Chapter 47
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After absorbing the power from the water crystal James began practising, initially, he tried influencing the movement of the water in the reservoir and was able to form a small whirlpool in it. Next, he decided to lift water in the air in the shape of a ball.
After he was able to raise the ball he next tried flattening it into a sheet and suspending it in the air, after spreading it too thin he lost control of it though; this appeared to be a side effect of the lower quality awakening which meant he had less control over the element.
After practising for another few hours, James began combat training.
'System, can you compile all of my martial arts knowledge?'
[System can compile hosts knowledge into one martial art, estimated time: 12 minutes]
'So quickly? Did you get a boost in processing power?'
[Host only has a superficial knowledge of martial arts, and so the data to compile is considerably lessened. If the host wishes to advance in the created martial art, they will need to practice daily.]
'Okay, that makes sense I guess, notify me when you've finished it please.'
[Hostile entities: 5]
'What, what the hell happened?'
"Sir, there are five young men outside, the guards are holding them back right now. it appears to be the friend of merchant Fletchers son with some other men."
"So they decided to try something with me then, well let them in. Let's see what they can do to me."
[Compiling: 27% complete]
"You think you're that great? You think you can boss us around like were nothing just because you're friends with some higher-ups?! Fuck you; you're trash, you're nothing. Watch me make you eat shit!"
A brutish young man had come charging in. He was furious with James, for what, James had no idea. But judging by the repulsive grin on Eamons face he had orchestrated what was happening right now.
"I don't know who you are or what you want but seeing as you are trespassing on my property what's stopping me from ordering my guards to kill you all right now?"
After saying this James activated dominators gaze and shot his look towards Eamon. After receiving the full brunt of James' mental attack fell to the ground panting with a look of terror on his face. Apparently, his mental fortitude was quite weak.
"You wouldn't dare, my father is one of the top fighters in the outer district, he could have you exiled from the kingdom if he wanted to!" One of the other boys who had accompanied them decided to chime in with this comment.
Little did he know that with James' status as an inner district magus resident he would be able to kill let alone exile the boy's father without so much as a slap on the wrist. The kingdom didn't need to offend a magus over the puny existence of one fighter.
[Compiling Complete. Dominators Arts Unlocked.]
After this notification, a new screen opened up showing the various moves James could perform; and some which were still too advanced for him. By the look of it, he would be able to analyse other martial arts for inspiration for his own. Hopefully, he would be able to find some in this world obsessed with magic.
"Alright, obviously you guys are here intent on fighting so why don't you approach me one at a time, starting with you. If any of you decide to get involved my guards will stop you without hesitation."
While saying this James called over one of the boys who looked like he was just along for the ride, James figured he would be the weakest and so was a good start for practising his newly acquired martial arts.
"Why me, that's not fair! Pick someone else."
"You're up first; everyone's going to have to go, just man up."
After saying this James began sprinting towards the boy and started with an elbow to his jaw, followed with a heel drop to the back of his head. Although his accuracy was off and he ended up hitting the boy in the cheek and kicking him in the neck the force was enough to knock the skinny boy out.
"What the hell was that? I thought you said he couldn't fight?!" Some of the other boys were starting to feel something wasn't right and were beginning to turn on Eamon.
Evidently, they had been lied to that James was weak, compared to them if he was to use his magic he was akin to a god though.
"Alright, next is you." Punch to the throat, kick to the stomach and kicked in the knee. Another one was down.
"You next." James pointed to the boy who was the son of the best fighter in the outer district, he seemed to have been one of the least afraid, James speculated that he was good at fighting so wasn't scared.
The boy didn't even hesitate and ran straight to James and began the fight; he swung out with a mighty fist which was dodged by James who followed up by sweeping his leg towards the boy's midriff.
The boy dodged the kick like it was second nature and began throwing out Jabs that seemed to appear out of nowhere. It appeared his martial art was based around exploding out quickly and fiercely leaving your opponent no time to see where the attack was coming from.
After witnessing this fighting style James' understanding of his martial art got a step deeper, and he realised that he was massively telegraphing every move he made so the boy could easily dodge them.
James began to cover his moves more and even threw out some feints to cover other movements.
He had been fighting for a short amount of time, but his abilities had already gone under a qualitative change, which he hadn't expected to happen so soon.
