The Path Ahead

BAM

Rui flew back, groaning in pain, just bare managing to stay on his feet.

"Good, your Elastic Shift was well timed this time." Fae told him.

Today was a sparring session between the Apprentices. Rui and Fae had taken it upon themselves to spar with each other.

"It's not easy to nail the timing." Rui muttered.

"It usually takes a lot of experience to completely learn it." Fae reassured. "Actually, it's a bit intimidating you're already at this level of proficiency."

Rui shrugged, before taking his stance. "It's not fast enough, as far as I'm concerned."

Fae took an open-palmed stance as well. "My, what's the hurry?"

"There is a limited amount of time in this world, I don't want to waste an ounce of it." He replied, before taking the initiative to dash at her.