A Change of Training

I woke up from my soft bed. It has been nine days since my first day training here. There was absolutely no noise whatsoever, and there was nothing in my room except for the bed I was on. A pile of old clothes laid next to the bed, with no way of me cleaning it. I frowned. It was so peaceful to the point I wanted to close my eyes and go back to sleep. But the past few days drilled something into my brain, to the point I kept a mental clock counting at all times.

"Wake up!" Bingo, I was right. I leaped out of bed, quickly fitting on perfectly sized armor. I opened my door and marched out with a salute.

As if all of us read each other's minds, all of us shouted "Good morning Sir!" with hands crossed behind our backs. Boreas walked around, looking at each of us with approval.

"You guys surely know what day it is." A maniacal smile erupted on his face. I could see knights shivering in fright, including myself. I knew too well what this day meant.

"It's time to see how much you've have grown." Bloodlust was practically oozing out of Boreas. Even the captain shuddered in fear. But still in sync, we marched to the training room, with Boreas flexing his old muscles.

"You're the captain, show the newbies how it's done!" Boreas said with a maniacal smile, as if he's been waiting for this one moment for years. We did this just last week. The captain took a nervous breath and walked forward. Unleashing his full aura, he readied his fist that he knows won't hit Boreas.

Someone ran in between them, and began the countdown.

"3.... 2.... 1.... En Garde!", then sprinting with his full speed out of the ring. And I understood why.

Boreas suddenly appeared in front of the captain, covering twenty meters in a split second.

A fist formed out of mana that was a fifty times larger than Boreas swung at the captain.

Even after focusing all his mana on one small shield, it shattered with just a graze, slamming the captain with the incredible wind pressure that came after the punch. He fell down to his knees while coughing blood.

The captain slowly got up on his feet as he prepared his fist once again. The punishment was harsh if you gave up. This time, he covered his fist with the light blue barrier. Boreas gave him a chance to attack, which the captain took. Swings after swings of feints, blows, and uniformed attacks did nothing while Boreas avoided each and every punch. After a few minutes of swinging, the captain still persists, but Boreas was bored now. Boreas shoved the captain down with his aura as the captain collapsed on the floor.

"Over! The winner is Boreas!" Boreas gently carried the captain outside of the stage. Then, the words we never wanted to hear came out of his mouth.

"Anyone want to volunteer?" Of course, no one raised their hands.

"If not, I'll randomly pick someone". Again, no response.

"You." He pointed at me. Yep, I'm gonna destroyed just like last time.

Just like the captain, I took a nervous breath and stepped up in the ring.

"3.... 2.... 1.... En Garde!" Boreas appeared in front of me, swinging his fist just like what he did with captain. But, unlike the captain, I focus in speed rather than defense. I jumped to the side as fast as I could, narrowly avoiding the punch. The wind pressure pushed me out of the way as I skid across the floor. I got on my foot and tried to run towards Boreas. It might sound like suicide, but he gives us a chance to attack if we don't get blown away by his first punch.

"Haaaah!" A barrage of punches flew at Boreas as he nimbly dodges every single one. I tried mixing in feints and kicks, but they were easily spotted and avoided. I tried to unleashed my aura as a surprise attack, but even that was foreseen and dodged. With newly found speed with unleashing my aura, I shot my fists at Boreas dozens of times faster than before. Even then, each one was simply dodged as if it was in slow motion. I closed my eyes for a second and summoned my sword. I swing over and over, but to no avail. Which is to be expected, but swinging this heavy lump of metal wasn't the only reason I summoned this sword. I extend my hand as my control over ice increased sharply. I tried tying down Boreas with ice, but that didn't work. He was the 「God of Winter」for a reason. Finally, I tried resorting to my final trump cards.

「{Lonely March of the Ice Cold God } {Lonely Touch of the Ice Cold God } has been activated!」ice formed on my legs as I slid across the room with hyper speed.

I tried circling around him, hoping to catch him off guard. No such luck.

But, I've been dying to try out a move I got yesterday.

「Your title, {The Conquerer of Ice} has been activated!」

「A new skill have been activated! {Lonely Castle of the Ice Cold God MAX level}」is being activated!」

I knelt down and placed my hand on the floor. The entire room was suddenly frozen with ice, as a throne made of pure blue ice, decorated with royal red and gold appeared in the middle. I slowly walked towards the throne, with red carpets spread around it. I climbed on and sat. Supporting my chin with my right fist, my body imitated a bored stance with my right leg on top of my left.

With a finger, I pointed at Boreas as if he was a insignificant creature. The entire room suddenly leapt into battle, with all kinds of weapons and attacks aimed at him. Boreas easily deflected and avoided all of them, as he rushed at me with another punch.

Instantly, the entire ice castle was shattered, with me thrown out of the ring. My body slammed in the wall as my health depleted to almost 0. I coughed out blood.

Well, it seems like Boreas was on a completely different level compared to me.