"Hey, I caught a bull today. I will make a stew with it for breakfast".
Noah came back from the hunting and said while dropping the bull from his shoulder.
"STEW? stew for breakfast? Are you serious?" Damini complained in a loud and irritated voice.
Now, Noah had become a lot more like an adult with a manly face and a toned body. He got a lot taller than before and the hairs were also getting long that it fell on the shoulder. The eyes were as sharp as usual but now he looked stronger and smarter. Manliness added to the original handsome face as the time passed on and gave off the vibes that he would kill a lot of ladies with a look.
"You changed a lot since you got here,huh?" Damini said.
"It's been two years, you know".
"So, you are leaving after breakfast?" Damini asked with kind of a disappointed expression.
"Yes"
"Let's spar after breakfast" Damini said as she dropped her spoon into the stew bowl.
After having breakfast, they headed to the training ground. On the way Damini asked mountains of questions about training.
"You finished reading all the books?"
Noah nodded.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the training ground built with rocks. On the surface of the smooth floor, there were magic cirlces drawn on it. It was a 15 meters wide arena.
"Let's start with hand to hand combat,I won't go easy on you" Damini said while stretching her hands and legs.
"When did you ever go easy?" Noah replied and started preparing too.
"Okay, start" Damini shouted and disppeared from the place.
And a kick suddenly came to Noah's face.
A kick.
He repelled it with his right hand.
She is so fast as always.
Damini jumped backward a little to reposition herself.
Noah then charged toward her and attacked with his left hand uppercut punch.
But it was blocked by Damini's right hand and then she grabbed the hand by the wrist and did a jump kick.
Noah ducked a little to dodge that and kicked straight at the throat of Damini with all his might.
Damini had to release the wrist and jumped back.
The attacks were so fast that normal eyes could not even follow them.
Boom.Boom. Boom. Boom. With the strong impacts causing from the clashes, the battle continued.
Every times they threw their attacks, the explosion sounds were caused and the surrounding were blown away because of the powerful force from the battle.
The training ground was hanging on because it was imbued with magic from the magic circle.
Boom.
Every time Noah attacked it got countered by Damini and vice versa.
"I don't have much stamina left. I am going to lose at this rate" Damini thought.
And then she charged at Noah with tremendous speed and attack.
Noah matched her speed and repel the attacks.
"I win" Noah thought after he found a opening from Damini and kicked her neck with the right leg.
However, he stopped the attack before it hit the target.
Near his neck was the plam of Damini who was ready to strike a finishing blow.
The chaos storm of the battle calmed down.
"It seems it is draw huh?" she said after withdrawing her hand.
"No, I lost"
"Hehe, you fell for the trap. You would have won if you were a little patient" Damini said mockingly.
"A little break and we will fight with items" she sat down on a rock and said.
"Items? But.."
"I want to see how much you can control Hades' item" Damini stood up and swept the dust from her pants.
Noah also went to the arena and opened his right plam. Then, the shaped of the death scythe was formed from the red mist like smoke appearing in thin air. Then it solidified and Noah grabbed it in the hand and spinned it to take a stance.
"Impressive, to think you managed to become the master of Hades' hell item in just two years"
Damini said and also took out her unique item
Jupiter-the deadly lightning spear with its terrifying power. It killed Minotaur ,a B ranked monster, in one hit. Moreover, the master is also skilled at using the item and her combat abilities and experiences made the use of the item more efficient and terrifying.
Master of the unique item means that the item acknowledges the person as its master. To be a master of an item, a person needs an unrivalled strength and skills at fighting to control the tremendous power of that item. Then he have to let the item drinks the blood of the person to be the master of the item. By becoming the master of the item, they can summon the item from thin air anytime.
However, each person can only become the master of one unique item.
Both Damini and Noah took their battle stances and ready to strike. They both walked and moved in circle while observing each other's moves.
Then, they charged toward each other with tremendous speed simutaneously.
Noah slashed downward with the scythe. But Damini spinned her lance to repel it and counterattacked expenditiously.
She is really fast and her thrusts are heavy and powerful.
Noah was struggling to dodge the attacks. So, he leaped backward far away from her to gain his ground.
But, before he even took the stance, Damini spinned her spear above her head and shot lightning bolts one after another by thrusting the lance forward.
Boom.Boom.Boom.Boom.
Noah jumped from place to place and had to ran around to dodge them.
I will only get exhausted if I keep running.
"
Noah swang his scythe horizonally and an enormous dark slash came out and cut everythings that stood in its way.
Damini ran toward it despite it was coming toward her and ducked and slided on the ground without losing her momentum.
Then she stood up without delay and extended her hand to shoot the deadly lightning again.
Boom.Boom.
Even the enchanted arena ground could not handle the damage caused by the attacks.
I need to get closer to her.
Noah then spinned his scythe ahead to block the lightning while charging toward her.
Damini smirked and rotated her body two times to gain the momentum and threw the lance.
Booom.
That was the most terrifying and deaftening attack. The speed was so fast that only the trail of the blue lightning could be seen.
Ack.
Noah managed to repel the attack but he lost his balance and was about to fall down. Damini did not waste anytime to attack. She charged toward him in an instant and grabbed the lance which was spinning and falling in the air.
Then she speared Noah left side. However, Noah used the pole of the scythe to block it.
Boom.Boom.Boom.Boom.
They clashed repeatedly with lightning speed and only the black trail and the blue lightning trail clashing each other could be seen.
"Huff-huff"
They are both nearly out of stamina.
"Okay, It is time to get serious" Damini said.
"
The moment she said that, a giant lightning struck her from the sky.
Boom.
That sounded like the end of the world.
After the impact, Noah looked at the place Damini was standing.
She is gone.
Noah immediately looked around to find her.
"I am here"
A sound from the back. Before Noah had a chance to look, a zipping sound of the lightning could be heard and Damini was standing behind him while holding his shoulder.
Her hand was very hot and electrifying. The eyes were overflowing with electricity and the hairs turned into silver.
I could not follow her movement. She is so fast.
"Hehe, I win" she said and turned back into normal.
"But, you used the unique skill"
Unique skills are the skills of the item which could be attained after the stage 2 of mastering. At stage 1, only a couple of skills and the ability to summon the item were obtained. Unique skills of the items are very powerful and efficient to use since it does not need a lot of soul energy.
"You might need 1 or 2 years of training to get them so fighting the real monsters is best way for that"
"Then, I will go prepare to depart"
"Are you really planning to fulfill Galen's dream?" Damini asked in a sad and gentle tone.
"Yes, I am going to free the people suffering in this item"
Sigh.
"You said you will become a hunter but where are you headed to?" she changed the subject.
"The merchant family I saw then was from Brklin. There were high level hunters with them too. So I guess I am heading to Brklin"
"..."
"Hey, don't go dying on me, okay?" Damini said awkwardly.
"I won't"
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