“Okay, now attack!”

“W-What?”

“What? I said attack! Is it that hard to follow!?” Luminia raised her voice.

Of course, as a Vampire, Azriel did not like someone shouting at him at all, even if that someone was his teacher, a grin appeared on his face before he grabbed the wooden sword and rushed towards her.

“Alright!”

He then appeared in front of her and swung his sword horizontally; trying to cut off her head, however, Luminia just stepped back a little before he raised her sword and placed it on his neck.

The whole process looked effortless for her.

“What? Just that? How did you even survive the attacks of those humans? Were they too weak? Cause with pathetic skills like that, even a 5-year-old might beat you” Luminia mocked with a disdainful smile, and the more she mocked, the more Azriel’s blood boiled and his eyes shined in determination.

“I was just not ready yet! Again!”

A small, imperceptible smile appeared on Luminia’s face as she nodded. Azriel then stepped back before he raised his sword and rushed toward her again.

This time, he attacked from below, trying to cut her waist, all the way to her face, of course, he did not expect it to work, but this way, he would be able to block her attack if she aimed for his neck again.

However, this time, the result was even worse than before as Luminia simply stepped on his sword and placed hers on his neck.

“You were not ready last time, I get it, but are you not even worse this time? You simply gave away your sword. How can you be so bad at this?” Luminia teased.

“Y-You are cheating!”

“Huh? Now don’t be pathetic, Azriel” This time, Luminia ordered in a strict tone.

It was fine if he wanted to try again, she even admired his will to try again and again. However, excuses were completely useless. And she would not allow her student to make excuses.

“Aren’t we suppose to treat this wooden sword like an actual sword?” Suddenly, Azriel questioned.

“Yes, we do. What about it?”

“Then how are you stopping my attack with your foot? If it was a real sword, I would have sliced it into two parts, and you would have been hurt, what sane person would do that?

You are not considering my sword like a real sword, isn’t that cheating!?”

Hearing him, Luminia narrowed her eyes.

This was a problem.

She had to address it.

“Where did you learn your swordsmanship from?”

“I did not learn it from anywhere. I just watched people.”

“Were the ‘people’ you watching humans?” Suddenly, Luminia questioned.

“Yes. They were the only ones around me who carried swords and trained.

Why? Should I have not? I mean, although humans are hateful, we should learn something whenever we can right?”

“You are right about it, Azriel. And I am happy you are willing to learn things. However, remember, you are a Vampire and a pureblooded vampire at that.

The way you and the humans fight cannot be the same.

Let’s take our previous round as an example.

I blocked your attack with my foot, if it was a real sword, you could have sliced it. However, since I am a vampire, my body is stronger than normal, so you wouldn’t be able to slice it off in an instant, it would take you a second.

And that second would be enough for me to take your unprotected head and I would have killed you.”

Azriel’s eyes shined in enlightenment, however, a second later, his brows furrowed and he questioned.

“However, won’t that just leave you with an injury and weaken you?”

Luminia smiled before she took out a knife and made a deep cut on her hand. Blood dripped out uncontrollably, however, soon, the wound started healing automatically and it disappeared within seconds.

“As I said, we are vampires, Azriel. Unlike humans, we aren’t worried about getting injured.”

A big smile appeared on Azriel’s face as he muttered.

“We are the Vampires. A race far superior to those humans”

Luminia smiled as well and did not deny it.

“Let me attack again, teacher!”

“No this is it, I got a rough estimation about your skills, this is enough.”

“Umm… teacher, w-what do you think about my current skills?” Azriel questioned with an uncertain look.

“Utter trash.”

Luminia was honest, however, when she noticed the dejected look on Azriel’s face, she couldn’t tease him anymore and muttered.

“But don’t worry, I am happy that you don’t know anything, this way, I can train you without worrying about changing your fighting style.”

Azriel smiled, feeling a little better.

“Alright, now let me tell you about cultivation.”

“Okay, teacher.”

“There are two ways to cultivate, Body Cultivation, and Mana Cultivation, as for which one you should choose, that depends on you.”

“Can’t we do both at the same time?”

“You can but it is not recommended, countless geniuses had tried it before and they weren’t able to do it. Their peers, who had lower talents than them chose one way and surpassed them quickly. They were then left behind and were forgotten” Luminia replied.

“Then what have you chosen?”

“Unlike most Vampires, I chose body cultivation because I feel like it is always better to fight head-on rather than staying behind and casting blood spells.”

Azriel then closed his eyes and started thinking.

“Alright, don’t be in a hurry, first let me explain the differences, advantages and disadvantages of both cultivations.”

Luminia then started discussing everything, however, the more she spoke, the more confused Azriel felt.

Finally, Azriel took a deep breath, his eyes shined in determination and he announced.

“I have decided.”