The Strange Student

Unfortunately, either the ghostly fighter lacked the skill to weave such a delicate layer of attacks, or he simply had no idea how. Either way, he couldn't keep up anymore.

His movements became sluggish, his footwork dragged, and though the brute fighter suffered the same exhaustion, his sharper senses and superior technical prowess only further cemented the difference between them.

It made one thing painfully clear—the brute fighter likely hailed from a more prestigious lineage than the ghostly warrior. His command over combat knowledge was proof enough.

Northern would be lying if he said he wasn't slightly disappointed. But what could he have done?

All he wanted was to observe—to study as many combat styles as possible, to dissect and evolve his own.