Chapter 14

"KUAAAUUUUAAAUUEEEE!"

Dan was on all four behind a bush with Pedro rubbing his back. "This stinks." he said. Dan stood up from his previous pose having finished throwing up.

"Hey Pedro,"

"What is it?"

"A year ago I asked you a question, do you remember what it was?"

"Do you mean when you asked me what I would do if I gained ultimate power?"

"Did I ask you that? You have a really good memory. I meant what would you do to get in a woman's pants?" Pedro raised his eyebrow. He looked at Dan from his squatting position.Dan's eyes were like that of a man who regained his will to live after nearly dying.

"I'm scared to ask, but why do you ask?" Dan gave Pedro a maniacal smile. He grabbed him by the arm and pulled him up, placed his arm around his neck and pointed at a woman.

A beautiful woman with dark skin and a single, long braided hair that past by her waist. She was wearing a tight, black, latex trousers. She was wearing a shirt without a back that was held together at the back by a string supporting her moderately huge chest.

She was training with a sword, swinging it with utmost precision elegantly cutting through the air. In Pedro's eyes it seemed like she was wildly dancing with a sword. In Dan's eyes he could see everything, the amount of work she had put in for her movement to this fluid, the amount of sweat she had shed to reach such a state and Dan was correct because when he looked at her stats it wasn't really surprising.

➡️Name: Carina Alba

➡️Race: Human (I think...I'm not really sure.)

➡️Age: 20

➡️Potential: 2,000,000

➡️Strength: (B+) Speed: (B+) Footwork: (A+)

Endurance: (B+) Stamina: (B+) Vision:(A+)

Mana pool (400/400) Swordsmanship:(A+)

➡️Special skills

Sheer willpower (uncommon)

Logical reasoning (Rare)

Her Swordsmanship was lacking next to Dan's S+ rated skill with the sword but she made up for it in other places. Her strength, speed, endurance, stamina and vision was higher than Dan's.

What intrigued him a lot was her special skills. Logical reasoning! Was it that rare? Did people here lack logical reasoning so much that it was rare.

And why on earth was the system guessing her system? Was this some kind of joke that he didn't understand?

"Why is she dancing with a sword in her hand, it's really dangerous." Pedro asked.

"She isn't dancing you dumbass, that is footwork for her style of the sword. It may seem like she is dancing but if you get anywhere within 10 meters of her reach she can easily avoid any attack and easily counter attack."

"That's pretty cool."

"You know what's cooler?"

"Please don't..."

"THAT ASS! The way that trousers is stuck to her ass it makes me want to seriously take a bite out of it. Her muscles are also sexy especially her abs. Not to mention them thighs."

"Eh...not to my liking." Pedro said casually. Dan pushed Pedro aside from him with a disgusted look on his face, "You are either blind or attracted to men."

"Hey don't just..." Pedro complained to Dan but he just walked from behind the bush and out into the open.

Dan stood a slight distance away from Carina, just enough for her to see him but not distract her with his hands in his trousers. He watched for a while until she stopped in mid-air.

"What is it? it seems like you have a lot to say."

"I would advise against wearing such tight trousers when training." he replied. 'No matter how good your behind looks.'

Carina shrugged, "I don't really mind, I like the way it feels on my skin, it makes me feel comfortable."

'Yes, it makes me really comfortable just by standing behind you.'

"Who is that guy in the bush? I saw you there with him." Dan looked behind and saw Pedro creepily standing there with a smile on his face.

'Go for it Dante! I'm here for you if she rejects you.'

"Don't mind that pervert. That is my friend. Did someone ever point out that your footwork doesn't match your Swordsmanship...oh I'm sorry... swordwomanship." Dan pointed out.

"What do you mean?"

"Your style is slow and firm but your footwork is way too fast. Just in the same way that you can't cook food with lukewarm water you can't have incompatible footwork. You have to change either your footwork or sword technique. Of course it isn't easy to change your entire sword style so I suggest you change your footwork."

"I still have no idea what you are talking about? I have been using this technique for a long time and it works well for me."

'That is true, even the system said that her footwork is A+. It isn't gonna be easy to convince her.'

