7 Go Deeper

Kiro wakes up in the same cabin he found yesterday. He feels incredible , the pain is gone and he feels full of energy thanks to the mana Esgrieth is supplying him due to their new contract. He gets up to try his new abilities.

-Time leap

The time slows down just for a few moments then it gets back to normal , Kiro falls on his knees coughing blood and feeling drained.

"That was a bad idea , I guess my body can't handle such power , not yet. I need to train. Since I coughed the problem stands on my lungs , Plus I feel a lot of pressure on my body , I got to train my muscles too if I want to use time leap for long periods" - as he was thinking he left the cabin

-Bloodlust

Kiro's eyes turn pitch black , Now he is able to see living creatures from afar , also he could see their vital organs , their blood pumping though their veins , then he hears from afar what seems to be a waterfall .

"So this affects hearing too after all " but suddenly his vision blurs and his eyes turn back to normal.

"Ah come on I have to work on this too ? How the hell am i supposed to adapt this ?"

Kiro does't waste his time anymore thinking , instead he heads to the waterfall running as fast as he can , so he could work on his stamina in the process.After running for about 20 minutes he finds the waterfall. In front of the waterfall , lies a small lake .

"I guess this should be deep enough "

Kiro takes off his blade and dagger , his coat , his clothes leaving himself only with his underwear then he dives into the lake as deep as he could. His stamina is improved by the mana Esgrieth is providing him . To his surprise , the lake doesn't seem to have an end at all , so he just dives deeper and deeper . He runs out of air but he continues to go deeper until he feels like he is going too pass out. He rushes to the surface , his lungs feel like they're exploding and he could not feel his feet. He barely reaches the surface , breathing heavily . He lies on the ground , looks at the sky and gets up to dive again. He continues to go deeper into the lake , the pressure is destroying both his body and his lungs but he continues to go deeper ignoring the demolishing pain .

"I have endured pain way worse than this ,I know i can go deeper"

The light starts to fade slowly into the depth of the lake , Kiro feels yet again like he is going to faint so he rushes to the surface. Once he reaches it , he collapses to the ground breathing like a dog . After he calms down he tries something different . He finds a heavy rock and ties his leg with it using vines. he throws the rock into the lake and waits until he goes deep enough. Time passes . Kiro's lungs are pushing their limits , so is his body . With the rock tied to him he tries to reach the surface. He feels his body pushing harder and his lungs expanding so tries even harder to reach the surface. Then the rock gets stuck . Kiro feels screwed but he knows he should not panic. He reaches for the vine in his leg and starts to bite it. He needs to breathe but the vine won't allow it , he bites harder until the vine is cut down , He reaches for the surface and faints , falling down to the ground.

He finds himself in the spiritual realm and sees Esgrieth lying on the flowers.

-I didn't expect you to visit me

-Me neither.

-I can't believe that even with my mana you fainted , you are truly pathetic Kiro Karasu

-Says the demon who got beaten up by a human

-Shut up , if it weren't for your luck you would have been dead already .

Kiro stays silent for a few moment's then says :

-How old were you again ?

-Haven't you been taught to never ask a lady her age

-Since when did you become a lady?

-Don't you think you are staying way too much here , go away , you are bothering me .

Right at that time Kiro wakes up .

-Time lapse

The time slows , the water from the waterfall starts to fall slower , the dragonflies beat their wings moderately and the clouds look like frozen . This time , it continues longer , for about fifteen seconds . Then Everything goes back at normal but Kiro does't cough blood this time.

"I guess it paid me after all" Then he heads out for the cabin.

In his way back to the cabin he hears a voice , -There he is , -then an arrow comes flying towards Kiro.

-What the hell?

Then a muscular man charges at Kiro with a great sword . Kiro barely dodges the attack then pieces of sharp ice are thrown toward him. He tries to dodge them all but fails , allowing a few pieces to scratch him , he sees a young female mage on the twig of a tree. Following that A man wearing a knight's armor shows up .

-Just surrender already , I think the royal court will be merciful enough to give you a quick painless death.

"They must be bounty hunters , I guess a bounty must have been called on my head "

Kiro grins and looks at them.

-Bloodlust

His eyes turn pitch black , his opponents look intimidated .

-Time leap

Time slows down , Kiro runs toward the the tree the mage was sitting then climbs up as fast as he can stabbing her in the stomach. He then deactivates time leap on purpose , so he doesn't take too much mana.

- Amaris , noooo -screams what it seems to be the leader

-You are a dead man - says the muscular warrior , then charges at Kiro

Kiro draws his black scimitar and parries the attack and then he uses his dagger to stab the man in the neck , the only place where the armor is absent.

- Callan , You bastard

-Weren't you supposed to be bounty hunters , you had to be prepared for the risks

-I'll kill you -Then he charges at Kiro

Kiro parries the attack with his main blade and stabs him with his dagger in the ribs . The opponent does not care about the pain then charges at Kiro again . Kiro parries attack and kicks him as hard as he could , collapsing the opponent on the ground.

-You..... , you , i will .....

Kiro grins and says

-In the state that you are , I'm surprised you can even talk

Then Kiro kicks him once again him in the ribs , draining out his breath.

-I don't know how they made you their leader but i can see you were the weakest of them

-I.. I...

Kiro kick him again in the ribs , breaking them . The young man screams in pain and then dies.

Kiro searches his body and finds a bag of 500 Drezas , a better dagger and a bounty.The man in the bounty is Kiro and his bounty was 20000 Drezas.

"So I will have to deal with another problem now"

Then , bloodlust wears off .

"I just killed three people in cold blood well they were the ones who attacked me first , guess now there is no way back."

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