Chapter 23: City Guard Recruitment

　　 Vendôme’s soldier recruitment is located in the Glion district to the north of Vendôme, which is the military center of the entire Vendôme, located just beside the central castle district.
　　 When Luo Lin arrived at the destination, he found that there was already a long line in front of the recruitment office. There were obviously only ten places, but there were hundreds of competitors.
　　 Every young person who comes to apply is strong and physically strong, with weapons and equipment. Bringing your own equipment is a necessary condition to become a city guard, because the city guard is Vendôme’s best
　　 The basic military force is large in number and not very capable, that is, the task of maintaining public security in the city.
　　 The lord of Vendome would not generously distribute equipment to all the low-level soldiers, at most, he would just send out a set of uniforms to show his identity.
Luo Lin also wears equipment. He is wearing forged scale leather armor. The chest, abdomen, shoulders, knees and other positions of this leather armor are covered with forged steel plates like fish scales. The defense ability is excellent, and his sword is also changed. It was replaced by a clouded steel sword that was sharper at hand, and the shield was replaced by a tough ebony shield, each of which was superior.
　　 This is the equipment that Dai Wei prepared for him, and it cost about six gold coins.
In fact, this wealthy business lady who didn’t know how to save money even spent a hundred gold coins to prepare a set of heavy steel armor for Luo Lin, but the armor was very good, but it was too heavy. After Luo Lin put it on Not to mention fighting, even if you are tired of walking, if you want to use that pair of armor to fight, your strength must be at least 60, and the corresponding level is about 20.
　　 With Luo Lin's current strength, the equipment on his body is just right, and it is not conspicuous among the candidates. Luo Lin has seen at least a dozen people with better equipment than him, and he is now at an upper-middle level.
　　 When Luo Lin appeared, the young people present looked at him and their eyes were not very friendly. There are already enough competitors.
　　 "Look, another one, only ten positions!"
　　 "It's just a small city guard, how can so many people grab this kind of drudgery!" Someone sighed.
　　 "You are stupid, Chengwei is just the beginning, don't you know? Well done, be appreciated by big people, then it will be developed!"
　　 Luo Lin laughed, and started to line up behind the line.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the door of the recruiting station opened, and a short officer in dense-scaled mail came out. He was obviously accustomed to the long line at the door, and the number of people at the door shouted: "We This recruitment is a temporary supplementary personnel, there is a new rule. Have you all seen the row of wooden dummy dummy?"
　　 Everyone looked over and saw a row of wooden dummies on the square beside them. There were magic runes on the dummies, and there was a faint light flowing on the runes, which looked very mysterious.
The officer announced the rules: "The rule is, no matter what weapons you bring, you charge the stakes from 20 meters away, and when you get closer, you immediately launch attacks on the vital points of the dummy. From charge to attack, each of you has a total of Ten seconds. During this period, the more you hit the key, the greater the strength of the hit, and the better the result. Those who hit six times and each can make the rune shine are qualified. If the number of people If there are more than ten, we will select the ones with qualified grades and conduct the second selection until we have recruited ten people."
　　 After listening to the rules, the young people who applied for it were all talking about it.
　　 "It sounds simple."
　　 "Ten seconds, six key attacks, it shouldn't be difficult."
　　 "I'll come first!"
　　 A tall and strong young man volunteered to stand up.
　　 The officer pointed to the circle drawn on the ground of the square: "Did you see the circle? Stand there and listen to my orders to start."
　　 The young man did.
　　 The officer waited for him to stand and shouted: "Start!"
The young man was holding a two-handed sword. As soon as he heard the sound, he rushed out with all his strength and strode towards the dummy. When he got closer, he found that he could not estimate the distance properly. After a sword was cut out, Although it successfully cut the dummy in the neck, its strength was weak.
　　 The rune on the dummy’s neck did not move at all.
　　 The young man's face changed, he was obviously panicked, he retracted his sword and slashed again, still slashing his neck. His great sword was most suitable for this kind of beheading attack. The second hit was hit, and the runes lit up, indicating that the strength was enough.
The young man hurriedly collected the sword and cut the third sword, but he used the heavy sword. It took at least one second to collect, charge, and release the sword. When the third sword was cut out, seven seconds had passed... In the end, he only cut five swords, of which only three made the runes shine and were directly eliminated.
The officer commented on the side: "Obviously, on the real battlefield, the enemy will not give you the opportunity to cut the second sword. When your first sword does not kill the opponent, you have already lost. Go back, young man , No matter how hard you practice, don't come to die."
　　 The young man walked away with shame on his face.
　　 Luo Lin was not surprised by this result. He knew that this test seemed simple, but in fact it tested the basic skills and psychological quality the most, and the standards set were also very suitable for actual combat. If one of the testers failed, they would not be able to pass.
Then came the second and the third. A full ten young people in front of them, no matter they were holding axes, or holding one-handed swords and shields, none of them passed the test. The best score was to hit five and prepare to cut the first place. At six times, ten seconds had passed.
　　 A series of failures put more pressure on the follow-ups, and no one thought that this test would be so difficult.
"I'll try!"
　　 Suddenly, a sound that made Luo Lin feel a little familiar rang. He turned his head to look, only to see a tall, bald, brawny man coming out, who turned out to be a wolf from the old town.
　　 The wolf pattern on his bald head is gone, replaced by a big scar, it seems that the skin has been removed directly.
