The rise of the pervert primordial - Chapter 750 - 750: The third day of the development trial (part 3)

But of course, would Aster be the tease-loving dragon youth he is, if he let such a good chance to play a little prank on that sportsy blond girl who was all smiles as of current.

“I’ll be back in a second”, said Aster to Agnes who was still smiling unaware of what the dragon youth was scheming.

“Mm, I’ll start with simple stretch exercises for these “lazy” little girls”, said Agnes as she gazed at the disciples who couldn’t help but look Aster with pleading eyes as if they were saying “don’t leave us in her hands senior brother”, apparently, they saw Agnes’s routine yesterday, though they didn’t participate, unfortunately Aster “hardened” his heart and turned a blind eye those cute teary eyes of theirs.

So, while Agnes Aster excused himself for a second to go into the log cabin to look for a couple of tools needed for the training session in question, Agnes whose smile turned sharp, turned to see those girls who tried to “tell on her” to Aster.

“My, one would believe you little girls were mistreated by everyone in the sect but your “adored” senior brother Aster, but don’t worry in the next days we’ll completely fix that~”, said the sportsy sun diamond princess.

In the meantime, Aster who had entered the log cabin took a few things from some of the shelves, but as he was about to return with Agnes, to prevent those girls from ending up tired before the lesson even started, he met Erick and Cayden who also came to fetch a few things from the storage as well.

“Yo, brother, I wanted to watch your training lesson with sis, but the sister-in-law with glasses said she had a job for these shoulders of mine, hahaha!”, as always Erick’s voice was really loud, he was grabbing a few axes as well as some saws.

“Ahem, miss Angela asked us brothers from the Wanderer sect to help with a project, so we’ll also skip today’s lesson, I hope you don’t mind”, added the saber young master who unlike Erick, despite looking like a muscle head, was quite well-mannered, he was carrying a barrel with a bunch of different tools.

“No problem, I think you’ll be doing a way tougher routine today and you’ll get the passive benefits anyway”, said Aster, he could more or less get rough idea of what they’ll be working on, but he remained silent about it.

“I’ll take my leave, see you at lunch”, he said loud enough so that the pretty girls with dirty blond hair and glasses who was “stealthily” spying on them by remaining quite near the entrance of the log cabin whose face had reddened like an apple when Erick called her “sister-in-law”.

Of course, that was the receptionist girl, Angela, who had come to take a few things just in time for Erick to call her the same way she referred to Aster’s lovers, she nearly had a heart attack on the spot, and now she looked all cute believing that she had managed to listen to all this without being noticed, when the reality is that Aster made sure to announce his leave to give her a chance to leave in a rush.

‘How cute, to be honest even if I know it, if she manages to do what I’m thinking in a single day, I would have been honestly surprised anyway, but let’s not ruin it for her’, amusingly thought Aster as he parted ways with Erick and Cayden to go back to the open area where the girls from the sect were following Agnes to do some basic stretch exercises.

“Okay, now to finish gently move your head sidewards until your ear touches your shoulder, first to the right and then to the left”, said Agnes as she finished the basic stretch routine she did every morning, this was as normal as breathing for Agnes, but those poor girls from the sect were already showing signs of their bodies being in a perfect state to start doing much more strenuous activities.

In other words, their bodies had warmed up and so their breathing became heavier, so far so good, the problem is that the vast majority of those girls weren’t used to warm up so fast, so they were “suffering” as of current.

Which is why their eyes lit up like lamps, as they saw Aster returning, they were looking at him as if he was their savior, seeing those girls who had the words “senior brother she is bullying us”, written all over their pretty faces, Aster cleared his throat to then say.

“Ahem, you all take a five-minute break to regularize your breathing, drink a bit of water and then sit down in the vicinity”.

“Thanks, senior brother!”, being freed from Agnes’s routine, those girls got strength out of who knows were to answer in unison before rushing to the kitchen to get water.

“Humph, spoiled girls”, mumbled Agnes.

Not all of them were in such a “pitiful” state of course, but even among the senior disciples, the majority were indeed taken by surprise just by a simple stretching routine, those within the top 15-30 among both core and inner disciples were somewhat fine, while the top 10 could have continued for a bit longer.

One couldn’t blame them though, they were doing exercises with the purpose to tire them out and without the support of spirit energy, for the first time in their lives, the fact that they were still moving around was already praise-worthy.

But now it was time for them to laugh as Agnes who was all happy suddenly saw Aster handing her a wood staff with a cloth sphere tied to one end, imitating a spear.

“What is…”, since the sportsy sun diamond princess looked confused, about why she was being handed a training spear first when Aster also brought wood training swords as well, in fact now that she looked, he also brought woo training daggers and training “shields”, they weren’t working ones, but just square shaped wood boards.

Let’s not forget that besides physical training, Agnes is a sword maniac just like Nerissa and Iris, so of course she expected them to start with the sword.

