The woman's identity is secret for Reigner.
However, she is a known noble lady from Rengal Household. There are three nobles families whose ties are spread across many departments. And Rengal Household is known to be well-versed in metal and earth auras!
As the second daughter of the family head, Rengal Namia had been always spoiled and treated with the utmost importance by others. Of course, that is for those who knew her identity. Her beauty was one thing, but that status was highly important!
She can control the metal creation unique to her surname.
This alone is pretty normal, but the fact that Namia has a tight and close connection filled with strong metal and earth aura is just outstanding and makes her father dote on her.
"Hottie, you can not curse at the lady, alright?"
"And why is that so? When a woman jokes about killing, it is perfectly normal, but when I, the fucking great gentleman curse once or twice, then this is a fucking 'no good'? Hey, I am not trying to woo you, so don't worry, just come at me. Let's end it."
"Haha!"
This rookie is surely someone who doesn't know her!
As Namia confirmed it, she let out mischievous sparkles with her eyes, then her body bent. She made a strong thrust forward that carried the metal aura! Her sharpness tore through the air and one could see the spiraling torrents of wind around her sword's tip!
Clang!
The sound of the sharp weapon colliding with the metal rang out. A few sparks burst out during that collision, then Reigner's battle-ax shattered like thin glass. The pieces of metal flew around Reinger in that suspense, then the reality struck those.
And they fell straight onto the ground with quiet 'bang'.
"!"
Then, Namia thrust her sword once again. She did it immediately, her eyes not wavering at all. She was certainly different from the rookies as she didn't even wait for Reigner to properly retreat backward.
A hint of mischievous yet again sparkled when the sword lodged itself deeply within Reigner's shoulder.
"Ugh!"
"Done."
Whether it is a real or fantasy world, the battles always end most disappointingly and quickly. In the real world, it is either one pull of a trigger or just one damn strong punch. Here, Reigner quickly got punished by the sharp metal aura, his weapon shattering in a flash, then the blood abundantly drenched his right shoulder.
He couldn't even use his dominant hand anymore!
"Damn bitch."
"Hey, I told you to not curse in front of the lady, didn't I? If you apologize sweetly, then I won't do anything to you. I can even help you."
"Help? Hah, no need."
"Let me introduce myself then."
The sharp sword left Reigner's shoulder swiftly, in one go. A huge amount of blood gushed out, nearly splashing itself on Namia's clothes. However, she nimbly stepped to the side, then pointed her sharp tip at Reigner's face.
"I am Rengal Namia. A second daughter of Rengal Yuwer, a sweet and benevolent swordsman!"
"Rengal?"
Reigner reckoned his brain, then he finally remembered. The lessons of the bitch instructor barely mentioned the noble families, but there was indeed a small lesson regarding them. Rengal was one of the noble families whose creation was of that crocodile.
The earth crocodile whose sharp mouth allows it to swim underground.
His eyes went below, to look beneath the lady's feet. Indeed, there might be the beast hidden, waiting for the perfect chance to attack. However, Reigner was too inexperienced and his equipment was lacking.
Two thrusts and he easily lost to the noblewoman.
"I apologize."
"It's not really a sweet apologize."
"Do you want me to kiss you? I don't mind, but only if you close your eyes, I am a little shy."
"No thanks. If my father knew that a weakling kissed me, then I would bring a lot of shame to his old heart."
"So we just have to change the cavern, find a place for two of us."
"Aren't you supposed to be shy?"
Namia rolled her eyes, then began cleaning her sword. She took the handkerchief out of nowhere, then her shapely ass flourished as she turned her attention to Reigner's bed. That sweet bottom hit the rough bed strongly, then she crossed her legs.
Following her every step, Reigner turned his attention to the wound. The blood was nonstop oozing out, seemingly unstoppable. The stinging pain was nearly making him mad, but thanks to that woman's good body, Reigner could momentarily forget about the pain.
But enough of the jokes.
She at least isn't here to kill him and doesn't seem to be 'high lady' that hates weaklings etc. She might have killed some 'hotties' in the past, but now, her goal was surely different.
