Chapter 20: Training?

Damian woke up earlier than usual today because he wanted to do some training. He tried to slide out of Alice's grasp but realised she was like a python and didn't want to let him go. He had no other option than to wake her up using force. 

He activated his body of lust skill and then pinched both her nipples at the same time. Alice shivered and felt her master grabbing her nipples "G-Good morning master ". Damian smiled then kissed her cheek "Punishment time for hugging me so tight ". Damian continued using his skill and teasing her, never letting her finish. 

After half an hour, Damian got up while Alice was still begging me to let her finish but only kissed her on the forehead and then went to shower. While Damian was in the show, he looked for a good skill for Alice to use today. Something with a low mana cost would still do some damage.

{ Dark strike: MP cost 100. Send out a dark beam of energy by focusing your Mana in the palm of your hand. Cooldown: 1 second }

{ $50,000 }

Damian bought the Skill and didn't see it, so he asked the system.

{ The book is in your space ring }.

He got out of the shower, returned to the bedroom, and saw Alice pleasuring herself on the bed. " Hey Alice, "he said. Alice turned to look her master in the eyes. "H-Hey, master, " Damian said. He just gave her the skill book and left the room. "Come down for breakfast when you are finished, "he said. Alice blushed at the remainder and continued, thinking of her master the entire time.

Alice was surprised by the skill book as she knew it wasn't straightforward to come by and was flattered by her master's thoughts about what she needed. 

Alice finished, learnt the skill, and washed up before heading down for breakfast. She sat beside Damian and stared at him, " Can I feed you, please? ". Damian choked a little, then nodded "Sure, I don't mind; also, what kind of weapon do you wanna use? ". 

Alice shook her head "I don't need a weapon. Master magic will be just fine. "Damian thought she was wrong but went along with it anyway.

After breakfast he told Alice to go train until 9:00 then wait outside the door for him. Alice quickly went to go train while Damian went up to Isabella's room and then went in to see Isabella punching her pillow " Stupid, Idiotic, perverted master ". 

Damian coughed, and she turned towards him in fear. " Want to explain what you're doing to those pillows saying such stuff? ". Isabella knelt on the ground " I-I'm sorry, master, I really am; I'm just jealous "Damian walked past her and then sat on the bed "Jealous of what? You better explain yourself and fast? ".

" I'm just getting jealous over how much attention you give to Alice compared to me. I'm sorry for having such thoughts, master, "Isabella stated while still on the ground, not daring to look up "What was the perverted part about then? ".

"U-Ummmm, I think you give her more attention… because she has bigger boobs and a bigger ass than me " Isabella felt a foot on her head but didn't dare do anything about it "Who do you take me for? Oh well I guess I have been ignoring you, how about an apology you can ask for one thing from me. "

Isabella shot up then stared him right in the eyes " Abuse me please, master ". Of course, Damian wouldn't say no to that, so that's what he did. When it was time for him to leave, Isabella was a mess with bruises, cuts, welts, and burns all over her body. Still, she enjoyed every single bit of it, especially the part where he whipped her ass with a fire whip. Isabella came 5 times from it and would never forget the experience.

As Damian was walking down the stairs, he thought about the test format because he was sure that if it was just one-on-one battles, it would take forever if people came from all over the country. ' I didn't even get any training in. I have no idea how to use a scythe. I just thought it looked cool, '

Damian looked at the time and noticed it was 08:59. Then rushed to the front door and saw Alice wearing a sizeable white hoodie with some black track pants ' That's my hoodie, dammit, oh well, don't have time to tell her off '. 

He walked outside with Alice and held the silver key in his hand, which started to glow. He hovered slightly above his hand and then pointed in a direction. " It's like a GPS system, I think ". They both followed the direction of the key, coming to a stop at the gate into the upper region, where they were stopped by guards. " You are not allowed past here without a permit; stay away " 2 guards were stationed at the front gate. One is on the left, and the other is on the right.

Damian calmly walked up and showed the key, guessing this was enough for a permit. The guards quickly looked at the silver key and Alice's bronze key, then allowed them to pass.

They walked even more and arrived at a huge stadium that could easily fit millions of people. Guards surrounded the stadium, with a massive group at the entrance. Damian looked at the lines upon lines of people. He dreaded the wait until he saw a much shorter line nearby with a sign displayed: [ Key bearers only ].

Damian almost wanted to kneel and thank the sign but was worried he would get looked at funny. He and Alice walked through the lanes until they got to the back of the line where the people were. They waited 20 minutes before getting to the front of the line, where a lady in what seemed to be a work uniform was waiting for them " Please show me your keys ". They both showed their keys, and Damian was allowed to go through right away, but Alice had to take the registration test. All she had to do was give some information about herself and show her rank. The worker was entirely surprised by a random A-Ranker appearing but thought there must be much more. After 5 minutes, she was allowed in and followed Damian down the corridor.

" Today you can call me Damian, "Alice smiled and then nodded. After walking for a bit, they found themselves in a room with thousands of other people around their age waiting for training. They were approached by another worker, this time a middle-aged man, who asked for their names and rank and asked them if they wanted a nickname when getting introduced if they made it. " Damian Locke, A, Inferno Monarch. Could I ask you some questions about the test format? ". The man simply wrote down his information and then moved on to Alice " Alice Greenwood, A, Twilight sage ". 

