Chapter 105: Special training starts again (2/2)

“These are iron thorn trees. Before the era of the War of the Dragons, some elven kingdoms grew these trees in great quantities in the surroundings of the forests where they lived, creating a natural protective screen. These iron thorn trees are about as hard as ordinary black steel. Even if an army holding sharp weapons were to slash and chop its way inside, it’s hard to tell how much time it would need before hacking a road through,” Carter introduced slowly. “That said, any arcane master of the elven kingdoms back then could travel through these woods very nimbly, as if they didn’t suffer from the slightest restriction, and do battle. Pure speed comes from explosiveness, but in a fight, no one will compete with you in a pure straight-lined dash. Ayrin, your explosiveness is very strong right now, but your body coordination and your agility aren’t sufficient yet. The so-called speed is an omni-directional speed, where the movements of every part of the body, every flash movement, reach a stunning speed.

“Some people rely on arcane skills to achieve high-speed mobility. But my requirement for you is somewhat higher. Arcane skills and the body proper, you can’t neglect any of them.

“If you want to become especially swift, there is only a single recipe for success. That is to train your body’s litheness. With the same height and weight, some people look very heavy when they move, but some people seem especially deft. This is related to how skillful they are at exerting their strength. When you punch, you only need to release all of your strength, this is relatively simple in comparison. But with the swiftness I’m talking about, sometimes you need to erupt with all your strength, and sometimes you have to restrict part of your strength. You have to give off the impression you’re flashing, not charging and halting in a hurry. You can’t be consuming your strength to pull yourself to a stop.”

“Through this training, first start to feel your body seemingly become lighter. When you can rush through these woods at full speed, I’ll choose for you the most suitable arcane skill. I hope that when you climb on the stage of the national tournament and face your first opponent in the nationals, you can be so fast your opponent can’t even see you clearly.”

After saying these, Carter suddenly set off.

Ayrin’s breath caught in this instant.

Carter’s body directly became a blue flowing shadow, instantly crossing the patch of woods seemingly crisscrossed with sharp thorns, where no way one could pass through seemed to exist.

“So fast!”

“He can achieve this step without even using an arcane skill. So teacher Carter turns out to be really amazing. So fast and nimble… I’d definitely take several punches before even seeing him clearly if I fought against him.”

A thick layer of sweat covered Ayrin’s hands. His eyes glinted with admiration.

“At first, you just need to sidestep away from these thorns and not let them prick you, because your movements will definitely slow down if they pricked you. Through this exercise, your body will naturally become more and more nimble,” Carter said from far away, at the other end of the woods.

If it were someone else, they would certainly feel their heart go numb seeing these fearsome thorns in front of them, imagining how painful it would be to be stabbed by these thorns. But Aryin immediately started to shout, surging with enthusiasm, “Alright! Should I begin right now?”

“You’re really a guy who doesn’t know what fear means… And the regenerative ability of your body is also better than ordinary people. You can train longer in this place, you’re really the best candidate for this exercise.”

“Alright!”

Ayrin took a deep breath in, rubbed his face, then charged forward without the slightest hesitation!

…

“Come train.”

“Not training.”

“Why not?”

“Because I’m so outstanding in every aspect, I don’t need any further training. Also, who the hell are you, why do I feel like you’re more and more familiar. I always have this very strange feeling.”

In the forest of giant trees outside the Ivy residence district, Stingham held a cushion and reclined very comfortably on a hammock. He looked at the elite teacher Rui with his ordinary features and his short, slightly curled hair, some suspicion in his eyes.

“You’re very outstanding in every area?” Rui said without batting an eye, “Are you stronger than Ferguillo in every area?”

Stingham froze slightly, but immediately said in a very narcissistic tone, “Even if I’m a tad bit worse, with my lady-killer self’s natural talent, I’d progress even if I slept in every single day. That’s why I don’t need training.”

“If you can catch her, then she’ll be your girlfriend.” Seeing his lazy appearance that just seemed to be begging for a spanking, Rui still didn’t get angry. He just mildly said a few words, stretched his finger and pointed not far away beside him.

“Teacher Ciaran?”

Stingham was struck dumb all of a sudden. He saw that the one standing on tree branch nearby, wrapped in a red scarf, was precisely Ciaran.

“Love between teacher and student… Beautiful teacher, if I had such a beautiful teacher as my girlfriend, my handsome aura would simply be dead awesome!” After staring blankly, he suddenly started getting excited, and immediately leaped down from the hammock.

“You’re called teacher Rui right? Teacher Rui, are you talking seriously?”

“Of course I’m talking seriously.” Rui nodded, very straightforward.

Then Stingham saw Ciaran nod as well, not far away.

“I’m coming!”

Stingham body moved. A water dragon immediately charged out from under his feet, charged so fast his body seemed to fly like a meteor.

Ciaran’s body flashed. She also disappearing from where she stood.

“Ah, just a little more!”

“Damn, still didn’t catch her.”

“I can’t catch up even like this. Are you kidding me!”

Stingham’s frustrated voice continuously rose in many places in Holy Dawn Academy.