age of sixty-five? "

"Growth requires experience."

"Continue to protect him like you do. You will never grow up in your life!”

Denise still wanted to argue, but Vesdon was aroused: "Yes, mother, I also want to have the opportunity to practice!"

"You——" Denise looked at Looking at his son, he quite hates the fact that iron cannot become steel.

It’s not that she can’t let go, but with experience, she needs to have that ability.

With Vesdon's current childish mentality, let alone managing a barony, even giving him a tavern would probably result in someone defrauding him of all his savings!

Just as he was about to continue arguing with Raven, a beautiful figure walked in.

Seeing this, Raven frowned slightly.

Why did Nancy come? Didn't she always dislike the food at Eagle Castle and bring her own chef?

Today, Nancy is wearing a fluffy pink circle skirt, with two strands of hair curled down behind her head, and a small face with a deep smile.

"What are you talking about? You are so happy, tell me too?" She floated to Raven's side like a morning glory, and Jenny immediately moved a chair over.

Sitting next to Raven, Nancy put one arm on the table and stared at him with a smile in her eyes.

Seeing that he was a little embarrassed, Raven calmly moved his chair away from Nancy: "What are you doing?"

"Nothing to do." Nancy moved her chair again and leaned closer: " I just discovered that Baron Raven is still very handsome."

As she spoke, she clapped her hands pretentiously like an actor on an opera stage, and Jenny immediately took it out of the basket she was carrying. He took out a silver bowl and placed it on the table.

Nancy gently pushed the bowl in front of Raven: "Try it, the caramel cream ice cream I made myself."

Looking down, Raven's mouth couldn't help but smile. He paused and twitched.

It is said to be "caramel cream ice cream", but there is no trace of cream at all. There is a thick layer of caramel on top, and it lives up to its name, so burnt that it turns into carbon.

This should indeed have been done by Nancy herself.

Reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling man, Nancy's gesture made Raven uncomfortable. He could only cough and said: "Miss Nancy, what do you want to do?"
< br>"You should try it first, I won't poison you." Nancy said.

Looking at the things in the bowl, Raven really couldn't move his hands and pushed the things directly in front of Vesdon: "Miss Nancy's wishes, come and have a taste!"

"Raven!" Nancy's brows suddenly furrowed, and her voice was high-pitched, but she immediately softened: "Forget it, if you don't want to eat, just don't eat." The silver bowl was swept into the trash can.

Raven immediately became alert. Nancy was so abnormal today. He stood up and said, "Sorry, I'm a little tired, so I'm going to rest first."

said After that, he walked towards the door.

“Don’t leave.” Nancy stood up and wanted to chase her: “Take me to the Bloody Highlands. If you promise me, I can consider marrying you!”

Raven immediately quickened his pace.

Take Nancy to Bloody Heights and marry her - double punishment!

Only a ghost would agree to such a useless thing.

Back in the study, Petty brought a snack to fill his stomach. Raven read the Elvish language for a while. When everyone was about to rest, he turned around and left Eagle Castle. He didn't even take Volav with him, and waded through the snow all the way to the mountain col at the back of Eagle Castle.

Moving away the straw mat covering the wall of the col, a gust of heat turned into white mist. It was swept back into the cave before it could rush out, but the smell of charcoal fire and the smell of horse smell still hit my face.

The soldiers guarding here hurriedly saluted: "Lord Baron, you are here!"

"Yes." Raven nodded in return and walked inside.

This used to be a mine, which was abandoned because the ore was exhausted. The entrance here once served as a pile of materials, thus opening up a lot of space.

In the center is a fire pit three meters in diameter, filled with firewood. It is burning cracklingly, with sparks jumping out from time to time, making the entire space steamy.

It is not as good as the heating in the previous life, but the temperature is still above 10℃. As long as you keep warm, it is enough for people to survive.

On both sides are stables made of simple wood and stone. Semi-war horses that were transformed into monsters were tied inside. Some were resting with their eyes closed, while others had their heads buried in the trough, chewing grass.

"Thank you for leaving you here alone." Raven said while watching.

Unlike the semi-monstrous domestic pigs, war horses are military supplies, and after being transformed by magic core, the difference from ordinary war horses can be seen at a glance.

