"Take this, I brought you a weapon" he said, handing over a huge spiked bat, more than a ter and a half long, consisting of a small tree trunk with iron spikes brutally inserted into it and protruding outwards.
"Not bad, boy. To be a novice, I have to admit that you look pretty threatening now... but I've faced Jotunns stronger than you. I hope that after our fight you will understand what are the points that you need to strengthen. Standing still, I can already see that you tend to leave your right side uncovered and..."
Before Dag could finish speaking peacefully, the young Jotunn grabbed the weapon from his colleague's shoulders and violently waved it at his opponent, trying to strike him by surprise, screaming at him.
Dag, with a slight backward movent, dodged the shot and stopped talking for a mont, stepping back and preparing for the next attack.
Oddly enough, Kane lifted his mace from the ground and did not imdiately attack, rely watching Dag and studying his movents, trying to figure out how to counter his high movent speed.
"Well, brother... I see you understand that blindly attacking won't get you anywhere... I like you" Dag continued, smiling mockingly, but appreciating the attempt by the Giants Of Ymir's soldier.
Kane waved the spiked bat in one direction, feinting a frontal attack and then attacked sideways, trying to hit his opponent on his side.
The shot was so fast and accurate that Dag could not dodge it in ti and was forced to parry it.
*boom*
When the bat hit the hamr's stone head, a loud noise was released and the tal spikes crawled against Dag's weapon, which deflected the blow and slightly unbalanced the soldier, unintentionally emitting an imperceptible electrical discharge.
"Wow! Nice shot! You almost hit ! And it was also powerful! Keep it up!" he exclaid, not hitting the young warrior on purpose, giving him a chance to keep fighting.
After regaining his balance, Kane stood still, walking sideways and moving his head, trying to focus on Dag, who after parrying the blow with the hamr, had stunned him.
"So?" the young Master asked, ready to continue.
As soon as that word ca out of his mouth, the giant dashed towards him and charged a downward blow, intent on hitting Dag from the bottom and knocking him to the ground, ending the fight.
Dag, however, dodged the shot again and soon after placed a hand on Kane's back, making a small jump and resting his foot on it.
Giving himself the push, he jumped backward, landing on his feet and pushing the Jotunn forward, forcing him to put his spiked mace on the ground to avoid falling.
"You're still too slow and predictable... you need reinforcent. Co on, which one of you wants to join us? It's just a demonstration fight, don't be afraid!" Dag exclaid again, inviting another warrior to turn into Jotunn and help the brave young Kane.
"I'll do it!" a voiceover from the top of the arena said.
Dag turned in that direction and noticed that the voice ca from Gunnar, who along with Kranus had reached the eting place, continuing to nurture a certain hatred for him, after what had happened during the private eting.
"Gunnar, what are you saying? Master Dag is doing a demonstration for our students, you don't need to intervene..." Wrage sighed, hoping that his colleague would change his mind and avoid making bad figures.
As he and Kranus began to descend the stairs that would lead them to the center of the arena, the soldiers began to shout his na: "Master Gunnar! Master Gunnar! Master Gunnar!"
"Eheheh! Did you hear them? Step aside, Wrage... our young students want to see their Master in action against an Okstorm rookie!" Gunnar exclaid, whose words full of contempt towards Dag once again annoyed Kranus.
Dag looked at the Commander of the Ice Giants and nodded his hand, trying to make him understand that he was not worried and that the situation was still under control.
Kranus's respect for Dag grew exponentially, and the ice mage avoided standing between the two challengers, hoping that in that way, the resentnt between them would decrease.
"Okay, okay! That's enough, guys... thank you for the support. You, Dag!" Gunnar called, pointing his finger at the young Master, under the frightened gaze of Freydis, who sensed nothing good.
"Hey, Gunnar" he replied, in his usual quiet tone.
"Do you agree to challenge in the form of Jotunn or do you prefer to avoid making such a bad impression to my n? Hahah! You still have ti to step aside and let us train our warriors as we have always done and collaborate in so other way!" the Master of Arms continued, who as soon as he set foot in the arena, untied the piece above his armor, dropping it to the ground and remaining bare-backed, ready to begin the transformation.
"Why should I refuse? I welco your challenge but rember... you don't have to use all your power. As Wrage was trying to say before you interrupted him, this is just a demonstration" Dag added, dismissive of the fact that with those words, he would make the figure of a coward in front of the warriors that were watching them.
"Perfect then. If I win, you will walk away from the arena and approach the soldiers only if Commander Kranus officially summons you... if you win, you will train our warriors with us, becoming their temporary Master" Gunnar replied, clearly explaining the conditions that bound their impending fight.
Dag nodded, looking at Kane and telling him that they would continue their friendly challenge at another ti.
Gunnar stepped forward, stopping at the geotric center of the arena and looking up, breathing deeply and closing his eyes, to concentrate.
anwhile, a group of warriors ran inside one of the warehouses surrounding the black stone structure and all together carried a giant axe, taller than Gunnar himself, leaving it at his feet.
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