Hostile Auras

At dawn, Blaze went to wake up Leus

"Leus, Get up"

Leus looked around him and yawned saying

"Already?"

"Yeah, You have 10 minutes, I'm waiting outside"

Leus stayed on the bed for 2 more minutes then got up and used Water on himself

'Alright focus, Focus'

Thinking that to himself, He went outside

Blaze gave him his wooden sword and said

"Take your stance and start slashing"

Leus took a deep breath and fixed his posture, Then held his sword with both his hands and raised it in the air, But when he was about to slash

'Again?'

Breathing became difficult, His legs were slightly trembling, And his hands were shaking

Leus tried to maintain his stance and looked at Blaze for an explanation

"To get you used to hostile auras, I'll expose you to enough of it until it's no longer a threat. This is the most effective way,

I'll release my oppressive aura, and your job is to ignore it and keep training. Eventually, you'll get used to it."

Leus helplessly nodded

He tried to get back to training, but his body wouldn't listen to him.

His legs were trembling non-stop, and his chest was heaving.

'At least, I have a good grip on the sword'

'I must do it'

Leus kept repeating that in his mind and started slashing, but it was very difficult.

He'd often lose his balance

Other times he would lose his focus and stop slashing at random times

Sometimes breathing became so difficult that he couldn't continue.

'The pressure is straining me, Making me put extra efforts into the simple slash and making things unnecessarily difficult'

Leus was sweating profusely

Because of all these factors, he wasn't able to continue training for long and often had to take breaks.

Blaze tried to encourage him

"If you don't give up you'll overcome it"

Leus' voice was tired but determined

"I never thought about giving up, But it's so exhausting"

He sighed

'Not being able to continue training for long is boring, It's like when I first began training my magic, But more exhausting'

Every couple of hours Viorica would come out and give them things to eat, She noticed that since Leus started his sword training he started eating more.

And between Leus' breaks, Blaze would spend time with Amethyst and Merlin.

Leus tried to find tricks to be able to train longer but he couldn't

'Ughh, How sad'

And like that, The training continued

Leus would take a stance, Then start slashing and thrusting with his sword, after a bit of time he would transition to the other stance and repeat the same thing.

While Leus was doing that, Blaze would unleash an oppressive aura, Varying in strength.

Sometimes he would suppress it and suddenly release it to surprise Leus.

Blaze would stay with Leus until he could no longer continue, Then give him a break to rest and recharge his energy, and go spend some time with Amethyst and Merlin, After that they'd continue again, and so on.

After a couple of days, Blaze noticed the first signs of Leus' progress

'He's no longer having difficulty breathing, It means that his heart is calm'

'he will be able to fully control his body soon'

Leus himself wasn't really aware of the change.

After the first couple of days, his mind switched to autopilot, repeating the same moves over and over without fully concentrating on it.

Blaze of course knew that, but he didn't really care.

'What matters is getting completely used to oppressive auras and overcoming them, Not perfecting attack moves. Just training his body is enough for now'

And finally, 10 days later ... It happened.

"Leus, You made it"

His words took Leus out of his trance

"Huh? Really?"

"Yes, My aura isn't distracting you anymore, Now you don't show any reaction when I suddenly unleash it"

"Can you do it now?"

When Blaze heard that he laughed

"I'm already doing it, You just can't sense it anymore, Focus"

Leus stopped swinging his sword and focused on his feelings

'I can feel it!'

Leus was so happy and proud, His lips curled upwards and he was inwardly celebrating

When Blaze saw his smile he smiled too but quickly became serious and said

"Now ... Killing intent.

But that'll actually be more difficult on me than you"

"What do you mean?"

"Releasing an oppressive aura is easy, It's like getting ready to attack and entering battle mode.

But releasing killing intent is much more hostile than that, It requires intense blood lust, I have to flare up my emotions to be able to release it, and if I lose focus it'll just be canceled.

it shouldn't take you long to get used to it, Just focus harder"

Leus replied in a determined voice

"Okay"

Blaze began, And it wasn't pleasant.

This training was very difficult, For both

Blaze was remembering past incidents or imagining scenarios where someone would be trying to attack him or his family to be able to maintain his killing intent

At the same time, he also felt like he was doing something wrong

'To intentionally release Killing Intent on my son ...'

This didn't sit well with him, Making the situation even worse

Leus was observing Blaze, And noticing his different facial expressions.

Anger, Animosity, Antipathy, and sometimes very blank expressions, Devoid of any emotions whatsoever.

It made him feel guilty

'Sorry that I'm forcing you to do this'

Occasionally, Blaze would lose his intense focus and stop releasing his killing intent, Also, Any time Viorica, Amethyst, or Merlin would even begin approaching the garden he would immediately cancel it.

And he'd often need breaks and ask Leus to keep training until he comes back.

Leus didn't complain about anything and just kept training

'It's just like an oppressive aura but stronger'

Leus did his best to quickly get used to it and end this training, As it was a difficult experience for both of them.

Finally, After 5 days of intense pressure on both Leus and Blaze

Blaze took a deep breath and said

"Leus, It's over"

'I expected it to take 7 or 8 days but he did it in 5'

Blaze was quite happy with the results and was genuinely proud of Leus' efforts

He declared

"From now on, Hostile auras won't distract you in combat, Even if the opponent is stronger than you.

But be careful, That's a double-edged sword, Just because you can resist the pressure stronger foes exert on you, it doesn't mean that you can actually fight them, Honestly, you will probably die after getting hit a single time.

If your opponent is stronger than you, Your goal should be escaping some way or another"

Leus was just happy that he was finally done with this kind of training

"Thanks a lot, Dad"

Leus was truly grateful for all of Blaze's efforts and was still feeling guilty

'The best thing I can do is to get better and make him proud'

Blaze just smiled and said

"Don't worry about it"

He took a deep breath and looked into Leus' eyes

"We are just getting started."