《Worlds Strongest Sword Maniac》 -1 Ranks and Subranks @@ There are 9 ranks in total and those 9 ranks have 3 sub ranks Soul Novice Soul Apprentice Soul Adept Soul Expert Soul Master Soul King Soul Emperor Soul Legend Soul Transcendent the 3 subranks are Low Middle and Upper ranks. Each subrank needs 2 times the soul energy than the previous one so when you start at soul novice low rank you need to gather 100 then after that you need to gather 200 for middle and for upper you need 400 for breakthrough you will need to add low, middle and upper together that is 100, 200 and 400 and then multiply it by 2 so it 1400 energy to breakthrough to soul apprentice you will need 2800 to get to low rank and then 5600 for middle and 11.200 for upper and then for break trough is the same -_- i hope this will make it easier for other to understand this shity world The Soul avatar are another category altogether they can level up with their master. together they can become an unstoppable force. every human being has a chance to get the best or the worst avatars it up to luck whether they find one when the trial comes at them from their soul realm. without getting a catalyst for the soul realm trial to work then no one will be able to get inside their soul realm. each and every person needs to have at least a soul master level person to unlock the soul passage to the soul realm.@@ 1 sOld mans (Hi..... my name is Hunhou i died when i was on a train and i think its was because.... someone sat on my back when i wanted to exit the door i don''t actually know how that happened and nor am i interested in the detail but yeah.... he broke my neck and my back i think he was a f*t Bastard) (Anyways i''m still alive and i don''t know how i''m still alive) "I still BLAME them !!!" (i heard something) "Its all because of how you RAISED ME !!!" Hunhow heard echoes (Ohhh i think i''m in the hospital and now i''m remembering my memories before dying. well i do still blame them for making me an antisocial piece of cowardice sh** i know that im that kind of person but no one can change ones personality without a catalyst i mean my whole life i was in my house or in a god damn chair and looking at a white screen 18/7.) "No" (Who''s there) Asked Hunhou in confusion and fear "Its was probably because of how you developed and thought that its was not your fault that you became a coward or a piece of sh**, To be honest whit you i saw all of your life and i think others where having a harder time than you ever had but they never blamed those that loved them but instead they blamed fate" (And what do you want me to do about it i couldn''t change who i am and i can''t anymore because of that f*t bastard) "And what if i can give you another chance at life where you can have your own choice ?" (I would gladly accept it) Said Hunhow "Who said it was possible ,i just asked a question i don''t have that kind of power hahaha" Laughed the mysterious voice (Fu** you man) "Okay i was just kidding about the last part you can''t change your fate hahaha" Laughed the mysterious voice hysterically, after like 2 minutes of laughing the voice stopped and asked. "Do you wish to reincarnate into an orphan boy''s body ?" (....) Hunhow was thinking for a long time until... (yeah i wish.) "Okay done." ... ... .. All of a sudden he started feeling his arms and his body, he could hear his heart beating "What the he** it was real !!" Hunhou wanted to stand up when something hit his nose and he almost vomited, because he was so excited to reincarnate he didn''t notice the place he reincarnated, the place seemed like a slum "Wait don''t tell me... that son of a bi***- Cough Cough " he roared but started coughing collapsed on the ground and fell unconscious after 10 minutes he recovered and woke up Hunhou knew he was deceived He was angry but the problem at hand was "grumbleeee" food "What the hell am i supposed to eat :sniff: and i even got a cold, i think i wont survive even a week in this life." After 1 week in the slums there was a kid in trashes eating leftovers murmuring something "Why did i survive this long i thought i''m gonna die in a week.... but i didn''t and it su**s because i need to eat trash that other god damn people leave for me, i''m soo weak i cant even fight a dog for food" Hunhou was lamenting on how shity his past week was until "Hello little one." Two strangers greeted him "Huh !!??!" Hunhow looked at the strangers confused "What do you want ?" Said Hunhou warily and looking left and right "where searching a man that has brown hair green eyes at least as big as me and has a sword on his side all the time, did you perhaps see him ?" Asked the stranger politely "Hmmmm." Hunhou tried remembering some figure he saw in the past week, but before he would say something he did something unexpected to the strangers, He put his hands in a taking position in front of the strangers "How dare you ask for money fro-" "Shut up Hernandez we don''t want all the city to know that i''m searching for him, look here take this lil guy." Hunhou took the 2 silver nugets and said "My names Henry, and i did see somebody like you he was always wearing a wooden sword on his waist and was murmuring by himself something about Sword Force i don''t know what''s that but he left yesterday when i last saw him he was going toward the east gate." Said Hunhou, he told his false name because who knows when they be back for revenge "Thanks lil guy." Thanked the polite man while the other guy was just glaring at me After the strangers were gone from his sight he started running toward the west direction until he saw a familiar man under some trash sleeping,He gave the man a kick in the stomach but unfortunately the man blocked it whit his hands "Hey kiddo i told you to leave me alo-" Said the man sleepily but was interrupted by Hunhou "Shut up geezer i saved your ass today so you owe ME !!" "What !!?!" "Yeah that''s right i saved your ass so you gotta give me something for it." "And how exactly did you save my ass huh !!?" Asked the man angrily he was angry because he didn''t want to owe a low life anything "Today i meet some people searching for you and they seemed angry i told them i saw you go away in the other direction hehe." Said Hunhou like he did a justice, while in truth he just milked the man for some money "Okay i will give you 1 of my sword arts technique but be careful you need to train a lot for this technique." Said the man seriously, and stood up from his place. 2 sBlood, Sweat and Tearss "The body refining technique i''m going to teach you is the first technique of a series of three techniques" Said the old man nonchalantly while picking his ears. "Its called Blood, i will tell the other 2 technique names after you learn Blood." The old man said it smiling, his lips reached his ears that how happy the old man was. Hunhou had a bad feeling about it. (god dammit i should''ve asked him for his ugly sword T-T.) Thought Hunhou. "lets go kiddo were gonna eat so you can be a better sandbag." "O-o-okay" That''s when Hunhou knew.... he fu**ed up. ~~~~~~ After 2 Weeks of training the technique of Blood Hunhou looked a totally different person, The old man by the way is strong as fuck he beaten me so many times in this past week. Anyways this technique "Blood" let''s my blood bring more oxygen with it, which makes my brain work faster and then whenever i train with it activated it destroys and regenerates my muscles faster by 3 times. (The old man told me that i need to make my heart beat more faster so i tried being excited when he was beating me..... that made me look like i was enjoying it.) Thought Hunhou while looking very depressed. (I must persevere if not i''m going to be looked down.... and i never want to be my past self) Thought Hunhou. His training routine for the last 2 weeks was getting beaten by the old man and doing normal exercises the old man showed him, push ups,sit ups and breath coordination "Hey why are you spacing out ?" "Uhh i wa-" :punch sound effect: :thud: "hehe never space out when fighting your opponent kid" "i understand cough... cough. im still confused about this body refining technique" Said Hunhou while coughing. When he loses concentration of his breathing he start coughing, a downside for the breathing coordination. "Well then even if i did tell you how it basically works you still need to master it to understand it effects and become more proficient using it in fight''s because if you master it to Perfection you can even heal limbs within seconds." Said the old man seriously while looking at Hunhou whit a bit of hope in his eyes and then he started spacing out again.But the old man left out an important part... it can only heal limbs if the person was powerful enough. Hunhou noticed the little bit of hope in the old man''s eyes and was pretty happy about it. (Hehe its seems that i do matter to others.and he spaced out again, he does that more and more by the days.) Thought Hunhou almost tearing up, he didn''t want to worry the old man so he covered it up whit his hand and told the old man "I''m going to piss." "Okay but be fast because i''m not done explaining" Told the old man to Hunhou while looking grumpy. (i have so much knowledge and this kid decides to just go and piss.) The more the old man thought about it the angrier he became so he just let it go. "i''m back" Hunhou ran back after pissing. "Took you long enough !!!" The old man almost exploded of anger when he heard Hunhou saying piss. "i-i''m sorry." Said Hunhou Shutting himself up he knew that the old man needs anger management so he didnt say anything further. "so as i was saying when you complete this technique you might become immortal but you never have a powerfull body whit this alone and you will still die if your head gets blown of or your heart pierced." "You are still at the lowest level that can just heal minor wounds." Said the old man seriously. "I see so how am i gonna protect my head and heart then ?" Asked Hunhou confused. "Haha-cough cough its of course the second technique Sweat, when your heart start beating faster you can grasp a little bit of control over your body heat and that lets you sweat more and in fact sweat can help you make your skin as strong as most magical materials at perfection, ohh and i already perfected the 3 techniques hehe." Said the old man proudly while scratching his nose. After a while of thinking the old man told me that i need to start running as much as possible using my first technique "Blood" so that my sweat can have a better effect at making my skin more powerful. (that old man never explains anything correctly he just says how the technique can be practiced nothing more.... humph i will probably understand when i become better at the techniques, i''m wondering how it works when i don''t even understand the system behind it.) Hunhou was wondering while running trough the alleyways and the suburbs After 2 weeks of exploration he pretty much knows everything about the west side of the city that is called Gloria City its the capital of as you guessed Gloria continent (And i think the old man told me i need to eat as much as possible so that my heart can make more blood and all that other things to be honest i wasn''t really paying any attention when the old man was telling him.) After running for almost 2 hours he begins to feel tired and hes like a fountain now. "who is that ?" "i don''t know and i don''t care about it so leave me alone i''m gonna sleep." "okay sorry boss T-T." Said the little kid to his boss (older kid), he still gets beaten up if he talks too much. After He started feeling tired he observed some changes on his body, more specifically on his skin it started to become more pale and his heart started to beat faster and faster till he reached 180 beats per seconds he didn''t know that its body started destroying his old skin cells and its making new ones like crazy. (the human body does kill old skin cells but not at this kind of rate.) Hunhou was awed by this technique he knew his skin was becoming more sturdy and still be very smooth and he felt his skin to be more sensitive to the air flow around him. after running for another 2 hours he finally stopped he was out of breath, he kinda looked funny running and pelting his skin like a snake at the same time. "who knew :panting: fuuuuh that i could run this much and i''m sweating now black odor :blech: oh my god this smells like sh**." After finishing his 4 hours long run he came back to his home to see the old man still waiting for him whit a soap in his hand. "uhh where did the soa-" :Tudh: The old man threw the soap at his face and said. "go to the river and wash up you smell like a dead fish." "okay you old geezer." Said Hunhou annoyed After washing up in the ice cold water he came back and the old man told him that the next technique will be.... "Tears." The old man was straight (what the fu** i think i remember some kind of saying from earth.... oh well its doesn''t matter now) Thought Hunhou before going to sleep. Hunhou was still sleeping in the slums but he got himself some straw and some jacket for the night to sleep whit. (wait where he got the soap anyways.... if i remember correctly i saw a kid playing whit soaps around the corner) "Hey old man, where you got the soap anyways ?" "uhh... hehe i got it from somewhere special" "where-" "shut up and sleep !!!" Hunhou was interrupted by the old mans annoyed screaming, so he just shut his mouth and slept for the night. 