About a month has passed since me and Ana started staying with Mr. And Mrs. Ishikawa. I've learned a lot from Mr. Ishikawa when it comes to hunting monsters and surviving nights in woods, forests, and labyrinths. For an old man he's really strong. I don't think I'd be able to beat him in a fight. Ana's been learning how to cook, do laundry, and just basic house stuff. Back in our world she was apart of a rich family and had maids doing all that for her. So she never learned how to do them on her own.
"Today's the day."
"I can't believe y'all are leaving so soon."
"We would love to stay and you two have been an amazing help, but we have things we must take care of."
"We understand, just make sure y'all visit from time to time k."
"Of course."
"And Ana."
"Yes Mrs. Ishikawa."
"Don't forget those special techniques I taught you." She said grinning
Do I even wanna know what that's supposed to mean
"Well then. We're off."
Ana and Arthur waved as they walked off into the direction of the city of Tetrine.
"Well then, it'll be about a 10 day journey before we make it to Tetrine."
"10 DAYS!? That's waaay toooo long!"
"Stop complaining."
A few hours go by
"How much longer do we have to walk! I'm tired and BORED!"
"Please stop yelling. It's only a few more minutes before we reach the-"
WHAM!!!
In an instant Arthur goes flying through the forest trees before hitting the ground and coughing up blood
"ARTHURRR!!!"
Ana rushes to Arthur
"Heal"
Arthur gets up while coughing
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, thanks to your heal"
"What is that"
"A sabretooth bear"
"A sabretooth what?"
"It's a crossbreed of a bear and a tiger"
Shit this bad. That thing's on the same level as that dungeon boss, maybe even stronger.
"Ana, I'll have to do that."
"NO! We'll find a way to beat it without using that. We talked about this remember. What happens if either of us use it again."
Flashback.
"Am I doing it right Mr. Ishikawa?"
"Yes, now make sure you knot it tightly so that it won't snap."
"Arthur, can I talk to you in private?"
Arthur looked at Mr. Ishikawa
"You can go I'll finish things here"
Ana and Arthur walk somewhere private
"So what's this about."
"You remember that day in the dungeon?"
"How could I forget."
"Did you get a prompt asking about something along the lines of limit break."
Arthur's eyes widened in surprise
"So you got it too."
*Nods* "I think it's best if we don't use it."
"And may I ask why?"
"Cause we could actually die."
"What makes you so certain."
"That night…Mr. Ishikawa did fine us sure. But we weren't both unconscious."
"Huh? But you said-"
"I know what I told you. Listen I did pass out but I woke up and saw your wounds, I tried healing them but it wasn't working. I also never told you this but I have a passive on my ability. I heal eight times faster than normal humans and I can heal any injury, including lost limbs. As long as I don't die I can heal it back overtime. But it's not instant like how I heal you. But even my passive was shut down. Limit breaking doesn't just use NE, it uses our very life essence. We only have so much of that to give before we burn out and die. If Mr. Ishikawa hadn't come, we'd most certainly be dead. Just promise me you won't use it unless there is no other option."
"How do you know all this?"
"I did some research over the past month. Just promise not to limit break ok?"
"Fine. For you. I promise."
Present
"Oh yea I guess we did talk about it."
"It was such a heart felt conversation and you're telling me you forgot about it." Ana said in a disappointed manner
"Whaaaat? Nooo never."
The bear suddenly started charging at them
"Fine then I don't need limit breaking anyway."
Arthur charged at the bear and jumped above it
*Wham!*
Arthur had been put into another near death state as he flew through the air
"Heal."
Ana fully heals Arthur and he lands his feet against a tree
"Another one hit kill, you must be really strong"
Arthur smiled
"I've been wanting an actual challenge! I got bored after a while of playing with those weak small fry!"
Arthur launched himself off the tree to the bear and proceeded to hit it with an axe kick, but the bear doesn't even flinch
"Damn. My kick did nothing."
"Here use this"
"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET A SHOTGUN FROM!"
"Mr. Ishikawa gave it as a parting gift, although he said it has at best 2 shots left in it."
Sounds like he just wanted a reason to get rid of it
"Ok let me see it."
Ana gave Arthur the gun
"Get ready you beast. Cause I'm about to splatter your blood everywhere."
Arthur charged at the bear with the shotgun in hand
"Ana heal me as soon as I get hit!"
"Kay!"
The beast swung. Arthur ducked and was able to dodged it, but the second swing came to fast.
*Wham!*
"Heal."
Arthur went in again
*Wham!* "Heal" *Wham!* "Heal!" *Wham!* "Heal!!"
Over and over Arthur had been taking hits that would've killed him instantly, or technically, did kill him instantly, but Ana was able to heal him over and over. Both were now heavily breathing as they were reaching their limit. But they still had yet to do any damage to the bear.
"Tsk. This is so annoying! Fine then."
"Are you gonna show that side." Ana said with extreme excitement in her voice
Arthur grinned devilishly as he charged at the bear but this time
*Wham!*
The bear had beheaded Arthur
"Heal."
Arthur came back still grinning
"So that's what it feels like to get beheaded! HAHHAHHA MARVELOUS!! MORE! SHOW ME MORE!"
This time when the bear swung, Arthur rushed toward it. The bear killed Arthur again but Ana instantly healed him. Arthur then pointed the gun to the bears head.
"That's one."
*Boom!*
The bear screams in pain as half its face had just been shot, however, it still wasn't dead.
"Woooow. You can take a shotgun shot to the head!"
Arthur throws the shotgun down.
"NOW I WANNA SEE IF I CAN EVEN KILL YOU WITH MY BEAR HANDS!!!"
Arthur charged at the bear but this time with half its face gone it had a huge blind spot
*Wham!*
Arthur delivered a swift kick to the bear. The bear swung but it was obvious that its movements were getting slower
"Come on big guy. You can't be done just from a shot and and kick."
As Ana watched from the sidelines, she couldn't help but become memorized by this side of Arthur
"Fine then. Guess I'll just end you."
"Blood manipulation. Blood blade."
Blood manipulation: Allows you to manipulate your own blood and create any object. However, the bigger and more sophisticated the item, the more blood consumption it takes of Arthur's body.
What? Since when could Arthur do that. Does that even inline with his ability?
Then in a fraction of a second Arthur had dashed toward the bear and in one swing beheaded it.
"What a waste of time."
"Arthur! That was so cool my love." She said as she grabbed his hand
*Blushing* "W-What no it wasn't really anything all that special!"
"Also when did you learn to do that"
"Uuuuh. Just now I guess"
"But you did it like you've done it before."
"Well our powers do make us instantly proficient with any ability we learn."
"No? I had to practice with mine after that dungeon fight. Mrs. Ishikawa helped me. Since I was able to love her like she was my own mother the ability worked. Though she wasn't going and getting her head taken off."
"Yeeeeaaa sorry."
"So what do we do with the body of this bear."
"I wanna try something"
Arthur walked over to the bear and bit into it, beginning to drink its blood
"You know you could've just asked I would've gladly let you drink my blood."
"ITS NOT LIKE THAT!"
*sighs* "I'm doing this for my ability to work. It requires at least a pint of the beings blood."
Arthur drank until he drank one pint of the bears blood.
Conditions met. Activate ability: Slave summons?
"Confirm"
Confirmation. Ability slave summons is now activated.
"Now then, let's try it out"
"Slave summons!"
Suddenly the headless and lifeless bear on the floor started moving.