Chapter 30

The task of navigating through the constantly changing maze of wooden poles was not easy . Even after couple of weeks I couldn't do it correctly . That didn't mean there were no improvements . Due to my eyesight being blocked by the mask, I had to rely on my hearing, just like the blind people do . Learning this skill is very hard if you are not actually blind .

The mask was supposed to simulate this blindness and thanks to it my hearing got better . That was also a problem because I could hear better therefore more sounds would annoy me and it took a long time to adjust to that . I could now filter out sounds such as mosquito flying around or people talking outside . I was able to focus more on the movement of the poles but I was still far away from getting any proper results .

I had about 50-50 chance of avoiding the wooden pole . This was not great but an improvement nevertheless . I was also mistaken about the smell senses . Due to my vision being restricted, my other senses were more sensitive with time . I even used this mask when going to sleep and when I had breaks at my house, just to practice more . I couldn't take this mask and walk around the village with it because that would be suspicious . But whenever I could, I wore the mask and tried to be blind as much as I could so that my other senses develop better .

After those couple of weeks of getting my other senses more acute, Nick told me a hint "Your thinking is very good . Yes you need to develop your other senses but there is also one other thing you are forgetting . You need to feel it with your body" . This hint didn't tell me much, I was feeling it with my body, I walked into the d.a.m.ned thing countless times already!

After that hint he shut up again . I told him that I wanted to train this more than we used to . He usually did it for 2 hours but I wanted to extend that to 4 hours . Nick wasn't very keen on that but I pinned him down with a good argument "I need more time to practice otherwise it will take too long . Remember? You told me that you don't have much time left . Aren't you short on time?"

Nick considered that point and stopped being lazy . He did the training with me for 4 hours everyday . Yet I still couldn't do it . On the other hand, I already memorised most recipes from the Evil Manual of Medicine that Nick gave to me . There was one problem with that . It was just knowledge and so I didn't practice on how to actually create such medicine or how to treat illnesses on real people . I brought this point to Nick one day and he just laughed at me . I dropped this subject, I would have time to practice later on when I gain my freedom back .

Because it was winter my tasks did not change anymore . I had to produce wood for people to use as a fuel for fire and I had to produce ingots because that was what the village was selling . Nick told me that, if I didn't do these tasks the other people responsible for them would still need helpers to complete what I was doing .

It showed that I still used too much of my abilities but changing now would not affect their knowledge . It could be even more detrimental to my cause, they would become suspicious of me and I didn't want that . There were also some other information that Nick pa.s.sed onto me . For example, Senty the village chief's granddaughter moved to the much larger Gra.s.shill Village, where she stayed at her fiance place before the marriage took place .

It showed that I still used too much of my abilities but changing now would not affect their knowledge . It could be even more detrimental to my cause, they would become suspicious of me and I didn't want that . There were also some other information that Nick pa.s.sed onto me . For example, Senty the village chief's granddaughter moved to the much larger Gra.s.shill Village, where she stayed at her fiance place before the marriage took place .

I knew that the marriage will take place somewhere around the summer and Nick provided me with the date . He asked me why did I want to know that, so I said "Because I will make it a nightmare!" that was my plan from the beginning and I wouldn't change that! Nick hearing this answer had an evil grin on his face . His imagination probably took him too far .

I focused on my training mostly and at night, before I went to sleep I would read the recipes and try to memorize more of them . Time pa.s.sed and the winter was at its end . The snow was melting slowly and new life started to bloom . After training hard for so long, I finally managed to train my hearing and other senses to an astonishing level . I could now hear tiny whispers even from far away . My smell sense became much better as well . This had also bad effects, any bad smell was also intensified . I managed to control my senses after so much training . I could hear the wind or choose to have a "normal hearing" just like other people would . This allowed me to sleep and function in everyday life . Otherwise if I were to hear very loud noises intensified couple of times, my ears would bleed .

The hint that Nick told me referred to instinct . This I found out later on, when by instincts I moved away from the wooden pole . I then learned how to harness my instincts . Together with my enhanced senses and instinct . I was able to do this training .

I could now navigate the maze and it didn't matter how much Nick changed the wooden poles, I always managed to avoid them . This concluded my training with the mask and wooden poles . I also memorized the whole Evil Manual of Medicine that Nick gave to me . He then checked my knowledge and I managed to answer all his questions .

I could now navigate the maze and it didn't matter how much Nick changed the wooden poles, I always managed to avoid them . This concluded my training with the mask and wooden poles . I also memorized the whole Evil Manual of Medicine that Nick gave to me . He then checked my knowledge and I managed to answer all his questions .

Nick then told me he will teach me another method from the art of stealth . He then said that he has the last book for me to memorize . The book was his most valuable possession, it contained all the advanced and more profound recipes of the art of medicine .