3 soul realms :Chirp, Chirp: "Ughhh." Hunhou got up in an unfamiliar place. "Where is this place." "It is your soul realm." Hunhou heard the old man talk to him from behind but he couldn''t move even 1 mm, not even his head. "Uhh old man help me." Said Hunhou to the old man. "Kiddo this time you are on your own i''m only gonna give you a brief explanation about your predicament. Your soul realm is where your subconsciousness creates a world and every time you enter you must face a trial which is based on your current strength." (I''m not interested in this crap i want to know where i am.) Thought Hunhou when all of a sudden he could move again his body. "if you are thinking where the soul realm is or what it is. it basically your dreamscape but where you are locked till you finish your trial." When Hunhou tried to look at the old man behind him he was nowhere to be seen. "That Sh*** old man." Grumbled Hunhow he didn''t know what to do now. (How am i going to even start ? Hunhou was wondering. After some time he started walking and saw many weird animals for example deer whit human body and deer head or lizards bigger than dogs. "What a weird soul realm." Said Hunhou to himself. :squeak squeak: :Woshhh, Woshhh: Hunhou heard some noises and when he wanted to go and look at it he was almost hit by 2 arrows but he was pretty lucky he only got hit on his shoulders... twice. (ughh its hurts like hell.) Thought Hunhou when he got hit by the arrows he never thought that they could hurt this much he staggered backwards and fell down. Hunhou lost consciousness for 2 seconds before opening his eyes again to see other deermen approaching him.there were 4 deermen actually one in front one behind and two at his side surrounded "What the hell, fuck off bitches what did i do to deserve this!!!!!" He screamed like a cornered animal. In fact Hunhou was a coward and never fought in his life, he was experiencing this for the first time in his 2 lives so he started swearing at the deermen that shot him. (god damn i should just run.... yeah that''s a good idea.) Hunhou was already scared shitless and didn''t notice that the was becoming again that coward that the pledged he will never become. He despaired the moment he thought he will die again. "I-i cant die in a place like this !!!!" Hunhou shouted full of fear. Dread overwhelming his judgement That''s when his basic animalistic instincts took over. he quickly took the arrows from his shoulder and ran to one of the bow wielding deerman, with a quick and successive strike he pushed the arrow into the deerman''s eyes and inside his cranial skull killing the deerman instantly while he was occupied with one of the deerman the others didn''t waste any time and shoot more than a few arrows from 3 directions. barely dodging the arrow from behind him, the left sided one shot his rib making him scream in agony and then deciding to go full berserk not noticing he got shot in his right shoulder again and running at the left deer with full force and trying to dodge the other arrow the deerman shoot at him which was a few meters away from his head. With his life on the line all his human potential unleashed and his speed got faster than a speeding horse he succesfully dodged the life threatening shot but without looking behind he got shot on his left thigh which made him stumble before getting up and managing to stop the deerman in front of him from shooting and easily breaking his leg after kicking with his right the deerman''s leg from the front. "BASTARDS!!" he unleashed a punch which broke the deermans neck killing him on the spot. "GRIIIII!!! Tunkin tikin tuk!!" one of the deermen started shouting in a language he never heard. in his maddened rush to kill the one on his right side which was closer than the one in front, adrenaline started to fade and he felt pain. But he knew, he wont live if he doesn''t kill them so he ran faster. Registering 2 arrows in his field of view he planned to take one arrow from mid air which he successfully did but at the cost of the other arrow scratching his right thigh even shocking both the deermen which gave him a couple of seconds to tackle the right deerman and sticking the arrow in his heart. the deerman had deer head and human body with deer legs. {A.N. this is how it looks like https://drakensangonline.fandom.com/wiki/Stag_Man} :panting: Clearly exhausted from killing the monsters in his madness the other deerman started shooting arrows where he just took the body of the other deerman and used it as a shield even tho it was heavy he could have it stay in place. After recovering a bit of energy he decided to trow a rock at the deerman, surprise was shown on the deerman but it recovered pretty fast shooting arrow from high up making hunhow dodge from his previous hiding spot (the dead deerman) after successfully dodging a volley of arrows he started retreating into the forest. After a few minutes of running he exhausted himself and he sat down near a tree with a lot of moss around it and a few insects on it bark. "Aww shit it hurts and :BLEGH:." he started vomiting after he remember how he killed his first 3 victims. "fucking hell i still got an arrow in my right shoulder!!?" After sitting down again from vomiting all over the other trees he just noticed he still had an arrow in his shoulder. "I have no choice i need to take it out so it wont get infected."he started crying when he touched the arrow stuck in his flesh. "SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT. i need to take it out!!"Steeling himself he started holding the arrow and slowly pushing it outwards."ARGHHH." he fell unconscious after all that pain. ----------------------------------------------------- Outside the old man was minding his own bussiness taking care of some leftover food from a restaurants trashcan. "Hehehe the kid will love this roasted deer leg, even tho it a leftover."said the old man a bit drunk and he spaced out again -_-. Holding a bottle of empty wine in his hand he slowly approached their little cabin out of cardboxes and other metal sheets from trashcans. "Kiddo i got some good stuff hehehe~~"Said the old man while clearly forgetting the kid right now is in his soul realm. "kiddo!!?"he started shouting till he remembered"Ohh shit he is in his soul realm unlocking his spiritual avatar." ---------------------------------------------------------- Back in the soul realm. "Ughh my head feels dizzy."after waking up he noticed something quite alarming "shit how much was i out ?" and he noticed his wounds are almost fully regenerated. "now that is such a good ability old man it such a life saver T^T it seems it always working so it more of a passive ability or it only works when my heart beats faster?.. huum i will need to think about it more, but not now, now i need to find a safehaven in this god knows place."he got up from the tree which had some blood on it obviously his. after searching for a place he heard a loud splash which meant it must be a "waterfall!! and where there is a waterfall there must be a cave!!" Said Hunhou out loud looking excited. after walking for a few minutes he noticed a huge waterfall and he started observing for any kinds of dangers. "huum i guess it a safe place i just gotta find that nice cliche treasure cave with a mystical plant or something which will make me stronger by 10 times making me able to kill my enemies with easy and more face slapping than ever." Said Hunhou smugly and of course jokingly. 4 sweet Sweet...s After finding a nice place to rest Hunhou tried to make it safer by making traps. "how do i even start ?"Contemplating a long time. "fuck it i don''t even know how to make pools and underground pools like those bastard on KyuTyub." "if i had a survival book like that kid in that novel everything would be so much easier~~" Nagged Hunhou for his misfortune, for he was useless."i cant even remember how those guys made axes and shovels on KyuTyube damnit!!" After swearing at his predicament he became depressed for a few hours and then it took him :GRUMBLEEE: "im hungry.... damnit i gotta find something to eat, and fast !!"it was dawn when he woke up from he guessed he slept over 8 hours because when he got here it was afternoon. When he started looking for some edible fruits or some little animals he stumbled upon his previous resting place. now full of deermen he froze up and then started to slowly observe them. he saw there was only two of them (damn they look exactly the same how the fuck am i gonna know which ones i fought or which one is the boss 0-0) He began contemplating wheter it would be a good idea on attack them and eat them...(Woah woah waoh im not cannibal im not gonna eat it it looks half human for fucks sake!!) (All I need is a little love in my life, All I need is a little love in the dark) he started reciting one of his favorite rhymes from a song he remembers. (alright lets just go from here the dont know where i my resting place is anyways.)he started slowly creeping away and then whe he was far away he stumbled upon a bush with lots of berries on it. "well well well~ luck shines upon the unfortunate once in a while ;3 "he started devouring the berries like some kind of beast. after finish it and looking at his two hand all blue and red he just went back to the waterfall washing his hand and his face, he indeed found a cave right underneath the pond which was quite lucky. after entering the cave full of luminescent moss and mushrooms which looked clearly inedible but good for lighting he wondered why it was so dry even tho a god damn waterfall was right above it. He found out the moss and mushrooms gave enough heat to make the whole cave warm and cozy even. and there even was a god damn little pond inside the cave which was pretty relaxing. After clearing out all the stone debris and rocks he tried making some sort of bed out of the moss even tho it looked quite weird it was sure cozy and better than nothing, falling asleep he didnt notice the moss slowly creeping up on his body and all the other moss started to surround him and put him into a cocoon. "mh!!? mhhh MHH!!!"after waking up and feeling restricted he started to think what the hell was happening and then he noticed the moss all over him wasn''t harmful but it was just sticking to him like fly to the light. after carefully snuggling himsefl out of the moss''s embrace he saw it crumble back into a pile of crap."ughh it gives me teh creeps i feel like my innocence has been lost T^T." "s~~- s~~-" "huh?!"Hunhow was surprised to hear some faint voice from the moss. he approached it out of curiosity and he touched it. "WAHHH!!?" all the moss started to stick back to his skin and now it had a stronger hold over Hunhou not letting him even a second to spare he was again covered but now he was covered all over his skin instead of being in a cocoon. the moss started entering his mouth and his asshole. "AHN~~ FUCK!!! NOO!!! DOOOOOOOOON~~~!!!" he screamed out in pleasure and in dread for being violated by a moss of all things and he fell unconscious. *Sweet Sweet energy.*When opening his eyes he heard a familiar voice but now he heard it inside of his head, and more clearly which gave him the creeps but he suddenly stood up and then checked his butt... it seemed fine without any injuries. " PHEW~~the last thing i need is butthurt syndrome" nagged hunhou. starting to tremble about what happened before falling unconscious. *it wasn''t that bad sweetie~*Said the voice in his head alerting Hunhou. "Who are you!!?"He said to himself like some kind of insane person *Don''t worry sweetie i''m just you... or i just became you~~?* Said the voice mysteriously "Be clear bastard!! what did you do to me ? and did you defile my body !!? T 100 (becomes a Soul novice and can evolve all his stats to soul novice rank instead of being mortal rank.) Active Abilities: Bloodboost 4/4 (LifeBoost 1/4), Madness Rush 2/4 (Evolvable). Passive Abilities: Stoneskin 4/4 (Ironskin 2/4), Pain resistance 4/4 (Pain imunity 1/4) Energy Manipulation 1/4 (Evolvable). Unique Abilities: none. Avatar: Sentient Moss, Name: Lurien, Rank: soldier (Evolvable trough training) {A.N. There are some abilities which are locked, it cuz in the soul realm he got stronger by 2x which means he became a soul novice there so he had 160 soul energy and some of his skills evolved but now he got out of there he now became a mortal again and needs to get into soul novice to unlock the locked abilities) Skills: Sword Novice 1/10 (Evolvable) Fist Novice 3/10 (Evolvable) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 sRumorss "Enough! taking brakes is important too so go get out and look around the district. ohh by the way take the bags and buy yourselves something." The old man seemed satisfied with their hardwork so he gave them some allowance. After training for around 6 hours the boys were already panting like animals, and this break was a much needed one. "Lets go and find sum good food!! i''m so hungry the old man didn''t give us any breakfast" Said Hunhou with a disheveled looking hair and sweat covered body. *uhhh, before that you should go and take a bath. i go look around first till your done and tell you which are teh good spots for food ;3*Lurien suggested while looking at his bro. "Wait, i never seen you take a bath not even the Soul Realm!!"Realised that his friend never took a bath but still smelled good he wanted to ask further. *Well i''m a kind of plant. and i don''t need to wash up because i don''t sweat, and if my clothes get dirty i just can change them instantly hehehe.*Looking at his friend with awe Hunhou just wanted to punch him after seeing his smug face. "Sigh. go then i will come after im done."Said withholding his urges of punching his bud''s smug face. ------------------------------------------------------------- After parting ways Lurien went and walked the main street of the second district every district looked like a ring and each one had a Main Road which helped people navigate trough the rings easier even tho the second district was very long if you would stretch it out into a line it would be like 2 to 3 airport lengths. it''s was still very convenient to have the roads so people wont get lost between buildings. While looking around at the people all walking in many direction going trough stores and stalls looking trough food and jewelry. Lurien noticed there were exotic animal shops. Magical shops and libraries, he even saw many Adventurer''s. he went into an inn called Bear paw inn ofc to get some info about where they where cuz the old man didn''t talk about it yet. "Ya hear the Spear country gave birth to a new legendary figure which had the potential of becoming a Soul Emperor. tsk tsk." "That old news!! lemme tell you that the Bow Emperor''s third son was poisoned and many speculate it was the neighboring country who tried assassinating the third prince." "Bah it obviously the second or first prince trying to get the throne from their old father. less competition means less trouble for the both of them." the inn was bustling withtalking people and many rumors. even tho Lurien was interested in more he suddenly heard a very intriguing one "Ya heard there where sightings of a 7 headed hydra in the Beastmen forest near the Sword country?" "Really i thought the beastmen forest wasnt accesible by humans yet ?" "Excuse me what is your order~!?"Lurien was surprised at the sudden question he was too into listening to the rumors, he didn''t notice the girl speak to him. *Uhh.*Caught by surprise Lurien got embarrassed a little bit. "Cmon hurry up lil boy don''t worry i wont bite ;3"The Servant girl couldn''t hold herself back from teasing that Handsome guy in front of her. Lurien seeing himself get teased by a mere servant Girl he straightened his back stood up and very seriously told the girl. *Give me a cup of Water* "Ahh~!!"After seeing his deep jade green eyes she got charmed for a few seconds, embarrassed she went back into the kitchen while she forgot to bring the water he asked for. (He looked so Handsome~ and those deep, green eyes, those eyes which showed elegance and mighty power within, AHN i want his EYES SO BAD!! ) living in her dream world the girl got goosebumps just thinking about the eyes of the green haired customer right at the Bar stool while having a perverted expression. {A.N. Ofc he is a charmer he is one of the MC char he needs to be Hunsum !!} (What''s taking so long for that girl ? but damn she looked cute.)Thinking about the girl he started seeing her charm, even tho she was a servant in the inn she looked quite cute when she blushed. "Hey green haired bitch u better back off from my prey !"while Lurien was thinking about what other thing he should do if he wont get his water a stranger came and told him while sitting down in front of him. *And what if i tell you she is my girlfriend ?* With a smug face He wanted to test what reaction he could get out of the Grey haired guy in front of him. After seeing Lurien''s smug face The Stranger stood up and while going to the entrance whispered to his ears "I want you come outside into the right alleyway." Lurien could hear the serious tone of the guy which was walking behind him. (what his problem ? hehe if he wants a beating im up for it ;3)Thinking about beating up that that bastard who called him a bitch he want right after him. people where seeing him leave for the guy and they started whispering. "hey isn''t that Master Hunter ? what is he doing talking with such a newbie ?" He was intrigued by what the people were saying, while exiting the inn he saw an alleyway on the right side of it so he went there, after walking a few meters he got lost. (didn''t the man say the right side? wait don''t tell me i got it wrong) he started going to the other side of the inn and noticed the man waiting there while having as cig in his mouth. "Cough- Boy you better listen to me she is my prey. if you don''t want to die u better back off and get stronger."Saying this he threw the cig away. it seems he just wanted to look cool with the two swords at his side. Baffled at what he heard Lurien got ready to strike the Man with all his might and when he was almost reaching the mans face he disappeared, instead of hitting the man he hit the wall near it. *ARGHHH SHIT!! My hand.