While they all were observing Nial work relentlessly, Miles was notified that his permission to enter the Goblin dungeon would soon expire.
As such, he quickly left the house, to earn money instead of wasting the dungeon's appointnt fee.
anwhile, Maline decided to enter the sli dungeon and use the respawn tir efficiently, while reminding lvin to eat the breakfast Nial had prepared for him before doing their stuff.
The day before, lvin had been told that he can stay at the Orin family's house for as long as he wanted, which was sothing he didn't expect to happen after what he assud to have happened years earlier.
His family must have threatened them, but the Orin family wasn't inclined to hold a grudge against him.
Neither did they comnt on the incident except for Nial's unintentional slip of tongue when he had been angry nor did they scorn him in any way because of what happened in the past.
Rather, lvin had been welcod with open arms which was sothing that wouldn't happen in his family, if Nial were to show up unannounced.
Seeing their heartwarming welco gave him even more reason to help Sabrina.
Not only did he like her and care about her a lot, but lvin felt that such kind people as Nial's entire family, should not be allowed to suffer in any way.
Thus, he readied himself and suppressed the feeling of envy in the depths of his conscience as he left the house, and entered the backyard.
Nial had already heard his parents' footsteps from behind him, and he had been astonished about that.
Before, he assud that they were already awake and outside the house, entering so dungeons together.
However, that had not been the case. Yet, instead of thinking about that any longer, Nial simply decided to focus on himself, and everything he had wanted to do.
This was mostly to improve his combat prowess, or to be precise, his movent, control over mana, spearmanship, and how to properly make use of the effects of the [Mana Perception(Poorest)] ability.
At the sa ti, Nial wanted to focus on learning to read and write because his parents and even lvin had instructed him to take a look at a basic body movent technique after selling everything they had acquired the day before.
Not knowing what was written sowhere would be a hindrance if he wanted to progress further.
At the sa ti, it would make many things much more difficult because he wanted to find out more about his sister's disease in the shelter's Library.
He might be able to find sothing there, but without being able to read, entering would be more than rude, not only to himself but to the librarian too.
Even if it was not considered rude, wasting his own and others' ti, definitely was.
Not wanting to waste his ti, he practiced tirelessly and sensed that his best friend was approaching him with a set of daggers in his hands.
Entering a combat stance, lvin simply handed him over the daggers. He didn't say much, but the choice of his weapons made it clear that he had already figured out Nial's biggest disadvantage.
Under the pressure of surviving the horde of beasts, Nial had made too many mistakes the day before, and a barrage of attacks overwheld him enough to force him, a spear wielder, to retreat.
This was not sothing that should happen if he wanted to fight and defeat his opponents, and Nial was fully aware of this.
As a spear wielder, he should be fast, agile and able to hold back his opponent, even more so because the Viper spear could be used as a rod, glaive, halberd, spear, and possibly even as a trident.
In the end, the Viper spear was an extrely versatile weapon that felt as if it was tailor-made for him.
Nonetheless, as he was unable to wield it perfectly, Nial's combat prowess was much worse than it could be if he were to be properly trained.
And it was exactly this task that lvin wanted to take over for the next few hours. He knew that Nial was able to overco the hurdles by himself, but they didn't have enough ti to let him test everything on his own. Besides, Nial was way too impatient, which was obvious.
His sister was bedridden, and her disease was worsening by the day.
As such, the expenses for her dicine had shot through the roof and their agre earnings fell short of the required amount to heal her.
They had yet to find a cure, and even if one existed, it would be extrely expensive, considering that the dicine that barely slowed down her disease from getting worse was already overly expensive!
Despite the change in his behavior, lvin knew his best friend well enough.
Because of that, it would be best to exhaust Nial to the extent that he would not be in the condition to even think about entering a dungeon, knowing that he would die inside.
Thus, lvin didn't even think of holding back.
Instead, he decided to inflict shallow injuries on Nial which would force him to pay more attention to himself.
With that in mind, lvin circulated mana through his body, increasing his speed that was already further enhanced than Nial's as he rushed towards his best friend.
