Chapter 12: Six Styles
Clive Struck out with a fist! He had aimed straight at Aaron's face.
'Little bastard! Lets see how long you can keep acting tough!"
"Ahhhhh!", a woman in the audience screamed
"You bald gorilla! If you dare injure him you'll have to deal with me!"
"Me too!"
"Same!"
The women who had fallen for Aaron begun shouting threats when they saw Clive moving to strike! However, their screaming meant nothing to him. In fact, it made the jealousy he felt burn hotter! Aaron didn't even move.
"Take this!", he shouted as his fist was just inches away from Aaron
However right before he made contact, Aaron moved back gently and evaded the attack. His punch missed it was just out of range!
"Lucky! Try and dodge this!", Clive yelled as he threw a a roundhouse kick but again just before he could connect Aaron stepped in the opposite direction of his kick and narrowly dodged. Clive kept throwing out punches and kicks but not a single one could connect. Aaron was dodging every attack without the slightest bit of effort.
This was one of his Six Styles, Kami-e!
It made his body extremely flexible and light as a piece of paper. Every time Clive would attack, just the slight wind pressure from his punches would be enough to push him away from the strike, like a leaf in the breeze. The harder Clive punched, the easier it was to dodge. He didn't even need to do much as his opponent was so weak.
The audience was amazed, Aaron's dodging looked so effortless and elegant, he moved as he had no weight! Elliot was just as stunned as the rest.
'Amazing!', he said in his heart
He knew he wasn't talented when it came to cultivating Qi and had decided to put his effort into his martial arts skills. Watching Aaron's elegant movements blew his mind, but what surprised him was that Aaron wasn't using an Qi!
'Was this a pure martial art skill?, Could I learn something like this?', his eyes began to glow. He saw a new path opening before him!
The Red Bands just watched, they weren't worried when Aaron took the stage since they knew he was strong. Nothing he did now would shock them, they had become numb to this freak.
Clive soon found himself out of breath. Sweating and exhausted he glared at Aaron.
"Coward! Is dodging all you can do?!"
"Oh? What do you mean by that?", Aaron smiled
"If you're a man take on of my punches!"
"Hahaha, you're a funny guy. You want me to stand still and let myself be struck?"
"Are you afraid? If all you do is dodge you can never win this fight", Clive said trying to provoke Aaron
"Ha, that's a bad tactic old man. However, I've also been wanting to try something. So just this once I'll grant your wish. Come!"
His Tekkai and Shigan had been falling behind the others but Clive was so weak that he didn't worry about taking a direct strike.
Clive smirked and charged forward without giving Aaron anytime to change his mind. He put all his strength into his fist and struck!
Bang!
His fist struck Aaron's face!
"Noooooooooo!!!"
The women in the audience all began screaming. They couldn't understand why Aaron hadn't dodged and allowed the punch to strike him. Elliot and the others were just as confused. He should have been able to dodge that strike. Before they could make sense of the situation, they heard a painful scream!
"Arghhhhh! My hand! My hand!", Clive had fallen to his knees in front of Aaron. Clutching his right hand they could see that his wrist and some fingers were flopping around. His hand was broken!
Elliot was speechless
'What happened? Wasn't that young man the one who had been hit?! Why was Clive the one that was injured?'
Everyone watched not understanding what had happened. Aaron hadn't used any Qi so the cultivators in the crowed were at even more of a loss. How could he defend without any Qi?
Aaron walked over to Clive and kicked him off the stage.
"Urgh!", Clive coughed blood as he hit the ground. He looked at Aaron with hate and fear in his eyes. When he had struck earlier, it felt as if he was hitting a block of iron! The moment his punch made contact his fist had shattered along with his wrist!
"What? You want more?" Aaron looked at Clive with a smirk.
"......", Clive was silent, he knew that he didn't stand a chance against this young man.
"Strong and handsome! I must have him!"
"As if I'll let you get the chance!"
Seeing Aaron win so effortlessly drove these women insane. His looks were beyond compare and he was strong, what else could they ask for?
Aaron seeing this turned around and started walking off stage.