The book was about 70 pages and each page contained one recipe . The recipes were quite difficult, they sometimes required in excess of 10 different herbs to produce the cure . Although it was like this, the diseases or illnesses that could be cured using the medicine were quite rare and very hard to treat even for famous doctors . About 43 pages from this book were about poison . The poison could cure many things but it was also a poison . From weak to very powerful .

Nick spent more than half of his life to produce all these recipes, I would like to see another doctor that did the same thing . When Nick gave me the last book, he said "Destroy all the other books when you are sure that you memorized them . Be sure to do that before I pa.s.s away" Then I said to him "What about this book?" The book again didn't have a name and so Nick again got fired up about naming it but he couldn't find any good name for now so he said he will do it later .

He said "You will do the same with this book, just that it will take you much longer to memorize this one . So you might have to do it after I pa.s.s away" . He was also quite adamant in saying "Promise me you will destroy it and not sell it or show it to people!" . I promised him . I knew how much work he had to put into this . If I were to sell it just like that or show it to people… Why would he even search for disciple?

We weren't in a master-student relationship but with time, I guess I could call him my friend . He helped me out when I needed help and so I should be able to promise him that no problem . After I promised him all that, he said "Now I'm going to teach you another method of training in the art of stealth . You are going to watch people . I want you to learn how to perceive what someone is going to do" . I didn't really understand what he ment . To watch people, it wasn't hard but predicting or rather knowing what move are they going to do next was different .

He said "You will do the same with this book, just that it will take you much longer to memorize this one . So you might have to do it after I pa.s.s away" . He was also quite adamant in saying "Promise me you will destroy it and not sell it or show it to people!" . I promised him . I knew how much work he had to put into this . If I were to sell it just like that or show it to people… Why would he even search for disciple?

We weren't in a master-student relationship but with time, I guess I could call him my friend . He helped me out when I needed help and so I should be able to promise him that no problem . After I promised him all that, he said "Now I'm going to teach you another method of training in the art of stealth . You are going to watch people . I want you to learn how to perceive what someone is going to do" . I didn't really understand what he ment . To watch people, it wasn't hard but predicting or rather knowing what move are they going to do next was different .

I asked him "Why do I need to know that to be stealthy?" to which Nick answered "It's because if you know how someone will react, you can react accordingly . By the way, it doesn't have uses only in stealth but you will learn that soon" . I asked Nick "So what am I supposed to do?" to which he replied "Go out and watch people, their behaviours . I want you to concentrate on how they move, not just where but how . I want you to know how they eat, stand, walk, run and so on . I'm not asking you where because if you want to study their behaviour you will have to know" .

He then continued "This training will help you with a lot of things and I want you to be able to judge a person in an instant . From the way they stand, walk, speak, eat and behave in overall . This way you will know what to do in every situation" .

I then asked "I can do that . Then what about art of hidden weapons?" to which Nick said "When the time comes, I will teach you! Now go and train . I have some other stuff to do" . Then he left . I went out to see if any villager were outside . It was night already but maybe some of them would be around .

I opened the door to my house and just stood in the doorway, checking if there are any people around .

