Chapter 335 Basic Footwork
Formal bodywork training must be placed in another venue.
In the square training ground, the ground is paved with smooth black stone slabs, and there are many metal pillars that can rise and fall freely from the ground.
They are highly uneven and arranged in a patchwork manner.
Around the site, there will be water jets from the alchemy machine at different speeds and angles.
"Could it be that you need to train your body skills on the piles?" Gao De guessed as he looked at the metal pillars that looked like plum blossom piles in martial arts movies and TV series.
"You haven't learned to walk yet, and you want to run away? That is a training that only those who are already proficient in body skills can do. If you go up now, you may not be able to stand firmly, let alone avoid attacks." Master Naxi said.
Gothe smiled awkwardly.
"Today, you will learn a few basic footwork first. If you learn quickly, you can try the rope ladder dodge exercise."
"Basic footwork?"
"Yes." With that, Master Naxi directly demonstrated it to Gaode on the spot.
He stood with his feet parallel and shoulder-width apart. He took a small step with his left foot to the left, and then slid his right foot to the left. During the sliding process, the distance between his feet and his body balance were maintained well. At the same time, his knees were slightly bent so that he could adjust his posture and direction at any time.
“This is a sliding step.”
Straight claw attacks from earth-line creatures, etc. "
"This is a cross step." Master Naxi crosses his left foot in front of his right foot and lands in front of his right foot. At the same time, he turns his body to the right, and then moves his right foot one step to the right, returning to a position parallel to or slightly wider than his left foot.
"The cross step can quickly change the position of the body and achieve large lateral movements. It is often used to avoid attacks from the side, or to go around to the side of the attacker when avoiding attacks to counterattack."
“This is a step back. It is one of the most frequently used basic steps.” Master Naxi stood on both feet, took a step back with his right foot, touched the ground with the sole of his foot first, and then planted his whole foot firmly. At the same time, he shifted his body's center of gravity backward and moved his left foot a small step backward.
Throughout the whole process, he maintained the appropriate distance between his feet and body balance very well.
"The speed of retreating must be fast, the movements must be coherent, the upper body must be kept upright, and no leaning back or forward excessively."
"Do you see the purpose of retreating?" Master Naxi did not explain directly this time, but asked a question.
"Keep a distance." This question is not difficult. You can understand it at a glance, and Gaode immediately gave the answer.
"Yes, distance is the lifeline, weapon, and even advantage of a mage. Long-range attack is our unique advantage."
"This is especially true when fighting earth line creatures. If you learn to keep a proper distance, you will have enough time and space to cast various spells and make various strategic decisions."
"If you want to keep a distance, you have to pull in the opposite direction of the enemy's attack. All mages understand this."
"But most mages who have not been trained as orthodox battle mages, When pulling distance in the opposite direction, you can't face the enemy and retreat like me, but turn around and retreat directly. "Exposing your back to the enemy in battle is a very dangerous thing, so you must master the footwork of retreating quickly when facing the enemy, so that you can observe the attacker's movements in real time and carry out subsequent defense or counterattack." Master Naxi continued.
Hearing this, Gothe felt slightly ashamed.
In fact, he had always done this before entering the Sea Sentinel.
Putting distance means turning around and running. At most, you can look back from time to time while running. Then, when the distance is almost close, you can then launch a spell attack.
It goes on and on.
The whole is rough and full of holes.
Not to mention the possible actions of the enemy that may be ignored, just turning around and re-aiming at the enemy will take a lot of time.
The reason why there have never been any big problems is that one is good luck, and the other is the "automatic detection of enemies" that relies on spells.
But obviously, this is just a temporary measure.
As your strength increases, the enemies you face will become stronger, and the possibility of encountering problems with this rough fighting method is actually greater.
