Lord of Arcane

Chapter 247 Elf Athos

"Elves?!"

Xia Duo was taken aback, the creature in front of him was a robust male elf wearing armor and a long sword on his waist, and the other party was staring at him seriously at this moment.

For some reason, Xia Duo suddenly felt ashamed, and said involuntarily, "I'm sorry, instructor, I was distracted just now."

"Athos, this is the second time you've lost your mind during training, and the next time, go home by yourself!" The instructor left this sentence, and walked towards other people regardless of Xia Duo.

At this time, Xia Duo was already stunned, what did he hear just now?Elvish?
Although he hasn't formally started learning Elven language, he does know a lot of Elven vocabulary, plus the Elven magic spell that Niya gave him, Xia Duo is very sensitive to Elven language.

What's more, the characteristics of Elvish language are so obvious, smooth and graceful, like poetry, no matter how dull Xia Duo is, he can still recognize it!
But—why could he understand the other party's words, and he seemed to have spoken Elvish just now?
Why is this again?
At this moment, Xia Duo was full of question marks in his mind, and after the instructor left, he had time to look around——

This place seems to be a training ground in a certain city. If you look around, you can see the tower-like buildings in the city and the floating passages between the buildings.

Nearby, around Xia Duo, three rows of tall elves with long ears were holding a delicate one-handed sword and pointing forward, and they didn't know what they were practicing.

Although these elves are all elves from the previous instructors, their physical characteristics are different. The instructors have fair complexion and a strong figure, while these elves who are trained have a lighter brown complexion and a thinner body.

Xia Duo looked down and saw that his hands were the same as those of the trained elves around him. However, this color is not ugly when paired with the delicate skin of the elves. Instead, it has a metallic luster, which is quite interesting.

"Athos, Athos, the instructor is coming back, don't be in a daze!" Just as he was thinking, Xia Duo felt another push on his back.

This strength is not light or heavy, but it just makes him notice, is it Grada?

Only then did Xia Duo come to his senses, and quickly raised his right hand, imitating the elves around him, pointing the one-handed sword in his hand forward.

Maybe the other elves were really training, but Xia Duo was just putting on a show. He was actually observing the sword in his hand.

This sword is a magic item!
The whole body is slender, a bit like the sword of Xia Duo's hometown, and it is obviously different from the sword of the Naithers.

There are some runes of unknown meaning engraved on the surface of the sword body, like Elvish language, but they are different, and each of these runes is connected to the magic net.

The hilt of the sword is comfortable to hold, without exaggerated decorations, and everything seems to be just for practicality. At this moment, a thought suddenly popped up from the bottom of Xia Duo's heart——

"This is the standard weapon of Sukan Visa City!"

Xia Duo was taken aback suddenly, could it be that the real Assos was speaking?He didn't know the principle of the so-called astral projection, which allowed him to replace a certain creature on the projection plane, but now it seemed that the replacement was a bit incompatible?
Or, is this the case for projected plane travel?
Xia Duo tried hard to recall what Nya and Eberke had said to him. Generally speaking, when humans are projected here, they will also be humans, and only in rare cases will they become other races.

Just because it was a very rare situation, neither Niya nor Eberke elaborated, and now Xia Duo just encountered this very rare situation.

Or, he wasn't a human being in the first place, at least not a human being in Faerun, which made the range of choices he could choose when projecting suddenly much wider.

Regardless of whether it is incompatible or not, the most important thing at present is to try to play this role well, and only on this basis can we seek benefits for ourselves.

Of course, the interest here mainly refers to knowledge.

Now that Xia Duo has projected into an elf, it is enough for him to dig deep into himself, but he is very interested in elves!

……

Sukanwisa City, City Guard Training Ground.

Time passed little by little, Xia Duo was still mingling among a group of trainee elves and pretending to be. The instructor passed by him several times, and his expression became worse and worse.

When the sky gradually darkened, the instructor finally announced: "Okay, I'll be here today, disband, and don't be late for the martial arts class tomorrow afternoon. Assos, you don't come tomorrow."

"..."

Almost all the trained elves looked at Xia Duo, and Xia Duo kept telling himself, "You are Xia Duo, not Assos, you are here to travel in the plane, not to suffer!"

But there is still a feeling of suffocation.

Fortunately, there was no elf taunting Xia Duo face to face, and soon everyone dispersed, leaving only Xia Duo and his little partner who pushed him behind him before—Grada on the training ground.

"Athos, what's wrong with you today? You dare to be distracted in class with a big black face!"

As Grada spoke, he also used a small spell to conjure up the appearance of the instructor at his fingertips, but in Grada's description, the instructor really turned into a big black face.

"Instructor!" Xia Duo suddenly called out.

Pa——The image of Grada's fingertips disappeared in an instant, and at the same time, his whole body tensed up. Seeing the smirk on Xia Duo's face, he suddenly realized:
"Well, you Assos, I saved you many times today, and you dare to lie to me! Don't let my father help you find a big black face to intercede this time."

As he said that, Grada stabbed Xia Duo with a sword, which shocked Xia Duo. Is this an elf?A noble and elegant elf?
Draw a knife at a disagreement?
Xia Duo's own reaction was a bit slow, but his body's instincts had already made him raise his sword and stab at the opponent, and at this time Xia Duo also understood why.

Following his instinct, Xia Duo just stabbed back and forth with his sword, without greeting the opponent, and the opponent did not greet him, only occasionally the sword and body exchanged blows, having a great time.

"Assos, why don't you talk, you are also playing deep like the big black face?"

At this time, Xia Duo had already put away his sword and stood up, and at the same time kept hinting to Grada, "The instructor is here!"

"Again? I don't believe you this time. If the big black face comes over, I'll beat him too!"

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped on the head with a slap, "You want to hit me too?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Grada was so frightened that he even dropped the sword in his hand. Turning around, it was indeed the instructor. Grada's teeth couldn't help but fight up and down:
"Instructor, I'm joking, hehe."

"Are you kidding?" At this moment, the instructor's face was no less gloomy than when he passed by Xia Duo before, "The training ground is about to be closed, I will clean you up tomorrow, hurry home!"

With the last sound, the instructor could raise his voice, almost roaring out.

Grada was so frightened that he ran away, not even wanting the sword thrown on the ground, but fortunately, he remembered Xia Duo before leaving, and motioned for Xia Duo to follow.

Xia Duo was not so rude, he talked to the instructor, picked up Grada's sword, and was about to leave.

"Athos, wait!"

The instructor stopped Xia Duo suddenly, and Xia Duo also stopped subconsciously. Looking at the tall and strong instructor in front of him, a thought suddenly flashed in Xia Duo's mind-the instructor was his father's comrade-in-arms.

(End of this chapter)