Chapter 185: Fifty-year-old underage girl
The so-called "acoustic shooting" is also called "shooting sound", which means judging the target position only by sound and hitting it accurately.
Many of the Noldor were able to do this, including Lisadiran.
For the Noldor elves, relying on sound to determine location is sometimes more accurate than using their eyes.
Their archery skills have almost become an instinct after years of continuous practice.
Such a "shooter" is of course very powerful.
In the Lord's opinion, the Noldor elves should not use human fighting methods...
Perhaps it was because the Sindarii elves were too powerful in ancient times and they used magic to fight, so the Noldor had no chance to go to the battlefield.
The Noldor were originally just servants, so of course they didn't know any martial arts.
This was so that for a long time, the Noldor did not realize that they should fight based on their own strengths and use their unique talents.
After fleeing their homeland and coming to the continent of Pendor, these Noldor elves, who originally had no martial arts, gradually learned the human way of fighting and also learned the human aristocratic feudal system based on knights.
But it is only because of its long lifespan that it has been able to improve human skills to a terrifying level through years of practice.
This is also the reason why Lisadilan cannot teach humans archery - the reason he can have such archery skills is entirely because he has been practicing since he was a child, and has practiced for more than a hundred years...
Yes, Lisadiran was over a hundred and twenty years old, but among the Noldor he was only a young man who had just reached adulthood.
In fact, his archery skills are not scientific at all compared to human training methods, and have almost no reference value for humans...
It was not until Vendatil developed her unique swordsmanship more than two hundred years ago that the Noldor had their own unique martial arts.
Vendatil may have been the first Noldor warrior to realize that the racial talents should be properly utilized.
The sword technique she created using the elves' hearing ability, which relies on sound to determine the position, actually has a strong restraining effect on humans - humans' fighting style relies more on their eyes, and both offense and defense require observing the opponent's line of sight first to judge the opponent's movements.
Therefore, when the enemy cannot see Vendatil's sight or is misled by the direction of Vendatil's sight, they will often be at a loss as to how to deal with his unexpected attack.
However, the Noldor elves, especially the Noldor girls, can fight with their ears - they can clearly judge the opponent's position based on the changes in the surrounding sounds, as if they are looking at the surroundings from a God's perspective.
This way of fighting is like having eyes in front, behind, left and right.
In fact, this is the same way that radar works.
In fact, Lisadilan also learned this swordsmanship from Vendatil, but male Noldor often do not use it so well. This martial art is more suitable for Noldor girls with more sensitive hearing. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of female rangers is indeed higher than that of male rangers.
This is not because female Noldor have better hearing than male Noldor, but because women are naturally more sensitive to the timbre and source location of sounds - in fact, the same is true for humans.
When men acquire information from the outside world, their eyes and rational analysis are dominant, so their brains will actively ignore some "unimportant interference information".
Although there is no difference in physiological structure, the differences between men and women mean that men can actually obtain a wider visual range, while women can actually obtain a wider auditory range.
Wendy is the most outstanding student of Wendatil in all these years - this is probably because Wendy's ability to distinguish sounds is even better than Wendatil himself, which is an innate talent.
Through communication with Vendatil and Untilf, the lord discovered that the Noldor elves, especially the Noldor girls, could clearly distinguish some sounds with very low or high frequencies that were beyond the range of human ears - this kind of sound that humans cannot hear is called infrasound or ultrasound.
Common animals like elephants and dogs can hear infrasound; cats can hear ultrasonic waves.
For example, vibrations that are silent to humans, or whistles that are inaudible to humans, or even the resonance formed by internal organs when people breathe.
Therefore, humans often feel that these animals are particularly sensitive to danger.
In fact, this is only because they hear sounds that humans cannot hear. Moreover, large animals such as elephants and whales use infrasound for their daily communication.
The roar of fierce beasts such as tigers is also infrasound, which can dislocate human ear joints and cause hearing loss and affect balance in some small animals.
In the eyes of the lord, the ability to receive infrasound and ultrasound waves can actually lead to many different uses.
For example, use the infrasound or ultrasonic waves emitted by the enemy themselves to determine the location of key figures, and use the Noldor's superb archery skills to quickly decapitate them.
For example, there are unique infrasound waves that each person continuously emits - the sound of the nose or lungs vibrating when a person breathes normally.
The volume of this infrasound is not small, but humans are completely inaudible. Moreover, this low-frequency sound has extremely strong penetrating power and is difficult to attenuate. It can ignore most obstacles and travel thousands of meters.
Yes, even thick walls cannot block the transmission of infrasound waves.
In fact, this is why dogs can predict their owners' coming home in advance, and it's not just based on smell. Some smarter cats can also hear, so we always see cats and dogs waiting for us to come home at the door.
The infrasound waves emitted by each person are different, and humans cannot distinguish them. However, for species that can hear infrasound waves, these infrasound waves are like the sound of human speech and can be easily distinguished.
