19 19. Training in the jungle
"Follow me, we will go to the area where low-grade beasts appear, you will fight against them"
We start walking behind him, he always has to go out with some of his stupid things, I hope nothing goes wrong.
After walking for a while we reached an area of the island where the trees covered everything around, you could not see beyond the green of the leaves.
The temperature increased from nowhere, Mr. Ignite had a great flame in his hands and with a single movement, all the trees in front of us turned to ashes.
"Now it's clear, soon they will start to come, take this, it more strong than your stick"
Mr. Ignite took a steel rod out of his ring and handed it to me, the rod was not heavy and it was flexible, I wonder what kind of metal it is made of, I shook it from all sides to get used to it, it is certainly a great change, I feel that its power is greater than my previous weapon.
"Well, here comes the first enemy, prepare to fight, remember you are not fighting with Marcus, you are fighting with an instinctively moving enemy, and this is a fight to the death."
"Marcus come closer to me, watch Dan's fight, remember your training and analyze each of his movements like you did in the coliseum"
After Mr. Ignite finished speaking, Marcus approached him and they hid among the trees, I took the metal rod with both hands, Mr. Vedmid approached Ignite while taking a strange shield.
I heard that someone was coming running, took all the thoughts out of my head, and prepared to attack the beast, it was getting closer.
In a second a black pig came out of the jungle, it was only a moment, I hoped it would stop when he saw me but the damn beast did not stop and attacked without me being able to react.
With the help of my instincts, I jumped back, in the place where I was a moment ago was the beast, before I could do something the beast charged towards me again, dammit, I did not expect this beast to be so aggressive.
Dodge again, looks like I'll have to wait for an opening.
Wait for a second this is what Mister Ignite said, I am used to fighting Marcus and he only defends himself, this beast reminds me of the bastard of Luke, my mistake in that fight was during the counterattack, although I don't think this beast is so clever.
I have an idea, I will create a distance and I will attack before he gets close, I will force him to stop attacking and defend himself.
After adjusting my thoughts I ran to get away, the beast was not so fast but it was strong, I think it will aim at its paws, once it falls I will hit its head to kill it.
When the beast attacked, I retreated while placing the rod on my shoulder and holding its end with my right hand, the beast after ramming the place, he turned its body and ran again in my direction but at that moment with a movement, I twisted the staff toward him.
The beast stopped its attack and dodged hitting it, a smile formed on my face, this is the moment when I counterattack, grab the staff with both hands and strike hard at the beast, the beast dodged again.
With a third movement using the force of my waist and my arms hitting his front legs.
* POOOW *
* KRIUEEEWK *
The sound of a blow followed by a screech surprised me, but it was momentary the beast had fallen to the ground, quickly grab the stick like an ax and hit its head, the first blow did not end the beast, many hits were needed To kill him completely, it would be great if the rod had a blade at its ends.
After letting out some awful screeches the beast died, but right away I heard the sound of the lake running towards me from the trees, I moved away from the trees while holding the rod, preparing myself for when the beast appears.
A second later another pig beast appeared and as the previous one attacked me as soon as he saw me, this time I did not retreat, attack towards his legs.
* CRAAAAACK *
* KRUEEEEEEEEWWK *
That was the sound of something breaking, after listening to the screech of the beast I knew that my blow broke his leg, without wasting time aim at his head and hit without rest, dammit I must look like a savage, I must ask Mr Ignite a weapon with a sharp end like a halberd but lighter.
After the second beast, others appeared, fortunately, if more than one arrived, Mr. Ignite cremated them and let me fight one, at the moment I am used to handling this rod and dodging the pig beasts although I still have to kill them by hitting their heads until breaking his skull.
I must seriously get a weapon with blades to fight more easily, these types of blunt weapons are not suitable for me with my current strength.
After killing another pig I heard a sound but it was not on the ground, it came from the leaves, instinctively I moved away from the trees, but the beast did not attack as soon as it arrived, it began to rotate around the area created by Mr. Ignite.
It was very fast, I knew that with this beast I had to be more careful than with the pigs, the beast kept moving among the branches, the moment he managed to get behind me, he jumped towards me.
It was a 3-year-old child-sized beast, was covered in green fur, and had two small horns on its head, quickly twisted one end of the stick in its direction but the beast managed to avoid it and returned to the trees.
Damn this will be difficult, I took the rod in the middle leaving one end on each side, I moved my hands above my head, I think this is the best way to fight this enemy.
In a second the beast leaped at me again, this time I turned the staff over my head and the moment the beast was close to hitting it, the damn bastard managed to dodge the hit again.
It took a while for him to hit the beast, that hit was enough to kill him, although the damn man managed to reach me with his claws on several occasions, my back is covered with cuts, although his claws were not that sharp, they were very sharp, I don't want to imagine what would happen if many appeared at the same time.
"Well, well, well, Dan come here, Vedmid will heal you, Marcus it's your turn let's change places to look for more black pigs"
As we walked Mr. Vedmid healed the cuts on my back, after walking for a few minutes we stopped and Mr. Ignite used his fire again to burn everything around.
Marcus picked up a wooden shield with iron rims that Mr. Ignite gave him, it was bigger than the wooden shield that he always used and seemed to be heavier, in his right hand he had a club with a metal-covered tip.
After a while the first black pig attacked, Marcus did not dodge the blow, he used his shield to stop the attack and then used his club to strike while the beast was stunned.
Marcus did not take long to kill several pigs, Marcus's strength is greater than mine but his agility is not so high, without a doubt these pig beasts are not a challenge for him.
It was 2 hours before another beast appeared, this one was different it looked like a panther but it was green, it was a jungle leopard.
Marcus shifted his shield to his right hand and pulled a knife out of his pants, the beast began to spin around Marcus, and Marcus swung in place without losing sight of the beast.
Suddenly the beast charged towards Marcus with a great jump. Marcus raised his shield and received the onslaught, he did not use his knife because the blow knocked him back.
The beast began to turn around Marcus again, the moment he prepared to jump, he also prepared to receive the blow, when the beast jumped towards him, Marcus also ran towards the beast.
The impact with the beast while it was in the air, Marcus managed to push it back, Marcus at that moment took his knife and stabbed at the beast but the beast bit towards Marcus's shield.
Although Marcus managed to finish off the beast, his arm was broken by the force of the impact and by the last bite of the beast, his shield broke and dislocated his shoulder.
After that, Mr. Ignite called us both and we started to walk towards the camp, Mr. Vedmid healed Marcus's arm and started to reprimand Mr. Ignite for his irresponsibility.
Today is the fifth day after arriving on the island, it was very exciting to fight against the beasts, I feel that if I keep practicing this way I will soon be able to beat Luke's bastard, I certainly promised Keira that I would not fight with him again, that would Remember, I have to choose a gift for Keira.
A sigh escaped from my chest, paths enough to see the camp, but something was not normal, all the crew was gathered in one place, what the hell will have happened, however, a figure caught my attention before I could do Something Marcus started running towards the camp, I also ran excited, Grandpa was back.
