He said that without the system, he wouldnt have the confidence to come here. However, the system gave him ability and his ability gives him confidence. Everyone who is currently here though should have the confidence in themselves to actually fight for their own ideas. It’s not hypocrisy.

Being forced away isn’t abandonment. Its a stupid comparison.

It doesnt make much sense because that’s the old way. Psychologists still had no idea how the brain worked. Now it’s measured by deviation from the absolute average, that being 100

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We just vaguely know they got a better life. Other than that, they become entirely irrelevant

I appreciate the feedback and support and even though the feeling of loathing is mutual, I’m glad you enjoy the book

I’m glad I could weed out at least one cereal-before-milk fan. To the rest of my milk-before-cereal brethren, forward we march

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Fair enough. I wouldve proposed the same had you responded to me.

It is very clearly stated what point he fights back at. Once they use a spell, he retaliates. The point of the training is for them to train technique with first magic as a base. Given that Lith’s combat experience allows him to overwhelm his opponent before they can get ready, Lith now waits for them to make their move before he retaliates. Now, he learns to better respond to opponent attacks. He realizes some mistakes and works on it. He realizes he doesn’t have much experience with fighting people who have “set their own rhythm.” In this way, the training benefits him. Legitimately confused where you’re going with this. This idiocy that because he’s not going all out, he’s not growing is ridiculous.

Yes, Lith did, in fact, do that. The Professor even makes a joke about it. Funnily enough, he only makes Lith fight the boy afterwards because he wanted to see if Lith was just not following the rules or if the girl was simply garbage. With the fight against the boy, he then stops Lith because hes not actually learning. If Lith can demolish his opponents even after letting them set their own rhythm, then thats fine. It just shows them what they need to work on. Its not about sinking down to the level of his opponents but allowing them to get a move in

Lith didnt let the boy form a defense nor did he let the girl complete her attack. In both, he pushed them off their game by moving before they could set themselves. It’s easier to make mistakes that way especially if you’re still green. It doesnt fall flat as thats exactly what happened this chapter. Lith lets his opponents set themselves and thats he loses sometimes

Yes, when Lith does not give his opponent any time to make their move, it’s boring for him. Nowhere is it stated to be boring when he lets them compose their own rhythm. There isn’t any mistake for Lith to realize. Well that sounds awfully contradictory to Lith stating that he recalls making mistakes in his fights. What exactly are Lith’s disadvantages? He lets them make a move before he makes his. Thats it. He’s not letting them win because that is missing the point. He’s not holding back, at least not too much, because that is missing the point. The point is to learn how to react and respond to opponents. Lith learns nothing from blitzing. By letting his opponent make their move first, he learns how to respond better to enemy action. He says himself that he makes mistakes. He says that sometimes the opponent was just too much for him. Theres zero reason to assume that its boring for Lith or that hes letting them win(especially since winning isnt the point, learning is).

1. I never committed an ad hominem. Saying that what you said is dumb, is not an ad hominem. Saying that you’re too busy being condescending to read properly, is not an ad hominem. 2. I see where the mistake is now. I never claimed that college has mostly high school aged kids. That’s an idiotic notion. I read your earlier replies where you stated that this was called a magic university and meant that regardless of what the establishment(the establishment being Lith’s school) is called, the age group has already been established. College has college aged kids. High school has high school aged kids. Lith’s school has high school aged kids. 16 year olds dont belong in college. 3. University: an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions. Google definition copied and pasted for you. As you can see, the age of the students is not relevant towards it being considered a university, so no Lith’s school can be considered a university while also being composed of teens and preteens. This would make it your error. 4. Please stop projecting your faults as a person onto me.

Except this idea that Lith does not benefit, is directly contradicted. Realizing his mistakes is benefitting him. Stop pressing your assumptions onto the book and actually read. Nowhere does it say that it was boring

The age group of the “magic university” is high school aged. Your condecscension blinds you from actually reading what I said. Thats why its ridiculous to try to compare college students to these students.

What do you mean “Lith doesnt benefit”? Realizing his own mistakes is not benefitting? I guess him losing several times equates to clapping everyone. The one thing i both dislike and like about this novel is that while Lith is somewhat strong, he isnt anywhere near overpowered. Author has no problem letting him lose to show us where hes lacking. This is one of the cases where the author is trying to show us where he lacks

Again, by pointing out complications you miss the point. They arent relevant. By accepting that there is any improvement, you accept that by limiting yourself one way, you improve yourself another way. It doesnt matter how much you want to diminish it. The training is not meant to help him control his bloodlust. It is meant to help him improve his technique. He doesnt have an issue controlling his bloodlust as far as i can see. He simply did not understand the point of the exercise at first, and went in 100%, aiming to win rather than to improve. You keep saying he needs to control his bloodlust but you also said that they need to get adjusted to real fights. In a real fight, you need bloodust. If you read the fight, you’d understand how feasible it is. He threw a knife at his opponent as a distraction. It worked. He pops up and then defeats his opponent. He didnt do anything too flashy. Consider it the magic equivalent of looking at their dominant hand the whole time in a boxing match. With that level of attentiveness, it doesnt take a large speed advantage. From what I can tell, this entire school revolves around testing ingenuity. You can consider that the wrong teaching approach. However, this whole school seems like a giant fuck you to nobles who use money and status to replace effort and talent. Also given that this is a book and not every single lesson will be written out, I dont doubt that they were probably taught some stuff no matter how little.

This has become more about workout advice than the book but I appreciate it. Theyre using first magic. You dont have to power up first magic. The reason they couldnt use it when dealing with Lith is because he speed blitzed them. Its difficult to react to a ruthless attack like that having almost no combat experience. From the one fight we were shown, Lith’s opponent kept his eyes on the attack Lith was throwing instead of Lith which is a very common beginner’s mistake. Theres not a large gap in physical ability but rather combat experience. Not saying Lith wouldve lost if his opponent was prepared but given that his opponent was already top of the class and Lith has lost to several other people, it’s possible. I never said anything about bloodlust originally. What i said was that Lith needs to practice tactics, which he’s unable to do if he runs at the enemy. You claimed the point was bloodlust. The only thing related to bloodlust at all is Lith saying that the reason he had blundered by rushing his opponent was due to a lack of control over his bloodlust. He needs to control his bloodlust so he can have effective training and improve his technique. I didnt take the “shocking the muscle” concept literally. I’ve heard of it before which is why I responded to the science behind it. Randomness in your exercises doesnt make your muscles grow any bigger.

Its impossible to correct your own form if you solely do the same thing. You’d never know whats wrong unless someone told you. The analogy with lebron is idiotic because its not a handicap to Lith’s power. Its just Lith not being allowed to blitz his opponent before they get ready. An equivalent would be like telling Lebron he cant go on a fastbreak, which would force him to improve his dribbling or passing, to get past opponents rather than simply running. Its such a simple notion Im surprised youre so against it.