272 Movent
The Moonlit Feline, with slit pupils, studied the scene.
"What the hell does quick on my feet even an?"
"It ans you go... BAM! Get it?" Elisa explained.
"No." The white-scaled Monster scratched its head. "I don't get it."
'That's supposed to be an explanation?' Mark asked himself.
"What isn't there to get?" Elisa positioned herself a couple of steps away from him. "Look closely this ti, alright?"
The white-scaled Monster focused as much as it could on its vision.
Since Elisa wasn't using Mana, the High Elven Pupil wasn't necessary and so Mark's right eye remained closed.
He waited.
Waited so more.
And just when,
"So what am I supposed to-"
"See?" Elisa already stood behind him.
"No," Mark straightened up. "I didn't see."
She slowly let her back rest against his.
"How co?"
"If it's about waiting for when my focus breaks, then-"
"Tsk, tsk. That's not it. Well, it was now but... Not generally." Elisa lightly pushed herself off his back. "It's about initial movent." She turned around, and so did he.
"Initial movent?"
"Right. Want to teach you?"
"Sure."
"That fast? Not going to try alone a bit longer?"
"No."
"Giving up?"
"You could say that."
"Huh. Where's your pride? I expected you to want to try alone until you got it."
The white-scaled Monster shrugged.
"I guess I don't mind asking for help from ti to ti."
"Mm!" Elisa nodded. "That's good. Let the lesson begin then. Though... I have to tell you, you won't be able to go as fast as . But I guess that goes without saying, right?" She turned around and made her hair dance, waiting for an answer.
"Right." Mark answered as he sighed.
"Hahaa! Alright." She chuckled. "Mmm... How to teach this simply...?" Elisa wondered for a bit.
She snapped her fingers a couple of seconds later.
"Let's try this. See that tree?" Elisa asked as she pointed.
"Yeah."
"When I say 'go', get to it fast as you can, alright?"
Mark's gaze went from her to the tree in question and back repeatedly.
"Don't want to do it?"
"I'll do it."
"Alright. Three, two, one, WRONG!"
Mark, who had been preparing to run as fast as he could, was startled by the sudden shout.
"What's wrong?"
"Your movent, it's all wrong."
"What movent? I didn't even move yet."
"Tsk, tsk. You really don't get it?" Mark remained silent. "Alright, alright. Tsk. Can't have fun at all."
"So are you going to help now?"
Elisa rolled her eyes.
"Kay..."
"Then? What's wrong?"
"You take too long to start moving. You shift your center of gravity forward, bend your knees, and move one foot back slightly... Get it? Plus, it's very... Mmm... I'm not sure how to describe it. Oh. chanical. That's the word. Your movents are very chanical."
"chanical?"
"Yes. You move well when it cos to... Huh."
"You're a horrible teacher."
"Shut it! As I was saying, your movents... Don't flow. There's no flow. It's chanical. What you do is pretty good, but the way you do it is completely wrong."
"You an I don't know how to run?"
"Pfahaha! Sothing like that."
"Mm..." The white-scaled Monster raised its gaze to the sky above for a bit.
"Need ti to think?"
"No..." Mark lowered his gaze back to her. "Teach ."
"Mmm..." Elisa scratched her head. "The best way to learn how to make your movents flow better is just... Trying to. So being aware of the flaw is already a step forward. Let's go back to the race towards the tree, okay?" Mark nodded. "Three, two, one... Go!"
He crossed the distance but,
"You were late to start. I guess you expect to stop you again. Your muscles tense up too much. And too often."
The white-scaled Monster thought for a bit, before it started taking repetitive small hops.
"Mm! That works. Get rid of the unnecessary tension. And once it feels right, take the downward montum and shifted forward. Three, two, one... Go!"
Mark could tell that the 'Go' was given at the perfect ti to allow his feet to absorb and redirect the montum.
"Huh. That was faster." He noted.
"It was. Now, let's try this."
Mark walked back to the starting position, and Elisa walked towards him.
She stood slightly behind him.
"Make sure you're ready."
Elisa remained with a hand slightly raised.
A breeze went through the nurous trees and,
Tap-
"Oho." Mark was surprised at how he got to the goal.
"See? You get pretty fast when you get hit, or when you don't want to get hit. Slower when it's your ti to hit though."
