Chapter 27: A Spar

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"hmm... It's actually delicious' said Ais

"Ara ara~' said Finn while watching the two

"My my when did you become so bold Ais?' said Riveria

Ais just looks at them at confusion not knowing what they meant

"Uhm just how long are you gonna keep eating my finger? Is it delicious?' said Yuuya while looking at Ais

Ais finally realising her situation quickly move away from Yuuya and she was now a blush mess

Yuuya just chuckled a little bit. A rather rare reaction from him since he always had a poker face from time to time

"Hey hey Argonaut-kun! How did you get all of your abilities to S?' said Tiona

"Tell us the details!' said Tione

The other Loki Familia members also looks at Yuuya wanting to know how also get his abilities into all S

Feeling cornered Yuuya sent a "a little help?" look at Welf and Welf just sent back a "why me? Solve this by yourself" look into Yuuya

Yuuya then look at the others once again. They are focusing to him quite seriously and without a choice Yuuya just sighs

Yuuya then lifts his point finger vertically and placed it inches away from his lips

"That is of course a secret' said Yuuya in a rather scary voice

The others jolt back from this statement, their instincts screaming at them to remain silent

"A rabbit that bites huh... Interesting' said Finn

Using that situation Ais suddenly had a request to Yuuya

"Bell, first of all congratulations to you leveling up but I have a request for you' said Ais

"Hm? What might be your request?' said Yuuya interested

"I wanna spar with you- No... I want you teach me about the skill you uses during your fight with the minotaur' said Ais

"Which skill precisely are you talking about?' said Yuuya

"Uhm how will I described it...' said Ais

"The skill you use that engulfs your sword with fire?' said Ais

"Ahh you mean that skill? I call it breathing technique' said Yuuya

"Yes. Can you please teach it to me?' said Ais with a determined look in her face

Yuuya then place his hands in his chin thinking of something

"Fine. But first I need to know your stamina on how you can last because the skill itself was very draining and second I need to know what element you are using because my element that I uses during the fight is both fire and lightning' said Yuuya

"Thank you. My element is wind and how are we gonna test my stamina?' said Ais

"How long can you last running at your full speed on you current level?' said Yuuya

"Around 14 minutes' said Ais

"That will be halved then, worst more than that' said Yuuya

"What do you mean?' said Ais

"You see I cannot teach you the skill itself very easily. You need to learn what I call "Total Concentration Breathing" first before the technique itself' said Yuuya

"Total concentration breathing is a skill where you inhale the maximum amount of oxygen within a specific breath pattern to raise one's physical and mental prowess to their utmost limit' said Yuuya

"For example if you can only run for 14 minutes in full speed then it can be double or tripled using the breathing technique before getting exhausted. This can also be useful during a battle because not only it can longer the users stamina, it can also strengthen the users physical strength and also stop some bleeding except the very deep one of course' said Yuuya

(TCB= Total Concentration Breathing)

The others listen very carefully because they found the so call TCB is very useful

For example Gareth. This skill will quite useful to him specially when blocking attacks

"But just reminder. Stamina while fighting is very much different than your stamina in training' said Yuuya

"Meaning... Ais can we have a spar?' said Yuuya

"...Sure I also want to know how strong you are now since you level up' said Ais

"Now this is getting interesting' said Finn

After some preparation Ais and Yuuya along with the others who wanted to watch their spar goes into a clear place to spar

"Our fight will be pretty simple. I will attack you simultaneously until I drain your stamina without giving you a break. Of course you are allowed to fight back and use some of your magic' said Yuuya as unsheathe his weapon and goes to his battle stance

Yuuya gave Ais a brief moment to prepare herself before engaging

"Alright here I come!' said Yuuya as dashed towards Ais

Yuuya is fast... Very fast the moment he dashed towards Ais he is already behind her

Fortunately Ais manages to block the attack

"Well done but can you block the others?' said Yuuya

Yuuya then strike Ais simultaneously without giving her a time to have a break

Ais only barely blocks all of the attack and some small cuts are starting to form in her body

Yuuya is using the Hestia Sword and not the other one because it will kill Ais and he don't want that

Yuuya then uses a uppercut like slash into Ais

Ais block the attacks, Yuuya then uses this momentum to use a own made skill of his own

"Frenzy strike!' said Yuuya

Then Yuuya's sword clashes with Ais sword simultaneously in one go, more precisely Yuuya strikes Ais 50 times in one go

Ais getting desperate searches for an opening to appear meanwhile Yuuya was like a wall. Even a tiny opening weren't present in their fight

Yuuya noticing this just smirks and gave Ais an opening since he heard that Is got a new magic and he was interested in it and he also want to try a new magic he created using using his magic Firebolt

