Chapter 2: Adulthood

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"Out of town?" Ryan couldn't help being surprised when he heard this sentence. He stuttered and said: "Go ... out of town ... Teacher Caleb ... you mean ..."
"Draenei, you just came back from the emperor capital, come on."
"Okay," Draene took the topic and said to Ryan: "Boy, the eagle will always fly to the sky, even if he is attached to the earth again; when you grow up, your stage is not here." Speaking of which, Draene seemed to feel a bit dry, he released a small water polo in his mouth and swallowed it gently.
"Look, boy," Draene said with a smile: "Magic is everywhere, it will make our lives better ..."
"Well, when people get older, they become a bit verbose." Dranai shook his head and continued. "Before proposing your test of adulthood, I will tell you a story ...
About 200 years ago, the evil army of undead had invaded the Eslar continent. In the face of the endless army of undead, humans have become unprecedentedly vulnerable, and death and fear have enveloped the entire Eslar continent. However, people did not give up hope. A human knight stood up and raised the banner of resistance. His name was Bird-Fernando.
With his efforts, mankind has assembled nearly 200,000 troops from seven surviving nations and formed an alliance with elven and dwarf clan to fight against the invasion of the undead legion. This is the sacred alliance.
Finally, in the sunrise city in the east of the mainland, the main forces of the coalition and the undead army launched a decisive battle, known in history as the "sunrise battle." After arduous battles and painful efforts, justice defeated evil, and the coalition finally defeated the Legion. After the war, Bird-Fernando unified the human world and established the Holy Alliance Empire. He also became the first emperor of the Empire. This is the origin of our Holy Alliance Empire.
In order to allow future generations to remember this period of history forever, Fernando I ordered that the day of the annual "sunrise battle" end be designated as "Victory Day" to commemorate the people who died in this catastrophe. At the same time, in order to encourage people's spirit of martial arts, a royal competition is held every year in the capital city of Fernando to select outstanding talents.
The Royal Athletic Competition was held year after year, and a large number of talents were selected for the empire. Countless strong warriors, devout knights, wise mages, and smart thieves were selected to enrich the empire. In the army. As a result, the Empire ’s army became very powerful in just ten years. The
vengeance
of Fernando I ’s sword meant that even the fierce orcish tribe shuddered. These powerful orcish tribes were driven out by the army of Fernando I. It has been the prairie of South Tarun that has lived for hundreds of years. In order to survive, the surviving orcs had to migrate to the northern Taryn prairie, which had poor living conditions, and lived in water and grass.
For the first time in the history of mankind, it truly owned the vast desert land from north to south Taren prairie, east to the sea, west to the Hengduan Mountains, south to the Moyu forest, and it occupied half of the mainland of Eslar, the most rich soil!
However, with the passage of time, the Royal Athletic Competition slowly lost its original meaning, and people also discovered its drawbacks and began to make great use of it.
The venue of the annual competition is the royal arena built in the imperial capital of the empire-Fernando City. Because the regulations of the competition are to fight one-on-one in a fixed venue regardless of occupation, this creates a problem for each occupation participating in the competition. Unfair.
As we all know, the magic power of a senior mage is huge, but he needs a little time to condense mana and cast magic. In that fierce competition, how can the opponent of the magician give him this opportunity? A mage with a warrior or a thief close to his body is destined to fail; a shooter who wears Yang in a hundred steps, if he can't fight away from his opponent with his hands, can't play his own advantages; Have lost the initiative to fight? In the end, almost every year's competitive champion is not a brave and strong warrior, or a pious and respectful knight, and it has lost the significance of Fernando I setting up the Royal Athletic Competition and selecting various talents ... "
"What about later?" Ryan was fascinated by the story Dranai told and couldn't help asking.
"Hehe", Draene smiled and continued: "For this reason, the Royal Athletic Competition had been down for a long time, but twenty years ago, the current commander of the Royal Knights, the General of the Empire, the Supreme Military Command of the Imperial Capital Official, the Holy Knight Orlando stood out from the Royal Athletic Competition. He not only won the championship, but also proposed to reform the Royal Athletic Competition. Due to his championship status, coupled with the increasingly embarrassing situation of the Royal Athletic Competition, the Empire at that time Emperor Fernando XII accepted Orlando ’s reform plan. "
"In fact, the reform is also very simple, that is, the previous one-to-one competition is turned into a team's five-to-five competition. In this way, the magician can calmly cast magic under the protection of the soldiers in front, and almost never participate in the competition, The priest who only recovers, heals and lives magic is also on the stage of the Royal Arena for the first time. A hundred steps through Yang ’s marksman, good at destroying thieves behind the enemy, fragile but can summon powerful Warcraft ... all professions can do Find your own place in the arena.
