Chapter 23: Picking a weapon (1/2)

Novis was currently in his Grandfathers dojo. Arthur had asked him to gather as many weapons his grandfather owned as possible. His grandfather was an avid collector of weapons it was how he ended up with Arthur's sword in the first place.

On the dojo floor, there were laid out at least thirty different types of weapons from all over the world. Short swords, Scimitars even weapons Novis had never seen before.

”So remind me why I need to do this again?” Novis asked

”Every human being in the world is different. Just because I use a long sword doesn't mean the longsword is best for you. I too went through the same thing and tried many weapons until I had finally found the perfect fit.”

”But why don't we just do this in the game?”

”We need to improve your real-life stamina and strength. Remember what Paul said that a pro can even create his own skills. The VR system seems to be very unique. It will give you the base stamina and strength of the character in the game but if your own skills surpass that, then that is also translated into the game.”

With the explanation over Novis was left to pick a weapon, after selecting a weapon Arthur would then take control of the Novis's body and demonstrate how to use it. Novis would then attempt to replicate those moves.

They tried a number of different things, daggers, maces, Viking swords and so on but so far nothing felt right to Novis. The only one he felt comfortable with was the long sword the same as the one Arthur used.

”Perhaps it's because you have only used this weapon before, Although I don't think it is a bad choice I still think we can do better.”

Then Novis manged spot an odd looking weapon at the back.

”What about this thing?”

The weapon Novis was looking like was similar to a Kusarigama, where it would have a sickle tied to a chain. This one was slightly different, there where two curved blades and they were completely attached by a three-meter chain.

”This is a difficult weapon to use, the chain makes the weapon heavier so you need to swing it to gain momentum but it also allows for long-distance attacking and good for blocking ranged attacks.”

Arthur then took over Novis's body and started to demonstrate. Arthur started by swinging the chain side to side and started to show some fancy attacks. Throwing the chain outwards bringing it back in but after about 5 minutes Arthur was covered in sweat and returned the body to Novis.

”Crapping hell my arm's feel like lead what happened,” Novis said while panting.

”Your body is currently not strong enough to wield something like that.”

After the two of them took a break Novis attempted a few of the simpler moves that Arthur had shown him. In about ten seconds Novis had swung the blade and almost ended up getting his own nose off.