Chapter 6
It's been 3 years and I'm currently 10 years old. I am still in training with Yoshi-sensei and in two more years when I am 12 years old, I will finish this type of training to receive an education in the library that will last until I turn 16.
I have learned different fighting styles, from the most orthodox to hand-to-hand combat techniques.
As it is at this precise moment.
"Stop thinking about unnecessary things."
Dodge Yoshi-sensei's fist.
"Good instinct."
I threw a punch at him in response, but he easily dodged it too. I then threw a low kick to hit him in the knee where Yoshi-sensei made a small jump giving me another chance to attack.
Use my right palm as a knife to cut her chest diagonally. My attack was obstructed as he used his forearm where he diverted my palm to another location which ended up cutting in two the poor tree that was not to blame for anything, it was just in the wrong place.
Yoshi-sensei grabbed my left arm where I use an aikido technique to flip me in the air where I saw my teacher upside down.
He changed his stance to a kyokushin karate where he brought his fists back to gain momentum where he hit me hard in the stomach.
"Ugh!"
The blow ended up taking out all the air I had. But I didn't want to let myself win easily, even without air I threw a strong kick that connected to Yoshi-sensei's head burying him in the ground.
I took a breath of air quickly, but ended up escaping as Yoshi-sensei using his hand made a full body turn where his leg contained strength and I was kicked fully in my back.
Crash!
My whole body was buried in the ground splattering blood around me.
"Get up, we haven't finished training yet."
Heeding Yoshi-sensei's order, I got up from the ground staggering a little from the fatigue of the fight we had from 5 hours ago.
In every hour we use the same fighting style, and this time it is using the Martial Art of Kyokushin Karate previously we fight with other fighting styles.
Being on guard of this martial art watch Yoshi-sensei's every move.
Seriously, it doesn't have any openings.
I only went on the attack when I saw that I had no chance of finding an opening in Yoshi-sensei's defense.
"Stupid! If you don't find an opening in the enemy you have to create one!"
I received a strong punch in the jaw that I even felt like the bone was slightly broken.
"We finished training, you can rest now."
Seriously, he says it only when I hurt my jaw.
Without making a claim I walked to a tree that was very close where I supported my body and began to rest.
"I'll continue Tomoe-sama's training, so you can go back to the castle when you feel better."
I just answered with a small shake of my head.
I want to get some sleep.
Without realizing it I had fallen asleep since I had just woken up and everything was dark.
I have to go back to the castle, and I'm too far away to be honest.
Since Yoshi-sensei took us out of the territory that belonged to my father and we were in another location where we fought with lizards that were called wyvern.
"Even though I've gotten enough rest, I'm still weak."
Kurumi, did something happen while I was sleeping?
(Nothing important, Dad, I just saw everything dark.)
Oh, I forgot you can't see anything when I have my eyes closed.
(But I could hear just as much, and I didn't hear any dangerous movement in my sleep. If that had happened, I would have screamed hysterically for you to wake up.)
You're right, I think I'm stressed... After all, I haven't had an attack of desire to kill disorder.
(It's been a great time of peace and quiet... Surely this time you may not be able to control it.)
That's what I'm afraid of.
"The calm before the storm is what they always say."
I just hope that it's my imagination that's playing against me.
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Passing through the trees to return along the path where we arrived at this wyvern territory, I had an idea to tame or subdue a wyvern and use it as transport.
It seemed that they realized my intentions as I was flying in the sky even when it was their time to sleep in the Rocky Mountains that were several meters where I am.
There wasn't a wyvern sleeping in the mountains.
I sighed. "I guess I'll keep walking to get home."
It's not that difficult to get home anyway, this was also part of the training given by Yoshi-sensei.
I remember Tomoe's tearful and frightened face when he left us to our fate in this place.
[A year ago...]
"We arrived." We heard that from Yoshi-sensei. "Your training will be to survive and get home, I hope you have memorized your way to this place."
He ended up throwing us out of the hippogriff that belonged to our master.
"Wait, you're seriously leaving two 9-year-olds to their fate!" I exclaimed as I fell.
"Yes! They have received the necessary training to survive in this place! Remember the lineage to which you belong; they cannot dishonor their father!"
"DAMN BLOODLINE!"
Sengo's scream grew fainter each time he descended and reached the ground.
"Good luck kids." Yoshi-sensei bowed a little, then left in his hippogriff.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
I heard Tomoe's scream of terror that came with me to this training. We were 300 meters high to touch the forest floor below us.
"Tomoe reacts!"
"But we're falling!"
The tears that came out of her eyes disappeared from the fall, but her crying did not stop.
