"One, two, three..." Lecter held a simple heavy sword in both hands and ordered: "Turn around."

Opal followed suit behind him and took three steps forward. They both turned around at the same time. Opal was sweating all over and panting while leaning on his sword.

Rector said: "You have good physical strength and good physical condition."

Opal nodded slowly, wiped his sweat, and followed behind Lecter and continued to swing his sword.

Three days later, Lecter swept away the big sword like a whirlwind. Opal held the sword in one hand to block. Every time the swords collided, there was a loud bang. Opal was shocked to the point of severe pain in his chest, but he could only suffer.

Support, Lecter flew over with a sword, and the huge iron sword that was as tall as a man swept over, ruthlessly flying the weapon in Opal's hand, and the square sword edge pressed against his throat, pushing him to the edge of the cliff.

superior.

"Desperate situation." Rector said: "How to survive?"

Opal couldn't help but gasp, and suddenly hit the side of the big sword with a punch, and retreated. Lecter chased after him, deliberately slowing down. Opal rolled on the spot, picked up the big sword on the ground, and said, "Come again!"

"

Lecter nodded slowly, and the two of them collided with their swords in front of the cliff. Loud noises echoed in waves, echoing endlessly among the cliffs.

Ten days later, Opal's fingers were covered with blood blisters and wrapped in thick bandages, while Lecter was still adjusting his alloy sword.

The blade of the mechanical alloy sword is equipped with a magnetic resonance plate and a red crystal stone battery, which can convert energy into impact force and resist shock at the same time.

Opal said: "Teacher, the food is gone."

Lecter was silent, and Opal said, "I'll go to the village to borrow some from my friends."

Rector said: "No, bring the water and let's go out for a walk."

In the winter of b-11, a cold wind blew across the sky and the earth was blowing, and the sand and dust were flying. Lecter and Opal each carried a big sword on their backs and walked slowly in the desert.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the wind stopped and two lines of footprints stretched into the distance.

"Lie down!" Lecter jumped forward and threw Opal to the ground.

A huge sand bat dragged a long tail full of barbs and rushed out of the ground from a distance of twenty meters away, stirring up flying sand all over the sky. Its wings were spread out in the air for more than ten meters, and the edges were shining.

Sharp cold light.

The sand bat flew past their heads, whistling from its mouth, and pounced into the desert a hundred meters away. With a slap of its long tail, it raised up the rolling yellow sand and burrowed into the sand.

Opal stood up slowly and took a breath with lingering fear.

Rector said: "Always pay attention to your surroundings. There may be many dangers hidden in unknown areas. For the first time in actual combat, try them as your opponents."

Opal understood. He wanted to kill the sand bats here. Sand bats are very fast and come out in groups. They have always been the number one killer of miners. No one has ever thought about them, and they don't know if they can be eaten.

, maybe even poisonous.

He had personally seen hundreds of sand bats taking turns using their tail needles to sting a desert creature covering an area of ​​nearly a thousand square meters - it seemed like a giant pupa, or some kind of insect.

After living in b11 for so long, he didn't even know what was buried underground.

Lecter went to the middle of the desert and lay down, and Opal also followed his example and lay down.

The two of them lay quietly without speaking, and Rector whispered: "Do you feel it?"

Opal narrowed his eyes, and there was an uneasy faint vibration from the ground. Then tens of millions of sand bats flew up from the ground, and the gravel beneath him sank in an instant. Lecter said: "Hold on!"

Opal subconsciously grabbed a piece of rope thrown by Lecter. Lecter threw out the other end with a steel rod. Groups of sand bats blocked the sky and the sun, and the steel rod on the rope was spinning.

, flew towards the sand bat at the end of the team, whistling in the wind, tightly tying its tail, dragging Opal and Lecter out of the deep quicksand from the ground, and flying straight towards

Sky.

Opal couldn't help shouting, but Lecter was in mid-air. Yun Jin pulled the rope sharply, and the two of them flew straight away like arrows with the reaction force, passing by the descending sand bat. In an instant, thunder

Kurt loosened the rope with his left wrist, pulled out the sword from behind with his right hand, and swung it in a beautiful arc.

The sand bat made a sharp cry, and its long tail was cut off by a sword. Its flying body lost its balance and fell heavily.

Lecter slashed at its flat, flounder-like back again, cutting off its spine with a sword. The giant creature struggled wildly on the sand, fluorescent green blood sprayed everywhere, and Opal got up in disgrace.

Use your sword to block and dodge in all directions.

"Observe in detail first and end the battle with one blow." Rector said, "Have you learned?"

Opal was still frightened: "I'll try it."

Opal was lying in the desert, holding the rope in one hand, while Lecter put his sword back behind his back, standing in the distance and sweeping the formation.

