Chapter 383 - Sparring

As it should be more than obvious, Daedalus was a jack of all trades. This could be seen by the number of skills he had acquired and learned, this of course meant he never fully focused on one specialisation. He was however considered a genius, and this could be seen by the fact that even as a jack of all trades he was close to being a master of all trades.

Back to the sparring though. After making his challenge known Aesir felt quite displeased but already understood that his opponent was stronger than him. So bowing Aesir stood three metres from Daedalus and said "I'm ready."

Daedalus nodded and immediately dashed towards his opponent. To the surprise of his opponent and those watching Daedalus was, although fast, much slower than before. It took only an instant for them all to realise, that his armour was there to hold him back. Now they fully understood what he meant by enjoying the fight, he was already too strong for most opponents in the tournament.

Knowing that he stood a chance Aesir felt encouraged. Standing forward Aesir took a stance to redirect force, he knew that although Daedalus speed was decreased his punches would be heavy.

Aesir was quickly proven right as Daedalus initial attack knocked him back over a meter even after redirecting as much of the force as possible. Knowing this Aesir checked himself quickly and found that his stomach had a first shaped bruise.

As it was the day of the tournament Aesir called the match saying "I would prefer to not be injured anymore than this."

Daedalus could understand and said "Okay two this time, you and you."

One of the two he pointed at was a woman who had a bow while the other had more than ten sheathed daggers and a short-sword on his back. The one with the daggers came forward and said "I am Jhorn, I specialise in assassination and dagger work."

The Bow woman stood forward and said "I am Legorias, my master is the best bow user in the elven empire and I specialise in the short bow as well as throwing knives."

These two where not the greatest to go against Daedalus, definitely with his armour. Daedalus knew this but he felt it would be a good fight. Legorias was the first to attack firing a wave of arrows aimed at Daedalus joints.

As this happened Jhorn practically teleported behind Daedalus, at least to the eyes of everyone but Daedalus himself. Unfortunately he was preoccupied with deflecting wave after wave of arrows.

Jhorn then tried to place his daggers into a gap in Daedalus armour only to be met with a kick to the stomach. Daedalus had felt Jhorn get too close to his leg thinking he was safe, so he kicked him, hopefully Jhorn would learn to not underestimate his opponents even if they where in a seemingly dire situation.

After that Daedalus sprinted towards Legorias earning a few cuts from throwing knives that landed in the joints of his armour. Luckily the armour was made to slice things that landed there apart otherwise he wouldn't be able to lower his arms.

Eventually though Daedalus grabbed Legorias' shoulders and said "I don't think you want me to punch you in the stomach."