Master Of None

”Keep moving! How can I let you go off on your own to hunt if you stand in one place every arrow you shoot!” Gil was one of five that were instructing the ten archers moving about the archery academy training area. They were given arrows made with cotton ends to fire at each other. It was a simple game of don’t get hit while hitting others. So far, there were a lot of problems being found in the methods that the students used.

”None of them are even trying to sneak. They are using the environment we set up to block arrows, yes, but surprise attacks seem far from their minds.” One of the other instructors was a fairly tall forest elf enforcer. He was extremely skilled in making himself invisible within a forest which was surprising due to his larger stature.

”I know, that’s what worries me. What happens when they come face to face with a monster and can’t draw attention to themselves? They will need to stay hidden.” This was disappointing because they had already gone over the lessons in sneaking. Most had even been able to copy it and pass small tests.

”We might be better off introducing someone sneaking to them. Maybe that will stop them from standing so tall to aim from so far.” another younger forest elf enforcer pointed out two of the students that were aiming for each other from across the training area. They ignored everyone else and adjusted their shots without moving a single step. They were prime targets for any arrow. It was almost as if they were waiting for their opponent to strike.

”Then all of us are joining them. We have the cotton arrows for it. We can even sneak up with sheathed daggers. Who cares if it scares them. That will be even better.” Now one instructor was a little rough around the edges. The man that had come to Gil was from the demi-human city. He was a mix of tiger so it didn’t make sense that he was a light footed archer type. However, his personality also betrayed him as not being an archer. The only way that he showed he was an archer was the bow on his shoulders, of course, that was until Gil saw him shoot.

The style of archery that the man had used was aggressive but silent. The speed and power behind every arrow was shocking, to say the least. What made everyone even more impressed was that the man could seamlessly disappear from sight in seconds. It was as if he was a predator battling and sighting another prey in the wild. The rough personality hid away the gem of an archer he was. It was as if it was an act to bait in prey.

”We might as well follow Lester. He will just take them all down if we don’t join.” The last instructor that Gil had found was a quiet guy but a pretty skilled one. He was a forest elf that had not had a system. However, when he gained it after Pride had been defeated and some corruption had been cleared, he skyrocketed. He had become a genius that was suddenly able to use all the archery skills he had attempted to learn years ago. He was no longer a walking archery manual but instead, the best archer around with tons of potential.

”In we go, try and keep up. We are in this game too now.” Gil smirked and ran in to the mess of obstacles they had set up for the students. He snagged a quiver of cotton arrows and rushed off.

”This will be fun! Use the wind to take them out! I want to see you change directions!” Zephyr was ready to play this game. She had wanted Gil to start using the wind more and more but held her tongue. Gil needed the dagger techniques the same as archery. She preferred his safety over the fact that he would use the wind elemental mana more. She could wait.

”Just watch. You and I will make some impossible shots happen.” Gil had yet to grasp the ricochet skill, yet, he had the ability to push the wind here and there to change the direction of the arrows. Thus, he felt comfortable aiming longer distances at targets with the blunt cotton arrows that would not easily hit their targets. That was another challenge of the game, it replicated damaged arrows so it made everyone adjust to the specific balance of the arrow that they picked up in their hands and notched in the bow.

”First target, student running through the middle of the open area in the center.” Tracking the student running was easy. They ran in a straight line without any idea that someone was watching them. Gil notched the arrow and felt that it would not make it the full distance due to the weight. He used his bond with Zephyr to add wind around the arrow and released it.

The tip of the arrow didn’t even have time to start arching downwards. He had added the wind elemental mana and it was able to stabilize the arrow enough to keep it moving. In the blink of an eye, it had landed and bounced off of the student’s shoulder while Gil had already fallen back and disappear behind another obstacle. The student just looked around stunned since he had been tagged by a ghost.

The same occurrence happened to a lot of the students and before they knew it they had backed themselves up in to groups of two and three. They couldn’t mark down where the arrows were coming from and what they should do. The instructor felt that it was very amusing until they caught one of the students finally trying to hide and catch them in the act of firing the arrows. ”About time they caught on. Let’s kick it up a notch.” Gil notched three arrows at once while smiling, he was having fun now.

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