17 chapter 17

More two days passed since the day Lucas met with the orange-haired girl.

In those days, Lucas was hunting the bandits and pirates, however, this Island had very few of them since it's under the protection of the navy, so his only choice was to search the mountains and the taverns that excited in the villages next to the sea and far from the city since those locations were the safest for the criminals. Lucas was able to get his hand on many weak bandits and few strong ones, he sent the weak ones to the navy so he would get his bounty and left the strong ones for the experience.

In some forest that had only a few animals and no human except for a blond person and some pirates.

"Okay" Lucas nodded looking to the necessary XP that he needs to reach the next level.

[Swordmanship lvl 6 (2700/3200) ]

[ Boxing lvl 4 ( 300/800)]

[accumulated XP: 13.000]

Facing Lucas, there was around 27 wanted criminal, some of them had missed limbs. 10 of them are pirates with worth 8 million berries, and the rest is a common bandit with a total bounty of 600.000 berries. All of them were tied to the tree, they were scared because they were facing the last one they fought.

"Oy, what are doing "

"Why are we hanged "

Lucas heard their complaints gave them a look that says ' keep yelling, I don't care'.

Using the eyes the bounty, Lucas was able to know the crimes of the wanted people, so, in order to be able to sleep well tonight, he would use his boxing on them all, while using his sword on those who had enough crimes.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't do this for the sake of justice, I'm doing this because you don't deserve a better treatment "

Lucas went to the first one who was the biggest with three meters height and started punching him, the stronger the person he applies his skills on, the more XP he gains, and luckily, most of the people here are strong.

[boxing +400 XP].

...

Lucas kept punching each one of the 27 hanged persons, and his boxing was leveling up like crazy.

[Boxing up to lvl 5]

[Boxing up to lvl 6]

[Boxing up to lvl 7]

"Stop, stop please," a pirate said feeling how much painful the punches he is getting if it wasn't for the fact that he is hanged, he would turn and run.

"wsh, wsh" Lucas whos face was sweating didn't lose focus, it was a critical moment, his hand made afterimages each time he was punching with very high speed, and he was getting close to the 8th level with each hit.

[Boxing +90XP (6000/6400)].

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[Boxing +100XP (6401/6400]

[Ding Boxing up to level 8]

[Boxing + 2 sub-skills :

feather footwork: footwork made for close combat, it can create false images and help to dodge most of the attacks.

Bullet Jab: focusing all of the strength and the mass of the body in the left hand creating a vast and strong attack]

Lucas gave it a node and decided to test those things later, but now, there are about six serial killers that were the only one that didn't lose consciousness yet, and he needs about 500 XP to level up his swordsmanship. He took his black sword and went to them one by one, and stabbed them in not vital places while gaining around 50-60 Xp per hit. And finally, it leveled up to the 7th level.

[Ding. Swordsmanship up to level 7]

[ Ding, entering the first stage of the master realm of swordmanship]

[+ swordmaster 1st stage sub-skills: cutting skill prowess, to cut and not to cut...]

Lucas heard the notification, but he wasn't in a mood to celebrate, why, because, in front of him there are 27 men between dead and alive, even if he was the cause, he still a human and have some consciousness. So, he stored them again so he can hand them to the marines later and get his money.

'The moment of the truth' Lucas picked a random steel sword that he bought yesterday for 100.000 berries and he used it to stab a tree. Then he held his black blade and waved it at that sword's blade.

*break* that sword was cut to half easily, which was the clear sign that Lucas is a swordmaster now and with a sword in his hand, he should have the strength to roam the east blue.

When Lucas cut the sword that was fixed on the tree, few leaves started to fall. Lucas again waved his sword on one of the leaves, but this time, as it touched the blade, the leaves didn't get cut, but instead, it got pushed despite the sharpness of the black blade. a true swordmaster is able to cut and not to cut.

"well, I'll call it a day" Lucas yawned before walking back to the navy's headquarter. Since he stood in a far isolated place, it took him a quite long time before crossing the forest, some big tigers and bears tried to attack him but they end up to give him 1500 accumulated XP after they were cut to half.

After that, his way was smooth.

