Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

Orlan quickly replied, "No, Mr. Amos, I am from Lokrak and grew up in the sea of ​​sand."

"Well, it can be seen that despite his young age, he has quite good strength."

This is not just a compliment. If you are not strong enough, it is impossible to go hunting for the Dragonite with a four-star hunter and come back with all your hands and feet intact.

"Olang and I were born in the same year and month, and he's also a three-star hunter!" Muti said with a bit of boasting.

"Huh?" This time Amos was really surprised.

He was the one who taught Muti, so he certainly knew the latter's talent and strength.

The little girl was able to be promoted to three stars at the age of seventeen, relying more on Yuwan's power. Without Yuwan's help, she would have to hone her skills at two stars for at least a year before she would be eligible for promotion to three stars.

From this perspective, this young man named Orlan might even be more talented than Muti. Could he also be led by a cat?

Moreover, the katana is not an easy weapon to use.

Muti's mother became his disciple at the age of fifteen. Even with his careful teaching and support, she was not promoted to three stars until she was eighteen, which left hidden dangers.

And the three-star swordsman in front of him wasn't even an adult yet. Even now that the guild had relaxed its promotion threshold, such an achievement was still unbelievable.

"Who was your teacher?" Amos kept asking. "In the Sand Sea, was it Solo? Zaida? Or Mariam?"

He mentioned the names of famous sword users who had been around for many years. He didn't believe that any sword user could be promoted to three stars at this age without inheritance from a master.

"Uh, no, my teacher is a dual swordsman."

"?"

"Ah, you may have misunderstood. I can't be considered a katana user. I only started practicing katana after meeting Muti and under her guidance.

I used to use the one-handed sword more often, but I also use dual swords, greatswords, and hammers."

"." Amos stared at him.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with being able to use multiple weapons. Although there are few hunters like that, they do exist.

But at your age, how did you manage to master so many weapons at the same time and successfully reach three stars?!

"What weapons did you use for your three-star promotion mission?"

"Tachi"

Amos couldn't help but look at Muti. "So what he's saying is, after just a few months of training with your sword, he can now wield it to hunt three-star monsters?"

"Strange monkey fox, I picked the weaker strange monkey fox." Ao Lang quickly added.

"That's also a three-star monster!"

Muti was even more proud, nodding his head repeatedly, "Yeah! He learns super fast. He mastered the basic sword moves in just a few days, and refined the sword energy in just a few more days. He even invented a brand new sword move a while ago!"

Amos looked Orlan up and down again.

He knew that Muti was not the type to brag. Could it be that this kid was really an unprecedented sword genius?

Finally finding an opportunity to speak, Ao Lang quickly said, "Muti is exaggerating. I just have better physical coordination and have practiced with weapons like the broadsword. I learned from each other and was able to get the hang of the katana faster.

As for inventing sword moves, that's not the case at all. To put it bluntly, it's just an application of basic sword moves."

Amos stared at Oran for a long moment.

He had been studying the art of swordsmanship all his life, so when he heard that a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old had invented a completely new sword move, he was quite curious.

"Do you mind showing me? There's a small training ground in the basement of my house." Amos tilted his head and said to Orlan.

Ao Lang thought about it and didn't refuse.

He originally came with the intention of asking for advice from the other party. If what he showed could interest the old man, he would probably be more willing to give him guidance.

Seeing Orlan nod in agreement, Amos stood up without saying anything, supporting his knee with one hand, and said, "Follow me."

Alangmuti quickly followed, Yuwan jumped onto Muti's back, and Seabuckthorn quickly stuffed the snack in his paws into his mouth, puffing out his cheeks and following.

Several people entered the basement from the entrance of the yard.

This basement is not small, about fifty or sixty square meters. The ground is covered with loess, so it is not afraid of being damaged by cutting. Many training equipment are neatly placed around it.

Of course, the most important targets and wooden swords for training are also indispensable.

"Are you going to use your own sword? Or will a wooden sword be fine?" Amos asked, tilting his head. "The wooden sword is also made of knotty cloud wood, so there's no need to worry about it getting damaged."

"Then let's use a wooden sword." Orlan took off his iron sword [Kagura] and picked up a wooden sword that was two meters long.

He never picks weapons, and can perform with great skill even with a one-handed sword. Slight changes in weight and center of gravity have no effect on his swordsmanship.

"Warm up and get ready to start." Amos cleared the space around the target and came to the sidelines and said.

Orlan moved his limbs obediently, while Muti squatted beside him, looking at Amos's face expectantly.

After a brief warm-up, Orlan held the wooden sword at an angle and felt his center of gravity.

The sword-holding action was okay, without any flaws. Amos, with one arm across his chest, commented silently in his mind.

Of course, this doesn't mean anything. Any hunter who has practiced katana seriously, even a novice, can basically do this.

Orlan let out a light breath, swung his sword, and began to transform into a demon.

"Wait a minute?!"

"Hehe!" Muti, who was staring at Amos's expression, laughed happily.

This is it! This is what she wants to see!

Amos stared at Oran.

What surprised him was not that Oran turned into a demon with the sword. In fact, if it was just about turning into a demon, he could do it himself.

Demon Transformation is a status-type skill that requires no preparation or charging, can be activated anytime and anywhere, and can significantly improve physical functions. There are too many people who want to use it on other weapons, including himself.

Unfortunately, no one has ever succeeded.

As a former eight-star hunter, Amos is not the kind of stubborn person who blindly practices every move according to the sword manual.

But countless practices have proved that the demon state is only suitable for dual swords, and other weapons are completely unable to keep up with the frequency of crazy muscle twitching in the demon state.

Could it be that the young man before him had overcome this difficulty? This was what truly shocked Amos.

Hearing Amos call for a stop, Orlan stopped transforming into a demon and looked over here in confusion.