*While he was holding his right hand which hurt him like hell the man reappeared behind him. Lurien knew he was Screwed so he closed his eyes, nothing happening for a few seconds he saw the man looking at him seriously. "Boy im not here to fight you but give you a warning that girl you met is a kingdom level assassin. it seems she took interest in you, likely said in your Eyes so be careful."While saying that the man gave him a back pat and Disappeared. While still in pain Lurien realized how weak he still is, (I need more power, so that i can protect myself.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While all that happened Hunhou finished bathing and walked trough the district finding many food stalls and buy all kinds of good smelling food. (HAHAHA This is a paradise for food !!) While munching on his food he got delighted about his findings. after eating some more and his hands full of food he noticed someone tailing him trough the crowd,(Huum... hehe lets see if u can hold up to my lighting fast speed!!) While thinking that he got ready to use his max speed. but right at the moment of engaging he realized that the food might go to waste if he ran too fast and lost it. "Sigh disappointing i think i gotta finish this up and see who is tailing me. :Munch Munch:" Whispered Hunhou to himself while munching on the cake he had in his right hand. (Shit i used half of my silvers. sigh i guess im too into foods hehehe)While eating he noticed his bag being just half as full as it was before so his mood got a little sour. but it was worth all the good foods he found from the stalls. 11 sLittle girls While still walking on the district''s main road Our MC was still being stalked. After walking into an alleyways and eating the last bit of his muffins he stopped. "Come out if u dont want things to become ugly."His voice was cold and with a little bit of madness in it (Honestly im getting so excited about a future battle i just cant stop this feeling, it so pleasurable.) "...." The Stalker seemed to be surprised he/she was found out. After a few seconds he/she decided to come out from hiding to show a little childish and girly face. "...." Hunhou couldnt think that a little girl would stalk him and not only that she looked like a homeless person. "Why did you follow me ? if u don''t answer me then expect to be treated roughly." Seeing how coldly he acted the girl started trembling."I-i-i just wanted some of your good smelling food :Sniff sob: ."The girl stated as she began to cry. "...."Realizing he just made a little girl cry he started to get some cold sweat just thinking how his friend. (Oi oi oi am i really that intimidating or something, i thought i''m good looking.) "Oi oi kiddo stop crying!!" "WAHHHHH" Seeing our Mc shouting at her the little girl started to cry even harder making this situation look very peculiar. "Please please please stop crying i will buy some food just please stop crying." "Sniff sob, R-r-really y-you w-w-would ?" With hopeful eyes the girl stared at our MC "Damnit, yes come here lemme wipe your face first." Taking a cloth from the side of his pockets he cleaned the little girls dirty face and told her. "Lets go i will buy you some food. by the way what your name ?"Walking to the Stalls he held the little girls hand and asked. "my mum and dad told me not to tell strangers my name."The girl looking innocent got a pat from Hunhou while he asked. "And where are those parents of yours ?" This question made teh girl tear up and almost start crying again but remembering what He said before she held back so she can get some food. Noticing how she reacted he could guess. "Okay kiddo lets go."After they went to all kinds of stalls and tried all kinds of foods it was almost the end of his break so he told her that they will part ways. "Wha- why are you leaving !? i thought we are going to buy more food T^T"Scratching his head and noticing the girl tear up. (Tsk tsk i got a weak spot for kids. Sigh) Steeling himself he said. "kiddo i got things to do i cant just spend all day tasting foods with you." Steeling himself and trying to give his most intimidating look he told the girl they need to part. "O-o-okay." Losing hope the girl looked down. Caught up in this awkward situation Hunhou could only just turn around and walk home. While he walked he noticed the little girl following him and whenever he turned to look the girl would try to hide behind other people or stalls. "Sigh, it pretty comical how hard she tries to follow me." While he whispered this he turned back fast which got the girl surprised and she fell down after bumping into a person. "Hey watch your steps !! How dare you dirty my clothes with your filth!!" Said an arrogant looking fat merchant, cliche antagonist. Preparing to hit the defenseless girl with a whip Hunhou moved putting all his speed to work he arrived near the Fat Bastard and before he could reach the girl and hurt her he stopped his whip from ever reaching her. "I am telling you if this girl gets hurt then prepare to be broken into pieces."Showing his true Madness, the merchant could barely breath near this monstrosity. "This is my punishment to trash like you." After saying this our MC while still holding the whip in his hand dragged the whip a little bit making the fat man fall face front away from the girl whis was now behind him. "How dare you humiliate me, the third son of the Dragon Star Mercha-:TUDH:"The fat bastard who wanted to get up started talking about humiliation and stuff but before he could actually get to the name of his merchant group his head was pushed to the ground by our MC''s foot crushing it slightly. Blood flowing endlessly from his orifices the cliche antagonist can be considered dead. "Lets go." Taking the girl''s hand Hunhou started running trough the alleyways between the buildings and losing sight of the people he started going into his home''s direction "W-why did you help me? you will get into big trouble." While running the awkward silence was broken by the girl. "I helped you because i wanted to i will do whatever i wish because i can. if i cant then i wont."Stated Hunhou calmly like nothing happened before. "Ahh. i see... umu" Hearing Hunhou''s Reply the girl asked. "What your name ?" Stopping at this moment Hunhou looked at the girl. "Listen here kiddo !! Listen and listen well !! because you shall remember my name for ten thousand years . My name is !! Sun- Wu-... wait that the wrong one !!" Fucking up his intro he just became dispirited. "Tsk my name is Hunhou." Stated while still looking quite sad. Looking at how funny He acted teh girl started to laugh making hunhou Twitch his eyes and getting grumpy. " "Stop laughing !! REEEEEE" While they almost arrived at his house he started thinking. (What should i say to master about our new guest ? Sigh i will try to take responsibility of her till she can work for herself in the future.) "Fate brought us together as i may say so you will be under my wing till you can take care of yourself, now tell me your name." Hearing his serious tone the girl got a little bit anxious but hearing what he said she became happy. "Master my name is Clarice and im 10 years old, please accept me as a disciple" With shinning eyes the girl looked at her "Master" with respect and hope. "Sigh okay okay u will do the laundry then." this made the girl look extremely dispirited. Looking at how cute his disciple is he just couldn''t stop from patting her head. "lets go home." These words made her extremely excited which could be described as "Cute" (This girl is just too cute tsk tsk i got problems indeed.) 12 sFree Times (Kakakaka now the boys are gone i can just relax and drink my tea)thinking this Mura got a huge grin on his face and touched his ring and out of nowhere appeared a little table with it a few utensils for brewing tea. "The kids have some talent in combat but it seems they will need more training and combat experience to be able to take care of themselves."He knew that the talents shown by the boys aren''t the best, over the years he had taught lots of geniuses but, they showed him potential, more than their senior brothers and sisters. :Sip slurch~: Sipping his tea the old man was sitting in his chair lazily looking at backyard where the boys trained 20 minutes ago. While drinking his tea the old man felt someone starring daggers at him from behind. quickly glancing backwards he saw two men standing at his backyards door. one had a very boyish look with red hair and reed eyes while the other one looked like a bodybuilder with brown hair and green eyes. "ohh hoho if it ain''t the second prince of the Saber country ? and you... you are Hernandez the 10th most powerful fighter in the whole Gloria continent ? what might you two want from this old bones ?"Clearly the old man was surprised at his two guests but he was still calm and relaxed when. which made his two guests baffled. (why aren''t u scared !!? i got with myself the 10th most powerful fighter and soul cultivator in the whole continent yet u didn''t even bat an eye!!?) The second prince felt humiliated by this old man yet he knew he needed to ask the old man to come into their country per his fathers orders if he didn''t come then he can use Hernandez to force the old man to come. While scratching his head in annoyance the Prince told the old man. "Old Grandmaster Mura my father, The king, has ordered me to bring you back to the country for he has some questions from you. of course if you wont come out of volition then i must use Hernandez and force you to come. "Ohh ho~ i would like to see that come true second prince, people like you are never patient."When he finished speaking, the old man stood up and started releasing his rusty bones from the relaxed state. all of a sudden power surged from the old man. So much power surged from the old mans body that his pores couldn''t release it all so his breath started releasing it too whenever he let out air with it came out energy in the form of smoke making his spiky grey hair flutter with the flow of the aggressive energy which left his orifices, his body enlarging and his muscles bulging he stopped growing at 1.90 cm becoming a head taller than Hernandez and 2 heads taller than the young prince. "Hahaha Come on younglings !! Let me see the power of youth !!"his voice booming Master Mura stepped forward nonchalantly his step cracked the ground in a diameter of 20 meters around the training ground. Freezing in place the Second prince quickly glanced at his loyal servant. (Shit i thought he was just a king level figure but to have even a stronger soul level than the king which is a soul emperor level figure.)he started sweating after seeing the old man show him only a bit of his trued power. yet if he would have heard this statement then he would have just fainted at the spot. after all Hernandez shit himself seeing how much power the old man has now, what would have happened if the old man said that this much was only 20%. "P-p-please forgive ou- :BOOooOOOoOOM:" While Hernandez wanted to apologize for their rudeness, the old master moved. in an instant he appeared in front of Hernandez giving him a slap on the face which flung him to the other side of the backyard which was as mentioned as big as a normal football field. The air rumbled as he gave a slap to the 10th most powerful soul fighter in the while Gloria empire. Hernandez was stopped by a big stone fence :THUD: Falling to the ground and leaving an imprint in the wall Our victim didn''t look quite well. "Cough cough" standing up with fewer teeth than before he couldn''t accept this humiliation and took out his weapon which was a spear it handle was coated in gold while the spearhead was fully dark, probably an alloy of sorts. while his Summons where two big wolves two gale fenrirs which were a rare summon to come by these days. "U will pay for this humiliation !!" While saying these words he channeled energy trough his feet and within a second he arrived back to the old man while his two wolves attack from the sides. I this situation of 3 v 1 the old man didn''t even bat an eye, taking all the energy which left his body, time froze. :Sip slurch: taking a sip from his tea the old man looked at the oncoming Hernandez which had a vein bulging on his forehead, and let go of the tea. in the old man''s perspective the tea fell slowly as dust in the air. after another few microseconds the old man looked at Hernandez still in the air. "I''m no Fist practitioner so i will kill you with a basic sword swing. but not many know that i wont use my wooden swords on people below the soul emperor level. they don''t deserve me to use my sword my hands are enough." while speaking to the still Hernandez who was in mid air striking at mid air like a dumbass, Mura quickly made a swinging motion with his hand. As time unfroze Mura was behind Hernandez, :sluuurch~: sipping from his tea peacefully. After realizing the old man was nowhere to be seen he quickly looked at the wolves but as he turned his head it slightly started to show a very thin line at his neck. After turning his head 90* he blacked out, the body fell to the knees losing his head in the process. "Kiddo go back to your father and tell him that if he wants to ask question from me then he must come personally. now take care of this man''s body and scram." while telling the prince to scram he started shrinking and losing the bulging muscles. "tsk tsk 10 minutes of my free time was wasted by these no"bodies" pun intended ;3."after his uninvited guests left, :slurch~: the old man sat down near his little utensils table and took another sip from his tea. (i think if they get late again i will put them to clean up the excess blood from the ground and repair the cracks.) 13 sParanoias "Huh !?"After Hunhou arrived at his home''s front door eh felt his friend closing in so he looked back and saw Lurien walking toward home with a hoodie on. "hey why are you wearing that stupid hoodie ?" his curiosity got the better of him so he asked. *And who is this ?* he asked while ignoring his bro''s question. "Uhh, ohh she is my disciple hehe." fixing his clothes he said, it could be seen he was egoistical and arrogant then. *Haha good for you...* for a brief moment laughing at his bro''s antics, he suddenly became serious *Be careful there might be an assassin on me.* while looking at his friend He could clearly see the paranoia in his eyes. "Haha why are you scared? we got the old man to protect us remember, he is our master ;3"After seeing his face he was uneasy too but remembered they got themselves a powerful master, what could they fear ? *B-b-but what if she is stronger than Master Mura ? 