225 Training. (1/2)

The two immediately stopped at his words, waiting for his orders. They were still unsure what he had called them here for. After they had returned, they didn't have any chance to talk with him.

”Both of you have improved over the years,” Ozul started with a pause. The duo understood by his tone that he wasn't praising them and his next words confirmed their guess, ”However, you still lack in many places.”

Ozul hadn't trained anyone before, nor had he himself done any excessive training to hone his skills or anything like that. However, whenever he watched anyone fight or he fought himself, these things all came naturally to him.

”I get that both of you couldn't go all out since it was only a duel and that would destroy the area, but there were many other ways you both could have chosen to win,” Ozul started explaining what he had observed from their fight yesterday.

Raven and Blaze patiently listened to his words without any complaints.

”Raven, you won yesterday, but how many times do you think you can win against him using surprise tactics?” Ozul said before moving towards Blaze, ”And you, when will you learn to deal with unknown situations?”

The duo dropped their heads, not daring to look in Ozul's eyes.

In truth, both of them could take on multiple Mages at the same Rank simultaneously. Blaze had the raw power to deal with many at once, while Raven's specialty was in her daggers that allowed her to steal other's Mana and stamina.

Ozul was still being strict with them because there was still room for improvement. If they became arrogant because of their abilities today, it would stunt their growth.

”Raven, you are a little too reserved, while Blaze, you are a little too wild,” Ozul commented before making his way back to the spectators' seats.

”Alright, start fighting again. Use all kinds of Spells but keep your Mana output to a minimum so they don't destroy the whole ground again,” Ozul said, his voice echoing throughout the place.

The ground had many small craters yesterday, but all of them were gone now because a couple of Mages were assigned to maintain this place. The Mage with Earth Element only had to use a couple of Spells and the ground all turned to normal.

Ozul picked up Jinx from the seat and sat down before placing her back on his lap. It had almost become a habit now.

He noticed that they hadn't started fighting and were looking at him confusedly, ”Just do whatever I say.”

The duo nodded their heads and went back to their duel. This time, they were using the Spells as Ozul had instructed.

'Raven focuses on her surroundings so much that she hesitates to go all out, on the other hand, Blaze is the exact opposite of her...' Ozul had an idea of how he wanted to train the two.

*Arkh!*

*Clank!*

The duo stopped fighting each other as a small black blade stabbed Blaze's right leg while Raven held one of her daggers behind her back, barely stopping a thin needle from reaching her back.

The two confusedly looked at Ozul for his reason.

”Learn to be aware of your surroundings. Or do you prefer to leave from here full of holes?” Ozul looked expressionless as he said this to Blaze who was smiling bitterly. He then turned towards Raven and said, ”Is going all out really so hard for you, Raven?”

Immediately after his question, Raven wanted to explain but Ozul didn't let her, ”If you had all your focus on attacking Blaze, there was not a chance that you would have ever felt that needle behind you.”

He had carefully controlled the speed of that needle so she, as a Rank-8 Mage, had the ability to notice it if she had her focus on it.

Hearing his words, even someone who wasn't a Mage or a Fighter would have told Ozul that he was only spouting bullsh*t.

Although his analysis of Blaze was on spot, there should have been no problem with Raven always being aware of her surroundings. Ozul himself didn't like the sound of his words, but the problem was the amount of attention she should give to her opponent in sight.

Truly, a person shouldn't drop their guard and always be aware of their surroundings, but Raven wasn't even able to use all of her spells in fear that there would always be something hidden around her that would attack her.

He only wanted her to drop that fear.

There was a clear line between being too reserved in a fight and not dropping their guard; Raven couldn't recognize that line.

Ozul wanted her to learn that balance. It wasn't so hard for others, but Raven had it opposite because of her excessively conserved personality that made it so difficult for her.