Limits.

The process was harder than I expected but I guessed that all my ideas about new skills were difficult . I set a destination for myself to train on . It was a large tree that seemed very old with the bark starting to fall off . It was easily recognisable and not far away .

I stood in one place and looked at my destination . "The first step . Finding a route" I thought and looked for a route I could take . I soon found my 1st route and took it . The terrain was a bit rough, I had to decrease my speed in order to stay quiet but it was one of the shortest routes . The route I chose was not in a straight line but quite close to it .

It took me about 11 minutes to reach the destination . I went back to my previous spot and chose a different route . 13 minutes, 11,5 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 18 minutes, 14 minutes and so on . I ran back and forward to the same destination about 50 times, each time using a different route . The shortest time I could do it in while staying quiet, was 9 minutes but that was just the speed . I now had to take under consideration my exposure .

I looked at the routes in the same order I took them and checked for exposure . I was looking for stuff that would hide me . The smaller the amount of objects allowing me to hide myself, the worse it was . On the other hand the more objects surrounded me the more hidden I would be . It was a balance between speed and cover .

The 9 minutes route had barely any objects that would hide my presence . The longer paths also had small amounts of objects but I had to examine all of them . I needed information . I needed to know how to judge the terrain and how to predict the best route possible . "Time and environment" I thought while searching . After examining all the routes I took, I found an optimal one that allowed for more stealth and optimal speed compared to others .

It would take me 15 minutes in order to travel by that route . I though "Now let"s make it 10 minutes" . This was my true reason for calculating a path . I did find the most optimal but even then, I could still optimise it and besides, no one would give me enough time to run 50 times back and forth to find a suitable path . I needed to learn how to calculate that while I"m on the move . In fact, I wanted to do this with all the paths, I just thought it would be easier to start with the most optimal one .

Before I did any more training, I ate the rest of my rations . "I think I should hunt before anything else . I can always return to this place but I need food in order to stay here" I thought and headed deeper into the forest .

Before I did any more training, I ate the rest of my rations . "I think I should hunt before anything else . I can always return to this place but I need food in order to stay here" I thought and headed deeper into the forest .

Bizarrely, these parts of the forest weren"t that greatly populated with animals . It wasn"t easy to find a larger group of let"s say wolves or bears . I wondered why but couldn"t figure anything out . I searched the forest for really any animal I could find and finally after 40 minutes of walking, running and creeping about, I found a group of deer .

"Not an aggressive animal so they wouldn"t attack, I need to kill as many before they run away" I thought and prepared my daggers . "Swoosh! swoosh! swoosh! swoosh!" my daggers flew through the air and struck couple of deer . The rest started to run but I didn"t chase after them . "4 of them is enough for me, It should be enough for 2 days, I think" I thought and started butchering the animals .

I decided to take the skins as well . I needed a shelter and I would also need some kind of bed . I could also use the skins as part of my shelter so it was 2 birds with one stone . I planned to stay in the same place that was used as my running field . Finding a new destination and running 50 or more times to examine all the paths, was not something I wanted to do again . I wanted to focus on optimisation and the 50 paths I already took? that was more than enough for the beginning stages of that skill .

Back at the new camp, I set up my shelter using branches, animal skins and leaves . I was well experienced with building those temporary shelters so it didn"t take me long . It was already evening, I decided to stop my stealth training and focus on my strength a bit . I did the set of exercises that my father used to do in the past and then moved on to the exercises carried out by dark figure in my dream .

Back at the new camp, I set up my shelter using branches, animal skins and leaves . I was well experienced with building those temporary shelters so it didn"t take me long . It was already evening, I decided to stop my stealth training and focus on my strength a bit . I did the set of exercises that my father used to do in the past and then moved on to the exercises carried out by dark figure in my dream .

It looked weird but I noticed improvement a while back when I did those sets of exercises . It wasn"t just to make a fool out of someone, it really did something for the body . Each set had a different purpose as I found out after studying them more extensively .

The frog jumps that the dark figure carried out in my dream for example . Its purpose was to train legs and jumping ability, of course it worked better with a lot of weight on me but it wasn"t possible anymore, I didn"t have my bag . Every exercise that the dark figure did in my dream had beneficial effects a.s.signed to it . I trained well into the night and then retired, embracing my dreams as I closed my eyes .

When my eyes opened, I was standing in front of a dark figure that started to talk away . I thought "Finally, this is what I wanted to see" . I then realised something "I"m actually happy to see that dream… never thought this would happen" . I studied the language that the dark creature spoke and tried to further increase my knowledge .

I already knew a few words, now I just had to guess what followed them . I listened, then died and so on for 20 times . It was the same amount of cycles every time . I don"t know why but I hoped for more . More cycles would allow me more time to study that language .
When my eyes opened, I was standing in front of a dark figure that started to talk away . I thought "Finally, this is what I wanted to see" . I then realised something "I"m actually happy to see that dream… never thought this would happen" . I studied the language that the dark creature spoke and tried to further increase my knowledge .

I already knew a few words, now I just had to guess what followed them . I listened, then died and so on for 20 times . It was the same amount of cycles every time . I don"t know why but I hoped for more . More cycles would allow me more time to study that language .

