Chapter 70 - Beginning of the Training (1/2)

The next day.

D'vina called Aleen again as she promised; this time at 5:00 am.

Aleen spent the last 24 hours recovering from the aftereffects of the body-enhancement drug. Fortunately, after 24 hours of rest, most of the fatigue left his body.

Now, he was standing in the courtyard while waiting for D'vina to begin her instructions. For the record, Claire was beside him hearing the lessons.

Aleen asked D'vina if she was fine with it, but she said that she didn't care.

"Let's begin then." D'vina said. "Take out the sword you bought."

Aleen nodded and took a sword from his storage ring. It was a beautiful black sword of a meter of length, and with a sharp and slender blade. The sword was worth seven hundred coins, and it was the most expensive of the things Aleen bought. Aleen also bought a silver cuirass and two forearm guards that came together with the sword as a set for a price of three hundred coins.

According to Leona, the sword was made of a special alloy that gave it greater hardness and resistance while boosting its capacity to receive mana. The armor, on the other hand, could absorb the user's mana to generate a barrier able to stop weak attacks.

The name of the sword was 'Dark Night'.

Aleen could not help but think that the name was a bit chunni, but he liked it despite it.

When D'vina saw the sword and heard Aleen's description, she nodded with an expression of satisfaction.

"That is a good sword, suited even for a level three. Mm, you can use it for a while." She then grabbed her greatsword and stood up at the other side of the screen.

"Today, I will teach you mainly two things, beginning with the basic offensive sword moves. Look carefully, first is the horizontal slash." Taking a step back with her left leg, she slashed with her sword to her right. "Next is the vertical slash." Now, she recovered her posture and took a step forward, before slashing fiercely towards the ground.

Without stopping, she retracted her sword and thrust it forwards at great speed, before moving the sword back and using it to stab an imaginary enemy. "It's called thrust and this other is called stab. Lastly, there is the upward slash." Taking a deep breath, she swung the sword upwards and stopped it when it reached a certain height. "Do you understand?"

Aleen was able to follow her movements thanks to D'vina slowing down deliberately; but even with it, he could not understand it completely.

"A little bit." He said while grabbing his sword with a hand. "Let me try."

Taking a deep breath, he did his best to remember D'vina movements and slashed various times. "Horizontal slash, vertical slash, thrust, stab, upward slash."

D'vina frowned deeply when she saw Aleen performing the movements. Once he finished, she let a deep sigh and spoke. "Okay, we better begin with the horizontal slash. Look carefully again."

D'vina slashed to the right once more; this time slowing even more and explaining to Aleen every one of her movements. When Aleen then performed the horizontal slash, she corrected his mistakes carefully.

When she finished with the horizontal slash, she continued with the vertical slash. Like that, the pair spent one hour simply perfecting the basic offensive sword moves.

In the end, Aleen was able to get a basic grasp on how to perform the moves correctly.