The two walked out with Rose putting on a bright smile as they walked through the crowds of soldiers in the canteen ...
"Why did you join Commander Britt's squad ... although they're strong ... we're the weakest inside the military .. and we can't give you anything significant for your growth Head Soldier Theo ..." she said with a low voice ...
Theo looked at her with a nervous smile ... before saying .. "I saw you getting all emotional at the back ... so I thought .. no I couldn't leave Captain Rose after she's done for me .. at least I should repay her with something precious and I think joining your squad might help me with that ... besides .. I don't like arrogant people especially that middle aged commander and his commander friends ... although not much can be said for commander Britt .. I'm pretty sure she's much better than them ... I'm not looking for a squad here .. I'm looking for friends ... or is that an option. ..??" he then put his thumb on his chin pondering for a moment with Rose on his side ... eyes widened from what Theo had said ..
"Oh ... thank you for caring about my feelings Head Soldier Theo ... and I thank you. for being so kind towards me and commander Britt's squad ... " then quickly Theo waved his hand around
"Stop being so formal Captain Rose .... just call me Theo ... if you continue with your praises I might think you're ...." before he could finish he saw Rose looking at him intently even as close as leaning closer to his face ...
"What ...??" she asked with anticipation in her eyes ...
Theo then chuckled nervously rubbing the back of his head ... "I might think you're trying to make me your senior in the future .. yeah that's .. what I wanted to say .." albeit Rose was disappointed with the answer she was truly grateful for what Theo has done for her in the past few weeks if not days ..
"So where are we heading ..??" Theo asked picking his nose .. rubbing the mucus off on his military attire ..
"I don't know ... I was following you .. not vice versa ..." he then stopped in his tracks pondering of where he should go ..
"Oh ... do you have plans at the moment ..?" then an awkward silence followed ...
"N - Nothing ... uhm do you ..?" shaking his head he began making his way to where his feet led him ... even if the whole place was weird ...
"Is there any place to train except for the arena ... ?? ... " he asked not even looking where he was going ..
"Uhm yes ... let's go to the training grounds ... it might not rival the arena but it's still fun as well ..." Theo nodded his head before saying .. "Okay lead the way captain Rose ..."
Rose blinked her eyes a couple times before turning her head to look back and turnings again to look at the dumbo infront of her ...
"Uhm we just passed it ... it's right there past the ten rooms ..."
He looked back only to realise that he was in an unfamiliar place in the military but he was not worried because beside her was one of the most intelligent captains that knew the military like the back of their hands ... right?
"Oh ... don't worry I was just trying to calm my mind by looking at these dorms .. they're pretty aren't they ..??" the other soldiers looked at him with confused expressions as he laughed sarcastically ...
"You don't know where you are do you ..?" she crossed her arms keeping on a straight serious face ...
"No I don't ... but you do ... you're like my live walking navigator ... " he struck a superhero pose for a while as if like he was waiting for air to blow his hair away .. and yes he was ..
'Where's the wind ... !!?? ...' he exclaimed inwardly as he furrowed his eyebrows ....
"Come on ..." Rose sighed as she dragged him by his hand towards the large door ten rooms away ...
"Here we are ... so now what ..?? " hearing her words Theo rubbed his hands together like a maniac looking at her with a menacing smile ...
"Eh ..?? What ..?? is there something on my face ..?" she touched her face sliding her hand all over it trying find thething that's making Theo smile so much .. even if she was flattered .. the smile was getting creepy with each second passing ...
"I don't like that smile ..." she said chuckling awkwardly ...
Theo then walked towards her with slow steps with his hands stretching out to her ..
'Whats he doing ..?' she thought backing away with little steps ..
*Grab*
He shook her shoulders gently with the smile still plastered on his face ..
"Captain Rose would you do me a favour and spar with me ..." *puppy eyes* activated ... sure Rose was falling for the demonic puppy eyes not even uttering a word especially the rejection ones ..
*Gulp* "Okay ... " the biggest mistake she had ever made in her life was going to give her special benefits ...
"Stand over there ...!!" he shouted whilst standing in the distance far away from her ...
He took his stance ... and making some weird moves standing on his spot ..
Captain Rose on the other side was trying to keep the laughter trying to break out inside as much as possible ...
