Chapter 8

Night passes quickly and a new day is born.

As usual, Zafir got up early and went to the nearby forest to do his sword training.

"Hold the sword correctly with both hands. The best way to hold a sword is to place your right hand on the top of the hilt, with your left hand on the bottom, close to the pommel. This will give you a greater range of motion. That way, you'll also be able to grip the sword more firmly, which lessens the chances of it falling out of your hands when defending against an attack. Bend your elbows and keep them close to your torso."

After voicing his thoughts aloud, Zafir returns to training.

Kendo training is more than swinging a sword, it is also necessary to do foot training.

Ashi Sabaki, that's the name given to foot training.

Okuri-Ashi, is the most used step during training. When advancing, push with the back foot, when stepping back, push with the front foot. In Ashi-Sabaki, it is important that your movements are smooth, and there should be no pendulum or lateral movement of the body.

Okuri-Ashi is used to shorten short distances and right after punches are applied, as part of the zanchin movement.

Ikari-Ashi, is used when attacking your opponent from one side, and when positioning your feet in response to an attack.

Tsugi-Ashi, is used to shorten the distance between the feet. By bringing your feet together, you are able to attack from a greater distance, quickly closing the distance between you and your opponent.

Ayumi-Ashi, is to move your left foot and right foot alternately, like your normal walk. This Ashi-Sabaki is used when you want to move fast over a long distance. It should not be applied immediately after a blow, as part of the zanchin movement.

Also, keeping the toes down during Ashi-Sabaki, sliding the feet together to the floor, without lifting the toes towards the ceiling, this allows the movements to be smoother and imperceptible. If you move with your fingers facing upwards, your movements will become ineffective and your opponent will notice your movements, and at the slightest mistake in your movements he will attack you.

Immediately after the attack, the Kenshi must move forward, fast and with a lot of energy, using Okuri-Ashi, and if large steps are taken, his fingers will point upwards. Then one should take shorter steps, making the movement faster.

"ah, I think that's enough training for today, I'll continue training in the next city."

"It's time to settle the score with Eisenwald"

After finishing training, Zafir did all his preparation to face Eisenwald, it's not easy to face an entire guild, considering the fact that it's a dark guild makes everything more dangerous.

Moving away from the city, and entering the forest, you can notice the difference in environment, a dark and desolate forest, little animal noises are heard, after walking for a certain period of time, I arrived at a place, walking on a path surrounded by trees and a gloomy building at the end,

"So this is the Eisenwald headquarters, they must have noticed me by now, I didn't hide my presence, they must have noticed me when I set foot in the forest."

Walking along the bumpy road, missing 10 meters to arrive, 20 mages appeared, 5 on one side of the road and 5 on the other, the rest, were on the wall that protects the building.

"Well, well, what do we have here, a little doll that got lost from her parents."

"Kekeke, can we play with him a little?"

"Just kill him."

"Wait, don't do anything, hey you boy, what's your purpose here?"

More people showed up than I thought, my estimate would be 8 or 10, but there are twice as many people, and according to what I researched about them, the main members like to party around town when they are in the guild, and I didn't see any of them yesterday, I have to take this chance.

"Hello, my name is Zafir Olívin, the man who will destroy you all."

"Damn, kill him!"

Right after hearing this, all 20 people reacted using attack magic, it was obvious that they all wanted my life, but the question is whether they would bear the consequences of such actions.

Seeing all these magical attacks coming my way, a small smile rose on my face that I didn't even notice.

Moving my body to the side slightly, I dodged the first spell, it was a magic arrow, wasting no time, I attacked the 10 mages that were on the road, taking advantage of their proximity.

I raise my hands and use "Rior Reis", shooting beams of green energy from both hands; this spell has the ability to attack more than one person at the same time if hit, and the position the enemies were in was perfect for this spell.

"Now it's just you up there."

"Dioga Gravidon"

Zafir fires a powerful attack with multicolored vacuum scythes whirling around him. This spell has enough power to destroy anything in its path and a mere wall won't stop its progress and that's what happened.

The wall was collapsed like a sand castle and all the mages on top were killed.

"One Less Obstacle"

Walking through the rubble, Zafir walked to the entrance, as he had destroyed the wall. it makes no sense to knock on the door. or not?

"Gigano Reis"

Zafir shoots a larger ball of gravity from his hand, destroying the beautiful wooden door.

