Chapter 96 - 96. Two Daggers And A Black Skull (1/2)
Mack kept practicing and easily lost track of time doing the sword style movements.
Righ slash, back thrust, up slash, kick, dual slash, and so on. Until Harlack cam to see his progress.
[You are still too rigid kid, you need to be more fluid, more flexible, this style is not about hitting hard]
Hearing Harlack, Mack stopped and removed the swat from his forehead.
”I know, but is hard for me. The only thing I know about swords came from Raz, And was a very straightforward style”
Hearing the name, Harlack's eyes grew as if remembering something lost in memories
[Raz]
”Was he really your mentor or was a thing only at the gate? Another lie.....”
[He was indeed my master, Raz was a good warlock, but he was very orthodox, you need to understand something kid, there are thousands of way of doing the same thing, some are easy to learn and easy to give results, that's why they teach it first]
Harlack put his hand over his long beard as if trying to remember something as his eyes looked to the right side.
[You see..... This assassin dagger style, they taught it to kids with age of 6, the kids grew practicing it every day along with other things, and by the age of 15, they had a ritual, they would put the entire group on an arena and only the last survivor would pass the test]
”The warlocks did this? You never told me where this style came from”
[No, warlocks never had an assassin group as far as I know. This came from a conquered civilization by the mages. It's a long story.... the point is... they practice it for years to be considered good at it]
”I see, I can't expect results so soon...”
[Worse than that, you are using two swords, what means you will need to adapt the style, hummm... let me think.... ]
Said Harlack, caressing his own long beard.
[Yes, I think you should receive proper assassination training from now on. This will help you understand the mindset of a assasin, and improve your skills in general]
”Assasination skills?”
[Yes, here, take this book]
Said Harlack, flipping his hand and a book appeared over his palm.
Mack took the book and looked at the cover of it. Two daggers crossed behind a black skull.
”What is this?”
[It's a book that contains several assassination technics, some at mortal level, as we call them, but others go up to be very high skilled skills involving manipulation of elements or spell activation, you will also find some very very specific runes on this book, and I know you love learning runes]
”Indeed... ”
Said Mack flipping a few pages of the book and seeing the first technique on the book...
”How to walk?”
Mack looked puzzled but immediately saw what the technique was about.