Strict or not, he was not here to kill her. If that were the case he may not have even bothered to speak to her in such a way, but it had been centuries since he had been an assassin for anybody, and now was not the day for it either. First he had to see what the mages of today could do, their limits and capabilities before he threw a few things at her himself. The Eth would not simply stand there and take whatever assault a mage laid against them, though small in number he suspect some of them were alike him. Awakened from their slumber to once again serve a man who had little care for the masses, whom focused only upon himself, an ego unlike many others.
While she prepared, he did little but stand there, watching the movements she made with her staff. Many of this time were still reliant upon them and briefly he wondered if there would be time to train them out of such a habit, to not rely on that stabilizing aid to control their magic to a significant degree. Unfortunately, such things took time, something he was all but certain they had very little of. The barrier was a good enough start to know that she would not fight without a defense of some kind, no matter how brittle or not it may be, he could test it in due time.
With a barrier of her own raised, he did much the same, a flick of his wrist to spring forth one of his own. Study yet malleable enough to allow him full movement without impeding his own offensive capabilities. Though what he witnessed was impressive for one so young, complexity of mixing different types of magic together aside, he could still see her restraining himself. Such an attack was not meant to kill him, only disable and cause light harm at most, perhaps he had not been clear enough to her when he spoke of not holding back. That was his own fault truly, a lack of time teaching others, he had expected her to simply know. But she was not like him.
A surge of mana beneath him and a singular jump took the elvhen warrior skyward, far above her vortex, though he did not remain up there for long and moved enough to be beyond such winds before dropping down softly. [color=#008e02]"You have my apologies for not being clearer previously, you are still holding back. Do not bother, I will not die if you try to kill me. Attack me, once you are at the limit of your abilities I want you to tell me, then I will begin to fight back."[/color] Unlike the man she had met, there was no warmth in his gaze, no comfort to be offered in his expression or tone of voice. Calm, precise and calculating, time to see what she was actually made of.
While she prepared, he did little but stand there, watching the movements she made with her staff. Many of this time were still reliant upon them and briefly he wondered if there would be time to train them out of such a habit, to not rely on that stabilizing aid to control their magic to a significant degree. Unfortunately, such things took time, something he was all but certain they had very little of. The barrier was a good enough start to know that she would not fight without a defense of some kind, no matter how brittle or not it may be, he could test it in due time.
With a barrier of her own raised, he did much the same, a flick of his wrist to spring forth one of his own. Study yet malleable enough to allow him full movement without impeding his own offensive capabilities. Though what he witnessed was impressive for one so young, complexity of mixing different types of magic together aside, he could still see her restraining himself. Such an attack was not meant to kill him, only disable and cause light harm at most, perhaps he had not been clear enough to her when he spoke of not holding back. That was his own fault truly, a lack of time teaching others, he had expected her to simply know. But she was not like him.
A surge of mana beneath him and a singular jump took the elvhen warrior skyward, far above her vortex, though he did not remain up there for long and moved enough to be beyond such winds before dropping down softly. [color=#008e02]"You have my apologies for not being clearer previously, you are still holding back. Do not bother, I will not die if you try to kill me. Attack me, once you are at the limit of your abilities I want you to tell me, then I will begin to fight back."[/color] Unlike the man she had met, there was no warmth in his gaze, no comfort to be offered in his expression or tone of voice. Calm, precise and calculating, time to see what she was actually made of.
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