Mercenaries and Adventurers

In the evening, after Kiel told Ganna craftsman about his previous experience, he drove the carriage back to the hunter's stronghold.

Because of poor skills in driving the carriage, Kiel rubbed the truck against the wall of the street many times. The paint that was newly applied when he bought it was wiped off a lot, which made Kiel very distressed.

After yelling to open the gate, Keel followed a young hunter to guide the carriage into the shed, then took off the horse's bridle, and led the horse into the shed.

Patting Kiel on the shoulder, the young hunter welcomed Kiel to officially join their hunter team. Keir also thanked the other party for his kindness, and then took a bundle of hay from the carriage and broke the horse that was fed to him.

Some unfrozen Kendall River water was tapped from the well, and Keel carried the bucket and poured it into the wooden trough for the horses. The horse, who hadn't drank water for most of the day, quickly lowered his head and drank the water. After all, the temperature was not high. If he didn't drink it quickly, the water in the wooden trough would freeze in a short while.

Keel took out a few pieces of burlap from the wagon, simply put them on the horses, and then used firewood to block some air leaks in the shed, and then closed the door of the stable to say goodbye to his horses.

Holding the things on the truck, Keel walked into the wooden house in the stronghold.

The young hunters who went out during the day have all returned to the stronghold, well, maybe not all of them. The old hunter, Tost, was roasting a few tubers cut in half by the fireplace, and smearing a little salt on the cut surface.

"Kill is back, how is it, do you want to eat this?" The old hunter asked Kiel. The other young hunters sat around the fireplace and warmed themselves by the fire. They talked about the rescued women and their relationship with them, and they were very envious of the young hunter who hadn't come back yet.

"Thank you, I had something to eat before I came back." Keel politely thanked Tost for his invitation, then greeted the other hunters, and returned to his room with a lot of things he got today.

The windows were not closed before leaving the house, so it was very cold at this time, Keel remembered this and quickly closed the wooden windows. Then he lit the lamp holder, packed up all the things he got today, picked up the various parts of the spear, blew out the lamp holder and returned to the hall on the first floor.

The hunters looked at what Keel was holding and asked what it was for. Keir also told them about the changes he was going to make to the spear.

With the fire in the fireplace, Keel disassembled the original wooden double-edged gun, connected the double-edged gun head with the new iron gun shaft, and smashed them together with a heavy object, and then fixed the connection with a strong thin rope together.

In this way, his battle double-edged iron gun was completed. He was bumped up and down, weighing about 20 kilograms, very heavy, just holding it in his hand, he felt that he had to use his strength to do it.

He was very satisfied, not to mention the power of this new weapon, even if he used it frequently to practice and train, his physical strength and stamina could increase rapidly, especially with the help of some divine power in his body.

The young hunters also borrowed Kiel's new weapon to play with, but as soon as they held it in their hands, they felt that it was too heavy, and they couldn't perform attacks like stabbing, let alone chopping.

Just now I watched Keel try to play a few times in the open space on one side of the hall. It didn't look very heavy, but when he took over the hand himself, he was so heavy that he couldn't do it.

"Kiel, come, let us see how strong you are," the young hunters jumped up, beckoning to Kiel to compare their strength. They shoot bows and arrows, and their arms are very powerful, which is not comparable to ordinary people who have not been trained.

Keir was also curious about the strength in his hands, so he put down his work and walked over.

A young hunter who thought he had great strength in his hands was sitting on the side of a wooden table. He stood his thick arms on the table, touched his elbows to the table, and gestured towards Kiel with his palms open.

Keel rolled up his sleeves and sat on the other side of the table, just like the other, with his elbows on the table, his palms open and his hands tightly held. Kiel's hands are slightly smaller, but the callused palms and powerful arms show that he is not weak.

The old hunter next to him was eating hot food. After eating, the two of them were ready. They threw the charred skin of the food in their hands into the pile of firewood in the fireplace. !"

The two palms are clenched together, and the muscles of the two arms are raised, wrestling with each other.

The hunters watching were yelling and jumping up and down with messy things in their mouths, as if they were competing on the table.

Keel took a deep breath before starting. At this time, his cheeks were puffed up, and his left hand was holding one side of the wooden table, providing a fulcrum for the other hand.