Not only that, through team competition, you can further tap talents who are good at using strategies and commanding skills. The Royal Athletic Competition has once again attracted everyone's attention. "
Ryan said: "After listening to Teacher Draene, I can't wait to see it. If I can fight with a group of life and death partners in the arena, I think of it, I'm so excited, I look forward to it!"
Caleb smiled and said, "Draine and I have participated in this Royal Tournament, and it was really boring at that time. I'm okay, fighting for speed, I'm not afraid of anyone in terms of strength, but Draene just It ’s miserable. He almost did n’t even have time to use a fireball technique. In the end, he simply went to the sky to concentrate on throwing fireballs to bully the warrior. Now I think it ’s funny to think about the soldier ’s pitiful complexion.

Lane was curious about the experiences of the two teachers. He studied with the two teachers for many years, and basically had not heard anything about his teacher. But Caleb didn't say a few words, and Caleb didn't talk about how to ask Ryan. Lion had to give up the idea of ​​getting to the bottom.
Draenei said to Ryan: "Okay, Ryan. When the story is over, we should also tell you about the test of your adult ceremony."
Ryan raised his ears immediately, staring at Draenei, lest he miss a word.
"In fact, it's very simple," Delaney said slowly. "Participating in this year's Royal Athletic Competition, I achieved better results."
Caleb then said, "It's simple, but it's not simple. First of all, you need to live on your own after you leave your hometown. You need to use the skills taught by me and Dranai to feed yourself, and then look for five like-minded partners. To participate in this year's Royal Athletic Competition. In order to achieve better results, the cooperation between each other, the understanding between the heart and the heart, this is a more critical place. There is also the choice of partner career, which is also very important. "
After hearing the blood boiling, Ryan thought that he could have such a day. Like the famous heroes in the legend, he fought with his partners and earned honor through hard work. He was very excited. He quickly stood up and said aloud: "No problem! I like this trial."
"Oh, don't be excited first" Della Nai said with a smile: "You go home and think about it, the hunting in the town will be over in a few days, and your father will come back. Then you should discuss with him. This is a big thing after all. This year ’s Royal Athletics competition will only start in almost four months. You will go there for a few months. Maybe there will be danger in the journey. You must not only have confidence, but also Obtain the consent of the family. More importantly, once you start the adult ceremony test, you must do your best, and do n’t be half-hearted. If you are sure to go, then stay with your parents for a few days. There are your friends. "
"Okay" Ryan nodded and said seriously, "I'll think about it carefully."
Caleb said: "Well, you go back first. And don't be stubborn, young people will be energetic."
"Understood!" Ryan replied loudly. He went to the door and pushed open the wooden door. The splendid Yang Guan entered the cabin, and it also shone on Ryan. Ryan stretched out a long lazy waist with a comfortable expression on his face and walked out.
Looking at Ryan's back, Caleb said softly, "Old man, he is still so young, does this let him take the path we have traveled?"
Draene closed his eyes and said slowly, "I came back suddenly this time because of the prophecy of Ibeir. This time he spent ten years of life accurately predicting that the mainland will be in the next five years. What happened, the empire will be shrouded in killing and fear, just like it was two hundred years ago. Unfortunately, you know, God ’s prophecy, apart from paying part of his life as a price, can only know a rough, in details, especially The most crucial point is always ambiguous. Ibeir tried his best and only knew something vague. "
"So you let Ryan in advance ..."
"It's not just that," Draene said. "Ibeir's apprentices, as well as a few other" old friends "descendants, will slowly appear. God's prophecy accurately predicted this. But they may Is it a friend, maybe an enemy, who knows? But one thing is very certain, once a war breaks out, even a remote place like Thick Fog Town will be affected, instead of passively solving the problems that have occurred at that time, It ’s not as good as going out now, at least Ryan has a short period of time, which is very rare. "
"Old friend. You are very pessimistic." Caleb keenly discovered the worries hidden deep in Draene's tone.
"Yes" Draenei said: "I'm not like you, with an almost endless life span, I have almost reached the limit of human life span. Although my strength has increased in these many years, our opponents have already broken through After many years of human limitations, I believe that its strength will be more terrible than we thought. I have no confidence in the future. "
Speaking of which, Draene opened his eyes suddenly, a flash of light flashed in his eyes: "But no matter what the result is, old man, I will keep my promise to my teacher!"