"That doesn't matter! We must survive the fall!"
"How We Survived!"
At that moment I looked at the giant trees of 50 meters, I didn't realize the magnitude of the trees because I was shouting at Yoshi-sensei.
"We will fall into the trees, it's our only way to save ourselves!"
No matter where I looked, there was nothing better to save us, the large leaves hindering my vision to look for another way to save us.
"Good!"
"Tomoe pulls the katana out of its scabbard, we're going to use it to stick it into the tree!"
We took out the katana that was in its sheath to use it in another way.
"We have to be careful with the leaves, a free fall like we are having of 300 meters will only end up destroying our bones."
"Got it!"
Passing through the large leaves I managed to see the thickness of the leaves, although it seemed smooth it would only be a deception for a fall of 300 meters.
"Watch out for the vines, come close to the trunk."
Tomoe nodded and we slowly approached the trunk and then used our katana and nailed it.
I had thought that at the moment of nailing the katana we were going to have an aggressive stop, but it was the opposite.
The katana continued to descend and pierce the trunk of the tree for several meters, we arrived almost halfway up the tree.
"Sengo-nii."
Look at Tomoe.
"My arms hurt."
Me too, but I can't say that.
"Get on my back, I'll follow the rest of the descent."
Tomoe's face lit up and a smile appeared.
"Yes!"
He reached my back by jumping where he settled to his liking.
Now seeing this, I end up helping myself better.
With my katana and Tomoe's katana I went down the tree as if it were a mountain climb.
That way we get to the ground.
"Training is for days, so you have to look for food." I said that to Tomoe where she nodded.
"The most important thing is to look for water, if there is a lake or river it would be very good." Tomoe replied.
Water is vital. But we must look for one thing, it would not be a good idea to separate to seek our interest.
"Then we'll fetch water." Anyway, we'll find food at any moment, so let's look for the water.
"But... where."
She is right.
"Well, I always wanted to do this." I grabbed my katana that was sheathed and used it as a lucky branch.
"Wait Sengo-nii, you're really going to leave the katana to the luck in which it heads..."
"Yes." Let the katana fall. "So right."
"Right..." Tomoe looked at the sky that was covered with the large trees. "Well, I think it's the direction we're coming from anyway."
"You see this always works."
We walked in that direction where Yoshi-sensei surely brought us.
While we were doing that, we observed the surroundings was a beautiful green landscape in this place, there were even fields of flowers of different colors.
Obviously it can be a deception, we are not going to approach those places. We continue walking straight.
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We have already walked an hour in this place, and we did not manage to leave this location.
Seriously there are too many trees and the leaves do not allow us to see the sky, but anyway we are in the day and we do not find a lake or a river that provides us with water.
"There are no animals." Tomoe spoke.
"No, and we walked for an hour without deviating from the path."
There's no food and water, well that's what she supposes. Thank God I always come with my magic leather bag.
It's in my pants pocket, it's an emergency in case we don't find food and water.
"Come on, we'll go another way."
"No, it would be better to follow the same path."
"Tomoe, we have walked straight for an hour and found nothing. It would be better if we took a detour, maybe we'll be lucky to find food and water."
Tomoe meditated thinking better about the situation. I just looked delighted at this place while she made up her mind.
Look at the field of flowers, the green grass, as well as the trees... Hold on.
"Tomoe..." She looked at me carefully. "We haven't left this place." I pointed out to him the tree where we had come down had the mark of the katana.
"Listen carefully, Tomoe." I said that while she swallowed. "Prepare your bow subtly, and when you jump, release a powerful fire arrow to the ground."
Pointing with my fingers every time I hid one by one, where she jumped hard like me too and threw her fire arrow at full power to the ground.
GRAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
We were indeed on top of a monster, surely we fell into its hypnosis magic without realizing it.
The beautiful green landscape with fields of flowers changed drastically to a gloomy and dreary one, the giant trees did not change their appearance... So inside this place a hypnosis magic was already active where we did not realize it.
Seriously Sensei, this place you decided on is dangerous.
Below us was a monster of almost 10 meters, its posture hunched with skin with a mixture of dark and grayish tones, covered in a layer of moss and lichens that give it an almost camouflaged appearance among the floors of the same color as the monster.
It has long, lanky arms that end in razor-sharp claws, capable of tearing flesh and cutting us easily.
His mouth, full of sharp, uneven teeth, can open into a sinister grin that reveals a forked tongue that hisses maliciously. The monster moves with a sinister grace, almost floating on the ground covered with dry leaves and branches, without making the slightest sound.
"We have to dodge it!"
