Master Of None

The tail slam would have shown everyone the massive strength that came from the control that Onyx had trained. However, General Marshal was unaffected. He casually changed stance before slamming his tower shield forward. Onyx was pushed back slightly.

"I see, you are much heavier than you appear to be. Is it your body, or the armor?" The general was fairly impressed by the attack though. He had felt the attempt to stun him in to falling. If he had, he would have had a very hard time blocking a following attack.

Onyx brought his tail up again to slam it down toward the general, however, this time instead of a ground shaking slam there were small blades of shadow that formed beneath Onyx's tail. He had used his tail to create a longer shadow that hid his true intentions. It was a wise move that many had not expected.

"I do not believe that this is all you can do." General Marsha used impressive footwork while carrying his spear and tower shield to bring him around each blade. It was as if they hadn't been there in his way at all.

"You see much more than I realized. Good luck." Onyx wasn't holding back. He had trained his high darkness affinity and more recently the weaker light affinity he had grown in to. The same blades fell from above as condensed light elemental mana. This skill was one that Alice had specifically helped him with.

"Good!" General Marshal raised his shield and knocked them aside. His spear spun, slashing three light blades apart before they even got near him. "I will attack now and test your defense." General Marshal dashed forward much faster than someone of his age should have been ankle to move.

Since Onyx was a serpent type monster, he had better agility than most other monsters. Therefore, he was able to somewhat keep up with the general. As soon as he saw the glint of a spear tip heading toward him he moved.

The spear narrowly grazed the armor plates that Onyx wore on his body. Condensed shadows and light wrapped around strengthening the armor as the next attack came toward hum. This continued for over three full minutes causing Onyx to really feel the pressure. "You can do more than that, where is your counter attack!?"

General Marshal knew just how to push his opponent to show off their real strength. Onyx knew well that this was what was happening and allowed himself to be baited. He was here to show strength and not just run from attacks.

The shadows built up suddenly around Onyx making general Marshal think that he was about to face a tougher defense. Yet, when the armor on Onyx's body suddenly fell to the ground he was a little lost for words.

"Did you know, that abyssal serpents can hide in your shadow?" Onyx sprang from general Marshal's shadow and using his bind skill to wrap around him. His enlarging size again caused more and more pressure to hold the general completely trapped.

"Very good, but I am a little more experienced than you." The tower shield clicked showing off multiple spikes that had been made to retract and push out when activated by a small button. "I may lack magical skills, but I made up for it in making my very own weapons."

Onyx felt the pricks of the tower shield spikes. He hissed slightly but began to pull the shadows around him. "I dropped my armor to speed up. I can take others in to the shadows with me you know." Onyx had recently comprehended this skill and began to sink in to the shadows beneath their feet. "What do you think will happen when we are both in a shadow without someone to cast it?"

"Now that is unwise little serpent. I will tell you both that you are at a perfect standstill. Try that trick again in another year of training. Maybe six months if you work hard enough." Mordant had used speed enough to cause a breeze around the entire arena to reach them. He forcefully brought them out of the shadows while shaking his head.

"The technique was wise. However, you do not want to delve in to the shadow elemental plane without the proper knowledge and experience. Even I can only manage that for a short time. There are many reasons that I do not pursue that goal currently. Even I do not deem myself fit as of yet."

The darkness elemental plane had many things. What Mordant had expressed was a specific part of it that held the world's shadows. That many creatures may be unknowingly connected to. He knew there was a danger of being trapped there. He would not allow for anyone to do so in front of him.

"Then I will thank you for your help. I will try to learn faster." Onyx reduced his size hiding it in the shadows while letting general Marchal free.

"Quite a surprise you had for me. I did not think you would risk losing the shadows completely. I underestimate you in my old age. Come and train with me another time. I wish to see you use that armor more. When you can move at the same speed with the armor on as you did just now without, you will stand above many."

"You see it here. Even the royal dragon Mordant was brought to the battle! Welcome the general to our city. Show your support to Onyx while he raises his students to shine just as brightly as he does!" Scylla made sure she closed the match properly. She was glad that this had worked out to help Onyx and bring in a promising new instructor. She planned to spar against the general herself at some point. It seemed to be only fitting to test each other's strengths.

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