Kat PoV
"Too slow! If you're going to feint, commit to feinting! Stop trying to be cute with it!"
My wrist stung as Lady Fenryas slapped it away, nearly sending my dagger flying before her other hand slamd into my chest, pushing back a few feet.
"Trying to play mind gas in lee combat is not sothing I'd advise until you reach a certain level, little pup. Especially not when your opponent is as strong as I am. Stick to what you know and don't try to be fancy. You're not as good with a blade as your mate over there..."
I frowned at that, only to decide to let go of my wounded ego and instead do as she said; this woman had lived far longer than , and had likely spent her long life tempered in the fires of war, whereas I had only recently been introduced to life and death concepts.
My first life was a cushioned one, where the worst fight I ever got in was with another girl over Kyoka, and even that only ended with slapping her once...
That was the most physical I had ever gotten with soone, so I was going to take her words and try and do what I could with them, since there was sound logic in that advice.
Feints and flashy techniques were good if you were incredibly skilled with your weapons of choice, as well as confident that your opponent was either only just barely above your level or below you.
However, with feints ca risks, and Lady Fenryas was suggesting I forego the risk and instead stick to simple combat, relying on my physical prowess to overco any of my obstacles instead.
The black skinned Wolfkin smirked as I clenched the hilts of my daggers and charged at her, one of them reversed as I began to unleash of flurry of slashes and cuts towards her torso and limbs, wanting to entangle her in a web of attacks before trying to deliver the decisive blow.
Arcs of silver filled the air between us as my arms moved as swiftly as they could, blurring together as my high stats made themselves known.
The anklet inside my boot felt slightly warm as I pushed myself harder, like the Shop Made Item was being overclocked to keep up with my speed.
Lady Fenryas laughed as she blocked and pushed each attack aside, her speed matching mine as she fought on even terms, forcing to improve or be locked in a stalemate.
"Better! Much better! You're getting sowhere, little pup! Now let's just see if you can keep it up!"
Her leisurely amusent contrasted my intense concentration as I traded blow for blow with her, my daggers constantly moving as I tried to land a cut on her red veined skin, but it was to no avail as minutes slowly passed.I think you should take a look at
My muscles began to ache with each movent, while my joints creaked slightly at the different attacks that I had to send her way; as for my wrists, they were currently screaming at as Lady Fenryas constantly smacked them away from her, preventing any of my attacks from landing.
Ti stretched out as I continued to spar against the Demon Wolf, until I eventually slipped up and made a mistake, costing a dagger as Lady Fenryas wrenched it from my hands and pressed the cold steel to my throat, ending the spar.
"Promising. Your endurance is pretty good, and your skills aren't too shabby either. So more polishing and you'll be a decent enough lee fighter. 'Course, I sll the Ice Mana in your veins, and it's above the average lee fighter... an all rounder? Hmm..."
Handing the dagger back, the Demon Wolf stalked around , looking up and down before saying "You'll be like a Spellsword then... up close and personal magics and so more ranged spells to help close the gap, perhaps? Support spells as well if you're working in a party... Should certainly be a rather useful pup to have around, I suppose..."
Nodding to herself, Lady Fenryas glanced towards the sparring Knights before saying "If you want so extra curricular studies, go talk to Princi, the Catkin woman in unnecessarily tight black leather? She can be insufferable, but she's adept with Wind support spells, so maybe you can find a useful thing or two inside her drivel..."
She glanced back down at before gesturing for to return to the others, saying "For now, pup, that's more than enough from . You still haven't showed enough to warrant more than the minimum."
With that, she turned away and moved towards the Knights, prowling around the training grounds and inspecting the various Knights, shouting and berating so.
I made my way back over to Anput and Jahi, who were in the midst of a spar, their great swords clattering together as Anput danced around the Demoness, battering her with attacks.
After healing myself up, I joined their spar when they finished their current bout, and we finished our second day under Lady Fenryas slowly, embroiled in constant spars as we alternated partners.
Lady Fenryas sent a few Knights our way to spice things up, having them teach us what they could as we were forced to absorb experience through beatings.
Phantom pains wracked our entire bodies as we ended the day off, and we shuffled once more through the halls before reaching the kitchen, where we devoured more than enough food to feed a village for two weeks.
Returning to our room, we bathed and got ready for bed, but an ambiguous, yet tired mood surrounded us as we split into pairs, Anput pulling over towards her bed while Jahi took Leone, our lust ignited after such a strenuous day.
My mate tossed onto her bed before climbing atop , her predatory black gaze pinning below her as she trailed her hands over my body and whispered "You make a fine reward for a hard days work, Kat... A very fine reward indeed..."
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