"So . . . . . Now we are done with the work out . . . what you wanna do first? . . . . Spell casting or Weapon training? . . . " Scarlet asked .
"Hmmmmm . . . . . let's find you a weapon . . . . " Scarlet insisted walking towards the weapon stands .
"So what weapon type calls out to you? . . " She asked .
"I dunno . . . . " I shrugged feeling unsure .
"Ahhhh this might be a little hard . " She pondered biting her lip looking at the vast collection of weapons on display .
"Ohhh do you wanna try Paul's weapon of choice? . . " She smiled with excitement .
"The big scythe? . . " I asked remembering him drawing it when we was at the desert .
"Yeah . . . . . It has good reach but its heavy with big predictable swings but it's an extremely intermediating and dangerous weapons able to cut past people's guards . " She said walking towards a giant Scythe picking it up with one hand and handing it to me .
As she released her grip on the Scythe it was extremely heavy . . . . . I began to wonder how Paul even wielded it with one hand so easily . "Nope . . . . . This is way too heavy and clunky . . . . " I instantly said as I struggle to hold it aloft .
"Ahhh okay, . . . " She said taking it off me and placing it back on the stand .
"Do I really need a weapon? . . . . . Can't I just use a spells? . . " I asked .
"Ummm . . . it's always good to have a weapon up your sleeve . . . . " Scarlet answered . "For example for me . . . Very few people know that I can use magic . . . . . Most the time people see Paul buffing me and I never use magic in public so people assume I can't cast spells . So if I was to ever use magic to win a duel it would be such a surprise they wouldn't expect it . . . . like a secret weapon . " Scarlet explained . "Similar to why Paul always uses a wand when he's in the company of others . . . except when opening portals . " Scarlet added with a smile .
"Hmmmm . . . . . Probably a light weapon? . . " I suggested as I had no real way of wielding the heavier weapons and swinging them .
"Good point . . . . you're gonna be primarily a spell caster . . . . Silly me . " She said with a smile and shaking her head at herself for being so silly .
"Ummm how about something for utility? . . " I asked remembering what Ashley suggested for Jay to use .
"Ohhh great idea!" Scarlet smiled in excitement rushing to an area filled with daggers . "So we have fire and acid daggers… . " She said holding two daggers . . . "Fire is great for cutting rope and starting a fire in cases when you're staying overnight outdoors . . . . . or Acid brilliant at corroding chains locks and metal things . . . . if none of them call out to you . . . we also have an electric one that can momentarily stun someone when you hit them . . . hmmmm . . . . or if not daggers . . . . maybe a short sword? . . . excellent for close combat . " she suggested pulling out and placing back various weapons to show me .
"Hmmm . . . can you teach me how to use any weapon? . . " I asked curiously .
"Yup . . . I can use all the weapons here on display really well . " She smiled holding her chin up in pride .
"Wow . . . . so anything's dangerous in your hands . . . . " I commented .
"Yup . . . . but obviously my preferred weapon is my extra wide Claymore and my smaller wooden sword called a Wakizashi" She replied .
"Yeah . . . . why do you have a wooden Sword anyways? . . . " I asked slightly confused why she would have one .
"Because we aren't allowed to use lethal force unless they break the rules of Atlantis, I use the wooden one to cause less fatal injuries . " Scarlet answered .
"OHHH I see . . . . . " I replied nodding in understanding . "Let's try daggers for now . . . " I asked .
"Daggers . . . . sure let's go . . . . " She said walking up a stand and taking out two daggers .
"Okay . . . So even though Daggers look rather simple to use . . . . they require a lot of finesse and speed to use properly . . . . Slashing someone wouldn't cause much damage unless you aim for certain points on the body . . . . . So you can always push someone to fight defensively with slashes and when there's an opening quickly switch your grip and stab the target for a more serious wound . " Scarlet explained showing me some motions and grip switching .
"Ummm . . . . . I don't think I have the physical strength to fight someone up close . . . . " I replied .
"Well stick to some dagger training . . . . . It's an easily concealed weapon . . . . in case you need it for self-defence or other situations . " Scarlet advised handing me two daggers . "These are magical daggers . . . . this one is a flame one . . . crafted from the smouldering core of a hell hound and this one is forged from the core of an acid elemental . . . . hold these in your bag for now . . . . " she explained carefully and precisely to me .
