Chapter 11 Farewell (1/2)

The 24 moves of Supreme Combat Exercise is not actually referred to the fighting moves but 24 different ways of Mana Circulation in the body.

Just like human body have blood veins it also has mana/magic veins but one can manipulate mana easily, by manipulating Mana certain ways produce certain effects.

That is how Supreme Combat Exercise and Skills come into being. Supreme Combat Exercise called the mother of skill because it's 24 moves makes use of all magic veins both active and inactive magic veins of the body.

It makes one completely familiarise all magic veins inside the body, the higher you go practicing Supreme Combat Exercise, the more familiar one became with his magic veins which in turn very important in creating a Skill.

The next point I read about this exercise made me most startled, it says after completing 10 set one's talent in mana abortion will upgrade upper Low level.

Completing 30 sets one's talent will upgrade to Medium level as more set's one done more one's talent will upgrade.

Our body absorbs mana from the surrounding, the better one's talent is more mana one's body able to absorb.

After reading all of this my body filled with vigor and I walk toward the backyard, 'Chu..' Ashlyn also came flying on my shoulder.

The backyard is where I do my physical training, Two full moons can see bathing the dark sky with their gentle light, it's one of the best time for practice.

I took out my practice sword from the shed and activate the camera to record my progress of the exercise.

I started swinging my sword in technique which I learned in the school and started to circulate the mana according to the first move.

First, I felt nothing as I circulate the mana of the direction of the first move but some time later I started to feel prickling pain all over my body.

First, it is slow but then it comes with full force and it felt like there was hundreds of the needle are prickling me, it was so painful that I just want to stop the mana circulation and drop the sword.

Enduring the pain, I persisted but soon pain of a hundred needles soon turned to pain thousand needles pricking me, I would have stopped if not for I am close to the completing first move.

Greeting my teeth I kept practicing my sword and circulating mana as the first move directed, every moment felt life hour as I kept enduring this pain.

'Ha..' Sound got out of my mouth as I completed the first move, I threw the sword on the ground and sat on grass taking a deep breath.

My clothes got drenched by sweat, it took me ten minutes to get myself under control, no wonder people don't do this exercise despite its many benefits.

I check the recording of the practice, it's only three minutes and 27 seconds but it felt like hours. I tap the play, after fully playing it, I tapped a few more buttons.

”I can't believe it!” I said to myself, I played the scenes of my practice, I was quite startled so I compare with my earlier practice I've done.

My sword stroke 1.1 times faster than before albeit sword was shaking but still 1.1 times faster. Normally after bonding ceremony, my speed would have increased between 0.5 to 1.0, even if I consider my speed increased to 0.8 after the ceremony but there is still 0.3 left.

That 0.3 is definitely increased when I am practicing Supreme Combat exercise, according to what I've read earlier, every move will enhance my speed by 0.3 and if I am able to complete one set they my speed would increase more than seven times.

I laugh at myself thinking that even adults can complete 3 moves and I am thinking of completing one set, to complete one circle of that exercise I had to greet my teeth and close my eyes even my sword was shaking.

I rested for some time and pick me a sword and started circulating mana according to the first move of the exercise.

This time also I gritted teeth and closed eyes as I felt the eminence pain but I still endured and my sword was little less shaky than before.

Like last time I threw my sword and rested on the ground, damn this exercise is really painful.

This time I barely able to open my eyes through the pain and my sword was little less shaky but I still completed my first move.