0-0*Lurien started to have some cold sweat. "Indeed... well lets not think about it. Let''s go we will get into trouble if we are late."Hunhou got the creeps after looking at how paranoid his friend became just from a single assassin. but if he knew that a monster was hunting down that assassin then he would have been just as scared. (It doesn''t matter he wouldn''t understand anyways, but what he said is true, i hope that Master Hunter can capture the assassin before she strikes for me.)Still worried but slightly calmer Lurien went inside into their home. After a few seconds a shadow appeared there. it was a man in his mid twenties, with Brown hair which waved with the summer wind and cyan colored eyes. If Lurien saw him he would recognize him, after all he was Master Hunter. The Best Bounty hunter in the whole Gloria Empire. (Huum i feel a scary presence from that house in which that green haired brat entered.)While scouting the area an making sure the brat got home safely he went back to scout the area and make a trap for the assassin. Even tho she looked like a normal everyday servant she was just as powerful as the Bounty hunter so he needs to prepare very heavily to kill her, they already had some clashes before which made them both wary of each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After entering the House Hunhou went directly to his master to present his servant girl (Disciple) Observing the girl with his spiritual sense the old man stood up and made Hunhou go next to him and whispered. "kiddo u sure got yourself a potential powerhouse."Surprised By his master''s words Hunhou got delighted and resumed listening to the old man. "While she is weak right now when she becomes 18 years old she will be able to destroy her limiter." "What''s a limiter ?" Confused by that term he looked at his master. hearing it too Lurien went near them. while Clarice was ignored, it was pretty convenient because she started walking toward his master (Hunhou) and she heard about some kind of limiter so she got intrigued. "Cough a limiter is something which limits our power output and it like a bottleneck. it will only appear after the Soul King stage but if you are able to destroy it before the Soul King stage then you will have a smooth sailing experience trough Soul Practicing, till you get to Soul legend after that u will need to be the same level as your avatar and then both try to go into Soul legend."after stopping for a second he saw the shinning eyes of the kids. "so what''s after that *-* ?" "Hahaha, After that Soul Transcendent is a little bit harder. but we will talk about it at a later date."After seeing their eager faces he couldn''t stop getting out a chuckle after after which he went down and sat down on his little chair. "By the way u guys are late by 2 minutes. go clean up the backyard and then you can continue training." Only after hearing what he said they looked at their backyard and saw the cracks and some blood on the floor. and two gigantic wolves on the ground, seemingly dead. "*What happened here!!?*" Both boys asked while the little girl was in a daze at those big fluffy wolves. "Can i touch them!!?" Looking up at Her master with hopeful eyes. "Absolutely not, we are going to eat them." After hearing her master''s words she became excited (Food, yum!! they look good so they must be very delicious!!)Seeing his little servant start to drool he couldnt help but pat her head. *yeah but how will we cook it ?* It was an obvious question, but Neither three of them could answer it. Looking pretty lost they heard the old man talk. "Don''t worry kiddo''s i will cook it and cut their pelt down after you finish with cleaning and your training."Giving them hope the old man destroyed it right after. (After training ? wont that mean we will need to wait for you to cook it by midnight !!? Are we a joke to you!!?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ afternoon passed quickly with the cleaning and training and evening came fast while the boys where training with the swords the girl got a little gift from the old man. The old man gave the girl the spear of his last victim. it was heavy so the girl couldn''t hold it properly. "When you can properly wield this Spear with one hand and swing it 5 times in a row i will talk to a friend of mine who is a very good Spear practitioner." The boys opened their mouth at what he gave the girl. (How could u give a little girl such a weapon ?) While looking at each other they both stared in awe. "I always wonder where in hell he gets all those weapons and utensils he has." Wondering hunhou talked to his partner. *Well i don''t know either so lets just train so we wont get whipped again.* After hearing his friend;s warning he Hunhou immediately Gone back to training. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After finishing their Training and seeing that it starting to get dark the wolves disappeared without their notice, the little girl was in the same room as Hunhou, he had the only room with two beds because they put the bathrooms bed into his. Seeing she was long gone into dreamland he just fell into his bed and started his journey in dreamland. (Damnit that Assassin wont let me sleep either.) Wherever he looked he would always imagine a dark entity looking at him which wouldn''t let him sleep till his exhaustion caught up to him. :SNOORE~: The old man was already sleeping. 14 *Night sTalks* --------------------------------------------------------------------- When night arrived in the city of gloria, near a forest around 3 km to the east stood two people. "So what might you want sweet eyes ?" A girl looking roughly 16 years of age was lookin at a robust looking man who had Brown hair and Cyan colored eyes. "I just want to "Talk" with you."These cold words left his mouth each one more menacing than the other. he started walking toward her. "Ohh Really~~~?" Saying the girl with sarcasm splashed all over her face. "Lets stop beating around the bush... Josh" Saying this the girl had a face full of malice. While hearing what the girl said the man''s face just froze. He disappeared and reappeared behind the girl ready to strike with his fists. "Humph!!" After hitting the girl yet feeling nothing he knew he just hit her shadow. After a few miliseconds he felt danger from his sides so he jumped. :Fruh Frih: After jumping up he saw two flying swords, but unfortunately they didn''t stop from their pursuit. (Gotcha!!) The girl thought victory was in her hands yet she underestimated her opponent way too much. When the swords almost hit the vulnerable Josh he opened his eyes which glowed with blue light and when the swords almost hit him he managed to catch both swords. "Wahh!!?" The girl looked astounded at how he caught both her king grade swords. After catching both swords Josh started covering both of them with his soul aura yet he was still getting propelled up by the seconds after all both swords aimed from underneath him so when he caught them they of course made him fly up high. After taking over both sword they were still restless a little bit but he managed to control the flying path which made him able to safely descend. while he did so the girl didn''t just stand by and took out many hidden weapons from every corner of her clothes. :FRUHHSHH: taking out all the hidden weapons she had she made out a tornado out of the knives and sickles. "Urgh!!" While he descended down the tornado he couldn''t dodge some of the knives so he got cut in many places. "Humph!!" Jumping down from the sword which made it fall into the opposite direction he went after the girl like a rocket while he prepared his energy infused right hand to hit her. He was about 40 meters away from her yet his power made him jump from the sword almost instantly. Arriving in front of the girl within a second he almost reached her when suddenly :PUFF!!: She turned into smoke. he couldn''t stop the attack. :Toug... BOOOOOM~~~: Hitting the dirt floor everything within a radius of1km was decimated every living or non living thing just got blasted into nothingness, out of existence even. Making a 1km deep crater Josh was looking out into the now clear night sky. (It seems i still blasted away even the clouds.) The shock wave created by him even blasted away the clouds which led him to see the moonlight shine into the crater. feeling danger lurking above him he stood up and prepared to jump. crouching down he tensed up all his leg muscles, within a second all this happened and just as fast he jumped up so fast that he made another crater inside his crater. which made more cracks appear. going with the speed of sound now he reached the end of the crater within a few seconds. :Clank!: when he arrived at the crater''s outskirts he was presented by a knife which he just brushed off with his fist,:Fruh fruh frih fuh!!: after which he got a surprise attack from the surrounding trees with all kinds of hidden weapon. The wind seemed to stir as all those weapons rained down upon Josh. "Tsk i''m getting irritated by all these little toys!!" As he said he stomped the ground which made all the hidden weapons redirect toward the starting locations. "Argh!!" Hearing a girls moan he was delighted. "Reina give up." Hearing her name the girl got angered by this humiliation. Standing up he could see how stubborn she was :Sigh: Sighing and looking at her. "Reina stop it, the fight is already decided. i haven''t even used my energy on my whole body to strengthen it, and you are already injured." Stating the facts, Josh looked at Reina''s wound. "ARGHHH!!?" Starting to weep the girl started rambling. "WHY!!? WHY!!? i worked so hard i put double the time in training yet you are always better, Even master praised your talent yet not even batting an eye at my hard work !!" After hearing her he started to pity her and going closer to her. "Do you know how humiliating and hard it is to live in another person''s shadow !!?"She started crying. :Hug: Freezing for a moment she realized he hugged her. "You know full well that while master ignored your hard work everyone else saw it and respected you for it. Even uncle Mura told you that patience will always be worth it." Hearing his words she trembled before falling to her knees. "it true that we indeed had gone to different paths yet it''s similar. we kill people for money." :Sniff sob.: she looked up to josh with her purple and teary eyes, which reflected the moonlightgiving her more charm. (Damn she is still just as cute as she was 5 years ago.) this thought showed up in his mind. "I only came to see your progress, i never meant to hurt you lil Rei."After a few seconds of looking at her beautiful purple eyes. "Uhnn" He took the knife from Reina''s stomach and started healing her. "I am disappointed tho, Reina you could clearly become stronger if you would have more experience."Showing his concern yet his Strict personality he scolded his junior sister. "Standing up and carrying her in a princess style carry he brought her near a tree and sat down with her still in his embrace. :Blush: "Senio-" As she wanted to say something about the situation "Shuu, lets just enjoy the moment."After a few minutes of silence. "Senior brother... can i have one of your eyes ?" Looking up and seeing him looking at her with amusement, "You still couldn''t control your fetish ?" With this both of them fell asleep in both their embrace. But the night is still long~. 15 sMore Trainings this morning staretd as usual for our citizens each getting up at 6am in the morning to tend for the animals, the women to cook food, the children to help their fathers and mothers. In a particular house with the largest backyard out of the all the nearby houses stood 2 young men swinging their practice swords. They seemed to be sweating a lot while still they looked very happy with their training. "i can barely feel the weight of the sword now T-T, i think i''m not gonna feel my arms at all if this continues." Said the black haired teen to his green haired partner. *I completely agree with you i just can''t seem to fathom why this will help us in using the sword techni-* When he almost completed his sentence he got scolded by the old man behind them. "Shadap you will need this so you can hold your weapons for days in wars!!"The old man said with all seriousness. "Yeah yeah i don''t actually think we will even join wars to begin with hahah- :slap:" Yet again the death stick rained down upon the mortal ass. His ass contorted and he almost fell down. (Ohh Thank god i can maintain my stance.) Thought as he felt teh similar burning sensation on his ass cheeks. "Stop yapping about and swing your swords, it almost noon so we will have an hour of break." This relieved both teens. "Granpa granpa!! i made this for you!" After a few minutes a little girl ran outside while holding a crappy looking muffin. The guys started snickering. they knew how badly the little girl cooked and whenever she finished one the first to taste it was the old man. They both enjoyed this moment to their bones. (Hah that what u get !! karma will always come for you!!) Thought Hunhou while looking backwards yet still feeling his stinging ass. (better luck next time old man.) Sighed Lurien while looking at his teacher which has ablank look on his face. "Thank you, now go and start practicing the soul manual Granpa gave, so u can be strong in the future." He patted the little girl while telling her in a sweet voice to go and train. "okay Granpa !!" Clarice went into the house. yet she didnt notice the glares at the old man by her master and his Avatar. "You gave her a training manual !!? and you didn''t give us any !?!" Hunhou interrogated while swinging his practice sword. "yeah it not a big deal it will help her cultivate her soul energy more efficiently. and i noticed she has a body which lets her take in soul energy 10x faster than any genius i have taught or seen, and who knows how much faster she will become after her limiter is broken."This shocked both teens. (10x faster than geniuses ? it like 100x faster than me... and lets not mention the limiter. i think she will become a huge figure in the world, sigh.) Whiel contemplating his trashy talent and getting depressed for it. Lurien had a whole other train of thought''s. (When will she come for me, fuck i''m so scared i hope that guy dealt with her according to the bounty.) He started swinging his sword faster, who knows, probably his fear made his training drive more intense. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside a room with two beds sat the little girl. she was sitting on the bad while cultivating her soul energy, even tho she didnt know what that really meant the old man told her it will make her stronger so she just accepted it and did it with all her heart. (I will become stronger and make better food for master and Granpa !! >w<) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Time went on by till The break came. "Kiddo''s you got one hour get out of here!!" :Panting: "Shut up old man we are hella tired" While he retorted he saw his friend just stand up after resting for 1 min looking all good. "Wha.. how tha fuck your not tired !!?"he was awed by his friend''s endurance even tho the trained for hours without pause he just shrugged it off. *ohh.. uhhh i''m gonna go now.* Hunhou noticed his friend''s weird behavior so he just let go and sat back down while panting.(if he wants to tell me what''s wrong he will. just gotta be patient, he is probably still stuck up with that assassin thing.) "Master, will be able to get as strong as you ?" This surprised the sitting Mura,(What is this kid blabbling all of a sudden ?)Frowning slightly the old man gave a serious look toward his disciple. "Hard work. put in as much hard work you can and become stronger, the world will soon change. and u will need strength to be able to safely live then." Looking at him Hunhou started sweating. (The world will change !?) Looking confused slightly he glanced toward his master. "Kiddo i can''t tell you anything but the time will come and u will need to be strong to survive by then. And remember u promised your Avatar u will go back into the soul realm to help someone." While saying these things to his Disciple the old man stood up and left the scene. Still on the ground Hunhou contemplated about life and such. