Chapter 23: Picking a weapon (2/2)

”I think it's best to practice with this in the dream space, this way there will be no damage done.”

After going through every weapon, there were a total of four weapon's that Novis liked best. The long sword that Arthur currently used, a set of short swords for duel wielding, A war scythe which was a spear type weapon with a curved blade on the end and finally the Chain sword.

Although the game had characters that used a spear, dual swords and a long sword. There were currently no characters that used the chain sword.

Arthur suggested that Novis practised with all four of these weapons even though the chain sword wasn't in the game. It was a good weapon to use to gain some basic strength and stamina.

For the next four day's the two of them would train with each weapon in the dream world. The dream world was handy for a few reasons. All Novis needed to do was picture the weapon in his mind and it would appear. Because he had already handled each weapon he had a good idea of what it weighed and looked like so it was almost as good as the real thing.

In the dream world, Novis didn't have the fear of getting hurt by the weapon and seriously damaging himself. He could try each weapon without worry. If he was to die in the dream world his body would simply wake him up.

Although he tried to avoid this as much as possible because it would take him a while to fall back asleep again.

For the first week, Arthur only focused on teaching Novis how to block with each weapon. Once Novis got used to a certain speed and intensity, Arthur would up it by a level.

After blocking, Arthur had shown Novis basic skills in how to use each weapon. Once he had learnt these basic skills he could practice them in his grandfather's dojo. Each day repeated with a certain routine. A run in the morning, training in the afternoon and then training in the dream world.

It was tiring at first and there were many times when Novis wanted to give up. But every time he wanted to an image of Lucas popped up in his head.

After one of Novis's afternoon training session were complete Arthur and Novis were currently in his room. This was the period where Novis would usually have his free time and get to rest watch tv shows whatever he wanted to do.

”Hey Arthur, I know you said I couldn't play the game but there's no harm in you playing. Plus that way I can see how you fight.”

Arthur thought what Novis had said made sense. Arthur currently hadn't had much desire to fight because he was having fun teaching Novis. Arthur thought about it for a while and decided it would indeed be a good experience for Novis to watch an experienced fighter.

”I think that's a good idea.”

Novis went and grabbed the VR headset and went to lie down on his bed.

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