Subsequently, Master Naxi demonstrated a side-stepping step used to avoid frontal or side attacks while maintaining a frontal posture relative to the enemy;
Hip step used to avoid ground spells such as [Ground Stab];
Him Small steps to quickly adjust the body position in complex terrain or space;
Spin steps used to dodge and shift positions in all directions, and rotate the body to avoid attacks with minimal movements.
All demonstrations have been completed, and there are more than ten kinds of basic footwork alone.
“There are so many things that a systematic battle mage needs to learn and master.” As if he was worried that Gothe would find it cumbersome, Master Naxi added another sentence.
"As it should be." Gothe nodded.
He did not find it cumbersome.
In his previous life, learning mathematics required a full twelve years of basic skills.
Start from the most basic understanding of Arabic numerals and mathematical symbols, to master basic mathematical tools such as operations, functions, geometry, etc.
"Try it yourself first, I will watch from the side and I will point out anything wrong." Master Naxi said.
Gaode naturally had no objections and silently gave himself a [Divine Guidance Technique+]. After entering the youth version of the flow state, he started practicing according to the footwork just demonstrated by Master Naxi.
There were some mistakes at the beginning, but Master Naxi pointed out the problems in time and made corrections.
"The key to the lateral step is the balanced transition of the center of the body. You must first put your center of gravity completely on the right foot and feel the concentration of power."
"Although the broken step requires fast movement, it does not mean stepping on the knees without any structure. The degree of bending must also be kept stable to ensure flexibility during movement."
"The core of the spin step lies in the stability of the axis"
With Master Naxi's guidance, Gaode gradually mastered the hands and feet, and his movements became more and more standard.
In the practice of footwork, although Gaode is not as talented as the judge of distance and angle, his learning ability is also among the top ones.
After each footwork is qualified, Master Naxi will ask Gaode to start practicing the next footwork.
In such a morning, Goude has initially learned five of more than ten footworks.
"Go have a meal and come back in an hour. Your learning progress is very fast. Try to master all the basic footwork today." After hearing the hourly bell from the clock tower on the top of Collingwood Art Museum, Master Naxi stopped Gothe's morning practice.
After hearing this, Gao De respectfully thanked Master Naxi and then left.
Looking at Gothe's leaving figure, Master Naxi's eyes flickered slightly. He didn't know what he thought of and couldn't help but sigh.
A "student" who is so polite and respectful to his teacher and has such a good talent will naturally be liked by the teacher. This is human nature.
So although I didn’t say it on the surface, in my heart, Master Naxi actually had a very good impression of Gaode.
If it were thirty years ago, before Master Jaden’s incident happened, if he had met such a “student”, given his temperament, he would definitely be “happy to see him”, but now.
Gothe, who had been immersed in practice, was already covered in sweat. He first went back to the dormitory to take a shower and change clothes, and then went to the cafeteria to enjoy a free lunch as usual. When he came back, he found that Master Naxi had already arrived and was waiting for him.
"Master Naxi, I'm sorry, I'm late."
Master Naxi waved his hand, "I came early, let's get started."
In the afternoon, just as Master Naxi expected, Gaode successfully mastered all the remaining basic footwork.
"Learning basic footwork and using it skillfully are two different things. At least until these footwork are as familiar as muscle memory, you are barely qualified." Master Naxi said this after seeing Gaode mastering the last and most frequently used retreat step.
「I understand.」
He still relies on his brain to react when performing these moves.
This level is full of loopholes in combat. It cannot be used in actual combat until the footsteps are instinctive.
"The next stage is the rope ladder dodge practice. Of course, the exercises so far have been carried out without the blessing of spells."
"Because once you have added spells such as [Stride] and [Jump], your speed will be too fast. At your current level, you will only be in a hurry, and it will not play a role in training."
"Shenfa practice should be done step by step."
Finally, Master Naxi took Gaode to experience the rope ladder dodge exercise.
He placed a rope ladder flat on the ground, and then started the alchemy machine to shoot water at Gothe. Gothe needed to move his body quickly in the grid of the rope ladder and use basic footwork such as broken steps, side sliding steps, and cross steps to avoid water flow attacks.
