Another Life: Elf Archer

In the arena, Dion handed the fluttering cloak to Nian Nian.

Nian Nian hung the short bow on his waist, took the cloak, folded it carefully while lowering his head, and walked towards the side of the field.

"I have decided," Nian Nian put the boxy cloak into the storage crystal, "I will store this cloak temporarily, at least not to wear it in the arena."

"That's not necessary. After all, it's just a precaution." Dion smiled.

"No, this has created laziness. If you have nothing to do, you just want to go to heaven. It is not conducive to progress at all."

Every year, the attitude is resolute, the chest is puffed up, and the steps are taken.

"How do you want to improve?"

Dion laughed, walked beside Nian Nian, and held out his hand to her.

Nian Nian hesitated for a moment, put her hand on the back of his hand, raised her chin slightly, and restrained her bold steps.

As soon as the handsome Dion appeared, the eyes of the audience who were whispering to each other in the stands drifted. At this time, a few well-intentioned whistles also sounded sporadically.

I also glanced at Dion every year, always feeling that his high-profile appearance was full of conspiracy.

Especially this man is wearing a plain silk fabric today. A golden rope belt hangs from one shoulder and is loosely tied around the waist, causing the wide fabric to shrink. The natural fold lines flow with his steps, and the outline of the human body is It was looming inside, and the exposed skin was reflected so white that it glowed.

Nian Nian's fingers were about to move, wanting to pull the rope, but in the end, he retracted his hand, moved his legs without leaving a trace, and slipped in front of Dion. He regained his composure and regarded Dion as... The follower.

There is no way, too close, too much pressure.

Dion smiled, no longer teasing her, and lowered his head slightly. The tree of life "Yuctra Sil" floated from the palm of his hand, and the flowing rainbow bridge was dazzling.

He raised his hand, slowly drew an elongated "", and then drew an "i" below it. Every inch of the handwriting was extremely heavy, as if carving eternity in the invisible air.

"ar."

I look back in surprise every year.

According to the settings of the elves, the entire rune system used by the life priests has five very rare letters, which are also five letters that directly refer to the original four elements. They are basically the talents of the elf mages at the high priest level of each tribe. mobilized.

ar is one of them, representing the element of earth and Hela, the god of death.

The arrival of death is low-key, with no dazzling light or howling wind, just a little bit of coldness that invades the bone marrow, plus a little bit of maddening silence and suffocating stagnation.

The corpses scattered around the field were swallowed up by the earth silently, as if they had never existed in this world.

The lights of the arena are red, the night is dark blue, the auction hall above the head is golden, but the ground in the arena is a piece of white paper.

It is not a white paper in the sense of color, but a kind of cleanliness that has been erased, as clean as a piece of transparent crystal.

Dion smiled, the branches of life stretched out, and the Rainbow Bridge suddenly dimmed.

The crystal was turned from the inside out, revealing some flaws, and the content appeared again on the white paper. It was still the kind of fresh, messy, and even dirty and old content. Although no one could tell clearly what they saw, It was a relief.

"you are"

Year after year, I couldn't help but frown as I looked at "Yuktrasiel" that had completely shrunk into a shriveled seed.

Dion has directly destroyed the staff.

"Nick feels that the reputation of our mercenary group in the City of Usher is not strong enough."

Dion was still talking and laughing freely, while Shi Shiran walked to the sidelines and got into the iron gate with the slightly stunned Nian Nian.

"But it should be almost done now. After all, Sarah and the others performed very well yesterday."

""

Nian Nian slapped his face awkwardly, as if to wake himself up: "I seem to have disappointed you and Nick so much."

"Since I have this strength and this need, it won't be troublesome to raise my status for you. Maybe I can get rid of it once and for all." Dion said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I will definitely work hard to make myself worthy of your worth." I swore with clenched fists every year.

"We are all members of our own family, there is nothing worthy or unworthy." Dion sighed, "Actually, it's my fault. I was too eager for success yesterday and just stuffed things for you, without giving you time to think or breathe. "

"No, no, no, it's my fault for what you did. It's obviously because I'm lazy. I obviously don't understand a lot of things, so I got by in a daze." Nian Nian was annoyed.

In fact, she was still not very proficient in the new skills that Dion gave her yesterday, but she was not very proficient in them.

She thought that the archery skills she had mastered now combined with Hyde's lessons would be enough, so she temporarily left the difficult problems behind.

"Do you remember yesterday, well actually this morning," Dion slowly walked up the steps with her, "are there those skills that you don't quite understand?"

"Remember, triple arrows, ice-condensing arrows, and whirlwind arrows," Nian Nian stuck out his tongue, "Actually, I don't even understand the principle behind Wandering Arrow's ability to ignore defense, but there's no problem in using it."

To be honest, she only understood half of the effects of the new skills introduced to her by Dion.

