Half-elf Notebook

After seeing off the city's manager, Helya, dressed in work clothes, returned to Shuxi's office.

Then she asked Shu Xi, who was still sitting on the sofa, worriedly: "Are you serious about what you said?"

"What do you mean?" Shu Xi shook off the ash from the front of the cigarette into the ashtray, looking stunned.

"You don't care about the life and death of the city residents..." The secretary was a little disappointed and lost. Unlike Shu Xi, she was a native of Lei Shi and had a younger sister and an elderly mother in the city. "Is it true?"

"No, I didn't say that." Shu Xi suddenly realized and replied with a smile: "If the negotiation had been agreed at the beginning, the other party would have no reason to give in."

“And while the cities are preparing, they can also take some time to see what’s going on.”

"I always feel like something is wrong..."

"You said... a seventh-level demon beast lord who has been entrenched in his own territory for decades would really suddenly cross 150 miles and even attack human city-states to establish a new territory?"

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The morning light penetrates the hazy morning mist and shines on the undulating tile roofs of the winter townhouses. Refracted by the snow that has accumulated overnight, it is particularly dazzling to the eyes, causing people to squint and look away.

Part of the snow began to turn into snow water, flowing into the drainage wells connected to the groundwater along the relatively complete urban canal system.

Ina followed Rick through a heavy iron gate. The area they entered was surrounded by a stone wall that was not much shorter than the city wall, as if it was a special area independent of the city.

Part of the western part of the city, where the city garrison is stationed.

Ina didn't understand why Rick brought her here.

The garrison area was relatively clean. Just after eight o'clock, the soldiers had completed basic snow clearing.

Stepping on the remaining thin layer of snow and puddles, Ina looked up at Rick, her confusion evident in her words, as if she hoped that Rick could answer her confusion.

Then she felt Rick smoothing her white hair and said with a smile:

"It's better to go out than stay at home. Maybe you can learn something here."

Soon the two of them arrived at a training ground, where there were constant crisp sounds of wooden tools colliding, as if dozens or even hundreds of people were fighting with wooden weapons.

Walking up to the stone viewing platform and looking down, you can see dozens of groups of soldiers in tight uniforms practicing sparring at a certain distance from each other.

In addition to the general formation combination training, physical training, mission execution, and personal combat skills, exercise is also an obligation that soldiers should fulfill with their wages.

Of course, Rick didn't ask Ina to train herself.

Since returning from hunting in the forest yesterday, the girl has not been in a good state and has been speaking very little - he could see that Ina was very depressed and was depressed because of the failure of yesterday's hunting.

But he didn't know how to start... Firstly, Ina's first hunt could not be considered a failure at all. An adventurer who was alone and could successfully hunt a real monster on his first hunt was extremely outstanding and rare among adventurers.

Second, his comfort was completely unable to dispel the gloom in Ina's heart.

Part of it may be because he is not good at this.

But no matter what, among the limited ideas, Rick could only choose a method that he thought was more feasible - an environment with peers might be able to alleviate the situation of some girls.

Perhaps the problem could be solved most appropriately by contacting the thoughtful and meticulous Meikosi, but Meikosi is no longer in the school.

At this time, at the place closest to the two people's viewing stand on the training ground, a brown-haired boy was trying hard to defend. The three-pound wooden sword was obviously not something that a swordsmanship novice like him who had not yet awakened his fighting spirit could easily wield for a long time.

Steadying the sword, preventing the adjustment of the chop, and the collapse of the posture caused by blocking almost exhausted the boy's strength, and sweat soaked his gray old shirt.

The opponent, the strong-dressed man on the other side, was completely different. Although his swordsmanship was crude, his posture and center of gravity were not messed up, and each of his strikes was better than the brown-haired boy's.

Even though he was not a professional who had awakened his combat breath, he was still a soldier who had practiced long sword for many years. Compared to the brown-haired boy who was sweating profusely, he was still quite capable in attack and defense.

But in Ina's opinion, these didn't matter. With her strength, it was easy to subdue the two men.

"How is it?" Rick naturally didn't ask Ina what she thought of their sparring, but he couldn't think of a better way to ask.

"Not so good." And Ina obviously misunderstood what Rick meant: "One can't even hold the sword steadily, and the other is just an ordinary swordsman with fighting spirit. I don't think there is anything worth learning from them."

She frowned slightly and looked at Rick. Ina didn't understand and couldn't comprehend it. Instead of seeing all this, wouldn't it be easier to tell her to practice hard?

She gritted her teeth.

"You're obviously so weak! You're obviously just this good! So don't shamelessly show off all day long!" The girl stood up and roared in anger, her voice hoarse and trembling.

These seemed to be in response to Lake's questions.

But for some reason, the resentment and trembling in his words made Rick feel like he was mocking himself.

That's right, this was Ina's self-mockery... At that moment, she faced the fear of death, as if a pair of iron clamps were biting her throat... The confidence in her own strength, the goal she vowed to pursue, and the pride of being a one-of-a-kind magician were all washed down and shattered like a mud tower in a flood.

She regretted it, if only for a moment, but she did regret it.

I regret why I wanted to join the hunt, and why I wanted to become an adventurer.

Even now when I think back to Ina, I still feel sick at my own hypocrisy.

"Since you think so, do you dare to compete with someone you think is too weak?!" The duel was over at some point, and a strong male voice shouted to the audience where Ina was, over the sound of weapons colliding on the field.

The young man looked up, his pair of dark red eyes were staring at the white-haired girl, bright and full of fighting spirit. Small streams of sweat crawled all over his cheeks, and his gray shirt was covered with dust soaked with sweat.

Ina's green eyes showed a hint of disgust. The person on the field was obviously challenging her and was full of ambition. She didn't know why she felt disgusted from the bottom of her heart.

Before Rick could open his mouth to dissuade her, she had already jumped down and landed steadily opposite the boy.

Attracted by the movement here, everyone who saw Ina performing actions that were absolutely beyond the reach of ordinary people showed horror on their faces.

Rick was obviously caught off guard. Just as he was hesitating whether to stop this meaningless fight, a rough voice suddenly called out to him.

"Mr. Lake, I didn't expect you to bring your little lady to visit the barracks."