Sparring

The next day, unlike what Kouro expected, there were no Valkyries standing at the door of his room, fortunately because of that his life was still as calm as ever other than this time he was training more.

It seemed like Otto had predicted this, so he had probably ordered the Valkyries not to bother him beforehand.

For the first time Kouro felt grateful to have an Overseer like Otto.

But of course his feelings towards him had not changed and he had even become more wary.

Fortunately it seemed like Otto was really just watching him at least for now.

Currently Kouro was in the gym room with Susannah and her friend Alvitr, before coming here they went to the cafeteria first to have breakfast, only...

The food in the cafeteria tasted mediocre to him, maybe because those who made it were robots so the taste of the food seemed soulless, fortunately the drinks here tasted good.

After that Kouro finally understood why Otto and Durandal preferred to eat the dishes Rita cooked.

But why didn't Otto hire a chef? Is it because the budget is lacking? But it didn't seem to be because of this.

Kouro thought that way because if he remembered correctly, Otto was the creator of the popular game 'Kallen Fantasy' which had many series and also if he was not mistaken, Schicksal on the surface was a fairly famous Idol entertainment company...

Well whatever this is none of his business anyways.

By the way, he also didn't forget to get acquainted with Susannah's best friend, Alvitr.

Alvitr had long grayish purple hair in a ponytail with raspberry red eyes, she was wearing a black and navy blue outfit with dull gold buttons and straps, she seemed to be wearing a long black glove on her left arm.

In contrast to the cheerful and positive Susannah, Alvitr according to Kouro was an intelligent but slightly naive girl.

After chatting with her a bit and getting to know her a bit better, Kouro found out that Alvitr was a Valkyrie specializing in engineering who had just joined the Immortal blades.

...

In the gym room, Kouro was seen exercising on the treadmill with Susannah and Alvitr who had just finished exercising.

It was just that they both seemed to be staring at Kouro in astonishment.

That's because Kouro's treadmill speed is very fast at around 200 km/h and the speed is still increasing, moreover he doesn't look sweaty at all.

Seeing that Alvitr nudged Susannah with her eyes never looking away from Kouro, "Hey Susannah, you said Kouro just joined Schicksal yesterday. Did you ask about his rank level? "

Susannah regained her senses before saying, "Eh? I haven't asked yet... Wait don't tell me Kouro is-?!"

Just when she was able to finish her sentence, Durandal suddenly walked in, she stared at the two of them for a moment before looking at Kouro.

Her face suddenly turned slightly red when looking at him as if she remembered something before clearing her throat and using the treadmill beside him, she seemed to set the same speed as Kouro.

"Morning Kouro. "

"Oh? Good morning Durandal, I didn't know that you exercise in the morning too. "

Kouro and Durandal chatted casually while exercising.

Seeing the two of them talking intimately, Susannah and Alvitr looked at each other, feeling out of place.

A few minutes later, Kouro stopped the treadmill, he looked a little sweaty and muttered, "Huuh... What a good warm-up... "

'Gah?! You said running 400 km/hour is a warm-up? Then what are we?' Alvitr and Susannah thought simultaneously.

*DING! *

At the same time Kouro's cell phone also issued a notification.

"Mhn?" he checked his cell phone, it turned out that Schicksal sent a message to him, "Going... To the training room? What am I going there for?"

Kouro remembered that the training room was used as a sparring ground for the Valkyries.

Hearing Kouro's question, Durandal stopped her treadmill before answering, "Probably to introduce the team, Kouro."

For every new Valkyrie who joins usually after a month of familiarization, they will be told to choose a team or be selected by Schicksal according to their respective specialties, there are also special cases such as the team itself choosing you, of course the selected Valkyries have the right to refuse.

After all, not every Valkyrie wants to be a warrior fighting on the front line.

"Team? Was I told to choose a team? "

Durandal nodded, "Yes. When I first joined I was like that too, before I made my own team."

"Hmm... I see, then I'll leave first, see you guys."

"Wait! Kouro, can I come with you? I'm curious what team you picked. " Susannah said with sparkling eyes.

"Can I come too? " Alvitr replied, she was curious about the team that Kouro would choose.

"Ahem! Can I come too?" Durandal was also curious, for someone as strong as Kouro, what kind of team would he choose.

"Sure." Kouro didn't mind, he was also curious about the team he would choose.

They then went to the training room.

The training room was like a small stadium that had several arenas, he could see several Valkyries practicing sparring with each other.

He then turned his gaze to the front where Otto was accompanied by Amber as usual and two girls who were slightly familiar to him.

Kouro stared at them for a moment before looking back at Otto.

"How is it, Kouro-kun? Are you getting used to this place?"

"Of course, Oveerser Otto. " he replied politely.

"That's good then. " Otto then turned to look at the two girls before introducing Kouro, "This person is Hanagami Kouro, A-Rank Einherjar and the one who will be your captain team. "

"EH?! Kouro-kun is already a captain?" Susannah said in surprise.