"Ha, you never fail to surprise us.", Andrew and the rest were shaking their head s while smiling. Even they had no idea what had happened or how Clive was injured but the didn't ask.
"Haha, it was nothing much", Aaron said with a smile. He couldn't even consider this a warm up. They turned around and started leaving before Aaron was swarmed by these beasts disguised as women. Veronica was even more vigilant than usual. However, they failed to notice that a young man with curly blond hair and blue eyes was following them from a distance.
"We should go find an inn, it'll get dark soon and our weapons won't be ready until tomorrow. By the way Aaron what do you plan on doing?" Andrew spoke up. They had promised Aaron to help him recover his memories so they wanted to see what he wanted to do before reaching a consensuses.
"I want to check out the Adventurers Guild, after that I'm not sure myself. I might just travel along with you guys. By the way I never asked where you all plan on going after this"
Veronica was ecstatic to hear that Aaron wanted to continue traveling with them. She quickly responded while speeding up to get near him.
"All of us are from Emerald City so we plan on heading back after getting our weapons. You should come with us, It'll be fun, there's so much to see and do there as compared to here. Also there's more than enough time left for us to head to the guild before we find an Inn"
Just as he was about to respond he heard a shout coming from behind.
"Wait! Young Noble please wait!"
Turning around the 5 of them saw someone with a bloodied and bruised face rushing towards them. They all recognized him, he was the young man who had been beaten senseless earlier.
Elliot had finally built up the courage to speak to Aaron. When he got up close he was once again blown away the the young mans looks. Seeing him from up close seemed to be as if he was seeing him for the first time. However there was no jealousy in his eyes only admiration.
Before Aaron and the rest could ask why he had followed them, they saw Elliot fall to his knees in front of Aaron! He looked up at Aaron with eyes that held such passion that Aaron had gotten the wrong idea and took a step back.
'Bro! I don't swing that way!'
However what he heard next increased his confusion.
"Please teach me!", he said while almost kowtowing.
"....."
"...."
"...huh?", they were all stunned. To think that's what he wanted to ask.
"During your fight you didn't use any Qi! Yet the skills you showed were amazing. I have no talent nor resources so my cultivation has stagnated. If I could learn from you I could continue to move forward! Please teach me!"
Elliot spoke with such passion that Aaron and the others felt bad for him. They could tell he was only at the Early Body Tempering realm. With his age and cultivation they could see that he had no talent. Aaron couldn't see his cultivation but had scanned Elliot so he knew of about his cultivation as well.
[Status]
Name: Elliot Drake
Age: 19
Level: 1 (Early Body Tempering)
Bloodline: None
Elliot was as normal as they came, Aaron didn't think he could help him. Even more, he didn't know how. Before he could say anything a sound went off in his head.
*Ding*
[Mission: Recruit Elliot Drake and teach him Six Styles.]
[Reward: 2000 points]
[Do you accept Y/N?]
'…...'
'What the hell! You randomly pop up when you feel like it! I still have unanswered questions yet you issue another mission!'
Aaron was silent which confused the rest and had Elliot so nervous he was sweating. They didn't know that he was currently asking the system about how he could teach Elliot.
After a while, he looked at Elliot and sighed.
"Whats your name?", he had to ask even if the system had informed him. It would be strange for him to know a strangers name after all.
"Elliot! Elliot Drake!"
"Agh~....are you sure you want me to teach you? It wont be easy you know"
Elliot's eyes lit up! Was he agreeing? Was his misfortune finally about to end? He picked his head up and looked Aaron in the eyes.
"No matter how hard I must work I promise to give it my all. I will never complain!"
Staring at Elliot Aaron could see he wasn't lying.
"Fine, first we'll find an Inn to stay at. You can come with us until we decide where to stay, afterwards you can come meet up with us tomorrow morning.
"But what about The Adventurers Guild?", asked Veronica. She and the others were surprised to see Aaron agree. He never felt like the type to teach others.
"We can find and inn quickly than go. It should be fine", he responded. He had already accepted the mission so there was no turning back.
Elliot was on cloud nine, he felt as if his life was about to change. If he could become as strong as Aaron that would be enough for him.
"Thank you!"
"Master!"