"Ready when you are ...!!" Rose then took her stance as well .. unbeknownst to the two .. there were a few people sparring as well .. and hearing the loud voice of Theo they turned their heads to look at the buffoon ...
"Does he dare challenge the captain ...?!" the sparring partners started their own gossip as their eyes locked on to the naive soldier ..
"Hmph .. I hope she teaches him a lesson .. a very unforgettable one ... no mercy ..!!" the other female soldier shouted ... and as if waiting for the signal .. both Rose and Theo rushed towards each other ..
each holding out an attack of their own ..
'Shock Punch !!' she shouted internally as her fist started enveloping itself with electric energy coming from her chest piece ...
'Oh ... she's taking this seriously ... let me try using this then ... Wind Punch ..!!' as soon as the system told him it was ready he stopped in his tracks and threw his arm back before throwing a punch forward in rose's direction despite the distance between them ...
'Wind Punch ..??' Rose lifted an eyebrow noticing the energy changes in the Training grounds with the Ari sweeping into Theo's direction ...
'I see it must be at least 20 to 80 points to create that massive wind mass surrounding him ... if he's going all out let me give it my best shot then ...!!' with that .. the electric energy surrounding her fist became violent .. striking the ground causing debris to hover the air ...
the energy was what looked and felt like lightning however due to the weak streaking sounds it was obvious it was electricity ...
an electric fist then emerged from her fist ... it was expanding as she got closer to Theo ...
'Here we go .. maximise .. Wind Punch ...' the air suddenly lost its effectiveness as the wind rushed towards Theo's fist ...
and without a warning he threw out his fist as hard and as fast as he could ..
and sure he was right with his analysis .. no matter how much Rose was fast .. in the end .. the Wind Punch would always be at an advantage in speed ... but he still couldn't help but feel wary of Rose's sudden electric fist gathering around her small hand ..
'Yeah .. this punch is super duper ...' he said sighing deeply ... as Rose threw her punch next ...
as the Wind Punch neared her .. she thrust her fist forward and struck first .. sending a shockwave of electrical energy and wind energy ...
the ripple caught up with the soldiers training and as much as they never wanted to admit it .. Theo's Wind Punch was strong but at the same time Rose's Electric Punch was much worse .. she was at an advantage at least for now ...
*Screech!!* the Electric Punch punched through the wind punch with Rose swinging back her arm with strength ... and thrusting her fist forward with the best she wanted to give at the moment ...
'Like I thought ... I should've at least asked an alchemist in this military to concert a potion for the Elemental Rose ... *sigh* what's done is done .. let me give her something she'll never forget ..' with a resolute expression.
...
his muscles started bulging out with his attire tightening on his skin ...
and without giving it all he stopped his muscles there .. and rushed towards Rose ...
'Minotaur's Fist ...!!' he shouted internally as his fist glowed with a dark brown energy ...
'What is that ..!!?' she then dodged to the side trying to get away from. the energy seeping from Theo's fist ...
although she could catch the fist or at least deflect it away she wouldn't dare take the attack head-on ... and judging from the brownish energy gathering around his arms and fists she could only gulp down all of her advantages throughout the sparring match ...
but then she couldn't back away from such fun especially when that fun is brought by one of the most strongest people she knew in the military ...
'Let me get hard on him a little ... *Electric Amplification* ...' her electric fist grew in size .. and it never stopped growing until it stopped just at the size where the fist was as large as the the smaller minotaur they met in the forest ... though not small ... it was still smaller than the large minotaur they had to face ...
'Oh my ...!! although that attack she's going to release is quite strong .. I don't think elements are going to break these fists .... ' he stomped on the ground .. pulling his arm backwards ... he then swept his left leg further away from the right leg ... he punched in the air two times before closing his fist and once opening it again ...
only this time he was holding his attack and stroke in his palm ...
he raised his left leg as his arms both went forward causing a ripple in the air ...
and again he pulled them backwards stomping his left foot into the ground ...
and those who had been watching could've sworn that Theo was just doing a dance .. a special one on that case ...
[Minotaur Stance activated]
[Destructive Palm activated]
[Defence Form activated]
just as the notifications rang in his head ... his body released a thick overbearing aura followed by its monstrous strength aura in it ...
of course they could see the brownish aura with their naked eyes .. and to them it seemed pretty obvious that Theo was strong ... and if not stronger than any Head Soldier they had ever met so far ...
