"Weapon arts! What's that?", Tilting his head quizzically he asked.
"Well master, i haven't talked to him about that", scratching the back of his head Lucas awkwardly spoke to Cyran.
"Huh? Wait then why in the hell were you asking me to take him in as a disciple!", Cyran roared looking at Lucas with disbelief.
"Well you see this guy is kind of a monster when it comes to learning, although he's not a fast learner, but he has pretty high perseverance.", Said Lucas.
"Ugh.."
Cyran groaned while glaring at Lucas.
"Uhm…"
"Huh—"
Cyran suddenly cocked his head towards Zephyr when he was about to say something.
"What? Got something to say?"
Cyran bellowed in a deep and intimidating voice.
Ignoring his glare, Zephyr continued.
"Why does Lucas address you as master"
"Huh"
"That's~"
Both Lucas and Cyran looked at each other and then at me.
Cyran using his finger to point at Lucas said.
"It's because this dimwit is my first and only disciple"
"Disciple! As in?"
Looking at Cyran Zephyr asked.
"You know that I am a sword saint, so I sure as hell won't be his dance teacher", replied Cyran sarcastically.
Nodding his head with a serious expression Zephyr said, "I see, a sword, what exactly?"
"Hehe.."
Lucas was trying best to hold back his laughter while Cyran's mouth was twitching.
'Cheeky little bastard'
"You see in weapons arts there are 7 stages of attainment
Novice
Apprentice
Master
Grandmaster
Sage
And finally
Saint
And above all there's a realm which only a single person in the history of mankind has been rumoured to reach
The Transcendental level"
Zephyr Nodded his head in understanding at Lucas's explanation.
'He's a good teacher', Zephyr thought.
"So you see how great i am", spoke Cyran while puffing up his chest.
"Well so do you remember ever learning to fight"
"No, no I don't", I shook my head.
Seeing this Lucas dropped his shoulders.
"Haha, see what i told you", Cyran laughed while patting Lucas's back.
"But still trying won't hurt will it", Lucas said while pushing away Cyran.
"Hmm, what do you want me to do?"Zephyr asked while looking at Lucas.
"That's not a bad idea, follow me"
Waving his hand Cyran belonged to the two to follow him.
***
Following Cyran we went to the basement of the two storied building in which we have been living.
Going down a flight of stairs we reached a huge metallic door which had some kind of pattern engraved onto it.
"Those are runes"
From my side Lucas commented.
Looking at him I quizzically asked.
"What's runes?"
With a smile Lucas replied.
"You remember when I was teaching you about the basics of magic, i briefly told you about arrays"
I nodded, "yes, arrays: formation of magic sequences in a linear manner in which the sequence placed first will be released first and the sequence placed last will be released last, but depending upon the conditions some sequences can be skipped, it's a complex formation of magic in a physically representable form and different from normal use of magic array users can display a greater versatility and strength."
"Excellent, it's just you said, arrays are a lot stronger than generic magic spells but that is only valid upto tier 8 spells above that magic spells become more ferocious"
"Runes on the other hand are an advanced version of magic arrays, of you can say magic arrays are an improvised version of runes, while magic arrays are drawn using one's own magic energy or mana, runes are crafted using an external source of magic energy, and because they have no limitations such as size or energy reserves, given enough space and energy sources, runes can be extremely powerful, and can achieve unbelievable feats"
I nodded at him with an understanding expression and starry eyes.
Looking at us Cyran's brows twitched, "you guys are done with your masterclass on runes?", He said in an annoyed and jealous tone.
"Oh is someone getting jealous~"
Lucus poked Cyran with a teasing tone.
Cyran smiled dangerously and looked at Lucas while saying, "it seems my dearest disciple has decided to give up on his life, no worries i will help you in leaving this world, with as much pain as humanly possible"
His words coupled with his expression made both of our scalps go numb for a second.
...just for a second.
Tapping his smartwatch on the door Cyran opened the door.
"Woah!"
I could help in exclaim in awe upon seeing the interior of the room, a huge white room which spread across for over 500 metres, runes were carved on all four walls while the floor was covered in soft mats, while the ceiling was lit up by lights.
On the walls hung weapons, swords, daggers, spears, even guns and tridents.
Upon closer inspection of the room one could clearly say that, "This room makes no sense".
"Hmm, what do you–", Cyran was about to say something but then understood what I was getting at and stopped mid sentence.
"Oh! You mean the size of the room"
Nodding my head I gestured towards the room.
"I mean it's bigger than the house above, and not just by a small margin."
"That's because of the spacial runes engraved on the walls", Lucas explained.
"Spacial runes?", I tilted my head, gesturing for him to explain.
With a nod, Lucas continued, "Spacial runes utilise spacial magic in order to create small pocket dimensions, evidently expanding the fabric of space itself"
"O-ok", I nodded my head, but still it was a bit confusing.
Putting his hand on my head Lucas grinned, "just prove yourself to this old man, then I will teach you a lot more stuff".
I energetically nodded my head.
"Ok it's ready to go."
Soon Cyran's voice came from the far end of the room, looking in his direction and we started walking.
***
"Choose your weapon of choice"
Cyan gestured for Zephyr to choose a weapon.
Zephyr looked at the weapons with an incredulous look, while stealing a glance towards Cyran.
Cyran was wearing a martial arts robe with a belt wrapped around his waist, he was holding a long single edged curved wooden blade, while his chest was exposed, revealing numerous battle scars, but after having looked at his own scars, Cyran's looked a bit dull.
'What a shame', shaking his head, Zephyr's gaze locked onto a specific weapon or weapons.
A hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, before he shook it off and reached out to grab it.
"Ok I am ready"
Both Lucas and Cyran looked at Zephyr with scrutinising gazes before nodding.
"Well then what are we waiting for, let's get started~"