The Divine Hunter

  Chapter 18 Meditation facing the distant mountains

  At night, the cold wind roars over the wilderness.

Surrounded by a warm campfire, after enjoying a steaming meal of roasted rabbit meat, Reso sipped his mouth and suddenly said, "I remember yesterday you said that you wanted to learn the technique of shooting crossbows. Let me tell you."

  Roy, as an amateur shooter who was taught by no one at all, has long wanted to get professional shooting instruction.

  Since following the demon hunter on the road, he has increasingly felt the limitations of the pocket-sized crossbow Gabriel, which is good for dealing with ordinary wild animals, but not enough for dealing with monsters. He can only hope that improvements in shooting skills can alleviate this dilemma.

  The big bald man asked him to take out the crossbow, and explained it in kind.

   "I won't mention the crossbow shooting technique of the Viper School. This time I will focus on telling you about the experience a friend of the cat school shared with me."

"Master Reso, do you know the cat pie guy?" Roy asked curiously. In his impression, because of the unique green grass trial potion formula, the mutant cat pie demon hunter has more or less personality. Defects can easily go to extremes. And the profession of the demon hunter looks ugly in the world, and it has contributed to their extreme character in disguise, until they go crazy.

  Of the six known witchers of bears, wolves, griffins, cats, vipers, and flying lions, only the cat school will accept the commission of assassination of humans on the surface. For some other reasons, the cat school was finally cast aside by the five schools and the secular world, and the situation was almost like a mouse crossing the street.

  In addition, the cat school is inextricably related to the wolf school, and it is the only school that accepts female apprentices.

"Although all the'cats' in people's mouths are lunatics," Reso touched an old wound on his right forearm, a flash of remembrance flashed in his amber eyes, "but this is obviously nonsense, and there is also There are many demon hunters of the cat school who can communicate peacefully and are reasonable. Okay, stop this topic, let's get to the main topic."

  "Let’s talk about your thoughts first. When you use Gabriel, what do you think is the most important part?"

  Roy casually held the crossbow and made an aiming posture, "Aim...Shoot? Yes, the most important moment is the moment when the index finger pulls the trigger. It is called a firing, right? This is a decision whether you can hit the target."

"Little devil, you are a bit talented. As you said, all preparations and steps for crossbow shooting are to pull the trigger and shoot that arrow to serve." Reso circled the bonfire and made a dull voice. Pause, "Specifically speaking, the steps are more complicated. Crossbow shooting techniques mainly include five parts: holding the crossbow, shooting the crossbow posture, pulling the string and setting the arrow, aiming and firing..."

  Roy's face is calm, he is mentally prepared early, any seemingly simple technology, when placed in the professional field, often has cumbersome details that are beyond imagination.

   "There is still time, let's take it slow, start with the simplest crossbow... You first pick it up in the posture you are used to."

  Although Gabriel is a bit smaller than the genuine crossbow, Roy is used to holding it in one hand, but it’s okay to hold it in two hands. He did what he said, stood up straight, supported the middle and lower part of the crossbow body with his left hand, and held the crossbow handle with his right hand.

  Resso's fan-like palms began to press on him, while pressing, he said the key points in his mouth.

"You are really a wild way, with a lot of errors and omissions, but it is not too late to correct it now... Remember that your body should be centered, relaxed, and you will be bungled? Should you keep your shoulders level, except for these two hands, no part of your body can support it. Crossbow. Since you are right-handed, your left elbow joint is drooping inwards... If you want to ask why, what is the point of correcting this movement repeatedly? After you shoot more than 10,000 times, you will begin to understand."

   "Because the people who have summed up their experience have shot at least a million times."

  The essentials of the action sounds simple, and it is not difficult to make it as required. The difficulty is that it needs to be maintained for a long time. It is necessary to practice this set of actions without interruption and turn it into instinct.

  The process is extremely boring.

  Roy can only encourage himself from the bottom of his heart, persisting and persisting. This is just a small step to gain strength. Even the situation in front of him cannot be tolerated. What qualifications does he have to survive the more difficult trial of the grass?

  After more than an hour, Roy, sweating profusely, finally had a somewhat standard posture holding the crossbow, and Reso continued to explain the main points of pulling the string and setting the arrow.

  According to him, to learn to shoot, first learn how to prepare, how to hold a crossbow, and how to take an arrow.

After learning these two steps, the time has passed three hours, and Roy's eyes were dizzy with tiredness. The method of pulling the bow and setting the arrow taught by Reso actually used pedals, but let alone, It is safer and more efficient than hands, but it consumes more energy.

  The demon hunter didn't hear a single complaint during the whole process. Even if the kid was soaked in sweat from head to toe, he still kept his concentration. I couldn't help being a little more satisfied with him, with a trace of confidence, this guy might be able to survive.

  The training tonight ends here.

Waiting for Roy to wash away his sweat and dry the clothes by the campfire, Resso dropped a question and came over, "It’s almost time to rest, since you made a request this morning. Then I will inform you now that you have two choices, one is to let I use Achim Fayin to hypnotize, enter deep sleep, quickly recover physical strength, eliminate muscle fatigue, maybe there are some other benefits waiting for you? The other is to rely on your own sleep quality."

  Roy thought of the incomparably comfortable sleep last night, hesitated, "Master Reso, do you want to instill any knowledge into my mind again?"

