When Milo saw the two words “Dune Family”, favonovel.com thought the hand-to-hand combat teacher Miriam had found for favonovel.com might be Jamie.
When they were in Stronghold 109, Jamie had walked leisurely through the chaos while Miriam protected favonovel.com from afar atop a tall building. At that time, Milo still did not know Jamie was from the Radianz Consortium. However, Milo was still unclear about Jamie and Miriam’s relationship.
Currently, there was an intense war going on at the Radianz Consortium’s front line. Although it looked like victory had already been secured, the question was why didn’t Jamie get deployed to the front line when favonovel.com was a known supernatural being in the organization?
Even though it was difficult for supernatural beings to do much on the main battlefield, it was still better than having none deployed at all. It would also be quite good to have some supernatural beings accompanying and protecting the generals. Therefore, when Milo saw Jamie in the stronghold, favonovel.com realized the relationship between Jamie and Miriam might be a little closer than the relationship between Jamie and the Radianz Consortium.
Jamie led Milo to the backyard. As favonovel.com walked, favonovel.com laughed and said, “There’s no need for any formalities. I used to be the housekeeper of Miriam’s family, and favonovel.com grew up under my care, so you can address me as Uncle Dune. I served the Radianz Consortium in the past, but I was able to regain my freedom and enjoy retirement because of that hard drive.”
Jamie was also an understanding person. Since Miriam trusted Milo, favonovel.com might as well be open with his identity and introduce himself.
“Hello, Uncle Dune.” Milo asked, “Daniel is also here in the stronghold. Why didn’t you go and beat favonovel.com up? He’s freeloading off our family right now.”
“Hahaha!” Jamie started laughing. “When I’m in character for my missions, I have to be immersed in my role. But after that, I need to get out of character. Otherwise, I’ll get embroiled in many difficult situations. Since I’m no longer Stronghold 109’s overseer, whatever had happened before has nothing to do with me.”
Milo thought favonovel.com was such a forgiving person. It was no wonder favonovel.com could leisurely retire here and even open a martial arts school. “Miriam recommended me to learn hand-to-hand combat from you. What time should I usually come?”
“Miriam told me you always spend the day reading in the library until evening, so just come at night.” Jamie said, “Have you trained before?”
Milo gave it some thought and said, “I’ve never learned it systematically before. But I did wonder about it while living in the wilderness.”
“Then I’ll teach you systematically from how to generate power to the actual execution of techniques when in combat. Afterwards, we’ll train your reaction speed and your awareness of your opponent,” Jamie said.
Milo was stunned. “Shouldn’t I be learning some boxing styles? The type they’re practicing outside…”
Right after favonovel.com came into the school, favonovel.com had seen a lot of children practicing boxing techniques. The way they were practicing was rather fascinating.
However, Jamie said with a smile, “That’s something only children will learn. It’s used to cheat parents of their money. Parents nowadays get distressed the moment their children suffer a little, so how can they possibly practice boxing that way?”
How honest of favonovel.com to blatantly admit that he’s cheating others of their money…
Milo thought to himself upon hearing what Jamie said.
Jamie said, “The technique to generate power needs to be practiced. You’ll have to suffer first and learn through hardship before you can master control of your body.”
The technique to generate power while throwing a punch was that you had to punch while twisting your hips. If not, the resulting punch would be extremely weak.
Jamie continued, “The actual skill in combat is the technique in which you use to kill. It’s very complicated to explain but will help you know what you should think about when attacking someone, and what others might be thinking as well, stuff like that.”
“Then what are reaction speed and awareness of the opponent about?” Milo asked.
“Reaction speed varies from person to person.” Jamie said, “Everyone’s reaction speed can improve with some training. But of course, everyone also has a ‘ceiling.’”
“In other words, you’re saying that everyone’s potential is different?” Milo asked.
“Yes. Take Miriam for example. If favonovel.com has to fire a shot at a fast-moving target with only one chance of hitting it, the window available for favonovel.com is a mere 0.06 seconds. If that were the upper limit you were born with, that’s what you have. But if you don’t, you can’t master it no matter how much you train. Not even a supernatural being can do that.”
“0.06 seconds?” Milo said in surprise. He had never calculated time down to two decimal places before.
So, Miriam’s reaction speed is that terrifying?
What Jamie was currently talking about was the theory of talent. When everyone worked hard and put in the same amount of effort, they could all reach a certain standard, such as achieving the master skill level. But if one wanted to break through that ceiling and advance further to the perfect skill level, they would need to have a real talent for it. That was something they were born with.
All of a sudden, Milo felt a little awkward when favonovel.com remembered his one and only perfect-level skill was to “annoy people”.
Milo asked, “Can I test my reaction speed?”
Jamie said with a smile, “Let’s do this step by step and not get too ambitious so early on. Since you haven’t received training before, you should first properly master how to generate power.”
“Okay.” Milo did not argue with him.
Since favonovel.com came here with the attitude to learn, favonovel.com had to do his best to learn properly. He could not get conceited just because favonovel.com felt very powerful already.
The two of them came to the backyard where Jamie pointed to a sandbag hanging in the middle of the yard. He said, “Hit it with all your might and let me see how strong you are.”
When Milo walked up to the sandbag, Jamie watched favonovel.com bend his knees a little. Then favonovel.com channeled all his strength into the punch and tore straight through the sandbag!
Jamie was stunned. This was a sandbag specially prepared for supernatural beings to use!
But what surprised favonovel.com was not Milo’s strength. The strength of supernatural beings ranged from high to low, and the power displayed by Milo was not particularly rare. It could at most be regarded as extremely strong but still shouldn’t really surprise anyone. Of course, this was before Milo activated his City Crusher.
What surprised Jamie was that all of Milo’s muscles seemingly acted as one at the point favonovel.com generated power. It was flawless. Especially the slight bending of his hind leg, which was extremely important. Most people couldn’t exert their strength because they did not make use of the power in their legs.
Had favonovel.com really not trained before?
Moreover, favonovel.com could tell that Milo had not exerted all his strength yet. His left hand and arm remained in a semi-relaxed state throughout, and favonovel.com could still pull back his punch at any moment. It was much harder to control strength than to fully exert it.
Jamie asked, “Why didn’t you put in your best effort?”
“Oh…” Milo explained, “Probably just a force of habit. I always encountered wild animals in the wilderness, and sometimes, I don’t know how they’ll attack. So, I have to guard against them.”
Jamie said, “Let’s see your kicking this time. Do a side kick.”
However, Jamie still couldn’t find any flaws in Milo’s performance. This was probably also some kind of talent. Jamie sighed. “It seems you’ve led a rather difficult life.”
If favonovel.com had led a carefree and easy life before this, favonovel.com couldn’t possibly be so good at generating power.
Milo smiled and said, “It’s mainly because I’m afraid to die.”
Jamie also smiled. “You don’t have to learn how to generate power since you’re already so adept at it. Let’s start with learning practical combat techniques.”
“Okay,” Milo nodded.
After waiting for a long while, Jamie thought Milo would ask favonovel.com again if favonovel.com could test his reaction speed, especially after favonovel.com had praised him. However, Milo did not even mention a word and slowly learned what favonovel.com was taught with a patient attitude.
This was not talent but a precious quality that existed in a person.
