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Living Life As A Game: Through And Through 11 Learning The Basics

"Alright so first, I'll have you learn the Traditional Thai Stance." Sun got into position and began almost unconsciously bouncing back and forth. As he moved around, he explained the key points to the stance. He gestured to his feet and legs first, saying "Your legs should be shoulder width apart, dominant foot behind for most cases as it will be the one to generate your hardest-hitting strikes. I don't know how much you know about combat sports in general, but for Muay Thai, your body faces the enemy; don't turn your body to shrink your profile."

Next he moved on to the hand position, saying "As for your hands, you probably already noticed how high my guard is. You want to keep you hands head-level. The bouncing you see helps to better check against any attacks while also masking when I attack, while simultaneously allowing me the ability to quickly shift my weight."

Elizabeth was confused with regards to some of these terms so she had to remind Sun to give her a refresher course as she had absolutely no experience with fighting. "Oh right, hahaha… So, your profile is the area of your body you expose to the enemy." He turned to his side and his torso faced almost perpendicular to Elizabeth, he continued explaining "For our style of fighting, your legs make up half your weapons. But as you can see, by turning like this, while I might become more evasive and harder to hit, I've effectively lost the use of my legs as they are not aiming at you; or the enemy if we were to be fighting."

He turned back to his earlier stance and began to talk about his hands "The guard I mentioned is the position your arms and hands take to shield you. Maybe you've seen karate or boxing where the fighters have their hands a bit lower and farther from their faces. But for us practitioners of Muay Thai, the elbows are often times more important than our punches. The higher raised position of my arms as well as their close distance to my face allow me the ability to shift my weight more easily when conducting elbow strikes."

Still talking about his hands, Sun said "As for checking, that simply refers to being able to catch or intercept attacks. You see how my stance is practically begging for someone to hit me? So much of my body is exposed while my hands are apparently only covering my face, but in the grand scheme of things, the stance is set up to pretty much bait your opponents into carelessly attacking. When you learn how to properly fight, you'll be checking with your arms and legs, much more often than in other sports, which will balance out the risk you take for exposing yourself."

After the explanation, Sun had Elizabeth try taking his stance, but to no one surprise, the novice failed miserably in her first attempt. Unlike the past couple things Elizabeth had learn, the art of Muay Thai didn't come from a magical book that instantly downloaded all its relevant information to her head. Rather, she had to actually figure things out step by step; she didn't have all the answers ready to fix all her mistakes. That, coupled with the fact that she could tell how awkward she looked, and thus foolish, only made her further devolve and break down the already bad form even more.


Elizabeth, knowing that her stance was probably laughably bad right now, began to concoct her own made up world where Atid, Jane, and Sun all began to ruthlessly mock her within their minds, and as the time passed, the insults she fabricated for them as well as the made up expressions of derision only intensified. In the end, it was only after a couple moments passed with Sun yelling at her to wake her back up, that the fever-dream ended.

"Hey... Hey! HEY! HEY!!! Come on, what are you doing? Get back into stance!" Sun didn't at all look like the idiot who first came in through the front entrance at all. Now, as he stared Elizabeth down as if she was a recruit in the military, the silly first impression he made was tossed out Elizabeth's mind only to be replaced with that of a cold and harsh instructor.

Startled and afraid, Elizabeth just stopped thinking and followed through with all of Sun's instructions, doing her best to not break down and cry after this rather meaningless first failure. She re-assumed her terrible stance and held it this time, trying her best to look like Sun as she started at herself in the mirror walls within the dojo. As she bit her lip and sunk into silently working on her form, Sun smiled, but Elizabeth was too focused on herself to notice.

Sun let her work on her stance in silence for a couple minutes, as he noticed that she could silently reflect on his stance without yet making a single misstep. When five minutes came and went, Elizabeth's stance went from god-awful to just bad. And at that stage, Sun felt it was appropriate to start Elizabeth's fighting tutorials.

"HEY!!!" He had to yell to get Elizabeth out of her bubble before he moved her over to a sandbag and began teaching her all the basic attacks of the Muay Thai sport. Punches, Kicks, Elbows, and Knees. Muay Thai's alternate name "The Art of Eight Limbs" was no joke, and its savagery would only slowly start to expose itself now that Elizabeth started to know of each move's purpose.