Of course, when there are people everywhere, this infrasound will be interfered with - just like you can't hear other people talking in a noisy environment.
But at this moment, although there were many people around him, Grand Maester Igor was standing alone on the periphery, so he was an extremely obvious target for the female rangers such as Wendelf.
Even though they couldn't see him at all through the chaotic crowd, they could still accurately locate the exact location of Grand Maester Igor.
This was the positioning method that Le Ang had tried repeatedly along the way. For Wendatil and Wendylf , this was a new direction for skill development that Le Ang had suggested to them.
So, just as the lord and his men were holding off the Lion Knights, Igor was hit by two arrows at the same time.
One was inserted in the throat and the other in the chest.
These are exactly the two locations where Igor emitted infrasound waves...
These also happen to be the two fatal points of human beings.
Igor only left a look of horror, and then fell down silently.
He probably never expected that Li Ang would dare to shoot him directly!
Or rather, he didn't expect to be killed by a 'stray arrow' more than a hundred meters away...
These two arrows were caused by Wendatil and Wentilf, who were blocked by the Lion Knights and could not see Igor, so they only shot the bow at three-quarters of the angle at nearly 30 degrees. This was also the way Wendatil shot the horse before, and they really looked like stray arrows.
In fact, this accurate sound-guided technique is comparable to radar guidance.
It is also easy to judge whether you have succeeded - just listen to whether the target is still breathing...
After shooting the arrow, Wendelf nodded to the lord, then put away the bow and drew her sword.
"Stop! Igor is dead! Lion Knights!"
The lord still couldn't see Igor, but he knew that Wendelf had succeeded and started shouting.
Some of the Lion Knights looked back and began to retreat in fear - they couldn't understand why Leon's men, who were surrounded at the bridge head and couldn't even see Igor, could shoot people to death across the bridge?
After a noisy and chaotic conversation, the Lion Knights gradually stopped.
The lord was very satisfied with the effect, which was both intimidating and mysterious. The lion knights in front of him looked at Wendelf as if they were looking at a god.
This mysterious blindfolded man, this incredible archery skill, this image is infinitely close to the legendary god of bows and arrows - Ulvett.
The lord's judgment was correct. As long as Igor was dead, no Lion Knight would dare to continue taking action.
They all knew Li Ang. This guy was able to kidnap two governors in the midst of a huge army, and now he was able to kill Igor when he was surrounded...
As long as the lord is not dead, everyone will worry about being held accountable, and no one is willing to fight with Leon without a mandatory order.
"Lion Knights, who can tell me why you followed Igor's orders and attacked me? Where is Leiman now? You know I have a good relationship with him!"
A knight stepped forward, sheathed his broadsword, and replied to the lord, "Lord Leon, we don't want to attack you either. But Vice Captain Leiman is detained in Sarleon City. Grand Maester Igor said it was because he stole the king's seal. In order to prove the loyalty of the Lion Knights, we have to..."
The Lord looked at the Lion Knight and said, "I remember you. You once supported White Hart Castle with Leiman. You also captured Governor Levius of Bacchus with me... In that case, don't you know what kind of person Leiman is? He stole the king's seal? You believe such a lie?"
"Lord Leon...but...Igor is now the king's envoy. He represents His Majesty the King..."
The Lion Knight obviously didn't know how to answer. He certainly didn't believe that his immediate superior, Leiman, would commit treason, but he didn't know how to explain it. Was he afraid of being implicated?
"Who told you that Igor can represent the king? He is just the king's personal advisor, assisting the king in handling the affairs of the House of Nobles - he doesn't even have an official position! You don't think the king's brother-in-law can represent the king, do you? Then can I represent the goddess if I carry a statue of the goddess on my body? What you should do now is not to provoke me here, but to go back to Sarleon City to help your deputy captain clear his name!"
The lord looked around and looked at the lion knights around him as if he was scolding a group of children.
"Lord Leon, but we..."
The Lion Knight hesitated.
"What are you afraid of?! Whoever framed Lehman is the one who stole the seal! This is obvious... How could you fools obey Igor's orders? You are the Royal Knights directly under the king! What do you have to worry about?! If I were you, I would go to the king's side and let the king see your loyalty with his own eyes and let the king give you orders in person! - Such a simple thing, can't you understand it?"
The lord shook his head, speechless about these brainless knights.
No wonder Rayman, that guy whose muscles are far more developed than his brains, could become the deputy leader - it turns out it's because the other Lion Knights are too stupid, so they had to pick the tallest one among the short ones!
"In that case... Lord Leon, we will report everything that happened here to His Majesty, you..."
The Lion Knight looked back at Igor, who was lying on the other side of the bridge.
"Just report the truth! Igor framed Sir Lehman, falsely passed on the king's order to control the Lion Knights, and attacked me for no reason. I fought back and killed him - that's the truth! You must remember that you are the Royal Knights. Apart from the king and the chief officer of the group, you should not obey anyone else!"