"Don't tell me you are bored and so you came here?"
"Exactly this. Wow~~ I haven't expected you to tell. So you knew about me from the start, right? Your acting skills are good."
"No, I didn't. If you are that bored, then you can swing that sword a few times."
Reigner ripped his clothes, then amateurishly wrapped his wound with his left hand. Then, peeking at Selia and Johne who were pretending to be asleep, Reigner stealthily signaled them that everything is fine.
"You want to train with me? Hey, I am not that cheap."
"The help that you mentioned earlier, it was about me joining up your family or some other bullshit, right?"
Hearing this, Namia narrowed her eyes which let out some chilling glint. The man before her knew how he should act yet when the weapon slipped into his grasp, he came back to his cursing self. He openly spoke his thoughts without trying to lace his words with flowery language.
He was just so blunt it began getting annoying.
"A few months of proper training and you should be able to entertain me. There is even a chance of you getting a high position in our troops, so what's wrong with that? Don't tell me you want to fall to one of the generals loyal only to the king? That's so lame."
"Lame?"
"Those generals are loyal to the kingdom and are like idiots serving the king. No matter who has the crown, whether a competent or foolish one, they are going to support him wholeheartedly and fight for the kingdom. Their ambitions are just that low. As for us, we are researching the two types of aura, and so we have a lot of stuff to do. Unluckily enough, the world hope began and I am sheltered here just in case~~"
"Hah, it's nice to hear that you have some goal in your life. I am very jealous of your high ambition."
"You don't sound like that though."
"Ah, the weapon in my hand makes me remember about this shitty world so much..."
"..."
Reigner muttered to himself, feeling like he is losing himself. He was really on the verge of breaking, and the mere memories of the earth slowly began turning vaguer... The weapon and fresh memories of him slashing through raw flesh flashed through his mind.
He was always trying to stay calm.
Composed with his masks ready to change.
"Either way, I am not going to join those generals or whatever it is. I am going to be the noble on my own."
"Hah?"
Reigner slowly raised his hand. He had a small snake suddenly leaving his sleeve. The small snake was releasing small dark green aura from its eyes. Its body was formed from the weapons and its metals, so it was weak.
But the sight of the new creation erased every kind of emotion Namia had within her.
She was just blinking her eyes on the small snake, then stood up.
"Take this."
She passed some medicine.
"Heal your right arm, and I will train you up in this cavern for the rest of the test. Remember my name."
Of course, Reigner could tell why she wants him to remember her name, or more like this favor. He just nodded to her, then brought the small pill close to his arm. The small medicine pill was also filled with metal aura, so Reigner had a tinge of curiosity spreading in his heart.
How the hell metal aura can help with the wound?
"It is a combination of healing energy and metal aura. You will replenish both energies."
"Ah, that's right."
"It should heal you quickly as you don't have a strong body nor a lot of aura."
Namia waved her sword to kill her boredom. If there is someone who can create a new creation, then the king himself will bestow enough resources to make him grow as fast as possible. The current world is in its most dangerous state.
It was because every kingdom and stronghold took a simple mentality.
'If our world is going to die, then I want my kingdom to rule all over it.'
Such a mentality is deeply engraved within every ruler. They are constantly fighting in the new land that appeared from another world, then bickering on the borders from time to time. The battles are fast, but that's only between the two individuals.
The wars can last a lot of time and the battle here isn't limited only to the individual's strength.
"I am ready."
"Okay, now."
The mischievous glint yet again appeared within her eyes. She brandished her sword, then began with a simple lecture. The lecture began with words that Reigner already heard once.
"Treat your weapon as part of your body."
"I do it already."
"No, you don't. Would the hottie appear just because I said so?"
"I am in front of you."
"Ah, fuck you."
Then, she dove forward. It was good training for the rest of the test as Reigner needed a teacher. His spars with Nightmare were happening in the body of his meaning that the black monster could go at him with everything he got.
The wounds were only 'mental'.
And Nightmare wasn't even trying to teach him but to annihilate.