"Going somewhere?"
Merlin pondered for a moment, then asked Yol:
"Do you know of any reputable dojos in the North Blue where one can learn swordsmanship?"
"Sword dojo?" Hearing this, Yol thought for a moment. "Famous sword dojos in the North Blue! Let me think!"
Yol came from the church in Flevance, and Flevance used to be a trading hub in the North Blue. Many travelers from various parts of the North Blue would occasionally come to the church to adopt children.
Over time, Yol had heard many famous rumors about the North Blue.
Speaking of sword dojos, Yol's eyes gradually lit up as she recalled:
"I remember now. Among the famous sword dojos in the North Blue, I know of the Gale Sword Dojo in the Volgala Kingdom and the Rock Heart Sword Dojo on Petrel Island.
"Are we going there?"
Merlin pondered. "The Volgala Kingdom? It's closer. But they were among those besieging Flevance this time.
"Forget it. Let's wait until we leave this mountain range and see. We have enough funds anyway, so we can go anywhere in the end."
Hearing this, Yol pursed her lips and chuckled:
"Speaking of funds, this is the first time I've seen so much Berry!"
The corner of Merlin's mouth lifted. The suitcase obtained from Viscount Mela contained a full thirty million Berries.
And in the past few days, he had also collected more than two million scattered Berries in the city.
This sum of money was completely enough for an ordinary family to live a wealthy life.
However, Merlin shook his head at this moment:
"Those Berries just look like a lot, but actually they're just average. They might only be enough for us to use for a while.
"When we start training later, with the cost of various precious ingredients, housing, and sword learning fees, it won't seem like much."
Hearing this, the corner of Yol's mouth twitched. After listening to Merlin's analysis, she felt helpless:
"It seems that when we settle down later, I'll have to go out and find a part-time job. We can't just sit and eat our savings!"
Merlin shook his head and refused:
"You don't need to worry about money. We'll talk about it when we run out.
"Now, while we are young, we should try our best to improve our strength."
Speaking of this, Merlin looked at Yol and asked:
"By the way, Yol, I haven't asked you yet, are you interested in learning swordsmanship?"
Yol hesitated immediately. "I've never learned swordsmanship before, and I don't know if I have the talent for it.
"Besides, I'm already 20 years old. Is it too late to learn swordsmanship now?
"I heard that to practice Kendo, one must start building the foundation from childhood!"
Merlin looked at Yol's figure. Her skeletal structure and muscles were incredibly well-proportioned.
Coupled with her natural monstrous strength and unusual body density,
Even if she had never trained, five or six adult strong men couldn't easily get close to her in a fight.
Yol felt a little embarrassed under Merlin's gaze. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and smiled gently:
"What's wrong?"
Merlin asked softly at this time: "My father taught me a close-quarters combat technique he learned from a very powerful old sailor when he was young. Do you want to learn it?"
Yol blinked and asked curiously: "Can I?"
"Yes." Merlin nodded. "As long as you want to learn, I'll teach you."
At this time, Lami asked curiously: "Merlin-niichan, can I learn it?"
Merlin rubbed her head and smiled: "I can teach you basic physical training."
"I want to learn." Yol responded to Merlin, seriousness appearing in her eyes:
"I want to become strong. I want to be able to protect you.
"If I don't have strength, I won't be able to do anything when encountering danger again. I never want to experience that kind of powerlessness again."
Merlin nodded gently. He looked around. The forest around this pool was quiet, deep in the mountains and rarely visited by people.
He pondered for a few seconds.
"Then... how about we stay here for a while?"
Merlin asked them. First, after days of constant killing, Merlin wanted to settle his mental state.
Second,
Since entering this mountain forest, for some reason, a strange sense of pleasure vaguely emerged in his heart, as if he had come home.
Merlin searched himself and was thoughtful. Unsurprisingly, it was because of equipping the [Lynx].
Merlin wanted to experiment and see if being in this mountain forest would promote the synchronization rate of his [Equipment].
Hearing Merlin's words, Yol tilted her head, rubbed her chin, and looked around:
"I'll go anywhere with you. Although there is no shortage of food in this forest, where do we sleep at night?
"This is deep in the forests of the Fulton Mountains after all. I heard there are wild beasts everywhere. Would it be unsafe to live by the pool at night?"
Merlin looked around and saw a sturdy, lush giant tree, ten meters thick and fifty meters high, in the forest a hundred meters to the right of the pool.
