#11
11. If you want to live, get on the rope well (3)
The training continued the next day.
With the training of the past three days, the schedule was somewhat set.
In the morning, do basic exercises such as canter, push-ups, and sit-ups. Jenna copied my workouts exactly. I didn’t even bother to dry it.
After the basic exercise, weapon skill training begins.
Speaking of weapons training, I wielded a wooden sword and Jenna shot an arrow at a scarecrow. But I didn’t neglect it.
It was because it felt like I was gradually grasping basic techniques such as power distribution and proper posture while swinging. This could be seen just by looking at the skills that appeared on the status window, low-level swordsmanship or shield skills.
Even so, it would be far short of a knight who had learned formal swordsmanship.
You don’t know if there is an expert who can guide you by your side. At least, I think I can get a sense of something if I do sparring. But I was alone. Since Xena’s main equipment was hardened with a bow, she can’t request sparring.
The other three did not come to the training center.
Occasionally, I could see him talking to himself in the corner of the square about escaping rather than looking for an exit.
Of course, there was no exit.
Two more days passed like that.
Jenna and I were facing each other on both sides of the training camp.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“are you okay.”
I hit the shield with a wooden sword.
Jenna was holding a bow.
I recognized that both Jenna and I needed more hands-on training.
Fighting with sword and sword was hard, but there were other ways.
“Could it hurt?”
“You don’t have to die.”
There were a few times when my wrists broke due to over-swinging the sword.
The injured wrist was soon restored to its original state. The waiting room itself seemed to have a healing effect. If you don’t die with a single knife like Mormont, you will be healed naturally.
One of the training methods I organized last night.
“Shoot!”
“Don’t be resentful!”
Jenna fired an arrow.
right shoulder. I moved my left arm.
puck!
The arrow pierced the shield with a dull sound. I drew an arrow and threw it at Jenna. Perhaps it was an arrow for practice, so it was easily pulled out.
“again.”
The shooting continued.
For Xena, shooting training against a living opponent.
I trained in shield techniques to block flying arrows.
One more condition has been added here. Block arrows with your shield while attacking the scarecrow next to you. It is an exercise in attack and defense at the same time.
I also changed the attack position while being conscious of it.
head first. Next chest. Then the legs.
What I do now is similar to drawing a square with my left hand while drawing a circle with my right hand. You have to split your focus in two.
“…!”
I sat down at the sharp pain that pierced my calf.
It wasn’t an arrow, but it stole a chunk of flesh as it passed.
“Gwa, are you okay?”
“Don’t mind me.”
After I knelt down for a while, new skin sprouted from the wound. I stood up and brushed my right foot. It’s okay. could move
“You think of another way. The enemies won’t stop like me and will attack you. Do you want to just stand still and shoot?”
To my words, Jenna added a training method.
shoot while walking.
It was a moving shot.
As his concentration dropped, the frequency of getting hit by arrows increased. There were times when I died and came back to life. The wound heals, but the pain remains.
‘Do I have to do something crazy like this?’
Negative thoughts crept up.
I didn’t stop It’s good if it hurts. Because it’s proof that I’m alive.
Still not enough. I climb the tower Survive.
and… … .
[‘Han(★)”s ‘Lesser Swordsmanship’ has risen to Lv.2!]
[‘Han (★)”s ‘Lesser Shield Art’ has risen to Lv.2!]
[‘Han (★)’ has learned the ‘Pain Resistance’ skill!]
‘also.’
Acquired Pain Resistance, which is said to be an essential passive skill for warriors.
If you raise your pain resistance to level 10, you can evolve it into battle continuation. It is an A-class skill that maintains the hero’s fighting power until the moment he dies.
What’s left is
‘Calm.’
It is a sub-skill of Battle Logic.
If you raise your composure to level 10, you will get combat logic, and if you raise your combat logic to level 10, you will get the ultimate skill, Bright View Index. If it rises to the level of light, it can prevent any mental state abnormality.
It would be nice to go to the opposite skills, Berserk, Combat Madness, and Berserk, but my strength lies in my wide range of information about Pick Me Up. Berserk, which lost reason instead of increasing combat power, was poison to me.