　　 "This guy's injury healed so quickly...Oh, he should have gone to the priest." Luo Lin suddenly, this world is different from his previous life.
The wild wolf stood up, holding two bone-cutting axes in his hand, rushing up with a sturdy body, one axe cut down, and the rune immediately lit up, and then two axes and three axes, each of which made the rune shine. The situation is completely different from the previous ones.
　　 In the end, he successfully hit the seven axe.
　　 "Very well, you are the first qualified, stand there." The officer had no vision of the wolf's terrifying appearance, he nodded and smiled in satisfaction.
　　The test continues.
　　 Because the test time for each person is only ten seconds, although there are more than one hundred people, the test time is not long. Even with the waiting time, it was only over an hour when it was Luo Lin's turn.
　　 In the front position, there were only eight people qualified. The young man with the best score was Harrington. He took a two-handed sword and cut out twelve swords in ten seconds. The sword is deadly!
　　 In Zhi Brain’s evaluation, this Harrington is exceptionally talented and possesses an elite-quality body, but his level is low, only level 4. This made Luo Lin pay attention.
　　 There was a problem in the previous test, that is, all the people who passed the test were holding weapons with both hands, and even one epee fighter passed the test, but none of the shield fighters passed the test.
There are many reasons for 　　, but the most important are two. First, the shield slowed down the speed of advancement, and the charging time was too long. The second is that no one really knows how to use a shield, they just use the shield as a shield or something.
　　 Of the young people present, only one person used a barbarian to charge against a shield to make a qualified key attack, but his subsequent attacks were weak, and in the end he could only hit five key points and was eliminated. Not to mention other shield fighters.
　　 At this result, the officer shook his head and sighed: "The shield is a soldier's most loyal comrade-in-arms. It is a pity that no one of you young people can realize its importance."
　　 Luo Lin's turn.
　　 Luo Lin was holding a shield. He was naturally a shield warrior. The young people who stayed around saw him take off the shield from his back and shook his head before he even started.
　　 "Another soft-footed shield warrior, haha."
　　 "Looking at his body is not very strong, I bet he can only hit four at most."
　　 "Three hits the most."
　　 Luo Lin ignored all these remarks, holding the ebony shield in one hand and the moiré steel sword in the other, moving his arms and legs, and then stood in a circle, waiting for the officer's order.
　　 The officer was also a little lacking in interest. He didn't think there was anything special about this shield fighter. He thought this test was just a formality, so he yelled at random: "Start."
　　‘Boom! ’
　　 The loud noise appeared less than two seconds after the officer's voice fell. It was just like a muffled thunder, and it shocked everyone present.
　　 Everyone looked intently, and saw that the shield warrior, who was still twenty meters away just now, had reached the stake, and his charge was ridiculously fast. The shield in his hand slammed into the chest of the stake, because the force was so strong that the light from the rune on the chest of the stake became almost dazzling.
　　 The officer who had been lazily suddenly refreshed, with this strength, finally a real shield fighter came.
　　 After the loud noise, Luo Lin pierced with a steel sword in his right hand, using a stab, borrowing the strength of the bull's collision, pierced with a sword, pierced the dummy's heart, crit!
　　 ‘Duh’ rang through, and the rune light once again showed a dazzling light, showing the extremely powerful blow.
　　 The steel sword was bounced back by the magic power on the dummy, Luo Lin twisted his body slightly, and then transferred the bounce back to the shield in his left hand, taking advantage of the momentum to release the shield technique: mountain collapse.
　　 This trick is the most effective. It is clear that the shield has only moved a short distance, but the sound of striking the dummy is terrifying, which means that Luo Lin's power has exploded rapidly.
　　 "Bang", the rune lights up again, the third hit is successful, and the total time is only four seconds.
　　 After the collapse of the mountain, the attack turned back to the steel sword in the right hand. This time it was a slash, which cut from the top to the bottom ~EbookFREE.me~ still accurately slashed to the opponent's neck.
After 　　 hacked and killed, the shield continued. The shield that had been bounced back by the dummy had just returned to its place, and it was pushed out again by Luo Lin, once again resorting to a collapse.
　　 No matter how bright the rune is, the light on it is still dazzling. In fact, this light has never really been extinguished.
　　 It was already the fifth blow at this time, and only five seconds passed.
The attack of this young shield warrior was not particularly fast. Others could clearly see his moves, which were far inferior to the two-sword warrior Harrington, but his attack was extremely smooth and did not give his opponents at all. The slightest chance to fight back.
The test officer looked straight and nodded, and said to the shield soldiers who were eliminated on the side: "This is a qualified fighter. I bet that this young man may not be the sharpest and most eye-catching one on the real battlefield. But it must be the longest alive."
　　 While he was speaking, ten seconds had passed, and Luo Lin made nine fatal blows, becoming the ninth pass in the test.
　　 At this time, the young people around saw that his gaze had changed, and his contempt was gone. When he walked over, he actively stepped aside.
　　 Needless to say, Luo Lin has already proven his power.
　　 In the following time, the officer continued to test more than a dozen candidates, but there were no more qualified candidates. It seemed that there was no need for a second test because the number did not reach ten at all.
　　 The officer waited for a while, and when he saw no one came to apply for the recruitment, he turned his head and said to Luo Lin and the others: "Well, lucky boys, you are all recruited."