A Lightspear, wreathed in lightning, came hurtling towards my face! I shifted my head to the side and dodged it with inches to spare. It stabbed into the wall behind me and easily pierced through the thick steel.
I retaliated by waving my hand and conjuring a dozen purple Lightspears in the air all around me.
My opponent's eyes widened in shock. I smirked at her and waved my hand again. All 12 spears locked onto her and moved incredibly fast.
"Dammit!" Akeno cursed as she threw both of her hands in front of herself. A circular shield made of Heavenly Lighting manifested in front of her. All of my spears hit it at the same time and exploded. Akeno let out a small scream as she was blasted backwards.
She crashed onto the ground and skidded towards the other side of the room. She was covered in burns marks and bruises, but still conscious. "That hurt, Layla…" Akeno whined as I walked over towards her.
My Purger of Darkness manifested and I started to heal her. 50 MP and she was as good as new.
"It'll hurt a lot worse in a real fight. You need better strategies, Akeno." I said. She was too used to sitting back and attacking her opponents with overwhelming power. When she faces someone stronger than her–like me–she doesn't know what to do.
"Akeno sighed as she stood up. There was a flash of light and her ruined wardrobe was switched out for a Kuoh School uniform.
I raised an eyebrow at that.
"I have like 10 of these uniforms in my storage space…" She said. "They always got destroyed whenever we had to hunt down strays, so I bought them in bulk…"
"Whatever makes you comfortable." I said. "I think we can wrap up our training for today."
SHIELD had been nice enough to let us use their training facilities these past few days. I'm sure they were also secretly recording Akeno and my abilities, but we weren't exactly showing them anything new.
"That's good then. I don't want to miss my date. I still have to get ready." Akeno said while smiling to herself happily.
"And which one is it with?" I asked. Somehow, Akeno had managed to get both Ororo and Jean's numbers before they headed back home after the whole Percy Jackson fiasco. She'd been giggling like a schoolgirl–she still was one technically–on and off the past couple days while she texted both of them repeatedly.
I was pretty blown away that she was able to pull off two girls at once, but then again, she probably learned everything from me. I'm just an awesome role model like that!
[Wow…Just wow…]
"Ufufu! It's with Ororo first." Akeno said. "My date with Jean will be a few later!"
"Dating two girls at once and they both know?" I asked and she grinned in confirmation. "Good for you!" I told her.
"Ufufu. I know. I am quite lucky." Akeno replied smugly.
The only thing I was a bit worried about was Zeus trying to attack her in revenge, but I wasn't so worried about that anymore. There were two reasons for that. The first is that after these past few days his Bolt has completely merged with her. I can't detect a difference between her powers and it's anymore with my new eyes. There was no way he would be able to either.
The second reason was that this was the Percy Jackson universe. Zeus here was a genuine imbecile. Instead of solving anything himself, he sends his Demigod children and grandchildren to go out and do everything for him. Most of the time, they end up dying in the process. I seriously doubted if he even knew Akeno had fused with his Master Bolt in the first place. I doubt he even knows two of his children are currently in the custody of 'mortals.'
Akeno asked me to portal her back to the penthouse so she could get herself ready. She hopped in excitedly.
Once she left, I turned around to talk to the man who had been watching us spar. "So what did you think, Steve?"
He looked nervous. "It seems that sparring nowadays is a lot different than back when I was enlisted. It used to be just two men throwing punches at each other. Now there's flying, and magic, and everybody seems to have super powers." He finished. He looked a bit down.
"Are you upset that you lost the fight to Ares?" I asked him.
"It's not just him," Steve said. "I feel like most of the people we've been up against lately I wouldn't have been able to beat. I sparred with Natasha the other day and I was even thoroughly beaten by her. The times we fought before that, I usually came out on top."
I used [Observe] to check his level and he was now at Level 14. He had clearly been doing some training, but he was correct that it wasn't enough to match the real threats of this world.
"Well, the truth is, you're not going to be able to beat a lot of these enemies without some kind of boost. I could give you a blessing like I gave Natasha." I said to him. "It will allow you to grow stronger and you'll be able to use some of my Light in combat."
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