The Tale Of Kitsuna Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Training

“Are you ready to start now?” Stacy asks.

“Yes, I will be in your hands,” I said, looked at her, still rubbing my ears.

“Now, you are going to be my first disciple. Amari didn’t want to because of her... you know what.”

“Yeah, I feel kind of happy that I will be your disciple, but I don’t know why I have this nagging feeling that it is not as good as it sounds. Also, how am I your first disciple.” I looked at her, puzzled because my git really was going off.

“Haha, no one wants her to train them,” Rebeca said from the balcony that looked over the training grounds. “You have good instincts, kid.”

“But why is my instinct going off?” Thinking about it, I rembered that Stacy is a training freak, and I will be her first disciple. Putting 1 and 1 together, I figured out why. Looking at Stacy, I saw that she had a smile on, but her aura was nacing. “So it’s you, huh. No turning back now.” I shrugged, looking at her.

“I am happy you say that, Kitsuna. Have you ever used a sword or sothing like that in your previous life?” She said while walking to the racks with weapons on them.

“So we are really starting today, but why so early? It is like 5 in the morning. At least let eat.” I complained. Stacy woke up, saying I have 30 min to get to the training grounds.

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“No, if we want you to get that legendary class. You will need lots of training, and I an a lot. Now answer my question.” Stacy said.

“I have held weapons and used them, just not for killing.”

“What weapons have you held the most?”

“Katanas and Rapiers, maybe cross wheels can be included. I have held them a lot but have no idea how to use them.”

“Cross wheels? From all the weapons there is, you have already held cross wheels.” Stacy tilted her head at .

“Yeah, my neighbor was a weapon collector. We were good friends, you see, every ti he got a new weapon, he would show first. His favored weapon was cross wheels.” I smiled, thinking about him.

“Okay, what do you think about cross wheels then.”

“Fascinating. They look so out of place, but they can be so good if you know how to use them.”

“I see. Okay, we are starting your training with cross wheels. I want to see how you use them.” Stacy walks towards the armory. After a while, she ca back with two cross wheels. “Okay, don’t use your mana. These aren’t made out of adamite. They will instantly lt.” She threw them at .

Catching them, I looked at them and back at Stacy. I didn’t have an inkling idea to use them. “Don’t I have to start with the fundantals first? I don’t know anything about using a weapon properly.”

“Oops, that’s true. Maybe we should start with swords then. Hehe.” She scratched her head awkwardly.

“Sigh, I thought you knew how to teach soone about weapons?”

“I do. I am just more a practical teacher. Just give so ti.” She explains herself.

“Sigh. Makes sense. Let us start with swords. We have swords that are made out of adamite so that I can use my mana.”

“Okay. You still have the bag with the swords, right?”

“Yes, I do,” Taking the bag out of y dinsional storage. Putting it next to the racks of the training ground. I took out the first sword I saw. “This one will do, I guess.” looking at it, I saw it was a black double edge sword with so carvings on it.

“Okay, I will also start with a double edge sword. You block and see how I use the sword, okay.”

“Okay, I will try,” I said, a bit scared that she would be the one attacking .

“Don’t try. Do it.” Stacy looked at with a serious face. When I looked at her, my instincts took over, making jump back against the wall opposite of hers. We were already more than 10 ters away from each other. I still felt danger from that distance. “Why did you jump back?” she titled her head and smiled at .

“I don’t know. I just felt like I should jump away.” I said awkwardly. I didn’t know what ca over , but I knew it was dangerous to stay so close to her for so reason.

“Fine. I will have to.” Running towards , I made myself self-ready to dodge. I didn’t want to et her blade. I didn’t know if I could block it. When she was about to strike, I jump away again, trying to make the distance between us. She shouted at . “Why are you running away again. You won’t learn anything if you keep running like that. I am not going to go all out. This is training, rember.”

“I don’t know what is going on. My instincts are telling to run.”

“That’s good instincts, but stop listening to them for now, okay. Bucker down and block my sword.”

