After days of non-stop work, Joey finished.
"Phew! We finally managed to complete the traps, the fallout and the fake trails laid out with a day left. The only thing left to work on is me" Joey finished all the traps to greater his advantage, this was where he would engage Mila. Now the only task left for him was to practice. "
Mila has taught me a lot, It's just for me to execute, My instinct is to let people get greedy and overextended, then I would punish them for it".
Many things could happen while fighting Mila, so he needed to be prepared for anything.
"If I plan to stand a chance, I have to come to kill. My energy blade is the best bet for this," Joey thought inwardly. "If I can master it, then my chances will increase 3 fold".
With time ticking, Jacob jumped from the spot and pulled out his spear. He smoothly pulled out his spear and pointed it to the tree.
Joey took a deep breath and focused immensely on the tip of his spear. His mind was only thinking about how to make the power materialize on the blade. He could hear nothing else.
He needed to become more focused on the actual power. In his mind, was like a dark canvas with nothing other than the spear in his hand.
Soon a colourless wisp came upon the blade. Still, it wasn't enough for it to be a wisp, he focused his mind and body on his power.
On the outside, the colourless aura rose from his body. It swirled unceasingly, but it gradually began to move to his blade.
When the power touched the shaft of the spear, it fell to the ground like oil in water and dispersed. The power became obsolete once it went onto a foreign object, it was not strong enough to pass from the source to be able to travel on foreign objects.
This required hours of training.
"Hrnghh" Joey has been trying for an hour to siphon his aura to the blade of his spear, but barely had any success. Instead, he sounded like a man trying to pass a kidney stone.
This frustrated him because mastering his aura in this was would help him tremendously. Not to mention if he were to gain his superpower he would have above-average control over it.
However, the chances of him getting an awakening now were too low, while the time it would take him to reach the 3rd awakening could take another two years.
"If I keep this up I will be tired out before, I'm even able to fight Mila" Jacob lamented, every time he tried he had to hold his breath from the strain and he had yet to eat anything substantial other than mangoes and nuts.
With no plan in mind, Joey was stumped about what to do.
Scraa scra scraa
Joey heard a noise that caught his attention from the trees. He instinctively looked at them and watched as two money fought over a girl. Their fight was ferocious and includes scratching, biting, clawing and beating the other person out of the trees.
Needless to say, they made a racket when they fought.
The sound was almost deafening. Given that Jacob had above average hearing and couldn't filter out very loud noises. He watched as the MOnkey 1 and 2 struggled throughout the trees trying to push one another to the ground.
Monkey 1 was the aggressor and he already had a raging boner ready to get mack to his Prize Wife Monkey. Joey never knew why, but it was beating Monkey 2 senseless. Monkey 2 was bloodied and already moving sluggishly.
"Eek eek eek", Monkey 1 laughed, he saw Monkey 2 as a deadman. Joey by this time had already become invested. He wanted to root for the underdog, but he never cared much about the results.
Monkey 1 finally knocked Monkey 2 over the head and watched him wobble. It looked set in stone that Monkey 2 would lose. Then calamity struk.
'Monkey 2 started thrashing about, it looked like it had been possessed. It slashed Monkey 1 eyes making him squeal.
Money 2 never stopped slashing until monkey one was dead and he fell to the ground. The plot twist surprised Joey, he watched in a stupor as monkey 2 decimated monkey 1.
Soon Monkey 1 fell to the ground and squirmed until it died. For a while, Jacob stayed silent taking in the shit show he witnessed, by that time Money 2 ran off with his new Female monkey.
Though this would cause Joey to have his next lightbulb idea he struggled with the idea.
"Maybe, I get pushed to my limits, I can summon the Energy Blade" Jacob sighed. He never liked the sound of his plan, but it was just crazy enough for him to try. He understood that it might be because he put too much thought into it, putting himself in that position would force him to take action rather than try.
He popped up and ran to find a place he could train, to not mess with his traps. He travelled a few miles before he arrived at a large lake. The lake was still and calm but pitch black, you could not see the bottom.
Jacob ran around the lake, along the edges looking for something to test his limits. He skipped quickly along with the lake banking. As he was running he saw a section of the water rise and instinctually stopped running and dodged back.
Snap!
A thunderous clap sound redounded from the lake. Tempestuous water surged with white water.
Joey just dodged a large crocodile by a fraction of a second. It was stealthily hiding in the water and camouflaged
It had large jaw muscles that connected to its elongated snout that was riddled with ravenous teeth that jutted out from its mouth. It was 23 feet long and its leather-like skin was black as the water.
It had a powerful tail that was jam-packed with muscles that served as an acrobatic too underwater. Its legs were short so it was hard for it to move quickly.
Joey saw the gargantuan Crocodile but he was happy.
This is the perfect training!
Joey ran with his spear and aggroed the beast. He quickly became aggressive with Jacob.
Despite its short legs, the beast moved like a track star. It swooped Jacob between these massive jaws.
Joey's spear was the only thing stopping it from killing him. The spear bent under the beast's bite force. Joey stood in its mouth and draped the spear lose. All the potential energy in the spear lashed out and lacerated the roof of its mouth.
Blood splattered everywhere and it howled in pain.
Joey hurriedly closed the distance and released a flurry of attacks, These slashes were shallow and never proved life-threatening.
Boom!
The croc swung its tail toward Joey. He braced himself but the power was too much, he was instantly overpowered, he lost his footing and quickie got sent flying spinning out of control.
Joey got up to see the crocodile charging toward him, he left in a blur and started running toward the croc. He made his figure disappear and reappear before arriving in front of the croc.
This made the croc confused about where he was. Joey arrived at his belly and with his staff firmly in his hand, he calmed himself and a sudden aura took over his weapon.
He swung the spear with mighty ferocity and his side of the crocodile's belly split open like a ravine. Blood spewed into the air and he watched chunks of meat fall from the sky. After Joey dealt this blow he stayed calm and slowly opened his eyes.
His blade was blazing with his aura. He tried not to lose the feeling and watched as it stayed on his blade. Trying not to overthink it, he kept it there without struggle, after minutes of memorizing the feeling Jacob willingly let it subside.
"Haha! I finally did it dammit. Just wait till I see the look on Mila's face tomorrow" Jacob was jubilant that night. So happy that he took pieces of the crocodile with him home.
He made shish kebab's that night, with mangoes and crocodile meat. He happily dances around a fire that night with the ground bear with who he had become friends.