Kouro also wore a surprised expression, he didn't expect that he would be directly appointed as captain.

After that Otto looked at Kouro and introduced the two girls to him, "Kouro-kun, these girls are your teammates, starting from the left, she is Ana Schariac an A-rank Valkyrie and next to her is Lin an A-Rank Valkyrie. "

"Wow... A team of A-Rank..." Susannah murmured.

"I didn't expect that Ana would make the team, Kouro..." Durandal muttered while looking at Ana. It seemed like she had a friendly relationship with Ana.

Ana Schariac had long blonde gray hair with magenta eyes, she wore a small night blue hat with white flower accessories, she also wore a white suit with a light blue shawl with stars.

While Lin had short pinkish purple hair with green eyes, she was wearing a white suit with sleeves folded to the elbow with a black shirt inside and a blue skirt along with black tights.

"Nice to meet you guys. " Kouro shook both of their hands.

"By the way, Oveerser Otto, can we spar to understand each other's strength?" Ana asked while looking at Kouro.

It seemed that she was a little dissatisfied with Kouro, the one who had just joined but was immediately given the rank of A-rank, after all she had been a Valkyrie since the age of twelve and it took her 4 years to become an A-Rank Valkyrie.

It was the same for Lin, although she did not express it directly.

Otto smiled, "What do you think Kouro?"

"Sure, I don't mind. " Kouro didn't think much of it, but he could roughly understand the feelings of the two of them.

Durandal as Ana's good friend also knew her competitive nature, therefore she was not too surprised by Ana's request, she was also a little curious how Kouro solved this problem.

The three of them were then seen getting off the studion and going to one of the empty arenas.

Lin picked up a pair of pistols from the training rack, and Ana picked up a training spear made of a special material.

Of course all the weapons on the training rack would not endanger one's life, even the most severe would be a broken bone.

Kouro glanced at the weapons on the shelf, there were pistols, spears, various types of swords, gauntlets and so on.

After a brief look he then picked up a gauntlets and quickly put it on.

As someone who was skilled in using several weapons, he thought the suitable weapon for sparring against them would be gauntlets, that was because he could easily control the power of his attacks rather than other weapons.

Kouro then climbed into the 20-meter arena before setting up his stance.

Ana and Lin raised their eyebrows at the weapon he had chosen, that was because it was rare for a Valkyrie to choose that weapon as it was quite difficult to use, after all most Valkyries were ordinary girls who had never learned martial arts.

Most Valkyries prefer to use ranged weapons to melee weapons, let alone hand-to-hand combat weapons like gauntlets.

The two of them then looked at each other, "You first or me first? "

"Go ahead both of you. " Kouro said calmly.

Hearing Kouro's arrogant words, their eyebrows raised, they looked at each other before looking back at Kouro in an attack position.

"Are you underestimating us?"

"You two seem to have misunderstood. I'm not underestimating you two, but it's you two who the one who underestimating me."

"Mhn?"x2, they both suddenly felt Kouro exuding a different aura.

Kouro stretched his neck slightly before looking at the two of them with his eyes shining brightly, "Fight me like you're fighting your strongest enemy. "

[Bloodlust ability has been activated]

The two of them suddenly felt an extremely terrifying aura from Kouro's body, their bodies trembled, their pupils shrank, and not only were they affected by Kouro's aura, but almost all the Valkyries who were near them.

Even Durandal and the others in the stadium could feel the terrifying aura from within Kouro's body.

"Alvitr! I'm scared!" Susannah hugged her with a trembling body.

"Ta-take it easy, I'm right here. " Alvitr said calmly even though her legs were visibly trembling.

"What the hell? Such a terrifying aura, but... Why does it feel familiar?" Durandal muttered, as an S-Rank Valkyrie, the aura was indeed terrifying but to her it was just a breeze.

'This aura... Although it's very weak but it's really similar to the aura released by Ashborn-sama back then... ' Amber thought, feeling that terrifying aura.

Otto just smiled and next to him there was Ashborn who as usual was not noticed by everyone except Otto himself.

"Do you understand now? You won't be able to defeat me." Kouro said calmly.

He said it calmly as if it was an undeniable fact.

Hearing Kouro's words, they both bit their lips, their bodies stopped shaking, they finally understood why Kouro was given A-Rank.

'But! He said that we can't beat him?'

Ana and Lin looked at each other, as an A-Rank Valkyrie who had gone through many painful experiences, they still had pride.

They both nodded at each other before looking at Kouro with very serious expressions, their eyes looking at him as if fighting their strongest enemy.

Even if they really can't defeat him, 'we will definitely keep fighting to the bitter end! We swear it in the name of Valkyrie dignity!'

Those who were originally fighting just for sparring suddenly turned into a battle to defend the dignity of a warrior's pride.

Durandal raised her eyebrows, looking at the suddenly changed situation, she even now had the intention to fight Kouro now which fortunately this thought she quickly suppressed.

Seeing this, Otto then cleared his throat before shouting, "Sa! Start the fight!"