'Hmph ... he's not going all out ... yet his aura is this terrifying ... *sigh* however I know how I can play this game as well ...' without a warning Rose flew up in the air thrusting his punch straight into Theo's current position ...
and surprisingly Theo remained standing there on his spot unmoving .m. with only his eyes locked onto the electric fist ...
and just when the electric fist was about to make contact with Theo's face he threw an attack of his own ...
*Screech*
*Boom!*
*Rumble*
his palm stopped Rose's attack in time injuring her in the process ...
and with Rose's intellect she could tell from earlier that his defence was superior if she was to compare with her amazing electric fist ...
and now her whole hand was hurt beyond recognition ... the beautiful smooth skin turned into a boney hand ... whilst it hanged from its joint point with muscles dangling ...
and from the brownish aura and the defence ... her blood was dried up and drained and she didn't even know why ... but she knew that whatever that attack Theo used was ... it was dangerous even against superior ranked officials in other militaries and even in their military ...
"You okay ...??" Theo rushed over with a concerned expression as he held Rose's wrist afraid to hurt her by touching the skinless hand she now had ...
"Yeah .. I just need to take this Regeneration Pill to regenerate my energy and my wounds especially this deep cut in my hand ..." Theo then eyed her weirdly but still wearing the concerned look
"Deep cut ..?? this is no deep cut .. captain Rose ... I apologize for hurting you ... I will accept whatever punishment you have for me ..." he bowed down slowly infront of her ... his fists on the ground and knees knelt down ...
she the patted him on his shoulder with her unharmed hand but even so .. the pain in the other hand seemed to transfer the pain to the other hand ....
"It's fine Theo ... I'm fine see .." she then swung her previously harmed hand showing the nice smooth skin covering her hand now assuring him she was okay .. but in all honesty she was trying her best not to cry out from the pain she was getting from swinging her hand ..
"I'm glad you're okay ... captain Rose ... please ask a favour from me .. even if it's the biggest one .. as long as it's within my reach ... " .. Rose chuckled a bit before nodding her head before asking a little bit of time to think about it ...
with just that Theo walked out of the arena with a less smiley face ... probably just overreacting ... and captain Rose followed behind him whilst swinging her hand to shake off the pain ...
"So where are we heading now ...??" Rose spoke up snapping Theo out of his dreamworld ...
"Tell me captain Rose how long until the high officials announce the availability of expeditions out in the forbidden lands ...??" he sighed before continuing ... "I'm kind of bored .. although there's a lot to do here .. I feel like my life is out there you know .. with the animals ..."
Rose just walked beside him with a solemn expression with her bottom lip twitching .. "You realise that you're going to do nothing but kill the animals right ..." she said ..
"Oh ... but still don't you think hunting is fun ..??..although the hunting in this world is inferior and the lands carry weak creatures ... my world has lands enough to occupy billions of that ginormous minotaur .. and the term for our creatures is 'mansuescit arando bestias' ... meaning untamable beasts in your language ... though it may sound a little bit odd and weird .. you can find the meaning behind those words ..
the creatures there are really unbeatable unless you have a high ranking official with you ... the ginormous minotaur is nothing in our lands ... infact it's considered an infant by the other creatures inside the lands ... for an example I got these weapons crafted from bones of the most strongest being in our world ..
though not entirely strongest ... it was pretty strong ... it's jaws were made of unknown steel ... and it was so hard that they required a High Level dwimmer and a scientist to retrieve a few bones here and there ... and that all took five years ... five years of breaking chunks of metallic bones ... and another 6 years of crafting these perfect monsters in my collection ..." he said swinging his large sword around ..
"This creature or beast you speak of .. what is it ..?" Theo then wore a smug on his face as he bend his fingers ... as if trying to scare captain Rose ...
in the middle of his steps towards captain Rose he stopped with a dumbfounded expression ... "Now that you've asked me ... I never knew the name of that creature ... " Rose's eyeballs almost popped out of her head when she heard this
"If you don't know then who killed it ...?" Theo pointed his finger to himself ... "I did ... though I was borrowed some power on top of the magnificence of power I had at that moment ... however I don't remember how I killed it in the first place ... " he rubbed his chin with his index finger pondering ...
"I got nothing .. maybe when I return back I might remember ..." he said before walking towards the canteen taking a stroll with captain Rose ...