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After absorbing the power from the water crystal James began practising, initially, he tried influencing the movement of the water in the reservoir and was able to form a small whirlpool in it. Next, he decided to lift water in the air in the shape of a ball.
After he was able to raise the ball he next tried flattening it into a sheet and suspending it in the air, after spreading it too thin he lost control of it though; this appeared to be a side effect of the lower quality awakening which meant he had less control over the element.
After practising for another few hours, James began combat training.
'System, can you compile all of my martial arts knowledge?'
[System can compile hosts knowledge into one martial art, estimated time: 12 minutes]
'So quickly? Did you get a boost in processing power?'
[Host only has a superficial knowledge of martial arts, and so the data to compile is considerably lessened. If the host wishes to advance in the created martial art, they will need to practice daily.]
'Okay, that makes sense I guess, notify me when you've finished it please.'
[Hostile entities: 5]
'What, what the hell happened?'
"Sir, there are five young men outside, the guards are holding them back right now. it appears to be the friend of merchant Fletchers son with some other men."
"So they decided to try something with me then, well let them in. Let's see what they can do to me."
[Compiling: 27% complete]
"You think you're that great? You think you can boss us around like were nothing just because you're friends with some higher-ups?! Fuck you; you're trash, you're nothing. Watch me make you eat shit!"
A brutish young man had come charging in. He was furious with James, for what, James had no idea. But judging by the repulsive grin on Eamons face he had orchestrated what was happening right now.
"I don't know who you are or what you want but seeing as you are trespassing on my property what's stopping me from ordering my guards to kill you all right now?"
After saying this James activated dominators gaze and shot his look towards Eamon. After receiving the full brunt of James' mental attack fell to the ground panting with a look of terror on his face. Apparently, his mental fortitude was quite weak.
"You wouldn't dare, my father is one of the top fighters in the outer district, he could have you exiled from the kingdom if he wanted to!" One of the other boys who had accompanied them decided to chime in with this comment.
Little did he know that with James' status as an inner district magus resident he would be able to kill let alone exile the boy's father without so much as a slap on the wrist. The kingdom didn't need to offend a magus over the puny existence of one fighter.
[Compiling Complete. Dominators Arts Unlocked.]
After this notification, a new screen opened up showing the various moves James could perform; and some which were still too advanced for him. By the look of it, he would be able to analyse other martial arts for inspiration for his own. Hopefully, he would be able to find some in this world obsessed with magic.
"Alright, obviously you guys are here intent on fighting so why don't you approach me one at a time, starting with you. If any of you decide to get involved my guards will stop you without hesitation."
While saying this James called over one of the boys who looked like he was just along for the ride, James figured he would be the weakest and so was a good start for practising his newly acquired martial arts.
"Why me, that's not fair! Pick someone else."
"You're up first; everyone's going to have to go, just man up."
After saying this James began sprinting towards the boy and started with an elbow to his jaw, followed with a heel drop to the back of his head. Although his accuracy was off and he ended up hitting the boy in the cheek and kicking him in the neck the force was enough to knock the skinny boy out.
"What the hell was that? I thought you said he couldn't fight?!" Some of the other boys were starting to feel something wasn't right and were beginning to turn on Eamon.
Evidently, they had been lied to that James was weak, compared to them if he was to use his magic he was akin to a god though.
"Alright, next is you." Punch to the throat, kick to the stomach and kicked in the knee. Another one was down.
"You next." James pointed to the boy who was the son of the best fighter in the outer district, he seemed to have been one of the least afraid, James speculated that he was good at fighting so wasn't scared.
The boy didn't even hesitate and ran straight to James and began the fight; he swung out with a mighty fist which was dodged by James who followed up by sweeping his leg towards the boy's midriff.
The boy dodged the kick like it was second nature and began throwing out Jabs that seemed to appear out of nowhere. It appeared his martial art was based around exploding out quickly and fiercely leaving your opponent no time to see where the attack was coming from.
After witnessing this fighting style James' understanding of his martial art got a step deeper, and he realised that he was massively telegraphing every move he made so the boy could easily dodge them.
James began to cover his moves more and even threw out some feints to cover other movements.
