"I told you, it ain't magic. It's what you call Ki, and I'm using Ki to erase my presence. "
"Key?" Vishan was confused.
"..."
Silence began for a split of seconds, until General Vrekerd decided to speak again,
"Gather around everyone. Listen well, because I won't repeat this twice,"
Instucted General Vrekerd,
"Ki is what you call an energy, and that energy can help you enhance all your five senses within your body. Can anybody tell me what your five senses are?"
"Me, me, me, me!!" Vishan vigorously raised his hands.
"No, not you, anyone?"
"Uhhh!!"
"Can I try teacher Vrekerd?" Blast asked.
"Speak on."
"According to my English teacher. We humans usually have five senses. The sense to hear, touch, smell, taste and sight. We humans use it through our everyday needs."
"Splendid answer four-eyed brat, as you can see, we humans have five senses and we use it on our daily routines in life without noticing it working. Unlike mana. Ki isn't an innate ability that you could inherit through your ancestors, or a gift towards the gods and goddesses. It is rather acquired by hardships and perseverance to train your body...."
As general Vrekerd wasn't done talking, one of his students named Lopard asked.
"Teacher Vrekered! So where can we find and obtain ki?!" Lopard asked in curiosity and excitement.
"....."
"Ki can be located anywhere as long as you have air and oxygen to breathe. But the Ki-energy is also stronger when you are towards the surrounding natures. For example, if you train your body by cultivating peacefully in the dungeons where not much air is flowing around you. The training percentage of what you could gain is only 50%, compared to when you cultivate near the surrounding natures.''
Exhales,
"By cultivating near the nature, it can boost your speed and processes by manipulating and adopting to Ki unto your body. As I said earlier Ki isn't like mana but much like. It isn't an innate ability or it is rather acquired. To tell you the truth I was a failure. Or I used to be a failure, but I didn't give up. Just because I don't have any mana it doesn't mean that I can't fight.''
''My father was unawakened as well, and he is the one that told me that don't give up no matter what happens. Approach your dreams and acquire it. He was my inspiration, and he was the one that taught me about Ki, and I'm gonna pass it to you unawakened brats. Don't think and accept that you are failures. Don't think and accept that you are weak, and slow. Don't think and accept that you don't have mana or innate ability—That you are allowed to be toyed and bullied around. Then let me tell you. Everyone starts to be weak. Weak is always the beginning of it all. And being strong is always the last."
"Claps!!"
The unawakened clapped their hands after hearing those inspirational speech from General Vrekerd. They used to be an sloppy and a lowlife being. But now they are full of lives and motivation to train.
General Vrekerd awkwardly smiled,
After he saw that his students was now full of life much better from before—He then decided to teach them about survival,
"Then I want you unawakened to follow me. We need to be as fast and prepared for the upcoming… Party. "
General Vrekerd was gonna say that the unawakened needs to be prepared for the upcoming dungeon raid, but he can't allow his students to be distracted in training and acquires some fear by those dungeons, because everyone knew what dungeons are and how fearsome they could be.
The unawakened group followed General Vrekerd to the fourth story of the palace. They are walking on the long red carpet, where there is a large emerald gate with something bulky inscribed on it. The unawakened doesn't know what is it and what it meant, even using their enhanced sight just to see it from far away. They only knew that it's flashy and quite amazing. But Rein was different from them, he did catch a glimpse of what it is.
"Prepare yourselves.…"
Rein murmured, nonetheless General Vrekerd heard it.
"You sure are quite knowledgeable about the elf language huh?"
The unawakened were confused and puzzled what the two are talking about.
"Not really, but all the books in my room are made by elves." Rein replied to General Vrekerd.
"HAHA! You sure are quite interesting."
The unawakened that are walking around them were gonna ask what they are talking about, but they have reached the large gate. It was quite a long hallway where you could only see the [Emerald gate] and the unknown bulky inscription on it.
As Rein looked and stared at the gate. It was large and tall, probably much like the all dungeon gates that he saw when he was an innocent child along with Kim,
"Much like a RPG game that we've used to play."
As he gazed at the gate. He saw that the words that have inscribed along it weren't done. Hence when he looked downwards he read into his mind.
"Prepare yourselves, 'thou, for demons are coming."
Rein was confused why there are demons. The king of premians said that there are only three races; Humas, Dwarves, and elves. But why are there demons?
And what can demons do?
Rein thought to himself that he needed more information about demons, but he cannot find a book containing demons at his room's bookshelf
—Rein thought to himself carefully, but he didn't mind sharing it to everyone. General Vrekerd also saw the face of Rein being troubled, but he didn't give much attention to it. Not until the time will come.
As General Vrekerd opened the large gate made of Emerald.
The unawakened was surprised and fascinated from what they saw.
"....!!"
Yards and yards of different kinds of colorful flowers that were lying around. the flowers were scattered, growing wildly on the shrubs.
The buzzing of the green bees that are flying around the flowers, was enough to make you want to jump, and lie alongside of it. The air was as fresh as there were no mixed toxic elements. Unlike earth where cars are running everywhere destroying natures.