The shoulder height is only slightly shorter than that of the Blood-Eyed War Horse, but the overall physique is thicker and the hair is soft and smooth. The strong and strong muscles are clearly exposed with every move, just like a bodybuilder. .

Although Nancy may not notice the specialness of these war horses due to her personality, Raven does not want to take this risk. When they go to the bloody highlands, these war horses will naturally be "whitened".

"It's not hard work. It's an honor for me to serve the Baron." The soldier said with a smile: "And these Warcraft horses are very docile and don't take much effort to manage." "That's good." He walked to the stables. , Raven reached out to dig at the trough, and saw that in addition to dry grass, there were also a lot of black beans and broken raw eggs, so he nodded with satisfaction.

Raven nodded slightly. At this moment, there was a sound of crunching snow being trampled on, and Eric's figure appeared at the door: "Lord Baron, I'm here. !”

He gave a serious military salute, his eyes fell on those war horses, and he couldn’t move away immediately.

Walking to a war horse, Eric stretched out his big hand to touch its shoulder, pinching it hard from time to time, with undisguised appreciation in his eyes: "What a good horse, better than what Miss Nancy brought." That batch is much better, almost as good as the Blood-Eyed War Horse!”

"Of course." Raven hugged her shoulders and tutted: "You don't know how much it cost me!"

If the elemental affinity is strong, one magic core can make both ends Domestic pigs are half monsters, but these war horses are inherently stronger than domestic pigs. If they want to achieve the same effect, they must absorb more energy.

And Raven strengthened them not to skin and eat meat, but of course to give them as much as they can absorb. Therefore, more than 80% of the energy in a magic core must be used on the same war horse, and the rest It can only be absorbed by Raven himself and used to expand the upper limit of magic power.

The eight war horses in this stable used eight magic cores.

It's not that Raven doesn't want to save a little, but if he wants to waste nothing, he must use at least four magic cores to strengthen five war horses at the same time. His mental strength is not enough to support filtering so much rotten soul essence at the same time. .

Eric gradually calmed down the excitement on his face, and asked: "Lord Baron, why did you ask me to come here?"

"Gunther, please go out. You are not allowed to come in without my order." Raven said.

"Understood, Lord Baron." The soldier responsible for guarding this place saluted and left.

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away. Raven's hand touched his belt, and an enchanted stabbing sword was already in his hand.

Eric was stunned: "Lord Baron, what are you...?"

"Draw your sword." Raven's face darkened: "Next, except for magic, I will use all means to attack you with all my strength. All you need to do is treat me as an enemy."

"But ...Sir." Eric scratched his head: "I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid not. Are you your opponent?" Raven smiled slightly, flicked his stabbing sword, and suddenly sprinted towards Eric: "Then you might be injured!"

The figure wrapped in black leather armor was so fast. The lightning was so fast that Eric was stunned. For a moment, he thought of Anderson who was wrapped in dark fighting spirit at that time!

锔——

The blade of the stabbing sword grazed the thick surface of the steel shield, bringing up a stream of fire, which simultaneously illuminated the faces of Eric and Raven, and also reflected the shock on the latter's face.

The two figures intertwined, and with a twist of Raven's body, the sword in his hand was already handed to Eric's back.

The latter seemed to have eyes on his back. Before he could turn around, the steel shield had already reached the landing point of the sword.

The shield wrapped in silver steel fighting spirit shone like a diamond, and the sword was suddenly swung away, and then the blood-red scimitar whizzed over with the sound of breaking wind, the silver fighting spirit and the scimitar itself The blood-colored luster is intertwined together, like a bloody crescent moon.

Before the blade arrived, Raven's skin had already begun to feel the sting. His eyes were slightly dim, and the silver light was flowing. Under the influence of the Eye of Truth, Eric's movements became clear and intuitive. .

Both feet moved alternately, Raven took two steps back, and Eric had already turned around. He no longer looked at Raven with any contempt, took a deep breath, and then took the initiative to charge!

After being strengthened by Raven's magic core, the heavy armor on his body can no longer be called a burden, and his momentum is as fierce as a crazy rhinoceros.

Eric moved forward and Raven flew back, but the speed of moving forward was ultimately much faster than retreating.

The former swung his sword horizontally, and the latter knew not to take it hard, so he suddenly tightened his abdomen and barely managed to avoid the attack, but the round shield on the former's left hand had already been slapped up again!