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After a few more days passed the boys became proficient in swinging the sword. their forms perfected themselves, they swung their swords each morning with a burning passion. (Become Stronger!!) After each session they could swing their swords faster which meant they would do more swings each morning. This surprised them both they just felt the hard work they are putting into teh training is paying off and it feels so satisfying that they became addicted with training. almost to a degree of neglecting their needs. "Okay boys go and take a shower you both worked hard this last week." The old man said with concern. (I can''t let them become training freaks the will just forget practical spar then and never experience how to fight stronger opponents.) While in thought the old man glanced at both his departing disciples backs. Sigh. 1 "Old man" (Hi..... my name is Hunhou i died when i was on a train and i think its was because.... someone sat on my back when i wanted to exit the door i don''t actually know how that happened and nor am i interested in the detail but yeah.... he broke my neck and my back i think he was a f*t Bastard) (Anyways i''m still alive and i don''t know how i''m still alive) "I still BLAME them !!!" (i heard something) "Its all because of how you RAISED ME !!!" Hunhow heard echoes (Ohhh i think i''m in the hospital and now i''m remembering my memories before dying. well i do still blame them for making me an antisocial piece of cowardice sh** i know that im that kind of person but no one can change ones personality without a catalyst i mean my whole life i was in my house or in a god damn chair and looking at a white screen 18/7.) "No" (Who''s there) Asked Hunhou in confusion and fear "Its was probably because of how you developed and thought that its was not your fault that you became a coward or a piece of sh**, To be honest whit you i saw all of your life and i think others where having a harder time than you ever had but they never blamed those that loved them but instead they blamed fate" (And what do you want me to do about it i couldn''t change who i am and i can''t anymore because of that f*t bastard) "And what if i can give you another chance at life where you can have your own choice ?" (I would gladly accept it) Said Hunhow "Who said it was possible ,i just asked a question i don''t have that kind of power hahaha" Laughed the mysterious voice (Fu** you man) "Okay i was just kidding about the last part you can''t change your fate hahaha" Laughed the mysterious voice hysterically, after like 2 minutes of laughing the voice stopped and asked. "Do you wish to reincarnate into an orphan boy''s body ?" (....) Hunhow was thinking for a long time until... (yeah i wish.) "Okay done." ... ... .. All of a sudden he started feeling his arms and his body, he could hear his heart beating "What the he** it was real !!" Hunhou wanted to stand up when something hit his nose and he almost vomited, because he was so excited to reincarnate he didn''t notice the place he reincarnated, the place seemed like a slum "Wait don''t tell me... that son of a bi***- Cough Cough " he roared but started coughing collapsed on the ground and fell unconscious after 10 minutes he recovered and woke up Hunhou knew he was deceived He was angry but the problem at hand was "grumbleeee" food "What the hell am i supposed to eat :sniff: and i even got a cold, i think i wont survive even a week in this life." After 1 week in the slums there was a kid in trashes eating leftovers murmuring something "Why did i survive this long i thought i''m gonna die in a week.... but i didn''t and it su**s because i need to eat trash that other god damn people leave for me, i''m soo weak i cant even fight a dog for food" Hunhou was lamenting on how shity his past week was until "Hello little one." Two strangers greeted him "Huh !!??!" Hunhow looked at the strangers confused "What do you want ?" Said Hunhou warily and looking left and right "where searching a man that has brown hair green eyes at least as big as me and has a sword on his side all the time, did you perhaps see him ?" Asked the stranger politely "Hmmmm." Hunhou tried remembering some figure he saw in the past week, but before he would say something he did something unexpected to the strangers, He put his hands in a taking position in front of the strangers "How dare you ask for money fro-" "Shut up Hernandez we don''t want all the city to know that i''m searching for him, look here take this lil guy." Hunhou took the 2 silver nugets and said "My names Henry, and i did see somebody like you he was always wearing a wooden sword on his waist and was murmuring by himself something about Sword Force i don''t know what''s that but he left yesterday when i last saw him he was going toward the east gate." Said Hunhou, he told his false name because who knows when they be back for revenge "Thanks lil guy." Thanked the polite man while the other guy was just glaring at me After the strangers were gone from his sight he started running toward the west direction until he saw a familiar man under some trash sleeping,He gave the man a kick in the stomach but unfortunately the man blocked it whit his hands "Hey kiddo i told you to leave me alo-" Said the man sleepily but was interrupted by Hunhou "Shut up geezer i saved your ass today so you owe ME !!" "What !!?!" "Yeah that''s right i saved your ass so you gotta give me something for it." "And how exactly did you save my ass huh !!?" Asked the man angrily he was angry because he didn''t want to owe a low life anything "Today i meet some people searching for you and they seemed angry i told them i saw you go away in the other direction hehe." Said Hunhou like he did a justice, while in truth he just milked the man for some money "Okay i will give you 1 of my sword arts technique but be careful you need to train a lot for this technique." Said the man seriously, and stood up from his place. 2 "Blood, Sweat and Tears" "The body refining technique i''m going to teach you is the first technique of a series of three techniques" Said the old man nonchalantly while picking his ears. "Its called Blood, i will tell the other 2 technique names after you learn Blood." The old man said it smiling, his lips reached his ears that how happy the old man was. Hunhou had a bad feeling about it. (god dammit i should''ve asked him for his ugly sword T-T.) Thought Hunhou. "lets go kiddo were gonna eat so you can be a better sandbag." "O-o-okay" That''s when Hunhou knew.... he fu**ed up. ~~~~~~ After 2 Weeks of training the technique of Blood Hunhou looked a totally different person, The old man by the way is strong as fuck he beaten me so many times in this past week. Anyways this technique "Blood" let''s my blood bring more oxygen with it, which makes my brain work faster and then whenever i train with it activated it destroys and regenerates my muscles faster by 3 times. (The old man told me that i need to make my heart beat more faster so i tried being excited when he was beating me..... that made me look like i was enjoying it.) Thought Hunhou while looking very depressed. (I must persevere if not i''m going to be looked down.... and i never want to be my past self) Thought Hunhou. His training routine for the last 2 weeks was getting beaten by the old man and doing normal exercises the old man showed him, push ups,sit ups and breath coordination "Hey why are you spacing out ?" "Uhh i wa-" :punch sound effect: :thud: "hehe never space out when fighting your opponent kid" "i understand cough... cough. im still confused about this body refining technique" Said Hunhou while coughing. When he loses concentration of his breathing he start coughing, a downside for the breathing coordination. "Well then even if i did tell you how it basically works you still need to master it to understand it effects and become more proficient using it in fight''s because if you master it to Perfection you can even heal limbs within seconds." Said the old man seriously while looking at Hunhou whit a bit of hope in his eyes and then he started spacing out again.But the old man left out an important part... it can only heal limbs if the person was powerful enough. Hunhou noticed the little bit of hope in the old man''s eyes and was pretty happy about it. (Hehe its seems that i do matter to others.and he spaced out again, he does that more and more by the days.) Thought Hunhou almost tearing up, he didn''t want to worry the old man so he covered it up whit his hand and told the old man "I''m going to piss." "Okay but be fast because i''m not done explaining" Told the old man to Hunhou while looking grumpy. (i have so much knowledge and this kid decides to just go and piss.) The more the old man thought about it the angrier he became so he just let it go. "i''m back" Hunhou ran back after pissing. "Took you long enough !!!" The old man almost exploded of anger when he heard Hunhou saying piss. "i-i''m sorry." Said Hunhou Shutting himself up he knew that the old man needs anger management so he didnt say anything further. "so as i was saying when you complete this technique you might become immortal but you never have a powerfull body whit this alone and you will still die if your head gets blown of or your heart pierced." "You are still at the lowest level that can just heal minor wounds." Said the old man seriously. "I see so how am i gonna protect my head and heart then ?" Asked Hunhou confused. "Haha-cough cough its of course the second technique Sweat, when your heart start beating faster you can grasp a little bit of control over your body heat and that lets you sweat more and in fact sweat can help you make your skin as strong as most magical materials at perfection, ohh and i already perfected the 3 techniques hehe." Said the old man proudly while scratching his nose. After a while of thinking the old man told me that i need to start running as much as possible using my first technique "Blood" so that my sweat can have a better effect at making my skin more powerful. (that old man never explains anything correctly he just says how the technique can be practiced nothing more.... humph i will probably understand when i become better at the techniques, i''m wondering how it works when i don''t even understand the system behind it.) Hunhou was wondering while running trough the alleyways and the suburbs After 2 weeks of exploration he pretty much knows everything about the west side of the city that is called Gloria City its the capital of as you guessed Gloria continent (And i think the old man told me i need to eat as much as possible so that my heart can make more blood and all that other things to be honest i wasn''t really paying any attention when the old man was telling him.) After running for almost 2 hours he begins to feel tired and hes like a fountain now. "who is that ?" "i don''t know and i don''t care about it so leave me alone i''m gonna sleep." "okay sorry boss T-T." Said the little kid to his boss (older kid), he still gets beaten up if he talks too much. After He started feeling tired he observed some changes on his body, more specifically on his skin it started to become more pale and his heart started to beat faster and faster till he reached 180 beats per seconds he didn''t know that its body started destroying his old skin cells and its making new ones like crazy. (the human body does kill old skin cells but not at this kind of rate.) Hunhou was awed by this technique he knew his skin was becoming more sturdy and still be very smooth and he felt his skin to be more sensitive to the air flow around him. after running for another 2 hours he finally stopped he was out of breath, he kinda looked funny running and pelting his skin like a snake at the same time. "who knew :panting: fuuuuh that i could run this much and i''m sweating now black odor :blech: oh my god this smells like sh**." After finishing his 4 hours long run he came back to his home to see the old man still waiting for him whit a soap in his hand. "uhh where did the soa-" :Tudh: The old man threw the soap at his face and said. "go to the river and wash up you smell like a dead fish." "okay you old geezer." Said Hunhou annoyed After washing up in the ice cold water he came back and the old man told him that the next technique will be.... "Tears." The old man was straight (what the fu** i think i remember some kind of saying from earth.... oh well its doesn''t matter now) Thought Hunhou before going to sleep. Hunhou was still sleeping in the slums but he got himself some straw and some jacket for the night to sleep whit. (wait where he got the soap anyways.... if i remember correctly i saw a kid playing whit soaps around the corner) "Hey old man, where you got the soap anyways ?" "uhh... hehe i got it from somewhere special" "where-" "shut up and sleep !!!" Hunhou was interrupted by the old mans annoyed screaming, so he just shut his mouth and slept for the night. 3 "Soul realm" :Chirp, Chirp: "Ughhh." Hunhou got up in an unfamiliar place. "Where is this place." "It is your soul realm." Hunhou heard the old man talk to him from behind but he couldn''t move even 1 mm, not even his head. "Uhh old man help me." Said Hunhou to the old man. "Kiddo this time you are on your own i''m only gonna give you a brief explanation about your predicament. Your soul realm is where your subconsciousness creates a world and every time you enter you must face a trial which is based on your current strength." (I''m not interested in this crap i want to know where i am.) Thought Hunhou when all of a sudden he could move again his body. "if you are thinking where the soul realm is or what it is. it basically your dreamscape but where you are locked till you finish your trial." When Hunhou tried to look at the old man behind him he was nowhere to be seen. "That Sh*** old man." Grumbled Hunhow he didn''t know what to do now. (How am i going to even start ? Hunhou was wondering. After some time he started walking and saw many weird animals for example deer whit human body and deer head or lizards bigger than dogs. "What a weird soul realm." Said Hunhou to himself. :squeak squeak: :Woshhh, Woshhh: Hunhou heard some noises and when he wanted to go and look at it he was almost hit by 2 arrows but he was pretty lucky he only got hit on his shoulders... twice. (ughh its hurts like hell.) Thought Hunhou when he got hit by the arrows he never thought that they could hurt this much he staggered backwards and fell down. Hunhou lost consciousness for 2 seconds before opening his eyes again to see other deermen approaching him.there were 4 deermen actually one in front one behind and two at his side surrounded "What the hell, fuck off bitches what did i do to deserve this!!!!!" He screamed like a cornered animal. In fact Hunhou was a coward and never fought in his life, he was experiencing this for the first time in his 2 lives so he started swearing at the deermen that shot him. (god damn i should just run.... yeah that''s a good idea.) Hunhou was already scared shitless and didn''t notice that the was becoming again that coward that the pledged he will never become. He despaired the moment he thought he will die again. "I-i cant die in a place like this !!!!" Hunhou shouted full of fear. Dread overwhelming his judgement That''s when his basic animalistic instincts took over. he quickly took the arrows from his shoulder and ran to one of the bow wielding deerman, with a quick and successive strike he pushed the arrow into the deerman''s eyes and inside his cranial skull killing the deerman instantly while he was occupied with one of the deerman the others didn''t waste any time and shoot more than a few arrows from 3 directions. barely dodging the arrow from behind him, the left sided one shot his rib making him scream in agony and then deciding to go full berserk not noticing he got shot in his right shoulder again and