The Swordsman of Faerûn

What really hindered Feniya's growth in martial arts was not that her brain was not smart enough, but the cultural barrier.

Martial arts is not a simple fighting technique, nor is it a pseudoscience that can be analyzed by so-called science. It is the process of our ancient working people fighting against nature for thousands of years and struggling to survive in production and life. A crystallization of wisdom summed up in .

Martial arts originated from war, flourished in war, and will eventually decline in war.

The earliest record of the large-scale expansion of the way of martial arts in the army is the three thousand Yuejia who destroyed Wu in the late Spring and Autumn Period.

Here is a very interesting place.

In fact, it was Sun Wuzi, the most holy military strategist, who really brought the military martial arts to the land of Wu and Yue.In order to win the trust of King Helu of Wu at that time, Sun Wuzi taught the martial arts of the general formation to the concubines and maids of King Wu.

In order to confuse the arrogant Wu people at that time, King Goujian of Yue claimed that the martial arts practiced by their army was taught by a white ape.

The real sign that martial arts was recognized by the whole society was the appearance of Wei Wuzu, and it also marked the beginning of military strategists.

"The military soldiers of Wei took them by speed, clothed with armor of three attributes, wielded a crossbow of twelve stones, carried fifty arrows on it, put the spear on it, wore a crown and a sword, won food for three days, and traveled a hundred miles in the middle of the day."

Is this something an ordinary person can do?
When running with a single weight, even the Olympic long-distance runner or marathon champion will have shivering calves when he sees Wei Wuzu.

After the death of Wu Wu of Wei, the military masters spread the way of martial arts in the battle array to the heroes of the Warring States Period, composing a soul-stirring song of the seven heroes fighting for hegemony.

The period of the Han Dynasty was the period of great achievement of martial arts in battle. The sturdy and brave soldiers of the Han Dynasty deeply carved the name of martial arts into the deepest part of the nation's genes.

One Han is five Hu!That's all.

If one wants to truly develop the essence of martial arts, one needs to be influenced by the culture of Chinese civilization, and to seize the things in the spiritual kingdom deeply buried in the legacy of the ancestors.

Obviously, this is something Phinya can't do anyway.

She is not, and will never be, a descendant of that place, so naturally she will not understand the inheritance of that culture.

However, although the broad road is not going to work, there is still a more partial method that can help Feniya grow, and that is to return to the original essence of martial arts-war.

Of course, even if you take the path of war, you have to take it step by step, and you can't take too big a step.

As far as Feniya's talent is concerned, regardless of her strength, she can even dance with legendary opponents for a while, but if she is sent to a real battlefield, it is appropriate to give her a head.

This is different from the battle in Shadow Valley back then. The battle in Shadow Valley was said to be a war. To put it bluntly, it was actually a group of brainless monsters fighting a bad fight. It was not much better than the street gangsters fighting!

Otherwise, those monsters would not be able to break through the city wall of Shadow Valley Town while occupying dozens of times the superiority in troops and types of troops.

The danger and fatality of a serious battlefield environment cannot be described clearly with just a few horrible adjectives.

Not to mention Phineya, even if William went to the real battlefield, he would have to behave with his tail between his legs.It should be noted that the fastest to die on the battlefield are the stunned and arrogant people who don't know how to keep a low profile, such as Yan Liang and Xia Houyuan in the Three Kingdoms era in history.

Such a team-level fight with small-scale monsters, especially hobgoblins with good opponents and tacit tactical coordination, is the most suitable high-quality target for Phinia's leveling experience at this stage.

Seeing that Feniya was under the siege of the hobgoblins, but under the premise of ensuring her own safety as much as possible, she rushed in and killed her opponents again and again, and the hobgoblins who had suffered heavy losses were exasperated.

However, William couldn't help but recall the scene when he took this silly girl to block the barbarian's gate to practice martial arts. The performance between the two is absolutely worlds apart.

To be honest, it was William’s hand-in-hand teaching, otherwise, no one would be able to change Phinea’s training in just over a year, from a stupid savage who struggled to hunt (savage Human level 5+, which also includes racial challenge level adjustment 2+) transforms into a top fighter close to the quasi-legendary level (which can be regarded as a barbarian 9+/warrior 7+).

