V2C13-Exam Preparations(4) part-2
She is… too close.
Don’t think about it, just focus on doing questions seriously!
With the spirit that was strictly trained in warrior camp, I tried to turn my attention to the subject.
“Fill in the blanks: as the oldest and still highly efficient long-range attack method, bow and arrows have always been our elves’ strongest point. The aim of the arrow at vital parts are eyes, chest, and____”
The sentence which fits with characteristics of elves’ culture… However, bows and arrows are a common weapon, I have some experience with them.
Without hesitation, I wrote ‘head’ in the blank.
“Eh?” Princess Alyssa suddenly exclaimed.
“What happened?” I glanced at her.
“That’s not the answer, classmate Brock.”
“Huh? Then what should it be?”
“It’s the knee.”
I turned back to look at the answer key and was surprised to find that she was right. I couldn’t help feeling a little confused, “what is the reason? It should be the head.”
“This is a typical mistake. As it is very difficult for an arrow to penetrate the skull. It’s better to shoot at the knee, which can instantly take away the opponent’s mobility and also is hard to heal. This is called ‘Adventurer’s end point’ ” she explained to me patiently.
No, that’s because the bow and arrows used by you elves are too weak… I remembered the slender arrows shot by the few elven archers before being caught.
We orcs use a strong bow covered with rhino’s skin, and the arrow is thicker than the thumb of these elves. Even if it is a hundred meters away, let alone elves and humans, even a giant bear could be shot down with an arrow on its dog head… Ah no, it’s a bear head.
…. It seems that to do this kind of problem I have to consider the racial differences and stand in the perspective of elves and think about it.
I moved on to the next question.
“As shown in the picture, the elf girl Lily is trying to avoid the bad orc’s search. The distance between them in a straight line is 50 meters, the terrain difference is 3 meters, the height of the shelter barrier is three meters. Lily is 1.6 meters tall and the orc is 2 meters tall. Lily has only one arrow left with her. In order to maintain her safety and chastity, she tries to figure out a solution. Without considering the wind resistance, at what direction and angle the arrow should be shot at the orc without being directly witnessed by the orc. The weight of the arrow, maximum shooting distance are as follows…”
The quill pen I was playing around with my fingers fell off.
“….”
F*ck the perspective — I withdraw my previous sentence in my mind.
The person who came up with this kind of question should explode on the spot.
Princess Alyssa on the side also looked a little embarrassed: “ this… ah! How about replacing the orc in the sentence with a wild boar. Ah, no how about changing it to ’orc hunting a wild boar’ instead?”
What would I probably do? I would choose to directly jump over the shelter, charge straight, and use a set of spline-splitting skills to take down wild boar…
Well, I actually understand that this is just a common geometry and physics calculation problem.
I began to write with the momentum that made the nib of my pen almost pierce the paper, I quickly listed the calculation steps, wrote the answer, and then proofread it.
“So fast! Classmate Brock, have you previously done this kind of problem?” princess Alyssa exclaimed.
I nodded: “ I used to study tactics and general engineering subjects at the tribe’s academy. From what I saw yesterday, there are a lot of subjects I have already mastered, like, logic, arithmetic, and general biology. I just need to look at the sample questions again.”
“Is the level of education on the orc side so high?” Princess Alyssa said in surprise, then suddenly she realized that she made a slip of tongue, so she covered her mouth and then began to apologize, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that…”
“No, I can understand that. Even the humans who have more contact have with us this misconception that we are all a bunch of boorish men who only advocate force. After all, our martial culture is very famous. However, in fact, we also attach great importance to knowledge and education. For example, in our tribe, the strong warriors are indeed respected, however the most respected are not them, but the old shamans with profound knowledge.”
“I see”
“The biggest difficulty for me is the language course. ” I scratched my head, “it’s like an ancient language. I haven’t touched elvish before, so I don’t have any clue on it.”
“Don’t worry, you can ask me wherever you don’t understand.” Princess Alyssa went back to her seat, “just a moment I’ll make some tea first, and then we’ll begin the review of the language.”
“All right.”
She took the pot and went to the pantry.
Just then, two elven girls while chatting and laughing entered the reading hall from the main door.
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