5 Mastering the sword!
---Chapter 4: Mastering the sword!---
After receiving the Wooden sword from the old man, we walked towards the training grounds.
"Hey old man...?"
"What is it kid?"
"When you said that all the other races were much stronger than us humans, what races did you mean?" I was curious, even if this world was similar to Terraria, it should have its own history, so the possibility of new races was not 0.
"I meant races like the elves, goblins, angels, demons, merfolk and pygmies. All these races have intelligence, and are physically stronger than humans in every way, honestly I don't know how did we manage to survive all this years as the weakest race"
"I see..."
Maybe when i become strong enough i can help the human race to win this war, and make them become one of the strongest races in this world.
No.
What am i thinking? i shouldn't get carried away just because i'm a human too...
In this war there are more races than just humans.
I need to understand the motives of every race behind this war, until then i won't decide anything.
...
While walking i got curious about how strong the sword the old man gave me was compared to my wooden sword, so i glanced at it and checked its stats.
Wooden sword (Training)
2 Melee damage
2% critical chance
Fast speed
Weak knockback
Holy sh*t this sword is trash...
Well, i guess it was specially made for training, not for killing, so it's not that strong.
I wonder how strong the iron swords from the guards will be?
While lost in my own thoughts we finally arrived to the training grounds.
"Alright kid, we'll do a normal spar, i want to know your current level."
"Yes, sir"
We both took our stances, and i must admit it, when he took his stance i couldn't help but feel nervous, it was like he was emanating pressure just by holding his sword in front of me.
My stance however... was pretty lame, it was the typical stance you could take when holding a sword, just standing there with both of my hands holding the sword in front of me.
"Alright kid, attack me with all you've got"
I launched myself towards him and launched a horizontal attack.
Ah, sh*t...
He blocked it.
"Mmm, that was a nice swing, have you practiced before?"
"Just using a stick"
"I see, however your stance and your footwork are pretty unstable"
He attacked my legs and i fell to the ground.
"See?" He smiled while looking me from above, like he was enjoying this...
This old piece of sh-
"Alright get up, we will continue doing this for the rest of the day"
...
Sigh, whatever.
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4 years later
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-Aspen (Aeron) [Infant]
[Human: 99,999%] [Divine being: 0,001%]
Age: 12+(19)
-Status:
[Hp:117/117] [Mana: 40/40]
Strength: 13
Stamina: 12
Resistance: 12
Defense: 0 [No armor currently]
Comprehension: 15
Mental stability: 18
Mental power: 16
-Abilities (Passive)
[???]
[Order's blessing: Supreme body]
[Order's blessing: Supreme mind]
[The player]
[Swordsmanship: Expert]
[Bow mastery: Expert]
[Martial arts: Expert]
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I glanced at my status while resting on a nearby tree.
"Damn kid, i didn't expect that you could actually reach my abilities in just 4 years, maybe i'm getting too old for this..." Said the old man that was currently resting next to me
After the spar from today i finally came victorious, and now we were resting.
"Don't belittle yourself old man, your abilities are still far ahead of mine"
And it was true.
Even if my abilities reached the [Expert] mastery, i could actually defeat this old man just because of my improved body and mind.
My body currently was twice as strong as a normal human, i think his physical stats should be around 7 or 8, so my body was a lot stronger than his.
However, his technique was still superior to mine, he could close the gap of strength with just abilities.
I'm getting a bit worried about the monsters outside.
If he, who I still can't defeat without using my overwhelming strength, is this scared of the monsters outside, then they must be really dangerous.
This world must be actually similar to expert mode or master mode, i wished that it was similar to the normal mode but judging by the strength of the monsters... it's most likely similar to the master mode. It seems like being too confident won't do me any good, I must prepare myself properly if I want to be strong enough to survive outside this village when I become an official adult.
"I'm leaving for today old man"
"Alright kid, remember to come back tomorrow."
"Yeah yeah.."
During these 12 years i have had a long of time to think about my purpose here.
At first i wanted to go on an epic adventure, have a harem and maybe even become the strongest being in existence.
But maybe because of the training i have received, me being a 30 years old, or the time i have spent in this village, the way i view that dream has changed, it doesn't seem that good anymore.
I want to help people to live freely without fear of being killed by a random monster, i want to make this world a better place for humans to live in.
But there's one thing that hasn't changed...
I need to be stronger.
That's why during these 10 years i have been gathering enough resources to survive in the outside world when i become officially an adult.
Check it out.
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-Wood: 68.32
- Stone: 54.22
-Sand: 15.4
-Dirt: 28.93
-Kitchen knife
-Tomatoes x96
-Bread: x37
-Work Bench
-Deadly wooden sword
-Mushrooms x8
-Daybloom x5
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This was all i could gather during these years, mostly because at some point there was nothing i could gather anymore.
The Mushrooms and the Dayblooms appeared one day in this village, they are very important when making potions, so i decided to store them in my inventory.
I used my sword to cut bigger pieces of wood from nearby trees in the village, though i still couldn't cut the whole tree down. That speeded up a lot of the process of gathering all this.
And now, it was time to use it all.
This was all i could do to prepare for the moment i go to the outside world.
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-Wood helmet
This item will cost you: Wood x20
Are you sure you want to craft this item?
YES / NO
-Wood breastplate
This item will cost you: Wood x30
Are you sure you want to craft this item?
YES / NO
-Wooden bow
This item will cost you: Wood x10
Are you sure you want to craft this item?
YES / NO
-Wooden hammer
This item will cost you: Wood x8
Are you sure you want to craft this item?
YES / NO
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I pressed YES on all of them.
The four objects appeared on my inventory simultaneously, leaving me with only [0.32] of Wood...
Sigh...
I'm poor once again.
But from now on it will be easy gathering resources.
Yes!
I composed myself once again and checked the stats of every object
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-[Frenzying] Wooden bow
3 Ranged damage
4% critical chance
Average speed
No knockback
-25% damage
+12% Speed]
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-[Wooden hammer
2 Melee damage
4% critical chance
Very low speed
Average knockback
25% Hammer power
-1 Range]
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-[Wood helmet
Equipable
+1 Defense]
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-[Wood breastplate
Equipable
+1 Defense]
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Oh, goddammit!
Now my bow does even less damage.
Great.
Well whatever, i'll have to use it anyways...
Now i just need some arrows...
I think the guards can give me a few if i ask them nicely.
All right!
Everything is ready
I have protection, food, weapons, tools...
Tools...
Tools???
Oh sh*t, I forgot that i need a pickaxe to mine all the resources needed to improve my armor and weapons!
But how do i get one?
There's no near desert to craft a cactus pickaxe
And i have no way to mine copper...
Because i don't have a pickaxe!!
My only way could be to find a Wooden chest in the surface that has iron bars in it...
But i seriously doubt that in this world these chests hasn't been opened before...
Or if there is even chests in this World.
So i currently don't know how to get a pickaxe.
From now on it's just 6 months until i become an adult and a guard...
Until then i have to find a way to craft or to find a pickaxe.
Then i will leave this town in order to become the strongest.