“Un.” Nodding at her. I took a stance this ti to force to block and unable to dodge.

“That’s better. Forcing yourself to block.” Again, she started running at . I started to infuse my mana into the sword. I could see she was doing the sa to her sword. She swung her sword at . I t it and blocked it. I was surprised that I was able to block it. She didn’t wait for to get out of my surprise and attacked again, this ti from the other side. I looked at her sword coming towards . I tried to move, but my body didn’t move fast enough. The blade ended up stopping at my throat. “You saw it coming, didn’t you?”

“Yeah, I saw it, but my body was too slow,” I said with a bit of frustration. I was too caught up with my first block.

“That’s good. At least you saw it. Your reflexes won’t be that good on your first try anyway. You didn’t have a chance to block that even if you weren’t caught up with your first block. But at least you saw it coming. If you want to know that speed was at least a level 200s. That eyes and your instincts are good.”

“Why did you use that much speed?”

“Because I wanted to test your eyes. You said that your natural senses were better than mine, right. I just wanted to see how much. I also released bloodlust in the beginning. That’s why you wanted to run away the entire ti.”

“That makes sense.” I gave her a deadpan look and asked. “How much better is my sense than a normal soldier?”

“A level 150 will be able to see the sword, but lower than that, no one will see it.”

“Cool.”

“Co, let us go again.” Stacy walks back, making the distance between us. “This ti, I will hold more back so you can block better, okay. Oh yeah, one thing you are not allowed to look at your status until you mastered that sword in your hands, okay.”

“Okay.”

“Pledge.” She said.

“I Kitsuna make a pledge that I will not look at my status until I have mastered all weapons ready for real combat.” After stating those words, I felt sothing change inside . It felt I was restricted in a way. “So that’s how a pledge feels.”

“Hey, I said only that sword, not all weapons, idiot!? You know there is a backlash from pledges, right?”

“Aah shit. Well, too late now,” Shrugging off my mistake, I smirked at her and said. “Co, let us continue.” I was getting excited about all this. This world looked so much fun. There was so much I could learn and do. This training with Stacy was the start of learning new things. That was why I was getting so excited about our training.

“Fine, it seems you are getting excited. Then let us do this.” She smirked back at . Again, I felt that instinct to run away from her. But I knew what she was doing this ti and that she wanted to get used to bloodlust.

4 hours later

“You survived so long. I am surprised.” I was on the ground panting while Stacy was standing over , looking down at .

“Huh? How long has it been?” I asked her for my breaths. I was exhausted. I knew she was a training freak, but this was insane. She did hold back with her speed and strength, but she didn’t hold back on how skilled she is with a weapon. She decimated every few seconds.

“We have been sparing for 4 hours already. Longer than I thought you would survive.”

“So, are we going to eat now? I am starving.”

“Yes, after that we going back to training.”

“Why?” Standing up from the ground, I looked at her frowning. I don’t think I will survive more sparing.

“hehe, you are going to work on your stamina.”

“I see.”

“After your stamina training. I will help you work on your ice or as much as I can. If we can combine your ice weapons and your class, I think you will beco a god before I die of old age. That we will do until lunchti, after lunch, you will have 2 hours of free ti. After your free ti, we are sparing and stamina training again until dinner.” She started walking towards the dining hall.

“The free ti I can do what I want to, right?” I followed behind her, asking.

“Yes, do you already know what you will be doing?” She looked at .

“Yeah, I will be doing so more reading. I want to start reading about how weapons are made. I think it will help with my ice training.”

“Okay, if you want to use your ti like that.”

“Yeah, I like reading anyway.”

“Just don’t end up like your sister, please.” She asks with a hint of sadness in her voice.

“Don’t worry; I loved our sparring and exercising. I am not giving that up. Not for books, no way.” I said, giving her thumbs up.

“That’s good. Let us go to eat then. I am so hungry.” Stacy started to walk faster with a happy smile.

“Hey, don’t walk so fast!” I plead at her while trying to keep up.