The moment the sand bats flew out to hunt again, Opal imitated Lecter and threw out the rope, and was instantly taken up in the air. However, he was so dizzy that he couldn't tell his direction. His head and feet were thrown around in a circle. Leckter

Te immediately drew out the big sword from his back and said loudly: "Drink——!"

Explosive shouts resounded throughout the desert, and a sword shot high into the sky with unparalleled momentum, cutting open several sand bats in succession, bringing out blood all over the sky. The blade of the sword reflected the sunlight and made an arc, and was inserted into the desert.

Opal was still a little dizzy when she stood up. There were corpses of sand bats everywhere.

"Come again." Opal said, "We will meet this time!"

Rector nodded and did not go over to pick up the sword. He just stood quietly. Opal chose an open space and lay down again. The sand bats were enraged. In an instant, the entire desert collapsed, and there were screaming black monsters in all directions.

Like a kite flying high in the sky, Opal selected one of them and flew up into the air holding on to the rope.

"Watch your back!" Lecter's clear voice echoed in his mind. Opal pulled out his sword and swung it in a circle, first cutting off a tail needle that was poking at him from behind the shoulder, and then cleanly cutting off the tail needle in front of him.

The sand bat's tail split its spine into two, and it fell heavily to the ground.

"Very good." Rector said, "Now I want to tell you something."

"What?" Opal gasped.

Rector said: "When hunting and capturing, you must be in awe."

Opal said: "What do you mean?"

Rector pointed to his chest, then poked Opal's heart lightly with his finger, and said: "The world gives you food. When you end a life, you have to know that the purpose of hunting is to survive, and

Not for fun - including them."

He pointed at the corpse of the sand bat, and more and more sand bats emerged from the ground and pounced on them.

"Don't do meaningless killings." Rector said, "Let's go."

There were flying bats everywhere in the desert. Opal dragged his sword and staggered away with Lecter. The two of them used the cover of the cliff edge to watch for a while. Finally, all the sand bats got into the gravel and disappeared.

Rector said: "You may have to face many strange creatures in the future. Don't rush to take action. First ensure your own safety, and then look for its weaknesses. As long as it is alive, there must be weaknesses."

Opal nodded slowly and found that Lecter's weapon had returned to his hand at some point. He went to clean up the battlefield and took out the venom gland of the sand bat. Opal said: "This might be useful! You can rub it on the sword.

Up?"

Lecter smiled with admiration in his eyes and said, "You grow up very fast. There should be a neurotoxin in it."

The whole body of sand bats is made of cartilage tissue. They are flat in shape, like a huge piece of cloth. This is a biological form evolved after being under heavy pressure under the sand layer for a long time. After peeling off its tough skin, only bare cartilage is left.

, there is very little muscle tissue.

Opal cut off the remaining flesh, tied it with a rope, and brought it back to the cave, while Lecter collected the rough skins of the sand bats.

A few days later, the first heavy snow began to fall. The scene of heavy snow in the desert was very spectacular. Opal went out to dig out several large buckets of snow, put it in the cave to melt, and wiped their swords clean.

Lecter took off his clothes, stood outside the cave, grabbed a handful of snow, and wiped it on his body.

Opal took a bath in the cave and wiped her body clean. She was tired and covered in dirt these days. After taking a bath, she felt refreshed and felt indescribably comfortable.

He held the big sword and looked out. Lector was still naked, standing barefoot in the snow meditating. His strong naked body had a majestic beauty, with gentle strength and masculinity.

Opal asked: "Teacher, can I become a star knight like you?"

Lecter put on his robe and came in, sat on the stone, stared at a cluster of high-temperature flames in the atomic furnace, and did not answer.

Opal said: "Teacher, what do you need to do to become a Star Knight?"

Rector replied: "Humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, compassion, honesty, justice, and faith."

Opal said: "Do I have this hope?"

Rector said: "Why do you want to be a Star Knight?"

Opal was silent for a long time, and then said: "I want to become stronger, I don't want to be a slave."

Rector replied: "Those who blindly pursue strength and fight blindly will never be recognized by the stars."

"Approved by the stars?" Opal hasn't heard a new term for a long time.

"That is the recognition of you by hundreds of billions of stars, and it is also the honor given to you by the most extensive and vast soul in this universe." Lecter thought for a while, and then said: "This process is not something you can get just by thinking about it.

.”

Opal asked: "Can the planets talk?"

Rector said: "They have their own consciousness, but no one has ever been able to communicate with them."

"Can you communicate with them?" Opal asked: "Teacher, can you do it?"

Rector said: "No, all previous Star Knights have no way to communicate with it."

Opal nodded thoughtfully.

Lecter said again: "To be honest, Opal, your conditions are not suitable for being a Star Knight."
To be continued...