Chapter 66: What I Lacked
Guess my activities don't end in the academy only...
In-home, I had to train my sword fighting skills not only with my sword instructor that my grandfather hired from the Knights but also with my father as well, as he also trained me how to fight using weapons and magic as he shows me some fighting skills that I happen to be shocked on how he did that.
" That's all for today, your Zweihander Woge Style had been improved... "
" But sadly your adaptation in battle is not good for in real combat. " my father tells me as I ask him what did he mean by that.
As he hears that, my father then asks me, " Donovan, while you're fighting, are you the type who heavily relied on your weapon or your magic? "
" Pardon...? "
" Just answer it, Donovan... "
" It's not a 'correct or not' answer so you can choose which answers you like... "
" Just choose the one that suited you the most," he says to me while I sit on the ground in the training facility that my family had.
As I think for a bit, I then tell my dad I was the type that relied on my weapons despite having multiple skills of magic which I happen to use often as a second wave of attack while also secretly depending on using the Black Shadow Army I had to do the job.
" I see, so you are most suited to fighting using weapons at close-range and using magic in long-range... "
" A usual way of fighting, commonly used for those who happen to have magic powers and wield weapons... " my father tells me which made me wonder why and he just explains to me that in our society, people tend to use magic more often or depend heavily in their weapons in a fight since all of the magic users, neglect the use of their basic physical prowess usage in a fight.
For example, the mages who heavily depend on magic are the mages who trained so much on increasing their magic Tiers, powers, and skills beyond their limits in order to become more powerful as it enables them to gain the power given by Nature's Mana to bend and conjure the raw forces of nature with their own hands and body. Thus making them the main talent of [Magic Mastery].
On the other hand, there are some mages who can only able to absorb the Mana and activate their magic using instruments as their vessels, weapons, or devices such as magical wands, swords, grimoire, and etc etc etc. These 'instruments' allow the mages to focus the use of their power to perform more accurately charged attacks of magic that they could aim in great charged attack on the opponent, thus helping them achieve a decisive victory, unlike the mages that had Magic Mastery Talent. These Mages who used this kind of fighting way are called the Mages with the main talent of [Magic Focused].
As my father explained that, I then asks which one is the strongest or the best suited for me to use in real battle and my father said that neither is the strongest or the best suited in battle as he says.
" There is no absolute fighting style that could achieve every victory in the real battle, Donovan. "
" Each style is great and it depends on how one would use it. "
" I see, so it's basically that I need to use the fighting style that suited me, right? " I asks dad which made him hit his head.
" Yes, in some sense... "
" But what I'm going to tell you here, is to use the fighting style or strategy that suited the situation that you are in, not merely using the way that suits you. " my father explains as he explained it more to me and give some examples for some time until I finally get it as my father then explains the very thing that I seem to be lacking, and that is.
" You lack the flexibility in your way of fighting and lack the read the situation, including the lack of your patience.... "
" Also, it seems you still had many gaps in your movement... "
" A Common Weakness for starters who only trained practical magic fighting styles by formal education only and had limited real-life experience," he states which gives me a great bump in the heart as I realized that my fighting styles are easy to be acknowledged and also it seems I lacked the ability to realize the situation around me like back in the Combat Training Class back then.
At that time, instead of greedily achieving self-victory, I should've aimed for the bots who are not busy fighting my classmates who definitely want to have their own share of enemies despite that it is okay in a Class Assignment like that, but still.
"( I should've seen it better.... )"
"( It seems after how Carlos's displays his Magic, I became so impatient to show off my powers without thinking ado of the consequences or planning what to do forward. )"
"( And also, it seems I need to be flexible in using both my weapons and magic for sometimes, when I'm too serious in using one style, I often neglect the use of the other, or even worst, I often overdo it which also resulted in the disaster that could get me in a disadvantage like what also happened back then. )" I reflected on myself as I regret just using the <Water Extractor Magic> without seeing or asking about the surroundings first.
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" So did you already know what needs to be repaired from yourself? "
" Yes, I guess so.... "
" It seems I'm too ambitious to gain self-victory by often getting too deep in a fight without considering of the possibility of any other options. "
" Thus making I often get in a difficult situation that is disadvantageous for me. " I answered my father after learning from what I lacked.
" Good, Donovan... "
" Our training is done, you can go rest or do other things, now... "
" Thank you, father. " after finishing my training, before my father even left, I immediately asks him if I can join him in a Raid for a 'real fight' experience which my father replied if I had free time from the academy which I then thank him for considering it.
" Thank you again, father, I look forward to experiencing it firsthand. "
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