Chapter 16 Master at Arms (2/2)

Daniel knehat he needed to do He needed to hunt for more powerful beasts and sell their cores He needed h, and in order to obtainthat he needed to learn how to use weapons

He had the strength, but he couldn't go around hunting for rank 3 beast with a rock in his hand

Daniel knew nothing about weapons, so all he could do was go by his needs, and what he needed was a weapon for distance and a weapon for close range co about it too rounds

The training grounds were none other than an enormous backyard separated into four sections The first section had various square rings whose sides were attached, e The second section had numerous practice dummies, and weapon racks furnished with all kinds of wooden and regular weapons, were placed all around The third, was filled with different instruth and endurance Ultimately, the last section contained various obstacle courses and structures to practice one's agility and equilibriurounds, what surprised Daniel was that the place was co men and women that had arrived in the last two days were here, and of the first thirty people, none werethe basics, others were sparring, and soainst wooden dummies

These practice duically enchanted No e they received, they would rapidly repair themselves in just a few seconds

Daniel found a free corner and sat on the ground He then took a book out of his backpack, and started reading

Those who noticed his actions were slightly annoyed, but when they noticed what book he was reading, their faced changed, contorted into a e and disdain

The book that Daniel was reading was called -The Very Basics of Swordplay- and was thecultivators, every single sielder had studied this book right after learning how to read

Daniel i the ot up on his feet He then started walking towards the weapon rack

After reaching the weapon rack, he took a practice sword and went back to his corner He then started to slowly practice the basics of swordsmanshi+p

When the various cultivators noticed Daniel aardness when practicing the basics of the sword, they lost interest in hi

nobody was paying attention to Daniel anymore

Time slowly passed as Daniel stayed in his corner What nobody had noticed, were the changes in his mastery In fact, if one were to look closely, they would notice that, after just 10 sets, Daniel had become used to the feel of the sword After 25 sets, his motions hardly contained any mistake, and after 25 more, he had mastered the basics of the swordsmanshi+p described by the book

After less than three hours, Daniel had mastered how to hold the sword, the various stances and a few types of simple attacks

When Daniel was about to stop, the eyes of some of the present ended on him, and when they noticed his level of swordsmanshi+p, the disdain on their faces becaht that he had si to learn swordsy in front of the old man

In their minds, that was the only explanation that e to send a few insults, or even start a fight with hiree and their backs straightened like a set of brooms

Behind Daniel, the oldquietly

Daniel had finished his practice, as he didn't find any purpose in training further with the basics of the sword When he was about to turn around to head back to the weapon rack, he noticed the unsettled looks on the faces of the others But he rapidly noticed that these looks weren't directed at him

He slowly turned around and found the old ?” Said Daniel

A proverbial ton of bricks fell on the heads of everyone present

The face of the old ht arm still behind his back while the other raised in front of his chest, acco of his beard He looked like he was pondering so

After a few o now, if you need soht ar from behind his back, and when hea book and halberd

The old reatly Not only because the old man had taken a weapon and a book from behind his back, but because the halberd was at least two and a half her than the old ed to hide it behind his body, was ahis beard and finally said ”I'll give you 5 hours learn how to use this halberd and you won't need to pay your rent for two months” His low, yet powerful voice reached every corner of the training grounds

Daniel's face changed i, that wasn't an opportunity he illing to let go

”Deal” He responded calmly

He took the halberd frorabbed the book and started reading through its pages The title of the book was -Basic Guide on Polear to study the book's content, he thought ”Sewah, ain”