After listening to 5 different news programs, while getting back to the romance show every while and then, Adam was still on the couch. With 6 beers drank by now.
So any pain and tiredness was long gone.
Along with rational thinking, loud voice controls, precise muscle control and a few other minor details.
And , at some point, the genius drunk man has had a thought
'So...I got like...paid' *burps* 'Can I....buy shit'
And he got up from the couch, knocking cans onto the ground and the remote somewhere too, and went for his jacket.
"God I hope the shop is still * burp * open" Adam put the jacket on, sat down. ( fell down) on the chair and started to tie his shoes.
Started.
But shoelaces are a tough problem to crack when you can`t see the ends, can`t hold them properly or keep your eyes focused on them for longer than half a second.
But. Miraculously he finished one shoe, barely.
And he tried to tie the second one. But it just wasn`t there.
Adam looked up.
And saw a system window in front of his face, opened on the SHOP tab.
"Huh" Adam starred at the bright and very close letters S H O P
"Cool. I don`t have to go ANYWHERE" And he went back to the couch starring at the pop up
Sadly the other letters on the window weren`t that big, so the hazy vision of Adam couldn`t understand most of them.
But pictures were fine. And some of the interesting words like "technique", "key" or "flaming" somehow made their way into his brain.
"Boring Boring Boring. Man why this place so shit has things" he scrolled through the list of items.
[Blood of Ethander ??????????????????????????] Adam pressed it. Multiple times. But nothing happened apart from an annoying error sound of [insufficient points]
[Fireiron Greatsword] again, [ insufficient points ]
[History of the Empire vol 43] same story.
Adam scrolled down and pressed buy. Then he scrolled up and pressed buttons again.
Giggling to himself whenever the error was sounded, he kept on trying and scrolling.
And then he blacked out.
~ The next morning ~
Half sitting on the couch, half laying at it`s side, Adam woke up at some point.
His head as pounding, he was sweaty and smelly, wearing a jacket and one shoe.
Poorly tied to add but still on his foot.
Adam rubbed his eyes and took of the jacket.
But when he did, somethings fell out off of him.
A paper book and a small metal pendant.
Adam put off the jacket, threw away the shoe...and went to the kitchen.
Opened the fridge and chugged the water from a pickle jar
*aaaaah* "That hits the spot" he slammed the fridge shut
He went back to the couch to see what did he do last night, and the things he saw were the beer cans. After some clean up he went looking for the remote.
And then he finally noticed the book and the metal pendant.
After a closer inspection the book was called
[Basic sword techniques for times of need]
and the pendant had engravings on them
[Inf Sol Adam - EE2.1.37]
Adam shrugged and stashed the pendant away.
But the book. The book was much more interesting.
Because of course, he opened to see the inside
And there was a some text about swords and posture and muscle, pictures and graphs of poses but only a few. After 5 pages the book was blank.
Just blank.
"What the f**k"
Adam, still hungover, flipped it over and over, closed and opened it... but nothing.
Just 5 pages.
"You know what. Sure. Why not" And he tossed it on the kitchen table.
Breakfast, shower, new clothes later, Adam came back for the book
"Let`s see what do we have here"
And on the first page large word was written
CONGRATULATIONS
and lower with normal fonts
[YOU are holding a sword , and YOUR life is in danger.]
[YOU do not have the time to become a master]
[YOU only have to to learn enough to not die immediately]
[lucky for you, this book contains those necessary lessons for your survival]
[And to begin your journey, here`s lesson number one]
[Forget artistry]
[Forget beauty]
[Remember - you are not a painter, poet, dancer]
[YOU are a man who wants to survive]
[Remember that all the time, and you will do just that]
'huh. Well this is dumb' Adam put the book away
'I`m not in danger. I have time'
'And this paper is crazy if it thinks I won`t show off'
But after a while of doing other random boring things, he came back to the book
And the next page was titled
[Lesson 2 : Downwards strike]
[Downwards strike is a principle among swords techniques. Learning or teaching anything without having mastered this one is meaningless]
[To understand the sword you must, and I imply again, MUST master the first step]
And underneath that a page of text explaining the necessity of it.
Next page was a bit better, since it had actual pictures.
A simple graph of how to perform the strike ,with detailed information noted below.
1. Grab the sword in two hands, position it angled upwards, stay in a wide stance
2. Bring your hands over your head and the blade far behind you
3. Lift up your forward foot and start moving your body forward.
4.While your foot is in the air, bring your sword forward and then downwards as fast as possible when the foot hits the ground
'Yea yea I know how to beat up someone. Show me something better'
Next 3 pages were all about the downwards strike.
Almost the same things as the explanation, just in much more detail
And after that.
Nothing.
'Ah. I see' Adam threw the book away