Meanwhile, his right arm was stretched toward the left, and the muscles on his forearm were bulging and tightening. Elbows rattled when they touched the wooden tabletop.

The other side did the same thing, but the young hunter probably didn't catch his breath before the match. After a stalemate with Kiel, he gradually lost.

Seeing the other party's face flushed, Keel stabilized again, he knew that the other party's chest was short of breath, and it was almost over.

Sure enough, all the onlookers could see that the young hunter's face was flushed, and he looked defeated. Then there was a mocking hiss from their mouths.

"Hoo!"

"Can you do it?"

"It's lost, it's lost."

Inspired by these companions, the hunter persisted for a little while, but as the oxygen in his lungs was really insufficient, he couldn't hold it anymore and had to start breathing heavily.

But as soon as he started to breathe, the pent-up strength in his whole body broke, and the strength in his hand immediately decreased, and Kiel quickly pressed his palm towards the opponent.

boom!

The thump of the crushed palm on the table signaled a small victory for Kiel.

"Hey! I won! Haha, you're not bad, but you didn't adjust your breathing before the start." Keel said.

The young hunter on the opposite side scratched his head, and then was pushed out of the chair by a new opponent: "Let me try too!" This hunter is not as strong as the previous one, and it seems that he forgot his own strength after being infected by the atmosphere How many are there.

Kiel never refused to come. After shaking his hand, he took a few quick breaths, then took another deep breath, and stretched out his hand after sitting firmly.

The two palms clasped together, and then the old hunter Tost clapped his palms, and after making a noise, he said, "Start!"

Keir smiled confidently, and the hunter on the other side was also very confident, but panic gradually appeared on his face. Keir felt that the arms of these hunters had some strength, but their explosive power was amazing, but their stamina was not good enough. As long as you stabilize your arm when you exert your strength at the beginning, and after you don't suffer too much, you can compete with your opponent for endurance and endurance to stabilize the victory.

Sure enough, as Kiel had expected, the hunter was slowly pushed back by Kiel little by little after being slightly pushed over Kiel's side at the beginning.

Still, Keir didn't want him to lose too badly, so he counter-pressed back a little but irreversibly.

boom!

Under the last absolute power suppression, this hunter also failed.

Hurry up, the other two young hunters are on the stage immediately. Keir proposed to change hands to compete, and everyone agreed without objection.

Kiel switched to his left hand. This arm is actually stronger than the right arm. After all, it is the arm that holds the shield to resist the attack. Not only does it have to hold the shield for a long time, but it also needs to absorb and relieve the force of hitting the shield.

Therefore, Keir's left arm is stronger than his right arm.

But the hunters don't know.

The remaining two young hunters were quickly defeated, much to everyone's amazement at Kiel's strength. Kiel looked at the old hunter and suggested, "Tost, why don't you come and compare?"

"Forget it, I'm old, and I can't compare to you guys." The old hunter still wanted to shirk, but everyone knows that these experienced old hunters are not inferior to young hunters when they draw bows and set arrows. yes. Especially in complex battle situations, their shooting accuracy is much higher than that of young people.

The young hunters booed and asked Tost to try too. He declined a bit, but sat down happily.

Keir let his right arm fight again, and his palm met the old hunter's old palm, and then held it tightly. Keel could feel the old hunter's hands, thin but powerful.

It is simply too powerful!

After the start, Keir's palm was almost crushed. He had to use his real strength and exert all his strength to avoid being defeated by Tost's powerful force.

The muscles of Kiel's entire right arm swelled, and the Saturn's divine power in his chest radiated, relieving the fatigue of his right arm and giving him new strength. Soon, Keir reversed his defeat, forced a smile, and then seriously controlled his arm.

The old hunter on the opposite side was full of helplessness. With the increase of Kiel's strength and the weakness of his arms, the competition immediately ended with Kiel winning.

At first, he thought that the old man might win against Kiel, but the four young hunters around jumped up and down happily. But in the blink of an eye, just a bit of effort, Keir overwhelmed Tost to win.

"Hey, old man, are you going to do it all at once?"