Sun spent a couple minutes teaching Elizabeth each of the moves within each of the "limb" categories before leaving her to train on her own against the sandbag. He would do his own training right next to her on another sandbag and point out any mistakes should Elizabeth fail to correct them on her own after a couple tries.

Like this, the two of them entered a most ridiculous endless training barrage that shocked the incoming dojo members, as their training persisted throughout the entire day. Elizabeth never seemed to tire, especially since she spent most of her time focusing on learning the martial art instead of converting her Inner Strength, and Sun was already a well known anomaly within Atid's Dojo; known for his endless pursuit of strength, through hellish training sessions.

It was maybe at around 5:00 Pm, that Elizabeth, still lost in improving what most would now consider a beginner-level stance, heard a message from the status functions. She almost couldn't believe her ears and eyes when she confirmed the appearance of that desperately needed skill…

[Martial Art: Art Of The Eight Limbs (Muay Thai)

Level 1

Experience: 0/10

Grade: F

Description: A combat sport descendant of Thailand, characterized by the use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins.

Current Effect: Unarmed combat at the Mortal level yields a 6.25% buff to Strength and Defense.]

"Hahahaha..." a maniacally, almost evil sounding laughter clouded over the otherwise heavy atmosphere within the dojo, as Elizabeth confirmed the existence of her Muay Thai developing a skill. She looked to have gone insane as her change in attitude came outta left field and with not a hint of precautionary warning.

In her naive mind, now that she had Muay Thai as a game skill, all she would need to do is endlessly "grind" the skill into oblivion and the art would be perfected in no time! Just the thought of abandoning the rigorous practice she had cultivated up until this point, left her giddy at the prospect of an easy future.

However… reality brought her back down a few notches the moment she resumed her training. Since she had completely abandoned all thoughts of self improvement, just carelessly throwing punches and kicks at the sandbag before her, even after minutes upon minutes of practice absolutely no experience was gained.

Just as Elizabeth was starting to have her doubts, P spoke to out of the blue, downright confirming the dreadful thoughts floating within her head. She said "Don't tell me you already forgot? I hope I won't have to repeat this too many times from now on, but just to reiterate. YOUR EFFORTS ARE THE ULTIMATE FACTOR WHEN DEVELOPING YOURSELF IN ANY REGARD." It didn't sound like P was yelling, just her voice was so overpowering, its strength had a comparable force.

The dazzling lights of hope within Elizabeth's eyes were all but crushed, as she slumped back over to the sandbags and continued to actually put in some effort to better her foundation. About an hour later, after a couple notifications that her Muay Thai skill had improved rang within her mind, Elizabeth finally started to try improving the skill while also converting her Inner Strength to Strength, Defense, Endurance, and Speed Stats.

She would periodically change from doing shadow boxing away from the sandbags to develop her Speed. Change to resistance training, or calisthenics, to develop her defense. Punching and kicking the sandbags and heavy bags to generate Strength, and practically everything she did improved her Endurance somewhat. Though, for the most part, she stuck with Strength and Defense training as they were what needed to be improved by the deadline.

When her Inner Strength ran out, her body would tire quickly afterwards, so she would periodically stop all her training to meditate and rapidly regain a full stock of Inner Strength. And by the time, the Dojo's closing time came, it was 9:00 Pm and Elizabeth's body was left in a haggard state.

When she thought back to events of the day, Elizabeth was torn on the issue. Just a week ago, she was a gaming potato that would not leave the shelter of her home lest the world was coming to an end. Yet now, here she was actually training and improving her body. The only way she managed to get through the day was by the constant reminder of her deadline approaching, as the boredom she felt while practicing was suicide-inducing.

At least, that remained the case until she manifested the Muay Thai Skill and every once and a while she could see her form improve and her numbers increase. It even seemed to have caused her some mild levels of pleasure when she started to training with Inner Strength Conversion as the more notification that popped up within her mind, the better that sense of accomplishment felt.

