"Seems like I'm really out of practice."
Li Ke had suppressed his strength and speed to the same level as Sivir's. In the end, it took him three moves to defeat Sivir again. He put down his wooden sword in a small courtyard and sat down on a stool. He watched as Sarah bargained with the higher-ups in the courtyard and bought a batch of precious local spices. Behind him, Sivir, who was about to lose consciousness from Li Ke's beating and was starting to doubt her own life, keenly heard the price of the peddler.
"30 gold coins … Merchants still make money like this."
When Sivir heard that the spices that she could sell for a few gold coins were sold to Sarah at such a high price, she felt an indescribable sense of depression. However, there was nothing she could do about it. The trade of spices could only be handled by the royal court of this city. If ordinary people wanted to do this kind of business, they would have no choice but to seek help from the royal court. Otherwise, there would be no escape.
After all, spices were one of the main industries of this city. Anyone who dared to compete with the royal court in this city must be tired of living.
"A bag of spices is about 50 gold coins in Vikola … Gosh, why are these merchants richer than bandits?"
Sivir's face crumbled. After all, her mercenary group could only earn two to three hundred gold coins at most. On the other hand, these merchants could earn at least a few thousand gold coins. Sivir felt like she had lost a lot of money in the past.
"Alright, stop bullying this poor girl. Hurry up and do what you want to do. Ah, by the way, the local bachelors sometimes use these tasty little cuties to do something. If you need them, please go to the room."
Sarah, who had bought the spices, watched the peddler leave. Then, she walked over to Li Ke with a local goat. She stuffed the strange-looking animal into Li Ke's arms along with the parcel she had just bought. But no matter what, her anger was getting bigger and bigger. Obviously, after buying this house with a courtyard and garden with Li Ke, she had started to get angry because of the gold coins she spent on it.
"Who would do such a strange thing?"
Li Ke shook his head and opened the package Sarah brought back. As expected, he found some seeds of a plant that had been roasted by fire. While exuding a strong fragrance, it also meant that these seeds could no longer be planted. That was why the ruler of this city sold these seeds so casually without the slightest fear that someone would take away their business.
"Wood Release — Technique to Mass Produce Precious Spices."
Li Ke complained inwardly as usual. He took out a spice seed and clutched the neck of the sheep that was struggling in his arms. While absorbing its life force, he injected his own life force into the seed in his hand. Then, under Sivir's astonished gaze, a green sprout emerged from Li Ke's hand and grew rapidly. In just a few moments, it grew into a small shrub and bore many small fruits similar to the ones in the bag.
But in exchange, the sheep in Li Ke's arms died at this moment. It didn't turn into a dried corpse after being sucked dry by Li Ke. Its flesh was still full of nutrients and delicious elements and could be their lunch and dinner for the day.
"Good, the production is still okay."
Sarah looked at the shrub in Li Ke's hand with satisfaction. Then, she took the shrub from Li Ke and the dead sheep from Li Ke's arms and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. At this moment, Sivir stood up from the ground and picked up the wooden sword that Li Ke made. However, Li Ke stopped her from continuing the spar. Instead, he tossed the wooden sword in his hand onto the weapon rack and pointed to the square in the distance.
"That's all for today's combat lesson. Your footwork during battle is still very erratic, but there's nothing I can do about it … Run for two more hours before lunch. No matter how tired you are, you can't stop. If you can't complete it, you will have to starve in the afternoon."
Sivir wanted to complain, but she still nodded politely at Li Ke. Then, she walked out of the door and started running.
Li Ke's training for Sivir was simple and that was to lay down the foundation. As an orphan, Sivir didn't have any commendable combat skills. Even though she was indeed talented, her posture and control of the weapon weren't up to the standard of a qualified warrior. She could only rely on her own experience to become a leader among the mercenaries who risked their lives.
But that wasn't enough.
Even in this world, if one wanted to become a powerful expert, one had to be like Li Ke, have enough trial and error opportunities, or have a systematic education, or be lucky enough not to die before growing up. The latter was the method that countless civilian heroes used to achieve greatness. It was also what 'civilian' heroes like Sivir had experienced in history.
Ah, there was another way. That was through mutation and fortuitous encounters. But this was too rare to be treated as a common case.
Take Li Ke as an example. There were two reasons why he turned from a civilian into a warrior. First, there were the cruel gladiator battles, the inexplicable awakening of magic, and second, the training of the Noxus people. No matter what kind of weapons or combat skills they used, he had learned them all. After his recovery ability was discovered, he swung his sword under the threat of a crossbow until his upper arm swelled. The soreness was unbearable, and he panted heavily. But the experience of having to face an opponent of similar strength to him was nothing out of the ordinary during that period of time.
But it was also because of this cruel education that he learned countless combat skills quickly. And it was also because Sivir knew how rare it was to have a capable teacher, that she behaved like an obedient child despite Li Ke's harsh attitude toward her. This was because she could feel that Li Ke wasn't just messing with her. Instead, he was training her to become stronger.
But even so, Li Ke used magic like eating and drinking in the trials of life and death. And yet, so many powerful people said that he didn't understand what magic was. This made him yearn for someone to teach him and tell him why. That was also why he stayed here and trained Sivir. He wanted to take advantage of the time when Kassadin didn't go out to summarize his strength and improve his strength.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't improve further.
But Sivir didn't know what was going on with Li Ke now. After running for about an hour, she felt like she was about to explode under the scorching sun, but she tried her best to drag her legs and continue running. Even though she knew that this would leave hidden injuries on her body, she didn't care much. Instead, she endured the fatigue and continued to walk in the square.
Li Ke didn't expect her to run all the way. He only did this to train the strength of her legs. Sivir knew very well that after she finished this training, Li Ke would make her stand and eat, saying that it was to correct some of her subconscious bad postures. But even if she continued walking, she couldn't hold on any longer. So when a tall figure appeared in front of her, she didn't have time to dodge and collided with the figure.
Then, she fell to the ground and realized that the person's leg, which was covered in bandages, was bent backwards.
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