For another combo, Leopold tried to specialise more for Brandyn's needs. He began the combo with a ranged jab, then following up with a slip towards the dummy's left hand. To finish off, he stabbed up with his right arm and it dug deep into the dummy's neck.
"There are two combos for you. You should watch a few videos to learn some more combos and we'll be sparring in a week, just so you know." Leopold said, in a very caring and advisory manner.
Brandyn wondered why he was giving such advice to him since he was just standing on the platform watching everyone else before. Then again, no one had enough control over their egos to ask him questions. Everyone wanted to seem like they knew what they were doing but Brandyn wasn't concerned about such a childish matter.
After seeing these combos, Brandyn tried to replicate them and he made sure to replicate almost every single micro-adjustment that his teacher made. At first, the attacks were somewhat slow and weak but he knew that it would take time to perfect this form.
For the following parts of the day, it was pretty much the same. They still had to do the foundational parts of education, such as mathematics or literature. This part of the day was collectively hated by every student and it was one of the only things that they seemed to have a sense of union on.
As Brandyn returned to his humble abode, he swiftly began his daily tasks. As he commenced with this process, he decided to watch a few videos on how to use a dagger in fighting. On the internet, there were a large variety of videos based on combat. After all, the entire world was built upon combat and so, many people had advice to be given to the very large audience.
Specifically, he wanted to learn how to incorporate dagger usage into fist fighting and a video relating to this certainly wasn't hard to find.
Once he finished the last part of his daily tasks, the lifting task, a new notification popped up in front of him.
[+5XP]
[Daily Tasks Updated!]
[Daily Tasks: 6/7]
[Run 500m: 501m/500m]
[Lift 140kg: 145kg/140kg]
[Eat 100g protein: 100g/100g]
[Do 25 push ups: 25/25]
[Throw 35 Jabs: 35/35]
[Throw 20 1-2 Combos: 20/20]
[Throw 25 dagger combos: 0/25]
"A daily task update? Why was the update after I completed the tasks? Do I get more XP if I complete it now?" He wondered.
Every day, the tasks would reset after each day but after this update, it seemed that he could complete two daily tasks in a single day.
"I don't even have the dagger with me. Well, I'll just try and imagine I have one then." He decided, picking up his phone to act as a dagger.
Thinking back to what happened earlier on in the day, he reimagined the combinations that Leopold and tried to re-enact them to the best of his ability. Throughout the combos, he was doing a reasonably good job and near to the end of these combos, he seemed to flow like water. Each movement he made led into the next and it was quite accurate compared to what Sir Maximilian did.
Performing the last combo, he slipped then swung his body upwards to stab his dagger upwards in a jab-like motion.
As he finished this movement, another notification appeared.
[Daily Task Complete!]
[+50XP]
[Level Up!]
[+1 Stat Point]
Once these 2 notifications appeared, another notification appeared, which blocked out the prior notifications.
[Store Unlocked!]
Brandyn was most definitely excited to be finally gaining access to a part of the system that had been locked for so long. He was also curious to see what this store could be about and the items that would be sold in it.
Once this notification appeared, the entire interface of the store appeared in front of him. It was blurred and each item was simply a silhouette of what it was supposed to be. Some had question marks placed over them without a silhouette, which confused Brandyn quite a bit. Why would he be given access to this store if he wasn't capable to buying a single thing from it?
Of course, there was nothing else he could do but wait and this is what he did. Leaping into his bed, the notifications readjusted themselves so they were right ahead of him again, with the blurred store at the forefront of it.
Suddenly, a window opened atop this blurred store, with 3 slots horizontally adjacent to one another. It resembled a game at a casino, with three silhouetted images and text under it.
[Spin for Weapon]
[-Free-]
"Spin? So I get to choose one out of these 3 weapons I'm guessing. Alright, let's do it!"
Mentally clicking the spin button, it began to spin and it span so fast that each image couldn't be seen, even with Brandyn's vision. Eventually, these spinning images began to slow until they came to a complete stop.
There were 3 remaining images, and the silhouettes began to decay away.
[Spin Complete!]
[Item Type: Weapon]
[Weapon: Bow of Arthur]
[Rank: D-Rank]
[Basic bow from the nation of Arthur. Comes with 10 arrows. Arrows can be bought from the store and special items can be made to enhance the power of these arrows.]
[Item Type: Weapon]
[Weapon: Jotunn Fist]
[Rank: D-Rank]
[A large knuckleduster made of an alloy between a special metal and iron. Possesses impressive durability but detrimental density.]
[Item Type: Weapon]
[Weapon: Akumaha Dagger]
[Rank: A-Rank]
[A dark purple dagger from Jiang, with a sharp end and another, more rugged end. Incredibly lightweight and very durable, with great elemental absorption.]
"A-Rank! It's so much better than the rest of the weapons and it fits my weapon choice. This is perfect! There's no debate." He said with excitement, swiftly choosing the option that gave him his weapon of choice.
[Item Chosen!]