Days flashed by while Ezra polished his skills, sparring with his vassals on most days.
All the gifts Gwendolyn gave him, he gave to his vassals after having Bard sift through them.
They grew as one, and with Ezra's help, hit Advanced-rank by the fifth month.
That wasn't enough to satisfy them, it wasn't even close.
Witnessing the enormous gap between them and Ezra, their aim was to create aura while in Advanced-rank.
Ezra didn't tell them otherwise, as the stronger they got, the better.
Instead, his focus laid on perfecting the Infinite Forms.
To start with, he changed much through the technique in five months, letting it retain only a hundred moves - in each sequence!
Meaning, the sword sequence had a hundred movements, as did the fist, scythe, staff, and dagger.
In total, that was five hundred movements!
Now, he was blending the sequences into one, creating the real Infinite Forms.
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Meanwhile, war stalled completely.
