Master Of None

Onyx was prepared to deal with the attacks he was about to receive due to his lack of battle experience. He could only blame himself for the damage he would take but knew he could handle it. His coil around the spell sword showed no room for any damage to make it to her and that was all he could hope for. He knew the spells were about to be sent towards him as he had ordered by the feeling of the elemental mana in the air. 

Midnight came out of his shadow and unleashed a wicked roar causing the entire area to become chaotic with different elemental mana. Her draconic aura seeped in to the training space near her causing almost all the spells to fail or dissipate. She had been watching Onyx the entire time and came just in time to avoid her little brother being harmed. 

"Thank you sister. I was not paying attention and set myself up for this. If I had moved this spell sword would have been harmed. Your dragons' intimidation was the perfect way to pause the training." Onyx was sure to show his gratitude. He did not want to stop for a health potion so soon in to the training. 

He uncoiled himself and released the worried looking spell sword, "I apologize for putting you in that situation. It is my downfall when it comes to experience. Next time I will be more careful and keep my training partners out of harm's way." 

"No, no. I am the one who rushed at you. It was a natural reaction to challenge me head on. I appreciate your guidance." Onyx was impressed by the frail looking spell sword. She had been in harm's way but could only apologize herself. 

"Since we are at a resting point, can you tell me how you hid your skills from me? I am very sensitive to the light elemental mana and was not abv to sens your thrown blades in the slightest." Onyx had been wracking his brain over this question. For him not to sense the elemental mana that he was most in tune with it was a huge worry. 

"Yes, that is due to a skill called sealed light. I am able to seal light elemental attacks in to my body and weapons. All I need to do is release them when I desire and I will not need to gather the light elemental mana in a moment. Instead, I have a speedy attack to catch my opponent off guard. I received this skill from a special quest." 

Onyx pondered this for a moment and realized it was extremely useful. He wished he could get it and teach it to his entire party, but if it was from a special quest it would not be so easy to obtain. "That skill sounds like it could put you much higher on the enforcer ranking than any other. The only question I have is, why aren't you a full fledge enforcer yet?" Onyx was wondering how she could not have moved up already if she had this light sealing skill.

"My body is weak due to an illness as a child. I am trying to become strong enough to stand alone. That is why I decided to go all out in training today. Sealing the thrown blades takes me some time but it has proven a very effective strategy for surprising opponents. I will be training it from now on." The frail looking spell sword gave Onyx a small bow and walked to the edge of where they were training to rest.

With Midnight returning to her own area to play more tag and try to catch the slow learning mages and spell swords by surprise, Onyx was also able to return to training. He learned a valuable lesson when battling along and was not much more vigilant of those around him. His own improvements were not only in the skill he had understood but also in his strategy as a whole.

While Midnight continued to carefully watch Onyx and Onyx gained valuable experience, Walker was finishing the final flame doll.

Walker had managed to make five of the flame dolls from the burnable materials he had in his inventory and the many small branches the elves brought him. He estimated they would be able to burn for over an hour before they would fade out. 

"These flame dolls are various different forms relating to people I have met through my adventures so far. You will notice one is similar to an archer like Wade and Gil. There is one that is similar to Su who wields a shield. One that is similar to a very powerful demi-human with rabbit traits. Another that is similar to general Scylla. Finally, I have one that mirrors the adventurers guild's vice guild master."

Walker had the goal to bring many different fighting styles in to this training area. Since the flame dolls didn't need to stand on the ground they could remain in the high up training area to test the elves along with himself.

"Your goal will be to stay in battle against each other and these flame dolls. Not to mention the attacks I try to chain together against you as well." Walker was going to start using some of the random basic weapons he collected and switch between them as fast as possible while battling. 

He thought that he would be able to use his new jungle step skill along with all of his close combat skills. He might try to add in magic if possible but at this moment he wasn't sure he should be focusing on it. His magical ability had begun to overshadow his ability to use close combat skills. This would have been fine if he was a pure mage but as an all arounder it was going to limit him. 

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