14 God Speed Shesmu (1/2)

”Sorry for the wait guys. Let's get going, the forest of beginning is still waiting for us.” Shesmu apologized. Once he started training he forgot about the notion of time. In those few hours, nothing existed in his mind but the sword in his hand.

”No problem, and yeah, we should get going. Everyone already left a while ago.” DepressedRyan replied in an exasperated manner. He then continued, ”plus, the instructor has been waiting for a long time already. He is probably pissed off by now.”

While Shesmu and DepressedRyan were talking, Leo pondered for a second before asking, ”But what took you so long though? Were the skills way too hard pull off? I know, dude.”

Even though his speech represented acceptance, Leo's eyes couldn't hide his disappointment. Shesmu showed an incredible amount of precision in his attacks in the tutorial room. He was one of the first to activate his skill. When Leo saw that, he was at awe. At that point, he couldn't even begin to understand how to activate his skill, and was so frustrated that he rethought his decision to buy the game. But when he saw that someone could activate Empowered Slash, his competitive spirit was ignited. However, now he saw Shesmu struggle with something so simple, Leo couldn't help being shocked.

When Shesmu saw the disappointment in Leo's face, he felt obliged to clear his confusion, ”Ah, no that's not it. It was just a trick that I thought about while using the skill. I won't spend so much time just on learning how to activate my skill, haha.”

Hearing Shesmu's confirmation, Leo's face brimmed with hope.

”Of course! With your ability, how could you ever have a hard time activating your skills?”

Listening to Leo's declaration, Shesmu couldn't help laughing awkwardly.

Well, I guess no matter what happens, skills get you respect.

”I'll show it to you later. It's hard to understand what happens if you don't see it being used against a live target.”

”What do you mean? Is it a bug?”, Leo asked.

”Yeah, I'm interested in what kind of technique would take you three hours to train,” DepressedRyan chimed in.

Surprise caught Shesmu with Leo's question. He pondered for a little before sighing in resignation and answering, ”No, it's not a bug. I can explain but I doubt that it would make sense to you right away. It's just that thing.”

Shesmu then stopped and turned around, ”Well, I'll show you the technique once and we'll get going. It's better than me explaining things over and over again.”

Shesmu took a stance and with ease performed the Empowered Slash Cancel. He tried to slow down his movement as much as possible so that the duo can at least see what happened.

”What was that? The green light didn't appear until the middle of your swing! Is that a bug?,” Leo exclaimed.

DepressedRyan got annoyed at his friend's question and cut in, ”Is everything a bug to you? There is no book that says Empowered Slash can only be activated at the start of the swing. Now the question is: what is the use of doing that?”

Shesmu opened his mouth slightly in surprise before he closed it again.

This guy is sharp!