The original effect of the triple arrow is that after one arrow locks on the target, the next two arrows will automatically track it. This is also a lazy skill commonly used every year. After all, with the correction of the system, she no longer has to distract herself from manipulating the three arrows.

After the advanced triple arrow, the first arrow still has the effect of locking the target, which is similar to a marking function with a relatively long duration. The tracking of the next two arrows can be delayed and launched, instead of being sucked immediately.

According to Dion, this skill can mark at least two independent targets at the same time, and the marking duration is approximately 3 minutes.

For Nian Nian, this marking function is the part she doesn't understand. Could it be that the first arrow poked the wound into a magnet? How could this magnetism take effect with a delay?

Ice-condensing arrows, arrows fall into ice. After advanced, the ice is gone and becomes the slow play button instead.

If we use biological knowledge to understand this effect, for example, it can cause stiffness in the target's joints and slow movement, but the additional effect of extending the reading time and charging time of magic skills is also very difficult to use.

After advanced, the whirlwind arrow can be rotated forward to blow the target away, or it can be rotated in the opposite direction to bring the target closer. However, Dion’s requirement for Nian Nian is to mix forward and reverse rotation seamlessly, which seems to be a trick to play with the airflow. .

Nian Nian originally wanted to go directly to Nick, the wind holy mage, to learn from him, but unfortunately he didn't find the opportunity, and now he is even more embarrassed to speak.

However, the two skills of Wind Arrow and Wind Flower Arrow are the most convenient to use. After all, the advanced Wind Arrow just flies farther and faster, and the Wind Flower Arrow just has more petals. These are early for Nian Nian. It’s not difficult anymore.

"Coupled with the third element of magic that you don't understand, you are a little confused now."

Dion stopped and handed over a small white flower that bloomed every year. Two watery leaves hung on the thin branches. The five-petaled flower had no stamens and looked extremely ordinary.

"What kind of flower is this? It's pretty." Nian Nian held it in both hands and tilted her head to ask Dion.

"You can release the third series of magic that Engus taught you on this flower. If you try it a few more times, you will find the answer to the mystery."

Dion is very confident in Nian Nian, but he also agrees with Nick's approach, not to tell the truth after seeing through it, and just let Nian Nian think for himself.

"But I can't even kill the flowers, plants and trees."

Nian Nian still feels that Engus is a big rip-off, even though what he taught me seems to be very powerful.

"You try it first." Dion looked at her gently and smiled.

Nian Nian clasped his hands together, recalling the feeling when Engus instilled the third series of magic into himself, trying to classify it into a specific concept or thinking thread.

It's a force that has to do with destruction, stillness, erosion, like, like, death

Cold, silent, lonely, isolated, clean and not despairing, death.

Just like the moment she saw just now.

The other side of destruction is rebirth, the other side of stillness is movement, the other side of erosion is germination, and all stagnant melodies are preludes to resonance.

melody.

resonance.

She got it all.

Nian Nian looked up and looked at Dion with a bright smile.

The little flower in her hand had withered, but at the moment when its life was cut off, it turned into a flower seed.

This should be a rare breed that Dion found specially for her, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

"Thank you, Dion."

"It seems that you have found the clue." Dion nodded approvingly, thought for a while, and reminded, "But you have to take your time. Now that you understand, you should be able to guess the destructive power of this power."

"Well, that's why Engus set the rule for me not to kill, maybe because he was afraid that I wouldn't be able to control the situation properly." Nian Nian smiled helplessly.

"Proportion is learned step by step, don't be anxious."

Dion and the relaxed Nian Nian walked through the stands to meet others, passing by several arena staff.

"Anyway, you have to participate in the "Ten Thousand Beasts Fight" in the next ten days. Some of them are test subjects. Just don't kill them. "

"So, you really plan to send one person to clean the battlefield for me every day." Nian Nian raised his eyebrows.

"It's just a matter of cleaning up the trash. Even Alexander is eager to try it. Why don't you satisfy his little wish?"

Alexander is weak in strength and can be said to be literally powerless, but he also has a hidden killer. He has been trying to test the feeling of lifting a knife with his hands for the past two days.

"That's it," Nian Nian scratched his head, "Then let him wait a little longer. Let me practice my skills again and let him play again when everything is safe."

"Yeah, that's fine." Dion nodded, looked forward, and said politely, "You guys have something to do with us."

The three referees hesitated. One of them cleared his throat and whispered:

"I don't know if the two elves have time. We have something to discuss with you."

"Are you guys looking for something to do with us, or are your superiors looking for something to do with us?" Dion stood in front of Nian Nian and asked straight to the point.

"Well," the referee lowered his voice even more, "please ask this elf priest not to embarrass us. We are also employed by others to make a small amount of money."

"Yeah, I understand." Dion turned his face and smiled at each other, "Look, it's settled once and for all."

Nick's goal was achieved.

The people in the arena couldn't sit still.