“Swordsmanship is our specialty and we both have trained with the mortal sword, so we can have less sword training and produce similar results as with the other options”, said Aster with a teasing smile, which made Agnes pout, very much to the amusement of all the girls that had returned and were finding spots to sit and listen to the lesson.

“Besides, shouldn’t we keep the best stuff for last?”, added Aster in order to content that sportsy princess, which worked like a charm because with that Agnes was successfully convinced.

“Right!”, with an enthusiastic expression on her pretty face, Agnes put some distance between herself and Aster and it was time for the lesson to start.

“Like I said, today’s subject is “Mortal combat in general”, of course we’ll start with the basics, for starters, just like all of you have seen during the blacksmithing demonstration, mortal ranked things, techniques are are normally less flashy than what cultivators use”.

“Of course, even among mortals, there is a big majority that thinks that complex and eye-catching results are better, but that’s not the case, at the start and even up to upper middle level, basics will always weight more than advanced concepts, and this can even be extended to high level if we are focusing in team focused activities, instead of individual ones”, said Aster, which made one of the junior disciples from the Green Lotus to raise her hand.

“Like this trial, right senior brother”, said that girl with a still shy but much more confident voice, Aster has openly encouraged them to express their opinions, no matter how simple or even dumb they might seem.

“Yes, while personal achievement is of course important, in this place teamwork has much more value not only for the evaluation made by the blue flaming board, but also for us as a whole”.

“Because besides some exceptional cases, even a strong mortal alone in a head front fight can’t defeat a group with basic knowledge, so long as they are well-coordinated, that’s why Eris is in charge of teaching you combat formations, while the “mentors” that you’ll have from now and onwards, will make sure to teach you the fundamentals”.

“So that, you’ll all be proficient in the basics of four of the aspects, archery is harder to use without previous experience, especially for mortals who don’t have any help from formations to enhance accuracy, reduce wind interference and the like, so only those that have used bows properly before, will be taught mortal archery”.

Seeing those girls, who though of course agreed with Aster’s arrangement, also wanted to learn some strong and “cool-looking” advanced techniques, Aster added.

“It is also true that, besides basics from me, in the incoming days you’ll receive guidance from someone that specialized in spearmanship to polish details, so that you can get the best of the two worlds, but only those that have shown good progress in basics will be allowed to listen and integrate that, okay?”.

“Yes~”, and with the disciples further motivated by the little “treat” that Aster was offering them, the lesson started.

“Now, there are two things that you should always take into account in terms of mortal combat regardless of the weapon you are training with, and luckily both are easy to apply and understand with the spear”.

“First when you are on the defending side, balance is your best friend, a firm standing pose that allows you to hold your ground when clashing with an enemy is the most important thing”, said Aster as he pointed his wood spear at Agnes who answered by copying his movements.

“You can use either left or right, depending on your innate preference, but one foot should always be a step ahead of the other, bent your knee just enough to gain mobility without destabilizing your body, remember that losing your balance is a fatal mistake in most cases”.

“To solidify your stance, keep your other leg straight, your foot shouldn’t face frontwards, to prevent yourself from sliding, adjust it diagonally, that’s the basic stance to take on an attack, this stance works both with the spear and the shield, so you can just make the appropriate corrections later”.

“While of course a shield is the best choice to block and parry attacks, the spear is perfect to deflect, because of its larger range, so when defending with the spear the choice should be deflecting nor blocking, and for that, we’ll use minimal movement in case the enemy is using a feign”.

“Again, a spear is all about its range being superior to other weapons, use the shaft to sweep or “smack” the incoming weapon aside, manage your movements properly to keep the enemy at a distance that is comfortable for you and hard for the enemy to endure”, said Aster as executed an example of said movements with his wood spear on Agnes’s one.

The sun diamond princess was also taking the lesson after all, and she was paying the most attention out of them all, because once Aster had finished explaining, she’ll be doing a demonstration exchange of movements with him.

“What I’m explaining is spearmanship with defense as its base, even if you fail to attack the enemy, you should always be able to defend yourselves, if I see you getting injured because of overconfidence, know that you’ll be in for a harsh scolding… after treating said injuries”, said Aster which made those cute junior disciples giggle.

“Ahem, the second aspect to take into account regardless of the weapon or equipment you are using, that I want you to focus in, is the attack related, “opportunity”, you can also call it simply an opening”.

“And here I want to make one thing especially clear, an opening created by yourself is always better than one shown by the enemy, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t aim to exploit the flaws of an enemy, but be aware that some of them might be traps to lure you in, some enemies will willingly allow you to wound them in order to kill you”, said Aster.

To be honest, people like that are not common in the cultivation world, at least not among the righteous factions, because they care a lot about “face”, so in the open they wouldn’t resort to a dog fight in which one exchanges wounds with the opponent, and will nine out of ten times try to overwhelm you with big flashy moves instead.

But one can never be too cautious, and Aster wanted those girls to be prepared for that, being aware that it can happen and knowing how to react to such a situation will make a huge difference in the outcome of course.