All left for Lucas now is to increase his physical strength, after all, the stronger he is, the stronger his techniques would be.

A few hours later.

In the city, at the marine's headquarter.

Lucas was sitting in his office, working as an assistant, but since he was too skilled for this job, in mere five minutes he finished all of his duties, so, as any man with common sense, he took a nap and slept on his desk.

*Door open*

A tall black-haired woman with blue eyes and captain's coat entered without even knocking the door.

Calorina didn't close the door, she was about to call Lucas to give him some news, but as she saw him sleeping, she didn't call his name.

'sleeping during the work...' Calorina eyes became tight as she saw Lucas sleeping, being lazy in the navy isn't acceptable. She took a few steps toward him until she reached his desk.

But something attracted her eyes, on the desk, there was a lot of files, however, this wasn't odd, the weird thing is that all of the files were organized and even with tags on them. Before, there were thousands and thousands of messy papers and files, but now they look nice. The paper works were the only thing that Calorina hated about her life.

She took some of the files and started to read, to her surprise, they were organized from A to Z, her cheeks started streaming with tears, even when she used to work on those paper, she would be able to do 40 pages at most and it wouldn't be half not bad, and with daily reports, her office life is hell. Now she felt like this was a dream, she gave Lucas a look full of gratitude.

'he look cute when he is sleeping, let's see what it would be when I wake him up' Calorina smirked as she let her face get closer to his, she took a deep breath and yelled to the max.

"LUCCASS" the yell was so strong that a near water glass was about to break.

"wa..wa..who." Lucas who was sleeping jumped as he opened his eyes, His vision was blurry at first, but then it cleared, he saw who was in front of him, a smiling beauty who is his cousin and boss.

"You are so lazy, sleeping during the work, then you ask me who" Calorina pretended to be disappointed with his reaction, but her eyes couldn't hide the fact that she was happy.

'you could use a nicer way to wake me up' Lucas learned his lesson, next time, he would take his nap somewhere else.

*Yawn*

" I just finished my work, is there something I can do for you" Lucas stood up and asked with a hidden meaning behind his words.

" if you forget your training equipment has arrived," Calorina said.

"Oh, thanks" Lucas nodded, the lowest weight in Calorina's training room is 500 Kg, so Lucas wasn't able to start training there, but since the new materials arrived, he would be able to raise his strength quickly.

"No, thank you" Calorina gave him a strong hug, she can't help to express how happy she is about the paper works:" I will even raise your salary".

"Just this hug is enough," Lucas said feeling a bit turned on as he closed his hand on her back.

Next, she left him and they went to the training room, Lucas checked his own training equipment and nodded, even if they were a bit extreme, they still humanly acceptable.

"Go, I'll help you when you need," Calorina said as she took off her coat and jacket revealing more of her athletic body.

"Mm," Lucas nodded, after releasing some adrenaline, he lifted an iron bar that weighted around 100 Kg, and started training with it, even though he is training with a boosting skill, his muscles would still gain the same benefits of training without the skill.

'he is cute, wait, I remember, Last time he saw my curves and how he stunned' Calorina from behind saw his muscles shaking a bit and thought it was cute, however, she remembers how he reacted and how much it was funny when she teased him a bit. But it was okay since he was only 15 years old teen.

'maybe I should tease him a bit more' Calorina smiled a bit.

"58..59" Lucas was about to stop, but then he felt a hand helping him as Calorina was standing behind him.

"Don't stop, let's see 60" Calorina said as she gave hand while slowly pressing his back on her chest without him noticing.

Feeling the soft breasts squeezing on his back, Lucas's sleeping snake was slowly waking up.

"Don't stop breathing" Calorina found it funny how he is reacting, so she pressed him on her chest using more strength.

"80..ahem, I think I'm done with this exercise," Lucas said as he didn't try to free himself. This is a moment where he can't afford to waste his energy on training.

"hmm, I will work out next, but I feel my back is a bit hard, can I get a massage before I warm up," Calorina said cracking her back a bit.

"Say no more " Lucas smiled, for the last days, he leveled up his massage hands to the seventh level, and finally the moment of the truth has come.