Pale Emblem

Chapter 10 Inspiration
The snake-tailed vulture is a large carrion-eating raptor. Their sense of smell is very sensitive. When hovering at a high altitude, they can smell the smell of dead bodies more than ten kilometers away.

Of course, Vertoc's nose is not so exaggerated. In fact, his current sensory abilities, including the sensitivity of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, are slightly better than the average level of ordinary people.However, all the scents he smelled were handed over to the golden light group in the world of consciousness, recorded by the golden light group, and received feedback when needed.

This is an amazing ability.

In addition to a few exciting and familiar smells, how many flavors can the average human brain distinguish?Most of the smells that are useless to people are often ignored directly.

The golden light group in Vertok's conscious world can help him distinguish various smells. In fact, not only smells, but also pictures, sounds, touches and other information, just like there is another person living in his body, faithfully recorded , processing, and feeding back all kinds of perceptual information, and there is no need for Vertok to worry about it.

The process of recording, distinguishing and feeding back external information by the golden light group lasted for about ten hours. If the perceptual information did not receive repeated reinforcement stimulation during this period, Vertok’s ability to identify information would gradually weaken until it disappeared completely.

In layman's terms, it's called forgetting, which is no different from an ordinary person, but within ten hours, his ability to perceive and discern is ridiculously strong.

When Vertok just woke up, he was like a big and confused baby. He liked to look at and listen to everything, and then touched it, smelled it with his nose, and opened his mouth to taste it.For this reason, he made a lot of jokes in the Adventurer's House, and many female warriors of the Hemer tribe were harassed by him.That is, Vertoc is beautiful, otherwise the grumpy minorities will have to beat him into a pig's head.This is also the reason why the female warrior Hemer, who spends his time in the tavern, likes to touch Will.

Wouldn't it be a disadvantage to not flirt with this beautiful half-elf boy?

Virtok made a habit of sniffing smells in the hotel kitchen, and he left the Adventurer's House for the first time and came to an unfamiliar street, still sniffing the smell from time to time.There are fewer pedestrians on the streets of Braun Town, and a few people are scattered around Vertok.He wasn't paying attention until John jumped out and got into a fight with Carl.The scent on John's body successfully corresponds to the scent recorded by the golden light group.Following this line of thought, Vertok identified all the other three people who had been following him without any mistakes.

Vertok didn't know that his perception and discrimination method was different from that of ordinary people, and thought that everyone was the same.So, he didn't ask anyone, not even Sarah, the fat cook, knew how special he was.

John couldn't have imagined that Vertok had such an incredible ability.He and three other companions were all confidant elites cultivated by Bartom and others, and were ordered to protect Vertok in secret.

As adventurers often travel in the jungle with complex environments, the most common dangers are those beasts and monsters with a keen sense of smell.Sophisticated adventurers are accustomed to cleaning themselves up and trying not to have a strong odor on their bodies, otherwise their walking in the Black Forest is like a beacon that attracts monsters.

The smell on John and the others is very light, and they can even avoid the sniffing of many kinds of beasts and monsters, but they were accurately identified by Vertok.

Ordinary people may not think there is anything wrong with this, but the chief officer of the adventurer training camp only felt horrified.

Although snake-tailed vultures have a keen sense of smell, their poor little brains can only remember the smell of carrion. I have never heard of snake-tailed eagles responding to other smells.

How did Vertok do it?Is he a monster?
By the time John saw Will as a monster, Vertoc had already begun to get started.First he grabbed John's hand and squeezed; then he grabbed his arm and squeezed; he held his shoulder and squeezed again.Fortunately, he has now gotten rid of the bad habit of opening his mouth and biting people, and Sarah taught him that it is wrong to do so.

John is relatively aware of Vertok's situation, and he will not be angry because of the other party's bewildering behavior. He just takes a step back, but he will not know that it is really scary to be touched by Will.With just a boner, Vertok could remove his arm as easily as a leg of lamb.

What kind of bad thoughts can a simple Vertok have?He was just satisfying his own curiosity.

Vertok asked bluntly: "The muscles in your arms are very solid. Other than that, there is nothing special about it. Why can you bounce yourself off the ground with just your elbow?"

