aircannonsinc Chapter 1035 Clorinde's Return Gift
Chapter 1035 Clorinde's Return Gift
Immediately afterwards, the duel between the two sides officially began.
Clorinde took a deep breath and tugged at the brim of her hat.
The heels of her boots dug into the ground, steadying her against any loss of balance during the duel.
Shao Yun seemed much more relaxed. He stood opposite Clorinde with a smile on his face, his hands hanging naturally, seemingly defenseless. However, in fact, he was ready for any situation.
The two stood in the yard of Clorinde's old home, the sunlight shining on them, forming two long shadows.
According to the rules, the winner is the one who knocks off the opponent's hat in the duel.
Clorinde knew that Shao Yun's marksmanship was divine and it would not be easy to defeat him, but she did not back down and decided to give it her all.
Clorinde had an idea and prepared to raise her rifle, ready to aim at Shao Yun's hat.
However, just as she pulled the rifle from her waist, Shao Yun suddenly moved.
His movements were so fast that they were almost invisible.
He quickly turned sideways, pulled out the Schofield revolver from his waist with his right hand, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" A crisp gunshot rang out, and the bullet flew straight towards Clorinde's hat.
Clorinde had no time to react; she could only watch helplessly as the bullet hit her hat.
The hat was knocked out, drew an arc in the air, and then slowly fell to the ground.
Clorinde stood there in a daze, her gun still drawn.
She watched Shao Yun slowly withdraw his hands from his waist, and everything seemed so natural.
She couldn't help but sigh that the gap between herself and her master was still so huge.
Shao Yun looked at Clorinde, and the smile on his face deepened.
He knew that Clorinde had tried very hard, and she had indeed made great progress in this duel.
At least she could quickly draw her gun when confronting herself.
Clorinde felt a little lost as she looked at her hat that was shot to the ground by Shao Yun.
She sighed and said slowly: "I didn't expect that in the end I would still be inferior to Master..."
Shao Yun walked over to Clorinde, patted her shoulder gently, and comforted her: "Don't be discouraged, you have made great progress."
"At least you pulled out your gun when you duelled me, that's pretty good."
After hearing Shao Yun's comfort, Clorinde's mood did not improve much.
She just stood there silently, her eyes a little dim.
"Well……"
Seeing this, Shao Yun hurriedly picked up the hat that Clorinde had been shot off by him.
He gently patted the dust off it, handed it to Clorinde, and said, "I punched a hole in this hat. Do you still want it?"
Clorinde looked at the hat and shook her head.
In fact, she has many hats and doesn't care about this one.
Moreover, the hole in this hat doesn't look like it can be worn anymore.
"No, if Master wants it, then I'll treat it as Master's trophy..." Clorinde said lightly.
Of course Shao Yun would not collect the hats of the losers in the duel.
He then gave the hat back to Clorinde, leaving her to decide what to do with it.
"Do you want to compete again?" Shao Yun asked.
Clorinde put away her hat and nodded without hesitation.
Of course, she didn't want to end the competition like this. She was eager to know how big the gap was between herself and her master.
"Let's compete again. I want to see how big the gap is between me and my master." Clorinde looked at Shao Yun firmly and said sincerely.
Shao Yun couldn't help but smile when he saw Clorinde was so persistent.
He thought to himself, this little girl really has a spirit of not admitting defeat.
"How else do you want to compete?" Shao Yun asked with interest. He wanted to see what new ideas Clorinde had.
……
In order to calculate the gap between herself and Shao Yun clearly, she had been thinking about it over and over again in the past few days, and finally she felt that the old method was the most practical - target shooting.
With Shao Yun's help, Clorinde placed 24 bottles at a distance of ten meters between the two of them.
Both sides must smash the bottles with bullets as fast as they can, and the one who finishes first wins.
As the countdown ended, the air was instantly filled with the crisp sound of metal parts colliding.
The two "Micah's revolvers" turned neatly in Shao Yun's palms, and the muzzles were firmly locked on the target.
The advantages of the double-action revolver were fully revealed at this moment, and the trigger was pulled as fast as a Maxim.
The sharp whistling of bullets tearing through the air was heard immediately afterwards, and glass bottles shattered one by one, with fragments mixed with dust falling to the ground.
Clorinde was also not vague. With the blessing of the "Mountain Lion Eye Ornament", the elemental power was injected into the bullet along her arm.
She skipped the time to reload, and with her fingertips moving, the muzzle spewed out the light of the lightning element.
But even so, when the last sound of glass shattering came from Shao Yun's side, she had just broken the fifth bottle.
Twelve to five.
Clorinde lowered her hands, looked at the scattered glass shards in the distance, and a barely audible sigh rose from her throat.