There are more than forty elite monsters under Kagal's hands, among which hobgoblins account for more than half of the number, and the rest are all kinds of monsters, ranging from unique to three or five.

In this way, the power of the hobgoblin has an absolute advantage under Kagal's command, so it has become a trend that cannot be lost.These fanatical war fanatics often bully the monster companions of other races by virtue of their numbers, and even in the face of the leader of Kagal, they often act outrageously.

That is to say, the most powerful hobgoblin leader among these guys is not the most powerful monster among Kagal's subordinates, so the hobgoblins have not directly rebelled, but it is foreseeable that this day is not far away.

Some people may ask, since these hobgoblins are so hateful, they are obviously rebellious, and they are well-behaved boys, why would Kagal recruit and take them in?

This is really not Kagal's active recruitment. The hobgoblins are not local creatures. They are slave soldiers captured by the beholder mother from other planes. Abandoned, or induced to bounce back by Kajar's spell.

The number of hobgoblins who joined at the beginning was limited, and there were no troubles under Kagal's command, but they couldn't stop the beholder's mother from sending heads again and again, and more and more hobgoblins were instigated to join Kagal's command , especially in the last confrontation with the beholder mother, half a dozen hobgoblins fell under Kagal's command anyway, including a hobgoblin war chief (hobgoblin commander).

Since the hobgoblin war chief joined Kagal, he has challenged other non-hobgoblin powerful monsters several times, including owlbears, tauren, mountain giants, sphinxes and other monsters.

Fortunately, the challenge of the hobgoblin war chief was not smooth. He was too arrogant and knelt three times in a row. He challenged the owlbear, the tauren and the sphinx in succession, all of which ended in failure. "The great cause" was aborted from the very beginning.

Hobgoblins advocate strength and power. The leading hobgoblin war chief is not strong enough to overwhelm the crowd, and the hobgoblin minions under his hands have no confidence or courage.

However, this does not completely dispel the ambitions of the hobgoblins. They will still do ghostly things in secret, such as assassinating those monsters stronger than the hobgoblin war chiefs. Of course, if a stronger hobgoblin individual can stand up to replace the war chiefs , which would be perfect for hobgoblins.

Speaking of which, the habits of these hobgoblins are somewhat similar to the Japanese pirates in William's previous life.

This time, Phinea and the hobgoblin fought fiercely for a long time, killing more than ten opponents, and more than half of the hobgoblin's soldiers were lost. This made the hobgoblin war chief who had been hiding behind to supervise the battle a little impatient.

Although the hobgoblin war chief is more powerful than the average hobgoblin, if the war chief has no soldiers under his hands, he is definitely not as good as a dog.If these failed wretches can't find new subordinates of the same race in a very short period of time, they will degenerate into ordinary dwarf goblins due to some kind of natural blood curse.

Notice!This degeneration process is irreversible.

Only hobgoblins degenerate into goblins, and no goblins evolve into hobgoblins.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the hobgoblin war chief to watch his subordinates being killed by Feniya, and it has watched Feniya's battle process and is familiar with her fighting style. The hobgoblin war chief thinks he has a chance Defeat or even kill this "hairless human female" wrapped in exquisite armor.

So the hobgoblin war chief, Graham, came out of the dark corner carrying his multi-edged armor-piercing hammer.

This is a majestic hobgoblin whose height is almost the same as Phinea's. Unlike ordinary hobgoblins who are covered in fluff, this hobgoblin war chief has scorched yellow bristles all over his body, which looks like a wild hyena.

It wore exquisite scale armor inlaid with animal skins, iron sheets, and copper sheets, studded iron shoes on its feet, and a horn helmet on its head. It stood ten steps away from Phineya, shouting loudly in the common language He said: "Little human! Fight the great Graham! The loser will become the victor's slave!"

The reason why the hobgoblin warchief dared to say this was because he was convinced that he could not lose.

I saw the hobgoblin war chief let out a loud shout, activating a magic amulet prepared in advance, and then its figure and equipment more than doubled in size, from a strong man over two meters tall to A terrifying giant with a height of nearly five meters.

This is the trump card that the hobgoblin war chief secretly prepared to use against those owlbears and tauren who had defeated him, but it turned out to be used here.

This hobgoblin war chief who turned into a giant stepped forward to Feniya, raised his giant multi-edged armor-piercing hammer, and smashed Feniya's forehead.

