Prickling sensation

"1982"

"1983"

"1984"

Watching Ashur with interest, Ene stared at the scene that would have shocked many if it were to be seen on earth, as Ashur was currently pushing his whole body into the air with nothing but one thumb, which would shock many if this scene was recorded and spread around the internet on earth.

As if Ashur were to correlate his current body's age with a normal human's, it would probably be around 10 years old. But if you wanted his exact age, it would probably be around 100 years old, not counting his past lives of the human Ash from earth, and Ashur the god. All he wanted now, was to be just Ashur the elf, or so he hoped.

"1996"

"1997"

"1998"

"1999"

"2000!"

"Finally!"

Lowering himself, Ashur quickly looked around before spotting a towel on a bench a few meters away from him and extended his hand out towards it.

Suddenly, as if it was pulled by some invisible string, the towel flew off the bench. Flying right into his hand.

Wiping the sweat off himself, Ashur walked over towards the bench Ene was set up on and sat down.

"Master, you've been going at this for over four hours now, are you finally going to take a break?" Ene asked.

"Yeah, now that the warm-up is over, ill take a short break to meditate and recover some of my mana before I move onto the real training," said Ashur as he continued to wipe the sweat off his body.

'A warm-up? How was that a warm-up!?'

She thought that he already started his training. Since when did a warm-up last 4 hours!?

"Master, you must be joking right? How can that be a warm-up! You've been doing that for over four hours now!" shouted Ene.

"Well, I did take much longer than I usually do"

But that was because of something he discovered not long ago.

Using The Force, he can enhance the physical attributes of his body for a period of time. Such as enhancing his body to increase his stamina to be able to tire easily, which he was exactly what was he was using to persist for over four hours of intense exercise, and admittedly, he might have gotten too excited and trained for longer than he usually does.

But it wasn't just his stamina he was able to enhance, but can also greatly enhance his other various physical attributes. Such as strength, endurance, agility, and reaction speed, and even his senses such as sight, hearing, and smell could be enhanced.

But it doesn't come without drawbacks, as it takes a great deal of focus to enhance one attribute, and even more so to do so it combat.

Currently, Ashur can only enhance one attribute at a time and he hasn't tested it in combat yet, and only used it to enhance his stamina so that he can train for longer.

This way, he is able to train both his body and also increase his magic stats at the same time, although the increase is minimal compared to meditating. But it is still better than not training it at all. It also compliments it immensely as he can train longer without getting as tired , and it also trains his magic stat, so it's a win-win.

Not to mention it also helps him train his control over The Force as he is constantly using it to enhance his stamina while training, and hopefully with time, he will be able to enhance more than one attribute and discover new ways he can use The Force.

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After a short rest on the bench, Ashur felt that his mana had recovered enough and was pumped to start the real training.

"I think that's enough rest for now," said Ashur as he got off the bench.

"Hun? Already? But it's only been like a half an hour though, are you sure that's enough?" asked Ene.

"Plenty, I've recovered about half of my mana, it's already enough to train for a little while," said Ashur Before getting up and walking a few meters away from the bench and suddenly taking out his 'Justice stick'

"What are you going to do with that?" asked Ene.

"I've gotten rusty, and I'm gonna see if I can see If I can get this old blade sharp again," said Ashur as he took a stance.

"Rusty? Old blade? Master, that's a metal rod, not a rusty blade?"

"Just watch, you'll understand then," said Ashur before suddenly starting to move.

Waving his 'Justice stick', Ashur slowly yet awkwardly started to repeatedly swing it around in different directions as he started to use it to practice his sword skills.

At first, he only started out with only basic moves such as thrusting or slashing and looked pretty awkward and rigid while doing so. But slowly yet quickly in a matter of minutes, his movements started to get more and more fluid every time he swung the metal rod in his hands and even started to include other moves such as parrying and countering.

Soon 10 minutes passed by, and Ene watched as Ashur moved around and repeatably swung the metal rod in his hands around. And by now, his movements were now flowing smoothly, and not as rigid as when he first started. He was finally feeling like he was getting the hang of his new body and finally finished feeling everything out.

'I guess I should stat the sharpening process now that the rust has been removed?' though Ashur as he suddenly stopped.

Although he would like his movements a little more adjusted, It was no use delaying it as it wouldn't make too much of a difference after he starts.

"Hun, Master Why'd you stop?" asked Ene. Noticing that Ashur suddenly standing in place.

"It's nothing, I was just thinking of how much I love you," said Ashur as he looked over to Ene.

"Give it a rest Master, I'm not interested in that immature body of yours" replied Ene.

"Oh? Does that mean you're interested in it's not this appearance? Then how about the one I showed you last night?" said Ashur as he gave her a sly smile.

A small blush suddenly spread on Ene's face as she shouted "You wish!"

"Anyways! You should just get back to your training!" she continued. Changing the subject.

"Yeah, yeah" replied Ashur lazily as he lifted his 'Justice stick' up, and as he lifted it up, his face suddenly turned serious as he struck forward like a flash. which caused Ene to jump from surprise from the sudden unexpected movement.

But Ashur didn't stop at just that, because as soon as Ashur struck forward, he followed up by a diagonal slash from the right.

This continued on as Ashur continued to swing the metal rod in his hands around as he practiced different sword skills. With each progressive swing getting faster and faster and also more and more aggressive as he continued to swing.

And even Ene who had zero knowledge of swordsmanship, could tell how aggressive it was, and as time went on, she unknowingly started to feel a strange prickling sensation across her whole body, which shocked and confused her greatly, mainly because as soon as she lost her body and became a cyber being, she had never felt pain or sickness or even a need to sleep.

Ene looked around in confusion to find any sign to find out what was causing it, but as she did, it suddenly stopped, which made her even more confused.

'Was I hallucinating?'

Although she felt it strange, she decided to play it off and go back to watching Ashur. But suddenly as she started watching him again, it came back!

This time, she knew she wasn't hallucinating, and quickly darted her head around to find the source of the prickling sensation, but as she did, it suddenly stopped.

'What the hell is going on!!!?'

Ene was starting to get annoyed, every time she would look away to find what was causing the prickling sensation, it would disappear, she felt as if she was getting toyed with and was determined to find out what was causing it.

So she slowly turned back towards Ashur, hoping to quickly turn her head to find out what was causing the prickling sensation, and as she did, the prickly sensation quickly came back, but she didn't immediately turn her head away as something dawned on her 'Why is it only happening when I look at Master?'

Looking straight at Ashur, Ene suddenly had a thought, 'Is it, Master?'

This made her continue to watch Ashur aggressively swing the metal rod around faster and faster, which started to become a blur to Ene. But suddenly as Ashur was about to reach the climax, he stopped his fast and aggressive swordsmanship, and suddenly changed it to a calm and tranquil one as Ashur slowly practiced his swordsmanship and took a few seconds to display each move.

But Ene was not fooled from the sudden slow and calm movements, as the prickling sensation on her skin did not decrease, but only increased! and she noticed that Ashur was also suddenly starting to give off a strange aura.

The best way she could describe it was that it was Gentle and serene, yet aggressive and deadly, like an unsheathed sword that was able to cut you in half any second.

She also started feeling an odd sense of beauty each time he continued to swing

'Is this what Master meant?' she thought. before continuing to watch him practice into the night.