"You're finally here boy" a slam to his back had Sion slightly inch forward. "You got stronger?" 'He noticed already?'
>> Keen perception, we need to be careful with him even if he's teaching you <<
'Agreed' it was dangerous to let someone see his progress the way Herald did. He trusted the man of course but with everything that was about to go down, he'd rather keep to himself.
Suddenly he felt air rushing towards him, 02 who hadn't been distracted moved them both out of the way before Herald's punch landed to the side of Sion's ribcage.
"Oh you improve that much from one beat down? I'm impressed! Not many can avoid my 'silent blow' skill like that on a second try" his methods were insane but it worked. However he wasn't very fond of not having control over his own body but in this case it couldn't be helped.
'Thanks 02'
>> Be careful <<
Like he was going to just go down without trying this time.
***
Earlier:
He'd finished all 10 plates of full course meals and side dishes, again people had stopped to stare. Yet their remarks were merely ignored as Sion paid the lady who had been the one to serve him earlier look at him with wide eyes.
'You'd think they had never seen someone eat before?' Granted in the past he wasn't able to eat that much and it was just forced and unnecessary. But now he generally needed all of it.
>> People are indeed strange <<
As he walked out of the restaurant he thought about earlier, 02 had the ability to take control when needed to protect or provide for him. But he'd wondered if it could be used in battle too?
'It might be the difference to life and death for me' he thought about it carefully as he thought about not being able to dodge or counterattack well right now and maybe the correct use of 02's automatic control could aid him well. The video too seemed to have been saved like common knowledge so know that 02 had revised it so many times, dodging would be the focus for 02 and counterattack when there's an opening would be his.
'Can that work?'
>> Yes, with my saved data on the last fight I could aid your fight Host <<
'Should we test it then?' Walking down to the park and into the more forest like area, Sion grabbed a stick, a rock and stopped in a place within the trees he knew he wouldn't be disturbed.
"Ok, I will proceed to chuck these items 02, they are going to ricochet off the tree and aim back at me. But I'm not going to move, you are instead" Sion said as 02 did not reply. Thinking 02 knew what he was saying he chucked the rock at the tree but used too much strength that it got embedded inside.
>> Well done you idiot <<
"Yeah yeah, less force" chucking the rock again after walking up to the tree and tearing it out and then going back to where he was originally standing. Sion chucked the rock just enough to have it come flying at him.
Except what Sion had in mind was that 02 would dodge it for him but instead-
"Fuck!" The rock made contact with Sion's face!? Sure it hadn't hurt but that wasn't how he saw things turning out in the bigger picture. "What the hell 02! You were supposed to dodge!"
>> I couldn't dodge it without first recording it <<
As if common sense just slammed down upon him, Sion looked like an idiot rubbing his forehead with the most blank face ever. '02 needs to see something at least one time to dodge it after recording and revising' he'd literally said that earlier and like an idiot, he out-done himself!
>> Heh <<
"Oh now you laugh?" Getting angry he chucked the rock again but this time as it headed towards him 02 had moved his body out of the way by an inch. The rock past Sion's head nicely as he thanked his lucky stars that this time, his face hadn't been the object of it's destination.
"At least my theory works"
From then, Sion and 02 practiced defence and counterattack before seeing the old man. Besides he'd practically done all this tasks,
>> daily tasks <<
- Run (27km/5km) ☑️
- Eat (15.308kj/10.780kj) ☑️
- Sleep (2hrs/ 8hrs)
> estimated time to finish, 00 days, 21 hours, 30mins <<
***
The two had been working at it non-stop since that afternoon and 02's ability to dodge, especially that just now, that punch that had been revised and analysed by them both today after Sion's beating yesterday was proof it was effective. Not only that he seemed to have scored a skill point somewhere,
>> Host status
- Name: Sion Reed (fake name: Sho Night). Skill points: 2 >> 3
- lvl: 2
- strength: 25
- stamina: 33
- agility: 19
- intelligence: 10
- Age: 17
- Species: Young Lycan (child)
- Title - "King of Dominance"
- Job/N/A/
- Skills - Death, (cause panic and confusion to enemies for 40secs) Life, (Heal only the body 2 times a day) Vanish, (Able to be undetected for 40secs) nullification (pain decreased by 35%) <<
"Well you shouldn't get too cocky boy, that was just a warning" before Herald ran at him full speed to chuck his next punch.
***
Laying on the cold concrete had never been such a blessing, Sion's body screamed once more at him. 'This guy is ruthless'
>> Ruthless yes but needed <<
He couldn't agree more with that but his panting and accelerated heartbeat just threw too much adrenaline that he felt all the places him nor 02 could avoid punches.
But with this his status had once again gone up and by quite a bit,
>> Host status
- Name: Sion Reed (fake name: Sho Night). Skill points: 3
- lvl: 2
- strength: 25 >> 28
- stamina: 33 >> 35
- agility: 19 >> 23
- intelligence: 10 >> 12
- Age: 17
- Species: Young Lycan (child)
- Title - "King of Dominance"
- Job/N/A/
- Skills - Death, (cause panic and confusion to enemies for 40secs) Life, (Heal only the body 2 times a day) Vanish, (Able to be undetected for 40secs) nullification (pain decreased by 35%) <<
'What was job even supposed to show?' Now that he thought about it, that had stayed the same even after he had gotten a job. 'Could it be representing something else then?' He wondered as a water bottle was chucked his way and 02 grabbed it automatically.
"Ya really are something! Still able to move and have such coordination like that" heartily laughed Herald as Sion simply drained the bottle.