The caravan arrived at a new destination in the afternoon.

It was a small town called Jinxi Town. It was once a river where gold could be found, so it flourished for a while. Unfortunately, as the gold mine was completely mined, it gradually declined. The caravan sounded the alarm before it got close to the town, and then someone rode over to check it. It was still a marginal area of ​​the wilderness, so the people living here were very alert. After confirming that it was a caravan, the people in the town let it go, and at the same time, someone came to ask about the goods.

In places far away from the city, some people will sell goods to caravans at a cheap price and take them to the city for sale.

At the same time, they will buy some things from the merchants and transfer them to nearby towns for sale. Unless they have large escorts like this Northland caravan, ordinary merchants will not conduct long-distance trade.

Because this is more dangerous and the dealings are very troublesome.

The little girl was in great mood today, maybe because the journey was relatively calm. She jumped down after arriving at the town and looked around curiously.

The captain of the guard told Sauron that he would stay in the town today, so he could take a look here as he pleases, just go to the hotel in the East Gate at night.

The entire town is surrounded by a wall.

It is a wall built with double-layered solid logs. The thickness of a log is twenty centimeters. The two ends are sharpened and penetrated into the ground. There is an arrow tower every 100 meters. You can climb up from below with a ladder. There are two doors on the east and west sides of the town, both of which are very thick gates, and it looks like a solid city.

This is to guard against the attacks of the werewolves and the possible robbers.

In any such town, there are people watching at night because the gnolls may sneak into it.

"Brother, look!"

The little girl held Sauron's hand and looked around. When she heard the shouting beside her, she pulled him over curiously.

That's two people training.

One is a middle-aged man, the other is relatively young and looks a bit similar, either a father and son or an uncle and nephew.

"Pay attention to the right!"

The middle-aged man holding the wooden sword in the shield shouted softly and then said, "When the enemy attacks from this direction, you must learn to use your shield."

"Look at it carefully."

"When blocking, the arms must be kept at a distance so that there is room for movement."

"Don't take too much steps when launching a shield strike."

"What is really deadly is the sword in your hand, not this shield."

"All you need is to use the impact of the shield to make the opponent stand unsteadily, and then stab your weapon out."

The two are training seriously.

The middle-aged man did not look back at all, but the young man had a little distracted, and then the middle-aged man smashed directly to the ground with a shield: "This is the second point I want to tell you. You must not be distracted during the battle."

“Continue training.”

The young man gritted his teeth and got up, his expression became much more serious, and at the same time launched a more brave attack.

Maybe it was because someone seemed to aroused his competitive spirit.

The middle-aged man was still calm and blocked and said in a deep voice: "See clearly."

"Faced with the enemy's slashing attack."

"Shield is not the only defense method, you also need to learn to use weapons to parry."

"It's a line that slashes."

"If you can't dodge at this time, you need to find a way to hold back the enemy's attack."

“It’s like that.”

The middle-aged man waved his sword and then rushed forward and knocked the young man to the ground with his shoulder: "It is not only swords that can defeat the enemy, but our bodies are also a weapon."

“Stand up.”

Very authentic and ruthless training method.

Sauron looked at the blood flowing out of the young man's nose, and his expression gradually became serious and observed them very carefully.

The middle-aged man only glanced at them.

But I didn't care much. After turning the wooden sword in my hand around, I continued, "If the enemy stabs you with a sword."

"It's better not to parry the block at this time."

"You have to learn to dodge with your body. The piercing attacks is a point, and it is very difficult to parry, but you can easily avoid the attack by just moving your body."

"but."

"When the enemy stabs over, it is often just the beginning of the attack."

"You need to learn to judge in an instant."

"Beware of their shoulders."

"Any attack is trajectory, and their bodies will inevitably make corresponding actions when they need explosive power."

"For example, you can do this."

The middle-aged man dodged away from the stabbing sword, then twisted his waist and slashed the sword at the young man's wrist, and the wooden sword fell to the ground with a clang.

The young man who was defeated continuously finally became a little discouraged.

He lay panting on the ground, not even picking up the sword. The middle-aged man looked at the sky and said slowly: "I'll be here to train today."

"If you want to be a qualified warrior, there is still a lot to learn."

"Just relying on strength to fight is just to die."

The middle-aged man wiped his sweat with the clothes beside him, then looked at Soren, glanced at him, swept over the scimitar on his body, and said seriously: "Foreigner."

"I am the militia captain here."

"Although there is no rejection of outsiders here, there is no welcome."

"You'd better not cause trouble." [Intimidation]

The other party's tone was very serious and there was no provocative expression, as if he was talking about something very normal, but it inexplicably puts pressure on people.

"I never like to cause trouble."

Sauron smiled and said calmly: "But if someone provokes me, I will make him feel very regretful."

“We just passed by here.”

The middle-aged man nodded: "That's best." [Failed intimidation]

This is a third-level warrior, and it is very likely that he was also a well-known adventurer. Soren noticed that his legs were inconvenient, and he might have suffered serious injuries, so that his bones were offset. Such adventurers are more common. Many people have to retire after being injured and return to their hometown to live the ordinary life.

There are many people in this world who have stories.

"elder brother."

The little girl picked up a branch and gestured, and said with a smile: "That person looked pretty awesome just now."

"but."

"The people he taught are so stupid. I can't remember such simple things."

"Look."

Soren glanced at the little girl who looked crooked and gestured. She was small and had no idea where she was going. However, Soren did not hit her, but just rubbed her head and said, "It's quite simple."

"But they are all very practical skills. Of course he is not as smart as my Vivian."

"Walk."

"I'll take you to buy something delicious."

Just as he was watching the other party’s training, a row of small words appeared in front of Sauron’s eyes:

"Advanced skills!"

"You have some understanding when observing other people's training!... Master certain combat skills!..."

"Parry +1, block +1, dodge (move) +1."

Sauron didn't expect that this would trigger two new basic skills. He thought that he would have to wait until he would train in the future to carry out parry blocking before he could open these two basic skills. One or two basic skills are not of much use. If you want to obtain a significant improvement, you need to increase by at least 10 points. Generally, a basic skill will increase by about 50 points, and you will have a relatively obvious improvement in ability.

For example, the Shield Warrior's 100-point block.

That is the professional level of using shield blocking, just like Sauron's ability in stealth.

Basic skills are all about choosing a specialized direction.

Then other basic skills that are triggered are improved by training over time, and the skill points obtained from upgrading are rarely invested in them because "there is a specialty in the profession."

Most basic skills related to professions will be improved faster.

For example, Sauron's dodging skills are now 6 o'clock, and he has not experienced special training. If he performs related dodging (rolling) and dodging (movement) training, his dodging skills can quickly increase to above 20 o'clock.

Generally, the basic dodging skills of around 50 points can passively increase your own dodge by 1 point.

This dodge is an instinctive dodge.

That is, a person's subconscious reaction when he is attacked, and only some expertise can be increased.

For example, the expertise of "intuitive dodge", "proficient dodge", "super strong dodge", etc. are all combat expertise that is difficult to train and the effect it produces is also very obvious.

Basic skills are relatively ordinary abilities, and only expertise is the skills that significantly improve strength.
To be continued...