Chapter 223: Like Every Other Event
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Back in the training ground, Maurice had prepared himself both mentally and physically as he took a deep calm breath. There was something that told him he couldn’t do this, he shouldn’t, but in order to get past tomorrow’s event, he’d have to speak with Bryn, even if his entire being told him not to do so, he had to, for the sake of winning, so there won’t be any form of misunderstandings before tomorrow.
"You can do this." He emboldened himself, subconsciously squaring his shoulders, and when he felt his courage building, he finally approached Bryn who was busy training with the bow and arrow his instructor had given him. When he let loose the arrow, it hit the bullseye squarely, and when he shot another one, it split the first arrow in half, effortlessly hitting the bullseye once more.
Maurice couldn’t deny that Bryn was skilled in all the arts, he was practically gifted, and if they had been in a situation that was nothing more than mutual, he would be glad that they had someone like Bryn amongst them, but, when that same person threatens him with defeat, how can he muster the strength to be paired with him? Most especially after accepting the fact he wasn’t up to his league?
He would die for sure!
"Don’t just stand there like a bodyguard, grab an arrow and join me." Bryn’s rogued voice resonated into Maurice’s ear, jolting him into reacting quickly. He went to the weaponry table and picked a few arrows along with a bow. When he joined Bryn, the targets had been replaced with new ones, and when he stood beside Bryn who was getting ready to make another shot, he copied the vampire and also set his arrow on the bow.
With precise measurement, he released it, but his arrow was just a single step away from hitting the bullseye. When Bryn made his own shut, he hit it squarely, and he didn’t even have to calculate. Was there a new trick that could be used to target a bullseye that he did not know of? Maurice silently thought to himself as he watched Bryn.
"How are you so good at it?" Maurice finally broke the silence between them in an attempt to feed his curiosity, and when he glanced behind Bryn to see his instructor watching him thoroughly, it was almost as if he was making sure that Bryn made not a single mistake on his countless shots, which he found rather odd since Bryn was already good at it.
"Calculations won’t work alone." Bryn said to Maurice who was a bit startled by the calmness in Bryn’s tone. "In order to get it right, you must first imagine the target to be something worth hitting. An enemy, it works better when you picture someone you don’t like, cause you won’t want to let that target go scot-free. Would you?"