Slashing at Nial without hesitation, lvin showed how serious he was, and it was at that mont when Nial realised that his friend was not going to be nice and sweet while showing him his mistakes.
Rather, lvin chose the cruel path to make Nial never forget his mistakes, which was sothing he understood almost instantly.
Comprehending what was about to happen, Nial forced his worn-down body to move, and let out a roar.
Staring at lvin, who beckoned him to co forward, he pushed himself to overco the limits he had already broken through hours ago as he thrust the Viper spear forward.
Yet, instead of completing the thrust, Nial retracted the Viper spear's blade before he switched the movent, and moved the rod in the direction at which he had predicted lvin to move.
Nial's combat experience might be low, but he knew his friend and his tactics extrely well.
As such, Nial knew that lvin wouldn't want to face his attack directly.
Instead, lvin would want to show him in the cruelest possible way what kind of flaws he had.
His best friend was the nicest person he knew, but when it ca to pointing out mistakes, he was harsh and didn't beat around the bush!
Knowing this, Nial didn't even try to slacken.
Rather, he wanted to learn as much as possible to prevent facing a second cruel lesson when lvin pointed out his mistakes.
Bombarding him with attacks, Nial tried to hit lvin in any possible way, obstructing his smooth attacks.
Yet, he was unable to even scratch lvin's clothes, and he erged in front of Nial with his body leaned forward that almost reached Nial's calves.
Slashing out, he inflicted a handful of shallow cuts close to Nial's knees. Through this, lvin wanted to clearly show that he could have rendered Nial unable to continue fighting if he wanted to.
Just a mont later, lvin jumped to the side, before twisting his body and turning it towards Nial as his hand began to glow in a bright light.
At that mont, even Nial's mana perception perceived the bright light, and his brows furrowed, perceiving the lightning currents that shot out of his friend's hand.
Ignoring the throbbing pain around his knees, Nial knew that he had to move, otherwise, he would have quite a few more issues than just dealing with the pain.
Not knowing whether lvin could control his Lightning affinity the way he wanted to, Nial could only recall the first battle that had happened the day before.
Chills covered his entire body by the re thought of being hit by a ball of lightning.
Moving instinctively, Nial used the movent he had already attained by swinging the Viper spear at lvin. This made it possible for him to increase his own speed, if only by a fraction as he simply continued the swing.
He might not have hit lvin like that, but the subtle boost he received was enough to evade lvin's attack that was inaccurately shot at him.
The lightning currents were drastically weaker than the one lvin had shot with the Myth wand, and even if he would have been hit by the currents, they would have, at most, burned Nial.
Nevertheless, having avoided the lightning currents by a hair's breadth, Nial's entire side was left defenseless.
Unable to move aside owing to the movent he had just made use of, he could already tell what lvin would do, which caused him to grit his teeth.
At that mont, he perceived lvin roll on his back which allowed him to stand on his two feet in the quickest ti.
This had strained his body a lot, but lvin had been trained in making quick decisions since a young age.
As such, he had waged the advantages of being quicker in getting up to initiate a new attack in comparison to having to get up slowly, giving Nial enough ti to enter a defensive stance once again.
With that in mind, lvin rushed towards Nial once again, without giving him a single breather that may allow him to think of a way to gain an upper hand again.
Having been trained professionally, lvin knew that a single fraction of a second, as well as a subtle motion with which one executed one's ability could be enough to end soone's life.
Because of that, the young man was fully alert and ready for any kind of attack, only to realise that nothing happened when Nial's entire sports clothes were cut open, hundreds of cuts inflicted to his best friend.
Initially, he had planned to teach Nial a lesson, but the situation seed to have turned in Nial's favor after he had been able to avoid the electric currents.
Sothing in the seemingly simple move Nial had executed at that mont caused lvin's instincts to be triggered, it was sothing that made his entire being believe that his opponent was more terrifying than one could perceive at the first glance.
This realization made lvin freeze in his tracks only to curse out.
"Fuck, I went overboard…"
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