Chapter 11 Hell training
I gasped for air as I woke up to water splashing on my face and I looked at my father with anger in my eyes." What is your problem?! Why are you treating me like this?" All I wanted to do was cry. I felt betrayed by the person I trusted most. I thought he would dote on me forever and never raise his hand against me, let alone shoot me with arrows and beat me down.
He shook his head and looked at me and spoke softly, "I gave into your desire for 6 whole years and treasured you and I will keep treasuring and loving you but I will not let you be weak. I will not let you fumble your way into some other person's schemes and end up dead. If someone else tries to make me bury you, I will bury this world in ash."
"You could have talked to me and told me what your plan was. I had a plan to get strong without any of that!" I argued with his stupid words I had a system that would give me quests. I mean the rewards are too good to pass up only an idiot would ignore something like that.
"You will follow my training plan and that is final. If you wanna do those dumb exercises you can do it but you better be strong enough after the days done." Once he finished he threw a dagger at my feet and pointed to the south. "Take that dagger and run. I will keep shooting and hunting you. The session is over if you dodge 10 arrows in a row or you are too injured to continue."
I grabbed the dagger from the ground and spit at him in anger. "You are the worst" With that I took off running in the direction he pointed. I better work on getting faster so he can't hit me. I felt a bit of guilt for my actions and words but I was so angry. I finally had a loving parent and now it feels like I'm back where I started.
My back was to my father as I got further away; I did not notice the sadness in his eyes or the resolve to make me stronger. Eventually, I would look back and thank him but for now I will sulk in my emotions.
The familiar whistle kept on sounding. I managed to sidestep the first one with ease as I started pushing my speed to my stats limit. As I sped up I heard another whistle but since I was running at my body's fastest limit for the first time I could not change my momentum and took an arrow to my calf. "Son of a bi-" Suddenly with no sound two arrows hit me in my butt making me yelp and cry out.
"Language young lady I did not raise a hooligan. Next time it won't be a simple punishment."
After about 6 hours of training I looked like a pin cushion only managing to dodge 3 arrows in a row. I had cuts from my cheek all the way down my body. I still had the two arrows in my butt since every time I tried to remove them I would get a faster arrow to the arm.
As I lay on my stomach panting trying to stay awake my father came up and removed the last of the arrows before giving me a potion to drink. It was bitter and tasted disgusting. But as I ran and kept getting injured I felt my physical strength rising. It was not by much but I could feel myself reaching a bottleneck inching ever so close to tier 2.
Even though my stats were locked at 10 with my cultivation it was more complex than 1 plus 1. My 10 was equal to someone with 20 strength. It seemed like my father was going to save the rest of the training for tomorrow. So I took advantage of the break and started swinging my dagger in a set technique. First I would swipe down the left and right up. After that I would end the set with a diagonal down left and right then a diagonal up left and right finishing with a thrust. I don't know how much it helped; I just wanted to get better motion control to attack with.
I started the dagger training at about noon. My day began about 5 in the morning so I had about an hour of rest to eat at 11. With all the sets my mind grew more numb as my body ached more and more. I was so exhausted I even missed my system notification.
[ System update:1000 swings of dagger detected host consciousness fading talent constant training activated. Warning safety parameters overridden Muscle destruction imminent in 4 hours]
9 hours later I opened my eyes unable to move my body at all. My hands were pale from clutching the dagger my muscles so tight I could not even let go of the blade. Every cell of my body was screaming out in pain. I called out for my system interface to try and find the problem.
The very first thing I noticed was the warning message that I missed. Shocked I went through everything to see what all changed and the consequence of using my talent.
[Jack of all trades system
Name: Amadea Hellswallow level 3(new)
Magic cultivation level:1 Low (Talent D!)
Physical cultivation level 1 high (Talent D!)
Affinity: All elements
Skill points: -7 (new)
Skills: Stealth level 1, Fear scent, Dagger proficiency C(New)
Spells: Soulsite:
Title: Prodigy, Daughter of Baaos God of %$@&#@, Troublemaker, Soulfull, Sadist
Bloodline: #$#*#$, Asura
Stats:
Health: 275/275
Mana:1000/1000
Strength:10 (26)-5 (21) Constant training skill activated muscle destroyed from over-exertion.(new)
Dexterity:10 (13)+5 (18) Pushed body to limit with training(new)
Constitution:20(13)
Intelligence:30(15)
Charm:30 (15)
Curse: Seal of the ancient.
Talents:
Constant training level 2(New)
Overgrowth level 2](new)
I was surprised at my new dagger proficiency. I wanted to test it but I could not move in order to try it. But the scary part was losing strength and feeling my muscles destroyed. But it could be beneficial if I do daily quests and gain strength to break even. As I thought it through I decided to see if I could set a safety parameter for my constant training.
Every time I tried it told me I did not have access to enable them. Who was able to mess with my system and stop me from enabling safety. I will have to be more careful from now on to make sure I do not over-exert myself...
POV ???
I was walking briskly through the city heading towards the palace. The town has been in chaos for the last thousand years ever since the last king perished opening our realm into the human world. We had a continent secured and we did not have to worry about extending our reach too much due to the fact that it worked more like a gateway for our kind to traverse and find resources otherwise impossible.
Lately the souls have been getting restless since about a week ago. Someone called forth multiple souls straight from the yellow river of reincarnation. Not just normal souls but the very souls that feast on the damned and have kept order since time immemorial. There has only been one being that could do that and it made us scared. But more than anything it exited us beyond belief.
I made my way into the palace and took my seat with 6 others and spoke solemnly "I bet you all felt it but a new lord has been born to lead us but I feel something ancient calling to us. I recommend Lust to go out and find the new lord and bring them back for training. We need a leader more than ever before for a war is approaching and only with the demon lord can we be saved."
With my orders received every one agreed knowing it was the wisest choice. We have to put our hope into Lust. She is the youngest Lust to have ever been born unlike the others who have always sat atop. She has gained her power from a different kind of Lust no one thought was possible. A lust for power, knowledge and a lust to serve our demon lord to bring glory. She may bring a great change.