Shadows in the sand (Closed)

[Samuali]

"Yes, I could use... the break."  He took a drink of water and quickly regained his breath. "Alright, so where did i go wrong with that sweep. You saw that coming and my form was bad. Do you have any pointers?" He slowly replayed the move in his mind. He learned a bit in that short match.

[Marric]

You dived too low, and your lance was dropped when you moved. Besides that, it was just an obvious attack considering how low you moved. Marric stated bluntly. You're fast enough to have simply sidestepped and whacked me in the back, I can't hop over that eh? He'd add with a laugh, despite the weapons disadvantages, the lance is still faster than the axe in most cases and the boy needed to learn that as well.

Remember you have the disadvantage to axe's, we get in close to hurt, you need to keep us at a distance at all times, what can't hit you can't hurt you. I ain't sayin' run away, but you have a spear lad, use it to keep your foes away.

[Samuali]

"ok, that makes more sense... I need to drive you back." His mind connected how he was pushing the beast back on the previous day. "or let your momentum work against you." Suddenly he relied what he had been doing. He stood and readied his lance.

[Marric]

The day passed as the two continued their sparring past sunset. The boy was taught a great deal, and the fighter had a decent opponent by the end of the day. Samuali had improved enough to be able to partake in a real battle, and make a small difference, Marric had matured a bit. Both gained quite a large amount of experience in their own way. However, it was nightfall, soon it would be too cold to continue training, and both were fairly tired anyhow. Marric spoke up after a final bout.

Its about time we quit for the day... I'm leaving in the morning, i could use a lance at my side if you're interested.

[Samuali]

"You mean leave the desert?" Samuali had never left the desert in his whole life. He thought for a second. "It would be a pleasure to escort you the desert's end. When we get there we will talk about me leaving my home..." He dropped the subject and started to head back to town.

After a good night's rest he woke early to pack. It did not take long, all he had was his lance, hunting knife, his supply, and a little bit of loot that Marric shared with him. Marric was still sleeping. He look at Marric and said to himself. "Well, like or not your my teacher now. I expect big things from you. Sleep well, tomorrow I lead you through the desert."

(Tread end)