Robert corrected his footing again, nudged the butt of the spear lower, and made him repeat the same thrust until the movement stopped looking stiff. Before long, Martin realized the blacksmith knew far more about fighting than he had expected.
In the end, Martin focused on spear thrusts.
With Robert's help, he tethered a link to a heavy block of metal and walked thirty meters away.
Then he started moving back and forth around that limit, forcing the mechanic to keep triggering whenever the distance stretched too far. Each time the block snapped back toward his shield, he practiced meeting it with a spear thrust timed to the pull, putting proper body movement and weight behind the strike.
The first attempt felt mistimed from the start. Martin thrust too early, mostly with his arms, and the tip struck with more force than a normal poke but nowhere near what he wanted.
[Damage dealt: 18]
