Chapter 41: Teaching (1/2)

Bill went in fast and light with his two daggers in hand. Novis readied his chain blade and went to swing it at Bill but the blade got stuck in one of the trees. As Bill got closer, Novis had no choice but switch to a different weapon. Novis then switched to the spear and threw it directly at Bill running towards him to stop his advance.

With every decision, Bill couldn't help but praise his brother. Unfortunately for Novis, Bill was not an average player.

Bill jumped up in the air avoiding the spear ready to pounce down on Novis but Novis was ready and switched to the dual blades. As Bill came down with the daggers Novis held up his blades in response. To two clashed in mid-air. Bill then Jumped back a few steps, quickly moved in again. This time aiming for Novis's head.

But Novis had been training to avoid strikes with Arthur this whole time and Arthurs strikes were a lot faster than Bills. Novis ducked down and avoided the attack, he could now see Bills stomach wide open. Novis went to select his spear to stab Bill in the stomach. As Novis cast the skill though, nothing happened.

Bill then went to stab down on Novis's head, Novis managed to roll away. Novis was slightly confused why the spear hadn't come to his hand. Then when he looked around the forest, he could see his spear was still in the ground.

Bill cast Spin throw and three needles shot out of his Arm. Novis could see the needles this time and hit each one of the needles away. Bill wasn't expecting this, the needles were thin and small making it nearly impossible to block. With his chain sword stuck in the tree, he was sure Novis wouldn't have been able to block it.

His plan was to strike as soon as one of the needles made an impact. As Novis would flinch, he would finish him with the daggers. Now seeing that none were successful, Bill needed to retreat. He stepped back just enough to avoid the strike of the two short swords but what was coming at him wasn't a short sword, it was the long sword.

The long swords reach was longer and managed to slice bills face in half, causing a burst of blue particles to appear.

Bill wasn't used to a warrior that could switch weapons, he had calculated the distance between him and the short sword and didn't expect Novis to be able to use all four weapons so well. He was proud of his brother.

All though most would expect Novis to be over the moon with the result, he wasn't. He had an odd feeling about the game that he couldn't quite shake off. Almost as if he was upset with his performance.

Novis took of his VR headset and so did Bill. Although Bill originally took off his headset smiling, when he saw his brother's expression he quickly stopped.

Novis stood up and just walked back to his room without saying a word like his mind was focused on something.

”Did he find out already?” Bill thought to himself.

As Novis went back to his room he turned on his laptop and started re watching the game. Arthur was watching Novis watch the game over and over and couldn't help but think that Novis was growing fast. Without the need for him to say anything, Novis had already caught on to what his brother was trying to do.

Novis finally stopped watching the match and smiled.

”I guess I still have a lot to learn about the game.”

”Did you figure it out?” Arthur asked.