After saying this, Dranai's eyes looked into the distance along the door, as if he saw the thrilling and scenes many years ago ...
In the evening, Ryan arrived at Nemo's house early. Today is Nemo ’s commemoration of adulthood. Nemo invited good friends in town to celebrate for himself. When the night fell, the bonfire in front of Nemo ’s house was lit, and everyone sat around the raging bonfire. Talking excitedly.
Nemo changed to a new dress made of wool. This wool is said to be cut from a sheep living in the northern prairie of the empire and then processed in a special way. It's a rare thing. It seems that Nemo has prepared his adult ceremony very well. This must be the raw material he bought at the Takri Victory Day rally last year. In addition to putting on new clothes, Ryan also saw a beautiful necklace hanging on Nemo's neck. The necklace should be made of a kind of beast bone of Warcraft.
Looking at the beaming Nemo, Lane couldn't help but tease him, "Nemo, where is the hostess?"
Nemo didn't beware that Ryan would ask this question, and said smoothly: "She'll be here ..."
Hearing Nemo's words, a few guys whistled, and then Nemo discovered that he had been taken by Ryan, and he pretended to be vicious and said to Ryan: "Well, see how I deal with you. "Speaking, rushed at Ryan."
Of course, Ryan would not be easily caught by Nemo. He moved his body dexterously, avoiding Nemo, making fun while Nemo said, "Nemo has good skills ..."
"Of course" Nemo was unwilling to show his weakness, and quickly admitted: "I am the most brave mountain warrior."
The two chased one by one to hide, and slowly ran away from the campfire. At this time, Ryan saw Meifu coming from a distance. Since she was behind Nemo, Nemo didn't see it, so he rushed and said, "I know you are a brave mountain warrior, but you don't know how to marry. Would your wife become a docile snow rabbit? "
Nemo didn't know it, and said aloud: "Absolutely not, even my wife, even at home, listen to me ..."
At this moment, Meifu walked behind Nemo, and when he heard Nemo say this, he asked, "Is it?"
"Of course!" Nemo said affirmatively without listening to Maeve's voice. But when he finished speaking, he realized that his voice was not right. He turned his head to see it. It turned out to be Mei Fu, and he was shocked in his heart. He quickly swore and said: "No, no, I mean even if I am a brave mountain warrior, At home, I will listen to my wife like a docile snow rabbit. "
Hearing Nemo's words, Meifu reached out and twisted Nemo's ear and said, "If I marry you, what would you do to me?"
Seeing Nemo swearing, saying that he would always listen to his wife's words all his life, he would still be plucked by Meefu's ears. Ryan laughed unscrupulously beside him.
Nemo gave Ryan a glance and whispered: "Laughing, I was miserable by you guy today."
Ryan laughed even harder when he heard Nemo.
Mei Fu saw that Ryan was laughing at Nemo, and couldn't help but say, "I'm teaching Nemo, what are you laughing at?"
Ryan clutched his stomach and said, "Nemo, you don't thank me, but you still complain about me. If it weren't for me, would you hear mefu?"
"Which sentence?" Nemo asked puzzled. Without waiting for Ryan to answer, Nemo jumped up suddenly and couldn't even care about his ears being corrected. He laughed and said, "Yes, yes, I really want to thank you!"
At this time, Mei Fu also remembered the phrase "if married to Nemo" he just said, his face was red, and Nemo's ears were released. Unexpectedly, Nemo hugged Meifu and shouted loudly: "I am so happy, Meifu promised to marry me!"
Seeing that the pair of lovers finally came together, Lane was happy for them from the heart. In order not to disturb them, Ryan quietly walked back to the campfire, found the unnoticed place, and sat down quietly.
As the bonfire burned, the men and women at the adult ceremony became more and more relaxed. They began to look for their favorite partners, drinking together, eating meat together, and singing songs that symbolize love. Only Ryan sat quietly beside the bonfire, tasting the craft of Meifu—roasted pig wild boar.
Ryan is not pretentious and unwilling to get along with others. Perhaps Ryan is a different kind. He has liked to sit quietly aside since he was young, instead of talking loudly with a group of men and women who came together and who wore a new dress ... even In such a lively occasion today, Ryan can still calm down and think about his own affairs.
Looking at others talking in vain, drinking and eating meat, Ryan couldn't help but laugh at herself: "It seems that this kind of life is really not what I like. But how hard I can't accept this kind of life, if Let me live this kind of life all my life, I really don't know how boring it will be. "
Ryan looked up at the sky. On a clear night in July, countless stars can be seen.
"I don't know if the sky outside is also clear like this?" Lane said silently.