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238 Preparing For Chaos
237 The Tricky Time Substation
236 Fifteen Profound Truths
235 Partial Failure, Partial Success
234 Attaining Highest Core
233 Almost Too Good To Be True
232 Becoming A God Is Not Enough
231 Childish Frustration
230 Bottlenecks And Impossibly Talented Humans
229 A Game Centered Around Collection
228 At Last, It Begins
227 His Greatest Failure Ye
226 The Schemes Of A Man With Nothing To Lose
225 What Would This Day Be Without More Interruptions?
224 Temple Mysteries
223 Increasing The Pressure
222 A New Parameter In Understanding
221 Cloudrain Sector
220 Sound Transmission
219 Unable To Go All-Ou
218 Cultivator
217 Announcement :
216 Opening The Upper Dantian
215 Mortal Bodily Limi
214 Humbled Once More
213 Strive For Perfection
212 Preparing For Seclusion
211 Some Scores Have To Be Settled Personally
210 Merciful Sun
209 Battles On Three Fronts
208 A Haunting Encounter Of Figures From The Pas
207 Visitors Arrive
206 The Second Stage Descends!
205 Day One Of Training
204 Spirit Bound Contrac
203 Soul Extinguishing Thunder
202 Reaching Her Absolute Speed Limi
201 Unprecedented Crisis
200 Wolf God Form
199 Rapid Escalation Of Conflic
198 Progress In The Shadow Realm
197 Proposing An Ultimatum
196 Vowing To Move Forward
195 Return To The Pas
194 Mid-Interview Meltdown
193 A Moment Of Introspection
192 Arriving At Japan
191 Planning A Meeting
190 Flaming Glass and Fellkin
189 Setting Up The Formations
188 Returning To Base Camp
187 Learning About Incantations
186 Failed Cultivation
185 Becoming Enlightened
184 Conducting Business At The Exchange Hub
183 A New Title And Rank
182 The Prelude To A Calamity...
181 The Struggle To Earn A Guild Card
180 To The Guild
179 The Journey To Tyre
178 Pretty Good Gains, All Things Considered...
177 Contact With Other-Dimensional Residents
176 Zhenlang
175 Death Vs Yang
174 Dangerous Encounter
173 Setting Up A Base
172 A Quick Test Of The Party
171 Preparation For The Second Jump
170 Paradigm Shif
169 Change In Body And Soul
168 Incarnations!
167 Exciting Times Before The Rest Arrive
166 Let's Have A Race
165 Concluding Her Business In The Keter Estate
164 Revealing Herself
163 Needle In The Proverbial Haystack
162 Where Do They Come From?!
161 No Choice But To Accept!
160 Giving Needless Advice
159 …A Pair Of Legends Rise
158 From Humble Origins...
157 Divine Transmission
156 End Of The Road
155 Changing Tactics
154 Hitting The Motherlode! Chance At Becoming Saint Champion
153 Debuting The Origin Energy-Technique Integration Cube
152 The Saint Division
151 The End Of A Terrific Battle
150 Just A Bit Of Danger
149 Finally, A Challenge!
148 Extreme Path Cultivators Shock The Crowd!
147 Dangerous Turn Of Events
146 Climbing The Ranks
145 End Of The Warrior Stage Division
144 Premature Encounter
143 At Least I Completed The Game...
142 A True Test Of Strength!
141 The Start Of The Martial Even
140 Double-Edged Sword Of An Ability
139 End Of The Secondary Occupational Events
138 Enlightening The Masses About The Wondrous Occupation Of True Spiritual Cooking!
137 Cooking Up A Storm
136 Three Enchantments
135 Taking The Spotlight Once More
134 Free Time
133 The End Of A Streak
132 Psychotic Tendencies
131 Doctor-Patient Cha
130 Saint Elizabeth, The Demon Who Cures...
129 Doing It On Purpose
128 Trading For The Unexpected
127 The Demon Who Won Without Lifting A Finger!
126 Five Stage Win Streak
125 Fiendish Deligh
124 Ancestral Awakening
