Chapter 108 - 108. Dripping Blood (1/2)

The old man felt that Mack improved a lot already, but seeing he was still focused and absorbed in the training, he resolved to wait and see.

~punch~

Mack gave another punch, and the eyes in the puppet showed 801 points of damage.

Mack body was level five already, so he could easily get to the 500 points range if he used any kind of technique, but to reach 801 points, that required a lot of refinement.

'I don't think this kid will improve much more now.'

Thought Harlack, because he knew the limits of a level five body,

~punch~

Just as Harlack expected, the eyes on the puppet now showed 800, instead of 801. Mack reached his limit.

Harlack stood up from the chair and took slow steps in direction of Mack, at each step, Mack gave another punch at the puppet.. But no progress was made anymore.

A few steps from Mack, Harlack grabbed the two swords on the ground, and threw to Mack,

[Now do the same with the swords].

Said Harlack, at the same moment that Mack grabbed the swords.

Mack gave a small nod, as if understanding what the old man wanted, and quickly got in the position for dual welding, with a reverse grip.

Holding the two swords, Mack put his left foot slightly to the front, lowered his chest, and slightly inclined the two sword handles to the front, making the tips of the swords raise a bit behind him.

[Now Start]

Said the old man, as if to confirm to Mack that what he was doing was correct.

Mack's right foot moved to the front, but before the foot could touch the ground his right blade was already hitting the puppet

~splash~

The recoil of the sword strike made the blade hit Mack's own right arm, and he stopped.

[That's why I never said to you to train with a target until now]

Said the old man, pointing to the blood that fell on the ground.

Mack knew the old man had his reasons for that and waited for him to say, while the blood dripped on the ground.

[The major problem with reverse grip is not the weak attacks, nor is the shorter distance that you need to keep from your enemy, but is the recoil from the strikes]

”And why only now?”

[Because now you are ready to learn, now you can control your body properly, the best way is if you learn by yourself, but we don't have this luxury. Time is the only thing that we don't have right now]

Said the old man, pointing to Mack swords as if asking for one. He wanted to show Mack how to do.

But to the old man's surprise, Mack never threw a sword to him.

”Let me try first. I think I know where you want to go”

Said Mack, entering in position of dual welding again.

Mack closed his eyes. He knew the puppet would not move, and he knew exactly where the puppet was. He had hit the same spot thousands of times today already.

He wanted to pay more attention to his own body. To the energy that was produced by it, and how his body moved.

Mack moved his right foot to the front, but this time, he put the right foot slightly more to his left, as if walking over an invisible line, with his two feet one in front of the other, the foot touched the ground, and the sword hit the puppet at the same time.

Energy got dissipated, but the sword still came to bite on his master arm, but before the sword could hit his arm, Mack let go of the handle and quickly turned his own hand grabbing the sword on normal grip, the recoil moved to his arm, and Mack twisted his body to the right using part of the recoil energy to make it twist faster.

~slash~

His left sword hit the puppet, and Mack let go of the sword in his left but kept the hand touching it, at the same time, he lowered his elbow a bit and the sword tip passed rent to Mack neck, making a complete turn around Mack left hand, he grabbed the handle again, and the right sword came slashing from Mack back in a full arc hitting the top of the head of the puppet.

~crack~

And the left sword impaled the puppet's left eye.

Suddenly, Mack heard the sound of two claps. The old man was clapping his hands.

[Congratulations! On destroying the puppet! We only have three of them! What's wrong with your head? Could not you hit the nose? Or the forehead? Dammit kid]