The Strongest Clan

13- The decision (1)

For the past week and a half, Kai had been training day in and day out. His father had hired him a tutor from Keshos. Kai believed Jacques Montreal when he said that he had flaws in the way he moved. He had been essentially teaching himself how to fight. There was no way he knew the perfect way to fight. He was no seasoned warrior. In fact, he hasn't even had the honour of facing a Zolma yet.

His tutor Emily Frey was a Razak Rank 4 Lightning-Water 2nd Generation Surpasser. Lightning-Lightning being the strongest pair then Lightning-Water, Lightning-Earth, Lightning-Fire and last Lightning-Wind. She was 26 years old and had a petite and short frame, standing at 158cm. She had brunette hair and brown eyes. She also wore glasses and had a sweet voice. All these elements lead one to believe she is harmless. That she is an angel but in fact, she is the devil in disguise.

At first, his tutor wasn't too enthusiastic about training Kai. However, Kai's parents not only paid for her plane ticket to Drauton but are also paying for her rent in her apartment plus the tutoring fee. Seeing how they were going through such lengths to hire her, she thought Kai was weak. She had been recruited by many other wealthy families and their children were lazy and expected results to fall from the sky. Despite having to teach such students, the pay was good. That was the same with Kai. She only agreed because the pay is good. However, as she saw his determination to improve and his immense talent her eyes sparkled. As if the image of Kai an uncut diamond was reflected on her eyes. She also noticed that they had a similar fighting style. This made her happy and sad.

Immediately she started being more active in the way she taught him. Instead of giving him a set amount of exercises and then leaving, she would stay and watch over him. When he made a mistake she would hit him with a flat wooden spoon that had been coated with her lightning aura.

"Kai you need to think... Where is my enemy going to attack? How does my enemy plan to attack? If you don't know you test. See how they respond to the way you move. When you punch do they duck, dodge, block or parry? But look deeper than that too. Do you see fear in their eyes when you have the upper hand or does it seem as if they are in control? This is how you search for traps. At first, looking for traps will land you in traps but as you get better you will be able to discern the fake from the real. Raw Instincts are great and I understand they have yet to fail you. But they are unpredictable. One day they are working well another day they don't and on that day you get your partner killed. Do you want that? Fighting is as much intellectual as it is physical. I'm not saying throw away your instincts. On the contrary, I'm telling you to cultivate them. Let your body understand cause and reaction. So when you face a similar situation. Your body will instinctively know how to respond. One day your body will know how to instinctively counter-attack too.

"Battles aren't always won in a flashy manner. Sometimes the winner is decided on a simple matter. If people are of equal strength, possess the same intellect then instinct will determine the winner. Instinct that has been refined through experience."

Kai nodded his head, he had to show he was listening otherwise she would whack him with the spoon. However, he was happy that his tutor was able to see his flaws. The only thing that they bumped heads with was his rank. Kai is currently still a Beginner Rankless. According to her, he should be consuming Zolma meat and ranking up as soon as possible so that he can get stronger. However, Kai didn't want to yet. He still couldn't control all the elemental power that this level provided. Not to mention, he still couldn't use 2400 PI of his strength either. He felt ranking up would just make it harder to control. Here their two philosophies clashed as Kai had taken the Strera way of life. They prioritised control. She was a student of Keshos who prioritised strength and power above all. In the end, he decided to wait a month. He would make his decision after he made his decision.