The task of navigating through the constantly changing maze of wooden poles was not easy . Even after couple of weeks I couldnt do it correctly . That didnt mean there were no improvements . Due to my eyesight being blocked by the mask, I had to rely on my hearing, just like the blind people do . Learning this skill is very hard if you are not actually blind . The mask was supposed to simulate this blindness and thanks to it my hearing got better . That was also a problem because I could hear better therefore more sounds would annoy me and it took a long time to adjust to that . I could now filter out sounds such as mosquito flying around or people talking outside . I was able to focus more on the movement of the poles but I was still far away from getting any proper results . I had about 50-50 chance of avoiding the wooden pole . This was not great but an improvement nevertheless . I was also mistaken about the smell senses . Due to my vision being restricted, my other senses were more sensitive with time . I even used this mask when going to sleep and when I had breaks at my house, just to practice more . I couldnt take this mask and walk around the village with it because that would be suspicious . But whenever I could, I wore the mask and tried to be blind as much as I could so that my other senses develop better . After those couple of weeks of getting my other senses more acute, Nick told me a hint Your thinking is very good . Yes you need to develop your other senses but there is also one other thing you are forgetting . You need to feel it with your body . This hint didnt tell me much, I was feeling it with my body, I walked into the d.a.m.ned thing countless times already! After that hint he shut up again . I told him that I wanted to train this more than we used to . He usually did it for 2 hours but I wanted to extend that to 4 hours . Nick wasnt very keen on that but I pinned him down with a good argument I need more time to practice otherwise it will take too long . Remember? You told me that you dont have much time left . Arent you short on time? Nick considered that point and stopped being lazy . He did the training with me for 4 hours everyday . Yet I still couldnt do it . On the other hand, I already memorised most recipes from the Evil Manual of Medicine that Nick gave to me . There was one problem with that . It was just knowledge and so I didnt practice on how to actually create such medicine or how to treat illnesses on real people . I brought this point to Nick one day and he just laughed at me . I dropped this subject, I would have time to practice later on when I gain my freedom back . Because it was winter my tasks did not change anymore . I had to produce wood for people to use as a fuel for fire and I had to produce ingots because that was what the village was selling . Nick told me that, if I didnt do these tasks the other people responsible for them would still need helpers to complete what I was doing . It showed that I still used too much of my abilities but changing now would not affect their knowledge . It could be even more detrimental to my cause, they would become suspicious of me and I didnt want that . There were also some other information that Nick pa.s.sed onto me . For example, Senty the village chiefs granddaughter moved to the much larger Gra.s.shill Village, where she stayed at her fiance place before the marriage took place . I knew that the marriage will take place somewhere around the summer and Nick provided me with the date . He asked me why did I want to know that, so I said Because I will make it a nightmare! that was my plan from the beginning and I wouldnt change that! Nick hearing this answer had an evil grin on his face . His imagination probably took him too far . I focused on my training mostly and at night, before I went to sleep I would read the recipes and try to memorize more of them . Time pa.s.sed and the winter was at its end . The snow was melting slowly and new life started to bloom . After training hard for so long, I finally managed to train my hearing and other senses to an astonishing level . I could now hear tiny whispers even from far away . My smell sense became much better as well . This had also bad effects, any bad smell was also intensified . I managed to control my senses after so much training . I could hear the wind or choose to have a normal hearing just like other people would . This allowed me to sleep and function in everyday life . Otherwise if I were to hear very loud noises intensified couple of times, my ears would bleed . The hint that Nick told me referred to instinct . This I found out later on, when by instincts I moved away from the wooden pole . I then learned how to harness my instincts . Together with my enhanced senses and instinct . I was able to do this training . I could now navigate the maze and it didnt matter how much Nick changed the wooden poles, I always managed to avoid them . This concluded my training with the mask and wooden poles . I also memorized the whole Evil Manual of Medicine that Nick gave to me . He then checked my knowledge and I managed to answer all his questions . Nick then told me he will teach me another method from the art of stealth . He then said that he has the last book for me to memorize . The book was his most valuable possession, it contained all the advanced and more profound recipes of the art of medicine . The book was about 70 pages and each page contained one recipe . The recipes were quite difficult, they sometimes required in excess of 10 different herbs to produce the cure . Although it was like this, the diseases or illnesses that could be cured using the medicine were quite rare and very hard to treat even for famous doctors . About 43 pages from this book were about poison . The poison could cure many things but it was also a poison . From weak to very powerful . Nick spent more than half of his life to produce all these recipes, I would like to see another doctor that did the same thing . When Nick gave me the last book, he said Destroy all the other books when you are sure that you memorized them . Be sure to do that before I pa.s.s away Then I said to him What about this book? The book again didnt have a name and so Nick again got fired up about naming it but he couldnt find any good name for now so he said he will do it later . He said You will do the same with this book, just that it will take you much longer to memorize this one . So you might have to do it after I pa.s.s away . He was also quite adamant in saying Promise me you will destroy it and not sell it or show it to people! . I promised him . I knew how much work he had to put into this . If I were to sell it just like that or show it to people… Why would he even search for disciple? We werent in a master-student relationship but with time, I guess I could call him my friend . He helped me out when I needed help and so I should be able to promise him that no problem . After I promised him all that, he said Now Im going to teach you another method of training in the art of stealth . You are going to watch people . I want you to learn how to perceive what someone is going to do . I didnt really understand what he ment . To watch people, it wasnt hard but predicting or rather knowing what move are they going to do next was different . I asked him Why do I need to know that to be stealthy? to which Nick answered Its because if you know how someone will react, you can react accordingly . By the way, it doesnt have uses only in stealth but you will learn that soon . I asked Nick So what am I supposed to do? to which he replied Go out and watch people, their behaviours . I want you to concentrate on how they move, not just where but how . I want you to know how they eat, stand, walk, run and so on . Im not asking you where because if you want to study their behaviour you will have to know . He then continued This training will help you with a lot of things and I want you to be able to judge a person in an instant . From the way they stand, walk, speak, eat and behave in overall . This way you will know what to do in every situation . I then asked I can do that . Then what about art of hidden weapons? to which Nick said When the time comes, I will teach you! Now go and train . I have some other stuff to do . Then he left . I went out to see if any villager were outside . It was night already but maybe some of them would be around . I opened the door to my house and just stood in the doorway, checking if there are any people around .