He had been fighting for a short amount of time, but his abilities had already gone under a qualitative change, which he hadn't expected to happen so soon.
After absorbing the power from the water crystal James began practising, initially, he tried influencing the movement of the water in the reservoir and was able to form a small whirlpool in it. Next, he decided to lift water in the air in the shape of a ball.After he was able to raise the ball he next tried flattening it into a sheet and suspending it in the air, after spreading it too thin he lost control of it though; this appeared to be a side effect of the lower quality awakening which meant he had less control over the element.After practising for another few hours, James began combat training.'System, can you compile all of my martial arts knowledge?'System can compile hosts knowledge into one martial art, estimated time: 12 minutes'So quickly? Did you get a boost in processing power?'Host only has a superficial knowledge of martial arts, and so the data to compile is considerably lessened. If the host wishes to advance in the created martial art, they will need to practice daily.'Okay, that makes sense I guess, notify me when you've finished it please.'Hostile entities: 5'What, what the hell happened?'"Sir, there are five young men outside, the guards are holding them back right now. it appears to be the friend of merchant Fletchers son with some other men.""So they decided to try something with me then, well let them in. Let's see what they can do to me."Compiling: 27% complete"You think you're that great? You think you can boss us around like were nothing just because you're friends with some higher-ups?! Fuck you; you're trash, you're nothing. Watch me make you eat shit!"A brutish young man had come charging in. He was furious with James, for what, James had no idea. But judging by the repulsive grin on Eamons face he had orchestrated what was happening right now."I don't know who you are or what you want but seeing as you are trespassing on my property what's stopping me from ordering my guards to kill you all right now?"After saying this James activated dominators gaze and shot his look towards Eamon. After receiving the full brunt of James' mental attack fell to the ground panting with a look of terror on his face. Apparently, his mental fortitude was quite weak."You wouldn't dare, my father is one of the top fighters in the outer district, he could have you exiled from the kingdom if he wanted to!" One of the other boys who had accompanied them decided to chime in with this comment.Little did he know that with James' status as an inner district magus resident he would be able to kill let alone exile the boy's father without so much as a slap on the wrist. The kingdom didn't need to offend a magus over the puny existence of one fighter.Compiling Complete. Dominators Arts Unlocked.After this notification, a new screen opened up showing the various moves James could perform; and some which were still too advanced for him. By the look of it, he would be able to analyse other martial arts for inspiration for his own. Hopefully, he would be able to find some in this world obsessed with magic."Alright, obviously you guys are here intent on fighting so why don't you approach me one at a time, starting with you. If any of you decide to get involved my guards will stop you without hesitation."While saying this James called over one of the boys who looked like he was just along for the ride, James figured he would be the weakest and so was a good start for practising his newly acquired martial arts."Why me, that's not fair! Pick someone else.""You're up first; everyone's going to have to go, just man up."After saying this James began sprinting towards the boy and started with an elbow to his jaw, followed with a heel drop to the back of his head. Although his accuracy was off and he ended up hitting the boy in the cheek and kicking him in the neck the force was enough to knock the skinny boy out."What the hell was that? I thought you said he couldn't fight?!" Some of the other boys were starting to feel something wasn't right and were beginning to turn on Eamon.Evidently, they had been lied to that James was weak, compared to them if he was to use his magic he was akin to a god though."Alright, next is you." Punch to the throat, kick to the stomach and kicked in the knee. Another one was down."You next." James pointed to the boy who was the son of the best fighter in the outer district, he seemed to have been one of the least afraid, James speculated that he was good at fighting so wasn't scared.The boy didn't even hesitate and ran straight to James and began the fight; he swung out with a mighty fist which was dodged by James who followed up by sweeping his leg towards the boy's midriff.The boy dodged the kick like it was second nature and began throwing out Jabs that seemed to appear out of nowhere. It appeared his martial art was based around exploding out quickly and fiercely leaving your opponent no time to see where the attack was coming from.After witnessing this fighting style James' understanding of his martial art got a step deeper, and he realised that he was massively telegraphing every move he made so the boy could easily dodge them.James began to cover his moves more and even threw out some feints to cover other movements.He had been fighting for a short amount of time, but his abilities had already gone under a qualitative change, which he hadn't expected to happen so soon.
