In the middle of a large square arena behind the palace shen and Leonidas stand facing each other Leonidas began to speak "I heard that when you got here you struck my father how did that feel?"
"Like hitting a concrete wall with a baseball bat," Shen said as he recalled the pain in his legs and shuddered.
Leonidas smirked,
"That is due to an ability he possesses called
Shen's heart dropped and he thought ' Then why even get my hopes up, you water god wanna be'
"Not yet anyway" Shen snapped out of his frustration 'What's with this emotional roller coaster your putting me through' Shen thought.
"Your body isn't ready for it yet if you learn it now you are to drop dead from its use."
" You see your body is like a battery taking in energy to be used, But if your battery is overcharged it's likely to explode."
So to better use abilities upgrade the quality of the battery and be able to store more energy and the more energy you store the better your abilities" As Leo spoke Shen sat taking in the information and attempting to comprehend it.
"Does that mean I can't learn anything yet?"Shen asked
"No there is one skill you can learn for the time being to help strengthen your body.
Its name is
"You should be able to take that strain since your body...um need development" Leo looked away for a second
'Is he comparing my body to an elementary schooler?' Shen thought to himself.
"Well anyway" Leo continues to speak as if nothing had been said
"the way this skill works is absorbing energy and letting your body get used to it, and as you get used to it you continue to raise the amount of energy in your body getting your body physically and mentally stronger through using the skill I shall teach you how to use this skill first you focus on absorbing the energy around by hunting your eyes and feeling it surround you sit and try it now" Leo pointed to the ground and shen sat with his legs crossed.
"Now close eyes and feel the energy" Leo instructed
Shen shut his eyes and focused. He felt warm glowing spots all around his body it felt as if he was in the shade with only some parts of his body hitting the sun. It made him feel calm and almost sleepy.
"Good now try to absorb it by breathing in deeply and slowly to absorb in through the nose."
when Shen breathed in, he felt a warm energy enter his nose and it caused a chill to run down his spine. It felt like it was getting hotter and hotter.
"Hold it in for a moment then let it go with a deep sigh," Leo said in a soft voice.
Shen held his breath for nearly 15 seconds, then he released it through his mouth and he felt something click in his head.
"Energy absorption complete new skill learned
Shen took a second to catch up to what the system just said and immediately stood up in disbelief and dropped his jaw in shock.
"Good job Shin you did it on your first try to-" Shen cut Leo off
"Thank you very much for the lesson but I must be going I am very tired and hope we can continue this tomorrow"
Shen had caught Leo off guard and you could see it on his face "U-uh sure see you tomorrow then" Before Leo could finish Shen had already bolted for the palace leaving Leo standing there dumbstruck.
"He reminds me of a kid I knew" Leo chuckled "Speaking of I better check on him" Leo began to walk with his hands behind his back.
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At Shens room
Shen is jumping up and down
"YES I'm one step closer to getting stronger" Shin grabbed the book and threw it at the wall "Don't need this trash anymore ok so how do I learn the skill what was it called again? Water something"
"Water blade eligible to be learned would you like to learn it? yes/no"
"YES YES YES" Shen felt his body begin to glow and change. He could see the motions he needed to do to use the technique. his body was buzzing with excitement.
[Water blade is a blade constructed by forming a liquid into a curved blade one cup of water needed to perform.]
"Oh, I need water" Shen quickly opened the door to rush to the kitchen but was stopped by Sebastian "do you need anything, sir?"
"Oh yea I need a cup of water"
"I'll bring it to you now sir" Sebastian responded
While Sebastian went to go get a glass of water Shen began to wonder how Sebastian was always around when needed in the morning, when he needed directions to the library, and even now that he needed a cup of water
"Here you go sir" Sebastian returned quickly
"Sebastian how so you always know when I need something?"Shen asked curiously
"Your clothing sir it tells me when you are hungry, thirsty, or confused about where to go" Sebastian responded quickly.
"Oh well thank you Sebastian" Shen was surprised by the answer.
"Anytime sir" WIth that Sebastian left
Shen went back to his room and placed the cup of water on the floor he then put his hands together and said water blade, nothing happened
"Water blade I choose you, to me my water blade?" Shen didn't know how to activate it and tried for a good hour till he just thought ' Why can't I use water blade
"Would you like to use the water blade? Yes/No" The system responded
Shen immediately said yes and suddenly the cup of water began to shake violently
the water shot out and into his hands, the water in a flash took the form of a blade and shen noticed that it even felt like an iron blade in his hands
"Hell yea! lets test this out " He admired the blade for a moment and moved it around he put the cup it came in on the marble nightstand and got into a stance and held the blade with two hands.
"Ok let's see how good this blade is" he lunged forward and slashed downward at the cup and the cup was cut in half
"Wow it cut the cup-like water" Just as he said that the nightstand also split in half causing shen to jump like a scared cat shen then realized what happened" Wow this is strong I should be careful."
The system began to speak "Maximum energy expenditure reached shutting down host body."
"What?" Just Then Shen collapsed on the floor and went unconscious with his face to the floor and butt to the air.