Four months

Four months had passed for Alex, and his progress was steady.

Ever since Professor Will had taught him the basic concepts of Martial Arts and Swordsmanship, he had been going hard at the training every day, without breaks.

He was determined to reach a point where he could incorporate these two techniques into his actual combat, and today he had finally achieved that goal.

His Martial Arts had reached what Professor Will had called 'Intermediate Mastery', with Alex being able to reach the deep, focused state of mind he needed to be in, in just 10 seconds.

It was still a huge distance away from being able to enter such a state instantly, but he was slowly reaching towards that goal.

'Let's go see what Mira's been up to, I haven't spent enough time with her over the last few months.'

Because of his fervent training schedule, Alex had regrettably neglected a lot of the time he should have spent with Mira.