Although the double-action revolver's rate of fire is indeed fast, Shao Yun's hand speed is too outrageous.
That's not even shooting, it's just teleporting the bullet.
"Ugh……"
She watched Shao Yun put away his gun, and for the first time she felt that the gap was like a road with no end in sight, making her feel powerless from the bones.
Shao Yun quickly put the holster back on his waist and continued to comfort him, "Not bad, I thought you could only break a couple of bottles."
……
Afterwards, in order to make Clorinde feel better, Shao Yun gave her some pointers and helped her train.
Hearing that Shao Yun was going to give her some pointers again, Clorinde nodded expectantly, but she just pursed her lips and didn't respond, but a warm feeling quietly rose in her ears.
The setting sun stretched their shadows very long.
Clorinde adjusted her posture over and over again, accepting Shao Yun's advanced guidance on gunfire.
It was not until the last ray of sunset fell in the sky that Shao Yun raised his hand to stop.
Clorinde stood there leaning on her gun, her chest heaving violently with her heavy breathing, the strands of hair on her forehead wet with sweat, sticking to her flushed cheeks.
Clorinde took a few breaths and took out a small box from her pocket.
The moment it opened, the silver dagger necklace gleamed in the moonlight.
She held it in her hands and handed it to Shao Yun, saying, "Master gave me an ornament, and I think I should give you a gift, too, so this is for you."
Shao Yun took the necklace and held the dagger pendant close to his eyes. The moonlight fell on it, outlining the rough, hand-polished edges.
"Is this a dagger-shaped necklace?"
"Yes, I made it myself." Clorinde twisted her hands nervously. "I have nothing else to repay Master's kindness. I hope Master will accept it."
Since it is a gift from my "apprentice", I should accept it. It is just an ordinary ornament.
Shao Yun nodded and put the dagger-shaped necklace Clorinde gave him into the Eastern Legend backpack on his waist.
"Okay, I'll take it."
Clorinde squeezed her empty palms, the coolness of metal still lingering on her fingertips. Her throat moved but she couldn't think of anything to say. She could only twist the corner of her clothes and leave shallow marks on the ground with her toes.
"Master, we may meet again in the future if we are lucky." She finally raised her head, her voice clearly awkward.
Shao Yun nodded and, out of politeness, invited him, "Okay. By the way, if you have your annual leave, you can come to Nata for a visit. My ranch is near the Hanging Woodman tribe."
Clorinde's eyes lit up, and she quickly repeated "Hanging Woodman Tribe" twice in her mind, fearing that she would forget it.
"Well, okay, I'll wait for the opportunity in the future..."
Considering how late it was, Clorinde hurriedly raised her hand and pointed to the distance, saying, "By the way, I think the last boat will leave Baisong Town soon. Master, hurry up."
Originally, Clorinde wanted to say, "Do you want to stay at my house for a night?", but when the words came to her lips, she remembered that he mentioned the children at home, so she swallowed them back.
He is already a husband and a father, so my invitation would be too abrupt.
……
The evening breeze brought the smell of the sea. Clorinde looked at Shao Yun's leaving figure, and only after she saw him disappear did she breathe a sigh of relief and turned to walk into the house.
……
Shao Yun was not in a hurry on his way back.
It doesn’t matter if I missed the last boat leaving Baisong Town. At worst, I can just ride back on the Apocalypse horse “Famine”.
I just hope it doesn't cause panic or anything...
On the way, the system popped up a prompt.
[You missed a plot of a romantic encounter: You stayed overnight at Clorinde's home at her invitation. In the middle of the night, while you were resting on the sofa, she would become a traitor to her master!]
Shao Yun looked at the message that popped up on the system, rolled his eyes, and complained, "You're so boring..."
Considering that there was no one else around, the system boldly asked:
[Would you like to hear the details of this affair? For example, can you hold Clorinde's two big "grapefruits"?]
Shao Yun didn’t care about the missed romance. What he cared about now was where the cattle and sheep the system promised to give him were!
"Instead of these insignificant things, I'm more concerned about the cows you promised to give me? What about my sheep? You can't let me raise Nata's cow girl 'Varesa' and 'Coconut Sheep' Ganyu!"
The system replied strangely:
[Actually, it's OK to raise both of these. We have both cow's milk and goat's milk.]
Shao Yun said "Pah" with disdain, then asked seriously, "Stop joking and get down to business. Are my cows and sheep ready?"
After careful consideration, the system quickly gave a reply.
"Of course we're ready. Based on the size and actual conditions of your ranch, we've carefully selected 15 Florida cows, 110 Merino sheep, and two pure black Shire horses for your use as draft animals. What do you think of this arrangement?"