Silas slowly leaned his back against the wall, sweat still cooling down on his skin, when the system panel shifted in front of his eyes.
[Searching for the best tutor for: Art of the Six Senses...]
He then rubbed the back of his neck, still breathing a little hard, trying to compose himself.
"Hmm, great, which god’s gonna show up now? Will it be an angel? A demon? Or soone else?"
The search for a tutor finally ca to an end.
[Tutor Selected: Chiron]
[Title: The Wise Instructor of Heroes]
Silas blinked a few tis. "Chiron? Wait... the horse dude?"
[Host, Chiron will be the best to learn the Art of the Six Senses from.]
[He has trained many great beings. His teaching record is exceptional.]
Silas took his hand to his chest and began scratching it lightly. "Alright... let’s see what this guy has in the bucket list for ."
The system confird the initialisation.
[Connecting to Chiron.]
The window in front of his eyes blurred. Then the screen ford clearly, like a portal that connected the two worlds.
A wide field of bright green grass, tall trees were swaying with the air gently, a small wooden house with the smoke rising from the chimney. Birds hopping around from one tree-to-another without any kind of fear.
And standing there, calm and steady, was Chiron. From the waist down, the powerful body which was of a horse, Dark fur and muscular legs.
He gave off a presence that Silas couldn’t explain — not loud or intimidating, but firm, grounded, like soone who had lived a hundred lives and learned from all of them.
Chiron looked directly at Silas through the system’s screen.
"So," he said gently, his eyes were half closed. You have to co to learn the Art of the Six Senses?" Opened his eyes gently, looked at Silas.
His voice was calm, deep... the kind that made everything else slow down.
Silas’s breath hitched as he looked into the eyes of Chiron; he still maintained his calm deanour.
Silas nodded to him once. "Yeah, that’s what I got told about."
Chiron stepped a bit closer. The grass slightly moved under his shoe-hooves in small soft ripples.
"Do you know what the six senses are?" He asked, crossing his arms.
Silas shrugged. "Uhh... sight, sll, taste, hearing—"
Chiron raised one of his fingers. "No, those are just the basic senses which you were born with."
He tapped his chest lightly. Voice ca low, deep. "The real six senses are the ones which you feel; they’re not about knowing. They’re about noticing your surroundings."
Silas blinked; his mouth opened partially, just enough for his voice to co out. "That... didn’t make any sense to ."
"That... didn’t make any sense."
Chiron just smiled faintly. "It definitely will make sense to you soon enough."
He lifted his hand in the air. "Let us begin the lecture."
[Sense of Awareness — Inner Stillness]
Chiron closed his eyes slightly, made a small gesture with his hand. "Close your eyes."
Silas didn’t think twice before his body reacted to Chiron’s words instinctively.
"Now," Chiron said softly. "Before you try to sense the world. Sense yourself, get to know about your inner self."
The wind in the video reflection quieted. Silas could almost feel the air from the other world.
"Feel your heartbeat," Chiron said softly, his face was unreadable as ever.
Silas waited patiently, eyes still closed, pulse was beating smoothly, and body was completely composed.
At first, all he heard was the faint buzz of his old creaking fan.
But slowly, he started to feel it. THUMP THUMP. His heartbeat beca clear.
"Feel the tension in your muscle, be familiar with its pain," Chiron continued. "Notice when your body is too tight or soft. Your jaw, your shoulders, your chest."
Silas realised that his shoulders were a bit raised, his posture was not good, tense, without him knowing about it.
"Now, try to feel your mana."
Silas frowned a bit, trying his best to look inside his mana core.
Then he felt it — a soft warmth under his skin, like a faint pulse of energy moving inside him.
"And now," Chiron finished his sentence with a deep exhale. "Feel the space around you, be familiar with it. Feel it even with your eyes closed, your body should know where it is."
Silas breathed slowly, composing his body, trying to focus completely on his surroundings.
He could sense the walls around him.
The space around him was now in front of his eyes. He could even see the shape of his own in that space.
A notification appeared in front of him; a panel was hovering in the air.
[Sixth Sense – Inner Awareness (Basic): Added Into The Course.]
Silas slowly opened his eyes, and the field returned. Sothing inside of him now felt a bit quieter. It was not calr, but clearer than before.
• [Sense of Motion — Reading Movent]
Chiron picked up a bow from the ground. He looked at Silas once before his eyes shifted back towards the bow.
"Movent," he said, his voice was low yet soft. "Is not about the speed, it’s about what happened before it attains the speed."
Chiron’s right hand started to glow with a bright light; soon enough, a small arrow materialised in the palm of Chiron’s right hand.
He pulled the arrow back, slow, steady.
Then the video froze the mont before release. The arrow hovered mid-air.
"When soone attacks you," Chiron said, "they will move before they actually move. Muscles will tighten, weight will shift, their breath will change."
He released the arrow. The arrow then flew forward in slow motion, slicing through the air in a clean tidal line.
"Learn to see the start of a movent," Chiron continued as he lowered the bow a bit. "And you will predict the end of it."
The arrow struck a trunk that was a bit far away. When the arrow made contact with it, a loud thud filled the air.
Silas exhaled slowly. It all finally started to make so sense to him; it felt simple, it felt real to him.
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