Chapter 112 (1/2)

Chapter 112

Chapter 112: Newfound Goal

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He overextended his punch; don’t dodge, Arthur, duck under and h, she’s off balance; exploit that

The left hook was thrown prematurely Lean your head back an inch

That strike is slow enough; I need to grab that Parry it, grab ahold of the palm and twist

Watch out for the loeep, but don’t ju for you if you do Move in towards the kick where it won’t havefrom behind Don’t waste time to look back; use his shadow instead

Kick inco towards the face, and another ai e the kick aimed at my head and block the one aiet pushed away froeous position

“Ti all of us to a freeze

“damnit!”

“So close!”

“We could’ve had hiiven us one more minute, Master!”

Of the four of theue in dissatisfaction before turning away

“Enough! It is four against one and you guys still dare to cole, solid hit on Arthur? I should have you lot retrained fro his attention tosmile “How do you feel, Arthur?”

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Returning his s pain inthe last attack “Never better”

About fourthat I had trained in the soul realm, thanks to the Aether Orb, for nearly four years While ically, a bit e of Kordri

These three years, I had done nothing besides honing my body, my reflexes, and my acuity for combat My fourteenth birthday had recently passed and it was glaringly obvious just how er I had become, to the point where my past combat abilities see to walk

Kordri had also helped refinenew Whether it was because of physiological differences between humans and asuras or just the fact that he didn’t want to or wasn’t allowed to pass on the Thyestes Clan mana arts to a non-clan member , I chose not to ask I merely trusted Kordri and absorbed whatever he did teach instead

To this day, I wasn’t sure what exactly the Thyestes Clan mana arts was and what it was able to do, but that didn’t ressed to this level of physical co I was thankful for

As the soul realrew dark, I opened ht of the cave I had been in, physically, for the past year

“Thanks again for helping ave a respectful nod to the four, novice Thyestes Clan children

After about the first year inside the soul real to have a li partners to the point where I was fighting on par with Taci and three other young children of the Pantheon asura race

Of course the four of them weren’t constantly inside the soul realm like I had been Because of that “unfairness”, as they constantly pointed out, I had been able to catch up to the Taci, kept a distance fro their displeasure at the thought of helping a lesser race train; it didn’t help that I had beco the fact that they weren’t allowed to use their abilities to the fullest Kordri had made it explicitly clear that ere to useoutside of that would be considered foul play

“Master Kordri Thank you for training me up until now,” I turned and bowed respectfully after we both got out of the pool of blue liquid back inside the cave

“Mmm, it was a treat forh stretch, I turned to face Windso?” I asked as I ns of Sylvie This past year, I wasn’t able to sense, let alone communicate, with my bond It had become a custom to search for her every time I was thrown out of the soul realm, but each attempt proved fruitless

“Huh? Ah, ill start the next portion of training soon” Windsoaze as Kordri, which confusedokay?”

“Nothing’s wrong…” Kordri replied as he tilted his head, studying me like a piece of abstract art

“It’s just that you have not changed,” Windso louder at his words What hasn’t changed? My initial thought turned to my mana core, but that wasn’t it My ht yellow and into the latter levels of the light-yellow; e, starting froe that I had previously been at before startinghere Windsoress ofevery now and then so he should be well aware of the level I’ under the Aether Orb can be tremendously beneficial, it is strictly forbidden to be used on children, or even young adults You can guess why, right? The tiical displacement on a person not yet fully developed mentally,” Windsoainst the use of the aether orb for that reason,” Kordri confessed “Even Lord Indrath was so the Aether Orb, in fear of the consequences However, because of the deficit of time before the war, there was no choice”