Josep POV
"What a spar?" I Blurted.
I immediately thought 'Is she crazy? Who the hell is in the right mind for an ex S-class mercenary to fight a five years old kid'.
"Yeah.. A spar. All you need to do is keep that mageforce inside your body during the spar. It should be easy. Now hurry up and wear this protective gear."
Her response is also the more reason she doesn't need to have spar with me. It will make it more like beating than having spar.
"But, shouldn't we usually start from basic training like running, swing sword or something?" I try to reason with this ridiculous teacher.
"Ahh, that kind of training is too boring and ineffective. Beside this training purpose is toughening up your body while you practice your control over the mageforce. So, getting beat up while you try to enhance part of your body is the way."
"Don't worry I will go easy on you and we will use blunt weapons only. Well, if you still don't want to, then we can end this training session." While she gets ready with a little stretching.
Actually, I agree that kind of training is useless for me. However, to force me to become a sandbag also no–no. I guess I will just accept it as my fate. I am also curious just what kind of strength does teacher Gene hold. Then, I wear my protective gear.
"Oh, you are not running away. Good, A man should never back down from a challenge. However, it will be boring if you just become my sand.. I mean training partner as you are."
"So, I will give you some tips on how to utilize mageforce properly to boost your strength. Mageforce is a type of energy so to control them you must understand their characteristics."
"If you can do that, then try to move them to specific parts of the body to enhance them. This technique is a lvl 1 warrior skill called physical boost."
"You will become more resistant as my sand.. I mean stronger when you learn this technique. As for the rest and how to do it, learn it through the beating." [Gene]
Damn, did she just almost admit that I am her sandbag a few times. I can't argue anymore with this crazy red haired teacher. Then, after I finished wearing my protective gear.
I closed my eyes and tried this skill physical boost technique all over my body using all of the mageforce elements.
Since I was a modern earthling, it was quite easy to learn all of this element's characteristics using my imagination. I also already somewhat control them since years ago.
As I circulated the mageforce, my body feels a different sensation from these many elements. It toughens up and keeps increasing my endurance.
If this goes on I think I will get super soldier physics after a couple of minutes doing this physical boost. However, my danger sense also warns me. I immediately duck and open my eyes.
"Nice reflex, but lesson number one is never take your eyes from your enemy. The enemy never waits to attack." While teacher Gene continues her attack with a wooden sword and some punches.
Not wanting to get hit, I tried to dodge all her attacks. However, sometimes she seems like can predict my movements.
Some of her attacks still hit me and hurt like hell if not for my physical boost. I think I will get knocked out already if not because of my fast reflex to redirect the blow force.
After a few minutes of keep dodging and parrying her attacks, suddenly I could feel mageforce flare up from her arm [Smash].
She uses a very fast punch toward my stomach which I can't dodge in time. Then, I feel brute force from my stomach enough to make me fly a few meters away back.
"Ouch… it hurts like hell" as I try to stand up.
'Damn, does she really want to kill me?' I thought while trying to stand up.
It seems no more nice guy as I change my stance and become more serious. My mind getting clouded with rage, "Fuck up with being low profile. I will beat up this crazy teacher."
At this moment, I'm truly scared that I will wake up and change to Wrath. I feel some pain not only from my stomach but also all over my body. Wrath is my worst personality when it comes to battle as he only leaves destruction behind.
However, somehow I feel he will not awaken yet. I don't know but my head becomes more clear as time goes by. But, I am still mad at her while also planning to beat her up using those many stolen techniques Greed has in this few seconds break.
As I changed my stance, it seems she noticed my different aura and became more cautious. Then, I grip strongly my wooden sword and attack her with incredible speed. [One sword style - Hundred Stab]
Just as I thought, she can predict my movement. Even using this ridiculous attack that looks like one hundred stabs at once, she could still react to it.
However, the problem with her prediction is I also know what she does to anticipate my movement. All I need to do is strike fast enough after her movement before she can predict my attack more.
By doing strange footwork technique, I suddenly change my sword direction in the middle of my barrage attack to her abdomen with intent to hurt her.
Suddenly I feel another huge fluctuation of mageforce come from her body. *Boom* The mageforce forced me to fly back several meters away, it is also destroying a small part of her surrounding earth.
Fortunately, when I feel a huge fluctuation from her body. I use physical boost all over my body while jumping back to minimize the force.
I noticed some of my protective gear break apart. I thought, 'What crazy woman did she really want to kill me, if I am still in the close area next to her I will get a lot of wounds all over my body.'
However, instead of running away and stopping the spar. I still want to continue this spar because of the adrenaline rush after a long time not having a good fight. I am also getting more excited since it's been a long time I feel this way.
I charge at her with incredible fast speed once again. Half way through her, I change my footwork.
I become blurry from one to two and to four before finally becoming eight. When I arrive at her I have already become sixteen people [Speed Clone]. This is one of the famous techniques from ninja or assassin clans on Earth.
It may look useless to her who can predict my attack to use cloning speed to attack her as she will know where I attack. But, this is not an ordinary clone attack.
As I keep maintaining the clone, I can attack her from another direction using my clones when she parries or using that mageforce blast.
Then, like my prediction, she knows where I am going to attack. I change position with my clone and attack her from another direction.
This time she is not parrying or dodging my attack. But, suddenly her arm gathered mageforce and slash around at incredible speed before I could react. [Lvl 3 Skill - Crimson Moon]
Her attack hit all my clones and me at the same time which is very hurt despite me managing to block it with my sword. "Damn, it seems I still underestimate her."
While I thought that, she appeared behind me at once and attacked me. I managed to react and parry her sword however, my sword broke when it parried her. Her sword broke through mine and hit my head. I fell unconscious as my sight went into the darkness.
Few minutes before the battle ends, in the training ground, few people already gather around to look as they hear the ruckus sound and feel the fluctuation of mageforce energy.
The first one to arrive is Orlando and Morelo. Seeing the cause is the aftermath of the battle because of Josep and Gene, they decide to observe it. Both of them were shocked especially when Josep became sixteen clones.
It is not that in this world there is no such thing. However, it was one of the high level skills of shadow warriors. Moreover, his clone is not dissipating when he is being attacked but he seems to be able to change spots with other clones.
With this kind of skill, even people that have magic eyes like Gene will have a hard time to defeat such an opponent.
Nevertheless, the disparity strength between two of them begin to arise when Gene uses [power arm], a lvl 2 sword master skill, that boost the speed and strength of her arm greatly.
Combine with the after effect of [full burst], a lvl 3 magic knight skill, that boosts overall her body power, endurance, and reaction speed.
After the battle is done, "Moru, immediately bring Josep back to his room and do it secretly.
"Morelo, tell the employee that it is only Gene that is trying some new skill." Command Orlando consecutively.
Moru, who is the shadow, appears and brings unconscious Josep's body to his room. Then, he walks toward her friend who is trying to calm her megaforce as the aftereffect of [full burst] by doing some meditation.
"Let's go into my office and tell me every single detail of this incident" [Orlando] While he gave hand to help her standing.