45 A New Day And A New Problem For Spear Boy

(Cao Cao POV)

Looking at my Longinus, I inspect the new look; I find it ironic that my will has changed it to match its look from Shinza Banzo. My arrogance made manifest as this spear nowhere near matches up to it, at least not yet.

Looking at my LP stores, after the four weeks I had suffered through after leaving the Land Of Shadows, I increased to 38,442,000, but then my LP system gave me a notification.

[+ 10,000.000 LP For Defeating Zeus, + 5,000,000 LP For Slaying A Skyfather, +2,000,000 For Rescuing Valerie Before Any Grails Were Stolen, + 4,000,000 For Pissing Off Indra, +10.000,000 LP For Unlocking First Stage Of Balance Breaker, +1,000,000 For Fulfilling An Old Grudge.]

And just like that, I had 70.442,000 LP, and using it immediately, I spent fifty million to upgrade LP Generation to Rank B, and now I gain 8 LP per Second. Since I had 20,442,000 LP left, I decided to use ten million to buy a Renewal Taekwondo skill as I had martial arts that used my arms and upper body but none that primarily used my legs, and since this martial art could kill gods, I decided to buy it.

I might troll The Monkey King if I ever fight him and only use the bo staff and my taekwondo, and since I could fly and use lighting and make clones, it would be funny, to say the least. And as the basic information is downloaded into my mind, and since I am leaning into being a sage, why not complete the set?

Using 200,000 LP, I bought Senjutsu and Touki for 100,000 LP, and as I focused on manipulating my life force, I felt a barrier form around me that felt nearly impenetrable. To be honest, it felt similar to Aura from RWBY, yet instead of being made from the soul, Touki is created by using the life force created by the soul and body. Ironically enough, my regeneration and smart Adams have made it so my body has immense vitality.

So now I was down to 10,242,000 LP, but it rise much faster now with 8 LP gain per second. As I felt all the information flood my mind, I thanked my upgraded Demon Brain and Mental Partitioning for helping me keep track of all the information. It was basic, but it would be enough for now, and when combined with Armament and Conqueror's Haki, it would be a deadly combination.

I think this shall be enough for now as I need to build up enough LP To begin the process of my ascension, but that shall be for later.

"I see you have learned a new power, Disciple. It is good to see you keeping up with your training," Scathach says as I nod to her while staring off into the endless islands and sky.

"My battle with Zeus shows that I still have much to learn, and while I may have his power now, it will not be much against beings like Great Red and Ophis. I need to become stronger, faster, better. The grind never ends, Master." She seems to raise her brow at this as she then summons her spear.

"Well, we have not fought since you took over this dimension, and I am itching for a battle, as those leeches were an utter disappointment." Nodding, I stood up and used my mana crafting to create a spear, to which Scathach's eyes twitched in annoyance.

"Disciple, when did you learn how to create objects out of thin air?" Chuckling to myself, I hefted my spear and gestured for her to come at me.

A small smile forms on her face as she rushes at me with a spear in hand, and she swipes at me while forming a binding rune in her other hand too. I simply dodge the swipe and decipher hand, and using her own momentum, I flip her over me and launch her using the force rune to blast her away.

As she's flying through the air, I am already on her as I again use a forced room to blast her into the ground, leaving a deep crater as I stab downwards with multiple thrusts; she parries all of them. After recovering, she uses her eyes to create runes that turn into binds of fire, which then grip me tightly, and as she is able to stab me, I smirk and poof away.

"It's good to see that my clones are decently powerful now," I say in her ears as she then thrusts back, to which I catch the stab with a parry and swing diagonally, cutting into her side. As she jumps back at the sight of her own blood, her posture becomes much more primal as she blasts towards me using multiple force runes, to which I counter her with telekinesis as I slow her down enough to meet her thrust, causing a large blast of air pressure to form.

The impact sends us both flying back as I use the spear and stab it into the ground to catch myself as she does the same. We both stare at one another, and using our own speed, we meet each other again and again, which normally would shake the whole place up, but I had already formed a barrier around each island that makes each one soundproof from the other.

There were also privacy runes around each one that made a one-way dome form around the island for ultimate privacy. Scylla appreciated it, especially when she liked to walk around in her monster form. She seems very self-conscious of that.

For Charybdis, her condition is different, as since Zeus cursed her, it will take a bit longer to fix her condition. Divine curses are much more difficult to deal with than forceful transformation via poisonous bath salts, and while she was turned into that because she stole Heracles's cows, she should have had to pay a fine not be turned into a monster, but Greek God Logic.

I have had multiple clones slowly scanning her condition, but due to the nature of the curse, the hardest part will be recovering her memories after her time as a monster. Unlike Scylla, Charybdis was made a monster in body and mind, if not spirit. 

Thankfully, due to the knowledge I gained from Solomon as well as the life Magics from the Golden Fleece, fixing the problem should take little time, but I have to take it slowly so as to make sure everything runs smoothly.

"I wonder how that clone I sent to Medusa is doing?" I think to myself as I dodge another strike from Scathach, to which I then counter with a thrust to her stomach. Flowing Rock can also be applied to weapons with enough time and makes for a perfect counter.

Yet even with that, she is voracious as her strikes become faster and her counters more effective. Truly, if I did not have these Essences, I would never have survived her training, as she is a true monster. 

Unlike me with my Essence cheats, she'd learned all of this on her own and is continuing to learn at a very rapid pace as she had been disconnected from the Land of Shadows. She can now grow in strength as her once mid-satan class strength is now nearing Peak Satan class after only a couple weeks of training.