I shouted to Tomoe that I was frozen from seeing a monster we haven't seen. Thank God he reacted in time to dodge the monster's claws.
"Try to calm down and also don't attack desperately, it seems like the monster has fire resistance!"
Even Tomoe's full-power arrow had no positive effect on the monster, its fire resistance will be a problem for Tomoe.
We can only cut it with our katana. It is fortunate that he forged with another more robust material.
Running faster to get closer to the monster I managed to see that the bright eyes of sickly yellow colors followed my movement.
This tree monster will be a difficult challenge to overcome.
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I was trembling, my body had frozen at the sight of this monster that managed to resist the arrow I shot at full power.
Sengo-nii started attacking the monster, but I saw it and my brother saw it for sure too... that monster was able to see Sengo-nii's movements quickly...
I have to help him, my brother can't handle that monster alone.
"Even if he told me not to attack using my bow, it will at least serve as a distraction."
The arrow lit up an intense reddish fire, from my place I was looking in which direction to release the arrow, but there was no time to analyze the monster I must help Sengo-nii by diverting the monster's attention so that my brother can give it a severe cut with his katana.
So release the arrow.
The monster diverted his attention, surely he saw in his vision the flames of my arrow.
The arrow was close to his trunk where he obviously managed to dodge it, but this would serve for Sengo-nii to give a severe cut...
"What!"
We were stunned by what the monster did, its tree body split in half, but it worked to dodge the cut that was coming from Sengo-nii.
His body quickly joined together and then attacked Sengo-nii with the claws of his arm.
Thanks to Sengo-nii's agility he managed to escape and get away from the monster.
This monster will be a danger, it seems that it can be disarmed at will.
But I have to check it.
Raising my bow back and using 5 arrows to see if it can be disarmed at will.
Release all 5 arrows at the same time with the same power at 5 important points, look sideways that Sengo-nii also went on the attack.
The arrows passed close to Sengo-nii but he managed to attack the monster with his katana.
"Really..."
It was completely disarmed to survive the combination of the arrows and the katana cuts.
The rest of his body moved at an incredible speed to move away from Sengo-nii and merge into one.
A click made in my mind.
"That may be his weakness ... we just have to be faster."
Sengo-nii realized that as well as he looked at me giving me a signal with the movement of his eyes.
"We can't let that monster escape and merge."
Preparing 5 arrows I threw it with the same power I threw the first time at the monster, while I had another 5 arrows ready on my bow to release it anytime the monster escaped.
And so he did, disarmed, and escaped from Sengo-nii's katana.
"I won't let you do that."
This time I didn't charge the arrows into destruction, I imbued it with speed magic. I couldn't allow the monster to merge.
The 5 arrows arrived and obstructed their fusion allowing Sengo-nii to manage to cut and remove 2 of the 5 split parts.
"It's our victory."
Or so he thought.
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What the hell!
He had managed to remove 2 parts of the 5 of this damn monster and then see that it is shapeshifting with the remaining 3 parts.
He left his tree-like appearance to later get a beast-like appearance.
It doesn't matter, I must remove it quickly.
Taking a strong leap to reach the beast I prepared my katana to cut everything.
Seven, there were seven simultaneous cuts so that he could not dodge.
But his skin became a problem, it became more durable.
The cuts only made a superficial wound.
This is a big problem... There is no other way.
It's time to destroy another katana.
The katana in my hand glowed in a light blue hue.
It's all or nothing in this situation.
I have lost my touch of cutting reality, but it is not a problem, with time and effort I will achieve it.
Now I have to cut and eliminate this monster.
It seems that he felt the fear of losing his life and began to attack me with greater speed.
But it's a shame, you were too late.
Swing!
GRRAAAAAAHHHHHHHH-!
A large cut in the earth was witnessed surprising the inhabitants of the 4th digit of Little Garden, they saw the same direction from which the strange celestial light that cut off their precious location came.
"Completely removed."
Look at the cut he had made with the katana that was destroyed, surely he traveled several kilometers because even I can see that beyond our location that cut continued on its way.
"Come on Tomoe, the way has been cleared."
Tomoe froze watching what he did, but his body kept walking until it stopped near me.
"Like... Like you did!"
"I'll show you later, but we'd better fetch food and water, we're in training."
"Don't dodge the question and answer me!"
I walked away from her, but she followed in my footsteps so I had to go a little faster to get her to calm down.
"I'll teach you, I promise, but calm down, you have to keep going and go home."
Tomoe pouted. "Good! But I'll still bother you when we get home!"
The trip back home will be annoying because of the questions Tomoe will ask.