Chapter 41 : Daniel drily responded
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"Let me show you." Daniel stated as he raised Clarent above his head. Pouring his mana and anger into the blade a small flare of crimson mana burst out of the blade.
"RAAAAHHHHHH!" Daniel roared out as he brought the blade down. The result Daniel was the creation of a small break in the ground leading up to a perfectly sliced tree over 10 meters away, however there was no sign of any damage behind the split tree.
"Wow... That's still a powerful strike." Kiba stated as he touched the split ground, the dirt feeling warm in his hands.
"If you're aiming at a single target, then yes. But that attack is meant to wipe out armies. If Clarent was being used by a better wielder, the forest would've been split in two and the damage on the ground would've been greater." Daniel stated as he rest Clarent on his shoulder. "You're using Holy Eraser the same way I use Clarent."
"How can I correct this?" Kiba asked.
"That's something I can't answer for you kiddo. It's your sacred gear. It's a part of you, so only you can find that answer. However that blade does have an ability like what you just saw. It might not be able to create destruction, and it could be something else entirely but it does have something. Maybe when you find your answer, you'll discover that ability as well." Daniel replied as he readied Clarent once more.
"Now get ready. I will acting as the aggressor during the next spar." Daniel stated as Kiba get into a defensive stance. "This time I will be judging your footwork. so stay sharp!"
(Day 5 Saturday 12th May - Morning)
"Alright now I want you to power up that Sacred Gear of yours." Daniel stated out to Issei.
"Seriously?" Issei asked in excitement.
"Yeah, The last few days you've really increased your stamina. You're now able to run two full laps of the forest without collapsing." Daniel replied as he smiled at the kid. "It's time to test if you're new body will improve your Boosted Gear."
"Alright. So are we gonna spar then?" Issei pumped his left fist as the Gauntlet took over his arm.
"Not quite." Daniel answered as he moved over to a large boulder. "I want you to punch this lump of stone before you boost."
Issei looked confused but done as he was told to. There was no visible damage to the boulder. However, when Issei removed his fist he noticed a small crack. It was barely 3 or 4 millimetres, Right in the centre of where his fist was.
"Not bad. You did manage to create some damage. I already asked Rias to mark this area we're training in as enemy territory. So now I want you to promote yourself to Queen and try once more. Again without boosting." Daniel ordered.
"Right." Issei responded as he called out. "Promotion Queen."
Feeling the sudden urge of energy flowing through him Issei didn't hesitate and punched the boulder with all of his might. While he didn't hit the same spot, he did notice that he had created a much larger crack on the boulder's surface. "Awesome!" Issei exclaimed out.
"Don't get ahead of yourself." Daniel called out as he informed Issei. "You had already weakened that area in your first punch so while it's impressive you caused more damage, we don't know if all of it was directly effected by your promotion."
Issei thought about what his Sensei had said and he had to agree with them. "But it was still an improvement."
"Oh, I agree. But we can't take it for granted, in this Rating game you can't be overconfident." Daniel replied as he placed a hand over the boulder. "Reinforce."
As Daniel called out his spell, Issei noticed the boulder was now fully repaired and that it was now littered in what looked like small neon green electrical circuits. "I've now made the stone as dense as steel."
Daniel's statement caused Issei's eyes to widen in shock. "Now I want you to boost yourself once and hit it again. This will give me an indication on how powerful your boosts really are."
Issei silently nodded as the gem on his left hand cried out. "BOOST!" Again, hitting as hard as he could Issei struck the boulder.
However there was no external changes this time, causing Issei to groan out in defeat. But Daniel wanted to make sure there was on damage and touched the boulder's surface once more.
"Trace Analysis." Daniel softly exclaimed out as he analysed the boulder with his mana. What he found caused him to smirk. 'Wow... While there's no damage to the surface the inside of the boulder's been several weakened. The kid's got a good left haymaker, if this would've struck a normal human's jaw I'm pretty sure it would've shattered into a thousand pieces. If he hits the reinforced stone like that another three or four times it would've shattered completely.'
Looking over at Issei he couldn't hold back a smile. 'Hopefully the kid will win first time around and won't have to lose his arm for more power. But I wonder how many times he'll have to boost until he can shatter it in a single punch.'
"Reinforce." Daniel called out as he once more repaired the boulder. "Alright kid, looks like we're gonna be here a while."
(Day 7 Monday 14th May - Midday)
As Kiba, Issei and Daniel all relaxed indoor hot-spring bath, Daniel could see the exhausted looks on both of their faces. "You both did good today." Daniel called out to the duo.
"Thanks, I guess." Issei stated out, not even caring anymore as he noticed another tattoo his Sensei had.
Kiba on the other hand chuckled at Issei's response before responding himself. "Thank you Sensei."
"Man I thought my stomach was gonna puke out on me today." Issei complained as he leaned back.
"Oh, quit acting like a big baby" Daniel drily responded. "This was nothing to what I went through during my own training."
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