"Finally." Shen let out a sigh of relief.
When he saw the sunlight penetrating the bleak darkness of the cave indicating where the exit is. He walked to it and asked the system.
"I can make this jump right?" Shen said one eyebrow raised high.
[Affirmative] The system responded.
Shen prepared to leap. Began getting down in a squatting position with one hand on the floor, braced his muscles for the push.
He closed his eyes and jumped hard feeling the floor crack like a spider web under him,
It took him a second to open his eyes, but when he did he saw the outside.
He had got out of the hole!! but now he was falling, He didn't know how to land. luckily he hit some branches which broke his fall.
"Awesome!" Shen screamed happily. before attempting to take a step and falling to the ground face first before hearing the message from the system.
[Body power output exceeded the time needed to recovery: 00:10:00]
"G*d. F*cking. D*mn it." He said weakly pain rippling throughout his body. No choice but to wait.
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Back at the temple.
Shu is standing on the second floor of his home, He is in the room with the blades sitting on the desk, and wondering what Shin is doing right now. When he gets a message from Jin who rushed into his room with utmost urgency.
"GRANDMASTER!" Jin said gasping for air, Sweating like he was in a marathon, and with pleading eyes, He continued. "TH-THE KINGDOM OF LUTHOR HAS BEEN DESTROYED."
Shu stood there stunned. How could this be?!?!? The kingdom has been there for hundreds of years and protected our beliefs and our practices, It even pardoned the Shu of his crimes in war times. Now his enemies would have nothing holding them back. What was he to do he couldn't endanger his students. His enemies might already be on the way here.
He pondered for a moment, and with sulking expression said "Immediately commence evacuation using emergency scrolls. everyone must get out of here I'll hold them off while you do so."
"But what about shen," jin said worriedly looking to the bottom of the mountain.
"I'll go get him," said the grandmaster "I'll bring him here and evacuate him too I will not forget him, I promised I would not, I owe that to his parents," He said looking to the distance with determination burning in his eyes.
Shu began to think about all the times he bailed Shen out of trouble and one sprung to mind immediately "Don't get hurt doing something stupid please" a frown appeared on his face "I won't be able to forgive myself if you die"
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[Time to regeneration 00:00:00 regeneration complete.]
"Finally I can move again," Shen thought while waving his arm in the air. He began stretching all his limbs and feeling his stomach rumble loudly. He hadn't eaten since the rats in the cave so he decided to find a real meal.
"Let's see what we got then," Shin said scanning his surroundings for any sign of life in his vicinity. After a quick look around he found a boar with huge tusks. It behind a tree about 5 yards away the system beeped and called out.
"Target for nourishment spotted going into attack mode" The system stated.
Suddenly Shin felt his body go into a super focused mode where time itself seem to slow to a crawl But to Shin, He was walking at a normal pace in his view Shin was baffled by this.
"What is this" Shin asked the system looking around the world around him.
"Attack mode enhances fighting ability by 100% can only be used when needed to survive "the system responded.
"Ok then," Shin said with a grin bubbling up from his gut knowing how strong this could make him as he ran at the boar full speed he closed the gap in seconds and attacked the boar but time seemed to speed up quickly, And the boar ran, but shin pounced on it before snapping its neck with a resounding "crack" coming from it and panting from the exertion of the body that felt like never before and asked the system.
"Why did time speed up?!?!"
"Entering attack mode overclocks the brain and causes fatigue, therefore, you are only able to use it for 5 minutes, for now, a stronger body is required " The system explained.
Shen looked at the message and grinned at the thought of slowing time indefinitely but stopped once he got to lewd thoughts.
Shen began to remember something when he looked at the boar "Didn't I almost get killed by one of these?" Shen began to recollect the last time he went down the mountain, But that was of his own choice he was running away from the temple And was at the bottom of the mountain when he was charged by a boar. when he shut his eyes bracing for the impact he felt a wet splash on his face, and when he opened his teary eyes it was shu standing bloody over the boar with the most furious eyes.
"Ha, I nearly p*ssed my self looking at his eyes, he was more terrifying then the boar was. He must have scolded me for at least an hour with my face full of blood, But after we were done he cooked the boar and we ate there together..."Shen let out a smile.
But Shen understood that now is not the time for reminiscing and began looking for his camp when he heard something begin to growl behind him.
[Attack imminent]