Rein then entered the gate, As he walked slowly. The morning sunlight coming from the sun pierced his cheeks. He then covered his eyes from the sunrise that is reaching into his eyes.
When they've walked further much away from the beds of different kinds of flowers.
A gigantic bushes was in the cover of their eyes—Vishan was confused why there is a large bush near the yards of flowers and yet he didn't try to ask. He was busy by the one horned rabbit, appearing and disappearing in the bush in the split of seconds,
—Vishan wants to catch and pet the cute animal, but the horned rabbit is scared of his blonde hair and buffed body that he's showing around. He then gave up and sighed,
"So the cute animals don't like me too?"
When hearing that, Rein then patted Vishan back to comfort him. As they turned away they gazed upon each other, and looked at General Vrekerd.
They saw that their teacher was trying to do something. Something bad that isn't fit for their pleased eye from surrounding natures.
General Vrekerd did a stance. He moved forward his right foot, and tightened the grip on his large golden sword.
The air around him started to get heavier, as Rein and the other unawakened noticed it. It was a stance that he taught, made for destroying what's in front of you.
General Vrekerd was trying to force himself to get into the large bush. He then shouted said,
"How dare you put a large bush unto my favorite spot Cecil!"
After General Vrekerd that, a red crescent aura coming out from the slash of his golden sword.
When Rein and the other unawakened blinked they're eyes.
The bushes were nowhere to be seen. Hence it was changed into a beautiful scenery instead.
A large and beautiful waterfall, where fresh fishes can be seen every time the water flows and falls around the large river. And alongside the river where bushes with red berries attached in it—
The grasses were pretty much the same from earth, but much livelier and greeny to be seen.
General vrekerd then ordered the unawakened to stop sightseeing, and follow him unto his favorite spot. Everyone walked alongside him on the river. Where many little schools of fishes can be seen swimming around.
The water was purely white and guaranteed to be drunk, because of its fresh and natural looking. The flowing water aren't as deep as they thought—
As they walked near the waterfall, there is a large plane stone alongside on the center. They felt that the water had reached their neck and they started to swim to reach it.
When they swam on the river. The water was becoming bluer from before, where it cannot be measured by its depths.
Everyone was naturally swimming well to reach the plane stone on the center, and yet Craymark and his little sister Caroll didn't know how to swim.
So Vishan helps Craymark who is panicking around, doesn't know how to swim— Unlike his little sister who doesn't know how to swim yet calm. Rein was able to guide her perfectly, and reached the plate stone on the center of the river.
On the contrary when rein averted his gaze towards Caroll, who is blushing with reddened cheeks. Rein saw Vishan, and he was in big trouble.
"What the fuck! Calm down man! We two are gonna drown to death in this state… Aww dafuq, stop kicking my face!!"
Vishan tried to help Craymark to swim, but the two of them were drowning instead.
"Wob-bolls."
"Wabala-ba… Dub-dub."
The sound of Vishan and Craymark drowning to death.
—Rein and Derek were gonna try to help, but General Vrekered stopped them and said, "It's dangerous. Let me, "
General Vrekered then lowered his large golden sword and put it down on the flat stone. He then breathed calmly and sighed before he walked to the water.
The unawakened eyes widened from the surprise and amazement. They twitched their eyes repeatedly if the one they saw was real. And just a split of seconds; General Vrekered then ran on the streaming water, like a ninja from a fantasy movie. He then grabbed Vishan and Craymark, who is nearly drowning, and headed towards where the unawakened are currently staying.
"Cough! Cough! Damn Craymark!"
Vishan was okay, but Craymark was unconscious.
"Anyone know [CPR] !!?" Carol shouted because of fear that she might lose her brother's life.
"I know!" Blast then volunteered, and started to do his job. Trying to mouth to mouth Craymark who's unconscious, but general Vrekered stopped him and said,
"I don't know what you meant by the word [CPR], but it sounds disgusting. Trying to kiss a man are the works of a woman. Step aside, I fix him."
The unawakened were troubled about what General Vrekered would do to Craymark —They have nothing to do, so they just prayed to God that the soul of Craymark will be at peace.
General Vrekered then sat alongside the unconscious Craymark. He then tried to put a pressure to the center of his two chest just by one of his fingers.
There was something imbued in it. To make Rein and the other unawakened shivers in fear.
"....."
Craymark then woke up with small fishes coming out from his mouth.
"Puwahh, puwaahh! Don't kill me grizzly bear! I'm all skinny, and all bones… I don't have any nutrients in my body, you will gain nothing from me!!" Craymark screamed.
"Eeewww." Yuer was disgusted.
"Glad I didn't do some CPR." Blast said.
Caroll then hugged her big-brother tightly and asked him if he was okay—
".....?"
Rein was in thought. Not because of the fishes that are coming out from Craymark's mouth, but from the technique that general Vrekered used. He knew that it wasn't normal. It wasn't mana, but more like an killing intent imbued into his finger.
As he tried to think about it carefully. General Vrekered then clapped his hands and said,
"This is where you unawakened will train and live for the whole one month."