"Now remember, the system will only grant a skill based on your ability to do something in a battle."
She was showing him the effects of the skill she was trying to teach him which was the spell scribe skill.
When she used it she was capable of making spell scrolls that were very complex with a large number of runes he could not count.
"When you gain the skill for the first time it will allow you to channel your mana for a moment to create a spell circle with up to five runes for the lowest rank skill, for each level you gain you will have a faster casting speed and when you bring the skill to the next rank you will have a larger number of runes in each circle."
He nodded and he was trying to do something that had actually been done by Diana.
He was trying to cast the spell circles on the ground with his feet as the point of contact for the mana to flow.
He had a dream of being able to set traps with the frenzy bombs inside while he battled.
He could move fairly quickly and with each step he was creating spell circles with the fire rune to create a small bomb in the area.
He eventually obtained the skill which made him cheer, much to Lucrecia's amusement.
"So what's next?"
"Next we have to get your hand to hand skills up to par... actually we have to get you the technique in the first place..."
She was laughing at him for a moment before she cleared her throat to reign herself in.
"Yeah yeah, I picked a weird method of combat I get it."
He rolled his eyes and drew his weapon while keeping his other hand free to not only act as a medium for spellcasting but also act as claws.
When he looked at her again though he saw a figure that wasn't present before.
A slender demon woman with short horns and hooves oddly enough.
"This will be your teacher, Asaia here is the greatest practitioner of hand to hand combat in the infernal kingdom."
Asaia bowed to him which he politely returned, it seemed to make her uncomfortable but she composed herself to teach him.
"I am told you wish to use claws?"
He nods and she opened a bag containing a set of steel gauntlets that had clawed fingers which she began to put on.
"I will show you the technique, you must learn some on your own as devil tails and wings affect balance."
He nodded and began to follow her instructions.
The stance was fairly strange but surprisingly easy to comprehend.
He had to lower his center mass to make his body harder to push away, it also meant he could dodge faster with his legs ready to spring in any direction.
It took some time but he eventually learned the novice skill 'Hand to Hand combat [Clawed] which meant it was time to practice.
He turned to face the woman that was teaching him and took the stance he had learned to signal that he was ready.
She struck forward with a fist and he shifted his body to the side to avoid it.
She was going easy on him.
When Asaia struck out her fist she moved with much more speed than before and since Lucretia had asked her to restrain herself to 10% of her abilities she suspected it was probably at the 50% mark.
Her beloved's eyes flashed and he lashed out with his wing.
She watched as the mana collided with his target, her hand.
He had struck from the underside of her hand to drive it upward while he launched himself forward, those slim and powerful legs tensed the way a wildcat pounced upon prey.
She watched as he dodged her second blow and with his other wing he faked a strike on her leg which made her lose track of his hands for just a moment.
When he struck out with his claws she blocked them with her forearm and that strange dagger of his got caught by her other hand.
Then he vanished.
She turned to look for him behind herself and had to block a rapid slash of his claws.
When he moved she saw that he had vanished from his position through mana.
'When did he get a blink skill?'
She watched as he started to weave teleporting into his attacks, each attack was swift and aimed to be deadly.
She could also see that his eyes were becoming wilder with each attack, he was losing himself in the battle.
She felt an odd thrill in her heart as she watched her beloved go toe to toe with this more powerful foe and although she knew he was having a practice battle she still felt the urge to fight beside her mate.
Lucretia had a secret that she kept from her people and it made her instincts act in an unnatural way for a devil but she could overcome them normally.
What this battle did was make certain urges in her blood rear their head so she had to put an end to it.
"Alright you two, I know that you are having fun but we must move on!"
But the two did not stop fighting, they only seemed to get more violent.
Lucretia began to approach with her blood rising in anger and frustration.
'How dare she disregard her queen? I will tear the flesh from her bones!'
She went forward to grab the two of them but then something she did not anticipate happened.
Her beloved pouned on her with a wild expression in his eyes.
She was pinned on the ground and something in her blood roared to the surface making her struggle to restrain her actions while this man held his claws to her throat.
She was shocked to feel aroused by this moment.
"Belial get off of me!"
The demoness was watching with shock and rushed to pull the man away but he vanished once again.
The last they saw of him was his back as he charged the walls and lept over them with a single flap of his wings assisting his leap.
Lucretia could feel her heart racing and she had to throw Asaia away to gather herself before the woman noticed how much she was burning up from the encounter.
'Damn beast blood...'