-wake up lazy bones you have training in an hour and your still naked-
Yawning I roll over slowly and look towards the window as I see the sun is rather high in the sky. "ugh, thanks for waking me up praetor. Now we can finally start getting closer to the final goal of all this."
-and what exactly is the final goal here prism?-
Standing up and donning my helmet I chuckle as I put my silver polymer body suit on and stretch a little bit. "as a Runemancer I'm able to increase my proficiency with runes but I can't improve my body unless I apply to become a protector or an adventurer."
Walking downstairs and out onto the street I continue my explanation. "both protectors and adventures receive an improvement system that allows them to increase their speed, their strength, their wisdom. If I join them as an amateur battle mage then I can truly become stronger." Entering the training center I sign the check in sheet and look around before spotting a man holding two long iron poles with unsharpened polymer 'blades' at each end.
As I walk up to the man slowly he tosses me a spear and nods his head. "You must be prism, my name is Joshua and I'm the resident spear master here in Ravensville. I'll teach you everything I know from the basic stances to the best counter attacks and reactions." With that he leads me to one of the glassed in training rooms and puts one end of his spear against the ground.
Copying his stance I wait for him to gather his thoughts while he glances at the way I'm standing.
With a nod of approval he begins speaking again. "Sojustu or 'the art of spears' comes from an ancient culture of warriors. This art focused on the length of the spear as a blocking , thrusting and slashing weapon. Granted back then they used a one bladed spear mostly but thanks to advances in weaponry, our spear blades are able to withstand hitting against armor and we don't have to use the butt of the spear like they did" Spinning his spear once he turns a full circle and the blade of his spear rapidly approaches my chest as I block out of instinct and his spear glances off of mine.
"Very good even without training your able to tell when the best time to block Is. that tells me you've at least seen some fighting if not been involved in a few." Taking a step closer he grabs his spear by the middle and does a few test attacks using both ends. After a seconds hesitation I use the forward end to rapidly block all four attacks before stepping into his guard and finding myself on the floor.
"against a swordman that would have worked, but stepping in that close allowed me to easily sweep you off your feet with the back end of my spear. Had it been sharp you'd be on the floor and missing a foot."
Holding out his hand, Joshua pulls me up from the ground and steps back allowing me to get into position again.
"Ok prism, this time I want you to take the initiative and try to attack me"
With a nod I step forward and begin with a short slash from left to right followed by a series of quick slashes and thrusts before finally going for his right ankle. But just as my spear touches his heel my ears ring and my vision blurs as his spear smashes against the back of my head and I go to my knees.
-Are you alright!?-
"Yeah praetor I'm fine just a little bit dizzy is all"
Joshua steps back and gives me a moment. "You get points for being able to actually touch me, but you let yourself get fixated on the idea of landing a hit and threw caution to the winds. As such, had I been a real enemy, I'd be limping and you'd be dead"
Listening to his solemn words I slowly stand up and get into position once again as my right hand glows softly "Creation - focus - " a small gold rune absorbs into my body as Joshua raises his eyebrows
-Prism-
Age 1
Level 2 Runemancer Exp: 230/400
Active powers:
Chronomancy Lvl 1 (1%) Spatial control Lvl 1 (7%) Transform Lvl 2 (20%) Protection Lvl 1 (0%) Fire control Lvl 1 (1%) Anti-surveillence invisibility Lvl 1 (1%) Rune melding Lvl 1 (0%)
Passive powers:
All seeing eye Lvl 1 (60%) Comprehension Lvl 1 (60%) Magic resistance Lvl 1 (20%) Flight Lvl 1 (10%) Polearm mastery Lvl 1 (10%)
Focus Lvl 1 (0%)
With a small chuckle I nod and activate Chronomancy at 10% power, slowing him down but not so much that he can't defend himself. With that I step forward and begin to leisurely slash left and right a few times before suddenly bringing the rear end of my spear up and pushing his spear to the ceiling as I place the other blade against his throat and end Chronomancy.
As time resumes to normal Joshua takes a deep breath and chuckles. "I was wondering when you'd stop holding back and actually use your abilities. Don't worry so much about hurting me the spears aren't real and besides, I'm an elf I heal insanely fast"
"well then I have something else I'd like to try with you"
Joshua gets into his ready stance and motions for me to come at him. "That's what I'm here for whenever you're ready give me your best shot"
Jumping up I use fly to glide around Joshua as I begin using the same slashing method but now from a height advantage that forces him to angle his body with each deflection. With his obviously higher mastery of spears he's able to keep me at bay but I quickly gain insight in how to best use my own spear.
"Come on now prism is this the best you've got I thought you'd actually give me a challenge!" He grins as he taunts me and continues to deflect every single slash.
Activating my invisibility I fly behind him and quickly strike him twice, once behind each knee, as he falls and catches himself with the end of his spear as he spins around keeping the spear in a ready guard position.
"Now we're talking, invisibility combined with flying and a spear, you definitely stand a chance at being a great battle mage Prism."
"Thanks Joshua you stand a great chance as a punching bag hahaha" with that I successfully sweep his feet out from under him after canceling flight and ducking under his guard.
"oof" he hits the floor and bursts out laughing as he hops back up. "ok that's enough for today's session prism, report back here tomorrow at the same time."
Bowing I hand him the training staff and proceed to head back to my hotel and take a shower. After my shower I sit naked on the bed and make a handful of platinum coins one at a time.
"Hey praetor how many of these damn things do I have now anyways?"
-in the last couple of days you've created 50 platinum coins, 27 gold coins, 40 silver coins and 3 copper coins. however you currently have 50P 15G 0S and 2C coins in total meaning you could basically buy and furnish a small castle while everyone thinks you're still poor-
"Thanks for the sarcasm my friend" chuckling I store the few platinum coins I just made and decide it's time to use my rune melding. I summon my spear and run my hand down the shaft slowly "Magic conductivity" the spear shines a little bit and a mark appears on the shaft. "extreme durability" another shine and another mark appear. "self repair" one last shining light and the third and final mark appears as I examine my spear.
"Creation - appraisal Lvl 1 - passive power. Able to glance at and see detailed information about inanimate objects.
-Prism-
Age 1
Level 2 Runemancer Exp: 270/400
Active powers:
Chronomancy Lvl 1 (2%) Spatial control Lvl 1 (7%) Transform Lvl 2 (25%) Protection Lvl 1 (0%) Fire control Lvl 1 (1%) Anti-surveillence invisibility Lvl 1 (1%) Rune melding Lvl 1 (3%)
Appraisal Lvl 1 (1%)
Passive powers:
All seeing eye Lvl 1 (60%) Comprehension Lvl 1 (60%) Magic resistance Lvl 1 (20%) Flight Lvl 1 (10%) Polearm mastery Lvl 1 (10%)
Focus Lvl 1 (0%)
"Appraisal"
- Prism's spear -
Gold grade Polearm - double bladed spear -
"extreme durability" This spear is unrivaled by almost everything and is damn near unbreakable
"magic conductivity" The spear is able to be used as a weapon while allowing you to channel an attack through the blade much like a long rifle or maybe a taser.
"self repair" While stored in your inventory the spear will repair any damage that manages to be done to it.
With that done the spear returns to my inventory as I lay down and yawn before drifting off to sleep.