Three mercenaries

the Beast Rider

In the spring of 1995, at the southern end of Huycke, a small natural village near the mouth of the warm river on the frozen continent, there was a rundown yard with hills of primitive trees on the sides.

"Hi... Click... hi... Click... click..."

In the middle of the log, the rhythmic voice of a young boy, if you go into the yard, you will see a boy chopping wood.

Man is really a strange race. In a warm place, eating the best nutrition, but not necessarily good health, and certainly can not cultivate as strong as the mountains of youth. The boy in front of me is an example of the opposite, tortured for three years day and night by an unknown Eric who claims to be an imperial aristocrat and never gets any super nutrients, but in each wave of his arm, the muscle mercury of strength disappears from the waist and then appears in the arm, and then disappears again, depending on the movement.

The Warm River the early spring was very cold. The average person wore a thick fur coat from top to bottom in the spring. The teenage boy was wearing only leather shorts. Khan fell to the ground repeatedly from his forehead and body, it soon turned to ice, and a white mist rose from him.

He spat into his calloused palm, then picked up his medium-sized axe and swung it round to cut it down. The 30-centimeter-tall log with a diameter of half a meter in front of him was cut in half in one fell swoop. Then he picked up a side machete, squatted on the ground, and quickly whittled the wood into proper firewood.

He... Use ...... ... Shit... Yes ...... ... Chop... A knife? ......?

Even the strongest lumberjacks, faced with the coniferous hardwoods of the frozen continent, had to use an axe to chop wood effortlessly. If a machete was used, the wood would catch the thin blade of the machete as soon as it was cut into the wood. Those who could not continue to cut would need to be cut five or six times in a row to reach the end of the machete. Moreover, the blade of the machete was damaged very quickly.

How much strength does it take to use a machete as an axe?

"Son, come here for a second." The people in the room brazenly continued to take advantage.

"Yes, Eric, I'll be right there," said Émi, arranging the wood neatly and entering the hut that had been built the previous summer.

"From now on, you need to learn how to use weapons. You Don't have to chop so much firewood in the afternoons. The people in the village can't use it anyway. You spend half the afternoon learning weapons," Eric said.

"What weapons do you like and how about a combination of a lance and a sword? You'll fit right in and it'll be your favourite," Émi said, ignoring his attitude, eric started pushing Émi's favorite.

"You see, although you're tall among your peers, you're not as tall as a barbarian, so a two-handed giant axe wouldn't suit you. Based on what I Know About You, you definitely don't like an archer who makes a living by sneaking up on people. The combination of a machete and a shield is too harmless, and is suitable for people who don't have strength. Hammer weapons have been used less and less, destined to be eliminated. Wow... ... You're not telling me you're going to study infantry spears, which are used only in the army, only to counter cavalry, nothing else," said Eric, observing Émi's expression, come up with the most likely words to impress him.

"I want to be like my father, I want to learn how to use a two-handed sword," says Émi, who, perhaps with a nagging uncle, was reticent as a teenager.

"That's Your Daddy's boy," Eric said, Patting Émi's little face with a giggle, and pinching Émi's face hard, a Wolf's expression appeared on his face. "No, I'm in charge this time. You have to learn the lance from me. I want to train you to be an imperial knight like me. What good is a two-handed sword? "This is the lowest level in the army. You See, a proper knight can use his sword with one hand under normal circumstances, which can be used with his shield. On the battlefield, it's always a knight's spear and shield. This is the main force of the war."