"Mmm..."
"The chanical part, you don't have to worry about for now. That'll get fixed with ti."
"Why do you think that?"
"It just makes sense."
"It does?"
"Yeah. If you can change your body freely, then it's normal that your movents would be... Unnatural? No, unnatural is going too far."
Mark scratched his head.
He couldn't help but chuckle.
"I guess there was a ti when my body couldn't move this freely."
Both during his past life, and the beginning of this new one.
"Want to tell about it?"
"Not really."
"The more I know, the easier it is for to help."
"Yeah... Seems to like you're fishing for information."
"I am." Elisa admitted with a smile. "Anyways, as you can see, the initial movent is the problem. You take too long before you actually start moving."
"Mm... Is that the difference? The secret behind what you did?"
"Pfahahaha!" Elisa laughed as she scratched her head. "Not exactly."
The white-scaled Monster rolled its eyes
'Oooof course.' Mark thought.
"There are so things that can't be taught. Well, not easily anyways."
"Then?"
"Then there's only one thing to do." Elisa declared as she pointed at him. "Watch , and learn!"
"I can do that but..." Mark looked away. "The way we've been fighting is more you watching ."
"Want to switch?"
"Mmm... No. I wouldn't be able to do what you do."
"How humble, haha!"
"By the way, can you help?"
"Mm?"
"The... Knot is getting looser." Mark pointed at his right eye.
"Oh."
With a wide smile, Elisa walked closer.
"Sure."
She circled around him, and he lowered his body.
"Too tight."
"Kay..." Elisa adjusted the piece of cloth knotted around Mark's right eye.
"Mm. That's good."
'This eye is a pretty good weapon. I'm sure this piece of cloth started as a joke, but it's better to keep it hidden. Even I went for the Commander's eyes, so soone with more experience would definitely do the sa...'
***
"General."
The Orcish Fiend Ani kneeled.
"Since you're from the sa tribe as him, I thought I would let you know."
"Let know...?"
"Commander Lin has died..."
Imdiately, the Orcish Fiend's eyes widened. Her muscles tensed up as veins appeared all over her neck.
"Do with that what you will." The General added before walking away.
The Commander Ani took a deep breath in, and breathed out a steaming fog.
"Was it done by another Demon Lords' General?" She asked, trying her best to calm herself.
Her General stopped without turning around.
"He was following the Lord's orders. Intruders that had to be captured for so reason."
"For so reason?"
The General yawned. It was clear that he did not know, or simply did not care enough to try and find out.
Shrug-
"Then..." Ani pushed herself off the ground. "Can I take over that mission?"
"Want to avenge your fellow Commander?" The General asked as he turned around halfway.
"I want to fulfill the mission handed by our Demon Lord." Ani answered as she continued to stare at the ground.
The General let out a dry chuckle.
"Are you going there as a Commander... Or as an Orcish Fiend?"
"Us, Orcish Fiends, used to be simple Orcs. Thanks to our Lord's blood, we've risen from Orcs to Fiends. As a female, I was destined to be weaker than the rest. Still, the Lord bestowed upon his blood. The sa was true for Lin, who lacked the strength and stature to compete with the other the other Fiends..."
"Aha."
"Despite that... We've never lost to the others from our tribe. Despite the fact... That we were both destined to be weak." Ani pressed her lips together. "The fact that soone killed him..." She clenched her fists to keep her frustration to herself, and the ground below cracked. "Before I could beat him. Even once..."
Ani raised her gaze, and finally t the General's.
"I'll be going as Ani..."
The cracks on the ground deepened and multiplied as deep greenish Aura covered her body.
"Orcish Fiend, and Commander of Sloth."
'How very not slothful, dear Ani...'
"Report to when you're back."
"Yes, General!"
The General started walking away.
He stopped after having taken a couple of steps.
'That'll be the death of you, ignoring your Slothfulness.'
Ani turned around and started walking.
A Soldier kneeled in front of her
"Commander."
"Everyone is coming. All the Soldiers below . Make sure they're all at our camp in an hour."
A drop of sweat nerveously went down the Soldier's face.
'All of them?? And I'm supposed to find them all in less than an hour??'
"Get it done."
"Yes, Commander!"
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