Martial Arts

The family's terrace became Roy's practice area for Martial Arts.

However, even when those fluid Martial Arts were broken down into a series of simple movements, they were still incredibly difficult for Roy.

In the glow of the setting sun, Roy practiced the disassembled movements alone on the terrace, each movement slowed down several times, yet still incredibly stiff.

Before long, the sweat on his forehead had soaked his golden hair, making it stick uncomfortably to his forehead.

Roy ran downstairs to grab a towel to wipe away the sweat, and when he returned to the terrace, he found Moira standing on the neighboring terrace.

She rarely wore such a tight-fitting corset, and the ties on the side hadn't been tied into pretty bows, but that didn't detract from the quiet beauty of a Dark Moon Elf.

She even tied her hair into a ponytail...

Moira imitated Roy's disassembled movements, completing them with ease.

Seeing Roy peeking at her from across the terrace, she held onto the railing with both hands and said with a smile, "Is this how it's done? I saw you practicing so intently that I couldn't help but take a few extra glances..."

"That's right, you're doing great, but I just can't seem to get it right. It always goes wrong as I'm doing it."

Roy felt a bit stupid. Moira had learned something after watching it a few times, but he had been practicing all day and still wasn't getting it right.

"Don't be discouraged. Let's practice together, so we can correct each other's mistakes..."

Moira said to Roy on the terrace, her face flushed, perhaps from the exercise.

"Okay!"

Roy suddenly felt that this kind of tedious practice wasn't so hard after all.

Moira stood on the opposite terrace and began to try to learn Roy's not-so-standard disassembled movements.

The process was naturally very pleasant, but when Sabrina returned from Elf Academy and walked onto the terrace, she frowned at Moira's disassembled movements. After hesitating for a moment, she went downstairs without saying anything.

Sabrina took a cool shower downstairs, changed into a looser dress, and walked onto the terrace again.

She crossed her arms and leaned against the terrace door, saying to Moira:

"Moira, none of these disassembled movements are standard. I suggest you stop and correct your movements."

"Is it wrong?" Moira glanced at Sabrina and asked humbly, "Sister, where exactly is it wrong... can you point it out for me?"

With Sabrina's guidance, Roy suddenly realized that there were indeed a few places that were a bit off.

However, those movements were basically positions that his arms and thighs couldn't reach.

Roy had lowered the standards in order to complete these movements, which led to the movements being distorted.

With Sabrina's guidance, Moira quickly completed the correction of these movements, but Roy couldn't do it no matter what.

Sabrina couldn't help but mock Roy on the neighboring terrace, "Your arms and thighs are really too stiff. Didn't Instructor Nora tell you that this kind of body is not suitable for learning Elf Body Arts?"

Roy stood awkwardly on the terrace, flexing his stiff arms, but it still didn't help.

Sabrina took a few glances and said to Roy without any politeness:

"The ligaments in your body haven't been fully stretched, which is why the movements are not standard."

"Once these disassembled movements are not done properly, there will be obvious stagnation when you put all the movements together into a coherent action, and it will be more and more difficult to adjust later, which will eventually cause your movements to be seriously distorted."

"You're really not suitable for practicing Martial Arts. While you haven't started yet, you should give up as soon as possible."

Roy didn't respond to Sabrina's words, and continued to clumsily do those disassembled movements.

"Sister..." Moira protested softly.

Sabrina glared at her, preparing to turn around and go downstairs, but Moira grabbed her skirt.

She turned her head and stared at Moira...

"Sister..."

Moira pleaded.

"I don't have that much time, I'll just help him this once!"

Sabrina said to Moira, and also as if she was saying it to herself.

Roy was still trying to straighten his arm when he suddenly felt a fair and soft hand grab his wrist, her fingers were icy cold...

Roy turned his head and noticed that Sabrina was already standing on the terrace of his house, silently behind him.

Although the terraces of the two houses were adjacent to each other, there was at least a five-meter gap between them.

Roy subconsciously looked at her long legs, but didn't notice the slight blush on Sabrina's face.

However, Sabrina didn't stand on ceremony, and fiercely pulled Roy's arm backward. The ligaments were still painful under the strong pull, and Roy couldn't help but scream.

"Don't move, keep it up..."

Sabrina personally guided Roy in doing those disassembling movements, while Moira lay on the edge of the terrace watching the fun.

After finally learning these disassembling movements, it was even more difficult to connect the movements together, because each movement had a specific trajectory.