Amos took a deep breath and said, "Sorry, it's nothing. Please continue."

Orlan adjusted his breath and transformed into a demon again. Under the intense gaze of Amos, his sword flashed and he unleashed the Red Blade Slash.

Chapter 136 Try as You Like

After the Red Blade Slash, Orlan did not immediately get rid of his demon transformation state.

Instead, he continued to use the Red Blade Slash and Kasaya Slash cycles that he had "realized" while hunting the strange monkeys and foxes. Amid the sound of breaking wind, the wooden sword almost turned into a group of afterimages.

Now Muti's face showed surprise. This was the first time she had seen this move.

After swinging for nearly half a minute, Aolan finally stopped and released his demonic form. "I didn't have time to refine my sword energy before. In fact, if I used the first blow of the air blade slash instead of the ordinary cassock slash, it would be smoother."

Before he could finish his words, Amos had already picked up another wooden sword from the weapon rack next to him and walked into the field.

"Let me try."

Under Muti's gaze, as if he had seen a ghost, Amos held the sword with his only remaining left hand and began to transform into a demon.

He followed Orlan's example and swung the sword several times in succession. He paused, thought for a few seconds, and then swung it a few more times, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"wrong."

Amos released his demonic form and stared at Orlan, who looked like his grandson, and asked, "Young man, how on earth did you do it?

My muscles in my demon form are still too active, and I can't synchronize them with the rhythm of swinging the sword."

"Well..." Orlan was a little embarrassed by this question, and after organizing his words, he explained:

"I have good coordination, which is probably related to it. For me, turning into a demon isn't that uncontrollable. For example, I can use the sword and shield of my one-handed sword to perform the Demon Dance."

After hearing this, Amos was silent for a long time, and sighed with a hint of disappointment: "Personal talent? So that's what it is."

The world is so big, there are always some people with special talents, but in this case, becoming a demon is still a dead end for the sword user, which makes Amos, who thought he had found a breakthrough, unable to hide his disappointment.

"Hongren! Hongren can also perform that!" Muti reminded from the side.

Amos was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he reacted.

Holding the sword in one hand, he quickly walked to the target, activated the red blade as quickly as possible, and then tried again the sword move named "Red Blade Slash" by Orlan.

This time, he quickly mastered the trick, and the sword in his hand danced faster and faster, and the movements were even smoother and more rounded than Oran's.

"Ha! So that's how it is!" A smile reappeared on the old hunter's face.

If the Red Blade Slash could only be used in the demon-transformation state, then it would be destined to be only Orlan's unique move, but since it can also be used in the Red Blade state, it has the significance of popularization.

"Can it replace the basic sword moves in the red blade state to a certain extent?" Amos turned his wrist and put down the wooden sword.

If the demon-transformed katana is a treasure that only exists in legends and cannot be touched, then this special sword move named "Red Blade Slash" is the gold in front of us.

Although its value is not as great as the former, it is a real treasure that can be held in your hand.

"Young man, your 'Red Blade Slash' is very good, very good."

Amos looked at Orlan as if he were looking at a mountain of gold, "If you have nothing else to do during your time in Dondoruma, you can come here and practice more.

Whether it's your swordsmanship or your special talent, there's still a lot of room for improvement.

Even though I've been retired for many years, I still have some experience that I think can help you."

Aolang nodded quickly. He was waiting for the other party to say this.

"Mr. Amos! I have a question to ask you right now!" Oran didn't bother to be polite. He had been troubled by this problem for several months.

Amos smiled, not feeling that the other party was being rude at all. As a teacher, how could he hate helping the juniors solve their problems?

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

"That's it." Orlan wanted to describe it in words, but then he thought it might be more intuitive to show it directly.

After getting Amos's consent, he took the wooden sword, walked to the target, and put the sword into a charging posture.

Amos: “.”

Should I hire a greatsword user for this kid?

While Amos was struggling, Orlan had already adjusted his movements and switched to a strong charging posture. At the moment when the power reached its limit, he chopped the wooden sword in his hand towards the target.

"boom!"

The dull sound of impact made Amos's eyes jump.

This isn't the way a katana should move!

Orlan put away his katana and ran to Amos. "I can use the katana to perform a charged slash, and I'm even quite good at the sword-drawing style."

Amos was silent.

My child, you may have some misunderstandings about the sword-drawing style.

"But I don't think this is right. Compared to a greatsword, a katana is too light and too thin. Although it's more powerful than a one-handed sword's charged slash, it ultimately fails to bring out the katana's strengths."

Amos remained silent.

Did I just hear the one-handed sword charging slash?

“So I was thinking, is it possible to combine the charged slash and the katana in a more in-depth way, rather than simply using the katana to perform greatsword moves.

Rather than heavy slashing, the katana should be more suitable for slicing, right?"

Amos remained silent, but this time he was no longer complaining, but thinking.

After a moment, he said, "You're right. There's a saying about the katana: it breaks tendons but not bones.

No sword user would just smash the monster's bones with a sword. At the very least, they would look for the joints and cut through the weak spots instead of just chopping and smashing like you did just now.

As for how to combine the katana and the charged slash, to be honest, I don't have any idea right now, maybe we can discuss it together."

"What's there to discuss?" Ao Lang hurriedly wanted to shake his head.

"I'm not being polite to you," Amos interrupted him, "I've practiced katana for fifty years. In terms of swordsmanship, I'm certainly far superior to you.

But my thinking has been solidified by the existing katana moves.

Just like the Red Blade Slash, it is not a sophisticated sword move, but everyone is thinking about how to make the most of the sword energy to release more powerful attacks. Things like Kamui Iai, Air Blade Douge, and Sakura Air Blade Slash are all products of this kind of thinking.