Chapter 777 - More Training
Now that Mr. Bob was unavailable, Silva took Ery sowhere else.
The two made their way to another complex this ti over the hill near a cliff surrounded by trees.
The place was exponentially bigger in size, and was surprisingly filled with a lot more strong individuals roaming around.
Through his spirit reading, Ery could clearly feel the presence of thousands of acolyte level individuals, hundreds of saint level figures and dozens of magus with at least two grand magus.
At first, Ery was confused as to what kind of place would house this level of fighting force. But then, as soon as he arrived, he imdiately realized the place Silva had brought him to.
The sight of hundreds of people with acolyte level of cultivation practicing together at the yard basically gave Ery a clear idea as to what kind of place this was.
"This… is an academy?" Ery asked, slightly doubting his guess.
"Not quite." Silva smiled when she saw the rows of people swinging swords in harmony, "This is a Dojo."
A puzzled look appeared on Ery's face when the new term went into his ears. Apparently, there was no exact translation, but Silva simply explained that this place was essentially like the Combat Institute of Magus Academy, where people trained and practiced fighting with various kinds of weapons.
"Most importantly, our Dojo is famous for our sword style. So, knowing that you prefer to use swords, an opportunity to learn here should be really beneficial for you."
Ery was certainly elated as he looked at these people practicing with all their heart.
They all wore the sa outfit - a unique-looking uniform consisted of a white top and black bottom - as they continued to train with clear discipline following one certain form.
To his surprise, even watching these acolytes practice basic foundational moves was very insightful to Ery.
As the two of them went deeper and entered the inner court, Ery began to see several more advanced and freestyle techniques practiced by those with saint level cultivation. Seeing how fascinated Ery was, Silva decided to stop and let him watch these people for a while.
However, their attention was quickly diverted not long after.
A group of people could be seen walking towards them. All of them exuded magus level cultivation. Ery watched quietly as they arrived and respectfully greeted Silva.
"Greetings, Princess." They all said in unison.
Silva nodded her head and said, "Is Master Hirasi available?"
"Yes, Princess." One of them answered. "He is expecting you."
Hearing that, Silva asked them to lead the way, while beckoning for Ery to follow. The group of magus swiftly led them to a building that seed to be made entirely of an exquisite wood.
Thanks to his spirit reading, Ery now knew they were approaching the strongest figure in this place.
The mont they entered the building, Ery's gaze was imdiately transfixed on the two figures sitting on what appeared to be a wooden platform at the far end of the room. One was an old man with long white hair, another was a female with a scar on her cheek. He could clearly perceive the grand magus level of cultivation emanating from the two of them.
Silva, who noticed Ery's behavior, nudged him and gestured to follow her.
The two of them walked towards the platform and stopped a few steps away. Imdiately after, Silva bowed which Ery quickly followed.
"Greetings, Master Hirasi." She turned to the other person and said, "Greetings, Grand Magus Atika."
Even though it seed typical at first glance, the different way Silva used when addressing the two people clearly told others what their relationship was. One was Silva's own master - who personally taught her, while the other was simply a form of address that formally befit the other party's status.
The two people, however, just nodded their heads accepting the bow.
"This is Ery." Silva said. "The queen hopes he will be trained under your care during his ti here."
The two people were strangely silent for a mont. Ery noticed this, but didn't open his mouth because he knew it wasn't appropriate to do so. Now, He just needed to wait for these two to make their decision.
Monts later, Master Hirasi finally said.
"We will comply with the queen's request. However, as an outsider, we could only give pointers to the young man and could not accept him as a formal disciple."
Silva readily nodded his head, as if he had expected such a response. "I understand, Master. I'm sure the queen will understand."
Even from a glance, Ery could tell these two were weapons masters, moreover, both of them possessed grand magus cultivation. As such, it would be a fortunate matter for him to be taught by them. Even if it was just a day or two.
While Master Hirasi didn't seem to mind the idea of teaching an outsider, Grand Magus Atika, on the other hand, didn't seem so happy.
"We will definitely teach you, but for us to be able to give any pointer, it really depends on how deep your understanding of the sword is."
Silence fell into the room after Grand Magus Atika spoke those words.
Reading between the lines, the grand magus' words could be interpreted as: unless Ery has the talent, they will not teach him anything.
Seeing that Ery was silent, Silva quickly leaned over and whispered to his ears. "What are you doing? That's your cue! Show them your best skill!"
The grand magus gave a sign to one of the magus present in the room. Imdiately after, the man stood in the middle of the room with a sword in his hand.
Ery naturally understood what this ant. Therefore, he swiftly went and stood in front of the man while also taking out his own sword.
"You should strike first." The magus said with a smile. "I will adapt to your strength."
Ery nodded to show he understood. After giving the man a bow of respect, Ery imdiately began. His figure disappeared from where he was and shot towards the magus.
Throughout his journey, Ery never really had any formal sword training. He had several days worth of swordsmanship with Magus Xion and a few days battling against different levels of combat puppets - that was it.
Therefore, it could be said Ery's style of swordsmanship was considered unrefined, this fact was quickly noticed by the two masters. The sight of him employing battle arts like [Weeping Phantom] and the others didn't really excite nor impress Master Hirashi and Grand Magus Atika.
Realizing this, but without anything else to show, Ery eventually decided to try his luck with his [Dao Divine Sword] - sothing his master Magus Xion said was not a sword technique.
The mont he displayed the technique, Ery could see that the two grand magus were startled. Grand Magus Atika even abruptly stood up and decided to jump in, replacing the magus as his opponent.
"Show more!"
Things progressed so unexpectedly Ery didn't know what to do for a mont. But a few monts later, he cald down and continued what he had been doing - displaying what his technique was capable of.
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!
Ery showed what his [Divine Dao Sword] was, but just as they exchanged strikes ten tis, Grand Magus Atika suddenly stopped and lowered her sword. She walked back to his seat ignoring Ery's bewildered expression, but her next words caught everyone off guard.
"I will take him." Sitting down, Grand Magus Atika stared at Ery and said, "You are now my outer disciple"
Ery just stood there, unresponsive, completely stunned. His mind was still processing what had happened when Silva suddenly hit him on the back.
"What are you doing!? Accept it, you fool!"
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