Pointing to the middle-upper part of the giant tree, where several branches as thick as a meter grew horizontally, Merlin said:
"Yol, you are strong. See if you can use a dagger to hollow out a tree hole about three meters in length, width, and height in the main trunk at those branches?"
Hearing this, Yol looked over, then the corner of her mouth twitched as she looked at Merlin. She was impressed by his imagination.
However, a light appeared in her eyes. This was the first time she had encountered such a situation:
"Then I'll try?"
No sooner said than done. Yol reached out her hand to Merlin, and Merlin handed her his dagger.
The three set off and came under the giant tree. Yol, holding the dagger, quickly climbed to the branches in the middle-upper part of the giant tree. Kneeling on the branch, she gripped the dagger with her right hand and chiseled it in hard. Then, with a forceful pry, a piece of arm-long bark was pried off.
Immediately after, Yol used her right arm to chisel and gouge quickly and forcefully. Within a few minutes, a hole the size of a human head was gouged out.
Standing twenty meters away from the giant tree, Merlin couldn't help but sigh:
"If Yol were to demolish a house, she would definitely be a good hand."
Lami, who was following Merlin, burst out laughing, but soon covered her mouth and rolled her eyes at Merlin:
"Merlin-niichan, you are so bad. How can you make fun of Sister Yol?"
Merlin smiled, then looked at Lami. "Can you climb this tree?"
Lami looked eager and looked up at Merlin:
"Shall I try?"
The two came to the bottom of the tree. Lami used both hands to grab the crevices in the irregular hard bark of the giant tree and climbed up slowly like a caterpillar.
Seeing this,
A smile appeared at the corner of Merlin's mouth.
He had to admit that the physical fitness of children in this world was far stronger than that of peers in his previous life.
Shaking his head, he walked towards the fire by the pool.
Seeing Lami climb up too, Yol was curious: "What's wrong?
"You are not strong enough to help."
Lami looked at Yol, whose face was stained with wood chips, her eyes curving into crescents. She reached out to brush the wood chips off her face:
"It was Merlin-niichan who asked if I could come up."
"Is that so!" Yol was somewhat helpless. "Why don't you go down first? The tree hole up here isn't finished yet, it's unsafe."
"It's okay, I won't disturb you." Lami shook her head. "And look, Merlin-niichan is coming too."
Yol turned her head and saw Merlin walking over carrying the backpack, suitcase, and sword.
Arriving under the tree, Merlin used both hands and feet to easily climb to a branch beside Yol and Lami.
Then, under their curious gazes, he placed the backpack, suitcase, and rapier on a branch two meters in diameter.
"I'll look around nearby to see if there are any large wild beasts. I'll skin them to make mattresses and quilts."
Merlin said to them, put two grenades in his pocket, picked up the katana, and rubbed Lami's head:
"Your Sister Yol is busy with her task, and you too. After all, wild beasts may appear here at any time, so you are responsible for alerting Sister Yol to the surroundings.
"Prevent her from being ambushed by some 'Old Six' beast."
Lami nodded heavily, but then asked curiously: "What kind of beast is an 'Old Six'?"
Merlin laughed. "'Old Six'! That's a term. I know a story about the Seven Calabash Brothers.
"Among them, the Sixth Brother has the ability of invisibility. He likes to use his invisibility to tease others, so 'Old Six' can also describe a kind of insidious and cunning behavior.
"Understood?"
Patting her head, Lami's eyes shone brightly: "Seven Calabash Brothers?
"Sounds like a story?"
Merlin nodded with a smile. "A very interesting children's story."
"Then before going to bed tonight, Merlin-niichan, tell it to me, okay?"
Deep expectation appeared in Lami's eyes. Seeing this, Merlin smiled and said: "That depends on your performance."
Saying this, he stood up and slid down the tree trunk.
Lami puffed up her cheeks and looked at Merlin under the tree, then put her hands in front of her mouth like a trumpet and shouted:
"I will keep watch diligently and perform well!"
Merlin waved his hand without looking back and walked into the deep forest.
Lami turned and jumped to a branch on the side, took out a grenade from the bag and held it in her hand, then looked at Yol seriously and said:
"Lami will work hard too. Sister Yol, you have to testify for me!"
A smile appeared between Yol's brows:
"Okay, go for it, Lami. Big Sister... I also really want to hear the story about the Seven Calabash Brothers!"