"Bai made us happy. It seems that only Sir Knight can defeat Kiel."

"No, I'm so happy."

The old hunter Tost blew his beard and stared, and immediately after letting go of his palm, he said that he actually had a lot of stamina, but it was not easy to show it to men.

The hunters made a fuss about him, and the old hunter boasted that he was popular with girls when he was young. With his superb shooting skills, he hunted many fat prey and won the hearts of many girls.

Seeing that everyone heard the stories of the old hunter's past, Keel sat back a little and started tinkering with his newly bought iron spear points and long spear wooden shafts.

The tip of the iron spear is set on the wooden pole, and then a thin iron nail is inserted through the hole at the end of the spear tip, and then a hard stone is used to drive the thin iron nail in, and then the excess iron nail is bent and fixed at both ends good.

The new short spear was held in his hand. Since the spear tip was not heavy and the wooden shaft was also very light, it was light and delicate to hold in his hand. Kiel tried to stab it a few times, whizzing, swishing, swishing, and the movement was fast. The spear tip reflected the flames, leaving several continuous light trails in the air.

After finishing the two weapons, Keir carried them back to the house and put them against the wall.

Going back to the first floor again, the old hunter and the young hunters sang, and everyone beat the time and stomped their feet.

The lyrics celebrate the courage of the hunter, who challenged the unknown wilderness and defeated a ferocious beast.

"The body is vigorous, like a cheetah. The movement is light, like a civet. When you open a bow and shoot an arrow, you must concentrate your strength. Passing through a leaf and piercing a needle, you can hit a hundred shots."

"Crossing the river through the forest, climbing the mountain and crossing the wall. With one against ten, the courage is extraordinary. Walking alone, the night and the moon pass the dawn. The heaven and the earth are contained in the heart."

"The vast wilderness is full of beasts and birds. Mountains pass by mountains, and rivers pass by rivers. The vast forest has never been stepped on. Dark corners contain evil spirits."

"The lake is turbulent, and the big fish hide. Be careful behind the trees, and the monster hides. The new land is unknown, and the old people come. I use my arrows to open up the light."

"Flesh and bones are devoured, relatives are weeping. Lovers die because of evil madness. Attacking villages and towns in the east and roadsides in the west. Everyone calls, I'm here to run."

"An arrow is released to make it blind. A trap is set to split its crotch. An arrow pierces the heart to block it, but a broken spine arrow hides it. It opens its mouth wide, and I want it to die."

Keir wanted to laugh when he heard it. The lyrics are all about praising the hunters. Isn't it that exaggerated? The guys in other people's hands seem to be doing nothing.

But the hunters sang and danced around the warm fireplace together with Kiel. Everyone also casually danced that kind of country dance, bang bang, and then clapped their hands and cheered in unison.

After making a fuss for quite a while and getting tired, each of them went back to their respective rooms to rest.

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The next morning, Kiel ate breakfast made by Tost with everyone. Since the materials were entrusted by the knights to make plates at the government office, the portions were full, and Kiel was still a little full.

Originally, Keir wanted to practice martial arts in the backyard for a while, but the old hunter said he would teach him how to use a bow and arrow, so Kiel had to put down his training plan and follow the old hunter to practice bow and arrow seriously.

Keir asked a young hunter to feed the horses, and followed them to the backyard.

The backyard is the same as what the old hunter described yesterday, it is mainly used to practice bow and arrow shooting. Early on, there were young hunters shooting here to maintain their bow and arrow level.

Tost brought Kiel a pair of training bows and arrows, which are not newbies. After all, they have seen Kiel's strength yesterday, so he can also pull away the bows and arrows they usually use for practice.

The bow used for training is a solid wooden bow with a width of one meter and a height, which is different from the compound bows used by hunters for action. The wood used in this kind of bow is heavy and difficult to draw. Although it lacks elasticity, it is a good foundation for practicing bow skills.

The arrows are soft-headed arrows for practice, and the end of the flexible shaft is inlaid with a piece of cork. After shooting something, it will not shoot through anything, but will only make a loud impact sound, which makes it easy for the archer to judge whether he has hit the target.

The rear dean took twenty strides, and the other end of the yard reached the outer wall of Kendall City. Standing here, you can see the guards patrolling the outer city wall.

