54 Exhaustion (1/2)
”Ha!” using his full strength, the older man was able to block Leo's technique only using his body. ”That was barely passable!”
”I am not done yet!” shouted Leo as he prepared to launch a follow up attack. What was strange, was that Leo closed his eyes as his body came to a halt. Within a breath of time, a small veil of wind surrounded Leo's body as it swirled around him. This did not lift him off the ground but seemed as if it added to his defensive capabilities.
”So young, but he is able to execute so many techniques back to back?” the older man had an earth elemental affinity and he focused heavily on his defense. However, he never had the ability to learn any earth element techniques due to his village lacking so much.
Learning which element, a warrior had a connection to, was an easy and widely known technique. For the warrior, they just had to close their eyes and concentrate. Depending on how close they were with an element determined which one they would feel the most from. Some warriors were lucky and since the beginning were able to sense more than a single element.
Although it was easier for a warrior to become more in tune with their elements, it was very difficult to put their power to any use unless they had proper teaching and training. Even within the city, only books could be purchased to help a warrior's path to using their element in their attacks.
”How was he able to grasp so many different techniques at such a young age?” the older man thought as he tried to keep his calm. The older man felt that Leo's last attack was rather low in power and so he felt no danger to his life.
To this older man, Leo was like an uncut ruby. One day he would be able to command forces beyond his imagination, but he still had a long road ahead of him until that time. Leo was so young but filled with an extremely high level of potential that even this older man couldn't grasp.
While he was lost in his thoughts, Leo finally finished his preparations and unleashed small blades of wind towards his opponent. He was unwilling to lose the upper hand he currently had, still being on the offensive.
Unfortunately for Leo, his attack, just like the last one was easily disregarded by his opponent. Not knowing what to do, Leo closed his eyes once again as his veil covered in wind faded away. Leo started to feel sweat pouring down his head and onto his face.
Though he now had many more techniques to use, it did not change the fact that they were all still at the first level according to the screen earlier. This did not discourage Leo from testing them out in a real fight, and even gave him a better understanding on how much longer he would need to train some of his techniques up before they were effective in battle against opponents like the one, he was facing now.
Withdrawing a small potion, Leo quickly recovered his full strength as his opponent did not make any sudden moves. Instead, the older man remained within his defensive stance. If Leo was able to unleash so many elemental type attacks, his opponent was able to tell that what he felt was maybe just a warm up.