John's face was bitter. He hadn't spoken to Vertok, but he heard people say that if anyone is impatient, it's best not to answer Vertok's questions, or they will be overwhelmed by his questions.

"It can be done with practice," John replied in as concise a language as possible.

Vertok turned his gaze to the playground of the training camp, pointed at the children who were running on all fours and jumping over obstacles, and asked, "Train like them? I want to try too..."

With that said, he strode towards the playground, John decisively stopped him, and hurriedly discouraged: "It's dangerous for you to practice this."

Vertok glanced at the teenagers and children crawling around on the playground, and said disapprovingly: "Dangerous? I don't think... They can crawl, and I can crawl too."

In fact, John's concern has some reason.Crawling training needs to start at an early age. Children are light and short, so even if they accidentally fall, it is not a big problem.The children raised in the training center in Braun Town practice crawling, rolling, crawling, and climbing over obstacles every day. The more time they practice, the more dexterous their skills and skills become, and the fewer mistakes they make. This is a step-by-step process. process.

Of course, in order to adapt to this kind of climbing activity, the young people who come out of the training camp are generally thin and short in stature.

Vertok is 1.88 meters tall and has a pair of long legs.His body proportions are really good-looking, but it must be difficult for people with too long legs to climb on all fours. In addition, Vertok has never practiced climbing before, and John can almost imagine how he fell.

It is very common for children to fall, but with Vertok's height and weight, if he falls, he will inevitably be injured.It's a trivial matter to have a bruised nose and a swollen face. If you break your face, it will be troublesome.

Vertok is worth at least 50000 gold towers.If all these golds are smelted and cast into a golden statue of the same size as him, almost four can be cast.Not to mention breaking his face, even if Vertok had a few more bloody holes on his hand, John felt that it was a crime.

Boss Bartom specially told John and the others that they must protect this "walking treasure".

John believes that if necessary, he should take action to subdue Vertok, who does not listen to persuasion. Even if Aunt Sarah takes off his pants and kicks his butt, he cannot let the "walking treasure" get injured in the training camp!

With the determination to not hesitate to be beaten, John was preparing to reject Vertok righteously when he suddenly saw a slender, gloomy middle-aged man in the crowd.

This person is Cole, the physician of Braun Town, and the fourth person in the Adventurer's House.He nodded slightly to John, and John understood, and immediately changed his words to Vertok: "Okay, you can try, come with me, I'll find someone to show you first."

"I, I, Big Brother John, I can teach him!" Pirou, who had been following Vertok, ran to the front, his face flushed with excitement.

If Bartom, Cole and others are the first-generation founders of the Adventurer's House force, then John and others are the second-generation successors they have painstakingly cultivated. Dude is a third generation seed.According to Bartom's boss, shop assistants like Pilu are "not for sale", and they are of course different from other trainees in the training camp.

The shop assistant Pilu was also taught by John, and the relationship between them was like a father and son brother. Seeing John's cheering, John knew that he wanted to show off his skills in front of Vertok.

"Okay, you go to the 'Jungle' training ground in front of you to demonstrate to Vertok. There is no one there. I also want to know if your skills have declined these days." John reached out and patted Piru's shoulder. , smiled kindly.

"Jungle training ground" is not really a jungle.Dozens of bushes of low thorns were planted in the area of ​​more than ten acres, and there was an elevated frame made of round wood, even if it simulated the environment of the jungle.Piru took off his boots, hurried barefooted gleefully into the training ground, stood behind a bush of thorns, and waved to John that he was ready.

John nodded, and a middle-aged instructor next to him released two thin greyhounds.They wagged their tails happily and rushed towards Piru.I saw Piru a short body and disappeared under the thorns.This kind of beagle doesn't bite Piru, it just wants to find him to play games.If Piru is found by the hounds, his training fails.

Standing on the higher ground, Vertoc and John saw Pirou squatting and traversing like a beetle; sometimes crawling and swimming like a snake; sometimes using both hands and feet, jumping back and forth like a cat.He occasionally peered out, but at most he was only a line above the thornbush.He tried not to make any noise, and he could hardly see the two terriers; neither could the terriers see him.Both sides play hide-and-seek in the training ground by feeling.

John explained to Vertoc: "Fighting is not the main duty of adventurers. It is what adventurers often do to explore, collect, and steal treasures. Of course, fighting is also a skill that adventurers must learn, but in any case, adventurers First of all, know how to save yourself and your companions.”