And with every step taken and every strike towards me, she learns, and she grows so quickly it is downright terrifying in a way. As she then tries to stab me through the chest, I parry the strike and place my spear tip to her neck, which makes her pause, and her eyes come back into focus.

As she takes a breather and places her spear in her pocket space, she smiles and sits down, to which I do the same. "You are a true monster, Disciple. It is always so much fun fighting you."

I could feel her desire to fight forever with a worthy opponent, but that is not viable now. "And it's always enjoyable fighting you as well, master, as I always seem to learn just a bit more every time we fight, and I must thank you for taking me as your student all those months ago."

She simply shrugs and says, "I simply chose you because you were worthy and survived my tests, and now that troublesome brat has grown up to become a troublesome disciple, truly an evolution worth seeing." She then places her head on my shoulders as we simply enjoy the moment and try to heal our wounds. While she was more injured than I was, she did manage to get me a decent number of times.

But it only aids in my evolution as I could feel my smart atoms trying to adapt while my region fixes the damage, and the feeling of gaining strength is amazing, to say the least. It's almost funny how two years ago, I was focused on trying to make it to work on time at the retail place I worked at, and now I'm living in a world of Legends and gods, and I even killed some of them.

It was then that the progress I made truly began to set in as I saw my life before this as seemingly decades ago, but it was only two years.

Now, I have six authorities. The last two I gained were from a sky father, and from those two authorities, I gained control over his Master Bolt and his Blade Of Olympus, which gave me some passive bonuses towards intimidation and rulership. And while the Blade of Olympus is not as strong as the one from God of War, it could get there eventually.

Artemis's Authorities gave me two active abilities, with one being an arrow that, when fired, I cannot miss and the ability to summon the power of the moon to blast my opponent. Truly, I have made much progress in such a short time.

Although I have not yet reached Dragon God Status, I have time and the potential to do so, and after spending some time with Scathach, I went to go check on Valerie on her personal island, to which I made it look something similar to Merlin's Tower and fields of flowers from Fate which she seemed to like as I could find her in them almost all day.

This makes sense as each flower field, and even the island itself generates a spiritual and mental healing field using a combination of soul magic from Solomon as well as life magic from the Golden Fleece. 

I could see her begin to heal in a couple of days. Thankfully, the damage isn't as great as it would have been in the normal timeline, but she is still fragile and will require more time.

It's almost funny how my personal Dimension has become like a wayward home in a way. I heard from Luke that Thalia had been awakened, and he used his mirror to send the fleece back to me as I had already enchanted the barrier around Camp Half-Blood not to need it. And when I asked how he felt about me killing Zeus, he surprised me once again.

"I had met Zeus once and hated every second of being in his presence as his mere existence was a reminder of what little we demigods truly had in this world, so his death means nothing to us. But I would watch out as the world will not remain silent after this, Lord Cao Cao." I then told him not to call me that, and he simply chuckled and went to spend time with his friend.

I am genuinely happy for the guy, as his family is mostly fixed. His friend returned as well and Kronos's influence was taken away. He would no longer grow into the arrogant and broken man that would become the Titan of Time's vessel, and while I would have to deal with the Titans in the future, it would be child's play at that point.

And to make it better, I also have had a decent number of clones combing the United States for Monsters and adding them to my Army, and when I kill them, they don't return to Tartarus as The Land of Shadows absorbs them. And while the monsters number in the millions worldwide every day, the world becomes all the bit safer.

For now, I reach the island and see Valerie sitting at the edge of the island as she lays down in the fields of flowers, and as I land next to her, she stands up and hugs me as I do the same. Like Scylla, she also likes hugs and apparently is a little trickier as she loves messing with Scathach and Scylla. 

One time, she was able to get Cilla to buy her all the foods she liked with the promise of super hugs from me, which may have motivated her a bit too much as she came back with foods from multiple countries, and as I asked her how she got them, she simply said: "It was no trouble as I am very persuasive after all."

She definitely found them on cargo ships using her monster form.

And as I end the hug, I kneel down next to her and ask, "So Valerie, how are you feeling?" She then places a finger on her chin in a thinking gesture.

"I am feeling the need to eat more strawberry cakes." Her words, while joking, are filled with life, which is good, and as I then offer my arm, her eyes go wide as she gives me an almost reverent look.

"It's okay. You need this, and I heal from everything. Some blood will not harm me, Valerie. She then gulps hungrily and pounces on me as she drinks the blood from my arm. 

I did make sure to erase the holy presence within the blood I was giving her so as not to harm her, along with any smart atoms and divinity. My copy resistance makes sure she can't copy my powers, so it is just my normal blood, and as I watched her drink, I could feel her emotions going wild as I pat her head.

Eventually, she stopped, but I noticed that she fell asleep with a smile on her face. What surprised me was how her Longinus reacted to my spear, but I refused the connection for now as she still needed more time to recover before any experimentation could be done. And so I place her in bed as her body uses my blood to heal her and supplement her body and magic.

In truth, I am unafraid of her using her increasing power ever to harm me as I am virtually immune to anything she could do, and this Dimension is under my complete control. And besides, at any moment, I could use my control over the Dimension to shut down her magic and her sacred gear, so I am filled with confidence.

But some news from Scylla brings me a bit of pause. "Cao Cao, when I was stealing- I mean borrowing the food from those ships, I saw a cruise liner empty near Hawaii."

It seems that Satanael is not waiting any longer, and the next step will be taken. I then thanked Scylla with some homemade food, and she then proceeded to relieve herself in front of me, eyeing me hungrily.

And in order to protect my sanctity, I immediately sprayed her down with holy water. Japan, here I come.