Darian grit his teeth his body rising slow at first Claus eyes stared with no hint of laying his gaurd down right then Darian dragged the wooden sword as he pounced Today I'm gonna get atleast one hit raaaaaah! As he lunged forward each swing of the blade done with all Darians muscles strength as he spun his hips generating more power and speed allowing him to exert more force than straight forward vertical slashes
I see you haven't learnt anything Claus replied and just when I thought you finally made progress You cant half ass resolve boy !! Claus exclaimed if you aim for something Aim for the stars so that when you miss you atleast hit the Clouds I dont want to hear you say you want to touch me I want you to say you can make the impossible possible thats the only resolve I need to hear
Claus met each of Darians blows with a parry right ,left ,right ,up down forward thrust each move Claus easily recorded his height gave Darian a huge surface area to attack from and Claus wasnt using any Mana to increase his strength and only imployed eight percent of his regular strength but all these things did not trump his speed, experience and perception his smile growing dull as he saw Darian slow down he then realised something that Darian seemed to be targeting a single point specifically the cross section of the wooden blade everytime Claus parried he would position his blade in order to make contact with that spot by moving slightly forward is he trying to break my blade to gain an opening Claus wondered in thought
Well who does he think I am with a smirk in retaliation Claus went on the offensive Causing Darian to lose energy as he parried using both of his hands to hold the hilt otherwise with his lack of comperative strength like other matches he would lose the blade as it would be knocked out of his hands and subsequently lose the fight Darian knew from experience and he would not repeat such mistakes although he still stumbled multiple times from the force of the blows he Quickly regained his footing each time when an offensive was being carried out it was wise to not sit on your knees
Claus was impressed and returned to the defensive in order to end the fight swiftly normally he would never allow Darian to get twenty centimeters near him for example when in a defensive position he would always parry or take two steps back unless he was confident
But this time he planned for Darian to get as close as possible in order to get in a clash of swords with Darian with the boys comparatively weak body he would get overwhelmed and waste all his energy giving Claus a clean win
Just as planned Darian pushed forward and just as expected they clashed using the sides of there blades Darian clearly in a disadvantages position leaned with one leg the 5 ,9 Claus pressing in but just as Claus was about to put in enough strength delivering the final push Darian ducked his blade slipping from the clash like butter Claus could not hold his footing as if he would tumble over his blade had already passed Darian in a vertical downward slash forced onto him by momentum he Quickly tried or thought of escaping range but Darian used the momentum of losing the clash gripped both hands on the blades hilt planting it right on the ankles of Claus right foot on its joints where the most nerves were located
Claus could barely hold in the pain he Quickly held his foot up as he balanced using one of his feet dropped his wooden blade and instinctively bent down his neck with painful eyes to asses the damage only to find Darians blade on his Adams apple holding the swords hilt with both hands I won he proclaimed Claus eyes opened wide it was all a ploy and I jumped right into it he thought it was mixed feeling of joy and anger as both his hands released his ankle closed his eyes smiled and tapped Darian on one side of his shoulder you sure did with a single tear dropping from his left eye as the windows had the suns rays permeate through
Hours later Darian was in his Room recovering from his deep fatigue he had one hand specifically his forearm over both his eyes he kept on bending slowly moving the joints of his fingers his eyes were filled with excitement he couldn't believe he had won after Claus had said he was half assing his resolve something just clicked he had to prove himself he had to prove something this almost brought him to tear
Right then a knock could be heard on the door you can come in he said it was his mother lady liedia she wore a yellow green gown dress with some white with Gold patterns these patterns used a new popular style where gold would be turned into a thin string which would actually beused on dresses ofcourse this new trend was his mothers doing with the Queen popularizing it a month had already passed with silver jewellery including her earing and her neclace which contained green diamonds which sparkled with mana inside her lush skin with pinkish blush on her cheeks and eyes like the blue sky
I see your happy liedia spoke with a dignified accent Darian Quickly bounced his Torso off the bed liedia could see bright light in her sons eyes she was beginning to worry about him it had been just a month ago one month after his birthday that he had been initiated and the same day swore his loyalty not mention the secrets he had learnt but it was better now then ever she thought
I heard about the win if it makes you this happy well I think you should win more mother theres no need to baby sit me like that I want to make sure that I can win on my own Darian replied oh ! Dear know did you actually think I would bribe Claus into losing his matches intentionally that would only breed hatred in him for you his pride is to big it may seem like the lovibg thing now but in the long run will only hurt more your mother is not as short sighted as you make her out to be
After hearing this Darian was Quite ashamed slightly bowing his head to show his sincerity as he apologized sorry mother liedia sat besides him and pinched his cheeks as she replied it's a mothers job to forgive her child and you've just been forgiven she hugged him tightly his cheeks glowing a bright pinkish tint
We still have an entire ten months left till your next birthday with tons of celebrations birthday celebrations ,National holiday celebrations new years celebrations you name it so don't overwork yourself okay yeah mom Darian replied he couldn't wait all those celebrations sounded so much fun