Within the forest area after a short period of time had passed to allow Sunila to recover a battle took place between many people as she sparred with each of them in hand to hand combat and while using blunt stone arrows.
Each time she would agilely move to a safe distance and fire one or several arrows before reaching for another.
Each of her arrows fired flew accurately towards their target but when up against a strong opponent, they were either caught, blocked, deflected or dodged while some hit their mark gaining her a successful victory.
Her ability to predict oncoming attacks and predict their trajectory was exceptional and she was able to spot where the traps were laid out so when up against people that used trapping and ranged attacks, she was able quickly gain the advantage.
At a close range she was able to block, parry or dodge the attacks that were thrown her way but she often revealed many faults when under pressure.
She instinctively raised her arms to block as she would during normal close contact but with the bow shaped weapon snake in her hand, she often put it in harms way before pulling it back again leaving a moment of weakness.
As she faced off against more powerful opponents, she revealed this weakness even more as sue was often bullied by Alyssia, Monera, Carrot and Tristan.
Even with the use of Haki, she was not able to overcome them in battle because of the flaws created by herself through many years of building up bad habits and the imbalance of her combat style.
Alyssia beat her down again and sighed. "I have got a good look at your movements and habits but I have to say that you are wasting your potential as an archer and as a member of a Kuja Tribe member this way. The first problem is that you will have to stop using your weapon snake as a primary weapon and change it to something that is not alive."
Sunila massaged her waist where she had been hit and frowned as she looked at the weapon snake by her side. "Why? Me and Marilee have been fighting together since I was a small child…"
Alyssia shook her head as she carefully spoke. "That is all the more reason why you should not be using her this way in combat. Most of your instincts often tell you to block or parry an attack to prevent you from harm but as you do so, your care for your companion stops you from doing so which makes you hesitate leaving you open to attacks. You could protect her with your Haki at times but your uncertainty in your ability to prevent her from being hurt even a little will only cause both of you more problems in the heat of battle. So I suggest using an ordinary weapon over a living one, this way you can fight more effectively."
Sunila petted her snake Marilee and then spoke hesitantly. "Then what can she do to help me?
Alyssia replied in a calm voice. "With her size, she could still remain wrapped around your body and bite your opponent when they are busy attacking you. Maybe if she can grow a little bigger, it could possibly carry you and let you get a better view from above. We need to start working out the faults in your combat style which has failed to combine various elements of close combat and archery but I have the perfect solution with some additional things to help with your utility."
An image appeared in her mind as the system began to construct the various forms of combat according to her wishes that most suited Sunila.
[Archer Close Combat Style and Acrobatic/Parkour Archery]
Although it was named as such, the style was based on several styles of combat that Sunila used and from several archery based heroes from different tv series that Alyssia watched in her previous life.
One of the main inspirations was the main members of the Arrow Tv Series and especially Oliver Queen who is the main hero of the show.
Alyssia began to practice the movements slowly as she practiced the archery forms as she occasionally performed different types of rolls, flips and several difficult body positions after kneeling or bending her body as if she had dodged an attack before taking aim and firing.
Some movements followed as she quickly took an arrow from the quiver on her back and smoothly loaded a new arrow to be fired without much of a delay. "You are a great archer but your movements could be a little better to allow more freedom of movement and more unpredictable shots from different angles."
She continued to add some spinning actions and some kicks along with a couple of elbow attacks while using the bow like a weapon to block, parry or even attack with as she added the occasional punch. "A bow can be used to fire but if it is study enough, it can be used like this to protect you but also as to disrupt your enemies movements and attack."
She looked as if she had pushed back an enemy and fired an arrow into their chest or head without a delay before ducking under another imaginary opponents attack and then the bow struck their vulnerable chest like it was being used as a staff.
Many types of attacks were coordinated with a follow up arrow shot towards the chest, neck or head of the imaginary opponents but sometimes a close ranged shot was fired towards the opponents leg, foot or arm when given even the smallest space to fire and inflict a wound capable of killing her opponent or at least to weaken their combat potential.
One small movement was enough to change the flow of combat and catch someone off guard where many would believe that they had the advantage after getting close to an archer.
Alyssia continued to instruct Sunila. "You will practice this style of combat from now on so that it perfectly fits with your own archery talents and allows you much better survival and combat power. I will teach you personally through each movement until your body fully remembers each movement. This style not only helps against close range but also against many or stronger opponents. It will also provide many ways to avoid further damage to your body and to escape from your enemy if you become overwhelmed."
She added. "Different types of arrows can also play a part in making your attacks more unpredictable and to help with different movements or to escape."
Sunila stood up and after carefully watching the movements, she spoke excitedly. "Do you think that I can pull it off like that?"
Alyssia nodded. "Of course, without being held back by your previous faults after using metal bow, you will no longer need to hesitate or care about your companion being hurt. I believe in your potential so you should learn this quickly."
She was not lying as Sunila possessed frightening potential, once her flaws were corrected and she was guided on the correct path, she would definitely show great improvements in a short time.
Many from Amazon Lily would be outshined by her if Alyssia was able to drag her from the island to experience the much larger world and allow her to guide her personally for a long time.
Her potential did not just end with the improvement of her close combat and archery skills as they had been successfully combined as her arrows could be improved greatly.
Ordinary sharp stone arrows could be improved to metal ones, some could have built in features which would make the arrow create a flash of light, explosion or many other different effects.
Anyone that was hit by or had caught the arrows would be distracted or caught up in the additional attack hidden within the arrow.
Some arrows could be used to achieve objectives like recording the sound where it is fired or to help listen in to someone's conversation from far away.
A grappling hook arrow or zip line arrow could help her get to other places that she could not reach without much effort.
An ensnarement arrow, bola arrow or rope tying arrow would allow her to bind her enemies or set traps in the surroundings while other options would be available which came in the form of a syringe which either extracted or injected after entering the targets body.
Many other options were available thanks to the variety of scientific skills in Alyssia's possession which would provide Sunila with a tactical advantage over many tough opponents and when combined with her own Haki arrows mixed in, her potential was limitless and with the addition of the snake on her body, she had an additional method of winning a close ranged fight as it could attack at an unpredictable time from any angle.
The only thing that she lacked was Conquerers Haki that would get in the way of her becoming a central figure in the world while some with much greater speed and reactions would still be able to dodge many of her attacks unless she gained better use of her tactics or learned how to better predict her enemies future movements.
All of the females within the group were all immersed in their practice as they lived out their days hunting, sparring, training, fighting in the arena, selling their spoils of war and purchasing things for themselves for their future or daily needs.
Each of them continued to improve in each of their styles of combat as they improved their solo and team fighting potential.
Although everyone was able to improve their physical prowess over time, Medea was stuck as she was until she was able to receive an upgrade to her body.
She occasionally received some damage to her cyborg body and had to undergo repairs after encountering stronger opponents but she was able to gain a much greater mastery of her abilities as she also improved her sword and quick movement techniques.