20 years

"Roooaahhh!."

A primal roar could be heard from miles away A beast with block pupils and black fur. The front two Canines seem to be growing continuously. The tail of this beast caused a gust of storm.

It then suddenly shrank to a miniature form of itself.

As you may have guessed, the animal was Josiah.

(Josiah): "I have finally practiced Being able to gigantify myself."

The reason Josiah seems to have grown was that he used his mana to blow up his body to huge proportions, but don't be mistaken. It's not like they became adults or anything, but they do become stronger while tending to lose stamina more.

He was practicing this to get into his next project to turn into another form.

He went to the pond to look at his reflection.

Crack.

Pop.

Disturbing noise could be heard, as Josiah was trying to resist the pain. But it worked although a little mistake.

Since he was still a newborn baby, his human form would support that also.

(Josiah): "Well I did know this well I would just have to imagine myself older."

But why stop there? Nobody could stop him from doing what he wanted to do so he just imagined a better version of himself.

A few minutes went by, and it worked. He stared at the reflections. He unknowingly let out some of his tears.

(Josiah): "I still cry like a normal person, how fascinating."

In his human form, he could see a toned-bodied man with a darker complexion. He had a fade on his head but had loose curls on the top part.

He tried to get up, but he couldn't do it because he felt his body creak.

(Josiah): " I never really noticed it in my true beast form but there is more gravitational pressure on this planet so my body from home won't work huh. even when I make my bones thicker I'm not used to it."

Even with this dilemma, he was calm.

How?

He closed his eyes, as he activated his skill.

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In an instant, he felt like he had never left Earth. Gravity felt so natural to him.

He looked around in his new view, stretching out his body.

His eyes eventually landed on pieces of clothing and the floor. Albis brought some for him and the rest when she left for some time.

He found out that she has a home that she owns.

Josiah's opinion of her was rising a little while he was in his fantasy land. Waking up to go get his clothes.

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He used electromagnetics because the clothes were infused with nanotechnology; it was like it almost had a mind of its own.

So, when he attracted it to himself it started vibrating, then opened up a little to get him inside first was the gray tank top, then it was the white sweater afterward, the underwear, lastly his pants.

They felt extremely comfortable like it was never there.

(Josiah): "Wow, technology must be super advanced here, I can't wait to check out the world."

He had a huge grin as he had felt he was going to be on a heck of a journey throughout his time here and he couldn't wait.

(Josiah): "I wonder how the others are doing."

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His view was a full 360 degrees. The world was starting to get undressed just as he spoke. This feeling of information flooding in was something he knew he couldn't keep on to for long. So he wanted to find any of them quickly before he started to feel the effects. He felt every life form and inorganic form, it took him a while to find one.

"Found you."

As he said that he turned off his skill, then ran at top speed to the body that he sensed.

(Sarrs): " Hundred more to go."

All I saw was a buff human. Although he was far shorter, he seemed like a martial artist to me.

What has mother been teaching him...

He had been punching the air nonstop for God knows how long. He looked like a fool.

(Josiah): "Woah you are working hard huh."

I said it in a sarcastic tone.

(Sarrs): "Mother showed me something with body conditioning and I fell in love with it like how cool it is!"

Uh sure. I mean, people like Bruce Lee were badass, but how would you get stronger? in a world with magic. seems pointless.

(Sarrs): "hmph It seems like your unconvinced come let me show you."

He threw out a pose where he put his left arm to his side and his right arm was out.

(Josiah): " Woah isn't it a bad idea to let me do the first punch and please put on a shirt.

I walked closer to him. Threw my fist out at him. He caught it, then kicked my stomach.

(Josiah): "oomph."

I was trying to get to my surroundings, but then I suddenly saw stars. But I wasn't going to go down like this in such a pathetic manner as if making fun of me, his leg connected to my temple. I fell, hitting the ground. My brain shook because of the impact. The ground shakes, my ears feel like they are popping in and out.

(Sarrs): "Hahaha You now know the beauty of martial arts."

I swear I was seeing double. That was a little unexpected, but. If he honestly thought I was going to let him take this one, he got another thing coming.

(Josiah): " If it's a fight you want, it’s a fight you're going to get."

As if reflecting my desires, my eyes turned slit, and my canine was growing a little more.

I popped out my claws unconsciously. Swung at him using the said claws, but he dodged it and instead landed a clean blow to my jaw.

He smiled satisfied with the results, making him feel like he could get a little bit cocky. He spouted these words.

(Sarrs): "Then I will show you the beauty of fighting come at me, my student."

(Josiah): "Oh, fuck off."

