The Divine Hunter Chapter 4: Meditate facing the distant mountains
At night, the cold wind howled over the wilderness.
After enjoying a steaming meal of roast rabbit around a warm campfire, Lei Suo took a sip of Dong Zhidong and suddenly said, "I remember yesterday that you said you wanted to learn crossbow shooting skills. It just so happened that now I’ll tell you if I can.”
As an amateur shooter with no one to teach him, Roy had long wanted to get professional shooting guidance.
Since following the demon hunter on the road, he has become more and more aware of the limitations of the pocket crossbow Gabriel. It is okay for dealing with ordinary wild animals, but not enough for dealing with monsters. He could only hope that improvements in shooting skills could alleviate this dilemma.
The bald man asked him to take out the hand crossbow and explained it in real terms.
"I won't mention the crossbow shooting skills of the Viper School. This time I will focus on telling you about the experience shared with me by a friend of the Cat School."
"Master Leisuo, do you know the guys from the Cat Faction?" Roy asked curiously. In his impression, because of the unique grass trial potion formula, the character of the mutated Cat Faction witchers may be more... There may be some shortcomings and it is easy to go to extremes. The profession of demon hunters sees all the ugliness in the world, which in disguise encourages their extreme personalities until they go crazy.
Among the six known schools of demon hunters: bears, wolves, griffins, cats, vipers, and flying lions, only the cat school will openly accept commissions to assassinate humans. Due to some other reasons, the Cat School was finally cast aside by the five schools of thought and the secular world, and its situation was almost like that of a rat crossing the street.
In addition, the Cat School is inextricably related to the Wolf School, and is the only school that accepts female apprentices.
"Although all the 'cats' people say are crazy," Leisuo touched an old wound on his right forearm, a trace of reminiscence flashed in his amber eyes, "but this is obviously nonsense. In the Eight Paths, there are also many cat school demon hunters who can communicate peacefully and reason. Okay, let’s stop this topic and let’s get to the point.”
"Let me tell you your thoughts first. When you use Gabriel, what do you think is the most important part?"
Roy held the crossbow casually and made an aiming gesture, "Aim...shoot? Yes, the most important moment is the moment when the index finger pulls the trigger. It is called firing, right? This moment determines whether it can be fired or not. Hit the target."
"Kid, you have some understanding. As you said, all the preparations and steps in crossbow shooting are to pull the trigger and shoot the arrow." Lei Suo walked around the campfire and said dullly The voice paused, "To be specific, the steps are complicated. Crossbow shooting technology mainly includes five parts: holding the crossbow, shooting crossbow posture, pulling the string and placing the arrow, aiming and firing..."
Roy's face remained calm. He had already prepared himself mentally. Any seemingly simple technology in the professional field often has complicated details beyond imagination.
"There is still time, let's take our time and start with the simplest way of holding a crossbow... You first hold it up in the posture you are used to."
Although Gabriel is smaller than the original crossbow, Roy is used to holding it with one hand, but there is no problem holding it with two hands. He did as he was told, stood up straight, held the middle and lower part of the crossbow body with his left hand, and held the handle of the crossbow with his right hand.
Lesuo's fan-like palms began to press on his body, while pressing, he spoke the key points,
"You are indeed a wild man, and your movements are full of mistakes, but it is not too late to correct it now... Remember to keep your body centered and relaxed. Do you think your shoulders should be kept level? Except for these two hands, any part of the body should be No part of the crossbow is allowed to support the crossbow. Since you are right-handed, the left elbow joint droops inwards... If you want to ask why, what is the point of repeatedly correcting this action? You will start to understand after you shoot more than 10,000 times. ”
"Because those who sum up experience have shot at least a million times."
The essentials of the movements sound simple, and it is not difficult to do them as required. The difficulty lies in maintaining them for a long time and practicing this set of movements continuously to make them instinctive.
The process seems extremely boring.
Roy can only encourage himself from the bottom of his heart, persist and persist. This is just a small step to gain strength. Even the situation in front of him is unbearable. What qualifications do he have to survive the more difficult trial of grass?
More than an hour later, Roy, who was sweating profusely, finally had a somewhat standard posture when holding a crossbow, and Leisuo continued to explain the key points of pulling the string and placing the arrow.
According to him, to learn to shoot, you must first learn the preparations, how to hold a crossbow and how to load an arrow.
After learning these two steps, three hours have passed. The moon is in the sky. Roy is so tired that his eyes are dizzy. The method of drawing the bow and setting the arrow taught by Lei Suo actually requires the use of pedals, but Not to mention, it is safer and more efficient than using your hands, but it consumes more physical energy.
The demon hunter didn't hear a single complaint during the whole process. Even though the kid was soaked from head to toe in sweat, he still remained focused. I couldn't help but feel a little more satisfied with him and have a little confidence that this guy might be able to get through it.
This concludes tonight's training.
When Roy washed away his sweat and dried his clothes by the campfire, Leisuo asked a question, "It's almost time to rest, since you made the request this morning. Then I will inform you now, you have two choices. One One way is to let me use the Yakshi Seal to hypnotize you, enter a deep sleep, quickly restore your physical strength, and eliminate muscle fatigue. Maybe there are some other benefits waiting for you? The other way is to rely on your own sleep quality."
Roy thought of the extremely comfortable sleep he had last night and hesitated, "Master Lei Suo, are you trying to instill some more knowledge into my mind?"
