Chapter 33: Temptation

At this moment, on the martial arts training ground behind the Mercenary Association, it was already crowded. Many mercenaries have heard that someone is going to conduct a mercenary evaluation, although an ordinary mercenary evaluation will not attract too many people's attention, but this time it is different, because the person who wants to evaluate is the "Shining Swordsman" Serek.

As one of the legends of Deep Rock City, Serek has a high status in the hearts of mercenaries, and he usually rarely makes mercenary assessments, but this time he actually evaluated. Immediately aroused the curiosity of many mercenaries, who gathered on the edge of the arena and discussed this strange assessment.

All the people present are mercenaries, and naturally they have all been assessed by mercenaries, which is actually a very simple process, that is, the association designates a mercenary to test the assessee, as long as they can get the approval of the other party, they can obtain this qualification. However, he has never encountered a strong person like Serek to evaluate it personally, which also makes many mercenaries quite curious to see who has such qualifications.

The first person to walk into the martial arts training ground was Serek, who was known as the "Shining Swordsman", this powerhouse of Deep Stone City looked more like a polite aristocratic lord at the moment, his long golden hair was meticulously combed back, his white leather armor was printed with a golden lion mark, his slender blade hung from his waist, and he looked confident and confident with a gentle smile on his face. His appearance quickly caused enthusiastic cheers from the mercenaries, after all, it is human nature to worship the strong, not to mention that in this Deep Rock City, Serek also has a high reputation.

"I'll leave it to you, old man."

The guildmaster walked up to Serek's side and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Don't worry, Moby."

Serek smiled gracefully at the elder's words, but quickly asked.

"It's rare to see you so angry, which little guy has such ability?"

"It's just a little ghost who doesn't know what to do."

The elder snorted coldly.

"Let him take a look, we mercenaries are not so easy to mess with!"

While the elder and Serek were talking in a low voice, Rhodes and Lijie were also led by the attendants to the martial arts training ground. Unlike Serek's warm applause when he appeared, the mercenaries paid more curious and puzzled attention to this person wrapped in a cloak all over his body.

"Big sister! Isn't that Lijie? ”

At this moment, Barney, who was also watching the excitement in the crowd, shouted, and Shanna, who was standing beside him, also saw the figures of Rod and Lijie at this time, she couldn't help frowning, but didn't say anything. However, at this moment, the other mercenaries around Shanna were talking about it.

"Isn't this the guy who came with the little girl just now, is he going to pass the mercenary assessment?"

"What is the origin of this guy, who was able to get the president to move Serek out as well?"

"The god is mysterious, eccentric, hiding his head and showing his tail, and at a glance, he knows that Lu Dao is not a good person."

"What is this guy doing? Looking at him, is he a mage? ”

"How is it possible, he doesn't have a staff, you see what he has in his hand...... Ay? Isn't that the spare sword we have here? ”

Seeing Rhodes coming, even the elder leader and Serek were a little surprised, because the weapon in Rhodes' hand was the standard standard longsword provided to those mercenaries by the Mercenary Association. This is a rather strange thing, after all, most of the mercenaries use the weapons they are good at, even if it is an ordinary standard long sword, they will try to transform it as comfortably as possible, but Rod's sword is a thing of the mercenary association, so naturally there will be no modifications.

Is he going to use such a sword against Serek?

While everyone was talking, Rhodes had already come to the front of the elder and Serek, and he first made a swordsman's salute to the two of them, and then pulled his hood.

"I'm ready, two, ready to go."

"Are you going to challenge this sword?"

Serek frowned slightly and said, he didn't hate Rhodes as much as the old guild, at least this was his own rare shot, if the other party only used this ordinary weapon to fight him, even if he won the victory, there was nothing worth saying. …,

"Young man, I hope you don't have psychological pressure, it's just an evaluation, we want to be able to see your real strength and level, it doesn't matter if you win or lose."

"That's how I see it, Mr. Serek."

Rhodes replied with a long sword in his hand.

"So please don't worry about my weapons...... And I'd love to see for myself how powerful the lightsaren are. ”

"Good."

