"Let's see if that stance will help you, same attack same power alright?" Bella said and Zane nodded in determination.
Bella then threw the same punch Zane had seen but has been unable to block multiple times. This time though, Zane didn't try to block. He also didn't dodge, he had tried that once and ended up on the floor.
This time, Zane brought up his forearm like he would when blocking, however he didn't let the punch hit his arm. Instead he moved his arm slightly to the side so it looked like he tried to block and missed.
Of course this was his plan, when Bella's punch passed his forearm, Zane pushed Bella's arm slightly to the right with his forearm. Effectively performing a sword parry, but with arms instead.
Bella, expecting to meet some resistance had used her full physical strength in that attack. Due to that she couldn't stop her arm as it missed Zane's face by a good two inches.
Bella smiled proudly "Well done, I've never seen that move before"
"Thanks" Zane chuckled, he was also really proud of himself for blocking the attack of a mage, who has been using the same attack for close to half an hour.
"Okay then warmup's done let's start training" Bella's smile disappeared.
"Weren't we training already?" Zane asked, confused.
"I will only stop either if you pass out or you successfully land an attack on me once" Bella said, already speed walking towards Zane.
Zane knew that asking questions was useless at this point as he immediately got into his stance. Bella didn't waste time and threw the same punch she has been using.
Zane parried the punch successfully and smiled.
Bang!
That was when he felt his ribs breaking, Bella had elbowed Zane in the side after her punch was parried.
Zane was sent flying to the ground, Bella used her full strength. Pain training was useless if the student didn't fell any pain after all.
Zane quickly stood up and got back into his stance. Bella didn't wait and threw a kick at his thigh. On instinct Zane blocked with his arm, which of course broke on impact, Sending Zane flying again.
"Don't listen to your instincts, listen to your body"
Bang!
Zane was sent flying by a knee to the midsection.
"Instincts are created by your mind, don't fight with your mind, fight with your body"
Boom!
"Don't punch with your arm punch with your body"
Bam!
"Stop thinking! this is a fight, not a...a... somewhere you think"
Boom!
"Your body knows what to do, let it fight with you"
Bang!
"Your body isn't a weapon Zane, don't tell it what to do. Listen to it!"
The rounds of teaching and Zane getting pummeled continued for two more hours, Zane had tried to ask for a break so that he could heal, but Bella wouldn't listen, Zane wasn't far away from passing out at this point.
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Without even thinking about it, Zane followed Alex's words.
Boom!
Zane felt the impact of Bella's arms against his own, however his arms didn't break, they were already broken for a while.
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Zane quickly rolled to the left and caught the sight of Bella's foot slamming against the ground he was just at.
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Zane didn't even hesitate, and he successfully evaded Bella's low kick....
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As soon as Zane landed, he was met by a fist which pretty much destroyed what was left of his jaw. Zane was sent flying before crashing onto the ground, motionless. He was out cold.
"I see he's a quick learner" Old man suddenly walked into the room. However, from his words it was obvious that he had been watching from somewhere.
"I would say slightly above average" Bella said.
"Well even though it's just slightly, it's still above average" Old man chuckled.
Old man then waved his hand and a bucket of water appeared above Zane before it emptied it's contents on him.
Zane quickly woke up with a jerk as he almost winced in pain. 80% of all the bones in his body were either broken or fractured. He then sat in a lotus position with his eyes closed.
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Zane was pleasantly surprised at how cheap it was to heal his body, this was the first time he was hurt this much and he expected the mana expenditure to be more.
For example, he used six times that amount to heal Adam back then, and Adam didn't have an ounce of skin remaining.
Old man and Bella watched in amazement as all of Zane's injuries healed in seconds. They had both seen him heal after the fight with Kieth, but it was still amazing non the less. They could even hear his bones snapping back into place.
A few minutes later and Zane stood up, he had seen that Old man was here when he woke up.
"How was the training?" Old man asked.
"It was ... productive" Zane said as he made a mental note to ask Alex what happened. He knew nothing of Alex helping him fight before.
"Instructor Bella may i ask something" Zane said respectfully.
Bella chuckled "Call me that and you can ask anything you want" she winked, which freaked the hell out of Zane.
"You said i should let my body talk to me, how does it do that? is it like some kind of feeling?" Zane asked.
"Yes it's like a feeling you get, it's just hard to explain really" Bella said as she thought of a way to explain it to her student.
Old man then spoke "Zane this thing is different for everyone, some say it's a feeling similar to instinct, some say they feel their bodies wanting to move a certain way, some say they see themselves doing a certain action, some say they hear voices and one kid of mine even said he sees text in front of his eyes" Old man chuckled at the end.
'Alex, are you my body by any chance?' Zane said to Alex, even though he knew it was a long shot.
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'Okay we'll talk later'.
"I see you already started listening to your body towards the end there" Old man said.
Zane rubbed the back of his head "I'm really not even sure what happened"
"It's supposed to be like that, you are learning. It's good." Bella smiled, happy that her student seemed to have potential.
Old man didn't know this but his instructor Mages also had a competition of their own, the all put money on betting who would win the test at the end. Bella suddenly thought she had a chance, she just had to push Zane a little more.
"Can we go again?" Zane said, surprising Bella and Old man.
"Can you handle it?" Bella said.
"I did say i can heal two times a day didn't I?" Zane smirked.
"Well then let's go!" Bella smiled, she was really happy that Zane wanted to continue training.
Old man disappeared the moment Bella threw a right hook at Zane, which Zane didn't hesitate to parry.
The teacher and student duo quickly got lost in their training once more.