running at the left deer with full force and trying to dodge the other arrow the deerman shoot at him which was a few meters away from his head. With his life on the line all his human potential unleashed and his speed got faster than a speeding horse he succesfully dodged the life threatening shot but without looking behind he got shot on his left thigh which made him stumble before getting up and managing to stop the deerman in front of him from shooting and easily breaking his leg after kicking with his right the deerman''s leg from the front. "BASTARDS!!" he unleashed a punch which broke the deermans neck killing him on the spot. "GRIIIII!!! Tunkin tikin tuk!!" one of the deermen started shouting in a language he never heard. in his maddened rush to kill the one on his right side which was closer than the one in front, adrenaline started to fade and he felt pain. But he knew, he wont live if he doesn''t kill them so he ran faster. Registering 2 arrows in his field of view he planned to take one arrow from mid air which he successfully did but at the cost of the other arrow scratching his right thigh even shocking both the deermen which gave him a couple of seconds to tackle the right deerman and sticking the arrow in his heart. the deerman had deer head and human body with deer legs. {A.N. this is how it looks like https://drakensangonline.fandom.com/wiki/Stag_Man} :panting: Clearly exhausted from killing the monsters in his madness the other deerman started shooting arrows where he just took the body of the other deerman and used it as a shield even tho it was heavy he could have it stay in place. After recovering a bit of energy he decided to trow a rock at the deerman, surprise was shown on the deerman but it recovered pretty fast shooting arrow from high up making hunhow dodge from his previous hiding spot (the dead deerman) after successfully dodging a volley of arrows he started retreating into the forest. After a few minutes of running he exhausted himself and he sat down near a tree with a lot of moss around it and a few insects on it bark. "Aww shit it hurts and :BLEGH:." he started vomiting after he remember how he killed his first 3 victims. "fucking hell i still got an arrow in my right shoulder!!?" After sitting down again from vomiting all over the other trees he just noticed he still had an arrow in his shoulder. "I have no choice i need to take it out so it wont get infected."he started crying when he touched the arrow stuck in his flesh. "SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT. i need to take it out!!"Steeling himself he started holding the arrow and slowly pushing it outwards."ARGHHH." he fell unconscious after all that pain. ----------------------------------------------------- Outside the old man was minding his own bussiness taking care of some leftover food from a restaurants trashcan. "Hehehe the kid will love this roasted deer leg, even tho it a leftover."said the old man a bit drunk and he spaced out again -_-. Holding a bottle of empty wine in his hand he slowly approached their little cabin out of cardboxes and other metal sheets from trashcans. "Kiddo i got some good stuff hehehe~~"Said the old man while clearly forgetting the kid right now is in his soul realm. "kiddo!!?"he started shouting till he remembered"Ohh shit he is in his soul realm unlocking his spiritual avatar." ---------------------------------------------------------- Back in the soul realm. "Ughh my head feels dizzy."after waking up he noticed something quite alarming "shit how much was i out ?" and he noticed his wounds are almost fully regenerated. "now that is such a good ability old man it such a life saver T^T it seems it always working so it more of a passive ability or it only works when my heart beats faster?.. huum i will need to think about it more, but not now, now i need to find a safehaven in this god knows place."he got up from the tree which had some blood on it obviously his. after searching for a place he heard a loud splash which meant it must be a "waterfall!! and where there is a waterfall there must be a cave!!" Said Hunhou out loud looking excited. after walking for a few minutes he noticed a huge waterfall and he started observing for any kinds of dangers. "huum i guess it a safe place i just gotta find that nice cliche treasure cave with a mystical plant or something which will make me stronger by 10 times making me able to kill my enemies with easy and more face slapping than ever." Said Hunhou smugly and of course jokingly. 4 "Sweet Sweet..." After finding a nice place to rest Hunhou tried to make it safer by making traps. "how do i even start ?"Contemplating a long time. "fuck it i don''t even know how to make pools and underground pools like those bastard on KyuTyub." "if i had a survival book like that kid in that novel everything would be so much easier~~" Nagged Hunhou for his misfortune, for he was useless."i cant even remember how those guys made axes and shovels on KyuTyube damnit!!" After swearing at his predicament he became depressed for a few hours and then it took him :GRUMBLEEE: "im hungry.... damnit i gotta find something to eat, and fast !!"it was dawn when he woke up from he guessed he slept over 8 hours because when he got here it was afternoon. When he started looking for some edible fruits or some little animals he stumbled upon his previous resting place. now full of deermen he froze up and then started to slowly observe them. he saw there was only two of them (damn they look exactly the same how the fuck am i gonna know which ones i fought or which one is the boss 0-0) He began contemplating wheter it would be a good idea on attack them and eat them...(Woah woah waoh im not cannibal im not gonna eat it it looks half human for fucks sake!!) (All I need is a little love in my life, All I need is a little love in the dark) he started reciting one of his favorite rhymes from a song he remembers. (alright lets just go from here the dont know where i my resting place is anyways.)he started slowly creeping away and then whe he was far away he stumbled upon a bush with lots of berries on it. "well well well~ luck shines upon the unfortunate once in a while ;3 "he started devouring the berries like some kind of beast. after finish it and looking at his two hand all blue and red he just went back to the waterfall washing his hand and his face, he indeed found a cave right underneath the pond which was quite lucky. after entering the cave full of luminescent moss and mushrooms which looked clearly inedible but good for lighting he wondered why it was so dry even tho a god damn waterfall was right above it. He found out the moss and mushrooms gave enough heat to make the whole cave warm and cozy even. and there even was a god damn little pond inside the cave which was pretty relaxing. After clearing out all the stone debris and rocks he tried making some sort of bed out of the moss even tho it looked quite weird it was sure cozy and better than nothing, falling asleep he didnt notice the moss slowly creeping up on his body and all the other moss started to surround him and put him into a cocoon. "mh!!? mhhh MHH!!!"after waking up and feeling restricted he started to think what the hell was happening and then he noticed the moss all over him wasn''t harmful but it was just sticking to him like fly to the light. after carefully snuggling himsefl out of the moss''s embrace he saw it crumble back into a pile of crap."ughh it gives me teh creeps i feel like my innocence has been lost T^T." "s~~- s~~-" "huh?!"Hunhow was surprised to hear some faint voice from the moss. he approached it out of curiosity and he touched it. "WAHHH!!?" all the moss started to stick back to his skin and now it had a stronger hold over Hunhou not letting him even a second to spare he was again covered but now he was covered all over his skin instead of being in a cocoon. the moss started entering his mouth and his asshole. "AHN~~ FUCK!!! NOO!!! DOOOOOOOOON~~~!!!" he screamed out in pleasure and in dread for being violated by a moss of all things and he fell unconscious. *Sweet Sweet energy.*When opening his eyes he heard a familiar voice but now he heard it inside of his head, and more clearly which gave him the creeps but he suddenly stood up and then checked his butt... it seemed fine without any injuries. " PHEW~~the last thing i need is butthurt syndrome" nagged hunhou. starting to tremble about what happened before falling unconscious. *it wasn''t that bad sweetie~*Said the voice in his head alerting Hunhou. "Who are you!!?"He said to himself like some kind of insane person *Don''t worry sweetie i''m just you... or i just became you~~?* Said the voice mysteriously "Be clear bastard!! what did you do to me ? and did you defile my body !!? T 100 (becomes a Soul novice and can evolve all his stats to soul novice rank instead of being mortal rank.) Active Abilities: Bloodboost 4/4 (LifeBoost 1/4), Madness Rush 2/4 (Evolvable). Passive Abilities: Stoneskin 4/4 (Ironskin 2/4), Pain resistance 4/4 (Pain imunity 1/4) Energy Manipulation 1/4 (Evolvable). Unique Abilities: none. Avatar: Sentient Moss, Name: Lurien, Rank: soldier (Evolvable trough training) {A.N. There are some abilities which are locked, it cuz in the soul realm he got stronger by 2x which means he became a soul novice there so he had 160 soul energy and some of his skills evolved but now he got out of there he now became a mortal again and needs to get into soul novice to unlock the locked abilities) Skills: Sword Novice 1/10 (Evolvable) Fist Novice 3/10 (Evolvable) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 "Rumors" "Enough! taking brakes is important too so go get out and look around the district. ohh by the way take the bags and buy yourselves something." The old man seemed satisfied with their hardwork so he gave them some allowance. After training for around 6 hours the boys were already panting like animals, and this break was a much needed one. "Lets go and find sum good food!! i''m so hungry the old man didn''t give us any breakfast" Said Hunhou with a disheveled looking hair and sweat covered body. *uhhh, before that you should go and take a bath. i go look around first till your done and tell you which are teh good spots for food ;3*Lurien suggested while looking at his bro. "Wait, i never seen you take a bath not even the Soul Realm!!"Realised that his friend never took a bath but still smelled good he wanted to ask further. *Well i''m a kind of plant. and i don''t need to wash up because i don''t sweat, and if my clothes get dirty i just can change them instantly hehehe.*Looking at his friend with awe Hunhou just wanted to punch him after seeing his smug face. "Sigh. go then i will come after im done."Said withholding his urges of punching his bud''s smug face. ------------------------------------------------------------- After parting ways Lurien went and walked the main street of the second district every district looked like a ring and each one had a Main Road which helped people navigate trough the rings easier even tho the second district was very long if you would stretch it out into a line it would be like 2 to 3 airport lengths. it''s was still very convenient to have the roads so people wont get lost between buildings. While looking around at the people all walking in many direction going trough stores and stalls looking trough food and jewelry. Lurien noticed there were exotic animal shops. Magical shops and libraries, he even saw many Adventurer''s. he went into an inn called Bear paw inn ofc to get some info about where they where cuz the old man didn''t talk about it yet. "Ya hear the Spear country gave birth to a new legendary figure which had the potential of becoming a Soul Emperor. tsk tsk." "That old news!! lemme tell you that the Bow Emperor''s third son was poisoned and many speculate it was the neighboring country who tried assassinating the third prince." "Bah it obviously the second or first prince trying to get the throne from their old father. less competition means less trouble for the both of them." the inn was bustling with talking people and many rumors. even tho Lurien was interested in more he suddenly heard a very intriguing one "Ya heard there where sightings of a 7 headed hydra in the Beastmen forest near the Sword country?" "Really i thought the beastmen forest wasnt accesible by humans yet ?" "Excuse me what is your order~!?"Lurien was surprised at the sudden question he was too into listening to the rumors, he didn''t notice the girl speak to him. *Uhh.*Caught by surprise Lurien got embarrassed a little bit. "Cmon hurry up lil boy don''t worry i wont bite ;3"The Servant girl couldn''t hold herself back from teasing that Handsome guy in front of her. Lurien seeing himself get teased by a mere servant Girl he straightened his back stood up and very seriously told the girl. *Give me a cup of Water* "Ahh~!!"After seeing his deep jade green eyes she got charmed for a few seconds, embarrassed she went back into the kitchen while she forgot to bring the water he asked for. (He looked so Handsome~ and those deep, green eyes, those eyes which showed elegance and mighty power within, AHN i want his EYES SO BAD!! ) living in her dream world the girl got goosebumps just thinking about the eyes of the green haired customer right at the Bar stool while having a perverted expression. {A.N. Ofc he is a charmer he is one of the MC char he needs to be Hunsum !!} (What''s taking so long for that girl ? but damn she looked cute.)Thinking about the girl he started seeing her charm, even tho she was a servant in the inn she looked quite cute when she blushed. "Hey green haired bitch u better back off from my prey !"while Lurien was thinking about what other thing he should do if he wont get his water a stranger came and told him while sitting down in front of him. *And what if i tell you she is my girlfriend ?* With a smug face He wanted to test what reaction he could get out of the Grey haired guy in front of him. After seeing Lurien''s smug face The Stranger stood up and while going to the entrance whispered to his ears "I want you come outside into the right alleyway." Lurien could hear the serious tone of the guy which was walking behind him. (what his problem ? hehe if he wants a beating im up for it ;3)Thinking about beating up that that bastard who called him a bitch he want right after him. people where seeing him leave for the guy and they started whispering. "hey isn''t that Master Hunter ? what is he doing talking with such a newbie ?" He was intrigued by what the people were saying, while exiting the inn he saw an alleyway on the right side of it so he went there, after walking a few meters he got lost. (didn''t the man say the right side? wait don''t tell me i got it wrong) he started going to the other side of the inn and noticed the man waiting there while having as cig in his mouth. "Cough- Boy you better listen to me she is my prey. if you don''t want to die u better back off and get stronger."Saying this he threw the cig away. it seems he just wanted to look cool with the two swords at his side. Baffled at what he heard Lurien got ready to strike the Man with all his might and when he was almost reaching the mans face he disappeared, instead of hitting the man he hit the wall near it. *ARGHHH SHIT!! My hand.*While he was holding his right hand which hurt him like hell the man reappeared behind him. Lurien knew he was Screwed so he closed his eyes, nothing happening for a few seconds he saw the man looking at him seriously. "Boy im not here to fight you but give you a warning that girl you met is a kingdom level assassin. it seems she took interest in you, likely said in your Eyes so be careful."While saying that the man gave him a back pat and Disappeared. While still in pain Lurien realized how weak he still is, (I need more power, so that i can protect myself.