Volume 8 Chapter 40: Focus
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 8 Chapter 40: Focus
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hah!" Keith roared as he swung an axe with great strength. A powerful gush of force could be heard; it was quite ferocious. One blow from it wouldnd someone in the nurse''s office for days.
<span style="font-weight:400">As Keith continued his relentless swinging, the others'' concern grew. "He''s been at this for hours." Unease. Usually, they would be amazed, but this was concerning for them.
<span style="font-weight:400">Non-stop swinging. Keith had been doing this for quite some time. The others thought he would stop after a few minutes. But that was not so.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Are his hands going to be okay? That thing is supposed to be heavy." The axe was made of wood. However, it was supposed to simte the same weight as an actual axe. Yet this guy was moving it with one hand!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, don''t you think you should take a break?" Alfia questioned.
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith said nothing as he continued to swing his axe. His mind continued to be focused and zed.
<span style="font-weight:400">Gabriel tapped on her shoulders, "Give him some time. He''s going to need it."
<span style="font-weight:400">"...Mmhmm." The others nodded. Well, it was not surprising for them that he acted like this. Even after a few hours,
<span style="font-weight:400">"How long is he going to continue?" Krystal groaned. This was quite strange since Keith would alwayse in and make dinner. This guy has a universal time in his body!
<span style="font-weight:400">Cadmus entered the living room, "Hey! Where''s dinner? I''m quite hungry!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Dinner? Do you really have time to care about that?!" Nephele roared. And the other kids followed as they stared at him.
<span style="font-weight:400">Aidiun and Shoma shook their heads. This guy has no tact at all.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Huh? Why are you yelling at me? And where''s the kid?" Cadmus looked around; Keith was nowhere in sight.
<span style="font-weight:400">"He''s been training since morning without breaks." Udine sighed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Cadmus took a deep breath as he headed to the second ind. That was when he saw Keith continuing to swing the axe. He grabbed the child''s shoulder. That was precisely the wrong move as a swing came down at him!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Are you trying to gut me!" The dragon''s life shed before his eyes! This guy wanted to end him on the spot!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Sorry about that, I was too absorbed." Keith took it down a notch as he dropped his axe.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What''s the matter with you?" The kid was usuallyposed; this probably shocked the rest. However, it was not so with Cadmus.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Are you down about the match?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What? Of course not." Keith shook his head as he sighed deeply, "I epted the fact that I lost."
<span style="font-weight:400">"But you don''t ept the fact that you lost so easily." There was a difference. From what was said, Keith got demolished by the sword saint. Besides the fact that he broke his two fingers, the rest of the battle was one-sided.
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Bingo
<span style="font-weight:400">"I can''t believe I lost like that." That was something that even spooked him. This was the first time he had ever been destroyed so easily. He was trying his best against an opponent, yet he was easily sted away.
<span style="font-weight:400">"If I can get into that groove."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?" Groove?
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Tennol told me about it. When we fought, it seemed I did something to spook the sword saint." But what did I do? Keith couldn''t remember it. The others, as well. They didn''t understand what he did.
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Cadmus was silent before smacking his head, "Sheesh! Stop spacing out like that. If you''re doing something, then just say it! You''re making the others worried!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Ahh, my bad." I guess I was too absorbed. That was a bad habit he had to get rid of. Cadmus returned to the first ind.
<span style="font-weight:400">But there''s something else worrying him. It wasn''t only the defeat that was on his mind.
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<span style="font-weight:400">When Keith went to sleep,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, it''s been a while." Keith waved his hand at the gods. It''s been some time since he had been called over here. That was why he asked, "How''s the smoked meats?" Thest time they talked was when he handed the smoked meats over to them.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"They were so delicious!" Kreye shouted.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Especially the smoked melon." Rhea grinned as she held her stomach. Kreye muttered from the side, "You didn''t even dare share with us."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Such delicious food was too amazing."
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<span style="font-weight:400">“…” The others gave her a weird look.
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith sat across from them, "The room really became a sanctuary." That white space he hade to before became a giant ce filled with flowers.
<span style="font-weight:400">Damn, there was even a water fountain on the side!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Ares said that we needed something grand, so Hepha went to work." Kreye shrugged.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Of course! You three were nning to stay in that dumb pocket dimension if I haven''t said anything." Ares shook his head. How could they rx staying there?!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Anyways, how was your first loss?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Dude!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What is wrong with you?!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"How could you say something like that?" The other divine beings began to scold that god of war?! This knucklehead! Was he trying to make everyone kill him!
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<span style="font-weight:400">Never did they expect him to say something like that!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What? You guys were worried about him as well. Might as well ask the person himself."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, you guys don''t need to worry about me." Keith waved, "I have to ept the loss." Making him talk about it calmed him down.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You really wanted to win." Ares grinned. He saw the look in his eyes as he fought. That guy was thinking about victory and nothing more; it was quite the sight.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"...I was so close." Keith pouted.
<span style="font-weight:400">"He''s one of the people I gave my blessing to."
<span style="font-weight:400">"What?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah, you fought someone with my blessing." Ares grinned, "Hahaha, do you want me to give you some blessings?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"HUH?!" The other divine beings were speechless. Ares grinned, "I quite enjoyed how you fought. You didn''t even need any blessings." That was all skills and instincts. So what would happen if he had it?
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<span style="font-weight:400">"No way!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"He can''t have your blessing without mine!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah, there''s a damn line!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">Magus shook his head, "Forget everything he said, child."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…Alright."
<span style="font-weight:400">"But think about it!" Ares didn''t want to give in, but he got a beating next.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Anyways, when are you going to make that?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"That?" Ding! The sound of a lightbulb turned out, "Ahh, I''m going to make itter in the day."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"That''s great! Then we won''t bother you anymore." Keith quickly disappeared.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Did you guys have to hit me so hard?" Ares rubbed his face. Even though he was a god of war, that didn''t mean he couldn''t feel pain.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"You''re an idiot! How could you say something like that?!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What? I wanted to give it to him. It would definitely be beneficial."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"We agreed Magus would be the first one."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"By the way, is he close?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." Magus nodded, "He''s going to get it once he eats that fruit."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh yeah. That fruit."
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