ALEERA VERNIZE "You must be braver than the sword!" Long years had already passed, but still, Namika didn't stop reminding me of those words. For a decade of training, I didn't just learn how to use the sword, but I was also able to get to know the variety of fighting styles as well as the usage of different weapons; however, Namika taught me to combat most of the time. I continued swissing my weapon against her. For the past years, I could say that my skills had been improved already. If I was still having a hard time before defeating Namika, now it was being easy for me to win over her. I already adapted all her techniques, her strategies, and ways of moving her weapon. I was able to use comfortably my sword because I knew well and enough my enemy. That was why, even though Namika was

