Sorry , I was studying these last couple week, so I didn't have much time to write but I'm back ![th_085_.gif] :smoke:

Oh , I'm trying to increase the length too .

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Waiting for Lusella at conference room , I was reading some book , some fiction probably coming from Earth .

Then a woman entered the room , it was Lusella .

Mark : " Oh Lusella , you're back . "

Lusella : " Mmh, you're already here . No need for me to look for you then . I assume you got rid of the bandits . "

Mark : " Yeah , it was as easy as pie . So , what's the plan about the Balathan guy ? "

She sat at the chair just in front of me . I thought that a sweet scent will flow in to my nostril but what flowed in was a horrible scent of BS .

Lusella : " Since she did all the work ,Grellyse will tell you when we're all here .

Mark : " You stink . " I stated bluntly .

Lusella : " Deal with it . " With a ` I don't give a damn` attitude .

Mark : " Well , we'll probably kill Tharan in the process , so I wanted to know what will you do with the slave when you will have the city ? "

I'm curious of what they're going to do with them . It'll be cool if they released them but I'm not that optimistic with that . I was raised as any normal person is , which mean slavery is wrong . So I try to do greed deed whenever I can , without putting me in danger of course .

Lusella : " We will release them . "

Mark : " That it ? I thought that you wanted a trained army of slave ? "

Lusella : " Trained army of ex slave . Most of them doesn't know what to do when they are released , so we're going to give them a goal in their life . It's better if they fight for us willingly than being forced to do so . "

Wow , I didn't expect that . Maybe they're not that bad after all .

Three people walked in the room , it was Grellyse , Ygreth and Komir .

Ygreth : " Everybody is already here ? Great , let's begin . Grellyse . " He mentioned at her to start talking.

Grellyse : " From what I gathered , The transaction will be held at Sodan forest , near the border river in ten days .

Asmodius offered one carriage of adamantium and mithril with a peace treaty for the six summoned . Balanthan will come with his best man , ten of them . It's not sure for Tharan , he'll probably come with at least one hundred man . I suggest that us four take fifty man and come from the borders , Finil and the puppy will come from the other side with fifty man too . We will strike at the start of the transaction . "

It's me or she just called me puppy ? I thought .

Lusella : "I guess that everybody agreed to the plan . Mark I need to talk to you . "

Me and Lusella left the room in direction of the cave exit , I followed quietly behind her .

Lusella : " Mark you will head to the Finil manor , Damien here will guide you there . " She pointed at somebody wearing the guard uniform except that it's color are green .

Lusella : "The Finil are expert in any form of martial arts , they will be able to teach you couple things . It'll be useful for you no matter how you fight . So, train hard . "

Mark : " Okay , it can't be that bad . I always wanted to learn kung fu . "

Lusella walked back into the cave probably to settle the detail about the plan .

Damien : " We should get going . "

I followed Damien to the city , we bypassed the usual check up quite because of his armor . We reached to a Huge manor with 3 other mansion near to it .

We entered to the huge manor , walking in a long corridor decorated by some paint and sculpture . Damien led me into a bureau , a man , green hair with a green bread too was sitting behind his desk writing something .

Damien : " Mr. Seror , I have brought Mr. Sigfrid . "

Finil : " Oh Mark , I've been warned of your arrival , and you ? Do you know why you're here ? "

Mark : " Yeah , to learn couple thing in close quarters combat . "

Finil : " That's right , Roland my son, will be your instructor . He started to learn all kind of martial arts since he was young , he'll be able to teach you with great efficacy . "

Mark : " Oh nice , when do we start ? "

Finil : " Right now , I won't be able to be present , since I have a lot to do with the plan for the attack . Damien will lead you to the hall where's everyone training , and I also prepared a room for you , so feel at home . "

After saying my thanks to Finil , Damien guided me toward the training hall . We left the main manor and entered in one of the mansion , as soon we got in , I could see hundreds of people training or sparring with different type of weapon . Damien led me toward a blue haired man , he was tall probably more than 190 cm and he was fairly muscular . He wore a black karate gi , he must be Roland .

Roland : " Hello , you must be Mark . I'm Roland Seror , Finil Seror son . I've been informed of your arrival , it's a pleasure to meet you finally . "

He extended his arm for a shake and I responded . We shook our hand firmly , I think he was trying to gauge my strength .