The guards would not watch the hunters shooting arrows curiously, nor would they be worried that the hunters would shoot them. After all, there was a big difference between aiming at a target on the ground and a moving target on the city wall. If he hadn't deliberately found fault, he wouldn't have shot the patrolling guard who appeared after a while.

According to Tost's instructions, Keir corrected some previous movements. After standing up straight, he held the bow arm with his right hand and pinched the end of an arrow with his left hand.

He pinched the feather at the end of the arrow due to nervousness, and was immediately hit by the old hunter with a thin wooden stick. Keir was wearing a pair of leather gloves for practice, but it didn't hurt. He just smiled awkwardly at the old hunter.

"Okay, don't smirk. Remember, no matter what the situation is, you must not mess up the feathers on the arrow shaft. This will greatly affect the shooting accuracy."

"You have to know that arrows fly in the air, and you rely on them to keep the arrows stable. Only when they are stable can you know where your arrows are going."

"Now, just shoot casually and let me see where your level is."

After the old hunter finished speaking, he took a step back and waved his hand to let Keir play.

Kiel looked at the appearance and movement of the young hunter next to him when he was shooting arrows, and simply imitated the other's appearance. First, he squeezed an arrow out of the quiver bag at his waist with his left hand, and then stretched out his thumb with his right hand holding the bow arm. , and put the arrow on the right thumb with the left hand.

Immediately afterwards, Kiel took a deep breath, raised the bow and arrow with his right hand, and then exerted force with his left and right hands, pushing his right arm forward, and pulling the bowstring backward with his fingers on his left arm. After taking aim for a while, Keir let go of his left hand.

Whoosh.

clatter!

Two voices came out one after another, the bowstring vibrated rapidly, and then gradually stopped.

Opposite the twenty-foot-long backyard, there stood some thick wooden boards with animal images, and some simple large wooden models with images of beasts.

Since he was a beginner, Keel aimed and shot at a thick wooden board.

The plank was made into the shape of a tall stag. Kiel’s arrow shot just now was good, and it still hit the target. It fell to the ground.

"That's right, the first arrow hit the target. Next, Keel, you are very strong, and try to shoot all the arrows in the quiver." The old hunter said with his arms folded.

The young hunters next to him stopped, laughing and watching Kiel shoot arrows.

Keir was a little excited, and immediately drew out the next arrow. Just as he was about to continue, he was reminded by the old hunter: "Breathe!"

Keel breathes flatly, ensuring that his chest and arms maintain a controllable balance~www.readwn.com~Pinch the arrow, nock it, lift it, pull it, aim it, and release it.

Keir went through the whole set of actions in his mind, and then completed them in order.

"Very good, you are a beginner, you must ensure that no matter what the situation is, you must ensure that a complete set of movements is complete, which is indispensable. Khosrow, do it for Keel again, and the shooting speed after the quantity."

"Okay, look at me, Kiel." The young hunter Kosrow stood beside Kiel, nocking his arrow and shooting, whoosh.

He went out without even looking at the arrow, and directly hit the eye of a wooden Steppenwolf model, making a snap.

"It's amazing!" Kiel praised.

Hearing Keir's praise, the others all laughed: "Keir, this is just the basics, with a little practice for a while, with a bit of talent, anyone can do this. You let Khosrow run around Kendall Street In the last back and forth, you can see if he can still hit the wooden model, the arrow probably can't hit the target."

Keel thought so too, a fixed target doesn't mean anything, it's rare to shoot a moving target, after all, the enemy won't just stand still, especially the ferocious beasts, from being discovered by you to pounced on, basically you just need to not move. Up to three or four breaths.

It is even more difficult when the shooter himself is moving and has to shoot another moving target. Keel reckons this is the skill a real hunter should master.

Then, under the guidance of the old hunter Tost, Keir shot arrows over and over again, with the goal of making every arrow hit the target while ensuring the flow of action.

It's okay to miss the target, as long as you don't go too far.

For Kiel, who wields heavy weapons all day long, this is actually not difficult. The most difficult thing is how to grasp the bow and arrow in his hand and simulate the trajectory of the bow and arrow.