Dagger Positioning

Soon, 5 days had passed and Adam have learned the positioning of the dagger in the hand which consist of three methods, each having their own specialty.

First was the downward thrust, which are useful against opponent without knives like monsters or the mages.

Second, to utilize with the blade facing downward and the hilt facing upwards. This positioning can be used defensively and good for slashing technique.

Lastly, the position was characterized by the handle being positioned horizontally in hand, with the blade facing outwards and the handle pointing towards the enemy.

This method was mainly for extended reach, and additionally the critical technique of forward thrusts, with the intention of piercing the opponent's defensive garments and making internal contact with the flesh of one's enemy.

Aside from this, Adam finally also learned to synchronize his footwork with this dagger positioning. The footwork prioritized to never stay head-on with the enemy, but rather move at 45° angles to either side to not only avoid getting sliced but also to increase their chances of landing their slashes.

This footwork has a strong focus on combat range with geometric footwork in terms of triangles, so you're always stepping off the center line at an angle. Moving along in any direction, the combatant's feet always occupy two spots of the triangle in order to be elusive.

This footwork was effective against close-combat fights, and also had good evasive property.

Though he managed to learn the three positioning of the dagger in the hand and footwork, he still feel that it was not enough as he takes 5 days just to learn this.

What he actually learned was the basic among dagger users, as it was only about dagger positioning.

Now that he learned the basic of using dagger, he now planned to synchronize it with his activation of his absolute defense.

Absolute defense cosumes a great amount of mana, and adam being only mid F-rank, he was only able to activate the skill for 5 minutes before he ran out of mana, so he have to use it wisely.

Due to this, he had to synchronize this skill with his fighting stance, so that he will know when to activate it and when to deactivate it.

Also, it consumes a great amount of focus, certainly because the shield can be moved telephatically. He had to command the shield on where it will moved. A second delay may result to a disadvantageous scenario.

Within 5 days of practicing, he also grasp the basic of controlling the shield. He was able to command it easily and deactivate and activate it in different position.

He also knew the limitation of the skill. The skill can only be activated to appear within 1 meter, mainly because it was still level 1.

He guess that when the shield's level increases, the distance can also increased.

Unlike hunters rank, skills level can be upgraded through constant use and a great comprehension of the skill. So naturally, leveling up one's rank was a lot more easire than leveling up one's skills.