Chapter 132: Learning From experience (1/2)

After the first day of training had finished for the Montem Team, instead of going home Novis quickly went to catch up with Ashley. Just as she had stepped out of the front school gates, Novis managed to tap her shoulder just in time.

”Hey, do you mind if I go home with you today?” Novis asked.

”What!?” Ashley said panicking and all nervous. She immediately turned around and started doing her hair up.

”Why would Noivs want to go home with me? Does he like me, but big sister Scarlett and Novis seemed close, I shouldn't get in the way of their relationship.” Ashley was currently letting her thoughts get the better of her.

”Umm Ashley are you okay there?”

”I'm sorry!” Ashley said with her face all bright red.

”Sorry, you mean I can't go and see your father today?” Novis said slightly confused.

If Ashley's face was already red, it just got even redder as she felt embarrassed by her thoughts.

”I mean err I'm sorry for dying in the game against Woo Woo, I promise I will do better in the Westgate game,” Ashley said as she bowed down. Luckily, she managed to come up with an excuse in time.

”That's okay, we're a team, I couldn't do any of this unless we were all in this together.”

The two of them smiled at each other and started to head to her Father's dojo.

Novis was planning to go visit Daiki and ask him about sword energy. He was the only person that wasn't like Gorge or Aurthur, someone who had come from earth who was able to perform sword energy and Novis needed to find out why.

After walking together for a few minutes, they had finally arrived at the dojo. There was vast improvement from the last time Novis had arrived. There was a brand new shiny sign out front. The garden had been done up and students were practising all over the place inside and outside the dojo.

”What happened here?” Noivs asked.

”Ever since I started playing the VSW game, it has been really good advertisement for the dojo,” Ashley replied, ”It's been crazy they all think that if they learn how to fight in real life, it will help them out in the game.”

Novis wasn't so sure about that himself. The skills the warriors could produce in the game were greater than what most people were cable of doing in real life. It was only thanks to the fact that Novis was able to train in the dream world that he could improve so fast and Ashley had been training ever since she was younger.

Dan had always done well at physical sports and had past experience as well. Doing some training for a few days wasn't going to suddenly make you better at the game overnight, unless there were a special set of cases.

As Novis was deep in thought a loud voice was heard shouting at him form the Dojo.

”Novis my boy! What are you doing outside, come in, come in!” Daiki shouted.

Daiki seemed to be happier than ever and with the business doing as well as it was, who wouldn't be.

The three of them then went inside past the Dojo hall and into the special room, where they had first found George. They were sitting at a Japanese style table on the floor.

”This place gives me the creeps,” George said.

”Really?” Novis replied.

”Do you know how long I had to spend stuck in this room.”

”Boy, you don't know how much I owe you.” Daiki said, ”Ever since you introduced that game to my daughter not only has she become better at fighting like you said she would, but the dojo has been doing better than ever. If there is anything I can do, then please ask.”

”Actually, I wanted you to teach me how to use sword energy.”

”Sword energy?” Daiki said looking confused, ”Oh I think I know what you mean, can the spirits not pass this knowledge to you?”

Novis then explained how Arthur and George had first learnt spirit energy. It wasn't something they had a lot of theoretical knowledge on but was something they just felt when they were in extreme danger.

”I can see why that is a problem, well, to be honest, I'm the same way,” Daiki explained. ”My teacher who learnt it from George was the one who showed me, there wasn't a special way.”

”How did your teacher show you?” Novis asked.