The lord didn't care at all. What's wrong with killing Igor? What's wrong with the king's brother-in-law?
If this brother-in-law was really that important, he should have become a real high-ranking official long ago - but until now, Igor doesn't even have a formal title, and he has to call Li Ang "Sir" when he sees him!
Igor was not the eldest son of the family, and his deceased sister, the queen, had not brought him any substantial benefits. Strictly speaking, he was just an ordinary young nobleman, a knight.
Framing Leiman and instructing the Lion Knights to attack him obviously means that Igor wants to control the Lion Knights under Leiman!
Would King Ulric put up with something like this?
I’m afraid Ulrich would say it’s a good kill!
The Lion Knights are the foundation for King Ulric to sit firmly on the Silver Throne. Anyone who dares to touch the Lion Knights shall die!
Leon's killing of Igor was a real act of rebellion for King Ulrich, so the lord was relieved.
Besides, Leon still owes King Ulrich 100,000 dinars...
How can a brother-in-law be as important as military power and dinars?
The Lion Knights retreated, and the Lord led the team back to White Hart Castle, still walking through the no-man's land between Fierce Lion Territory and Bacchus.
Wendy had already taken off the blindfold - just now she just wanted to prevent the Lion Knights from seeing her identity, but now there was no need to hide it.
"Lord Leon, I can sense that those Lion Knights seem to be somewhat afraid of you... Don't they claim to be the strongest knight order in the entire continent? Why are they afraid of you?"
Wendy's curious.
"Your Excellency has done a lot of things before, and everyone in the Lion Knights knows it..."
Lisa Dilan began to tell Wendyllfu about what happened after he met Leon, such as forty people breaking a thousand, going deep into the enemy camp to kidnap two governors, defeating the three evil prophets, etc.
Wendy's eyes lit up when she heard this - Risadiran told the stories as adventure stories, and Wendy probably regarded them as knight's adventures.
"Lord Li Ang, can I join your team? I cannot repay you for saving my life, I can only swing my sword for you and help you face the powerful enemy..."
After reaching the mountains north of Shieldwind Fortress , Wendelf suddenly asked.
"Wendy!"
Wendatil's eyes were full of surprise and confusion: "Aren't you going back to the tribe?"
"But, teacher, Lord Li Ang saved me, and I must repay him - you also said that we should distinguish between gratitude and resentment. Before, I thought I couldn't help Lord Li Ang in any way, so I didn't mention it in order not to cause trouble. But now it seems that if I follow Lord Li Ang's method, my archery skills may be able to help..."
Wendylf held onto Wendatil's arm and rubbed it, but it was obviously not these reasons that drove her to do so...
"Wendy, I know you just want to take risks! I told you not to read those knight novels!"
Wendatil looked helpless.
"Master Leon, do you need a team member like me? I know a lot..."
Wendy turned around and started selling herself to Leon - it was obvious that Wendatil was right, she just wanted to take a risk.
"Actually, this is a good idea... Wendatil, your students are all in White Hart Castle anyway, so it might be safer for Wendy to be with you. But, Wendy, are you an adult? Using child labor is against the law!"
The Lord was of course happy to have such a powerful partner, but when he looked at Wendy's young face, he hesitated again...
Wendy's face was so tender that she looked like a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old - a rebellious teenager.
"She's only fifty, of course she's not an adult! If she were an adult, I wouldn't object to her reading chivalric novels..."
Wendatil said with a frown.
The Lord almost fell off his horse...
A fifty-year-old underage girl?
Well, the elves' growth and development cycle is indeed longer...
"What? I can't learn anything in my tribe anymore! I can only shoot rabbits every day if I go back... Teacher Wendatil, I want to stay with you... Besides, humans are considered adults when they are in their teens..."
Wendylf was quite dissatisfied with the term "underage" and rubbed Wendatil's arm again and started to act coquettishly.
"Okay, okay... But you can't be rash and act on your own. Lord Leon is a wise captain. You must obey his arrangements..."
Wendatil sighed, smoothed Wendy's hair, and looked at Wendy with eyes full of doting, probably because he was completely unable to resist Wendy's rogue behavior.
"Of course, I've always been obedient! Um, I mean I obey military orders!"
Wendy smiled, her big eyes curved into purple crescents, and she turned to face Leon: "Sir, can I get my salary? I have a lot of things I want to buy..."
The Lord also laughed: "I will give you the same salary as Lisa Dilan, Wendy. However, you can't make much money living on a salary..."
Wendy turned and gave Lisa Dillan a questioning look.
"I don't actually live on salary, Wendy. In fact, none of Lord Leon's subordinates care about salary at all..."
Lisa Dilan also raised his eyebrows and smiled, which was rare.
"Not relying on salary? Then what? It can't be relying on robbery, right?"
Wendy suddenly became excited as she spoke: "Hey! Can we go rob the enemy?"
The Lord laughed: "Ahaha, Wendy, we can make money much faster than robbing..."
'Wendilfu has joined your team'.