157 Basic Spear Formation (1/2)
After this short interlude the class continued and while nobody got even close to creating the formation all of them learned a lot.
”All of you did a good job, but without a lot of training you won't be able to form the formation, so make sure to practice when you have time. You can take those crystals with you and train with them.”, Mrs. Mertinez told them when it was time for the class to end.
”The formations are really interesting, I wonder what else one can do with it.”, Irena said while they were leaving the classroom.
”It should have a wide range of applications. After all, we will learn some in combat class as well.”
”That's true. But shouldn't there be a difference between them and the one we just learned?”
”Of course. Something like what we have just learned shouldn't be applicable during combat. At least not as long as it isn't prepared beforehand. So the ones in combat class have to be different.”
They continued chatting until it was time for the next class.
Time flew by and soon it was time for combat class. Thus everyone gathered on the training field.
Mr. Martin started class as soon as he saw that everyone had arrived.
”This morning Mrs. Martinez has already told you some basic knowledge about formation, so I won't repeat that. Instead, we will focus on the three team-formations you will learn during your school life. Or at least those will be the only ones that are officially thought. If you want to learn others as well, you will have to learn them on your own.
We categorize team-formations into active and passive ones as well as attack, defense, and trapping.
Here you will learn a passive attack and defense as well as an active trapping formation, with each of them being only a basic one.”
One of the students raised his hand and Mr. Martin asked him to voice out his question.
”Why do we only learn those three formations?”
”A good question.”, Mr. Martin complimented the student. ”It shows that you have understood that there is something different from the other skills we teach you.”
He then continued explaining, ”The skills you will learn at school are generally those that can be learned without the use of skill books. Just by manually learning them you can then unlock them. But sadly we haven't been able to find team-formations like this.
Every known team formation requires skill books to be learned, except for the three you will learn. Those can be licensed from the system to be taught to students of a teaching institute.”
”But if the passive team formation only depends on the positioning of the team members, then why would they even require a skill?”, another student asked.
”Sure it is possible to imitate them to some degree, but something seems to be missing. Call it the soul of the formation. There always seems to be some slight error in the coordination between the team members if a formation is used, without all the members having it as a skill.”, the teacher patiently explained.
He then waited, if there were more questions and when he saw that there weren't any, he started explaining the formations they would learn.
”The first two formations I will teach you are the 'Basic Spear Formation', which is a passive offensive formation and the 'Basic Turtle Formation', which is a passive defensive formation.
Those two formations can be trained at the same time, with one team using the defensive formation and the other trying to break it with the offensive formation.”
He then pointed at some students, ”You will be team A and the rest will be team B.”