Twin Sword

“People at birth, Are naturally good” (1)

“…” Tang Hua nearly spit a snap of blood (2), he realize now he was in the game ,not reality. He stand up …

“Sit down.” The teacher is very solemn. In ancient times, what is teacher? Teachers are G.o.ds. No matter who you are, emperor’s relative, princess or prince, if teacher want to punish you, you immediately be punished. Even the emperor saw his children being punished, also had to say: good education.

“Yes!” Tang Hua put his a.s.s back to seat, several players outside who had intention to invade the school laughing, especially when they hear “People at birth…”

“Stand up.” Teacher goes to the front of Tang Hua.

“For what?”

“Extend your hands.”

“Sensei please don’t do this, you see, I also read “People at birth” like everyone, please save my face.” Tang Hua sweat like a waterfall, even this is in the game, but being beaten on the palms is very shameful thing.

“School is school. No matter what “People at birth” or “The way that can be told”(3), they are also for school education. Don’t you see how many kids are watching you? ”

Under those innocent eyes’ staring, Tang Hua pull clothes to cover his face by left hand, then show his right hand.

Teachers give him some light hits, then satifised to say: “Young children are easy for teaching. Although you have no heart for study, but you have heart for respecting teacher. I will give this ruler to you,I wish you having good life frow now on . ”

“Thank you.” Tang Hua take the ruler and glance, suddenly fell dizzy. This ruler … unexpectedly is an artifact . Its t.i.tle is “Ruler”, another line below: “Artifact? Unknown attributes. ”

This … Tang Hua is half-cry half-smile, what is this? Equipping that ruler to equipment place, he not only can’t see any spell be added, but after looking around the whole body he also doesn’t find any slightly different.

“Sensei!” Tang Hua bravely stand.

“Say!”

“Let me borrow a bench.” Tang Hua doesn’t wait for the teacher’s reply, grab the bench under his seat then disappear as quickly as the wind.

Teacher sigh: “Foolish Confucian. You already have ruler, why you need a bench anymore? People at birth… ”

“People at birth…”

“Don’t elbow yourself into that line, go to the line behind.” The shabby uncle stand on a large rock, say to Tang Hua who is still holding the bench.

Tang Hua glance from left to right, indeed if not line up at the back row, his weapon can not express its ability.

“Today we are not just fight for ourselves, but also for all players in this game. The word “players” from today will have new meanings … If today we can destroy those chicken, then today is not just a “game day” of us, which is the “game day”of all people in this game.” The shabby uncle wave hand and shout: “Pot lid teams, move forward.”

A row have fifty players, three rows contain 150 players come out of the safety zone. Not have any delay, the roosters let out a long crow, rush into these valiants.

“Raising the shields… sorry, lifting the pod lids.” Shabby uncle said, one hundred and fifty valiants squat down together, lift the pot lid to provides protection in front of the body. This method is very effectively, any chicken hit the lit be knocked back and scream in pain.

“Archers…sorry, stone-throwing team prepared. First team throw … second team throw .. third team throw. “Hundreds of stone as big as egg fly toward the chickens, this scene look like the sky and the ground is covered, in a blink many white light appear among the chickens.

“Warriors … Anyone who has weapons, attack” Shabby uncle grab a wooden shovel and chase after people towards the flock.

This time obviously is much more comfortable fight. Chicken because suddenly be a.s.sailed, become disorder, can’t organize themselves to have effective attacks or restrain players. Left wing, center, right wing, all of them be pierced. From initially a flock of chicken vs one player, change into one chicken vs one player, finally evolve to a lot of players vs one chicken. In the end, when a chicken resp.a.w.n, it immediately be covered by the pot lids, rolling pins, stools, benches, rocks, shovel, fists, feet, teeth, saliva, … many weapons shatter it to pieces. This can be describle as ” a chicken appear, hundreds of people beat”.

So the situation return to the most tragic moment of the old online game: the number of players bigger than the number of monsters.

“Experience 33%.” Level 1 newbie – Tang Hua look back at his achievement after half an hour of labour, can not express anything except two lines of tears flowing. Since the moment he begin to play game online, the worst situation he ever meet has been needing ten minutes to reach level 2.

Chickens can not be depended on, if this situation continue PK will become possible. According to reliable information, level 2 monster is monkeys in the outer ring of the forest, shabby uncle’s defense is organizing player, making a strategy to sneak attack them on a large scale. The only annoying thing is dealing with attacks from above… because all monkeys are jumping down from trees.
“BOSS.” Suddenly, over ten players yell, attract attention of thousands of people among swarm of chickens. Tang Hua turn his face to that direction, only to see in a hundred meters apart from him, a rooster stand haughtily there, blue light flashes around its body, its crow soars to the sky.

“Fighter team… Those with melee weapons, pay attention to other chickens.” Shabby uncle eventually get the opportunity, start waving arm and shouting: “Pot lid teams, surrounded on all sides , stone-throwing team recharge ammunition, attack as my command. ”
The rooster glimpse at shabby uncle on the tree, as it can understand human language, then look at the pot lid team who are surrounding it, gently shake head.

“Go!” Shabby uncle see the chance, wave hands and shout out orders, 150 players rush to the rooster, judging from their posture probably their thought is smashing this rooster.

Describing is slow, but it happen quickly. Rooster suddenly face upwards. Under its feet a flood apeear, flow to all directions. Fifty players in the first pot lid team instanly disappear into white light together, you can say they die in hatred …

“Blocking can not stand against it!” The second pot lid team although have no death, but become unsteady, obviously can’t continue fighting. The flood after hitting the third pot lid team eventually disappear.

One kid after carefully study the situation says: “This is totally violating conservation laws of physics, right? Why is that possible? ”

No one pay attention to him, because the shabby uncle give second command: “Stone-throwing team attack.”

in a blink, hundreds of stones flying toward the rooster. Just before the stones. .h.i.t, three walls of water appear around the rooster, pinch into triangle form. Flying stone hit the water wall, fell to the ground, can not proceed further to cause injury to the rooster.

“Water walls have HP.” There are clever players discovered, water walls have HP bar, though damage to it is almost zero, but certainly these wall is breakable.

But in an instant they can not see the water wall’s HP, because while people talking, its HP fully restore. It have a simple meaning: This level of attack isn’t enough to break that water walls.

You can believe that everyone here will understand this point. This is not a fighting game, if you use primitive measures to fight with BOSS in a xianxia game, the result is like a mantis try to block a carriage.

“I’m coming!” A big sister comes out from swarm of players, quietly look at BOSS rooster.

“Can you…?” The entire people whisper in their heart.

This girl throw a mace and shout: “Earth Rat Mace!” Mace after left her hand become bigger, fly over the ten meters high, then incredibly powerful slam down the rooster …

“Whoa …” The whole people give her an appreciation, BOSS’s HP instantly fall down 1/20. But…

“Shrrt”, before the rooster strike back, the girl immediately flee into the safety zone, also explain to confused players: “Cooldown, also mana is not enough. I have to sit down and rest.”

TN’s note:
1. This is the opening of Three Character Cla.s.sic, the first formal education at home for children in ancient China.
2. The term “spit/vomit blood” is common in Chinese literature with two meanings:
a) (due to) injuries or disease
b) (due to) anger, sorrow, or annoyance
My translation will use “vomit blood” for a) and “spit blood” for b)
3. This is from Tao Te Ching of Laozi.