Each exertion of force also had strict requirements, requiring rhythm and a sense of rhythm...

Roy completely understood what Instructor Abbott. Nora said in the first lesson, it seemed that it was not an exaggeration at all.

This was just the coherent movement of the simplest move...

Roy didn't dare to think about what would come next.

Fortunately, Sabrina repeatedly demonstrated the movements of this move several times, and could complete it very easily.

She was tall, and when she demonstrated these elementary Martial Arts in slow motion, it was like dancing.

Different from Moira's lightness, Sabrina's movements were very powerful, and every movement was full of oppression.

Roy understood that Sabrina's beating him up last time was definitely not a fluke...

However, Instructor Nora had not yet taught coherent movements, so even if Roy couldn't do it, he still had time to continue practicing.

Ending this painful practice, Roy lay on the terrace floor without any regard for his image...

"Are those Silver Moon Elves still giving you trouble?"

Sabrina didn't rush to leave, but sat on a chair and asked Roy.

"Yes, we had a fight today!" Roy said.

Sabrina hesitated before saying, "The Elf Academy has a Half-Elf mutual aid association, you can tell them about your situation."

Roy shook his head and said, "I can solve it myself, in our own way."

Sabrina stood up and said to Roy, "A smart person wouldn't refuse other people's kindness."

After speaking, she walked downstairs, not planning to jump back from the terrace here.

"Thank you for your compliment..."

Roy's voice came from behind.

Sabrina resisted the urge to roll her eyes at him and quickly left Roy's yard.

The moonlight outside the window made the distant sea sparkle.

Roy sat on the single bed in his room, feeling that every joint in his body was extremely sore.

On the table by the window, besides two books, there was also a bottle of Life Potion.

Roy really wanted to drink that bottle of Life Potion to test its effects.

But since the owner of the potion shop said that Life Potion was not very effective in eliminating bruises and swelling, Roy resisted the idea.

Then he thought of 'Minor Healing', but unfortunately he hadn't learned it yet.

If it wasn't too late, he would have even run to the Temple and asked Jasper to give him a simple treatment.

"That's right, didn't I learn 'Glimmer Illumination'? High Priest Reed said that this Divine Magic also has a little bit of weak healing effect."

Roy slapped his forehead, suddenly thinking of this.

So he quickly took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, recalling the drawing method of the divine纹 (divine纹) in his mind, and silently recited those prayers in his heart.

After everything was ready, Roy stood in the room, first drawing the curtains, and then closing the door.

Silently using Holy Light to draw the divine纹 (divine纹), and then silently reciting those Holy Prayers.

The divine纹 (divine纹) formed a rune pattern woven from Holy Light. As the last prayer ended, this pattern floating in mid-air seemed to be activated.

Right in front of Roy, the Holy Light condensed into a slightly warm ball of light, floating above Roy's left shoulder.

It was an extremely soft ball of light, adding a bit of brightness to Roy's room.

Roy tried to control the Glimmer Illumination to float upwards, and the Glimmer Illumination ignored the obstruction of the wooden planks and rushed directly into the ceiling.

Ms. Belinda was sleeping upstairs. If he woke her up, it wouldn't just be a scolding. She was a believer of the Moon God Sect...

Frightened into a cold sweat, Roy quickly made the Glimmer Illumination fly back.

It floated obediently in front of him. Roy stretched out a finger to try to touch it. It was a little warm, but his finger passed through the ball of light without any resistance.

Then Roy tried to condense a little Holy Light at his fingertip, using this faint Holy Light to touch the ball of light. In an instant, the Glimmer Illumination devoured the Holy Light at his fingertip, and the light of the Glimmer Illumination flashed for a moment before calming down.

This Glimmer Illumination couldn't last too long, only about fifteen minutes.

Roy didn't try anything else. He controlled the Glimmer Illumination to approach his arm, and the faint warmth shone on the pain in his joint ligaments, which did indeed reduce the pain.

Roy immediately lay on the bed, letting the Glimmer Illumination float back and forth along his limbs. This feeling was a bit like electric heat therapy...

He didn't know when he fell asleep. By the time Roy opened his eyes and woke up, it was already dawn.

Roy got out of bed early. Although he felt sore all over, at least it didn't affect his movements as much as last night.

After getting dressed, seeing that it was still early for school, Roy decided to take a walk around the fish market at the pier. He hadn't eaten much fish lately.