Limits Chapter 145

The first page contain an introduction to the book . It described what the book is exactly about and what content was available inside . The book had a few chapters, those were separating different human structures such as a chapter on skin, bones, muscles but also organs such as heart, eyes and brain . It was quite detailed from what I could see in the beginning . I started reading the first chapter which was a general information about human body .

The book was very interesting to me and I found it very useful . There were some things that I didn't know about already . Stuff like the amount of blood humans possessed in their bodies . There were also different stages of blood loss . The book talked about 4 of such stages . The 1st and initial stage of blood loss is when a human loses up to 15% of their blood . At this stage, no real issues will occur in the human body but they will feel a bit weak .

If a human loses 15 - 30% of their blood, they will enter the 2nd stage of the blood loss . At this stage, the skin pales and gets colder while the heart beat increases . The weakness of the body becomes more apparent and supplements are needed to restore the blood .

If a human loses between 30 to 40% of their blood, they will enter 3rd stage of blood loss . The blood pressure drops drastically at that point . The heart beat increases even more and the human would enter a "shock" stage where there is not enough blood to support the body properly . At this stage, supplements must be given to the human immediately .

If a human loses more than 40% of their blood, they would enter the 4th stage . 'This book simply states "Death" at that point' I thought as I read through it . The 4th stage was death . If a human loses more than 40% of their blood, the organs will cease to operate . 'That means, I can lose up to 40% of my blood but not more . A typical human body according to the book possesses about 5 litres of blood . I don't know if skinnier people have less blood and fatter people more but I can assume the 5 litre as my standard . If I took away 40% of that, then I would be left with 3 litres of blood . That is the minimum I need in order to survive . I can lose 2 litres of blood but the more blood I lose, the weaker I become . I have to remember about that' I thought and continued reading .

The book had some of those tiny details that would really help me out . Even basic stuff such as the amount of blood humans possess and how much we can lose, was helpful due to the fact I fight a lot . I read the whole chapter that introduced me to the human body in more details and decided to have a rest . I was tired and it was probably late already . I placed the book down and looked at the chair which was always occupied by Laly .

"This is very useful book, it contains a lot of things that will help me improve my Art of Medicine even further . Thanks again, it means a lot to me" . Laly sitting on the chair smiled and said "It's just a book that I wouldn't use anyway . If it's of any use to you, that's great . It's late already, you should go to sleep" . I nodded and said "I know, I can tell that you are worried about the aura but it will be there" .

She didn't comment on that, I laid down and closed my eyes . When I opened my eyes again, I was in the dream world . 'As I said to her, I just have to train and the dreams will return' I thought and listened to the Dark Traveller speaking away . The dream went in cycles as usual and when the 20th cycle finished, I woke up in my bed .

Laly was sitting next to the bed and seemed asleep . I didn't disturb her and went out to start my day . In the afternoon, Laly came over to again instruct me on the archery and even praised me that I made huge improvements . I guessed that it was all thanks to my previous training with throwing weapons . I already trained my aim very well, I just had to get adjusted to the basic archery stance as well as the bow itself .

I practiced like this for the rest of the afternoon and in the evening, I continued reading the Corporeal Structure book . Days went like this and a week passed . My basic archery stance was perfected and Laly introduced me to new technique of being even more precise . She said "Your aim is very good and your stance is perfected but we always used a target fairly close to us . A 100 metre target is not that difficult to hit . With this bow, you should be able to hit a target that is about 300 metres away" . I was a bit stunned ' I thought 100 metres is quite far away but to hit something 300 metres away?' I thought and decided to ask for a demonstration . "Can you show me how you do it?" to which Laly said "Of course" and took out her bow .

I stopped her and said "No, use this bow" and handed her my bow . She looked at me and smiled "Do you seriously think that changing bows will somehow make me fail? Then look" she said and notched an arrow on the bow . Before she released the arrow, she asked "Do you see that tree with a broken trunk? It's about 300 metres from here in that direction" . She showed me the tree she was talking about and indeed, it was about 300 metres away from where we stood . I said "Yep, I see it" .

She didn't respond this time but simply smiled and released her arrow . "Swooosh!!" the arrow flew through the air and hit the target dead straight in the center . "Very Nice!" I exclaimed . Laly gave the bow back to me and said "If you simply try to shoot an arrow and aim at that tree, you will most probably fail . You have to learn how to read weather conditions further away . The wind here can blow left but at the target it can blow right . You have to take note of those things and adjust to them . This way, you will be able to hit a target that is 300 metres away every time" .

I thought about it for a while and came up with something . I said "I think I know how to do it" . Laly only laughed at my comment and didn't believe me but I didn't care . 'I trained the Natural Path skill, this involved perceiving the changes in nature . If I can perceive the changes that occur 300 metres away, I will be able to adjust to them and hit the target' I thought . She didn't give me a specific solution to that problem but she didn't have to, I already learned one .

I retrieved an arrow and notched it onto the bow . I took my aim and then looked at the nature along the path my arrow would take . This was the same as with the Natural Path skill but instead of me doing all the stuff, the arrow would do it . I aimed like this for a while and then "Swooosh!" the arrow flew through the air and barely missed the target .

Laly was shocked at first but then said "That was probably just luck, try again!" . I didn't mind her comment, it was something new for me as well . Implementing a skill such a Natural Path to something like archery was probably never done before . I took out another arrow and notched it onto the bow .

I took aim again and tried to perceive the changes happening on the path that my arrow would take . After a while, I released the arrow "Swooosh!" another miss but again a close miss . Laly didn't want to believe that as well and said "Again!" . I could feel she was excited as well as shocked about that display .

I repeated those shots and finally on the 7th try, I managed to hit the tree . It was off center but a hit was a hit . I said "I have this figured out, I just need some time to get used to it" . She couldn't believe it herself and blurted out "Again" . I practiced like this for a few hours and by that time, I had about 70% accuracy . Out of 10 arrows I shot, 7 would hit the tree and a few would be very close to the center .

Laly was stunned and asked "How did you do it? I remember that I had to practice for a very long time before I could even get to the same accuracy as you" . I said "It's because I used one of my skills to help me with that . You remember me running around for days on end? That is the skill I used in order to hit my target . Although it seems incredible that I was able to do so very fast, you need to take under consideration the amount of time I spent on my Natural Path skill" .

Laly seemed to calm down and said "Oh! So that's how it was . I thought you are some kind of born archer", I replied "Hey! Incorporating that skill to the archery was not easy! Learning it was even more difficult, so cut me some slack" . She smiled and said "We will continue tomorrow . When you are able to hit the tree every time, we will move on to the next technique" . I nodded my head and we went back to the cave .

Chapter end