56 Chapter 56: Learning Advanced Skills (1/2)

Now the time to train in the advanced sword skills had come, and Ned was more than ready and excited at the idea.

Paying attention to the what the old man said, he knew he was right. But that was a given, as he for one, was going on an adventure soon.

And second, he loved fights. Something he had noticed about himself is that he loved the thrill of the fight.

But the very reason he was mastering the sword was, in the case that by some bad luck he wasn't able to use magic, he wouldn't be left weakened. But he still wanted to specialize in magic rather than the sword.

And so he made the decision to fight using it in his journey only until he master the skills he was about to learn. After that he will learn magic from Eline.

It wasn't like he could run from her anyways. Besides it still said [Protective] as her feelings. And it must have turned to overprotective that day because she was worried about him. He couldn't find anything to not trust her.

Someone that strong going to out of their way to protect him, which in this case will be like babysitting him. As he guessed she must be quite old, not that it shows on her face.

Getting back on track the old man handed him a manual, but unlike his, this one had to be read.

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In the s.p.a.ce high above the Alaster castle, Eline was sleeping or so it would seem.

But she was merely closing her eyes and floating there relaxing. It was always calming for her and she enjoyed it.

When she had met Ned, she felt the turmoil of feelings inside him, however she was surprised that non were dark.

Usually she would feel envy, jealousy, l.u.s.t, hate, but she only felt a small amount of anger and doubt.

The anger was understandable she had thought. As Ned was probably the type that didn't want to be ordered around.

As for doubt, it was probably that he thought she had something she needed from him. Which was true. She wanted him to do something for her. But it was not anything hard at all.

She had heard the prophecy but she didn't care about it one bit. She was not apathetic at all, rather, she had fought her share.

But she was tasked bybher dead master, to pa.s.s her knowledge to a worthy person. And Ned had the highest affinity she had ever saw.

What she needed from him was simple once he reached high enough strength and age, he would teach a person from the new generation and so on.

With the months pa.s.sing on, the doubt lessened until it turned to trust, and the anger subsided until it became grat.i.tude. And with her eyes that were able to see those feelings, she admired how pure they were.

How it happened she didn't know. But she observed with a small smile, how every time he exited the castle into the training field he would bow to the sky. She knew it was a bow in grat.i.tude for her.

She considered meeting him again. To ask why the change, even if she had already half guessed it.

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The old man let him read the manual, and see each rank techniques.

For the warriors, they had to master the main technique per rank, but there were many techniques to learn from the manual in each rank. It was just not that strong.

Ned of course was not going to try the main one just yet. He would master some small ones first.

And so he asked the old man to demonstrate any technique he liked, and started practicing it until he got a basic mastery over it. Then he pa.s.sed on to the next.

Each stage of the technique had about three or four skills.

Just like thut the days pa.s.sed on. And to say Ned was happy would be an understatement. He was jubilant, ecstatic.

He was currently sitting in his room on his bed grinning like a fool.