The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 54 - Kidal Archers II
Feeling the roar of the feet that were deliberately stomped hard on the ground from the direction of the house, the man who had just snapped back with an annoyed look. "With such a standing position you are more like a dancing frog than an archery! Just piss me off!"
"Y-yes... That's why I came here, maybe you can teach me–" Xin Chen screamed as his shins were kicked strongly by the man. "Akhc!!"
"Please pay attention to your attitude, sprout! I won't let you humiliate an archer in a frog-style like that!"
"Ba-good!" Xin Chen improved the way it stood, putting up different starting positions several times and he was still being invaded with a loud snaps. The man with long messy hair did not hesitate to hit his back using an arrow.
"You're-!!" His growl still could not see Xin Chen practicing his command well, "Strict your body when standing on both feet, you really have to be balanced wearing a percentage of 60 to 70 percent rested by the feet and the rest is rested by the heels!" it was very, very fast and most importantly, incomprehensible.
"Look at your style of standing up! Don't let me see your body leaning towards the front or back!"
Inevitably Xin Chen again changed the way he stood up, until finally no more nagging was heard from the man's mouth.
"Pair the arrow and lift the bow!"
In the basic archery, Xin Chen understood a little bit with his experience during home training first. Three fingers were used to pull the bow, Xin Chen raised the bow until the bowstring was parallel to his nose.
The archer was still watching Xin Chen's movements, just watching for a moment without commenting anything. So far Xin Chen still felt safe, maybe in terms of archery he was not too bad either.
"WRONGLY AGAIN!"
Xin Chen grimaced a little, the high-pressure sound wave greeted his ears back, only this time did he hear the figure of the man with a loud voice like that earlier. Unlike his father and Lan An, this man had a high intonation that even if he spoke normally it still looked like he was angry.
"Don't focus your weight on heels, fool! The weight placed on such a heel will only prevent maximum horizontal power being generated! Fix again!"
If it could be counted already more than twenty times the new Xin Chen could finish preparing to shoot his shot. It was undeniable, even though the archery man looked like an unkempt skinny bum, but his archery skill had already exceeded anyone.
Some secret techniques were also taught to him, although it still sounded full of heart-wrenching.
"Add! Point your arrows correctly!"
"Don't call me sprouts, I still have a name."
"What's your name?!"
"Xin Chen."
The man nodded, "Well, let's just sprout Chen! Quickly finish your shot!"
Xin Chen's eyeballs turned irritated, the man intentionally did not see it. Xin Chen must have been sucking on it in his heart.
Now Xin Chen understood why his father often said not everyone out there is good, there are many types of humans that he will meet later. One of them was like this archer named Wei Feng, the one who managed to make Xin Chen aware, not only was the Lightning Fox annoying but rather a human like himself as well.
"Otherwise you're waiting for, sprout Chen!"
The arrow shot straight and stuck into the straw puppet's head, the shot being met by Wei Feng's applause. He left his waist, thrusting his hand later.
"What?" Xin Chen asked back, confused by Wei Feng's intent.
"No pay does it teach you?" Wei Feng replied back, the 22-year-old man bared his sharp teeth, anyone would be horrified when he saw it. If only Wei Feng would be willing to improve a bit his appearance and also cut his hair maybe he would look handsome.
"Yes, yeah. I happen to still have bear meat."
"Bear meat? I haven't eaten it in a long time!" wei Feng shouted enthusiastically, Xin Chen was slightly relieved, at least the man did not look as horrifying as earlier. He looks more like a criminal than an archer.
"Wei Feng, don't add Kak or anything like that if I don't want to kill you."
"Good Brother Wei."
"Whatever." Wei Feng gave a small peck.
"I hear you're always shooting until you forget the time from the people here."
"So?" The response did not matter, he was busy preparing a fire to grill the bear meat.
"Ep... I was wondering, you look like you don't care about anything other than archery. That's just my assumption actually."
Wei Feng dismissed his activity for a bit, turned his gaze on Xin Chen and looked at the child for a long time. "Do you think I don't care about myself and other people's views anymore?"
"Eh... I didn't mean to offend you."
"Indeed, that's right, "throwed Wei Feng while screaking tired shoulders. "Working is like a part of my life. It's just... As you can see now, science is getting higher and archery capabilities are retreating from civilization."
"Honestly this time I don't understand what you mean."
"Well... Chen sprouts, you see, the books with a high level of style you can get at a low price on the black market. As long as there is money, you no longer need to make your shoulders ache to pull the bow. Just need to attack the opponent from afar, with deep strength. The fight is already within your grasp."
Wei Feng sat his origin body next to Xin Chen, the smoke from the bear meat began to smell fragrant.
"But in war archers aren't much needed? As bait surprise or an initial attack."
"You kidding me?" Wei Feng turned his body to Xin Chen. "Tell you, maybe if in your Empire there was a great war that happened eleven years ago. If in the Wei Empire, it had been more than fifty years of no great war! There are only great power struggles, thrones and heirlooms. Being an Archer like me probably won't have a future if it stays there."
"Then you came here?"
"Going to this place is like I'm losing my way, you know? I just follow the wind, one day it will also die by itself. Nothing changed when I moved. Except where I'm gonna die."
"You people are all far away, forges across from far away."
"Call this as a Village of Escapees. You see, in this place there's not a single person from your Shang Empire who wants to stay?"
"yes too. Maybe the village was wasted?"
Wei Feng interjected, "You should know more about this village. The times when you experienced a hard restraint when the Blood Devil Man mastered. I had seen them come to our Empire, only in our own place the people who studied black magic were also more powerful. They won't come down in the Wei Empire."
"That means the events you mentioned were moments called the Era of Slaughter?"
"I don't know what you called it, I heard that there was a great plague in this village. The bodies were left lying around eaten by rats and caterpillars. I heard it was Jin Sakai who first came and cleaned up this place. Uh! So annoying. That day when he met me he told me to stay here!"
"Why indeed? Isn't nice? You need a place to stay too?"
"Because this village is too comfortable I just stayed here for years, being useless and even no one would care."
Wei Feng knew Xin Chen must have felt a little sorry for him, so he switched the subject and picked up the cooked meat, preparing to eat it. "Want to hunt for food later? I haven't been in the woods in a long time either."
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