Hearing Rod say this, Serek's face sank, originally he thought that the other party would use an ordinary weapon, and it would be a bit too much for him to use a magic weapon, but since the other party took the initiative to say that he wanted to see his phantom light sword, then Serek was no longer polite. He nodded slightly, and at the same time peeked at the president of the association next to him, as if he understood a little that his old friend would be so angry.

But who is this kid?

Serek didn't think much of it, he just shook his head, then drew his longsword and whispered.

"Come on!"

In the face of Serek's statement, Rod didn't say anything more, he slowly pulled out his long sword, and then carefully looked at the Phantom Light Sword in Serek's hand in front of him, and then, Rod held the sword with one hand, slashed diagonally to the lower right of the sword, and made a starting gesture. And in the next moment, Rhodes turned into a shadow and rushed forward.

Sword skills?

Seeing Rod's attack, a hint of surprise flashed in Serek's eyes, but he quickly reined in his mind and let out a loud shout, and the long sword in his hand suddenly turned into a little rain of light, and swept forward overwhelmingly.

Because this is just an assessment, Serek did not use his full strength, in his opinion, Rod who rushed head-on could not resist his own move at all. The key to shining swordsmanship is to be fast, and in the face of this overwhelming storm, it is very difficult to fight a way out of this encirclement net.

But Serek didn't expect that at the moment when Rhodes was about to enter his attack range, he actually twisted his body stiffly, as if he had completely seen through the sword light used to confuse the enemy.

How is this possible!?

The scene in front of him surprised Serek, he didn't know that Dao Luo was already familiar with his swordsmanship, even if his strength was limited now, he couldn't see through the hidden killing intent in it. But he still remembered the attack range of the shining swordsmanship, and Serek came forward in a daze, bullying those newcomers who had just come into contact with the battle, maybe it would be a little useful, but it was still a little worse to deal with Rhodes.

At the same time that Serek was surprised, Rhodes, who had dodged the attack range, immediately stabbed forward, the Moon Shadow Sword Technique was just the opposite of the Shining Sword Technique, the latter was like the light of the sun, forcing the opponent to not be able to look directly, but to give in, so as to defeat the opponent. The Moon Shadow Sword Technique is more like a shadow under the light, silent, like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, biting you coldly. And at this moment, the poisonous snake lurking in the darkness finally attacked, sticking out its sharp teeth at its prey.

What a speed!

Seeing the shadow suddenly appearing on his side, Serek was finally shocked in his heart, he hurriedly changed direction, and the phantom light sword in his hand once again turned into a gorgeous sword in the aisle, like a raging flood that drowned the snake head that had just poked out.

Rhodes who missed a blow naturally would not choose to go up against the current, the gap of level 30 is not something to be said casually, if it is really a head-on attack, he will be knocked out of the river as long as he is a moment. So in the face of Serek's counterattack, he quickly pulled back, and at the same time once again brushed against the surging sword.

If Rhodes dodged Serek's attack before only surprised the swordsman, then now he was finally moved, although the shining swordsmanship was a bit flashy, but it was impossible for ordinary mercenaries to dodge such an attack, and it could be said that it was luck once, and he passed by twice in a row......... He even began to wonder if this young man wrapped in a cloak was his old acquaintance. Otherwise, how could he be so familiar with his swordsmanship?

However, as an experienced swordsmanship, Serek also quickly discovered that Rhodes was trying to avoid direct contact with him, so he quickly changed his tactics, and the Phantom Light Sword, which had burst out with a little bit of sword, retracted it back, and then forced it forward like a shadow. Rhodes didn't want to collide with him head-on, so Serek forced him to fight his sword, and the master of swordsmanship believed that with his own experience, it would not be difficult to do so. …,

But this time Serek miscalculated again, although he thought he was fast enough, but Rod still retreated again at the moment when the two exchanged swords, and forcibly pulled away.

The two sides had only exchanged blows three or four times, but the mercenaries around them were already stunned.

"Big sister, Lord Serek's sword is so fast, why can't you hit this guy?"

Barney's eyes widened in surprise as he peeked through the crack, and subconsciously asked. He asked himself that if he put himself in Rhodes' position, he would definitely not be able to dodge Serek's attack, and he was afraid that he would immediately raise his hand and surrender at the first blow. But this weird guy not only dodged Lord Serek's three attacks, but didn't even hurt a single hair of his own, isn't this too weird, is this guy also a master of swordsmanship?

