next day faes and sky got ready for their training. sky was getting ready to go to agni while faes went to shiva's study where they were going to meet.
after faes met with shiva he led her to a training field outside where is personal knights were waiting patiently.
"we will continue our daily routine, faes you will join them for warmup and then training till lunch" shiva told. while faes merely nodded and joined the back of the lines.
they began to run laps around the battalion which was around a kilometer long. fifty laps total before stretching, pushups, pullups, and various other exercises. faes actually didn't even felt tired from all these! she was used to do much harder training with aiden and hence she was glad that the invisible weight aiden had left was still with her to use them. yes she was wearing weights that aiden left for her and others cant notice or see them all except shiva who seem to notice them right from the start but chose to ignore them.
they spent few hours doing excersices, and after that shiva had everyone train with their weapons, different forms for defense and offence were shown by shiva. the whole squad was separated in different groups according to their level of skills. basic, intermediate and advanced were the classes mainly in which they were divided while also they were in different groups differentiated by weapons.
group using swords, spears and other weapons were separated and then divided into the three groups further based on skill rank.
faes was placed in advanced swordsman group which had other eleven people with her. while training she found out that shiva could use all kinds of melee weapons and was even a berserker who use a trident.
shiva made them all practice the various offence and defense positions and corrected and guided everyone. even faes!
as faes moved to execute various moves and positions she knew shiva shook his head
"don't just rely on your hands and legs, use your whole body to execute the moves. your shoulder, abdominal, hip and back muscles are also important in movements. focus on them too if you notice their purpose and use them properly the extra movements will decrease themselves" shiva showed her the same moves she just performed.
his hands and legs were moving but only after his body, faes noticed that his whole body was moving barely but the momentum formed in hands and legs was still the same as before maybe even better. while decreasing the excess movements using the whole body muscles also decreases the weak spots one shows while attacking!
after watching shiva's display everyone in her group went to practice again trying to do what shiva told while he himself went to another group to guide them.
faes didn't jump in to try those moves but she closed her eyes and replayed the moves shiva showed. using her visual skill voir she could follow others and copy their moves. she had activated her skill while shiva was showing the moves and used the skill to memorize the moves.
while shiva moves his shoulder and side muscles move first before his biseps and wrist muscles along with the sword. when he takes a step his feet muscles move afterwards the hip abdominal and thigh muscles. even then the coordination of the muscle movement was important. in different positions and movements the muscles contracting and relaxing were different and at various timings.
faes continued to observe the muscles movements and the timing of shiva's movements while others practiced the moves glancing at her from time to time in confusion and mockery.
to them she was just a kid. even though she got accepted as shiva's disciple the shock had settled down after the day passed. now she was here with them training and hence they noticed that she had same level of skills as them!
but they were still curious about her. she was only a kid yet she had similar skills as them grown ups. while they were here practicing what shiva told them she was only standing with her eyes closed? how was she going to comprehend what shiva told them like this? truly just a childish girl.
for a whole hour faes stood still with her eyes closed while her teammates even thought that she fell asleep.
shiva returned to their group and noticed faes too but he just continued to observe them and their progress correcting them when faes moved bringing everyone's attention to her.
everyone in her group was around and above eighteen years old and were already looking for a chance to mock her as they paused their practice to see what faes learnt while standing there.
shiva too observed faes curiously but his curiousness turned to shock and excitement.
faes muscles constricted and relaxed at a fixed timing while her whole body was being used to perform the moves unlike before. though they were not perfect yet but the advancement was clear at a glance. the force behind her move increased greatly along with the decrease in stamina consumption and weak points on her body gradually.
her movements became rapid and cleaner as she moved her body, graciously and elegantly as if performing a dance. the places her practice wooden sword passed the air seem to get sliced slightly as if something sharp just cut through it. after performing a set of all moves faes stopped and opened her eyes blinking. her clear grey eyes held excitement and joy as she improved slightly.
if she continued like this then she will soon increase the level of her sword skills!
just as she was getting excited and worked up a cold voice entered her ears shutting her excitement.
"just a slight improvement no need to get so worked up. you still need to perfect these moves before getting excited. if you want to learn more then you have to sturdy your foundation. continue practicing" shiva said sternly.
but faes was not dejected. what shiva said was true after all. her skills have barely improved slightly, she was still a long way before perfecting them. with the goal to perfect her skills faes turned determined nodding at shiva and began to practice the moves again.
from time to time shiva corrected her mistakes and she also paused to observe herself. by the time lunch time arrived she was exhausted. her stamina was depleted as sweat covered her body and her muscles ached from the intense work.
after getting a quick shower she helped kai and emma in cooking the fishes they captured and were unable to cook them before. as they sat to eat lunch sky and faes told everyone about what they learnt
when eli, gray and others listened to the two girls they smiled knowingly and happily.
"princess, on your day off why don't we have a spar? this way you can also practice and we can also improve ourselves further" ethan suddenly suggested