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While all that happened Hunhou finished bathing and walked trough the district finding many food stalls and buy all kinds of good smelling food. (HAHAHA This is a paradise for food !!) While munching on his food he got delighted about his findings. after eating some more and his hands full of food he noticed someone tailing him trough the crowd,(Huum... hehe lets see if u can hold up to my lighting fast speed!!) While thinking that he got ready to use his max speed. but right at the moment of engaging he realized that the food might go to waste if he ran too fast and lost it. "Sigh disappointing i think i gotta finish this up and see who is tailing me. :Munch Munch:" Whispered Hunhou to himself while munching on the cake he had in his right hand. (Shit i used half of my silvers. sigh i guess im too into foods hehehe)While eating he noticed his bag being just half as full as it was before so his mood got a little sour. but it was worth all the good foods he found from the stalls. 11 "Little girl" While still walking on the district''s main road Our MC was still being stalked. After walking into an alleyways and eating the last bit of his muffins he stopped. "Come out if u dont want things to become ugly."His voice was cold and with a little bit of madness in it (Honestly im getting so excited about a future battle i just cant stop this feeling, it so pleasurable.) "...." The Stalker seemed to be surprised he/she was found out. After a few seconds he/she decided to come out from hiding to show a little childish and girly face. "...." Hunhou couldnt think that a little girl would stalk him and not only that she looked like a homeless person. "Why did you follow me ? if u don''t answer me then expect to be treated roughly." Seeing how coldly he acted the girl started trembling."I-i-i just wanted some of your good smelling food :Sniff sob: ."The girl stated as she began to cry. "...."Realizing he just made a little girl cry he started to get some cold sweat just thinking how his friend. (Oi oi oi am i really that intimidating or something, i thought i''m good looking.) "Oi oi kiddo stop crying!!" "WAHHHHH" Seeing our Mc shouting at her the little girl started to cry even harder making this situation look very peculiar. "Please please please stop crying i will buy some food just please stop crying." "Sniff sob, R-r-really y-you w-w-would ?" With hopeful eyes the girl stared at our MC "Damnit, yes come here lemme wipe your face first." Taking a cloth from the side of his pockets he cleaned the little girls dirty face and told her. "Lets go i will buy you some food. by the way what your name ?"Walking to the Stalls he held the little girls hand and asked. "my mum and dad told me not to tell strangers my name."The girl looking innocent got a pat from Hunhou while he asked. "And where are those parents of yours ?" This question made teh girl tear up and almost start crying again but remembering what He said before she held back so she can get some food. Noticing how she reacted he could guess. "Okay kiddo lets go."After they went to all kinds of stalls and tried all kinds of foods it was almost the end of his break so he told her that they will part ways. "Wha- why are you leaving !? i thought we are going to buy more food T^T"Scratching his head and noticing the girl tear up. (Tsk tsk i got a weak spot for kids. Sigh) Steeling himself he said. "kiddo i got things to do i cant just spend all day tasting foods with you." Steeling himself and trying to give his most intimidating look he told the girl they need to part. "O-o-okay." Losing hope the girl looked down. Caught up in this awkward situation Hunhou could only just turn around and walk home. While he walked he noticed the little girl following him and whenever he turned to look the girl would try to hide behind other people or stalls. "Sigh, it pretty comical how hard she tries to follow me." While he whispered this he turned back fast which got the girl surprised and she fell down after bumping into a person. "Hey watch your steps !! How dare you dirty my clothes with your filth!!" Said an arrogant looking fat merchant, cliche antagonist. Preparing to hit the defenseless girl with a whip Hunhou moved putting all his speed to work he arrived near the Fat Bastard and before he could reach the girl and hurt her he stopped his whip from ever reaching her. "I am telling you if this girl gets hurt then prepare to be broken into pieces."Showing his true Madness, the merchant could barely breath near this monstrosity. "This is my punishment to trash like you." After saying this our MC while still holding the whip in his hand dragged the whip a little bit making the fat man fall face front away from the girl whis was now behind him. "How dare you humiliate me, the third son of the Dragon Star Mercha-:TUDH:"The fat bastard who wanted to get up started talking about humiliation and stuff but before he could actually get to the name of his merchant group his head was pushed to the ground by our MC''s foot crushing it slightly. Blood flowing endlessly from his orifices the cliche antagonist can be considered dead. "Lets go." Taking the girl''s hand Hunhou started running trough the alleyways between the buildings and losing sight of the people he started going into his home''s direction "W-why did you help me? you will get into big trouble." While running the awkward silence was broken by the girl. "I helped you because i wanted to i will do whatever i wish because i can. if i cant then i wont."Stated Hunhou calmly like nothing happened before. "Ahh. i see... umu" Hearing Hunhou''s Reply the girl asked. "What your name ?" Stopping at this moment Hunhou looked at the girl. "Listen here kiddo !! Listen and listen well !! because you shall remember my name for ten thousand years . My name is !! Sun- Wu-... wait that the wrong one !!" Fucking up his intro he just became dispirited. "Tsk my name is Hunhou." Stated while still looking quite sad. Looking at how funny He acted teh girl started to laugh making hunhou Twitch his eyes and getting grumpy. " "Stop laughing !! REEEEEE" While they almost arrived at his house he started thinking. (What should i say to master about our new guest ? Sigh i will try to take responsibility of her till she can work for herself in the future.) "Fate brought us together as i may say so you will be under my wing till you can take care of yourself, now tell me your name." Hearing his serious tone the girl got a little bit anxious but hearing what he said she became happy. "Master my name is Clarice and im 10 years old, please accept me as a disciple" With shinning eyes the girl looked at her "Master" with respect and hope. "Sigh okay okay u will do the laundry then." this made the girl look extremely dispirited. Looking at how cute his disciple is he just couldn''t stop from patting her head. "lets go home." These words made her extremely excited which could be described as "Cute" (This girl is just too cute tsk tsk i got problems indeed.) 12 "Free Time" (Kakakaka now the boys are gone i can just relax and drink my tea)thinking this Mura got a huge grin on his face and touched his ring and out of nowhere appeared a little table with it a few utensils for brewing tea. "The kids have some talent in combat but it seems they will need more training and combat experience to be able to take care of themselves."He knew that the talents shown by the boys aren''t the best, over the years he had taught lots of geniuses but, they showed him potential, more than their senior brothers and sisters. :Sip slurch~: Sipping his tea the old man was sitting in his chair lazily looking at backyard where the boys trained 20 minutes ago. While drinking his tea the old man felt someone starring daggers at him from behind. quickly glancing backwards he saw two men standing at his backyards door. one had a very boyish look with red hair and reed eyes while the other one looked like a bodybuilder with brown hair and green eyes. "ohh hoho if it ain''t the second prince of the Saber country ? and you... you are Hernandez the 10th most powerful fighter in the whole Gloria continent ? what might you two want from this old bones ?"Clearly the old man was surprised at his two guests but he was still calm and relaxed when. which made his two guests baffled. (why aren''t u scared !!? i got with myself the 10th most powerful fighter and soul cultivator in the whole continent yet u didn''t even bat an eye!!?) The second prince felt humiliated by this old man yet he knew he needed to ask the old man to come into their country per his fathers orders if he didn''t come then he can use Hernandez to force the old man to come. While scratching his head in annoyance the Prince told the old man. "Old Grandmaster Mura my father, The king, has ordered me to bring you back to the country for he has some questions from you. of course if you wont come out of volition then i must use Hernandez and force you to come. "Ohh ho~ i would like to see that come true second prince, people like you are never patient."When he finished speaking, the old man stood up and started releasing his rusty bones from the relaxed state. all of a sudden power surged from the old man. So much power surged from the old mans body that his pores couldn''t release it all so his breath started releasing it too whenever he let out air with it came out energy in the form of smoke making his spiky grey hair flutter with the flow of the aggressive energy which left his orifices, his body enlarging and his muscles bulging he stopped growing at 1.90 cm becoming a head taller than Hernandez and 2 heads taller than the young prince. "Hahaha Come on younglings !! Let me see the power of youth !!"his voice booming Master Mura stepped forward nonchalantly his step cracked the ground in a diameter of 20 meters around the training ground. Freezing in place the Second prince quickly glanced at his loyal servant. (Shit i thought he was just a king level figure but to have even a stronger soul level than the king which is a soul emperor level figure.)he started sweating after seeing the old man show him only a bit of his trued power. yet if he would have heard this statement then he would have just fainted at the spot. after all Hernandez shit himself seeing how much power the old man has now, what would have happened if the old man said that this much was only 20%. "P-p-please forgive ou- :BOOooOOOoOOM:" While Hernandez wanted to apologize for their rudeness, the old master moved. in an instant he appeared in front of Hernandez giving him a slap on the face which flung him to the other side of the backyard which was as mentioned as big as a normal football field. The air rumbled as he gave a slap to the 10th most powerful soul fighter in the while Gloria empire. Hernandez was stopped by a big stone fence :THUD: Falling to the ground and leaving an imprint in the wall Our victim didn''t look quite well. "Cough cough" standing up with fewer teeth than before he couldn''t accept this humiliation and took out his weapon which was a spear it handle was coated in gold while the spearhead was fully dark, probably an alloy of sorts. while his Summons where two big wolves two gale fenrirs which were a rare summon to come by these days. "U will pay for this humiliation !!" While saying these words he channeled energy trough his feet and within a second he arrived back to the old man while his two wolves attack from the sides. I this situation of 3 v 1 the old man didn''t even bat an eye, taking all the energy which left his body, time froze. :Sip slurch: taking a sip from his tea the old man looked at the oncoming Hernandez which had a vein bulging on his forehead, and let go of the tea. in the old man''s perspective the tea fell slowly as dust in the air. after another few microseconds the old man looked at Hernandez still in the air. "I''m no Fist practitioner so i will kill you with a basic sword swing. but not many know that i wont use my wooden swords on people below the soul emperor level. they don''t deserve me to use my sword my hands are enough." while speaking to the still Hernandez who was in mid air striking at mid air like a dumbass, Mura quickly made a swinging motion with his hand. As time unfroze Mura was behind Hernandez, :sluuurch~: sipping from his tea peacefully. After realizing the old man was nowhere to be seen he quickly looked at the wolves but as he turned his head it slightly started to show a very thin line at his neck. After turning his head 90* he blacked out, the body fell to the knees losing his head in the process. "Kiddo go back to your father and tell him that if he wants to ask question from me then he must come personally. now take care of this man''s body and scram." while telling the prince to scram he started shrinking and losing the bulging muscles. "tsk tsk 10 minutes of my free time was wasted by these no"bodies" pun intended ;3."after his uninvited guests left, :slurch~: the old man sat down near his little utensils table and took another sip from his tea. (i think if they get late again i will put them to clean up the excess blood from the ground and repair the cracks.) 13 "Paranoia" "Huh !?"After Hunhou arrived at his home''s front door eh felt his friend closing in so he looked back and saw Lurien walking toward home with a hoodie on. "hey why are you wearing that stupid hoodie ?" his curiosity got the better of him so he asked. *And who is this ?* he asked while ignoring his bro''s question. "Uhh, ohh she is my disciple hehe." fixing his clothes he said, it could be seen he was egoistical and arrogant then. *Haha good for you...* for a brief moment laughing at his bro''s antics, he suddenly became serious *Be careful there might be an assassin on me.* while looking at his friend He could clearly see the paranoia in his eyes. "Haha why are you scared? we got the old man to protect us remember, he is our master ;3"After seeing his face he was uneasy too but remembered they got themselves a powerful master, what could they fear ? *B-b-but what if she is stronger than Master Mura ? 