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6.3 - rocks

Erza was next to train Crystal.

"That was really good of you," Erza said.

"Thank you!" Crystal smiled.

"But do better in my turn," Erza commanded. Crystal nodded with determination.

"Here," Erza handed her a sword.

"A s-sword?" she asked curiously because she thought Erza will just teach her techniques in attacking... but swords are not involved.

"I thought that you were already good in attacking an opponent by hand-to-hand combat, so I wanna train you in using swords to attack," Erza told her. "It's just easy, don't worry."

Crystal held the sword that Erza handed her. The sword was one of the one's in her Heaven's Wheel armor. She examined the sword and felt it. Wow, so this is a sword. I feel like having requipping magic! So cool, she thought.

"First, let's try the basics: how to sway it and the proper positions," Erza explained. "In this way, you'll know how to move and hold the sword and how to position your body in attacking an opponent with swords."

"Wow, that's amazing," Crystal exclaimed. Erza started her position and Crystal followed her.

"First, in moving and attacking with your sword, you should do this position so that you'll be balanced and you'll be able to attack properly," Erza positioned her left foot by the side-behind of her right foot and her knees slightly bent so that she can move freely. She held her sword with both hands on the handle in front of her. Crystal followed and tried to sway her sword just like on how Erza does whenever she battles.

"Yes, just like that," Erza commented. "Now try to hold your sword with one hand in the same position."

Crystal took a deep breath and focused on her sword. Slowly, she let go of one hand and tried to sway it just like what she did.

"I'm doing it, Erza!" Crystal uttered happily as she continued swaying her sword.

"Just practice and practice until you master it," Erza said.

After few minutes Crystal was ready to learn the next step in handling swords.

"By the way, you can't produce nor block magic, right?" Erza asked.

"No, not at all," she answered.

"Perfect," Erza exclaimed. "With swords, you can cut through magic or block them. Also, you can battle with it while you don't have magic"

"Oh yeah," Crystal realized.

"Back to the topic. Now, you will learn how to move already while swaying your sword," Erza said. "First, never let go of your sword and always be attentive. Always analyze his/her movements, or better yet, his weaknesses. Now, if you are already good to go, run or jump to him/her and start swaying your swords. Now, in swaying your sword, always have a hard grip on it because you will already hit a solid figure."

Erza and Crystal walked to a medium-sized rock, just as an exceed's size, and Erza commanded her to cut through it. She let a hard grip on her sword and hit the rock with all her might.

"Just as I expected," Erza said. "A rock like that can be hit by anyone. Even a child."

Erza placed a much bigger and harder rock, just as the size of Wendy.

"W-what is this?" Crystal exclaimed in shock.

"You can do that," Erza said. "Just focus and have determinaton."

"Focus and determination, huh?" Crystal said.

She analyzed the rock and carefully examined where to hit and how to hit it. Now, she took a deep breath and let a big hit onto the rock and it broke in half.

"Good work, Crystal," Erza commented. But this time, she placed two more with the same size, same shape, and same hardness.

"This is tough," Crystal sweated.

"Don't worry, you can do that," Erza said to her.

Crystal examined and analyzed again, and let a very big hit on the both rocks. Now, she didn't just broke them in half but broke them in pieces.

Every time she broke rocks, it added and added, and got bigger and bigger, and of course, stonger and stronger. She broke all and got used to it so she mastered in examining and analyzing. She also got to change positions and started to run and jump.

"Now, for the last part," Erza smiled. She brought out her sword and positioned it in front of her.