35 Chapter 35 – A tailor (1/2)

The next day the lodge was as packed as the day before.

It seemed a new hype had been created and it did not seem to be calming down anytime soon.

With that Yuki was too busy to attend to anything else and was seen running through the halls of the lodge occasionally.

Fen had gone off to the guild once more to figure out which profession class she wanted to decide on and would not be back till late in the evening.

This left the three completely free and devoid of any distractions to begin their training.

Adam had unusually woken up early today due to his excitement. Fen and the girls had only needed to spend 10 minutes before he had groggily stepped out of bed.

Right now the three, Adam, Luna and Elaine, were standing in the backyard. A few new sets of training equipment had shown up from the armoury store late in the evening yesterday and was now placed in the yard ahead of them.

Without a word, the three began on their own predetermined training plans for the day.

Around noon the two sisters came toward each other. This was going to be their first spar.

Adam who saw this from the side also took a break to watch the proceedings.

They stood around 8 metres away from each other. This was a rule set by Yuki the night before. It wouldn't be much of a spar if the fight began in close combat with Elaine having an absolute advantage.

With the distance, Elaine's durability could be put to the test as well.

The two sisters had livened up Adams training routine a lot. They would chat and fight while they trained. Even now the two were teasing each other before the fight.

Previously he was able to completely concentrate on his training but now he had to divert a bit of attention to be able to maintain a conversation while he trained. He had grown too accustomed to the quiet environment around the lodge. The dungeon would not be the same.

Monsters loved to roar or screech while they fought. Unintentionally the girls had increased the difficulty of the training and had created an increased level of tempering for themselves and Adam.

”Hmph. Let's see how good you are. Wait till I come close to you… I've won this for sure.” Elaine said to Luna.

”You have to get close first. Youll just end up getting tired from my hits and give up.” Both girls were still panting from their training. For some reason, they were still able to maintain enough breath to fight.

Adam continued to watch on in admiration as they fought. He was not in admiration of their ability to fight but their endurance.

'It seems the rumours of the tiger tribesmen being natural born warriors was not an exaggeration.' This was something he had read about and heard from Ungad as well.

After a few more back and forth quip's the girls seemed to calm down and the atmosphere got tense.

Without warning a gale arose around Elaine. The strong wind buffeted her body. Pushing her back and forth. The wind hit her from different direction's randomly and she had lost her footing.

This was the Air element territory spell. The chant for a territory spell was so quick that even Adam had not noticed when she chanted it.

Not providing any chances for Elaine, Luna started chanting her emission spell.

Light grey winds condensed around her to form the shape of the blade of a sickle. three wind shaped blades had been formed.

Luna continued chanting. She took a few more breath's of time to remove the sharpness from the blades. Slowly the blades were becoming blunt.

While she was experimenting. Elaine took the chance where her sister was distracted to curl up and build momentum. With a single leap, she stretched out and used the full force of her body's momentum to break out of the space of the territory.

Shocked Luna lost focus on creating her blades and looked over.

Elaine was bounding in her direction with her sword in one hand while her buckler in the other. The buckler had been raised up to her chest and covered her face up to her nose. Her eyes were visible over the top of the shield.

Swing!

A downward slash came upon Luna. She hurriedly raised her metal staff to block.

Bang.

The two metals collided but the match had been set. Luna was unable to keep her footing from the force and her chant had been disrupted. The three blades had dissipated while she fell on her butt. Elaine's sword was pointed at her face.

A bright smirk on Elaine's face, proof of her victory in the first battle. Stepping back she sheathed her sword and placed her buckler on the holder on her back. Turning around she called:

”Young master I won! Umm…do I …do I get a pat now?” she asked with a blush. The fight had ended quickly and she was barely out of breath. Only a bit of perspiration could be seen on her forehead.

”Yes… fine.” He walked up and ruffled her hair gently.

This was their first combat experience. It wasn't fancy or flashy. Whoever lost concentration or was distracted first would be the loser. This time it was Luna. There was not much skill or anything involved yet. They had only just begun training after all.

Luna was still sitting on the ground. She had pulled her knees in and buried her face in them while her hands hugged her knees as well.

Adam walked up to her and patted her head.