This requires the trainer to perform the most appropriate footwork according to different attacks, and at the same time use rope ladders to limit the range of movement to ensure the best response with the least movement.
Unsurprisingly, in the first practice, the main player was a person who was in a hurry, either he didn't dodge, or his movements were too large, or he didn't have time to pay attention to his steps.
In short, within a short while, Gothe's whole body was soaked by the water.
"Whenever you can hold on for more than ten minutes and your clothes are not wet, you can practice the spell with blessings." Master Naxi said with a smile, looking at Gaode who was wet and somewhat embarrassed.
"In the following time, you will train by yourself first."
"Okay, Master Naxi." Gothe agreed.
"I heard that you rejected Zuo Wen Burns' sponsorship invitation?" Master Naxi had already turned around to leave, but suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked again.
"Yes." Gothe did not deny it.
Master Naxi didn't speak for a while, thinking about something.
After a moment, he slowly said: "They are very powerful among the sea sentries."
"So, if you make up your mind not to go with them, you must be mentally prepared to be targeted."
"Will they do something evil to me?" Gothe asked in return.
"That's not the case," Master Naxi glanced at Gaode and said seriously: "You can rest assured, the rules of the sea sentry are here. Even they cannot afford the price of harming their colleagues."
"But within the rules of the Sea Sentinel, they will have many ways to deal with you."
"Many talented and arrogant civilian mages, like you, refused at first, but in the end, they were forced to bow to them." Just because of lack of experience, it is more difficult to complete tasks and obtain military merit. They only need to put in some effort to keep your military merit ranking in the unqualified range. "
"So, if you need it, I can try to help you extend the initial training time. It is always good to have more preparation time." Master Naxi looked at Gaode and said seriously.
"Isn't Master Naxi from a noble family?" Gao De did not respond, but asked curiously.
"I can barely be considered a minor noble, but I can't compare with them," Master Naxi knew what Gao De meant, and said directly without too much emotion: "And not all nobles are like them."
However, the training came at a normal pace, and I still have some confidence in the assessment and evaluation."
Confidence is one of them, and more importantly, he can travel freely between the North and the Plantagenet Dynasty only after completing the initial training.
During the initial training period, "classes" are required every day, and Gaode is not allowed to leave for a long time.
"Okay." Gao Dedu said this, and Master Naxi would not insist on anything anymore.
"But there is one thing that needs to trouble Master Naxi." Seeing Master Naxi's kindness, he took advantage of the situation and said, "I'm almost finished with the Kaimai Tincture. Can you apply for another batch for me?"
"The Kaimai Tincture is about to be used up?"
"Yes."
"Didn't I give you a hundred bottles?!" Master Naxi still couldn't believe it and confirmed again.
Gaode smiled "shyly".
"You don't feel any physical discomfort?"
"You have also seen my situation." Gothe said with a smile.
Master Naxi was silent for a while, and asked "cautiously": "How many magic veins have you built?"
"Currently it is 21."
After a "hiss" sound, Master Naxi continued: "I understand, I will report your situation to the above. Special circumstances will naturally be treated specially."
How Master Naxi negotiated with the higher-ups, Gaode was not clear.
In short, on the next day, someone came to the door carrying two boxes.
In each box, there are three hundred bottles of vein-opening tincture neatly stacked.
The total is six hundred bottles, enough for Gaode to drink for a long time.
In the following time, Gaode focused on body training.
Another twenty days flew by in the blink of an eye.
As the 26th drop of liquid mana was condensed out, the construction progress of Gaode's Leomon magic vein network also reached 53 magic veins, which was very fast.
At this speed, it would only take him more than half a year to build Leomon's magic network, which is recognized as the most complex.
Just one day ago, his performance in the rope ladder dodge exercise finally met the requirements of Master Naxi. From today on, he can switch to blessing spells and conduct exercises with real practical significance.
(End of this chapter)