"Even though it is an art that is used to kill people, I want to become strong like you Ares. I want to be able to protect what I cherish, especially people who are close to me. I swear I will learn this skill and will never use it for personal grudges. I will use it to fight only for what I want to protect." Gus honestly replied to Ares who had waited patiently for an answer from Gus.
Ares seems to be in deep thought for a second. He then grabs a stone out of his pocket. The stone which was handed to him by Alex was a small 6mm red stone that looked like a Garnet.
He inserted it inside the handle of his sword on one side. As soon as the stone is immersed and merged with the sword, the ridges of the blade suddenly start to shine as if Ares had activated the stone, just like Yang's gloves. A red mist-like aura slowly started to spread and flow on the ridge of the blade fiercely.
Ares then swung his arm normally, his swing is fast yet looked like he is getting the dust off his sword but the amount of power and strong gusts released from that one swing is incomparable. The clouds above him were separated. It looked as though the heavens were slashed into two.
Gus stood in disbelief as he stared at the sky.
"This is the weapon of the mainland. The destructive force from the elemental stones." Ares explained to Gus about the stones calmly.
"There, heh heh, you can do this too. Let's start training." Ares urged Gus, who could barely comprehend what had just happened. He wanted Gus to start his training, without even considering the shock on poor Gus's face.
Gus too knew that he can't dwell on this event, so he listened to Ares and they started off their training, from the basics of the unholy sword arts, since they only have a limited amount of 5 days time.
After training until the sun had set, Ares and Gus head towards home. Gus seemed exhausted and tired, whereas Ares looks like he just did a simple exercise with his sword.
"Welcome back! What would you like to do Ares? Take a shower? Grab your bed and go to sleep? or maybe - take - me for yourself" Tanya says in an appealing seductive voice.
"Tanya dammittt!!! Can't you just be quiet for a minute when Ares is back?! Ares, you are the one who made Tanya act that way.." Albert cries while grabbing and squeezing the neck of Alex who was standing right next to him.
"No thank you, we were hungry. What's for dinner?" Ares asks.
"Ohhh, yes, dinner... No wonder I have felt hungry for a while" Alex says with an awkward and happy face, smiling brightly. Even though Albert is squeezing his neck, he acted like nothing happened to him, while making the most innocent face in the world, screaming *please save me from this pervert* inside his head.
"Ahhh yes, dinner..... But Ares, none of us can cook. If you are hungry you can take my body as dinner and be rough, hard and so..." Tanya says as she leans forward to Ares with a smirk on her face.
"Huh??? Dinner is not done yet? I'm so hungry dinosaurs are running inside my stomach. Ahhhh, mom and dad, I guess I will come to you guys soon. I'm dying because of these soldiers." Gus suddenly becomes a drama Queen, while falling on the ground holding his stomach like a little kid who didn't know any better. Everyone in Gus's house knows that only he can cook and he just wanted to avoid getting asked to take the responsibility of cooking.
*"You can't expect me to cook after a long training my body is sore, you shit heads. Which soldier cannot cook? Are you guys even soldiers dammiitttt!!"* Gus thought to himself angrily and he becomes more frustrated by this bunch of useless soldiers.
"It's alright guys. Yang and I made the preparations. We asked Miss Rissa to help us with dinner, we're going to go to her house for dinner" Albert said with a poker face, while not noticing blood dripping from his nose, as he imagined a picture of Rissa in his head.
Yang and Albert both had plotted for this plan. Yang wanted to see Tisha again and Albert was planning to see Rissa, to hitch a hike on her.
Ares and the rest visit Rissa's house as planned and eat the dinner with lots of talks, jokes and songs with good wine like they are having a party.
And after everyone is done with their dinner Ares, Albert and Rissa passed out due to drinking alcohols, Gus passed out due to the exhaustion and so does everyone else as they sleep soundly. Yang was the only one that was really sober, he comes out of Rissa's house to sit on a hill and stare at the black, starry night sky that lit up like a lamp. He sits on the stone, breathing in the fresh air that he hasn't been able because of the continuous war happening in the mainland.
"Do you - um, do you like watching the night sky?" Tisha suddenly emerged from behind and asked Yang with an innocent smile. She crouched beside him, wearing a long sky blue coloured gown with a lace yoke around the neckline.