The Blaze Forward - Part 6

That rushing drive wasn't just applied to his lessons. It was midweek already when Oliver had received that fragment of hope from Professor Volguard, and as soon as it had ended, he'd gone into the gardens to practise with his sword, and to find a spear that he might attempt to use and add to his arsenal. Though he'd been barred from any and all combat classes, that didn't stop him from training alone.

Training alone brought with it a hearty amount of progress in the different weapons, or at least, that was how it felt. It was like he was dusting off a layer of rust that he'd only just seen was there. Though he didn't reinvent the wheel with his spear training, everything was growing crisper, and he thought that the thrust of his spear was approaching that ideal that Combat Professor Kolan had shown him.