My eyes turned slit, and my canine protruded more. It was as if I was showing my sense of self.

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I turned nearby rocks magnetic, then attracted them to me. When they were floating around me, I then repelled them.

Because I didn't direct it too well, it went all over the place, but it didn't matter. I was just too humiliated. I wanted to get back at him.

Sarrs saw this, his eyes opened wide. He didn't know what just happened, but he remembers his younger siblings talking about the event that happened years ago.

(Sarrs): "Woah you are taking this seriously huh I guess I should too but shouldn't be too quick to dismiss me I also learned something new."

He dodged all the incoming rocks that flew near him, then closed his eyes.

That doesn't seem too good, should I dodge, run, or blitz him.? ahh, I don't know.

While I was trying to plan my battle strategy, Sarrs moved his hand clockwise. Gradually, the water started gathering in a circle.

Bam

He punched into the circle with his left-hand stream of water flowing with him.

I did a backflip. He made a dent in a stone near me.

I was scared as the said stone started to break, realizing he also pieced the wood behind it with such precision.

He showed no signs of stopping, instead, he was speeding up.

I ran away, climbing on trees, hiding underneath the logs. The birds with four wings flapping there, gray wings away to dodge the aftermath.

Oh, how I wish to be with them at this moment.

I heard rushing water. Feeling relief, I wanted to lead him over there. To see if I could change the playing field. The river was lower to us, so I would need to get down safely.

(Sarrs): " Hahaha you fool I did that on purpose now witness."

He stopped his firing, then ran to the cliff at top speed, jumped off the ground, put his legs forward.

I was too late to react, he kicked my chest. I lost balance, we were both falling to the river, but I noticed that we were heading not to the water part but the land.

I was about to use my gravitational force manipulation to defy gravity.

Boom

He punched my face, but for some reason, it felt strange, and I bit my tongue.

When I punched you, I also manipulated the water within you when I noticed your defense got weaker for a second.

Why is he telling me what he did, like an anime character? Is he just looking down on me?

Using me as a propeller, he kicked me to reach the edge of the cliff. popped out his claws and dug it into the earth to slow his gradual fall.

Meanwhile, I was further sped up. My brain was jumbled up so I couldn't defend myself.

crack

The ground grew, a crack in it, dust floating, in the air. It was filling my lungs that filled my lungs.

My body felt numb. My organs were all jumbled up but quickly reverted to their original position.

I tried to get up. feeling a little dizzy. I had a sense of foreboding.

Sarrs was standing simply fine. Looking down from his position he raised an arm was aimed towards the river and he focused on it. He then started to chant in a strange tongue, and as he did, the water from the river started to flow upwards, then it shot up.

(Sarrs): " Mother taught me the language of the world, the elves created it to feel more attuned with nature; this was their result.

The water fell then in the form of rain wetting my body. My hair was converting my face. I was about to combat him

(Sarrs): "A martial artist never has just one trick."

He tried to seem as disciplined as possible. He just seemed like a fanboy; I swear.

He held out his palm, then it started to combust into a fire-like substance, as he then controlled into a fireball and in his left air was starting to get gathered, although weaker. I knew it was enough.

He is trying to create steam. Even a fool would realize that.

(Sarrs): "Here you go."

He threw out the fireball while trying to keep it steady in place; when it got close to the rain, he then used air to momentarily make it explode.

zzz

I couldn't see it, but I wasn't out of options.

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I could see him using gravity to push him before he could reach, but he got to trip but used his hands to rebalance himself and then did a spin kick. He pushed me away with air magic so I used electromagnetic force to guide his hits so I could hit him better.

But to no avail. He was dodging every hit and hitting me back. knew that doing close-quarters combat with him was pointless.

So, I used my skill once more.

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I put all the force on my legs, then let them lift. It was like I was floating in space. It was amazing.

I used gravity attraction to get all the debris around me. I was going to repeat it when he was distracted. I was going to use water magic to choke him.

He knew he was at a disadvantage, so he did the logical thing he could think of now.

He jumped, but at the same time his hands grew into paws, and it pooped out claws.

It latched onto my pants, dragging me to the ground with him, harming us both.

Oh.? If this was an endurance battle, then I would just attract everything to me.

But just as we were about to attack each other again.

A green Humanoid being with four arms, he has two arms on his lower abdominal side and the rest of the arms on, where it is supposed to be, his thighs were muscular; the only thing that was covering him was a short and tank top. His mouth was like a bunch of tentacles, slimy, and it had a mind of its own. His heels were slightly higher. His toes' nails were sharp, digging into the ground with every step. His head was moving like sea kelp.

(???): "Woah you guys are having fun."