Nick popped a healing pill into jakobs mouth before he dragged his body away from the wall and waited. shortly after the healing pill finished its work jakob woke up groggily and sat up before rubbing his eyes to get them to focus. after his eyes focus he noticed nick standing no more than a foot away from him he jumped off the ground in fright , then he remembered what happened and he grew angry. before jakob could speak nick raised his hand to stop him "before you say anything what i did was necessary for your own good." nick said seriously. jakob opened his and then closed it before taking a deep breath while closing his eyes , after opening his eyes jakob finally spoke "why?" he asked obviously clueless. nick sighed "when i told you the way to get stronger i thought you would use it to make your own style of combat more perfect by removing one of the weaknesses in it , instead you started training in a way that would end up with you basically copying my style of combat so i had to give you a warning." nick said seriously.

jakob looked confused "what is wrong with copying your style of combat?" hes asked. nick shook his head "if you had just started learning how to fight then it wouldn't be a problem since while the starting point would be roughly the same the end would be entirely different , however you already had a style of combat so what you were going to do would mean that you end point would be my style so let me ask you are you me?" nick said calmly. jakob froze as nicks words rang through his mind like thunder 'are you me?' the meaning behind that question was unmistakable. "no i am not so if i copy your style i will never escape your shadow." jakob said enlightened. nick smiled "yes , i want an equal not a follower , you can learn from someone else style but never copy it or you might become stuck the moment they do , the only way to the top is with your own path." nick said sagely. "well that said you need stronger opponents in order to get stronger so lets head over to the sparring arenas to find you someone in your weight class." nick said with a grin.

jakob was taken back "what's wrong with the golems i was using?" he asked confused. nick laughed "those toys? well for starters they aren't even as strong as you so even with the amount you were using they weren't a threat , then there's the fact that they are ridiculously predictable making trying to learn anything from fighting them pointless , so in summary they won't increase your strength even a little." nick said factually. jakob nodded "yeah that makes sense but then why cant i just fight you instead of someone else?" he questioned. nick shrugged "i already taught you how to get stronger so any more fighting with me will only just be asking for a beating since i am quite a bit above your weight class for the moment , also our deal was for me to make you stronger which i have done." nick said honestly. jakob sighed "good point so are you also going to go fight someone else?" he asked. nick grinned "sure it'd be a nice change of pace." he said before both of them left the sanctuary.