"Strength, speed, agility, physical fitness, and brains are the foundations of adventurer training, but the most important thing is inspiration, an inspiration that can connect all these most basic things. Basic training, a whole day is not enough, and everyone has different physical conditions and different inspirations... So, my training method starts with imitating animal climbing. Every little guy in the training camp follows Climbing in my own way, there are no standard techniques or points at all...I don't care how they climb, as long as I can accomplish what I ask for."

"The contents of various basic trainings are all included in climbing training, and they can also exercise muscles that are not usually used. In addition, our bodies are used to walking upright. If practitioners want to climb better than others, they must master their own inspiration. To help them find inspiration, I set up training grounds of varying difficulty, starting with mud, then sand, gravel, pool areas, obstacle areas, and finally 'jungle'."

"As you can see now, my training method has no secrets at all. They just need to find their own inspiration, and their bodies will become coordinated. Running, jumping, climbing, swimming is no problem, plus some fighting, Hunting training, they can leave the training camp and join the adventure group."

Having said that, Pilu has successfully "backstabbed" two terriers. He holds the dogs' necks with both hands, and is smiling happily there.

John seemed dissatisfied with Piru's performance and shouted: "Piru, you are slower than before! From today, you have to come to the training ground to train every day until I am satisfied."

Piru put down the terriers and drove them away with his feet, shouting strangely, "The boss will deduct my wages!"

"I don't care! If you dare not come, I'll ask someone to beat you!" John waved his fists, threatening Piru.

Vertok suddenly interjected and said, "What you just said makes sense, can I train?"

John resisted not looking back at Dr. Cole's face. Facing Vertok, who was eager to try, he said embarrassingly, "Well, for training...you have to start from the mud."

Vertok did not put forward higher requirements, even the lowest level of training, he couldn't wait to try it.

John brought Will and Pilu to the mud training ground. Under his orders, several instructors quickly cleared the field, took away a group of six or seven-year-old little mud monkeys, and gave the field to Vertok to enjoy alone. .

Vertok walked into the black and soft mud and tried to run in it on all fours.He showed amazing perseverance and determination, never kneeling down and crawling on his knees.Then, he began to perform all kinds of falling movements, falling sideways, sideways, forward, falling all the way, always falling, as long as the running speed is a little faster, he will fall in tricks...

Pilu was laughing loudly beside him, and Will fell on the mud floor non-stop, and he was laughing so much that he covered his stomach and twitched.John was really worried that Piru would die like this.

Dr. Cole, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't bear to look anymore. He covered his face with his hands and rubbed it up and down, thinking to himself: Vertok really hasn't received combat training.Well, he's pretty, very pretty, that's enough...

Vertok doesn't care what others think or think, he concentrates on training himself, even if in the eyes of others, he is playing with mud and getting carried away.

After tossing until it was getting dark, Vertok finally found the "inspiration" to run on all fours in the mud, running from one end of the field to the other without falling.

How should I put it, John thinks that Vertok's training performance is very good, and none of the six or seven-year-old little guys can match him.Considering Vertok's height, weight, and zero training base, John's conclusion is that he has talent, but he is too tall to complete the following training items.

Satisfied, Vertok had lost interest in training on other venues, and offered to go back to the hotel to rest.

John, Pirou and others sent Vertok to the door of the Adventurer's House, but they didn't go in, and they all ran away in a hurry.

Sure enough, Vertok, who was covered in mud and could no longer see his true colors, entered the door and immediately caused a small commotion.He was fine when he went out, but when he came back he turned into a big mud monkey.The fat cook Sarah was so distressed, the waitresses and maids in the hotel all gathered around, greeted Vertok, and wiped his hands and face for him.The hotel owner Bartom was even more "indignant" and shouted to go to Pilu to settle the account.

I don't know if Boss Bartom has found Pilu, anyway, he didn't come back the night he went out.

Vertok went to the bathroom first, took a comfortable hot shower, and put on clean clothes before heading to the kitchen.Sarah had prepared dinner for him, and while he was eating, he said to the fat cook who was still nagging: "Sarah, today I'm going to change to a guest room, and that stairwell is no longer suitable for me."

(End of this chapter)