Baby Steps

Just like Luminous, Hati had a vast, seemingly endless space that she could retreat to. Her demi-plan was as large as the eyes could see, a vast and endless wasteland of dry dirt and a massive rocky mountain with very little vegetation growing in the shade away from the burning sun.

Kayden stood a fair distance away from Arad and stared at him with a straight face, his katana unsheathed beside him. "I'll start easy, the lowest level of swordsmanship that I could still remember."

Arad pulled the adamantine sword and took a stance. "You're really thinking that low of me? I'll not fall that easily."

"I doubt it." Kayden breathed in, the veins on his body bulging as he suddenly disappeared. Arad's right arm flew away alongside the adamantine sword. Kayden was beside him; he had just finished a downward slash.