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Mike Vitality: 24 - 15 Vitality= 11

Mike Focus: 44 - 25 Focus = 19

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Swinging the Bokken proved to be surprisingly harder than it looked. One time may have seen simple, but twice. A third time, a fourth time... Doing it twenty continuous times with such little physical strength while attempting to focus one's mind on the blade was difficult. Still, Mike's focus stayed strong the entire time and he managed to pull through after the twentieth swing, somewhat tired, but able to continue. Mike was able to feel the sword with each swing. Its weight, its strength. He was able to also feel his focus becoming a part of the blade with each swing, but it seemed that nothing had come yet except maybe a slightly better understanding of what Keiichi was trying to teach.

Two windows did appear though, two familiar looking windows.

Window 1

A Skill has been created through a Special Action. The ability to better wield katanas or weapons of the same like, Katana Mastery, has been created.

Katana Mastery

Katana Mastery (Passive) (Lv 1: 0/100): Deal 10% more damage with Katanas. +5% Attack Speed and +2% Parry Speed with Katanas. Through further mastery of the katana you can also acquire powerful kendo techniques with proper training. To Level Up: Hit with a Katana. Parry with a Katana. Get a Critical Strike using a Katana.

"Good. You seem to understand what I am trying to teach here. I could feel you put your focus into each swing, which made them stronger than normal. Of course, while I do know that physical strength isn't everything I do recommend building it up, but that will come with the training over time." Keiichi looked Mike over for a few moments, but just a few. "Alright. Give me 100. Take your time with it. Focus your body, mind, and spirit into the blade. With each swing you are not just swinging a sword, but you are swinging and attacking with an extension of yourself. Through training with the sword you are training yourself."

If Mike had any questions Keiichi would answer them, but other than that he would watch Mike as began his long drill of 100 swings of the bokken. Luckily with the ability to take his time Mike wouldn't be too hard pressed to get them within a time limit. Still, sitting down to rest would probably break the stream of his focus, so getting them all in a single period period would probably be more for the best.

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Mike Vit: 26 - 15 Vitality = 6

Mike Focus: 84 - 25 Focus = 69

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While Mike was able to perform the swings, this taking around five minutes or so, perhaps it was the tedium of performing a hundred in a row, but he wasn't able to properly put his focus into them in the way that Keiichi was implying, Keiichi watching this. The Katana Mastery Skill did go up in Level during the many swings and a window did appear stating the following.

Window

Continuous practice swinging the somewhat heavy Bokken without any break has made you stronger physically. +1 Str.

His Str did get upgraded from this, but after the 100 he would be a good bit tired now. It would still probably be a good idea to put some of his next Stat Points into both Str and Dex, maybe until they were at least 10 so that he could properly wield the katana and learn kendo to the fullest extent of his ability. Keiichi shook his head after Mike was done. "You seem to have gotten it before, but the concept is still evading you. Continuing to swing anymore will just tire you out excessively... instead I want you to rest and meditate with your blade, get a better feeling for focusing while holding it. Maybe that will help you better your practice."

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Posted for Mike finally. Note that, unfortunately, Keiichi isn't gonna take Mike into a Pseudospace to fight monsters no matter how hard Mike tries to convince him (Keiichi would not think him as ready to use his skills on monsters yet)

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After school if Mike went down to the Kendo Team's practice room, which looked like an actual dojo on the inside as it was in the part of the building where the gym and other athletics rooms were, he would see Keiichi waiting there, on his knees with his bokken on the floor in front of him. Currently he had his eyes closed, a serious aura around him as if he was meditating. Despite that though he looked completely ready and focused, as if he could spot any attack that came towards him and block it despite the position he was sitting in. "Ah, you showed up." Keiichi spoke with his eyes still closed, but slowly he opened them and stood up, taking his bokken into hand as he did so.

"Take off your shoes before you enter the dojo. Also there is no kendo practice today since the team just had a match this weekend and deserve a break, so it'll just be you and me today. You will meet the rest of the team tomorrow. In the meantime you will spend the rest of this afternoon learning the basics of kendo as before you can learn the Senshin no Ken. Even if you have conviction you still need discipline and strength. Also an understanding of the sword is required, so..." He went over to a rack on the wall where several Bokkens were kept, Keiichi grabbing one that was more Mike's size, which he passed to Mike.

It seemed a bit heavy in Mike's hand, which was probably due to his strength of 2, but he could somewhat hold it properly without detriment to his combat ability, but higher physical strength would make it easier to wield more efficiently. "Now then, get into a stance like this...and hold the bokken as so." Keiichi got into a stance now, a stance for kendo. After taking a deep breath and closing his eyes for a few moments he focused before suddenly opening his eyes and swinging the blade with a strong, downward slash, alot of speed and power behind it.

