"Your greatest harvest in that fight is.. the sword Intent!"
"Sword Intent?!"
"Yup!"
"Uhh.. what's that?!"
"Remember that last slash you made that day?!"
"Yes!"
"You imbued a sword Intent into your wooden katana which managed to cut that jaguar very easily!"
Eiji nodded at Muri.
"You see, a sword Intent is a concept, it's an illusory thing, yet it is very real.
Sword Intent can be used even without the ki, just by thinking alone can activate this ability.
Sword Intent helps a swordsman by giving all his attacks nearly unparalleled sharpness!
Meaning all of your attack will have a nearly a ninety-nine percent of penetrating powers! Although, as long as you fight a very strong opponent, they can defend against it with more ki, techniques or some sort of treasures"
"Is that so, still, that is very awesome!"
"Yeah! Not just that, the earlier you get sword Intent, the stronger it will become as long as you practice!"
"I see! Then sir, do all sage's have sword Intent?"
"Well not really... You see, since no one really knew how to acquire a sword intent, even if a person trains so much that he can become a sage one day, he might still not have a sword intent!"
"Eh?! So rare?!"
"Yeah! In fact, aside from you, I only knew two people that has one!"
"Two people? Who are they sir?!"
"The first one is, The Excalibur Kingdom's Sage and King, Xander Macedon!"
" Hmm..
I guessed as much! But... whos the second one?!"
"Well, here's the thing Eiji, I want to make you my personal disciple!"
"??"
Eiji was taken aback by Muri's words. They were just talking about the people that had managed to acquire the sword Intent then he suddenly wants him to become his disciple!?
"You see, the second person that I know that Has sword Intent is... Me!"
*Swooooshh!!!!!
"????"
After Muri said the word 'Me', the air around him changed, and then Eiji felt as if he was being cut!
"!!!!"
The sword Intent of Muri generated was even more than what Eiji could do!
"Hhuuuuhhh!!!!"
Then the air suddenly calmed down back again.
".."
But Eiji still stared at Muri.
Eiji always see's his teacher Muri as an extremely bored and silent guy. He just says things straight to the point, he doesn't like doing things needlessly, and is not usually fussy unless it is lesson time.
Now this man just told him, that he also has something that only the man that is currently known as the strongest swordsman in the world, have!
"I want to teach you everything I know, as well as train you to become much stronger than me! So, what do you say?"
Seeing that Eiji was silent, Muri asked him what his answer was.
" Uhm Sir, Do I have to do a task or a mission in the future?"
Muri was a bit taken a back, then he smiled.
It seems like this kid knew that there are no such thing as a free lunches in this world.
"Not really! I don't have anything that I want to achieve nor do I have someone that I want to get revenge on.
At this point of my life, I'm already tired of killing and going into missions. Right now, I'll just accept a few disciples in the future and try to cultivate someone to achieve sword Intent!
Although I only got this idea when I saw you achieve it!"
Eiji nodded at Muri. He then thought for a bit, then raised his head as he looked at Muri in the eyes
"I'll accept it sir! I mean Master! Please take care of me, Master!"
"Haha! Likewise, disciple Noya Eiji!"
Eiji accepted the apprenticeship, he wanted to get of the bed and bow to Muri as a sign of respect and obedience,
But his injuries prevented him from doing so, as it hurts so bad.
"Ouch!"
"No need to bow or anything! I dont need it, as long as you listen to me and grow stronger, I'm fine with it, besides, you still have injuries all over your body and you cracked almost all of your ribs!
And you are still weak after sleeping for two days!"
"I was asleep for two days?!"
"Yes!"
"What about school?!"
"I'm your teacher, And I knew what happened, so of course I excused you!"
"Oh! Right! Thank you Si- master!
He wanted to say sir again, but remembered that he is now his master, Eiji hurriedly changed it back.
"It's fine! You just became my apprentice, you can get use to it in the future, I'm not even used someone calling me master!
So we'll get used to each other in the future as we train!
But for now just focus on recuperating, the doctor said you can get off the hospital after a week, but you still can't do any hard training or exercises.
And your cracked ribs would be fully healed in after two weeks at most.And I also bought a medicinal pill that can treat injuries faster!"
"Okay! Thank you, master!"
After chatting a bit more, Muri left the hospital.
Eiji who was left alone, stared at the ceilings.
Today, after he woke up, he really felt like he was in a dream.
First he was alive, next he got a ton of money, then he got a master!
And finally he was told he got a sword Intent!
Eiji calmed himself down, and decided to take the medicinal pill his master gave him and went to sleep after eating the food that his master also brought.
Now the thing that he needs to do is to learn from his Master Muri and make sure to make him proud that he was his student!
With now a goal in mind, Eiji went to sleep, as he looked forward as to what his future would become.
End Of Chapter.