If you were really hit by this blow, it would be no different from being hit by a galloping horse!

At the critical moment, Raven moved his fingers slightly, and the enchanted stabbing sword suddenly jumped up like a snake, brushed the edge of the shield, and pressed against Eric's throat.

Danglang.

The buckler fell to the ground, and Eric's head was soaked in cold sweat. He looked at the stabbing sword on his throat and swallowed: "Lord Baron, your fighting skills are really exquisite..."

“Stop boasting.” Raven retracted his sword and gave him a blank look. : "At the end, you pulled back your left hand, causing the shield to slow down a lot, so I could have a chance."

"And you still have plenty of fighting spirit, and you are wearing enchanted plate armor. If you really use fighting spirit to strengthen it, , my sword may not be able to pierce.”

"The Baron's gaze is as precise as a falcon." Eric praised with a smile: "But I did try my best."

"Oh, you know that I can see accurately, and you still dare to say this That's what you said." Raven moved his wrist: "Pick up the shield. You can't leave until you beat me tonight!"

"Huh?" Eric's face wrinkled like a bitter melon: "Sir, you is a magician Master, why do you need to practice close combat?”

“The Master needs to fight at a distance,” Lei Wen said lightly, “You know this, I know it, and our enemies also know it.” br>“But I can’t guarantee that every enemy I encounter will not be able to get close to me, so at least, when the enemy approaches me, I hope to have some ability to resist.”

Eric was stunned when he heard this. He did not expect that Raven, who had become a magician, would have such cautious considerations.

He bent down and picked up the shield on the ground, his eyes were bright, and he said in an extremely serious manner: "In that case, I am willing to help the Baron with all my strength!"

This time the sparring continued. For nearly two hours, poor Gunther was almost frozen. He didn't know what happened in the cave. He only knew that when he returned to the abandoned mine, Eric was sweating profusely and Raven was even more angry. blow.

For Raven, these two hours of sparring were fruitful; but for Eric, it was a completely different experience.

Only in terms of close combat, whether it is combat experience, skills or strength, he is far beyond Raven, but for some reason, Raven always seems to be able to see his movements and react in advance. Like a slippery loach.

There is also the extraordinary strength and reaction speed, which are no less than most first-order extraordinary ones. If it were not strengthened by the magic core, Eric would not be much stronger.

What impressed him the most was Raven's pace. At any time, his legs were slightly spread apart, shoulder-width apart, and his feet were never raised more than ten centimeters above the ground. This impressed Raven While keeping your body stable at all times, you can also avoid stepping on foreign objects and losing your balance as much as possible.

This is by no means the pace of a layman, but there are no traces of professional training. It is more like the experience accumulated in battles, which requires a smart mind and keen fighting instincts to develop.

"What a pity." Eric muttered as he walked back to the military camp: "If Lord Raven chooses to be a warrior, he will definitely have very high achievements."

Time Gradually, one day, two days, three days...

Although there is no second snowfall, the Eagle Territory is still getting colder day by day. However, this does not stop the enthusiasm of the residents of Eagle Town. They continue to build infrastructure and are about to build a new town. The warehouse is covered.

Raven's life is becoming more and more fulfilling. After dealing with daily affairs in the morning, he will start to study books and practice magic; after lunch, he will practice equestrian and lance, and occasionally go to the military camp to observe.

I won’t rest at night. After practicing Elvish, I still have to go to Eric to hone my fighting skills.

As Eric said, Raven has a certain talent. His melee skills will improve every day, making it more and more difficult for Eric to deal with it.

The so-called what goes up and what goes down is universal, both in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. Raven filled his schedule to the brim, and everyone in Eagle Castle was tense, and the overall atmosphere became more and more unknowingly. Get nervous.

This morning, Raven was studying "The Path of the Mage" and thinking about a passage about meditation and spiritual power recorded in it, when a knock on the door suddenly rang.

"Come in."

Leaven put down the book and saw old Gordon walking in.

The hard-working old butler changed his usual calmness, with a trace of hesitation on his face, his eyes were wandering, and his tone was also hesitant:

"Well... Lord Baron, I have something to do. , hope to obtain your consent. ”

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(End of this chapter)