Aaron took out his sword from the sheath and began to channel mana into it.
"Watch carefully" Aaron exclaimed as he kept channeling mana into the sword.
Lucius nodded his head and focused his attention on the sword in Aaron's hand. He didn't dare to miss even the slightest details.
"I must not miss even a single detail" Lucius muttered under his breath as he watched Aaron.
Aaron kept channeling mana into his sword, a second later, a thick layer of aura engulfed the sword from top to bottom. The aura began to take the shape of the blade while Aaron began to perform the footsteps.
The aura had completely taken the shape of the blade, it was flawless and made Lucius hold his breath.
"Wow," Lucius exclaimed as he saw the shape of the aura.
As Aaron performed the footwork, his muscles bulged up slightly, it was a very small change but Lucius noticed it with his exceptional sight.
"The footwork that he is performing is much shorter than the footwork that I perform" Lucius exclaimed as he looked at Aaron.
A second later, Aaron was done performing the sword art, then he shouted.
"Greatsword art, First movement, Great Sword strikes" Aaron shouted as he swung his sword in empty air.
With each swing, strong gales of wind were produced which were strong enough to make him lose his balance.
"The sword strikes are much more powerful than my sword strikes even though he used a shorter footwork" Lucius exclaimed in shock.
A few seconds later, Aaron stopped swinging his sword, the aura surrounding his sword also disappeared, like a lie.
He looked at the flustered Lucius.
"Did you spot any difference between the sword art that I showed and the one you use?" Aaron asked Lucius with a smile.
Lucius nodded his head in response.
"The footwork that you use was much shorter than my footwork. Also, as you completed the footwork, your muscles bulged up slightly.
Your aura takes the shape of the weapon flawlessly" Lucius said to Aaron.
"Yes you are right but the aura taking the shape of my weapon has nothing to do with the first movement.
However, the stronger the aura is, the more powerful the sword art will be since aura is the basic need of swordsmanship." Aaron said to Lucius.
"I understand but what will I have to do to learn the true first movement? " Lucius asked Aaron.
"First of all you need to understand that the footwork is not mandatory to perform the first movement, " Aaron said to Lucius.
"????" Question marks appeared in Lucius' head.
"The first movement isn't an attacking technique; it's an offensive technique. You perform the footwork until an opponent is within range. It calms you down and helps you exert strength slightly. Additionally, it creates an optical illusion when striking the enemy.
The sword art's main strength comes from enhancing muscles with mana to increase their power. You're using the right circulation path, but not enhancing your muscles, hence the lack of power. I'll teach you how to enhance your muscles; then, you'll truly learn the first movement." Aaron said to Lucius.
When Lucius heard that, he nodded his head in approval, for the next hours or so, Aaron taught him how to enhance his muscles.
Two hours passed away in the blink of an eye. Aaron was standing near Lucius while Lucius was sitting cross-legged, his eyes were also tightly shut.
He abruptly opened his eyes and closed his fist as he felt an overflowing power coursing through his body.
"Teacher, I have successfully enhanced my muscles. I am feeling so much stronger than before" Lucius exclaimed as he closed his fists.
Simultaneously a notification flashed in his retina.
(You have learned the basic skills, 1. Muscles enhancement)
(Muscle enchantment. Grande: C
Description:
This is one of the important skills belonging to the Divine Warrior branch since it allows the user to enhance the strength of their muscles by using their mana.
For every mana point you invest, your strength increases by 2 temporarily.
By enhancing their muscles, it allows them to exert strength beyond their limits.
Mana Cost: 35 mana is required to activate the skill
Duration: 5 minutes (The longer you keep the skill activated, the more pain you will feel.)
Cooldown: 10 minutes
Evolution requirements for it to evolve to the next grade.
1. Improve your control over mana.
2. Try to maintain muscle enchantment for an additional two minutes after the duration ends.)
(You have completed the hidden requirement to learn the first movement of the Great Sword art.)
(You have learned the first movement of the Greatsword art.)
(Greatsword Art, Grade:C
Description:
The Greatsword is considered to be the strongest sword art in the remote Moonlight Kingdom. However, compared to the sword art in the entire human Domain, this is a common sword art.
The person who created this sword art was inspired by the swordsmanship of a great swordsman. It has a total of 8 movements.
1) Greatsword Strikes.
Description:
The user must keep performing the footwork to calm down their mind until the target gets within the range of the user. Performing the footwork also helps the user to exert strength from their muscles more efficiently.
When the target gets within range the. the user will launch devastating strikes directed at the target until the opponent falls or the user reaches their limit.
The user must enhance their muscles using muscle enchantments to exert the true power of the sword art.
Mana Cost: None
Activation requirements: Must be using Aura and Muscles Enhancement skill
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Note: The other 7 movement techniques are locked)
When Lucius saw the notifications flashing in his retina, he knew that he had learned GreatSword art now.
"I have learned the Greatsword art" Lucius mumbled under his breath as he stared at the notification.
"Lucius now that you have learned how to enhance your muscles, why don't you try to perform the first movement now" Aaron exclaimed as he threw a sword toward him.
Lucius caught the sword, nodded his head in response, and began to perform the footwork as he channeled mana throughout his body. He simultaneously activated two skills.
(You have used Muscles Enhancement and Aura)
An aura engulfed the sword from top to bottom. Lucius began to swing his sword, gales of wind were produced with each swing.
A few seconds later, he stopped swinging his sword and frowned slightly.
"The power of my attacks has increased tremendously" Lucius exclaimed, his voice carrying happiness.
Seeing this, Aaron smiled and said.
"The power of your attacks has increased by a lot but I suggest you learn to gain better control of your mana.
Gaining better control of your mana will also decrease mana consumption and also increase the power of your aura." Aaron suggested.
Lucius just nodded his head in response.
"Ok, I have taught you the true first movement now I will take my leave," Aaron said.
"I will also head out for now, as for training to gain better control over my mana, I don't know how to do that," Lucius replied to Aaron.
"Oh, there are some books in the library that tell you how to gain better control over your mana, read those," Aaron exclaimed.
Lucius nodded his head and both of them began to head outside. They left the Divinity training grounds in a minute.
After leaving the Divinity training grounds, they headed towards the Divinity seed training grounds.
The two of them were greeted by the lush green field and people training there. They walked through the training grounds, Lucius ignored everyone who was looking at him and kept walking.
Eventually, they reached the gate and went outside, Lucius was greeted by the familiar scene of busy streets and dozens of buildings.
"Lucius, I am leaving, be safe wherever you go," Aaron said to Lucius as he walked in a certain direction.
"Same to you" Lucius replied as he watched Aaron leave.
Eventually, Aaron was no longer in his sight. He looked at his broken sword.
"I should get my sword repaired, I will also tell them to sharpen it since it has become dull over the years," Lucius muttered under his breath.
Lucius took out his bundle of gold coins and began to count how many gold coins he had.
"I roughly have 200 gold coins, hopefully, it's enough to repair this sword. There is a blacksmith shop not too far away from here.
I should go there, " Lucius exclaimed.
Just as Lucius was about to head to the blacksmith shop, a calm yet cold voice resounded through the entire place.
"So you were here" A voice resounded through his ears.