Aside from messengers, all soldiers were forced to stay on the bridge site from now on. So, Billy will have to forget about his week off for a while. Again, it was a pain, but it was inevitable…

”Hopefully, Samuel and Samara will continue on with their training without me, ” Billy thought.

”You are looking absent-minded again… you are losing your edge, Billy, ” Natalie said. ”Come to think of it, it has been a while since you had a spar and fought using only your spear. ”

”I suppose so, what is your point? ” Billy asked. ”If you want to duel, I will keep you company. ”

”That is what I wanted to hear, ” Natalie smirked. ”Prepare to get your ass kicked. ”

Billy naturally held back since he didn ’t want to damage his weapon and hurt Natalie. Still, even so, he was supposed to have an advantage over her… Unfortunately, during the duel, Billy was forced to keep a defensive stance because Natalie focused on attacking several times. Her attacks were relatively light, but she aimed for troublesome spots. All in all, she overwhelmed him with sheer speed and accuracy. He knew that she had gotten better and she had talent, but that still was troublesome. Even though he helped her overcome her weakness…

”I guess I am getting rusty, ” Billy frowned.

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”That is only obvious since you practice so many things at the same time, ” Lily said. ”If you ask me, that is only natural, but he is unreasonable enough to try and master all of those. ”

”Considering that Billy learned Light Spear when he was nine, I kind of wanted to see how good he would be by focusing on training a single style, ” Alexander said. ”But I suppose that isn ’t possible, huh. I suppose I will become the best of my generations, then. Just kidding. ”