As I enter the building, I notice that the environment is what I would call "this is a dark guild", dark theme, skulls on the walls, lights everywhere, looking like a horror movie.

"Tsk, so you passed them, bunch of useless."

The room is quite spacious, a quest board, a bar, a billiards and some poker tables.

In the center of the room, a small humanoid being with dark gray skin and no hair. He carries his guild's mark on the left side of his head, between his pointed ears.

"Welcome to hell, my name is Snarl and I will be the one to destroy you"

"Get ready insect.

"Sand bomb."

Snarl punches the ground, creating a magic circle from which a wave of sand appears and tries to envelop me in a ball of sand.

Reducing my body's gravity, I jump back, avoiding being hit by his magic.

"Tsk, managed to dodge, bunch of useless, what are you waiting for? kill him!!!"

After receiving the order, all the Eisenwald mages frantically attacked.

"Get ready, because I don't usually take it easy."

"Amu Guranagur"

Right after pulling the sword from its sheath, Zafir activates the spell "Amu Guranagur", surrounding the sword with gravitational power, increasing the weight, attack and downward gravity of those hit.

"These commoners cannot resist my sword, Snarl."

"Damn, if Erigor were here, that damn man, where is he when you need him!"

Snarl directs his palms towards me.

"Sand blast."

boom

Causing a magic circle to appear that causes the ground under my feet to explode and cover me with sand.

The explosion ended up hitting me, although I didn't suffer serious injuries, but I did suffer the impact, it's quite painful.

The blast threw me against the wall, and I ended up spitting out some blood.

"Cough, damn it, I was careless, I can't underestimate the enemy, or something worse could happen."

Taking advantage of the dust, Snarl flees towards the exit, he knows he has no chance of winning.

"Damn, dammit, how could I be defeated by a brat like that."

Seeing his enemy flee, Zafir could not stand still, using the wall for support, he raised his hands and sentenced his enemy to death.

"Ion Gravirei"

Zafir shoots a larger ball of gravity from his hand, which hits Snarl's back, who swallows him completely and hits the wall.

boom

To make sure he killed the enemy, Zafir uses another magic, dark mages are treacherous, you can never give them a chance to counterattack.

"Zang Mareis"

Then, Zafir unleashes a beam that slices through objects causing them to collapse.

Zafir approaches with short, quick steps, but without openings, to confirm the enemy's death. Arriving there, Snarl's body was in pieces.

"Now he's dead, let's see if this place has anything useful, then I'll destroy it"

After searching almost every guild, I found only money, some magic books, some important information and a basement, of these the only things that interest me are the money and the basement, I hope this basement doesn't disappoint me.

Entering the basement, a pungent smell spread in the air, a very dirty and humid environment, there are several cells, inside them there are many bodies, but the last cell is special, besides being smaller, it is cleaner. and inside was a small purple-colored humanoid kitten.

She noticed me, and freaked out.

"N-no, don't come any closer, please don't hurt me again."

In this type of situation where the victim is traumatized, the best thing to do is try to show feelings of security and comfort, so that she feels comfortable.

So I approached slowly and opened the cell and crouched down.

"You are saved."

"Don't fear, I'm here, so don't fear, don't worry, as long as you're with me, nothing will happen to you, you can cry, you've got a lot of pain inside you, putting it out is good, brooding everything inside itself, it will only get worse and become more and more painful."

"Wow" (cry)

"By the way, my name is Zafir Olívin, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Wow"

"Thank you Mr. Zafi Olívin, my name is Nero, it is a pleasure to meet you, thank you very much for saving me."

"You're welcome, tell me where your house is, I'll take you there.

"I d-don't remember, please, if it's not too much to ask, let me accompany you, I don't know where my home is and I have nowhere to go, I'm afraid of being captured again,"

"Alright, who wouldn't enjoy the company of a cute kitty like you."

"Come on, I'm going to destroy this place and you'll never have to fear again, always remember, I'm here."

I picked her up and put her on my shoulder.

Outside, I didn't save energy and used a great magic, to serve as a message to the remnants of this guild.

"Gravirei Screws"

A small sphere is released with a huge gravitational pull, pulling everything towards it within a large radius.

All that was left was a gigantic crater.

"Nero, I hope your fear is destroyed as well.

"uhn, thanks."

"Let's go home."