Shadow Slave

Chapter 42

Nephis looked at him and contemplated. This time, she remained silent longer than usual.

Sunny felt a bit nervous under her gaze, knowing that he was being evaluated. With Changing Star’s skill and insight, it wasn’t hard to imagine just how much she had gleaned from his battle performance. Both his current level and future potential must have been pretty much laid bare in front of her. Were they enough to make teaching him worth her while?

After some time, she took the soul shards and nodded.

“Okay.”

Sunny smiled, congratulating himself on a successful deal. Not only did he receive a lot while not losing much, but he had also managed to create a bit of a favorable impression of himself in the eyes of Nephis and Cassie. As far as performances went, this was a great one.

“So when do we start?”

Nephis shrugged.

“Now.”

Now?

Sunny glanced at the sun, which was already almost gone. Were they going to train in complete darkness? It wasn’t really an obstacle for him. Changing Star, however…

“We will start with some words. That will be enough for today.”

After hesitating a little, she added:

“Cassie, you listen too.”

Sunny and Cassia turned to Nephis, listening to her like two obedient students. Despite the fact that their age was more or less similar, both knew that, in terms of martial prowess, their companion had authority that was as beyond theirs as a dragon’s might was beyond that of a worm.

a while

is repetition and experience. In a fight, things happen too fast to consider every detail in the moment. That’s why your technique must exist in

She paused.

The more battle experience you have, the deeper a technique will be assimilated into your body. There is no other way. A thousand hours of training won’t be as impactful

simultaneously made a lot of sense and no sense at all. On the one hand, the principle of improving through practice was quite logical. On the other hand, Changing Star’s statement made

true. That, however, posed a question of its own… just what kind of life had Nephis led to possess rich battle experience at the tender age

stop calling her

Meanwhile, Nephis continued:

of skill, the mind is where the true combat takes place. The outcome is often decided before your body begins to move. And to master the mind, the first step is to understand the

at them and

you think that

of

say something stupid like “honor”, “valor” or “duty”. But he already knew that Nephis did not fit into the image of a noble aristocrat he had in his mind. She wasn’t someone who followed empty

a minute or

“Victory.”

the

“Survival.”

shook

“No.”

her neck and pierced them

of combat is

eyes wide. Sunny frowned a little. Nephis, however, did not

kill you.

there, causing something inside of

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