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Daedalus had to admit Ronin was far more talented when it came to wielding a sword. He knew he had more talent with his spear but it still hurt to know his own son was so much better already. Daedalus knew it was because his son had the talent and put in all his effort to learn this one aspect though, so it made sense.
The effect of this however, was that Daedalus got back into his training with his spear Gungnir. It was the spear he had used to slay the emperor of the opposing side at the end of the war.
To make his training more difficult but more fruitful, Daedalus had placed a gravity enhanced suit on to weigh him down so that he moved like a normal person. This helped in both control and strength application.
Andromeda who watched him preparing to train only smiled at his stubbornness to not get overtaken by his son. She could already tell that Ronin would be more skilled in the future, he was extremely talented and it focused near solely on his abilities with swords. In fact the manifestation of his affinities was a pure grey sword that had an aura of blue fire and floating rocks, it essentially he was destined to be a balanced fighter who used Ying and Yang as his primary elements, his sword being his main attribute.
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Travelling the world by boat was truly free. They could spend as much time as they liked on an island or between and they were free to do so. Three more years had passed since Daedalus had gotten back into learning how to wield his spear.
Ronin had stopped aging visibly when he was ten, much to his dissatisfaction. When he had stopped growing he had begged Andromeda to let him go further with his technique. Andromeda had vehemently denied him but his begging continued.
Another year later Daedalus and Andromeda decided it was time for him to advance. They had put it off too long an he was growing unhappy. So on Ronin's eleventh birthday Daedalus brought out a small storage ring, the storage ring happened to be filled with natural treasures that Daedalus had been collecting since they began this journey.
The process of Ronin advancing in his cultivation went smoothly. He had reappeared fully formed as a slightly older version of himself. Andromeda was somewhat annoyed at his making himself look older, but he had been really put off by looking slightly younger than he was.
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Like this a couple more years passed and Daedalus felt it was time to return to the Eiphix continent. He missed his other children and they had already explore about half of the entire planet if the map was anything to show by it. Making this known to his wife and son, Daedalus left it to their final decision as he was only one of three people on the ship.
Andromeda had agreed strongly and said "I wonder if little rose found a partner?"
Hearing that had immediately increased the urgency Daedalus felt to going home. Luckily Ronin also wanted to go, mostly because he hadn't been to that continent yet.
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When the ship arrived it was already nighttime so Daedalus decided they would begin in the morning on heading back to the dwarven capital. But by the next morning Ronin had disappeared, leaving only a small note behind.
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This story is written by Joseph Hines