The village was quite large maybe to large to be a town but wasn't because of it's unadvanced nature, Quinn who had a lot of friends left Damian and the errand to go catch some fun, Damian wandered about with a piece of paper in his hands and some copper coins in his pocket.
Seemingly confused he decided to ask for help from an older lonely girl who sat by herself at the village's playing ground, as he walked towards her other children began making way for him while muttering silently to themselves.
" Hello ", he said to the girl and she looked at him intending to know why she was called, " I am looking for the market I need to get some things could you please direct me " he pleaded with the little girl.
She would be around twelve and was immensely pretty with clear blue eyes and falling silver hair which was a blessing and a curse at the same time, " Sure I will take you " she said jumping down from the swing and grabbing onto his hand before running with him to the opposite direction.
They traversed streets, districts and main roads before arriving at a huge market square, " Let me see your list " She said before snatching the piece of the paper from his hand and looking at it then holding Damian's hand and taking him around the market.
Soon everything in the list was bought with some change remaining, Damian tried to pay her but she refused but asked about his name and address after telling him her name was Venus.
" I haven't seen you before " she asked as they walked home, " I belong to the Zack's residential mansion so I will be scarce " he replied, " So you wouldn't know me " she said with a downcast expression.
" DAMIAN, Were did you go " His brother yelled in his ear after appearing out of nowhere with a group of friends, " Did you have to yell I was right just beside you " He replied nonchalantly tossing the things he bought to him and handed him the change.
" Seven iron coins, this was more than I would have got if I went myself " Quinn said in excitement, " I did nothing it was Venus " he said turning to his side but saw no one, " Venus the king's third daughter impossible, that girl talks to no one and she is way older than you " His brother replied tapping his back, " Well she did so see you later ", he replied.
Damian got into a running stance and dashed nonstop for five kilometers till he reached his house while maintaining his initial velocity, night was fast approaching so he spent the rest of the day training with a dummy given to him by his father before he went on a trip, most times he wondered what kind of business his father was into.
Come to think of it his father was always on trips which he spent months probably years, his father said he could training with dummy but the it keeps beating shit out of him and, knocking him out every single time.
He got into the attic with a flashlight he grabbed from a butler, rats and cockroaches scampered about as they noticed his presence he walked up to a long coffin like box and opened it.
He opened it and brought out a adult sized dummy made of wood and metal, he hurriedly took it outside while hiding from the other occupants of his house, he got to the garden and dropped it on the floor before turning it on.
"Let's have one go shall we" he said while turning the dummy on, ' Primordial Demon Technique ' he said in his mind placing both of his hand as if to make a shadow bird then said, ' WEAPON SUMMONING '.
WHOOSH,WHOOSH,WHOOSH!!!
Damian jumped away as the dummy flung it's sword wildly while maintaining his hand sign a green circle light formed around the symbol and a standard knight sword appeared in his hands.
The dummy cracked it's joints as zombies did in some movies Damian use to watch, in a swift thrust it dashed at him and was about to hit him with the hilt of it's wooden sword, Damian skillfully used the side of his sword to kill the momentum of the attack.
This worked by gently catching the attack with out trying to defend, parry or repel and following it in the direction it was going till it lost it's force, Damian was also able to do this due to his third PDT, ' COMBAT MASTERY ', this allowed him to learn any combat move or technique just with a glance.
WHAM!!!
Before Damian knew what was happening he was in the air and next he was face down to the ground, he got up immediately as this dummy wouldn't stop till he was on his back dead.
VOOM!!!
The dummy was in the air flying towards him, to Damian this dummy wanted to end his life but he is not giving up, his fighting till death, as the dummy came some inches close with it's sword above it aiming for a downward slash, he found the chance he had been waiting for and kicked the dummy's chest with all his strength.
BOOM!!!
The dummy fell down hard and the floor showed signs of cracking, " Level one completed " spoke the mechanical voice coming from the dummy. " Fuck you and your useless levels, I almost died in just level one, I will destroy you when I complete all the levels " Damian said while panting as he stood up.
[ Ding!!! ]
[ + 5 points to strength ]
Damian felt his muscles bulge as this notification rang in his mind, " Dammy, why are you with the toy mom told you not to play with " a female voice reached his ears causing him to freeze.
" Ohh, hey V, how you doing " He said chuckling nervously as he turned to the mischievous face a ten year old girl staring at him with her grey eyes, " Am telling mom " she added walking away.
' Ah shit here we go again ' Damian said infusing Qi to his legs and dashing past Vivian blocking her way as he dropped to his knees ' Hello former God of demons is that you kneeling to your older sister oh that's a bummer ' he said sarcastically to himself.
" Please I would give you quarter of my dinner " he said keeping a puppy eyes to win sympathy, " half " she said turning her face to the left with her hands folded across her chest.
' Gluttonous devil ', " Fine having it your way " Damian replied after weighing the pro's and con's, if he let her report there won't be any dinner so he would rather have half than none.
" Get it inside before any of the maids see it " she said walking into the house, * HUH *, He stood up and got to where he dropped his sword and dummy, he dug a hole that seemed to have been opened multiple times.
A lot of swords were buried in the hole all the same colour, length, design and rank, he could summon weapons he has seen before and it would hold all the abilities of the original as it was the original.
He disposed the dummy and the sword into the hole covered it and went away, he had gotten himself into a butt load of trouble by disobeying his mother and wouldn't want to be in those situations again.
He went to his room had a bath and changed his dirty clothes before putting on a new one, he the went to the dinning room where he met his siblings already eating dinner.
The maids served him his and he immediately wolfed down half his dinner and passed the remaining to his sister earning a distasteful gaze from his brother but he got up and disappeared slowly to his room.
His room was on the first floor and very close to the attic this made it a little cold so a fire place was built for him to light up at night, now was the right time to practice his elemental manipulation.
He lit up the fireplace and fetched a glass of water before dropping it on his studying table, today he would learn how to manipulate fire and water.
He had tried it before and it managed to fail epically, but the more he tried the more improvement he made, he sat on his bed facing the fireplace and started concentrating on the flames watching it's rhythm for minutes before getting fully sync with the dance of little flame.
He stretched his hand and willed for the flames to close the distance between them, a moment passed and nothing happened but he didn't give up and in due time the flame did as it was told.