Another week has passed and Aria's class is back in training mode with their assigned trainers. Each person has been given the task of developing their own Unique Art, a powerful skill that is unique to the user and developed through their proficiency and style of fighting. Unique Arts can be either offensive or defensive in nature. If someone were to try to replicate a Unique Art, they would need the same proficiency as the owner of the skill and a lot of practice, unlike with regular Offensive Arts.
Thud...! Thud...! THUD...!
In the training grounds, Aria is sparring with Razor instead of Olivia to become more accustomed to fighting agile opponents. However, Aria has practised with her wooden spear for so long that Razor takes advantage of the state of its durability.
[Unique Art: Piercing Tempest!]
Aria uses her new Unique Art, which she developed with Olivia's help. The attack involves a series of piercing thrusts with her spear and sometimes appears as an illusion of a vortex quickly closing in on Aria's opponent. However, Razor has been eyeing the state of Aria's weapon for so long that he goes for an aggressive move, parrying Aria's attack and breaking the spear. In a moment, he is behind Aria with a knife at her throat.
"You're a scary one, glaring at me like that," Razor comments. "It's good that you're treating this like a real battle, but never mind." He lets out a sigh.
'Even if I wasn't going serious, I might have lost that...'
"Ah, sorry," Aria returns to normal.
"Your skill with the spear has improved tremendously, but just remember you have a small opening when you commit to a wide swing. A group of enemies might turn on you just because of it," Olivia critiques.
Before Ace's fall, Aria's fighting style was described as an expressive dancer twirling her spear elegantly while also keeping her opponent at bay with an aggressive approach. However, this past week her fighting style has become more barbaric, consisting of wide, aggressive swings that make it more unpredictable what kind of attack she will launch next, but this aggressive factor has caused a concern for Olivia.
"I'll... keep that in mind," Aria responds.
"Thank you for joining us for training, Razor," Olivia says. "I know you only known Ace for a few weeks, but it looked like-"
"It's fine. I'm not bothered by it," Razor immediately cut off Olivia's sentence. "Most importantly, I heard the king will mobilize the army soon."
"What?! Already?! What about the Heroes? Did the other kingdom start rallying their troops?" Olivia raises her voice, looking worried. She glances at Aria and becomes even more concerned for her and her classmates.
"What's going to happen to our dungeon exploration? Is the king sending us to fight already?!" Aria asks angrily.
"...You guys will be exploring to floor 50. If the situation worsens with the other kingdoms. Perhaps less. The moment your dungeon exploring is cancelled, you'll know it's wartime for everyone," Razor explains. "You didn't hear this from me. I just happened to overhear the King's conversation." He shrugs his shoulders.
"It's fine, Razor. I'll let my friends know," Aria says before leaving the training grounds, dismissed by Olivia.
Aria had wasted no time going a complete sprint out of the building. Knowing that Aria is gone, Olivia turns to Razor and asks.
"Razor, how long do the Heroes have before they're mobilized?" With a troubled expression.
"Who knows? You're going too, right?" Razor replies.
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