"Here let me show you." Dan grabbed a sword that was in his inventory which he bought a while ago after his katana had broke. He copied Carina's technique but with a completely different footwork. His movement's were slow just like the sword style. He moved so gracefully that Carina just watched in silence and awe.

His moves were that of an expert who trained for a long time. The way his muscles tightened, the way he took quick breaths at intervals without disrupting his movement.

Carina was fascinated, she thought that she had reached the pinnacle of the Sky feather cloud technique but this man just copied it instantly without any trouble and even improved it.

This wasn't true though. Dan had been training under Kliran for a very long time. He learnt several sword techniques under his watchful eye. No matter what, whether it was raining or whether there was storm. During a drought, during a flood and even during a forest fire he trained Dan thus resulting in Dan learning several sword techniques.

Within a span of 18 years Dan had learnt 8 sword techniques and even managed to create his own sword technique. He even challenged Kliran with this sword technique and managed to land a couple of blows before being absolutely destroyed.

Dan stopped after a while of showing Carina the footwork. "How did you do that?"She asked. Her eyes were sunken in and could be barely seen.

"Huh...I would be happy to show it to you again if-"

"I'm not talking about that." Dan sensed the tension in the air.

"How did you just copy my technique which took me years to master and improve. All you did was watch me for a while and now your the one who is showing me how to improve my own technique."

"I think you are completely misunerst-" Carina launched herself at Dan. Her sword aimed for his throat. She was serious from the very beginning. Dan barely avoided the attack by ducking down.

Once his body was lowered a kick from Carina managed to hit him dead in the face. It sent him flying a few meters back. "You're completely misunderstanding." Dan shouted as he picked himself up. "I didn't steal your technique. I trained this technique for a large period of entire life. That is why I am able to do this technique. Those are my formations."

"LIES! I SAW YOU WATCHING ME TRAIN FOR A WHILE. YOU REALLY WERE STEALING MY TECHNIQUE JUST LIKE THE OTHERS."

Pedro remained behind the bush and decided to not get involved in the madness that was taking place. 'Figure your shit out. I'll be waiting for you in the room.' He left them alone and headed back to the room.

Dan finally decided to fight back. After he blocked her sword he decided to counter attack with a stab.She casually tilted her head and head butted him with her steel like forehead.

He stumbled back a little.

He wanted to use magic to throw her of balance but Pedro warned him to not use magic. In human society, a swordsman does not learn any magic while a sorcerer does not learn any physical combat so using Dan using magic would draw way to much attention.

Humans had either the talent to be a fighter or some kind of magical job like a wizard, warlovk or enchantress. They couldn't be both but if they tried they could learn a little but who in their right mind would leave something that they were talented at to learn something else that they had zero talent in.

'Wait a minute, as long as I don't use any large scale and use the bare minimum it will seem like I learnt a bit of magic.' Dan's plan was to use a low level spell that could turn the tide but there was a problem Dan hadn't accounted for.

'What is a low level spell by human standards? Low level spells in Azair could be high level spells in the human world.'

So he decided to cast a simple spell. A mental spell. A spell that would mess with a person's sense of balance and make it inverted. The moment Carina tried to cut Dan with her blade, her hand moved away from Dan on it's own. She tried kicking him but she threw a hind kick.

'This is my chance.' Dan threw his blade on the ground and grabbed her from behind. He lifted her and with his strength he easily managed to overturn her. A suplex!

Dan knew she wouldn't easily go down so he performed suplex'es on her for nearly two hours until she surrendered. The spell had only lasted for 3 minutes but Dan didn't let her get a chance to find out. She wasn't knocked out but she suffered some serious damage.

'That's a B rank endurance for you.' Dan was truly impressed. He laid on his back on the grassy ground with Carina beside him.

"Be honest with me. You didn't steal my technique, did you?" Carina asked in a small voice.

"Huh...Why would I, I already know the amount of work you put in to reach this state at such an early stage. By the way, how can you even steal a technique, it's not a physical object." Dan consoled her.

"Years ago, I had a teacher, he was a great one, he taught me everything I know. He was a great man, a great father, a great teacher and a great husband."

'Fuck...I shouldn't have asked her about her backstory. Looks like I will be here for a while.'