Facing an enemy more than twice as tall as her own, Feniya did not feel scared or flustered. In this world, it is not about being big, but taller must be stronger. Feniya has a deep understanding of this.

She slid sideways, easily dodged the opponent's heavy blow, and then stepped forward to sweep, and the Thunder Frost cut fiercely at the thigh of the hobgoblin war chief, and the sharp ax blade tore through the thick scales A piece of armor cut a deep wound on the thigh of the hobgoblin war chief.

However, no blood flowed from the hobgoblin war chief's wound. Of course, this was not because hobgoblins couldn't bleed, but because the blood vessels on the war chief's thigh were frozen by the cold air contained in the thunder frost.

Phinea's ax didn't do much damage, but the hobgoblin war chief was a little panicked. This guy is not well-informed, and naturally he doesn't know the shortcomings of a huge person when facing a small and exquisite opponent. In other words, it knew something, but didn't take it to heart, so it suffered a small loss when it came up.

The hobgoblin war chief raised his other foot angrily, ran towards Feniya and kicked it over, but it was like a men's football penalty kick. Not only did this guy miss Feniya, but he hit his own support with his kick on the heel of the foot.

But this guy couldn't stand steadily, and fell on his back with a "bang", the momentum was almost as terrifying as a landslide.

Seeing the monster fall, Phineya couldn't help laughing, she had never seen such a stupid giant monster, even the stupidest frost giant on the Spine of the World knew the fighting principle of not kicking people casually.

Giants like to use their feet to deal with those small people, which is one of the reasons why most giants like to wear iron shoes.

Feniya saw the hobgoblin war chief fall down, so naturally she wouldn't just stand there and watch the jokes. She has a lot of fighting experience with the frost giants who are taller and stronger than her, and she will never think of second person, knowing that This is the time to take advantage of the victory and chase and beat the dog in the water.

Of course, there are tricks to beating underdogs like giants or trolls. First of all, you must not rush forward without thinking, it is no different from giving away the head.

Feniya lifted the battle axe, and slashed at the hobgoblin war chief's knees, directly crippling its ability to move, so even if Feniya failed to make up the knife next time, the opponent would not be able to chase her kill.

Let's say that when Phinea was fighting the hobgoblin war chief, an eyeball-shaped floating object the size of an adult's fist slowly emerged three feet from William's eyes.

The floating eyeballs were black and white, and there were transparent eyelids. When it blinked, a voice that only William could hear rang from the bottom of his heart.

"Hello! Dear Mr. Human, I am Kagal, the owner here, a young Argos. Welcome to my temporary shelter."

William was surprised. He really knew some information about Argos, which was the ancient knowledge from the aboleth.

However, William did not show it, because the legend about Argos is considered a taboo in some unknown levels. If more people know about it, it will easily attract the attention of distant countries.

So William pretended to be puzzled and asked: "What are you? Ashes? Also, I brought people here to make trouble, why do you still welcome me?"

The floating eyeballs said: "Argos, a great race that was once extremely brilliant, has a long history and splendid culture. Mister Human, I have been paying attention to you for a long time. You are a kind and good person. I hope to be able to share with you Be friends."

William smiled knowingly, and said with some sarcasm: "Are you kidding, Argos——I should have pronounced the name correctly. Uh! A mere monster leader actually wants to be my friend. Are you awake or not?" Drank too much?!"

Kagal said angrily: "Sir, my name is Kagal, and Argos is just my race. And I'm not a monster! I sleep well and don't drink alcohol. Please don't say such slanderous words to me. "

William felt that the monster was a little stunned, he chuckled in his heart, and said: "Okay! Kagal, please forgive me for being offensive and rude. Then, why do you want to be friends with me? Is it because I am a good person? "

Kagal said: "Of course, Kagal is only friends with good people. Another reason I want to be friends with you is that you like to help friends, and I just need help. My mother, a woman named Sha Lisi The beholder has been chasing me, and she has even arranged an army of spies around me. If you can't help me, maybe the moment the sun rises tomorrow will be the time of my death."

Thanks to the book friends [blacklkk], [Shrimp Full of Crab Fat], [Tianyi Little Lolita], [Wil Corgi], [Strange Demon King] for their rewards.