Although it was repeated only 20 times, I still got something new out of it . The word Peris was sometimes in front of the word Ji and sometimes after it . Ji meant "is" so the word Peris could mean "this" as in "This is" would be Peris Ji . If I were to ask a question, the words would be inverted to make Ji Peris, meaning "Is this?" just like in the human language . "Now I"m almost certain that this must be some sort of ancient human language or at least language that has same construct as the human language" I thought .

"I don"t know where that language comes from and whenever it was spoken by humans or not but I shall name it the Ancient Language" . The name fitted because it didn"t specify the race that used the language, it was just an ancient language .The process was harder than I expected but I guessed that all my ideas about new skills were difficult . I set a destination for myself to train on . It was a large tree that seemed very old with the bark starting to fall off . It was easily recognisable and not far away . I stood in one place and looked at my destination . The first step . Finding a route I thought and looked for a route I could take . I soon found my 1st route and took it . The terrain was a bit rough, I had to decrease my speed in order to stay quiet but it was one of the shortest routes . The route I chose was not in a straight line but quite close to it . It took me about 11 minutes to reach the destination . I went back to my previous spot and chose a different route . 13 minutes, 11,5 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 18 minutes, 14 minutes and so on . I ran back and forward to the same destination about 50 times, each time using a different route . The shortest time I could do it in while staying quiet, was 9 minutes but that was just the speed . I now had to take under consideration my exposure . I looked at the routes in the same order I took them and checked for exposure . I was looking for stuff that would hide me . The smaller the amount of objects allowing me to hide myself, the worse it was . On the other hand the more objects surrounded me the more hidden I would be . It was a balance between speed and cover . The 9 minutes route had barely any objects that would hide my presence . The longer paths also had small amounts of objects but I had to examine all of them . I needed information . I needed to know how to judge the terrain and how to predict the best route possible . Time and environment I thought while searching . After examining all the routes I took, I found an optimal one that allowed for more stealth and optimal speed compared to others . It would take me 15 minutes in order to travel by that route . I though Now lets make it 10 minutes . This was my true reason for calculating a path . I did find the most optimal but even then, I could still optimise it and besides, no one would give me enough time to run 50 times back and forth to find a suitable path . I needed to learn how to calculate that while Im on the move . In fact, I wanted to do this with all the paths, I just thought it would be easier to start with the most optimal one . Before I did any more training, I ate the rest of my rations . I think I should hunt before anything else . I can always return to this place but I need food in order to stay here I thought and headed deeper into the forest . Bizarrely, these parts of the forest werent that greatly populated with animals . It wasnt easy to find a larger group of lets say wolves or bears . I wondered why but couldnt figure anything out . I searched the forest for really any animal I could find and finally after 40 minutes of walking, running and creeping about, I found a group of deer . Not an aggressive animal so they wouldnt attack, I need to kill as many before they run away I thought and prepared my daggers . Swoosh! swoosh! swoosh! swoosh! my daggers flew through the air and struck couple of deer . The rest started to run but I didnt chase after them . 4 of them is enough for me, It should be enough for 2 days, I think I thought and started butchering the animals . I decided to take the skins as well . I needed a shelter and I would also need some kind of bed . I could also use the skins as part of my shelter so it was 2 birds with one stone . I planned to stay in the same place that was used as my running field . Finding a new destination and running 50 or more times to examine all the paths, was not something I wanted to do again . I wanted to focus on optimisation and the 50 paths I already took? that was more than enough for the beginning stages of that skill . Back at the new camp, I set up my shelter using branches, animal skins and leaves . I was well experienced with building those temporary shelters so it didnt take me long . It was already evening, I decided to stop my stealth training and focus on my strength a bit . I did the set of exercises that my father used to do in the past and then moved on to the exercises carried out by dark figure in my dream . It looked weird but I noticed improvement a while back when I did those sets of exercises . It wasnt just to make a fool out of someone, it really did something for the body . Each set had a different purpose as I found out after studying them more extensively . The frog jumps that the dark figure carried out in my dream for example . Its purpose was to train legs and jumping ability, of course it worked better with a lot of weight on me but it wasnt possible anymore, I didnt have my bag . Every exercise that the dark figure did in my dream had beneficial effects a.s.signed to it . I trained well into the night and then retired, embracing my dreams as I closed my eyes . When my eyes opened, I was standing in front of a dark figure that started to talk away . I thought Finally, this is what I wanted to see . I then realised something Im actually happy to see that dream… never thought this would happen . I studied the language that the dark creature spoke and tried to further increase my knowledge . I already knew a few words, now I just had to guess what followed them . I listened, then died and so on for 20 times . It was the same amount of cycles every time . I dont know why but I hoped for more . More cycles would allow me more time to study that language . Although it was repeated only 20 times, I still got something new out of it . The word Peris was sometimes in front of the word Ji and sometimes after it . Ji meant is so the word Peris could mean this as in This is would be Peris Ji . If I were to ask a question, the words would be inverted to make Ji Peris, meaning Is this? just like in the human language . Now Im almost certain that this must be some sort of ancient human language or at least language that has same construct as the human language I thought . I dont know where that language comes from and whenever it was spoken by humans or not but I shall name it the Ancient Language . The name fitted because it didnt specify the race that used the language, it was just an ancient language .