"I was an orphan living in the streets. That man took me in when I had nothing. He made me out of nothing. He gave me what he had not what I needed. In the morning he would train me alongside his daughter and son. They resented me but I couldn't care less about them. But one day everything changed."

'Of course, that one fateful day that would change your life.'

"What happened?" He asked.

"The local lord saw my step sister. He fancied her and wanted her as a concubine. Day after day he would visit her in secret and they would disappear together. We didn't know any better, we just thought that she was training or hunting or something else."

"But that wasn't what she was actually doing, was it?"

"No,it wasn't." Carina turned her gaze to the side at Dan. "Why am I telling you this, I don't even know your name."

Dan shrugged his shoulders. Since he was lying on the floor it was really akward.

"I don't know, you attacked me first, then you told me about your life story. I just want to listen to your voice. My name is Dan,I'm a guest at this giant house." Carina chucled weakly for a bit.

"Quite the smooth talker you are. I'm Carina, vice-captain of the Golden gaurds." She sat up before talking any further. "If you are a guest at that house, then sleep with one eye open. Things aren't what they seem." She stood up to leave but Dan grabbed her hand.

"Where you going?"

"Back to the gaurdhouse.I have to go."

"I'd rather you did not. You can't just talk with someone and leave mid conversation."

Carina gently removed his hand from her. "I can't, I have to go. My shift is about to start. In case you want to talk more I will be here tommorow morning."

She walked away and Dan watched her from behind. The rhythm of her butt hypnotised Dan, he kept looking at it until she was finally out of sight.

"Looks like I will have to use this place then." Dan grabbed his sword and walked up to a tree. With on quick, clean slice the heavy tree fell down with a thud. He cut down to more trees, cut all the branches and stacked them all together. He tied them all together with the rope in his inventory.

He lifted them up and ran several laps around the training ground.

➡️Speed:(1004/1004) ➡️(1025/1025) Endurance:(1680/1680) ➡️(1700/1700) Stamina:(900/900) ➡️ (925/925)

Strength: (460/460) ➡️ (470/470)

Dan smiled as he saw his progress. The smile staid on his face as he ran several more laps around the huge training grounds. He kept on running for several hours until it reached dusk. Only then did Dan stop running laps. He switched to squats. After 2 hours Dan finally decided to stop. He was breathing really heavily.

His entire clothes were soaked with sweat. He decided he finally had enough and headed back to the room.

What Dan failed to notice was the mysterious person who was hiding behind the trees. He had been watching him all day long since he had left the room to throw up. The man walked out from behind the trees. It was none other than the head butler.

Dan dragged his tired feet back to the room until finally he reached it. He entered the room and saw Kan sleeping on the bed. The next thing he saw was surprising. The maid who had showed them their room earlier was hanging upside down, tied on a scratchy looking rope. She was wearing only black pants and bra. She was still wearing her glasses although she was upside down.

She was gagged and when she saw Dan she maid a muffled sound trying to ask for help. Pedro was wearing only his drawers and had a whip in his hand.

"The fuck is going on here?"

Time: 3:45 p.m. Level:74

➡️Name: Dante Oak Aliases: D, Dan, Dri.

Hp:869/869(F) Potential:♾

Speed:1250/1250(E) Endurance:1800/1800(E)

Intelligence:122/122(F) Stamina:1034/10034(E)

Strength: 750/750(F) Vision:151/151(F)

Magic knowledge: 40/40(F)

Unused stat points: 5

➡️Skills

Beginner Magic (Proficiency 99%)

Intermediate Magic (Proficiency 82%)

Elite Magic (Proficiency 4%) Street fighting (S+)

Martial arts combat (Proficiency 12%)

quick thinking (Proficiency 8%)

Swordsmanship (S+)

Sword technique:Limited series:Pain and sorrow; First form (mythical)

Chaos energy (A+)

Invisibility (Level 1)

Perseverance.

➡️ unique skills

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Level 1

➡️status: Tired, cramp, exhausted.

➡️ Titles

1.Krim slayer.(level 1) Additional damage to Krim foxes by 8%

2.Pro-gamer move.(level 1) Casting time decreases by 2%

3. Clobi Alpha

4. Extinction witness.