Not to get excited about any situation.
Observing the situation calmly.
In the tutorial and the first battle I couldn’t. If this state continues, you will have to ride the berserk tech tree without getting stuck. Calmness and madness were skills that could not coexist.
‘Let’s keep this in mind.’
Among the thousands of skills in Pick Me Up, synergy certainly exists.
I know what skills need to be combined to create synergy.
A few more days passed like that.
Amkena hasn’t been online in a while. It seemed busy. She didn’t consider the possibility of folding. Even if you do, there are other options. As I expected, so it will be.
Cut the scarecrow with a wooden sword.
Block arrows with a shield.
cutting and blocking. Don’t think of these as two actions. It should be tied into one action.
arrows are flying
You don’t even have to watch it all the way. I raised her shield to where the arrow would come in and stabbed the scarecrow in the neck with my sword.
Yes, sword and shield are one.
I recognized the sword and shield as ‘one weapon’.
[Follow me!]
[Skill awakening!]
[Hero ‘Han(★)”s ‘Lesser Swordsmanship’ and ‘Lesser Shields’ skills are combined to create a new skill.]
[‘Han (★)’ has learned ‘Lesser Swordsmanship (Lv. 3)’!]
A refreshing sensation pervaded his entire body.
I felt a strange sense of unity, as if the sword and shield had become part of my body.
“That’s all for today.”
I lowered my shield.
The wooden shield had become a hedgehog with dozens of arrows.
I wasn’t the only one with technology advancing. Zena also gradually imposed conditions on her shooting. Shoot while walking, shoot while running, double fire, etc. Zena’s low-level archery was already level 4.
Jenna said as she put her bow into her weapon barrel.
“But it looks like the Master isn’t coming. What if he doesn’t come back like this? Do I have to stay locked up here?”
Anxiety was evident on Jenna’s face.
I chuckled.
“If you don’t come for a month…”
“What if you don’t come?”
“Well, you’ll know when you see it.”
I put my sword and shield back in place.
[Welcome to Pick Me Up!]
I heard that even a tiger will come when I say it.
[Loading has finished.]
[TOUCH ! (selection)]
“You’re here.”
“It’s good. I was itchy from training.”
“How come you seem to adapt better than me, you?”
“I’m a bit bold.”
According to what I heard during the break, Jenna had lived alone in a remote forest.
Her father, who used to come home once a month, died in a fight with a monster a year ago.
When I came out to the square, Isel was dragging the three of them out of the inn.
[Come, come! Come out to the plaza when the Master comes. why don’t you listen Wanna get scolded?]
I looked up at the ceiling.
Strictly speaking, the waiting room has no ceiling. Instead, a whitish gray sky appeared. When the Master enters, this sky will glow in rainbow colors. In addition to messages, you can get information from these indications.
“You’re trying to make me fight again? I hate it, I hate it!”
“I’ll give you money, too. I have money at home! Send it back! I’m tired of eating only potatoes!”
[Ah, I’m really going crazy!]
Isel, who couldn’t stand it, exploded.
A straight punch like flame exploded from his dainty hand.
“Quek!”
[Hey, I’m shy, so I’m going to write it down! Come on! aren’t you coming? You all searched today!]
[Loading… … .]
After a while, the three of them stood in the square. Each had blood clots under their noses.
[Open the space-time gap!]
[Tips/ Heroes who don’t listen, try a spin. Reactivity increases.]
Issel, you did a great job.
A gap in time and space and an arsenal were opened. After taking a shield and a bow, the mirror began to shine as soon as they entered the space-time gap.
[Climb the tower, save the world!]
[Main Dungeon: Current Climbing Floor – 2]
the light went out
[Floor 3.]
[Mission Type – Subjugation]
[Goal – annihilate the enemy!]
[Goblin Lv.5 X 4]
field type, plain.
This time, the opponents were four goblins.
“Kerrrrr!”
The three were armed with swords and shields.
The one in the back was holding a crossbow, not a catapult.