"I didn't say that unless you want your brain to explode." Leisuo pinched his fingers, "If you agree with the first option, then relax your body and try not to resist my next actions, otherwise the effect will be great Discount."
Roy thought for two seconds. With Lei Suo's strength, if he wanted to harm himself, would it be useful to resist? If the other party can notify you in advance, you have already shown respect.
He was relieved immediately and soon fell into a dark and sweet sleep as he wished.
……
The next week was uneventful and no monsters were encountered.
While on the road, during the day, the witcher used the herbs readily available on the roadside to teach herbology knowledge. In the evening, Roy used his newly learned crossbow shooting skills to hunt wild animals, gain some experience, and prepare dinner by the way.
As the sky turned completely dark, the two continued to practice crossbow shooting around the campfire. After sweating countless hours, Roy gradually learned an important part, the breathing method.
He can clearly feel the improvement in his shooting skills, but he still lacks actual combat experience and cannot form relevant abilities.
Before going to bed at the end, he will fall into a deep sleep under the influence of the witcher's signature, and enjoy the feeling of being resurrected when he opens his eyes in the morning.
After a week of this, Roy's experience value reached LV2 (280/1000). Under the influence of herbs, his physical attributes increased by 0.1 to 4.4, and his strength also increased by 0.1 to 4.3. He can firmly remember the appearance characteristics, growth environment, medicinal properties, and treatment methods of more than 50 kinds of herbs, and the number of animals that "slaughter" can affect has increased by 5 kinds.
Roy began to enjoy the fulfilling and slow growth process.
That night, the two finally left the deserted area and clearly saw a towering city wall on the endless wilderness, several towering buildings inside the wall, mixed with sporadic lights and white smoke. rising.
"That is the last line of defense in the southwest of Aden, adjacent to the city of Edsbog in the Mahakam Mountains. It is expected to arrive tomorrow."
Roy heard the sound and looked far away, but saw that behind the city, a towering, boundless mountain range lay in front of them. Looking far away, it looked like a sleeping ancient beast, with endless snow on the mountain and the looming mountain. The emerald green is just a decoration on its skin.
This is the Mahakam Mountains, a behemoth that serves as the dividing line between Temeria and Aedirn. It is the home of the dwarves and it is said that the goblins also live on it.
To go to Sintra, the two of them had to pass through the city of Edsberg, and then cross this high mountain. However, it was getting late, so they camped down.
After having a sufficient barbecue dinner, Leisuo squatted quietly on the ground facing the direction of the distant mountains. The silence and urgency along the way dissipated, and a calm and peaceful power appeared on his face.
Roy stared at Leisuo's broad back. This back was filled with magic power, which made him relax, and a voice rang in his ears.
"Meditation was created by the original Source Warlock as a method of communicating and manipulating the power of chaos, the power of the elements. It was later adopted by the creator of the Witcher, Cosimo Malaspina Leave it to the witcher as a legacy."
“For demon hunters and ordinary people, meditation allows them to regulate their body and mind, clean up negative emotions, quickly repair physical damage, restore physical energy, improve their physique, and obtain deep sleep.”
"But for those who are born with sensitivity to magic, they can perceive the power of elements through meditation and extract magic power from the air, water, earth, and fire. When the sensitive person awakens, if they are not sent to the warlock in time The academy accepts sorcerer training and domesticates the power of the elements. They will go crazy due to out-of-control magic and their sanity will collapse. Or they will end up in a more miserable end, with their bodies tortured by magic into ugly deformities."
"So kid, I need you to take the initiative to meditate and tell me whether you are an ordinary person or someone sensitive to magic."
Roy's heart skipped a beat, has this moment finally come? Then he looked confused, "What should I do, how do I enter meditation?"
He confirmed that Reso had never mentioned anything about meditation to him before.
In fact, if possible~IndoMTL.com~, he certainly hopes that he is sensitive to magic. After all, the demon hunter itself was created by a warlock, and his power level is undoubtedly lower than that of a warlock.
But there are no talents or skills related to magic, elements, or chaotic energy in the personal template. He couldn't even turn on the magic value.
I already have a premonition in my heart.
Facing his doubts, Leisuo said calmly, "Every night before you fall asleep, I will use the Seal of Yaksi to hypnotize you."
"Isn't that for deep sleep?"
"Didn't I say when I gave you the choice, there might be other benefits... and you chose to accept it." Lei Suo emphasized, "To be precise, you have meditated six times, and your body I have laid a good foundation and have thoroughly adapted to the process of meditation. However, it is all passive and cannot retain memory. Today you must try to meditate actively and tell me what you feel from meditation."
"Other benefits... This bald man only speaks half of what he says, is this a reward for trust?"
Roy began to feel grateful for his original choice, but he really had no memory of the so-called meditation. He only remembered that he slept very darkly and sweetly every night.
"Don't doubt it, sit down as I do."
Roy followed his gesture obediently, forming a strange seal with his fingers. Everything went smoothly, and sure enough, it seemed like it had been repeated many times.
His body naturally entered a state, feeling warm all over, as if returning to the mother's body. Every cell was roaring, absorbing nutrients hungrily, and entering the process of self-repair and strengthening.
The whistling wind all around and the crackling sparks of the campfire all disappeared from my side. He looked beyond Edsberg and stared at the Mahakam Mountains. The majestic and surging clouds and smoke on the top of the mountain were unpredictable, and gradually sucked him in like a vortex.