People in Teyvat, starting from saving the grass god

Disia shook her head regretfully, then she touched her chin and thought: "With your skills, it would be good to open a restaurant. Oh, if I had known you had such good cooking skills, I wouldn't have recommended you to go there. Become a guard."

"hehe."

Rhodes smiled: "It's great to have such a life. I don't expect to make a lot of money."

"It's really easy to be satisfied."

Disia muttered, then looked at Rhodes and asked, "By the way, where is the duty position Candice gave you?"

"North suspension bridge."

Rhodes' mouth was full and he replied vaguely.

"The suspension bridge to the north."

Hearing the name, Disiya nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you to see it later so you can get familiar with the place."

"it is good."

Rhodes responded and continued to immerse himself in the battle with breakfast.

Spent the whole morning shopping.

After getting familiar with the place of work.

Desiya took Rhodes to the location of the Blazing Hunting Beast in Aru Village.

This is a courtyard similar to a courtyard. It is not big, but it is big enough for all the people who hunt the blazing beasts to live there.

The station was a little deserted at this time. Except for a few hungover mercenaries who were still soundly sleeping, and the two mercenaries guarding the gate, no one else could be seen.

"Brothers have been working hard for a month. It's rare that Aru Village can relax, so I let them do as they please."

Desiya explained as she walked.

Rhodes also expressed his understanding of this matter.

It is impossible to expect these mercenaries to have the discipline of the regular army. In addition, Aru Village is under the protection of Candice, let alone in the desert, even if you look at the entire Sumeru, it is very difficult. It's hard to find another place where the mercenaries of the Blazing Beast can feel so reassured.

After eating sand in the desert for more than a month, it was a rare opportunity to rest and relax, so they naturally wanted to indulge themselves.

Following Disiya's footsteps, Rhodes came to a training ground with her.

"Now, as I said before, I will teach you how to fight when I have time. While we are resting in the past two days, I will teach you some self-defense skills."

While talking, Desiya took a wooden stick wrapped in sponge and cotton from the shelf and threw it over.

I haven’t arrived at Aru Village before.

Since the team is in urgent need of rest and the desert area is full of dangers, no one can guarantee when they will encounter danger.

Therefore, even though Desiya wanted to teach Rhodes some self-defense martial arts at that time, she really couldn't spare much time.

Just right now.

Rhodes took the wooden stick and then imitated Disiya's posture and put on a posture.

Considering that Rhodes has never learned any martial arts in his life, this purely imitated fighting posture still looks quite clumsy.

Desiya chuckled and flicked the wooden stick in his hand twice casually.

"Look, I'm coming."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 8 Parting Gift

night.

After being beaten for a day, Rod returned home exhausted.

Desiya had been as lenient as possible.

But the gap between the two is really too big.

When neither party used elemental power, Rhodes' movements were as clumsy as a babbling child.

These are Desiya's original words.

She didn't mean to mock Rhodes, she was just telling the truth.

Rhodes also knew that she had a straightforward temper and would not say nice words to deal with others.

So he didn't mean to be angry, and spent the whole day seriously learning fighting skills from Disiya.

It's just that the beatings I received were a bit too much.

Although there is ointment specially used to treat bruises using the Blazing Hunter, there will basically be nothing to do tomorrow.

But fatigue is inevitable.

Dinner was served at the Blazing Hunter's station.

What he ate was the food that the mercenaries were best at making, barbecue rolls.

Honestly.

The taste is quite average.

Fortunately, the portion is large and filling, and it is a rare source of fresh meat.

After obtaining the Eye of God, Rhode's appetite has increased greatly. After being beaten by Disiya today, his appetite has increased even more. He ate about the same amount as five or six people before he could barely feel full.

A good night's sleep.

When Rhodes opened his eyes again, it was not completely bright yet.

He did not sleep again, but stared at the mottled ceiling, the events of the past month flashing through his mind like a revolving lantern.

a long time.

He sighed, got out of bed, and poured a glass of cold water to drink.

If the blazing hunting beast hadn't picked him up, he didn't know what he would be like now.