Not only Barney, but even most of the other mercenaries had this idea in their minds, and they couldn't figure it out, even though Serek's sword was so fast, but there was nothing they could do with this guy.

However, the old president who was standing next to the watch of the battle had a sinking face and saw the clue.

Indeed, Serek's Shining Sword Technique is extremely fast, and the name of Shining speaks for itself. But the problem is that it's only the speed of the sword, not the speed of the person. But as long as anyone sees this fast swordsmanship, most people will subconsciously and subjectively think that the person who uses this swordsmanship must also be very fast, but in fact, the two are completely separated.

And the old president also saw through it, the little guy on the other side was able to dodge the opponent's attack by relying on his own speed enough, and now it seemed that he was very familiar with the characteristics of the shining swordsmanship. This also made the old president frown and think about the origin of the other party, Serek has not been out of Deep Stone City for more than thirty years, and there are very few people who can fight him, who is this eccentric little guy?

And while the elder was thinking hard, the two sides had met several times in a row again. Rod still tried his best to avoid direct confrontation with Serek, but Serek was not in a hurry, just calmly responded, but his face was a little more dignified at the moment.

"Your speed is really good, and if you are a thief, you will definitely have a very promising future."

As Rhodes dodged Serek's attack again, the master swordsman finally smiled and spoke, but with a somewhat depressed tone.

"Thanks for the compliment, but I'm sorry, I'm a swordsman."

Rod's voice didn't rise or fall, his face was still shrouded in a hood, so no one could see what his expression was like at the moment.

"Then, take on the appearance of a swordsman, little one."

Serek raised his sword, he had decided to be more serious, not only because of Rod's escape, but also because of his curiosity, he wanted to see what kind of tricks this young man wrapped in a cloak could play.

"As you wish."

Just then, Rod moved.

A faint light appeared on the dim long sword, and with Rhodes' swing, along with the burst of light, the meniscus-shaped sword qi flew out from the sword body in the blink of an eye.

Sword Qi condensation?

Seeing this silver moon arc, Serek's face was also slightly gloomy, and he shouted in a low voice, "Okay!" Then, with his sword in hand, he took a half-step forward.

Like a storm of light, the point of light roared out again, overwhelming like waves towards the silver-white moon arc, at this moment, the strength of the Serek sword master was undoubtedly revealed, and the violent waves of qi shot out from the little sword light, and even the mercenaries who were standing around to watch the excitement had to take several steps back. And Rod's silver moon core had just come into contact with Serek's sword barrier and disappeared without a trace.

Not bad.

Although in the face of a head-on confrontation, Rhodes behaved like a confrontation between a young child and a strong adult, Serek nodded with great satisfaction. Being able to learn sword qi condensation at such a young age shows that this young man has quite a good talent, and judging from the previous battles, he also knows how to use the wisdom of battle. Serek even felt that it was a pity to let such a promising young man be a mercenary, and he took the time to glance at his old friend standing on the sidelines, thinking about whether to accept this young man as his disciple, after all, it was very rare to find such a talented swordsman.

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At that moment, a crisp low whistle suddenly sounded, and then, Serek heard a burst of exclamation from the mercenaries around him.

What happened?!

He gathered his mind and focused his attention on the front again, but at this moment, Serek was surprised to find that a blue-green shadow was passing through the sword net, and it was rapidly attacking him!

PS: This is my first foray into the game category, and I've never written data streams before, so it may be a bit instigated in terms of explanation, don't say I'm cheating on the word count, I haven't entered V yet. I'll try to make the basic framework clear before I get into V.

PS2: The reason why I wrote the upgrade stream this time is that I'm a little annoyed with writing the invincible stream, so I want to change the way, it's normal to be different from the previous one, and if it's the same, I might as well continue to write the invincible stream.........

PS3: The last is a specific description of the data about the cardβ€”β€”β€” the number below the summoning elf card represents the attack/defense of the summoning elf itself, and the value is set like this, 1~3 (beast level) 4~6 (monster level) 7~9 (monster level) 10~?? (BOSS level), as for these three levels, I wrote about them before, so I won't talk nonsense.

PS4: The level data of equipment cards is separated.