0-0*Lurien started to have some cold sweat. "Indeed... well lets not think about it. Let''s go we will get into trouble if we are late."Hunhou got the creeps after looking at how paranoid his friend became just from a single assassin. but if he knew that a monster was hunting down that assassin then he would have been just as scared. (It doesn''t matter he wouldn''t understand anyways, but what he said is true, i hope that Master Hunter can capture the assassin before she strikes for me.)Still worried but slightly calmer Lurien went inside into their home. After a few seconds a shadow appeared there. it was a man in his mid twenties, with Brown hair which waved with the summer wind and cyan colored eyes. If Lurien saw him he would recognize him, after all he was Master Hunter. The Best Bounty hunter in the whole Gloria Empire. (Huum i feel a scary presence from that house in which that green haired brat entered.)While scouting the area an making sure the brat got home safely he went back to scout the area and make a trap for the assassin. Even tho she looked like a normal everyday servant she was just as powerful as the Bounty hunter so he needs to prepare very heavily to kill her, they already had some clashes before which made them both wary of each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After entering the House Hunhou went directly to his master to present his servant girl (Disciple) Observing the girl with his spiritual sense the old man stood up and made Hunhou go next to him and whispered. "kiddo u sure got yourself a potential powerhouse."Surprised By his master''s words Hunhou got delighted and resumed listening to the old man. "While she is weak right now when she becomes 18 years old she will be able to destroy her limiter." "What''s a limiter ?" Confused by that term he looked at his master. hearing it too Lurien went near them. while Clarice was ignored, it was pretty convenient because she started walking toward his master (Hunhou) and she heard about some kind of limiter so she got intrigued. "Cough a limiter is something which limits our power output and it like a bottleneck. it will only appear after the Soul King stage but if you are able to destroy it before the Soul King stage then you will have a smooth sailing experience trough Soul Practicing, till you get to Soul legend after that u will need to be the same level as your avatar and then both try to go into Soul legend."after stopping for a second he saw the shinning eyes of the kids. "so what''s after that *-* ?" "Hahaha, After that Soul Transcendent is a little bit harder. but we will talk about it at a later date."After seeing their eager faces he couldn''t stop getting out a chuckle after after which he went down and sat down on his little chair. "By the way u guys are late by 2 minutes. go clean up the backyard and then you can continue training." Only after hearing what he said they looked at their backyard and saw the cracks and some blood on the floor. and two gigantic wolves on the ground, seemingly dead. "*What happened here!!?*" Both boys asked while the little girl was in a daze at those big fluffy wolves. "Can i touch them!!?" Looking up at Her master with hopeful eyes. "Absolutely not, we are going to eat them." After hearing her master''s words she became excited (Food, yum!! they look good so they must be very delicious!!)Seeing his little servant start to drool he couldnt help but pat her head. *yeah but how will we cook it ?* It was an obvious question, but Neither three of them could answer it. Looking pretty lost they heard the old man talk. "Don''t worry kiddo''s i will cook it and cut their pelt down after you finish with cleaning and your training."Giving them hope the old man destroyed it right after. (After training ? wont that mean we will need to wait for you to cook it by midnight !!? Are we a joke to you!!?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ afternoon passed quickly with the cleaning and training and evening came fast while the boys where training with the swords the girl got a little gift from the old man. The old man gave the girl the spear of his last victim. it was heavy so the girl couldn''t hold it properly. "When you can properly wield this Spear with one hand and swing it 5 times in a row i will talk to a friend of mine who is a very good Spear practitioner." The boys opened their mouth at what he gave the girl. (How could u give a little girl such a weapon ?) While looking at each other they both stared in awe. "I always wonder where in hell he gets all those weapons and utensils he has." Wondering hunhou talked to his partner. *Well i don''t know either so lets just train so we wont get whipped again.* After hearing his friend;s warning he Hunhou immediately Gone back to training. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After finishing their Training and seeing that it starting to get dark the wolves disappeared without their notice, the little girl was in the same room as Hunhou, he had the only room with two beds because they put the bathrooms bed into his. Seeing she was long gone into dreamland he just fell into his bed and started his journey in dreamland. (Damnit that Assassin wont let me sleep either.) Wherever he looked he would always imagine a dark entity looking at him which wouldn''t let him sleep till his exhaustion caught up to him. :SNOORE~: The old man was already sleeping. 14 *Night "Talk"* --------------------------------------------------------------------- When night arrived in the city of gloria, near a forest around 3 km to the east stood two people. "So what might you want sweet eyes ?" A girl looking roughly 16 years of age was lookin at a robust looking man who had Brown hair and Cyan colored eyes. "I just want to "Talk" with you."These cold words left his mouth each one more menacing than the other. he started walking toward her. "Ohh Really~~~?" Saying the girl with sarcasm splashed all over her face. "Lets stop beating around the bush... Josh" Saying this the girl had a face full of malice. While hearing what the girl said the man''s face just froze. He disappeared and reappeared behind the girl ready to strike with his fists. "Humph!!" After hitting the girl yet feeling nothing he knew he just hit her shadow. After a few miliseconds he felt danger from his sides so he jumped. :Fruh Frih: After jumping up he saw two flying swords, but unfortunately they didn''t stop from their pursuit. (Gotcha!!) The girl thought victory was in her hands yet she underestimated her opponent way too much. When the swords almost hit the vulnerable Josh he opened his eyes which glowed with blue light and when the swords almost hit him he managed to catch both swords. "Wahh!!?" The girl looked astounded at how he caught both her king grade swords. After catching both swords Josh started covering both of them with his soul aura yet he was still getting propelled up by the seconds after all both swords aimed from underneath him so when he caught them they of course made him fly up high. After taking over both sword they were still restless a little bit but he managed to control the flying path which made him able to safely descend. while he did so the girl didn''t just stand by and took out many hidden weapons from every corner of her clothes. :FRUHHSHH: taking out all the hidden weapons she had she made out a tornado out of the knives and sickles. "Urgh!!" While he descended down the tornado he couldn''t dodge some of the knives so he got cut in many places. "Humph!!" Jumping down from the sword which made it fall into the opposite direction he went after the girl like a rocket while he prepared his energy infused right hand to hit her. He was about 40 meters away from her yet his power made him jump from the sword almost instantly. Arriving in front of the girl within a second he almost reached her when suddenly :PUFF!!: She turned into smoke. he couldn''t stop the attack. :Toug... BOOOOOM~~~: Hitting the dirt floor everything within a radius of 1km was decimated every living or non living thing just got blasted into nothingness, out of existence even. Making a 1km deep crater Josh was looking out into the now clear night sky. (It seems i still blasted away even the clouds.) The shock wave created by him even blasted away the clouds which led him to see the moonlight shine into the crater. feeling danger lurking above him he stood up and prepared to jump. crouching down he tensed up all his leg muscles, within a second all this happened and just as fast he jumped up so fast that he made another crater inside his crater. which made more cracks appear. going with the speed of sound now he reached the end of the crater within a few seconds. :Clank!: when he arrived at the crater''s outskirts he was presented by a knife which he just brushed off with his fist,:Fruh fruh frih fuh!!: after which he got a surprise attack from the surrounding trees with all kinds of hidden weapon. The wind seemed to stir as all those weapons rained down upon Josh. "Tsk i''m getting irritated by all these little toys!!" As he said he stomped the ground which made all the hidden weapons redirect toward the starting locations. "Argh!!" Hearing a girls moan he was delighted. "Reina give up." Hearing her name the girl got angered by this humiliation. Standing up he could see how stubborn she was :Sigh: Sighing and looking at her. "Reina stop it, the fight is already decided. i haven''t even used my energy on my whole body to strengthen it, and you are already injured." Stating the facts, Josh looked at Reina''s wound. "ARGHHH!!?" Starting to weep the girl started rambling. "WHY!!? WHY!!? i worked so hard i put double the time in training yet you are always better, Even master praised your talent yet not even batting an eye at my hard work !!" After hearing her he started to pity her and going closer to her. "Do you know how humiliating and hard it is to live in another person''s shadow !!?"She started crying. :Hug: Freezing for a moment she realized he hugged her. "You know full well that while master ignored your hard work everyone else saw it and respected you for it. Even uncle Mura told you that patience will always be worth it." Hearing his words she trembled before falling to her knees. "it true that we indeed had gone to different paths yet it''s similar. we kill people for money." :Sniff sob.: she looked up to josh with her purple and teary eyes, which reflected the moonlight giving her more charm. (Damn she is still just as cute as she was 5 years ago.) this thought showed up in his mind. "I only came to see your progress, i never meant to hurt you lil Rei."After a few seconds of looking at her beautiful purple eyes. "Uhnn" He took the knife from Reina''s stomach and started healing her. "I am disappointed tho, Reina you could clearly become stronger if you would have more experience."Showing his concern yet his Strict personality he scolded his junior sister. "Standing up and carrying her in a princess style carry he brought her near a tree and sat down with her still in his embrace. :Blush: "Senio-" As she wanted to say something about the situation "Shuu, lets just enjoy the moment."After a few minutes of silence. "Senior brother... can i have one of your eyes ?" Looking up and seeing him looking at her with amusement, "You still couldn''t control your fetish ?" With this both of them fell asleep in both their embrace. But the night is still long~. 15 "More Training" this morning staretd as usual for our citizens each getting up at 6am in the morning to tend for the animals, the women to cook food, the children to help their fathers and mothers. In a particular house with the largest backyard out of the all the nearby houses stood 2 young men swinging their practice swords. They seemed to be sweating a lot while still they looked very happy with their training. "i can barely feel the weight of the sword now T-T, i think i''m not gonna feel my arms at all if this continues." Said the black haired teen to his green haired partner. *I completely agree with you i just can''t seem to fathom why this will help us in using the sword techni-* When he almost completed his sentence he got scolded by the old man behind them. "Shadap you will need this so you can hold your weapons for days in wars!!"The old man said with all seriousness. "Yeah yeah i don''t actually think we will even join wars to begin with hahah- :slap:" Yet again the death stick rained down upon the mortal ass. His ass contorted and he almost fell down. (Ohh Thank god i can maintain my stance.) Thought as he felt teh similar burning sensation on his ass cheeks. "Stop yapping about and swing your swords, it almost noon so we will have an hour of break." This relieved both teens. "Granpa granpa!! i made this for you!" After a few minutes a little girl ran outside while holding a crappy looking muffin. The guys started snickering. they knew how badly the little girl cooked and whenever she finished one the first to taste it was the old man. They both enjoyed this moment to their bones. (Hah that what u get !! karma will always come for you!!) Thought Hunhou while looking backwards yet still feeling his stinging ass. (better luck next time old man.) Sighed Lurien while looking at his teacher which has ablank look on his face. "Thank you, now go and start practicing the soul manual Granpa gave, so u can be strong in the future." He patted the little girl while telling her in a sweet voice to go and train. "okay Granpa !!" Clarice went into the house. yet she didnt notice the glares at the old man by her master and his Avatar. "You gave her a training manual !!? and you didn''t give us any !?!" Hunhou interrogated while swinging his practice sword. "yeah it not a big deal it will help her cultivate her soul energy more efficiently. and i noticed she has a body which lets her take in soul energy 10x faster than any genius i have taught or seen, and who knows how much faster she will become after her limiter is broken."This shocked both teens. (10x faster than geniuses ? it like 100x faster than me... and lets not mention the limiter. i think she will become a huge figure in the world, sigh.) Whiel contemplating his trashy talent and getting depressed for it. Lurien had a whole other train of thought''s. (When will she come for me, fuck i''m so scared i hope that guy dealt with her according to the bounty.) He started swinging his sword faster, who knows, probably his fear made his training drive more intense. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside a room with two beds sat the little girl. she was sitting on the bad while cultivating her soul energy, even tho she didnt know what that really meant the old man told her it will make her stronger so she just accepted it and did it with all her heart. (I will become stronger and make better food for master and Granpa !! >w<) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Time went on by till The break came. "Kiddo''s you got one hour get out of here!!" :Panting: "Shut up old man we are hella tired" While he retorted he saw his friend just stand up after resting for 1 min looking all good. "Wha.. how tha fuck your not tired !!?"he was awed by his friend''s endurance even tho the trained for hours without pause he just shrugged it off. *ohh.. uhhh i''m gonna go now.* Hunhou noticed his friend''s weird behavior so he just let go and sat back down while panting.(if he wants to tell me what''s wrong he will. just gotta be patient, he is probably still stuck up with that assassin thing.) "Master, will be able to get as strong as you ?" This surprised the sitting Mura,(What is this kid blabbling all of a sudden ?)Frowning slightly the old man gave a serious look toward his disciple. "Hard work. put in as much hard work you can and become stronger, the world will soon change. and u will need strength to be able to safely live then." Looking at him Hunhou started sweating. (The world will change !?) Looking confused slightly he glanced toward his master. "Kiddo i can''t tell you anything but the time will come and u will need to be strong to survive by then. And remember u promised your Avatar u will go back into the soul realm to help someone." While saying these things to his Disciple the old man stood up and left the scene. Still on the ground Hunhou contemplated about life and such. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After a few more days passed the boys became proficient in swinging the sword. their forms perfected themselves, they swung their swords each morning with a burning passion. (Become Stronger!!) After each session they could swing their swords faster which meant they would do more swings each morning. This surprised them both they just felt the hard work they are putting into teh training is paying off and it feels so satisfying that they became addicted with training. almost to a degree of neglecting their needs. "Okay boys go and take a shower you both worked hard this last week." The old man said with concern. (I can''t let them become training freaks the will just forget practical spar then and never experience how to fight stronger opponents.) While in thought the old man glanced at both his departing disciples backs. Sigh.