Massive Purchase

Kaelor flipped through the brittle pages of the worn book, his brows knitting tighter with each turn. Crude illustrations of sword swings filled the parchment, vertical slashes, diagonal cuts, and horizontal strokes so basic that even a militia recruit would scoff at them.

Every page seemed to echo simplicity, too much simplicity.

His lips thinned as he read on.

Accompanying these drawings were long, winding passages filled with the writer's philosophical ramblings. The sword, it claimed, was not the true weapon. "The heart is the blade. The soul, its edge." Page after page, the writer preached about will, intent, and purpose, delving more into why one fought rather than how.