Mark : " Nice to meet you too , I didn't know that you wanted to meet me . "

I was curious of what Lusella or anybody was talking about me .

Roland : " I mean you will be the strongest member of our organization. " He muttered to me .

Well , I didn't know that we were a organization , I don't even know its name .

Mark : " Hum , I'm not sure of that . "

Roland : " You'll be sure when we're done . " He said enthusiastically.

Mark : " Yeah ... So , what we are we going to do ? "

Roland : " Let's start with some sparring , then I can decide what kind of fighting suit you best ."

We both standing there like in spaghetti western , staring at each other .

I'm, afraid to make the first move , from what I've seen in movie if the guy who doesn't know anything about martial strike first he's going to get taken down instantly .

Knowing my hesitance , Roland dashed at me and did a spin kick , his movement are smooth and fast . I could hear the wind reaping apart by his kick , I parried it but when his leg landed , I could feel like it was a huge metal bar falling upon me . I tried to grab his leg but he already pulled it out and started his next attack , in a uppercut motion , he punched my stomach . My breath ejected violently out of my lung . I took a couple step back .

*cough* *cough*

Roland : " You have to try harder Mark , this is nowhere enough . "

Slowly taking my breath back , I dashed at him arching my hand backward ready to punch him . But he just took a step forward and throw a left jab at my jaw . My movement was instantly stop , I tried again and again to hit him , no matter where I punched , or when I tried to fake a strike to bait him . It always ended up by him dodging it and counter it , he will stop after every counter to let me recover a bit .

But suddenly he started to beat me down , his punches are like gatling gun . I tried to stop him but I couldn't , he pushed me at the ground and keep hitting my face . This situation reminded me of something that I wanted to forget .

[Flashback]

Guy : " Don't you dare to laid your eyes on her you fucking lazy pig ! "

Why is he beating me ... All I did was looking at her for a moment . Argh , it hurt so much . Why does this happen to me every time ...

[Flashback end]

My whole body started to feel hot , my eyes are wide open and I'm grinding my teeth so hard that I could probably break steel . A burning sensation is going thru my chest and head . It was the feeling of upmost rage .

[Roland P.O.V]

I was excited to finally met the chosen one , destined to a grand future if what Komir said to me is real . I always admired strength , I wanted to participate to something big , to something that will carved into history . I don't want to be the center of it , just be a part of it .

And here he is , I'll be personally teaching him everything he needs to know about fighting . I've been training for twenty years , started when I was two , I mastered twenty type of martial arts and have more to go .

When I met him , he looked like sheep . Passive , with no real presence , just like a sheep .

I was already informed that he has no knowledge of any martial arts . I still expected him to show some talent but what I saw was utter disappointment .

He was mindlessly throwing his punch hoping to hit me , like some thugs will do . But above everything , I could see on his face , he wasn't taking this seriously . Sure it's just a spare , but no matter how much I told him to take this seriously or try harder , a leader shouldn't look like a sheep but like wolf , not like any wolf but an alpha one .

So I lost cool and to pinned him down , sitting on top of him I punched again and again at his head , I wanted make him understand that he needed to change if he wanted to be stronger . But in reality I just venting my frustration .

But suddenly his eyes changed , it changed white for a second then returned to black . His expression changed too, this is the face of anger but I couldn't feel any killing intent . I caused the anger , I'm quite sure of it , he's angry at everything but in the same time at nothing .

He caught both my hands , I could feel his strength and see his speed , he's definitely stronger than me in raw strength . He pushed me away , we were surrounded by a crowd , it may be dangerous if he goes in a rampage .

He rushed at me and started to rain down punches , his punches were fast , strong and precise . I was feeling excitement , he is much more than I hoped . Even though I enjoy the moment it's time to put a end to this sparring before I get tired from constantly parrying and dodging his strike .

I remarked that he never used his feet , so when he tried to punch me again , I deviated his right arm and tackled him down . I attacked his ear by using the five fingers technique to disorienting him (AN : you will know what I mean if you watched ip man 2 ). Then I punched his chin by the left to knock him out .

I asked some people to carry him to the infirmary , he was just like I expected .