After a while, Bruce finally stopped, and just stared at the kid who was full of bruises in front of him, he was pointing the spear with both hands at him, attempting to make one last attack, however, it seemed his body wasn't giving in to his desire, as even his breath was ragged, and was covered in sweat, yet his eyes stared fixedly at Bruce intently.
"What is today's lesson about, master?"
Ainz after steadying his breathing for a while asked, he was sure Bruce had a reason why he asked them to spar together, it wasn't simply about checking on his progress, at the same time he was hoping for wyvern regeneration to not activate at the moment.
He was rather cautious of what Bruce's reaction would be, if his bruises suddenly began to heal at a visible pace, what were the odds of Bruce keeping it a secret? Even if he did, he would likely want to know the source of such power.
He had already revealed enough talent, anymore would definitely make him seem like a monster, apart from himself there was no one he could trust to keep his powers and the system a secret, not even Lilith who loved, and cared for him more than anyone else did he reveal his secret to.
Luckily, it seemed his body had not reached its absolute limit for wyvern regeneration to automatically activate.
"Tell me, kid, what can you do against an opponent, who far outclasses you in both speed and strength?" Bruce said.
When he heard what Bruce said, Ainz couldn't help but furrow his brows for a moment, he lowered his eyes and thought for a while, before answering inquisitively.
"Your brain?"
Bruce stared at him for some time, as if waiting for him to say more things, eventually, he sighed softly and smiled.
"Right, but not quite totally right, if your opponent is merciful you can try to beg, and if your opponent isn't the only thing you can do is give up, you must understand that when your opponent outclasses you everything, the only choice you have is to give up pointless struggles, even if your situation is unfair."
Ainz looked at Bruce's expression, of course, he knew he was wrong but still said it anyway, however, he had never met an opponent who outclassed him, rather the reverse had always been the case, back then as a monarch.
Even now, while his master might be stronger than him at this moment, that didn't mean he was totally helpless, with his vast knowledge he could outsmart him, and then if he included the system he could kill him or deal more than a fatal blow that would leave him incapacitated.
Bruce looked at the silent look on Ainz's face, he knew the kid was contemplating on what he just said, but then he was sure no matter what the kid came up with, he would eventually realize he was right.
"This was what I wanted you to understand, and train you while at it, but even though you fought well, even much better than I thought, you could only preserve for three hours, without being able to land a successful attack on me even without a single weapon, let's call it day.
"I will see you again a week from now, same place and hour, You can go ahead and rest in your lodge, don't do anything demanding to your body." Bruce said, and then left.
The moment Bruce left, and Ainz was sure no one was there anymore, he immediately relaxed, and could not hold on anymore and activated wyvern regeneration, while sitting on the ground.
[Wyvern regeneration]
"Phewwwwwww-"
He exhaled heavily a few times, while he sat legged cross with his eyes closed, and then he began to breathe in and out to regulate and bring back his breathing to its normal pace, after some time he opened his eyes with a little frown on his expression.
'He is really strong!' Ainz thought, as he recalled the fight in his head, the more he recall the more he frowned, of course, he knew Bruce was stronger than him at this moment, so there was no way he would be able to win without revealing his cards.
At the same time while he didn't win he also did not completely lose either, his opponent was simply too strong, so whatever he did was simply pointless, if it had been someone is level or slightly above, there was no doubt he could have won.
But since Bruce was way stronger than he was at the moment, none of his attacks could get through in fact, he was completely overwhelmed, just like Bruce said, it would be better to give up when faced with an opponent that completely outclassed him.
However, that would have been the case if he hadn't reincarnated with the knowledge of someone who was once a monarch, at the same time with another variable such as the system.
This were the reasons why he was confident that if he gave it his all, he would be able to fight with Bruce on even ground and deal a fatal blow at the same time.
While he was thinking he began to remind himself of how much he needed to become strong, if today's event had been an actual fight where his life was at risk, and he wasn't a reincarnator, nor did he have the knowledge or experience of someone who was once a monarch, or the system, he simply would have had no choice but to beg or give up as Bruce had said.