Jade Teaches - How To Use A Knife

(Nicholas POV)

Learning how to effectively use a knife in a fight is much harder than I expected.

I need to make sure my stance is right, that I know all the best areas to strike in order to deal the most damage, as well as how to use the weapon efficiently.

So...yeah...learning how to use a knife is pretty fucking hard.

I will say that I don't suffer as much as when I train my martial arts. This is mainly because Jade has yet to have me fight against her with a knife, so I haven't gotten my ass kicked...at least not yet.

I'm positive that the time we start sparring with knives is drawing nearer.

I shake away my thoughts in order to focus on the target in front of me. For the past two weeks, Jade has had me learn the major weak points of most of the known species that preside in the Collision Continent.

It was an interesting and also a bit of an unpleasant experience.

Learning the specific parts of any mammalian male that would yield the best results in a fight was especially unpleasant.

After two weeks of learning from the book Jade gave me...it is finally time to put my knowledge to the test with these realistic training dummies.

And by realistic...I mean unnecessarily realistic. The dummy in front of me looked like an actual human man. He even had a dick.

It was extremely uncomfortable to look at.

"Alright Nic...for the past two weeks who have used the book I gave you to learn about the weak points of most creatures found on the continent...it is now time for you to put your knowledge through some practical tests."

Jades instructions wrung my attention away from the dummies dick.

"In front of you is the first of many dummies that you will use in your training. However...you need not worry about these dummies spurting blood whenever you attack them...those dummies will come much later."

That was certainly a relief...I don't think I could handle seeing large amounts of blood from what looked like a real person.

My innocent mind would be forever scarred if that were to happen. I was glad I would have some more time to mentally prepare myself before that inevitably.

"Are you ready to start?"

I simply nodded at Jades question.

"Good...I want you to first stab all of the weak points that you learned about in your book. You don't need to worry about your speed or accuracy...I just want you to show me the extent of your knowledge that way I can correct in mistakes you make."

Nodding at Jades words I once again focus in on the dummy and give it a look over...searching for the weak points I had read about.

After a brief once over of the dummy...I zeroed in on a specific area.

I walked towards the dummy...lifted its left arm...and stabbed into its armpit.

What many people don't know is that the armpit is considered one of the weak points of the human body. Thankfully, this also applies to most humanoids within this world.

Inside of the armpit is a large artery that is called the secularly artery. This is the artery that gives blood to the arms and fingers.

Severing this artery should put a person out of commission in short time. The thing is...this artery is close to the heart...which means once severed...lot of blood will follow.

I looked over at Jade to see how I did with the first weak point. She simply gave me an approving smile and nodded...signifying that I did good.

I was happy seeing her response. Instead of continuing to bask in the feeling of happiness...I once again refocused on the dummy, searching for the next spot to strike.

I finally decided to stab at a spot on the back of the dummies neck...at an area that was right at the base of the skull.

The point of stabbing at this area is to sever the spinal cord. This would result in all bodily functions to stop...effectively killing the person.

The movies of my past life made attacking this are look easy...grab your enemies forehead and shove the knife into the back of their neck...reality is much different.

The spinal cord is encased in vertebrae, and high is the bone that makes up the spinal column. In between the vertebrae are the intervertebral discs. The discs are made up of a spongy, yet tough material that cushions the area between the vertebrae.

When you stab at the back of the neck...you have to make sure that you cut the intervertebral discs, so that your knife can actually sever the spinal cord.

As my knife descended into the skin of the dummy...I didn't feel any major resistance. This means I had successfully got my knife to cut through the intervertebral discs and not the vertebrae.

I looked over at Jade again to to see if she was happy with how I did. I was glad to see she still had the approving smile like last time.

I continued to stab at multiple areas of the dummy while getting mixed responses from Jade. Sometimes I wouldn't be close to where I was intending to hit. At these times she would look disapprovingly at me.

I'm happy to say that she rarely had to give me any of these looks.

"It looks like you have a good understanding of the areas you should focus on when using a knife. If I were to grade your work...I would give you an eighty-five percent."

I was happy with my score. While not the best, it was certainly an accomplishment to be proud of considering this was my first time doing this.

"This will be the end of your knife training for today...I just wanted to see the extent of your capabilities, that way I can set up an appropriate trading regiment for you."

Thus...my first day of knife training ended.

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Seven months have passed since my first knife trading session.

Since then Jade has used many different dummies that were made in the image of many different species.

I can now say that I have a basic understanding of all the weak points of quite a few of the creatures that inhabit the continent.

There were some hiccups along the way though...mainly due to the female dummies. The thing is...there are some species that are exclusively female...such as lamias, harpies, succubi, etc. Seeing these specific dummies made me have a not very innocent eleven year old type of reaction.

What made it worse was that none of the dummies ever had any clothes.

The no clothes was for both males and females. I got to look at the tits of females and the cocks of males.

This led me to either being extremely aroused, or extremely grossed out whenever a new dummy was brought before me.

My knife training sessions also had the dual purpose of teaching me about the body of not only humans...but of the many species of the continent.

I learned that most of the reproductive organs that humans have...are the same across many different types of species...mainly in the more humanoid ones.

It has truly been a learning experience.

Although...not everything about the nude dummies was bad. I can say that the dummies have served as a good way to train myself. And by train myself, I mean training my ability to keep my erections under control.

Being subjected to seeing many naked women...even if they are fake...has led to me being able to control my natural reactions to some degree. This will definitely become very useful in the future.

Another thing I have learned during these seven months is the art of knife throwing.

It was about four months into my knife training when Jade told me she would start to teach me how to use throwing knives.

I quickly realized that using a knife in close quarters is much different from using a knife for ranged combat.

It took me around a two weeks before I was able to hit the targets consistently...and that was without even aiming for the weak points.

Once I had made it where I can actually hit the target one hundred percent of the time, I chose which weak point I would focus on first.

After careful consideration, I eventually chose the area on the back of neck. There were a few reasons for my choice. Said reasons being that it was positioned on a persons back...which would make it easier to attack without the target knowing I was there. The other reason being that that area is relatively open...leaving only minor room for failure. The only times I should fail is if the target was wearing clothing that would block this area.

This problem can be fixed by making sure enough power is used in the throw as well as making sure the knife was very sharp...allowing it to pierce the clothing more easily.

While I have grown accustomed to attacking the back of the neck...the other weak points have only seen minimal improvement.

<I can only accurately hit a single weak point...and that is only on humans. I dread how much time it will take to accurately hit all the other species...>

Dreading the amount of work I'm going to have to put in for my knife training...I continued attacking the dummy in front of me.

Learning how to use knives is difficult.

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A/N - Sorry for the lengthy wait.

This chapter was supposed to be released a few days ago, but my Christmas was shittier than I expected. Everything is fine now, and chapters should be getting finished much more frequently.

Again...sorry for the wait!