That night, an uninvited guest came to Oku's house.
"Oku, is your monkey free?”
"Yes."
Okur replied lazily.
"I heard that you accepted a mission to train a newcomer? You must have earned quite a bit."
"It's all hard work."
Daley picked up a few peanuts from the plate on Okur's table and threw them into his mouth.
"Didn't I find you business? See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
After a while, the same scene repeated itself at Bisse's house.
The next morning, Hans and Alan, who had arrived at the assembly point, were stunned when they saw that an entire circus was waiting for them. Of course, this circus only had monkeys.
"This is Mr. Hank, this is Mr. Aaron, and this is Madam Mary. Mr. Hank, this is Oku, and this is Biss. They will be your assistants for the next few days.”
Daley introduced both parties enthusiastically.
"Mr. Hank, these two gentlemen and their monkeys will train with you for the next few days. The fee is one silver coin per day.”
"No problem. Where are we going now?"
"To pick the gouru fruit."
"Wait a minute."
Okur interrupted Daley.
"Daley, you've been with the two gentlemen for a long time. Tell me, how many peaches do you want to prepare?”
"I think it should be the maximum amount."
Daley thought for a moment before answering.
"Then we'll go buy it."
Oku and Biss apologized to everyone and walked into the village. After a while, they each picked a large load of peaches and walked back. It looked like dozens or even hundreds of pounds.
"Alright, let's go."
Daley announced as he looked at the prepared crowd.
Two hours later, they arrived at the bottom of a cliff. The cliff was about a hundred meters high and looked quite steep, but there were still many places to stand on. There were also some small trees growing on the cliff.
"This is the training location for today.”
Daley pointed at the cliff in front of him.
"The big tree growing on the top of the cliff is the Guru Tree. As long as the two of you can climb to the top of the cliff and pick the fruit back, you will have completed the trial. Of course, in order to achieve the goal of the trial, we will add some ingredients.”
"What do you want us to do?"
Alan asked.
Daley didn't answer. He walked to them and handed them a sheathed wooden sword.
The two of them unsheathed their swords strangely and saw that the top of the wooden sword was tied with a white cloth.
"Your opponents are these monkeys. Each of you has twenty of them. As long as you can climb to the top of the mountain under the interference of the monkeys, you will win. Of course, there are some rules."
"What rules?"
Hank asked as he watched the two monkey trainers take out clothes from the cloth bag they carried with them and put them on the monkey.
"We can't let the monkeys touch us. The white cloth at the top of your wooden swords is stained with white powder. You can use your stab to hit the red cloth on the monkey's chest. The monkey that is stabbed will automatically retreat. However, there was one thing that he had to remember. Once he stabbed out, he had to hit the red cloth. If he stabbed anywhere else or missed, it would be considered a failure. After a failure, he would start from the bottom of the cliff, not from the place where he failed.”
Daley replied as he wrapped a cloth bag around his waist.
"Now, let me demonstrate for the two of you.”
As Daley stepped onto the cliff, Oku and Biss whistled, and the monkeys pounced on Daley.
Daley's figure moved forward and backward on the cliff, the wooden sword in his hand stabbing out from time to time. After a while, the two rows of monkeys crouched beside their masters, and Daley disappeared from the top of the cliff.
A few minutes later, two long ropes were lowered from the cliff. After a while, Daley slid down a long rope.
"Please stand properly."
Daley made the two of them stand close to the cliff about one meter above the ground. He carefully adjusted the position of the wooden swords on their backs, and then tied the two of them to their waists with the rope that was dropped from the cliff.
"Alright, bring it on."
Hank, who was hanging in the air, waved his sword and demonstrated to the monkeys not far away. The monkeys squeaked and made faces, not afraid at all.
"Oh right, I forgot to mention something."
Daley said to the two people hanging on the cliff.
"In order to increase the enthusiasm of the monkeys, I set up a bet without consulting the two of you.”
"What bet?"
Alan asked curiously.
"If you fail once, each monkey will get a peach. Of course, monkeys 'appetites were limited. Therefore, before they ate until their stomachs were injured, today's trial would have to stop, no matter how early it was. Therefore, the two of you had to work hard.”
"How much do they eat to hurt their stomachs?”
Hank asked.
Daley didn't answer. He just looked at the two peaches not far away.
"What if we pass before we finish the peaches?”
Hank asked after a moment of silence.
"Although I don't think it's possible, if the two of you can really surprise me, I'll pay for the rest of the peaches.”
"Alright."
After saying that, Hank began to climb up.
Oku and Biss whistled as they watched the two of them climb up.
"Alright, no problem."
Hank encouraged himself when he saw the monkey pouncing at him.
"It doesn't have wings and is now suspended in the air. It can't change its direction. Now is a good opportunity to kick it out.”
With this thought in mind, Hank quickly drew his sword and stabbed.
"I'm too slow."
Madam Mary shook her head.
Seeing the wooden sword stabbing at it, the monkey, who seemed to have nowhere to hide, did not panic. It actually had the mood to make a face and extend its claws upward.
"Damn it."
Hank cursed in his heart when he saw his comrade pull the enemy who was about to be stabbed away to avoid the sword.
Then, he felt a weight on his shoulder, as if something was standing on it, and he heard a squeaking sound.
"I lost."
Helpless, Hank looked in Alan's direction and saw his companion with a bitter face and a monkey on his lap.
Following the whistle, the monkeys ran back to their masters and enjoyed their food happily.
"This is the first time the two of you have accepted such a trial. It's inevitable that you're not used to it.”
Daley comforted the dejected Hank and Aaron.
"Instead of being depressed here, it's better to take advantage of the time when the monkey is eating to think about what to do if we encounter such a situation again. After all, it would be too embarrassing if he was defeated twice by the monkey using the same method.”
Upon hearing this, the two young men nodded with gloomy faces.
"Last time, it was because the speed of the sword was not fast enough.”
Seeing the monkey repeat its old trick, Hank sped up his sword and stabbed the red cloth on the monkey's chest before his opponent's partner could catch it. The monkey that was stabbed ran back to its master in frustration.
"I succeeded."
Hank quickly climbed up.
"After all, he's just a monkey. If this continues, he'll be able to climb to the top of the mountain very soon and teach Daley a lesson!”
As Hank was thinking about this, he suddenly saw a shadow flash not far away, and a monkey pounced over again.
"You really can't learn."
Hank saw the opportunity and pulled out his sword to stab.
"What happened? How can it retreat in the air?"
Hank was at a loss when he saw that the opponent who was supposed to come to him was floating in the air, but he didn't move in his direction. Instead, he was getting further and further away from him.
Because he used too much strength and had no place to put his strength, Hank slipped and fell off the cliff.
As he fell, Hank saw a monkey with its tail hanging from a small tree, making a face and squeaking at him.
"I see. Right now, I wasn't very high off the ground, only a few meters. As long as I had the right amount of buffer, I should be able to land without any problems.”
Hank suddenly felt his body being pulled by something and hung in the air.
"Yeah, I pulled the rope. Then, he did not have to worry about falling. He just had to focus on dealing with the monkey.”
"Again."
After the monkeys enjoyed the fruits of victory again, Hank and Aaron continued to challenge them.
Unfortunately, at noon, Oku and Biss brought their men back to the village with empty burdens, leaving Daley and the other three at the bottom of the cliff.
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