Chapter 1615 Spear and Sword (Ⅰ)

Looking at Slude, Joan was deeply moved by the sincerity in the girl's eyes.

He didn't expect that this girl who always loves to be sarcastic would actually sincerely appreciate his "three-legged cat" swordsmanship, and even though he was moved, he couldn't help but feel the urge to confide in her.

"Slude, those friends and classmates who know that I am practicing swordsmanship think that I am wasting my time and advise me to give up this martial art. It is better to spend this energy on my main business, to study magic, and finally get The rewards from practicing swordsmanship will be greater than that from practicing swordsmanship, what do you think of this point of view?"

Facing Qiao An's serious gaze, Slude put away his smile and replied solemnly: "Those who advise you to give up martial arts practice are out of good intentions, but I totally disagree with their point of view!"

"Joan, anyone who knows a little bit about you will never doubt how hard you are."

"You have put a lot of energy into your main business, which is beyond the limit of ordinary people's imagination of the word 'diligence'. However, whether you specialize in magic or other skills, it doesn't mean that the more energy you put in, the more rewards you will have. return in equal proportion."

"In fact, when you work hard to a certain extent, every time you put in more effort, the corresponding gains are constantly shrinking."

"In this case, it is a waste of your energy to spend more on your main business. If you allocate some energy to learn other skills, such as swordsmanship, the gains will be even greater. What's wrong with that?"

Sluder’s point of view is actually the law of “marginal decline” in the investment of time and returns in the learning process. In popular terms, it is “easy to get started but difficult to master”.

Joan nodded in agreement first, and then asked a new question.

"Slude, it's inefficient to devote all your energy to studying magic. I completely agree with this point, but it may not be the best choice to devote part of your energy to practicing swordsmanship, right?"

"Hmm! That's right. For example, you use the time of sword practice to participate in social activities, interact more with the opposite sex, and fall in love. This may be a more reasonable and efficient time allocation for your life. way, but this is just an ideal state, can you do it in reality?"

Slude asked with a half-smile.

Joan's cheeks were slightly hot, and he shook his head and said, "I don't like to participate in social activities, why do you ask why you know it?"

"So that's where the problem lies. We all understand the truth and how to make ourselves appear more successful and likable, but we just don't want to do that, so there's nothing we can do."

"Joan, if there were two things for you to choose, the former would bring you greater benefits, and the latter would make you happier, which would you choose?"

"Most likely to choose the latter." Joan sighed.

"Isn't that enough?" Slude smiled and spread his hands: "The reason why you practice swordsmanship in your spare time is not all because of the great benefits you can get from practicing a superb swordsmanship, but mainly because you like it."

"Many things do not have an absolutely objective standard of good or bad. For individuals, the best is often your favorite, so why care too much about other people's opinions."

"Even if you don't have much talent in swordsmanship and you won't achieve much in this line of work in the end, at least you will be in a good mood when practicing swordsmanship. It will allow you to relax your tired brain while doing arduous arcane studies, and exercise your body by the way. Isn't it pretty good too?"

"Thank you for your enlightenment, Slude, I won't worry about this issue in the future." Joan said gratefully.

"I'm older than you. It's right for my sister to enlighten my brother. Don't be so polite when I'm your own family." Slude smiled heartily.

Joan took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said to Slude: "It's still early, if you have nothing else to do, why not practice swordsmanship with me, and give me some tips by the way."

Slude is happy to guide Joanne, but she feels compelled to tell the truth.

"My sword skills are not much better than yours. Compared with sword skills, I am better at spear skills. How about using a long spear to compete with you?"

"No problem at all!"

Joan readily accepted Slude's challenge, just taking this opportunity to enrich his actual combat experience against polearms.

Slude opened the storage bag and took out four hollow steel pipes with threads. Each steel pipe was three feet long and one inch in diameter, and they were connected to form a ten-foot gun barrel.

Enchanted, these metal tubes are stronger, more resilient, and most importantly, lighter than solid iron bars forged in one piece.

The thread on the front end of the gun barrel is used to connect the gun head. The tip of the gun head that Slude connected this time is not sharp, but deliberately shaped into a spherical shape.

After a little observation, Joan could see that Slude installed a blunt gun specially used for training to avoid accidental injury during fighting.

If it is in actual combat, Slude will install a sharp enchanted tip on the barrel of the gun, and the lethality is not comparable to that of the spherical tip.

The detail of replacing the gun head shows Slude's character of toughness on the outside and softness on the inside. On the surface, he is strong and aggressive, but his heart is unexpectedly delicate and gentle.

In fact, Joan has long been aware of Slude's "difference" character. When she first met the Logan family in Tusk Mountain two years ago, she showed the strongest disgust for herself, a descendant of colonists, and said no. Don't hurt people's self-esteem, but during the trip together, it was Slude who cared about him the most, and gave him meticulous and considerate care regardless of rewards.

Looking back on the past, and comparing it to the care and tenderness Slude inadvertently showed at this moment, Joan suddenly felt a little guilty.

I should have realized a long time ago that Slude is a very arrogant girl, and I can't conclude that she hates someone just because she is sarcasm or teasing someone on the surface.

For example, Slude always quarrels with his elder brother Haakon, but this does not mean that the relationship between the two brothers and sisters is alienated, it is precisely because of their good relationship that they quarrel.

Starting from the same logic, Qiao An felt that just because Slude rubbed her face and always put on the airs of a fierce big sister in front of her, she should not think that she didn't respect her. Perhaps this was just a way of expressing her friendship. Unique way, just because I am too reserved, I am ashamed to express my true inner feelings in a more straightforward way.

Thinking of this, Joan couldn't help but feel amused.

"Why are you smirking? You'd better be serious, or I'll beat you to the ground later, and you'll cry!"

Slude put on a fierce face, picked up the spear, and made a gesture to hit him on the head.

Joan came back to his senses, picked up the brass sword hilt, activated the spell, and gathered the magic power emitted by the hilt into a ten-foot-long blue force field blade.

After a little thought, Joan used his mental power to reshape the rune sword, curling the original sharp blade vertically, and gathered it into a round force field rod, so as not to cut off Slude's spear, and at the same time blunt the tip of the sword , also to avoid accidental injury to Sluder.

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