"I want you to perform 20 of them. How long it takes you to perform twenty swings is not important. You must focus and unite yourself with your sword in every strike. That is the first principle of the Senshin no Ken. Unity with the blade. Your body, mind, and spirit all must be one with the sword. It is not only an extension of your body, but an extension of your very spirit. Of your very self. As such you must swing the blade not only with your body, but with your mind and even your spirit as well. For now though... just focus on the blade as you swing... feel its movement and feel its weight in your hand, it may seem heavy, but eventually the blade, as you become one with it, will feel lighter in your grasp."

After that explanation Keiichi stood, watching Mike. "Are there any questions?"

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"The wind talked to you eh... that's pretty impressive. The powers of Nature can be pretty impressive. I prefer magic personally, but still you should find the powers of Nature very useful. Of course, they can also be dangerous if you're not careful, but so can any other form of power including Magic." He then looked at the Crystal in Lucian's hand, nodding. "I think you managed to perform the ritual well enough so that the Crystal wasn't used up, but next time you might have to use its power. Well if you need anymore of those you know where to come and find them." Saito chuckled a little at this, stretching some as he stood up, stretching a bit. When he heard Lucian saying that they should go check up on Ren he nodded and took Lucian back outside of the Pseudospace room and into the shop.

After that he pressed his ring to the door so that it would go to the lab and the ritual room, Saito opening the door and walking inside with Lucian. Inside of the circle in the center of the room was where Ren was sitting, bandages wrapped around the back of his hand. He was currently on his PFP, headphones plugged in. He had taken his jacket off, wearing just his grey shirt, and other clothes obviously, as to get comfortable. When he noticed Lucian and Saito entering the room he looked up at them, slowly standing up, putting his jacket back on and his PFP back in his inventory. "I was taking a bit of a break, I take it things went well." Ren looked at Saito, then up at Lucian, noticing that Lucian's level had increased.

Saito nodded. "Yep. Managed to get some interesting Air Crystals and this guy leveled up twice apparently. Also discovered that if I am in your party, I get EXP as well... which is interesting to say the least. Shows that your power is even more broken than I originally thought." He looked at the two of them now as Ren stood up. "So I take it you two are satisfied with your products?"

To this question Ren nodded. Saito noticed the bandages on Ren's hand but chose to stay quiet.

"Anyway..." Saito walked over to the bookshelf he put the Spirit Channeling for Dummies on and walked back over to Lucian, handing him the book. "If you want this one you can have it, ill just put it on your tab and you can pay me back in full in either cash or more monster drops. It'll be about a 60,000 Yen tab payable in whatever means you can if you want it, like in more of these or whatever else you find that seems interesting" He held up one of the Air Crystals, walking over to an empty jar on a shelf and putting the eight Crystals he received into the jar. "Also if any of your other Gamer Friends, as according to what's circulating on the auction there are five of you, want some books or other special stuff tell them to drop on by with either cool monster drops or cash. Anyway, I have to go soon and close up shop, its starting to get somewhat late. Any questions or anything else you want?"

Ren thought for a few moments, shaking his head. "Not really, thanks for the help." After that rather... brief... statement of thanks Ren began to walk out of the room, heading towards the exit of the store and walking out, waiting outside of the store as he began to slowly and secretively type up another PM.

"Not really much of a people person is he..." Saito sighed and shook his head, looking to Lucian. "What about you? Any questions you have? Or is there anything else you want?"

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XD

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Also there is that discount you guys get if you use the name of the Dealer who talked to Ren, but he hasn't told them about that yet XD

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Nah, I just make up half of this stuff on the spot. XD

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Well it won't be organized by level, but by rank. Currently you guys are probably around a middle Rank F to a very low Rank E. So stuff around there would probably work out. Also by price as well. Probably things around 10,000 Yen to 100,000 Yen currently (which is about the price of things in that rank range, give or take)

Alright, ill get something started, organize it by categories and stuff. Ill give a basic list (cause some items might be put on there by people and then gone the next day, the more special stuff)

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See this is why your charas wouldn't make proper adventurers (I can see it now, Elim rolling his eyes as he sees how ill prepared the others are, muttering a question of why he has to babysit these greenhorns and stuff XD, as that is what elim probably considers them compared to himself.)

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Like a list of stuff you can currently buy with your money or do you want to just ask me if you can buy something that relates to a thing you are looking for ? (Like if you want a skill book that gives you fire magic, ill give you a list of things that you can currently buy and use related to that)

Also yea, didn't see her request, but depending upon Silas' decision different things may happen.

Also the soul burn technique is good for beginners, but there is better out there.

I am thinking of ramping up the MP cost a bit though... In fact I just did. That makes it a bit more realistic. Also if you want to focus on it one would have to stretch their Stat points over Wis, Str, and Dex essentially. Probably Vit as well (as higher level techniques that employ that skill do require bodily constitution to handle the strain it can put on a person)