The Golden Throne

"You are alive? Now that is a surprise. I thought that you died along with Marcus.", Long he looked at Liu Feng with shock.

"Professor Marcus is dead?"

"Oh, you didn't know? What were you even doing inside the magical forest for a month boy? All your professors died protecting the students, and even then, just 20 survived. It is sad how it all happened. It is one of the highest mortality rates in our history.", Long Che shook his head in dismay, and sighed.

Liu Feng was surprised. He did not expect all the professors to die. He did not care about the two other professors he did not recognize because they were clearly old people who cared about nobility status before anything else, but he did like Marcus.

"A pity.", he thought to himself.

He asked Long Che.

"Sir, I really liked the greatsword, and it saved my life in the magic forest, but I was not proficient enough to use it to kill. There seems to be a technique to use the greatsword to kill someone."

"Yes, you are right. I can't believe that someone who learnt the greatsword for just a week used it against magical beasts. You must love courting death.", Long Che laughed out. "Well, first, sit down and tell me what beasts you even came against, and how you battled them. It is highly unlikely that you were able to avoid every monster there is, given that you were in the forest for a month!", Long Che said, and gestured Liu Feng to sit down.

"But sir, there is just an hour left. I really want to learn the new techniques.", Liu Feng protested.

"Hahaha, seems like the life and death experiences lead you to understand the importance of self-defence, and the ability to use a weapon. Magic is useful against our own, but it is only truly fatal when used right, and a weapon gives you the opportunity to do exactly the same.", Long Che said. "And, don't fret. With the incident that happened, the school came under heavy fire, and the school decided to give the self-defence class a little more time, an hour more."

Liu Feng nodded and sat in front of Long Che.

"Hehehe, you got yourself in quite the pinch. How are you going to explain yourself to your teacher? Every battle you fought was with a monster that would be a calamity in these places. You did not face a single first order monster.", Pyrus asked.

"Tch", Liu Feng said. Then, he looked at Long Che. "I need to keep to the same story.", he reminded himself.

"Professor, the time in the magical forest was truly a very scary experience. Because I was adept at climbing trees at a very young age, I was able to avoid the attack of many animals by staying high up. I was unable to leave the forest because there were too many monsters near the exit. Then-"

"I asked you about the fights. Who cares about all these?", Long Che retorted.

Liu Feng smiled bitterly. "I fought against a few first order beasts in total. The first was a huge wolf, of sorts. It was already inured when I fought with it. By swinging the great sword like you taught me, I was able to deal damage on the point of injury that it had. It was a gruelling fight, but I came out on top.", Liu Feng said.

"A wolf? How did it look like?", Long Che asked him.

"How did it look? Well, it had red eyes, and white fur... What else? I am not sure. It was a few months ago.", Liu Feng sighed.

"Alright then. You used the great sword even though you aristocrats are so obsessed with the normal sword. I am impressed. Now then, shall we start?", he asked.

"Yes!", Liu Feng shouted with excitement.

Long Che then took two greatswords from a bucket and threw one at Liu Feng. Liu Feng caught the sword with his right hand, and then started swinging it. Long Che looked at Liu Feng with shock.

"He is powerful enough to catch the sword with one hand at the age of thirteen? He must be a born talent. To have such powerful muscles at such a young age.", he thought to himself.

Liu Feng then looked at Long Che, gesturing at him to start the class.

Long Che demonstrated a few steps and strokes in a particular sequence. "This is a very famous art, and it is called the general's strikes. If you make a wrong move, then your muscle may tear. That is why we generally teach arts and other specialty moves very late into the second year. But I am sure you can handle it. You have to be extremely cautious though. The muscle tears are no joke. Some of the higher grade moves have to be used with such precision that a wrong move could cost you your life."

Liu Feng nodded, and he copied Long Che's moves to the dot. He could feel that his tendons were getting strained a bit, but he felt it normal. Long Che finally showed him how to release all that energy in one move, and dealt it on one of the dummies on the training dolls. The greatsword split the doll straight in half. Liu Feng also striked a doll, but when the sword hit the doll, it only pierced the doll a little and then the force of the strike threw the doll away.

Long Che inspected the doll and saw the cut. He looked impressed, but he immediately changed his expression. "You did it all wrong. You have to cut horizontally. Make no angle with the air. If it does, then you will not be able to completely pierce the doll."

Liu Feng nodded. He continued to practise the move, but he seemed to be unable to perfect the move, and he was only able to pierce the doll halfway. The bell rang, and Liu Feng left dejected. This was the only class which he loved, and it was a pity that it was restricted to just an hour a day. 

He went to the magic history class, and saw Francis sitting on the desk. Liu Feng greeted him.

"So the rumours I heard were true. You really survived! A huge surprise indeed. Please do take a seat. You have much to learn. Sleeping in class will do you no good. You will have to listen if you want to pass the exams in three months."

"Exams in three months? When was that decided?", Liu Feng was shocked when he heard that there were exams in the academy.

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