Newbie....

Adam was not proficient in using dagger nor other kind of weapons.

So his plan was to swing the dagger 200 times every morning. This was to let him build connection and also feel the dagger.

After that, he's gonna practice the ways of using dagger, like stabbing, cutting etc. He chose to practice at the mountain where it was secluded from human. There's a F rank portal in the center of the mountain, he also consider killing F rank monsters when he got used to using dagger.

It was a five kilometer walk from his house, long walk and tiring, but he also consider it as a form of practice.

He was also planning to find someone he can spar with after two months of practice.

As he got on the mountain, he began swinging his dagger 200 times. He was only on the outskirt of the mountain, afraid of encountering the monster as he was still not proficient in using dagger.

He began swinging his dagger without pause, but when he got to 58 times, he can feel his shoulder aching.

Before, all he did was to read the encyclopedia about monsters and herb, he never even tried doing some exercises, and now he starts regretting neglecting that.

He starts to feel his whole body aching too, starting from his shoulder to his back, until his feet, cause he was also doing some footwork which he found in the internet.

Doing swinging and footwork at the same time was tiring for a newbie like Adam. Its tiring not only physically, but also mentally, as he needed to think of his footwork and dagger at the same time.

If one was able to see him right now, they can easily infer that he was a newbie. He keeps on making mistake and his footwork and swinging of dagger was not synchronize.

After 100 times of swinging the dagger, he feel like his body was being stab by a needle all over. It was painful!

He even start to think of quitting but thinking that its only one month away till the hunter examination, he got to keep going!

After an hour, he barely finish swinging the dagger 200 times. After that, he didnt instantly continue doing the stabbing etc.

He take a rest and while at it, he watch the video of himself doing the previous practice. Earlier, before he swing the dagger, he planned to video himself while doing it.

This was to determine the area which needs improvement, or the mistakes that he had done, so that he will be able to correct it next time.

But as he was watching the video....

" What?!!!!!... I'ts such a mess. What thee...."

" mistake...mistake...mistake..."

After watching the video, one thing was what he realized...

He really was still a newbie..