Maybe it has turned into the excrement of monsters, maybe it will become colder and colder, and finally live like the most standard desert people.

The window is not closed.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and the temperature in the room dropped a few points.

The desert nights are cold.

Rhodes, who had just arrived, was really afraid that he would freeze to death in the cold desert.

Fortunately, what he got later was the Eye of God with the ice element.

With his sudden affinity to the ice element, Rhodes was no longer afraid of the cold desert night.

in contrast.

He was still enjoying the sudden coldness.

I can't sleep anymore.

After drinking the water, Rhodes simply went to the yard, picked up a wooden stick, and started practicing according to what Desiya taught him during the day.

have to say.

The ointment Desiya gave to Rhodes is really useful.

My body was still aching a little before I went to bed, but after a good sleep, the bruises disappeared. Except for the previous injured area, there was still some numbness, and I couldn't feel any pain anymore.

This also made Rhodes lament once again that it makes sense for the Blazing Hunter to have no spare money.

Not only because of the high daily expenses, the potions, armors and weapons they used on daily basis were the best in all of Xumi.

Under the quiet night.

The courtyard was filled with the whirring sound of Rhodes waving his long stick.

Desiya is good at using fists and swords.

She taught Rhodes these things to herself.

However, before teaching Rhodes to learn his own martial arts, Desiya reminded him specifically.

"My martial arts skills are all honed by fighting monsters and beasts every day."

"In the words of Xumi City."

"This is called wild road."

"So I'm sorry, I can't teach you much, and even if you learn everything I teach you, at most it will be enough for self-defense, and you won't become a master. Don't have too high expectations."

That being said.

But would Rhodes mind this kind of thing?

The answer is naturally no.

In terms of Disiya's evaluation of Rhodes.

Now Rhodes is just a reckless man who can only use brute force. If he couldn't control the elemental power, he would have an inherent advantage against those who are also reckless. If he faced a real master, even if he didn't use it Elemental power can also be used to beat Rhodes.

to this end.

Desiya also demonstrated it specially.

Then Rhodes was beaten by her.

This also allowed Rhodes to see how big the gap was between him and the master Disiya said.

strictly speaking.

Desiya herself is not even a great expert.

She was only able to make a name for herself in the barren desert. When she arrived at the rainforest area where there were many talented people, her martial arts skills did not seem so impressive.

But even so.

Rhodes was still tortured to pieces.

The ice element manipulation power that he was so proud of could not even touch the corners of Desiya's clothes in front of her.

This also made Rhodes, who was quite confident in himself, feel a little disappointed.

However, this loss soon turned into motivation, which ignited his raging enthusiasm for learning martial arts.

In the empty yard, the long stick in Rhodes' hand became faster and faster, and he became more and more skillful with each move. He practiced the swordsmanship taught by Desiya more than a dozen times in succession, and he did not feel tired.

"Drink-ah!"

When he got to the point where he was enjoying the practice, Rhodes shouted, and the long stick hit the ground like a heavy sword, hitting the ground with great force.

Snapped--

There was a loud bang.

The long stick exploded into pieces flying everywhere along with the floor tiles.

"call--"

Looking at the messed up ground in front of him, Rhode let out a breath of hot air.

After obtaining the Eye of God, his physical condition was getting better day by day.

His body that used to be out of breath even after running 400 meters can now easily compete with the best running beasts. He can also dance effortlessly with Desiya's sword that weighs dozens of kilograms.

"This is a world with extraordinary power."

Rhodes, whose breath was not disturbed at all, sat on the stone bench in the yard. He raised his hand and grabbed it. The diffused ice elemental power spurted out, and in the blink of an eye it condensed into the prototype of a flower. Without even using a breath, a single flower was created. The flawless and delicate ice flower was held in his hands.

Look at the ice flower in your hand.

Rhodes' expression changed slightly.

In fact, he has long been able to control the ice elemental power with such pure proficiency.

But he didn't say this to Desiya.

According to Desiya, even if Rhodes is a genius, it will take several years to master the elemental power so skillfully.

However, Rhodes was able to do this in less than a week.

Genius, that's a good thing.