Octavia believes that there are things which she will never see in her lifetime. One of these is actually finding a guy who would be able to impress her enough for her to fall in love with him. This has already been broken. Although, she doesn’t want to admit it to herself.As for the other things. One of them is meeting the hero face to face. Then there’s also facing the demon lord head on. There are a lot on this long list. But, that afternoon, one of these has been broken.She saw Claire Ildefonso looking like a complete mess. She can barely walk so Asther needed to assist her. With Claire’s arm placed around Asther’s shoulders. Claire’s hair is also a mess and her clothes is drenched in sweat.Thankfully, the male servants aren’t back from their training yet. Unknown to Octavia, this is actually thanks to Asther’s foresight. The necromancer specifically gave the three fighters a different time of ending their training because, he knew that Claire would need Octavia’s assistance as
On the second day, Asther didn’t go with Claire anymore. Instead, he went to train Octavia. And there is a good explanation for this.At the moment, no matter what she does, Claire won’t be able to keep fighting for a solid ten minutes without getting drained. Gaining more stamina doesn’t happen that quickly.That’s why he decided to let her continue the routine for five more days. This isn’t enough for a normal human. But Asther knows that Claire is far from normal as well. And he has high expectations for her. That is also why he knows that she won’t give up on the hellish training no matter what.He already gave her the items that she needed. More stamina potions and a refill on a couple of water bottles from a nearby stream. Asther found the later mentioned location when he went to search for the monsters. He also tested this using his Analysis in order to make sure that it’s both safe and drinkable. Giving the group a steady supply of clean water.As for the Tyre and Parch, Asthe
Admittedly, Octavia has never faced Asther in a sparring match before. All she has ever done is witness how he fought. And this is even limited to the moment when he rescued them from the bandits.This swift and effective display taught Octavia one thing; that Asther knows what he's doing. He held the blade like nobody that Octavia knows of. Asther has more talent in it than herself and, he can probably even rival the best students in the Academy. This is the estimation that she made.However, Octavia would never openly admit to this. Her pride wouldn’t allow it. And this resolve of hers got even stronger when she found out that Asther is from a village.This fact alone tell a lot about how the teen grew up. Asther, just like any other villager, would be trained on how to do village related jobs. Fishing. Farming. Hunting. These are the regular jobs of the men inside a village. That is why she can’t accept that he’s stronger than her.She who was taken from her own village. She who wa
“What did you just say?”“I mean, you probably heard me loud and clear the first time. Why do I need to repeat it?”“Oh I’m gonna make you eat your words.” Octavia coated her blade with mana once again.“Please do.” Asther said.He was waiting for her to go all out from the start. Aside from fighting Octavia, Asther was also closely monitoring her. In fact, there’s even a system timer at the side of his vision.This showed him just how long they have been exchanging blows. Not to his surprise, Octavia doesn’t seem to be worn out just yet. And this is impressive to Asther. Especially because he knows that his opponent was also trying to create openings in order to strike.Just thinking about something like this while in actual combat is already a difficult task to do. In fact, it drains a lot of a person’s mental capacity. This will evidently lead to a physical exhaustion as well.After all, once the brain is tired, it won’t be able to give quick commands to the body anymore. Asther kn
Asther continued his training with Octavia after an hour has passed. However, they didn’t proceed to combat training right away. Instead, what the two of them did is have a proper conversation on the new fighting style of Asther. Something which caught Octavia by surprise.“You want me to do what?”Asther sighed. “Dual wield. I need you to use wo blades instead of just one.”“There’s no way in hell that something like that would ever be possible.” Claire replied.“Are you doubting yourself?”“Oh this is way beyond just doubting myself Asther.” She replied.“What do you mean?”“Come on. I already told you that I was trained by the academy from a young age. Using prophecy, they found out that I would be a sword user. And from that point on, I did nothing but train on how to use a SINGLE sword.” Octavia placed an emphasis on the word single because, she wanted Asther to take notice of this. And the necromancer did. However, it isn’t enough for Asther to stop in making Octavia follow what
Asther and Octavia continued to train like crazy. There was nothing stopping them because, both of them are true fighters. Even though the knight doesn’t have that many on field experiences, her stamina alone is enough of a testament that she is taking her job class seriously.Asther watched everything from the corner. He keenly observed Octavia with his passives. Meanwhile, Octavia was fighting against the human type undead of Asther. The same ones that he took from the Ragencliff manor.There are three human type undead and two hobgoblin undead that are mixed into the match as well. These five fought against Octavia at the same time. None of them was letting up in aggression as well. Effectively pushing the female knight to a corner in no time at all.Although this happened quickly, it isn’t Octavia’s fault. The fault is with the fact that she’s using two blades instead of just one. This alone is making it difficult for her to fight because, she isn’t used to the dual wielding yet.
The whole second day was devoted for nobody else but Octavia. Asther spent his time with her. He summoned his undead over and over again for her to fight. He made sure that she gets the hang of using dual swords before he leaves because, after this point, he needs to focus on the two soldiers.Within the span of that day, Asther found great success in this undertaking. He was able to do a lot of things. Aside from properly guiding Octavia, he was also able to accomplish three of her progression missions. This allowed Octavia to have a strong power spike.This is a good thing of course. However, Asther was beginning to experience the dilemma that comes with the progression of these quests. That is, the questions that would be raised by his allies.“Hey, I really feel like something’s weird here.” Octavia said.She tried cutting through a tree with her dual swords. She didn’t even use a skill to do so. And yet, her blades buried up to the middle of the tree.“See? Didn’t I just get way
Before the day’s training could end, Asther decided to check up on his first trainee. The area where his allies train are separated by thick trees that seemingly made walls. This prevented them from distracting one another.But there is another reason why the setup is like this. It’s because Asther needs to keep the dignity of Claire. The kind of training that he’s making her go through is gruesome after all. To the point that it would be easy for Claire to throw up just from exhaustion or to have a look on her that seemed like she’s been sucked dry of all life.That is the kind of state which cannot be seen by Claire’s allies other than Asther. Sure Octavia saw her in a poor state yesterday. But the one that the knight saw was already the watered down version. Asther made sure that he properly helped Claire tidy herself up to the extent that’s possible before they faced the knight.That afternoon is different. Asther checked up on Claire right as soon as she finished her training. He