123 The Un-probeable Clearlight Sparrow Beast Egg
122 Caught Completely Off Guard!
121 Sneaking Suspicion
120 Ending The First Stage
119 Sword Smithing
118 Boasting At Levels Thought To Be Unimaginable
117 Interview Gone Awry
116 High Hopes Rescinded
115 The Refinement Stage
114 Startling Announcemen
113 Aggravating Stranger
112 Planning Out A Lengthy Tournament Day
111 Wrapping Up The Free Day
110 The Secret, New Weakest Companion
109 Frightening Battle
108 The Demonic Godslayer's Cultivation
107 Ominous Passage Activates, Cultivating Femininity
106 Arriving At The Island, Unparalleled In The Fores
105 Stability, Albeit Temporarily
104 Shower Thoughts, Kitchen Schemes
103 Night Of Upgrades
102 Troublesome Bloodline
101 Jane's Turn, A Round Of Extrapersonal Cultivation
100 Cursed Scroll
99 An Unfunny Joke...
98 Unfathomable Reward
97 Subtle Change
96 Blade Art: Basics
95 Learning A New Skill To Fill Up One's Stomach
94 Landslide Victory For The Cooking Demon
93 Pill Consummation, Challenged In The Kitchen
92 Spell Seeds
91 Peak-Phase Soldier
90 To The Yach
89 Dimensional Upgrade
88 New Godly Servant, Leaving The Legacy Site
87 The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly… Outcomes
86 Erasing Limits, Endless Potential
85 Broken And Bleak, Off To The Next Substation
84 Testing The Limits, Double Breakthrough
83 Correcting Time
82 The Strangest Bartender
81 Can't I Just Have One Normal Day?
80 Dealing With The Aftermath
79 The Final Battle Against A Peak-Phase Pawn
78 Disturbing The Demon
77 Battle Between Soldiers
76 Conditions
75 A Visit From Familiar Faces
74 Advancing At A Breakneck Pace
73 Evolution Of A Martial Skill
72 Internal Refinemen
71 The Test For Better Training Gear
70 The Search For DNA
69 Storage Enchantmen
68 Entering A Conflic
67 How Is This Worth Millions?!
66 Clashing
65 Putting An End To This Crazy Week
64 That's Two For Two
63 Coming Out In One Piece
62 Causing Problems For Oneself, Breaking Records
61 Betting It All On The Absurd
60 Critical Development!
59 You Can't Be Serious...
58 Lamenting Her Own Impulsiveness
57 Blatant Betrayal
56 Another Affliction Arises
55 Elizabeth's Break Cut Shor
54 Attaining Mythical Standing
53 Treacherous Cheats
52 And So We Begin Again...
51 Trash-Tier Affinity
50 Father-“Son” Cha
49 Caught!
48 Can You Do Me A Favor?
47 To The Showers!
46 Threat Of Death
45 A Series Of Ever-Increasingly Dangerous Choices
44 Calamity And Fortune Come Hand In Hand
43 Unexpected Windfall
42 Doing It For The Energy...
41 To The Brim
40 The Start Of Totally Normal Night Time Activities
39 Pending?
38 Securing Safety
37 In Search Of Shelter
36 Madness
35 Brutal First Blood
34 Complacent And Oblivious
33 Before The Jump
32 New Home
31 Healing Atid
30 A Change In Affinity
29 Oddly Upse
28 Back To The Dojo
27 Time For Breakfas
26 Miracle Of The Medical Path, Calamitous Boss Battle
25 Feeling Slighted
24 Misunderstanding
23 Preparing Another Breakthrough Event, Accepting Rewards
22 Neither God Nor Devil
21 Search And Recovery
20 Healing Sun, An Ember Burns
19 Pyrrhic Conclusion
18 The Situation Worsens
17 Chase!
16 Choice Ques
15 Trouble's Brewing
14 Masochistic Awakening
13 A Frightening Momen
12 Breakthrough
11 Learning The Basics
10 Joining The Dojo
9 Testing Conversion
8 Timely Contac
7 Shopping For Clothes, Completing The Side Ques
6 Spontaneous Side Quest!
5 Meditation
4 Starter Pack Status: Used!
3 Functions, Starter Pack
2 Transformation, Entering A “Partnership”
1 A Really Shady Game
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