   "I didn't say that unless you want your brain to explode." Resso squeezed his fingers, "If you agree with the first one, relax your body and try not to resist my next actions, otherwise the effect will be greatly reduced."

  Roy thought for two seconds. If Resso’s strength is used to harm him, would it be useful to resist? If the other party can notify in advance, it is considered to have given respect.

  He was relieved immediately, and soon fell into a dark and sweet sleep as he wished.

  ...

  The next week was calm and no monsters were encountered.

  While on the road, in the daytime, the demon hunter teaches herbalism knowledge with the herbs available on the roadside. In the evening, Roy uses the newly learned crossbow shooting technique to hunt wild animals, learn some experience, and prepare dinner by the way.

  The sky went completely dark, and the two continued to practice crossbow shooting around the campfire. After sweating countless amounts of sweat, Roy gradually learned an important part, the way of breathing.

  He can clearly feel the progress of archery, but he still lacks actual combat experience and cannot form relevant abilities.

  Finally before going to bed, he will enter a deep sleep under the action of the witcher Aksi Fayin, enjoying the feeling of resurrecting when he opens his eyes in the morning.

  After a week, Roy’s experience value came to LV2 (280/1000). Under the action of herbs, his physique attribute increased by 0.1 to 4.4, and his strength also increased by 0.1 to 4.3. He can firmly remember the appearance characteristics, growth environment, medicinal properties, and treatment methods of more than 50 kinds of herbs, and 5 more kinds of animals can be affected by the "slaughter".

  Roy began to enjoy a fulfilling, slow growth process.

  This night, the two finally left the desolate area and clearly saw a towering city wall on the endless wilderness, several towering buildings inside, mixed with sporadic lights and flashes, and white smoke rising.

   "That is the last line of defense in the southwest of Aden, adjacent to the city of Edsberg in the Mahakam Mountains. It is estimated that it will arrive tomorrow."

Roy heard the sound and looked far away, but saw that behind the city, a towering, boundless mountain range lay in front of them, looking far away like a sleeping ancient behemoth, the boundless snow on the mountain and the looming emerald green are just it Decoration on the skin.

  This is the Mahakam Mountains. As a behemoth on the border between Tamoria and Aden, the hometown of the dwarves, the goblins in the legend also live on it.

  To go to Sintra, the two had to cross the city of Eddesberg, and then cross the mountain, but it was getting late and they were stationed.

  After using enough barbecue dinner, Resso squatted quietly on the ground facing the direction of the mountain far away. The silence and urgency along the way dissipated, and a calm and peaceful power appeared on his face.

  Roy stared at Resso's wide back, this back was filled with magic power to relax his whole person, and a voice rang in his ears.

"Meditation was created by the original source power warlock, a method of communicating and manipulating the power of chaos, that is, the power of elements. Later, it was left as a legacy by the creator of the Demon Hunter, Cosimo Malaspina. To the Demon Hunter."

   "For the demon hunters and ordinary people, meditation can allow them to regulate their minds and bodies, clear up negative emotions, quickly repair physical damage, restore physical fitness, improve physical fitness, and get deep sleep."

"But for those who are naturally sensitive to magic, they can perceive the power of the elements through meditation, and extract magic power from air, water, earth, and fire. When the sensitive person is awakened, if they are not sent to the Warlock Academy in time to receive the Warlock Training and taming the power of the elements, they will go crazy due to the loss of magical power, and their reason will collapse. Or they will fall into a more miserable end, and their bodies will be tortured into ugly deformities by the magical power."

   "So kid, I need you to actively meditate and tell me whether you are an ordinary person or a magic sensitive person."

  Roy's heart beats, is it finally here, this moment? Then he looked confused, "What should I do, how do I enter meditation?"

  He confirmed that Resso had never mentioned a few words about meditation to himself before.

  In fact, if possible, he certainly hopes that he is sensitive to magic. After all, the demon hunter was created by a warlock, and his power level is undoubtedly lower than that of the warlock.

  But there are no talents or skills related to magic, elements, and chaotic energy in the personal template. He didn't even turn on the mana value.

  Already have a hunch in my heart.

   Resso faced his doubts, but calmly said, "Every night before going to bed, I will hypnotize you with the seal of Acxi."

   "Isn't that for deep sleep?"

"I didn't say that when I gave you the choice, maybe there are other benefits... but you chose to accept it." Resso emphasized, "To be precise, you have meditated six times, and your body has already laid the foundation. 、I have thoroughly adapted to the process of meditation. But they are all passive and cannot retain memory. Today you must try to actively meditate and tell me what you feel from meditation."

   "Other benefits... This bald head talks half way, is it a reward for trust?"

  Roy began to be grateful for the original choice, but he really had no impression of the so-called meditation, only remembering that he slept very sweetly every night.

   "Don't doubt, sit down in my posture."

  Roy obediently learned his posture, and the ten fingers formed a weird seal. Everything went smoothly and smoothly, as expected, it was like repeating it many times.

  His body naturally enters a state, the whole body is warm, as if returning to the mother body, every cell is roaring, absorbing nutrients hungrily, and entering the process of self-repair and strengthening.

  The whistling wind around and the crackling sparks of the campfire all go away from me. His gaze crossed Edsberg and stared at the Mahakam Mountains. The majestic clouds on the top of the mountain, unpredictable, gradually sucked him in like a whirlpool.

  　 Wish you all a happy New Year's Day in advance!

  (End of this chapter)