Ti passed very quickly as Ery deeply imrsed himself in practicing the sword technique Magus Xion had imparted upon him. He took the practice and what he had to do very seriously, cautious of any possible mistake.
After all, the last thing he wanted to do toward his master's trust and care was to waste it by achieving nothing at the end of his training period.
After two days of training, Ery finally saw his master wake up from his ditation after he broke the sword. The man stood up from his cross-legged position and approached Ery.
Currently, Ery was still standing with both of his arms raised in the air holding the second sword Magus Xion had given him.
Just like what he had always been doing for the past two days, Ery channeled the darkness spirit energy within his body into the sword in his hand. However, he seed to have reached an absolute impasse because he couldn't unleash its power like what Magus Xion demonstrated to him no matter what he tried.
Magus Xion seed to also realize this as he quickly told him to rember about his practice with the leaf, that he needed to control the flow of spirit on the sword while channeling it.
Upon hearing his master's advice, Ery couldn't help but inwardly curse in his mind. 'Err.. I did think about that! It's really not as easy as how you casually say it, Master!"
He naturally couldn't lash his bitterness at Magus Xion. The only thing he could do was to silently listen to his master's instruction and tried harder to not fail again.
Without further ado, Ery once again channeled his darkness energy into the blade while repeating the movents Magus Xion had shown him. And then, when he tried to successfully replicate the third step once again, cracks suddenly appeared on his second tier 3 sword.
He didn't even have a chance to think about what could be the reason as the sword was shattered to pieces in the next second.
Ery stood there like a statue, dumbfounded as his eyes were totally fixed at the remains of the sword scattered on the ground.
An instant later, he jerked his head upwards and looked at the direction of his master. His face completely lost its color because counting his second year, this was the third sword of Magus Xion that he had broken.
Ery could clearly see that his master was trying his best to maintain his calm as he took out another identical sword with similar initial engraved on the base of the blade. The man clearly forced the smile on his face as he said, "Don't worry too much, Ery. I.. I understand…"
"Otherwise, why do you think I have so many of these swords..? The [Shadow Edge] indeed puts a very heavy burden on the sword used.. Although it usually can be used to unleash the skill a dozen tis before it breaks apart.."
"I'm sorry, Master. I really do." Ery didn't know what else to say besides apologizing. "And, I understand. Thank you, Master."
Ery attempted to practice the skill again. This ti, even more carefully than his previous attempt. Even so, it didn't take long for him to break it apart once again.
"..."
The duo of master and disciple was silent as they stared at what was left of the third sword and looked at each other. Both of them seed to be at a loss for words.
However, while Ery was indeed flabbergasted by what he had just managed to do, Magus Xion was silent because he found the situation to be more than strange. He quickly told Ery to try one more ti with a new sword.
This ti, he didn't just watch how Ery perford the steps but also focused his attention on sensing the flow of energy that coursed in throughout the sword. And when the sword shattered apart one more ti..
..he sighed.
Ery looked at his master with a look full of expectation because he knew the latter had discovered sothing.
Noticing the look Ery gave him, Magus Xion sighed one more ti as his fingers massaged his wrinkled forehead. "Ery, I believe this is the effect of your dark core."
Upon hearing that, Ery's face imdiately changed. He quickly worried that he would not be able to use the skill he had always thought about for three years.
He wasn't given the opportunity to ask what exactly the issue was as Magus Xion told him to take out the tier 4 sword he got from the Terra armory before.
Even though puzzled, Ery still did what was asked.
Seeing Ery holding the tier 4 sword, Magus Xion nodded his head. "Try doing it again."
The sword wasn't a one-edged sword like the sword Magus Xion had, but it is a tier 4 sword. Therefore, it should be much more durable.
At first, Ery was hesitant for fear of destroying his newly-gained sword. But rembering that it was a tier 4 weapon, he decided to trust his master's instruction and quickly got into action.
Ery once again channeled the energy from his dark core into the tier 4 sword, and he soon discovered that it required a lot more power to fully 'charge' the sword. He quickly turned to Magus Xion who was currently nodding in understanding.
"..Looks like my guess was right. Although you are a rank 8 acolyte, your spirit force is comparable to that of rank 9. Furthermore, coupled with your volatile dark core, you should have a spirit force as high as a peak rank 9 acolyte. The tier 3 sword simply couldn't withstand your power. Especially hard when you are not used to the skill"
And as expected, Ery finally managed to cast [Shadow Edge] after a few more tries.
As he made the final motion of swinging the sword downwards, a line of jet black shadow blade shot out and leaving a clear, straight cut trail on it.
Looking at the destruction that the skill managed to do, Ery understood that currently he still couldn't channel his power efficiently. Just now, perhaps only one third of his power that managed to be unleashed in the strike. Even so, this ager result was still enough to bring a smile to his face.
His success was evident when a notification popped up in his mind along with the activation of the skill.
[You have learned Shadow Edge]
Now that the skill was in his grasp, Ery imdiately went back to the place where he could fight the combat puppets. It took him another day to get used to using both skills [Shadow Edge] and [Weeping Phantom].
It was another day, until another notification arrived in his mind.
[You have learned Sword Art - Weeping Phantom]
And along with that, Ery finally had the ability to finally overco and defeat the combat puppets that stopped him in his tracks.
[Congratulations, the level 8 combat puppet was defeated]
[Received 4 battle power]
At the sa ti, Ery also received another notification.
[Received one battle art of your choice]
Seeing the notification in his mind, Ery was overjoyed. Magus Xion was also glad knowing that it only took him four days to master both skills and utilized them to win against the level 8 combat puppet.
While Ery was still considering his choice of battle art skill, his friends returned from their respective personal training. Julian, Thrax, Klea, and Chumo; all of them walked toward Ery with fresh expression on their faces - one that had a certain confidence in it.
Ery was curious about what had happened to them. Unfortunately, he wasn't given a chance as Magus Silica also arrived at the training area with hundreds of Terra Knight following behind her.
"You all have two days for final training before the ga. Ti for the real training began!"
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