The man simply wrote the information down and then moved on to the following people. 

{ Host, I have a recommendation for you }

' Yes? 'Damian already knew that he was about to go broke.

{ Intermediate scythe mastery }

{ Gain intermediate mastery of the scythe automatically }

{ $200,000 }

Damian already knew that the system would take all his remaining money. Still, he didn't mind this as he didn't know how to use a scythe. Hence, he bought it immediately and was expecting a headache from the knowledge. Still, it came in gradually, reducing the stress on his brain. Information regarding the scythe was slowly being inputted into his brain as he started to understand his weapon better. How to balance himself while swinging so he didn't overswing or underswing, go on the offensive and defensive with the scythe, and make his movements more fluid instead of a stiff blow. 

Damian thought he finally had a good thought process for his weapon and wanted to test it. He looked around and saw a few training arenas, then tapped Alice's hand and walked over with her. " We are just training, okay, Alice? "Alice nodded. 

Damian began to observe the people fighting, noticing they were both B-Ranks. One was an assassin or rogue, while the other was a magician using dark blue ice. The magician had made the entire arena floor ice, so the other guy had trouble moving around. Still, the rogue could create platforms in the air as he was always moving around. 

" The magician is going to win, "Damian heard a voice behind him. He turned around to see a guy with blonde hair looking at him with a big grin. Damian turned back to the fight and saw the rogue bleeding from his left arm, but it didn't bother him. He already knew where this was going and stated, " The rogue is going to win in 5 seconds ". People started to laugh around him until precisely 5 seconds later, the rogue had disappeared, appearing behind the magician and stabbing him through the heart. 

Everybody was surprised and turned to Damian, who was smiling at the outcome. " Told you guys, " Damian said. Damian saw the magician's body start turning into pixels and appeared outside the arena. ' Maybe some VR stuff? 'Damian walked up to the area where the magician was and saw a little podium [ Place your hand here ]. " Alice, get into the arena with me. " 

Alice went over to the other side and placed her hand on the podium while he did it on the other one and saw another screen appear [ Which Map? ]. Damian looked through them and saw one resembling the previous arena, just a basic boxing ring style. Still, he saw a city arena, so he chose that one because it had more area. 

Alice and Damian appeared on opposite ends of a street. Damian saw more options come up as well. 

[ Do you want to allow spectators? Y/N ]

[ Do you want this match to be broadcast on the screens around the training rooms? Y/N ]

Damian wanted to show off his strength, so he thought this was perfect, so he clicked yes.

Around all the training rooms in the stadium, screens turned on, depicting the scene in which Alice and Damian stood opposite each other. Damian brought out his scythe while Alice brought out some gauntlets. " HAHA, I thought you didn't use any weapons ".Alice giggled. " Sorry for Lying, but I only intended to use them against strong enemies ".

[ 3 ]

[ 2 ]

[ 1 ]

[ GO! ]

As they were allowed to move, they both rushed forward, clashing in the middle of the street as Damian ducked low and continued to aim low while Alice went off the defensive. They went back and forth for a few minutes, laughing. Damian stopped at one end of the street and asked Alice, "How about we try now? ". Alice grinned then did a thumbs up while casting healing ward two times then attaching them to herself for healing. Alice also activated self sustain drawing in Mana from a flower shop and the trees on the side of the street. 

Damian activated Dash, increasing his speed significantly. He shot out towards Alice, grabbed her head, and threw her high into the sky. Using his flame control, he created a sniper of flames, "Flame bolt. "Damian shot Alice in the shoulder, which was quickly recovered by her regeneration. He filled the ground below him with fire and exploded, sending him shooting towards Alice.

When Damian was above her, she cast a dark strike, hitting him right in the eye. Damian got launched back by the attack right into a clock tower. He dashed back towards Alice, using his scythe to see how well it would go.

Damian was pushing her back using the scythe, sometimes slicing at her, causing her to drip blood. Alice managed to create space between them. She backed up while bleeding down her forearms.

Alice charged at Damian, who took it straight on, but Alice slid right under him and activated Life Drain on his back while releasing a dark strike at the same time. Damian felt his energy draining from him as he quickly made space and put away his scythe using just his fists now with flame knuckle dusters on them, causing burns with each strike.

They both dashed into each other again, Damian sending her flying and her gauntlets being destroyed. Alice was launched downtown through buildings. As she managed to catch herself on a pole, she suddenly felt massive magic collecting where Damian was. ' N-No, not this move. ' 

Damian floated above the city while creating a massive orb of fire in the air: " Blaze of oblivion, this fight is over. "

Damian gathered all his remaining Mana into the one orb above him, which shined a piercing white. The air around him was hot like lava; as he fueled the orb even more, the sky started to turn dark, drawing in lightning, seemingly anticipating the destruction that would follow. The orb above him began to change into a deep blue, resembling the heat building up inside. The skill now looked like a massive meteor ready to strike down. Damian's eyes seemed fueled by the same fire as they turned a deep blue. " I win ".

Damian sent down the orb, which was equivalent to a small meteor. When the orb landed immediately, it erupted and devoured everything, leaving nothing. The entire city was eradicated, and nothing was left. 

It had all been burnt to the ground. The ground now spewed out lava and cracked under the residual pressure of his finisher.

[ Winner Damian Locke ].