The goblins with swords approached us from the right, left, and center, respectively. The crossbow goblin was loading a bolt.
‘The armament and tactics have improved.’
It is a natural change as the floor goes up.
After reloading, the goblin aimed a crossbow at me.
That was before I even pulled the trigger.
Wedge love!
An arrow from behind pierced the goblin’s forehead.
“Kack!”
The goblin tripped and died in an exaggerated motion.
“What?”
“I told you. I’m useful too.”
I just ran away.
Before receiving the joint attack, hit and enter from this side. one first. The goblin crouched down and raised his shield. But there is a gap. I twisted his shoulder and stabbed the sword.
two. He rushed forward with his shield in front. I ran into it and blew it away with a shield. I have the upper hand in height, weight, and strength. I took the gap and cut off the neck.
one last one.
Perhaps he was frightened, he backed away. I approached slowly
An arrow pierced the goblin’s shin. It is the part of the lower body that is difficult to block with a shield. stabbed a sword in the heart
[Stage cleared!]
[‘Jenna (★)’, level up!]
[Reward – 7,000G, Leather (C) X 1, Iron Ore (C) X 1]
[MVP – ‘Jenna(★)’]
If you are selected as the MVP of the battle, you will receive bonus experience.
This time Jenna was the MVP. It seems that the crossbow goblin I killed first had high points.
‘Do they still have no intention of fighting?’
The three of them just looked at us with anxious eyes.
Well, it doesn’t matter. I don’t want to share my experience with those guys either. If you don’t contribute to battle, you don’t get experience points.
I returned to the space-time gap.
“Huh, already?”
“It was a bit boring this time.”
Rather than our enemies being insignificant, we became stronger.
You can feel it. Training was not in vain. The sword and shield moved more smoothly, and there was no gap in the action.
“Is it over? Then we…”
As Toby was about to leave, his complexion hardened.
The door to the plaza was still closed.
The mirror on the left shone.
[Choose number of floors, floor 1. Do you want to try again?]
[Yes / No]
“It’s not over yet.”
Jenna gripped her bow with a firm expression.
“Looks like he’s trying to turn the wheel.”
It seems to have been influenced by Issel’s tip.
If you retry a floor you have already cleared, the experience points or rewards you can receive will decrease, but Amkena seems to have decided that safety is more important than going up one more floor.
[Floor 1.]
[Mission Type – Subjugation]
[Goal – annihilate the enemy!]
[Goblin Lv.2 X 3]
“Kerreuk!”
Wedge liquid!
“Kack!”
One was immediately pierced through the head and died.
Jenna immediately fired a second arrow and pulled the string. The arrow lodged in the goblin’s chest as she stared blankly at the corpse of her comrade.
And Jenna pulled the third protest.
[Stage cleared!]
[Reward – 1,000G]
[MVP – ‘Jenna(★)’]
“…”
“Hehehe.”
The mirror shone again.
[Floor 1.]
[Mission Type – Subjugation]
[Goal – annihilate the enemy!]
[Goblin Lv.4 X 2]
As soon as the place changed, I ran right away.
The sound of arrows cutting through the wind could be heard from behind. I hit the arrow that came flying with my shield.
“What are you doing!”
“Noisy, dude!”
Do you dare to eat all your experience points by yourself?
I slaughtered two goblins without mercy.
[Stage cleared!]
[Reward – 1,000G]
[MVP – ‘Han(★)’]
After repeating two more battles like that, we were able to come out to the square.
“Are you done?”
“I don’t know either.”
At the other party member’s question, Jenna turned her head away.
They didn’t do anything for a total of five battles. When we showed how to overwhelm the monsters, they even showed leisure to chat in the back.
Jenna pouted and said.
“I’m really going to get cancer. How long do I have to go after them?”
“Today ends.”
“It’s over. It doesn’t look like you’re going to change at all.”
“I don’t think the Master has enough time to feed the locusts.”
[Master, synthesis begins.]
[Drag and drop a hero to be sacrificed to the hero you want to synthesize! The sacrificed hero will perish.]
The door to the synthesis was opened.
