Arcane Lord

"Elves?!"

Xia Duo was stunned. The creature in front of him was a strong male elf wearing armor and carrying a sword at his waist. At this moment, the other person was staring at him seriously.

For some reason, Xia Duo suddenly felt ashamed and said involuntarily: "I'm sorry, instructor, I was distracted just now."

"Athos, this is the second time that you have been distracted during training. Next time, go home by yourself!" The instructor left these words and walked towards the others regardless of Xia Duo.

At this time, Xia Duo was stunned. What did he hear just now? Elvish?

Although he has not officially started learning Elvish, he does know a lot of Elvish vocabulary. Coupled with the Elvish magic spell that Niya gave him, Shado is very sensitive to Elvish.

What's more, the characteristics of Elvish language are so obvious, smooth and graceful, like poetry, no matter how slow Sha Duo is, he can still recognize it!

But - why can he understand the other party's words, and why did he seem to speak Elvish just now?

Why is this?

At this moment, Xia Duo's mind was filled with questions, and after the instructor left, he had time to look at the situation around him——

This seems to be a training ground in a certain city. Looking around, you can see tall tower-like buildings in the city, as well as floating corridors between the buildings.

Nearby, around Xia Duo, three rows of tall elves with long ears were pointing forward with a delicate one-handed sword, and they didn't know what they were practicing.

Although these elves and the previous instructors are both elves, their physical characteristics are different. The instructors have fair skin and strong bodies, while the skin of these trained elves is lighter brown and their bodies are thinner.

Xia Duo lowered his head and saw that his hands were like the trained elves around him. However, the color was not ugly when paired with the delicate skin of the elves. Instead, it had a metallic luster, which was quite interesting.

"Athos, Athos, the instructor is coming back, don't be dazed!" Just as he was thinking, Sha Duo felt someone push him on his back again.

The force was neither light nor heavy, but it was just enough for him to notice. Was it Grada?

Only then did Xia Duo come to his senses. He quickly raised his right hand and imitated the elves around him, pointing the one-handed sword forward.

Maybe the other elves were really training, but Xia Duo was just pretending, he was actually observing the sword in his hand.

This sword is a magic item!

The whole body is slender, a bit like the sword from Shado's hometown, and is obviously different from the sword of the Nese people.

There are some runes of unknown meaning engraved on the surface of the sword, which are like Elvish language, but they are different, and each of these runes is connected to the magic network.

The hilt of the sword was comfortable to hold, with no exaggerated decorations. Everything seemed to be just for practicality. At this moment, an idea suddenly emerged from the bottom of Sha Duo's heart -

"This is the standard weapon of Sukanvisa City!"

Xia Duo was suddenly startled. Could it be the real Athos who was speaking? He doesn't know what the so-called astral projection is, which allows him to replace a certain creature in the projection plane, but now it seems that the replacement is a bit incompatible?

Or, is this what traveling through the projection plane is all about?

Sha Duo tried hard to recall what Niya and Aiboike had said to him. Generally speaking, when humans are projected here, they will be humans. Only in rare cases will they become other races.

Precisely because it was a rare situation, neither Niya nor Aibo went into detail, and now Xia Duo had encountered exactly this rare situation.

Or perhaps, he was not a human in the first place, at least not a Faerun human, which made his range of choices suddenly widen when projecting.

Regardless of whether it is incompatible or not, the most important thing at the moment is to work hard to play this role well, and only on this basis can we seek benefits for ourselves.

Of course, the interest here mainly refers to knowledge.

Now that Xia Duo has projected himself into an elf, all he needs to do is dig deeper into himself. He is quite interested in elves!

…

Sukanwisa City, city guard training ground.

Time passed little by little, and Xia Duo was still pretending to be among a group of trained elves. The instructor passed by him several times, and his expression became worse and worse.

As the sky gradually darkened, the instructor finally announced: "Okay, that's it for today. Dismissed. Don't be late for the martial arts class tomorrow afternoon. Athos, you don't need to come tomorrow."

"..."

Almost all the elves in training looked at Sha Duo, but Sha Duo kept telling himself, "You are Sha Duo, not Athos. You are here to travel in the plane, not to suffer!"

But I still feel a sense of suffocation.

Fortunately, no elf taunted Sha Duo in front of him, and soon everyone dispersed, leaving only Sha Duo and his friend who had pushed him behind him - Grada - on the training field.

"Athos, what's wrong with you today? You dare to be distracted in class with a black face!"

As Grada said, she also used a small spell to transform the instructor's appearance on her fingertips. However, in Grada's description, the instructor turned out to be a black face.

"Instructor!" Xia Duo suddenly shouted.

Snap - the image of Grada's fingertips disappeared instantly, and at the same time his whole body tensed up. Seeing the evil smile on Xia Duo's face, he suddenly realized:

"Well, Athos, I saved you many times today, but you dare to lie to me! Don't ask my father to help you find the big black face to plead for mercy this time."

As he said this, Grada actually stabbed Xia Duo with his sword. This shocked Xia Duo. Is this an elf? A noble and elegant elf?

Draw a knife at the slightest disagreement?

Xia Duo's own reaction was a little slow, but his body's instinct already made him raise his sword and stab the opponent, and at this time Xia Duo also understood why.

Following his instinct, Xia Duo just raised his sword and stabbed him here and there. He didn't say hello to the opponent, and the other person didn't say hello to him. He only occasionally exchanged swords and body blows, having a great time.

"Athos, why didn't you say anything? Are you acting like a black-faced guy?"

At this time, Xia Duo had already sheathed his sword and stood up, and at the same time kept hinting to Grada, "The instructor is here!"

"Again? I don't believe you this time. If the big black face comes over, I'll beat him too!"

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped on the head, "You want to slap me too?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Grada was so frightened that she dropped the sword in her hand. When she turned around, it turned out to be the instructor. Grada's teeth couldn't help but chatter up and down:

"Instructor, I was joking, hehe."

"Are you kidding?" The instructor's face was no less gloomy than when he passed by Xia Duo before. "The training ground is about to be closed. I will deal with you tomorrow. Go home quickly!"

With the last sound, the instructor raised his voice and almost shouted.

Grada was so frightened that he ran away, not even throwing the sword on the ground. Fortunately, he remembered Shado before leaving and motioned for Shado to follow.

Xia Duo was not so rude. He spoke to the instructor, picked up Grada's sword, and prepared to leave.

"Athos, wait!"

The instructor suddenly stopped Xia Duo, and Xia Duo also stopped subconsciously. Looking at the tall and strong instructor in front of him, a thought suddenly flashed in Xia Duo's mind - the instructor was his father's comrade-in-arms.