“With that said, let’s focus in opportunity for offensive means, continuing from deflecting the enemy’s attack, first retrieve the spear and then follow up with a swift thrust”.

“An efficient thrust or stab, relies in the hips and power of the upper body, rather than the arm strength, move your body alongside the spear, because while the large extension of the spear is its advantage, it can also become a flaw if you let it go too far from the core of your body, which would reduce your control over it”, said Aster as he dragged the spear back to then thrust it at different areas of Agnes’s body, without reaching her of course.

“A “finishing” attack is not the aim here, remember that we are looking for a clean stable victory, not a bloody quick one, so instantly discard small critical targets that will be protected like the neck for example, and instead go for areas that either will trigger a defensive response by the enemy, or that can reduce their combat capacities”.

Those girls cutely laughed as they saw Agnes standing while Aster aimed his wood spear at her face and ribs, which were the examples to trigger defensive responses, and then her upper arms and sides to reduce combat capacity.

“Well, if you are facing a man, there is always one place that can be used to your advantage”, added Aster as he pointed at the low abdominal area, he didn’t aim directly at the crotch, because any man would protect that area by default, but the defensive response will still be triggered just by attacking the nearby zone.

Of course, such a “rogue” technique resulted in many girls blushing, well, it was in part caused by the technique and in part because the were watching Aster’s lesson, so their eyes couldn’t help but unconsciously wander towards his abdominal area.

‘Humph, isn’t he enjoying this a bit too much?’, thought some specific girls among the crowd, namely, Alice, Aria and Sarina.

“If your thrust fails, you have two choices, depending on the result, if the spear is still withing a comfortable area of control you can follow up with a slash, because the model we’ll be using for our spears will have sharp sides as well”.

“I suggest you to connect a thrust with a slash, if you aimed at the upper area od the enemy’s body, because slashing downwards is the easiest”, said Aster as he thrusted the spear at Agnes’s right shoulder to then slash downwards, covering just a small area of her chest.

“The spear is not a sword, don’t make large cuts, secondary slashes are only to make use of the opening created by a thrust and throw the enemy out of balance for a proper follow up”.

“If you go with a slash as your main attack, then you can alternate between downwards and diagonal slashes, followed up by retrieving the spear for a secondary stabbing attack”.

“This is all the basics of spearmanship I’ll explain you, of course you’ll get a better understanding and notice other details by yourselves during the demonstration which we will do in five stages, one per each of the four training equipments I brought and a las one that will integrate all of them”.

In case you wonder why Aster only explained firm foothold, and not tell them how to plunge and move, that’s because all the disciples have their own respective movement manuals.

The idea of them learning the basics, was to turn them into a solid formation for the initial clash, once they had gained the upper hand thanks to their unity, to completely crush the remaining enemies will be done by each girl using their own techniques, which they’ll be training on their own.

That doesn’t mean they are doing twice the work, because learning basics will smooth their progress in the much more advanced stuff, that’s what Aster meant with the having the best of both worlds.

“For the first demonstration, we’ll limit the battlefield to an area of ten meters, enough to maneuver, but not to make large movements, the first one to land three attacks be it stabs or slashes, wins”, said Aster as he drew a square on the ground using the free end of the wood spear to then apply red colored powder on the cloth “tip” of the spear, while Agnes did the same with blue colored powder.

That will make it easier to notice if an attack landed or not, even before they started Aster saw Agnes’s gaze becoming sharp, those pretty blue eyes of hers were already looking not only at the areas he mentioned to focus on, but also at other places.

‘As expected of someone that has achieved third level intent, even if she is not using a sword or fighting as a swordsman, she has amazing battle instincts’, thought Aster, he didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry, Agnes was following his advices quite well, as in her first stab went straight to his abdominal area.

“Clack!”, the dull sound of wood clashing was produced as Aster smacked Agnes’s spear to the side, successfully deviating her attack with the shaft of his spear, of course Agnes wasn’t one to make such a simple advance.

“Hmph!”, since her spear was forcefully moved to the side, she slashed it down at Aster’s knee, perfectly following the pattern of weakening the enemy’s combat capacities, instead of going for a finishing move that will most of the times be blocked by the opponent.

Which already took a few people by surprise, for starters her older “sister” Valentina couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

“To think that the fierce sun diamond princess from the Fey, known for pulverizing her enemies with her sword is actually going for much longer-lived fight so “obediently” … that little girl, she didn’t even listen to me, her older sister so well”, mumbled Valentina in a voice that only the one besides her, namely Mikaela could hear.

“Well, below that responsible and calm façade, you are way more violent than her, so it’s like “the pot calling the kettle black”, if you ask me”, said Mikaela, tipsy or not, she didn’t hold her words back as much with the purple lightning princess, they are close friends after all.

“Ahem, in any case it only makes me feel more interested in how he achieved that, perhaps I’ll ask for some personal training advice from our sect’s “holy son”, later”, concluded Valentina, who wasn’t shameless enough to deny Mikaela’s affirmation.