Noah looked at Smith and the same could be said for Smith. They kept looking at each other in surprise.
"You are very handsome master. And your aura has become very wild like fire", Smith said.
"Same to you Smith", Noah replied.
The were both surprised at each other transformation. Noah's red hair got redder and Smith's hair that was original black had stripes of red.
They began observing each other. Surprised at each other transformation.
"Smith try meditating. Check your affinity to the fire element"
Smith tried and was shocked at how close he felt to the fire element. He had extremely low affinity to the earth element but now his affinity to the fire element had shot through the roof.
In happiness he knelt down and kowtowed towards Noah, "Boss, no matter where you go I will always follow. I'm going to be your right hand man forever. This opportunity you've given me I will repay with my life". He could tell that he had become one of those they could call genius. His affinity and psyon absorption had become superior added to his physique and he could become whatever he wanted to become without talent defining his path.
Noah only nodded. To him, this was not a big deal at all. Smith was just lucky to be chosen. After the sentimental episode were over, they began itching for a spar. They wanted to test their new strength. The old man had finished sealing the souls into the swords. He gave Noah and told him to drop his blood on his.
"Smith, cut your hands and drop your blood on your sword", Noah told him to do the same. Smith was confused but he trusted his master won't try hurt him. There was no reason for that too. So he did just that. The old man used the blood to form contracts with the swords. This will make the swords not to attack them when they became active. This would happen after the souls had assimilated into the sword. This would also make them able to communicate with the swords. After that they tried swinging their sword. They could feel that their sword was much more stronger. Noah's sword was now a 4 star sword. While Smith sword was a 3 star sword.
"Were going out of the mountain. Today, you are gonna check out your physique. You have the physique of a 3 star warrior. With me you'll be safe. We're going to check out the monsters who are at the bottom of the food chain in this continent. This are the only creatures you can kill", the old man told Noah. Noah was excited. Finally they were going to fight something.
"Smith, we're going out. It's been long we've eaten. We also need to test our physique. Let's go hunt", Noah called Smith as he was going out of the cave.
The old man didn't assist them to come down the mountain. They were strong enough now so they didn't need him to baby sit them anymore. Smith and Noah began descending down the mountain. They began jumping down the mountain. It was stressful to them. This made old man notice that their stamina was terrible. This was his first desciple so he didn't know what to do exactly. He began creating his plans for training. His desciple must be the best of the best. This was a very good opportunity as he would be able to see the flaws of his desciple. But everything comes after his desciple firms his sword intent.
For the past one month Noah had being killing different animals in this no man's land. Slimes, bats, wolves, foxes, rabbits, none of their adults were lower than 3 star. Alphas of packs were 4 stars. Which Noah and Smith would have to fight together to beat. The old man had noticed all the faults of his desciple Noah. He hardly paid smith any attention as Noah's problem was Smith's problem. Noah wasn't perspective. Assassin's would have their way with him. He would fight and concentrate on that fight without caring about the outside world. His sixth sense was non existent. So he had no intuition. He figures out late when an attack strong enough to deal fatal blows would hit him. They were ways to train this things though. Through life and death experiences or through constant battles during war. But all those are too dangerous. The old man had been thinking about what to do during this journey. He had to babysit Noah during the first outing but during the second he wouldn't do it anymore. He had to make sure Noah was ready.
"My God, are those goblins? They are huge and tall as humans. This continent is becoming increasingly mysterious. If this goblins were in our continent they could take down villages easily", Smith exclaimed.
Even Noah was surprised at how tall this goblins were. Each of them were 3 star while their leader was a 5 star unlike goblins in their continent where most goblins were ordinary while some were 1 star and the most talented made it up to 3 star. Noah urged the old man make them escape as the goblins were aware of their presence. The old man released some of his sour aura for the goblins to feel fear. The goblins were so afraid that they immediately kowtowed. The old man looked at them before comprehending something. He then looked at his desciple and am awesome plan began to brew in his mind. He wanted to make his desciple a God. The more he thought of it the more he pleased he was with his new idea. The goblin could sense that the powerful aura was coming from Noah and looked at him with reference. The old man took over the body of his desciple and pointed his hand towards the strongest goblin. A drop of dragon blood flew out of his space ring before going to the goblin and entering his body. The goblin immediately felt pain as the dragon blood began its work. It's skin began peeling slowly making the other goblins feel fear at the horrid sight. They couldn't even run as they could feel the dragon aura from the goblin in pain. After the treatment 10 mins later the goblin who was screaming in pain stopped.
Smith all this while was also looking at Noah in fear. This is master has many secrets. First the dragon blood. Now he's releasing this powerful aura when he hasn't started any art. The goblin who was treated was now looking very handsome. He had red hair and he was releasing the aura of 6 star. The goblin looked at Noah with gratitude before kowtowing before Noah. He started thanking Noah before worshipping him. As he felt his power, he noticed that he could control fire now. He was more sure more that Noah was a God. He had never seen anyone this powerful. He began praying to Noah and the other goblins joined. Noah who was looking at all this without controlling his body only felt something pure filling his body. He knew instinctively that this was not the old man's power. He felt it was too much as he began releasing the power. This made him to shine looking more and more like a God. This made the goblins worship him more. The old man seeing all the faith energy going to his desciple decided to flex his muscles a little. He decided to create a dome here.
He wasn't good at manipulating laws so this was new to him. He chased the way of the sword all his life so other laws he deemed useless but because of his desciple he had to use them now. He used to soul to create an illusion of 5 miles around the area. Then he began changing the other Goblins while the leader of was goblins was receiving education through his soul. The Dragon blood has strengthened his soul so he didn't collapse. He was learning the language and customs of humans. Then ores from deep under the soil became coming up. Orichalcum was used to make a temple for durability. Houses made of Deep Iron were created. The goblin by now were done. All of them were now very intelligent. Seeing all this made revere Noah more. Smith's expression was solemn. He had already decided that following Noah was a very good thing. After all the structures created were made Gold was used to plate the temple. The old man used runes to make extra protection. After everything was done Noah who now revered his teacher more, asked his teacher the strange energy that he was feeling in his body.
"Noah, this is the power of Faith"