Codex Pirates

Chapter 16 The Red Sea

William's current physical quality is really beyond the reach of his previous life. Human body reflexes are guided by a series of links, including but not limited to the spine, brain, muscle nerves, etc. The special specialty "lightning lightning" given to him by the mysterious space "Reflex", it not only improved his instantaneous reaction ability, but also improved his coordination, so learning swordsmanship is more effective with half the effort.

There are many swordsmanship movements and essentials, William only needs to read them once, and he can basically imitate them standardly. If it’s just memorization by rote, William thinks that he can do it in his previous life, and many people with flexible minds are probably similar, but it’s not so simple to achieve the goal, the heart and the hand. , this kind of talent is probably not much better than some professional athletes in the previous life, or even worse.

However, just like in the previous life, the top athletes will never rely not only on their own talent, but also hard training day after day, or in other words, only hard training can make the athlete's talent fully utilized.

Although swordsmanship depends on talent, there are not many tricks in the process of improvement. Even in a fantasy world, it cannot change the fact that improving physical fitness is basically composed of a large number of high-intensity mechanical training. Repeating monotonous and boring repetitive movements will not be much fun. This is not only a kind of training for physical fitness, but also for will, especially for teenagers and even children who are out of heart.

One of William's great advantages is that he has a mature adult soul in his body.

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At night, William, who had fallen asleep, once again came to the place he called Destiny Square in his dream.

After running around for many days, the square has also changed. A road finally appeared at one end, and similar to the square, the road that appeared this time is also different from the one that appeared for the first time.

In addition to the dirt road turned into a stone road, the wooden notice board turned into a stone tablet, and guardrails appeared on both sides of the road—although William felt that it was useless, the low wooden guardrail only reached his thighs, and he could easily turn it over. Turning over, what prevented him from doing so was still the daunting darkness around the road.

At the entrance of the road, there was still a seemingly thin but indissoluble fog that prevented William from entering.

William walked towards the stele to see what the new task was about.

[Wizard of Swordsmanship], getting to the top requires not only hard work, but also talent. There are many ways to pursue strength. If you choose swordsmanship, please use the skill specialty "Introductory Swordsmanship" to complete the promotion in the training of the dojo.

Requirements: Skill Specialty "Introduction to Swordsmanship", Background Specialty "Apprentice of Yixin Dojo".

Reward: Special specialty "Zen Swordsmanship".

William was a little surprised that the requirement of the mission was no longer the thread of fate. He wondered if it was only the case for this mission, or if every mission would change according to the situation?

He has already obtained the skill specialty "Introduction to Swordsmanship", but he can't figure out the background specialty that suddenly appeared, and he doesn't know how to get it, but this task coincides with his plan to spend time learning swordsmanship in the dojo , William tends to choose this path without seeing other road quests. He can only explore ways to obtain background specialties, or choose another quest after other paths appear one by one.

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In a blink of an eye, William and the others have been studying in Yixin Dojo for two months. During this time, apart from learning swords, William also bought a lot of books on navigation and took the time to study navigation.

The popularity of education in this world is far less than that of William's previous life. Take William's small group as an example. Among the four, only William and Aramis, who had a good family fortune before the accident, were not illiterate. Contact, Edmond, who tends to blend into their small gang, is almost illiterate, can only use common words, and often admits mistakes and writes mistakes. This is due to the blessing of his living in Yixin Dojo, otherwise his mother passed away early. In the family situation where his father went to sea and never returned, no one would think of letting him read and write.

According to William’s situation, there is no compulsory education policy, and only those families who can afford food and clothing will consider giving their children basic education, and only middle-class or above families with financial resources and knowledgeable parents will probably provide for their children. It takes time, energy and money to learn professional knowledge such as navigation and medical skills. In addition, it is family education passed down from generation to generation by related professionals.

Under normal circumstances, people from this kind of family would not want to be a pirate. Even in William's previous life, people like navigators were technical talents. The supply exceeds the demand, and you can easily find jobs on various merchant ships, not to mention that some people may have merchant ships at home.

They are an important part of today's maritime business, and the number of navigators who are willing to be pirates is much smaller, and excellent navigators are even more difficult to come across.

With an understanding of the above situation, it is not difficult to understand why William, who is already very tired from practicing swordsmanship every day, still immerses himself in studying large volumes and learning sailing skills.

In the previous life, the navigator who was responsible for leading the fleet sailed had a very high status. In many cases, his position on the ship was second only to the captain. Especially in the period when science was underdeveloped, the seemingly unpredictable navigation gave the navigator a certain mystery. This makes them sometimes act as priests and psychiatrists to soothe the distressed mood of the sailors.

Whether it is because of its indispensable piloting ability or its comforting status to the sailors, the navigator has a great influence among the crew. If the captain wants to control the entire ship, the support of the navigator is essential.

Although this world is a place where one can defeat a hundred, unlike William's previous life on Earth, the captain's personal force was often enough to subdue a whole ship, and the threat posed by the navigator's prestige was lower than in his previous life, but there is no doubt that this world Jobs are still very important, if you can fight in the vast sea, you can only wait to die if you have no food or drink.

With navigation skills, it will be much more convenient for William to set up a pirate group to go to sea by himself, or choose to join other pirate groups to occupy the magpie's nest.

Only by arming your body with swordsmanship and your mind with sailing skills can you gain a better foothold on the sea.

After all, in the veritable "Red Sea" industry of pirates, if you want to get ahead, you can't allow William to have the slightest chance.

Pirates in this sea not only have to deal with the pursuit of the navy, the assassination of bounty hunters, but also have to guard against the rivalry of their peers. It can be said that there are enemies everywhere.

The experience in the Denton Pirates taught William that if he failed miserably in this industry, he would not only lose his job, but he might even lose his life!

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