Meanwhile Ais uses the opening that Yuuya gave and pour all of her strength in one swing that Yuuya successfully block

Yuuya then let Ais gain some distance, after that Ais uses her new magic

"Lil Rafaga!' said Ais as she uses her last strength and shoots into Yuuya in an incredible speed

Yuuya didn't react and Ais thought she has won and she can finally beat Yuuya who is always defeating her on their spar as she strike Yuuya a explosion occurs

The spectators though Ais has won but when the dust clears they something that rather surprises them

Ais sword that is inches away from Yuuya was blocked by a fire like sword

"Well I didn't expect a explosion to occur like that' said Yuuya

"I-impossible' said Ais unable to believe what has happened

"Dear, there is nothing impossible in this world' said Yuuya as he continuously rain Ais strike after strike

Yuuya sees that Ais was already beyond exhausted so he decided finish this battle by breaking Ais sword

Luckily this whole time they are fighting the continues strike of Yuuya heated Ais sword into unbelievable level that you can feel the heat by simply getting close to it

Yuuya then uses all of his strength and with some Ki and his breathing technique as he strikes Ais sword one final

Due to the sword being heated so much it became much easier to destroy it

As Ais sword breaks her body finally gives away and she fall into her knees gasping for air as if she was suffocating this whole time

Just when Ais falls down Yuuya also falls down as steam was coming. He was drained out from the fighting

Fighting while using TCB is very taxing for him

After a moment Yuuya recovers but that wasn't the same with Ais

Ais was still grasping for air as she holds her chest as if she was in a extreme pain

Ais familia notices this and springs into action especially Riveria

Riveria together with Lefiya started casting some healing spell to no avail and they were getting desperate

Yuuya exhaust Ais more than he expected so he quickly rush into Ais side

This already happens to him one time so he can handle this situation

"Ais don't panic in breathing it will only worsen your situation! Calm down and slowly adjust your breathing! It will be painful but you need to do it!' said Yuuya as he guides Ais in controlling her breathing

Ais follows Yuuya's guide, it was very painful very painful, it was the worse pain she ever experienced but she trust Yuuya and follows his guide

She almost fall unconscious wich could have worsen their situation but she kept telling herself not to do so

After a while her breathing finally calms down as her familia sighs in relief

"Well done Ais you just past the first step of mastering TCB' said Yuuya as he gave Ais a compliment

(I just don't fuckin know what I'm doing at this point I just type what I have in my mind¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

"Wait... That is the first step?' said Ais as she gets up after recovering her breath and was now back to normal

"Yes, but promise me not to do that again' said Yuuya

Silence engulfs the two of them for a while until Ais broke the silence

"So you've noticed it...' said Ais

"Yes. You are already exhausted but you push through and uses your magic Lil Rafaga in hope of finally defeating me and I'll give you a compliment for that' said Yuuya

"But promise me never to do that again. Of course unless you have no choice and needed to take the gamble' said Yuuya

Ais then just looks at the ground with a pout in her face because, she just felt like she has been lectured

Yuuya noticing this didn't let it slip that easily

"Now now, don't be like that. Don't make me feel more guilty than I'm already was' said Yuuya as he started patting Ais who was much shorter than him

Ais just nods as she tries to hide her blush and the little smile she had from Yuuya but failed to do so

The patting session lasted for a while...

Meanwhile Finn and the others was watching them from a distance

"He is strong... Very strong' said Finn with a serious voice

"Is he even a level 2 at this point?' said Gareth

"Forget about him being a level 2 is he even human?' said Riveria

(Well... Kinda...?)

"On the bright side just look at our sword princess' said Finn

"She looks like a teenager that is in love' said Finn

"Well I agree with you on that' said Riveria

The three just nods in agreement

"You human! How dare you do that to my- *ahem* our princess!' said a elf in the background

(I wonder who it was¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

"Whoever said that I just want you to know your such a firecracker!' yelled Yuuya while he continue to pat Ais

"Huh???!!!!!' said the elf (insert Admiral Hipper's "Huh?!" dialogue from Azur Lane for better reference lol)

Then suddenly a familiar or more precisely a familiar scream(?) was heard

"Why you...?!"

Yuuya hearing these just sighs while still patting Ais

"Your late... Way too late Hestia's said Yuuya in his mind

"No one told me there'd be something that huge!' said Hestia

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AN: interesting ending aren't it? Let your mind go wild (つ≧▽≦)つ

Btw I don't know what I'm doing here I don't even fucking know if there's a risk of dying if you exhausted yourself beyond your limit such as the one in this chapter

I just make shits that make sense to me but not for the others¯\(◉‿◉)/¯

Oh btw I originally planned to release 4 chapters at once but my laziness says No and slap me in the face in Mach 10