109. Sparring Against Hiiro Part 1

The dungeon in Izumi's mansion has existed since Izumi was given this mansion by the demon lord. But at that time, it was still in the form of a prison. The dungeon in question is not a dungeon just like in the game, but an underground prison.

Izumi chose the mansion after a thorough check. And when he read the description that there was a dungeon underground, he had already planned to break down all the bars of the cell. Then turned the dungeon into a place for him to train because the dungeon was quite wide and almost undetectable from the outside.

Arriving at the dungeon, they were a little surprised because they didn't expect that there would be a place like this in Izumi's mansion. Although it used to be called a dungeon, it is now a training ground. It can be seen from the floor and the tools around it.

Some broken tools were put away at the far end of that place. When they also saw the thick iron board bent from the blow, they were surprised while glancing at Izumi. They just thought that Izumi had gone crazy and just vented his anger on the iron board until it was bent by his hands.

Well, the truth is Izumi wants to train Busoshoku Haki. However, for some reason, he could only activate Haki in a few tries, and couldn't control it completely, which made the effect wear off quickly. Besides training Haki, Izumi trained his fighting style using either a sword or a dagger.

The enemy he will face has the power to neutralize magic. And no matter what, Izumi should try to practice his fighting style without using magic.

Well, in Hiiro's group, there were still two people who seemed unconcerned about it. It's not that they don't care, it's that they don't understand.

"Wow, teacher, look at this! This iron bent from the blow, how great was that punch? Also, there seem to be a lot of different scarecrows than I'm used to seeing."

The one who spoke was Nikki, she pointed at the bent iron and said to Hiiro. Mikazuki also added.

"That's all? Masters can do it too. Isn't that right, master?" Mikazuki turned his head towards Hiiro.

Before Hiiro said anything. Izumi cut in.

"Those aren't scarecrows. They're tools to help with practice. One of them is to help increase your hitting precision. Look!"

Izumi walked up to one of the scarecrows, then explained the dots on the device. All these dots mark the vital points of humans. The scarecrow will move at high speed, if someone practices and can hit all the vital points, the scarecrow will stop.

"Understand?"

Mikazuki and Nikki shook their heads.

Since they didn't understand, Izumi taught them slowly.

Izumi often injured himself in training due to failing to activate his Busoshoku Haki. However, even if he was injured, he could still train his internal skills.

As long as Izumi was in his own world, he couldn't freely train his Haki. That was why he preferred to take on missions so he could train during them. The bending of the iron board is proof that he managed to activate Busoshoku Haki. Even though at that time he had subconsciously done so.

Hiiro raised his brows in amazement. Turned out that Izumi had been training all the time even though he was already so strong. This made him feel naïve to think that Izumi wasn't working hard enough to improve his strength.

But then, everyone heard Izumi muttering.

"Sigh. Even so, I still haven't been able to utilize it."

Looking at Izumi's expression, Silvan decided to ask.

"Lord Izumi, I know that you are quite strong. But I feel that you look a bit dejected. What training to the extent that you train so hard?"

Hard training definitely has great results. However, Silvan didn't see that Izumi had achieved it as soon as he saw Izumi's expression.

Izumi turned to Silvan.

"It's Busoshoku Haki, the ability to harden your body by using the spiritual energy in your body. The effect is unquestionable, even sharp weapons won't leave a scratch on your body. Even though it sounded so powerful, it was still a basic ability. There are advanced abilities as well, but I wouldn't think about it if I didn't master the basics first."

Izumi explained. It was the first time they had heard of such a strange yet powerful ability. And such ability was just a basic. They couldn't think if advanced ability existed.

"What a strange ability. Was it a secret ability of your tribe that was passed down from generation to generation?" Liliyn asked. But, at that moment, Hiiro exclaimed.

"Wait, wait! Did you just say Haki?"

"Yup." Izumi nodded.

"That Haki? From One Piece? Where did that kid keep claiming "I'll be the pirate king" and then sail the Grand Line?"

"Exactly."

"Haaah. I didn't expect you to be this crazy to even imitate abilities from anime."

"Lord Hiiro. You know that ability too?" Silvan asked curiously.

"Forget it, you won't understand even if I say it." Hiiro waved his hand. But then, it was Liliyn's turn.

"Hiiro! Tell me what it is!"

"Not telling."

"You really want to be beaten."

"Go on! You can't defeat me anyway."

Liliyn gritted her teeth because Hiiro was more and more annoying. She immediately glanced at Izumi.

"You said you wanted to fight him. Why don't you just get on with it now!"

After he heard Liliyn, Izumi turned to Hiiro.

"Alright, let's get started!" Izumi said to Hiiro while putting on the blindfold. He stepped on the training ground. He also added. "Hiiro, you can use your magic too. If you still can't beat me, remember well that there are still many stronger people out there! Nevertheless, I am also using you to train to become even stronger."

"In that case, I'll show you that you underestimate me too much." Hiiro also stepped into the training ground while writing kanji with his magic. Hiiro wrote down "Fast" in kanji on his body. Then he took out his sword from its scabbard.

Hiiro quickly moved to Izumi's back, then swung his katana using the back of the blade.

*Clank*

Using only the tip of the blade and without looking back, Izumi was able to parry Hiiro's katana.

Izumi said,

"You're too slow, Hiiro. It's better if you attack me without holding back! If you hold back too much, you won't be able to beat me, and it's useless for my training either."

Hiiro frowned, then asked him.

"Are you serious?"

"Don't you realize the difference in our strengths? If you're not serious, you're making my training pointless."

"What do you mean by pointless?"

"As I said, I'm training Haki. But this time, it's not Busoshoku, it's Kenbunshoku Haki instead."

Hiiro narrowed his eyes. He didn't understand why Izumi still spouted such nonsense. Knowing Izumi came from the same world as him, there was no way he could train Haki.

"Is your head alright?"

"You seem to not believe in me. In that case, use whatever is in your arsenal to fight against me! You'll figure it out by yourself."

Hiiro sighed, if Izumi was injured, Hiiro would heal him later. Unlike Izumi, Hiiro had never killed anyone. That was why he was still holding back.

Meanwhile, Liliyn, Nikki, Silvan, Shamoe, and Mikazuki could only watch their fights.

Nikki who was next to Liliyn asked her while tilting her head.

"Big sis Liliyn, is the person that teacher is fighting against a strong person?"

"I'm not sure. I've only seen the power in his eyes that can neutralize magic. But I believe he is very strong." Liliyn just shook her head. Liliyn had fought Izumi once, but he only used physical strength and Magic Destabilization Eye. Even so, Liliyn was unable to do anything.

"But he's wearing a blindfold, It means he can't neutralize magic, right?"

"Yeah, you're right Nikki. But…" Liliyn nodded, with the blindfold on, Izumi couldn't use his power to dispel magic. However, Liliyn still felt something off. It was as if Izumi still hid another powerful ability.

What Liliyn thought was spot on. Izumi still didn't use his "Rules of the Area" magic. Especially his Devil Fruit power and ninjutsu since both of those were sealed.

The Rules of the Area magic is a space attribute magic. The distance limit depends on Izumi's magic power. For now, the maximum range for teleporting has reached around 1.3 km. It had expanded by about 30% from when he had just come to Edea.