"Umm how do I activate them??? . . . " I asked confusingly looking at both of them in my hands .
"So magical items need to attune to you . . . . so keep it on your person for at least 30 mins then they are magically bound to you . . . . so when you wield them their properties will take effect . Scarlet explained looking excited for me . "You'll also need to commission or buy some leather straps so you can conceal them close to your body and have them ready at all times or have a robe that has an opening with pockets . . . " Scarlet advised .
"Okay!" I said taking her advice and pocketing the daggers .
"Okay . . . let's do some training . . . . take these two daggers for now . . . . " She said handing me another two daggers and began walking towards the sand pit .
"By the way . . . . you saved me on my first day here do you remember? . . " I asked remembering how she sundered a blade with her bare hand .
"Huh? . . . . " She asked .
"Yeah you caught a sword with your bare hand and somehow sundered and it didn't even scratch you . " I recited trying to remind her .
"Ohhh yeah I remember . . . . damn punks . . . . . Should have hurt him more . " She replied .
"How did you catch the blade with your bare hand and didn't even get cut . . . . . And crushing it into pieces and still never got cut? . . " I asked curiously .
"It's a secret . " She winked at me . "Besides that's what makes me such an awesome training partner . . . . It's really difficult to hurt me . " She smiled .
"Are you sure? . . . " I asked hesitantly kinda doubting what she said .
"Yeah . . . look . . . . " She said taking a dagger off me and began stabbing her palm . The dagger failing to pierce her skin .
"What the hell . . . . " I looked in shock .
"Yeah . . . . . Awesome right? . . " She smiled and began slashing her palm and still her hand remained unscathed .
"How . . . . " I whispered in disbelief staring at her hand .
"Ohhhh btw Ashley also mentioned that you had another incident that day . " She informed me .
"I did? . . " I questioned totally confused trying to remember everything that happened that day .
"Yeah he told me you punched a wall and you was stronger than expected . " She revealed to me .
"Ohh yeah that . . . I dunno why . . . . I just felt so angry . . . and punched the wall . " I recited what happened .
"Hmmm interesting . . . . " She replied .
"Jay was telling me that my body used Arcanum to momentarily become stronger . . " I replied .
"Jay's right . . . we can also use it to make us faster . . . . increase our senses and toughness . . . . It's a technique where we cause our bodies to metabolize Arcanum to enhance our Speed, Sense, Strength, Smell and Hearing immensely . " Scarlet explained like a teacher to a student . It's good that you show signs of that at such an early stage . . . . even our most veteran and promising students only show these signs well into their years of studies in Atlantis . " Scarlet stated sounding curious .
"What does that mean? . . . " I asked .
"Well for one . . . don't let your anger get the better of you . . . . anger may give you strength but it will cloud your thoughts . . . . you won't be able to assess the situation as clearly and correctly asses the correct course of action against very dangerous enemies they can use your emotions against you . " Scarlet Advised .
"Okay . . . . . " I agreed looking down feeling slightly embarrassed knowing that I should never let my temper get the better of me .
"But it also means there is much potential in you . " She smiled . "So the secret of fighting in close combat . . . is muscle memory and drills . . . as well as noticing micro twitches and behaviours in your opponent or opponents . " Scarlet explained .
"Everyone, monsters and humans have micro expression and tells when it comes to anything . . . . . Lying . . . . truth . . . emotions . . . You can even read body language to tell when individuals are hostile based on posture or the way they speak . . . same with people attacking . . . . if you can read their body, you can read their attacks allowing you to be one step ahead of the enemy . Same with spells watch their wands listen for the spell . " Scarlet carried on explaining .
"Okay . . . . . " I said nodding in understanding .
"For example in a heated situation a clenched fist and tensed arms signals hostility . One foot in front of the other indicates they may attack . . . . and which arm they are gonna swing with the slight pull back of the shoulder when about to swing . A dragon before using its breath attack will inhale deeply lifting its head up . A troll willing to take wounds and hits on its extremities… and avoiding fire damage as that will cauterize the wound and stop its accelerated regeneration revealing it's weakness . " Scarlet explained .
"Okay . " I nodded with confidence .
"Nice… . Let's start with some drills then and I'll teach you some tells when it comes to unarmed combat . " She replied with a smile leading me to the sand pit .
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