Chapter 101 - Don’t Wake Up The Monster (2/2)
”Fine, teach me the sword please!” Jack bowed respectfully and clasped his hands.
”Good. I just so happened to have created a new technique, come here and take it. I guarantee that you will be satisfied in training this. One hour of training this sword technique equals three hours training any of those standard 'legendary' tier techniques.” Simon scoffed as he held out a violet coloured book.
Jack ran to Simon and snatched the book with great anticipation of things to come.
”Thank you master! I will train the… Void Sword Technique with all of my heart!” Jack yelled as he knelt down and bowed his head.
”Relax… relax… As your master, I have your best interests at heart.” Simon smiled.
”Now then… I have 69 more techniques left over, you all can scramble for them. I will just watch over here and take a nap with Dahlia.” Dahlia appeared from behind Simon's legs and firmly held his leg with one arm and a huge pillow with another.
”Papa! I want to sleep~ Mama says she can't stay with me right now, so you have to do it!” Dahlia commanded as she pointed at him like a superior would to their subordinates.
'I wonder who she got that from?'
”Okay, Papa will sleep right next to you. Please don't cry.” Simon assured her with a warm and scared smile.
”Good! Make sure not to snore! I heard these big sisters and brothers snoring from the other end of the house! They are so loud that I could not sleep! If you snore, I will cry.” Dahlia yelled.
”Okay… okay… Papa won't snore, just come over here and we can use the wall to rest.” Simon carried Dahlia over to the other end of the room and tried rocking her to sleep as any other parent would.
”If anyone makes noise and wakes my Dahlia up, I will personally spank everyone until your butts become purple.” Simon glared at the kids before they began scrambling for techniques.
”Make sure you remember-”
”WAAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAH!!!” Dahlia woke up.
”PAPA!! I WANT TO SLEEP!! WHY ARE YOU SO NOISY??! WAAAAAH!”
10 minutes later:
”Finally.” Simon managed to get Dahlia to sleep again. This time, he used a non-audible way of communication to direct his disciples.
He twirled his fingers in the air and wrote a glowing message using his power. Sort of reminiscent of those glow-up signs you would see at night time when you go home from work.
(If the technique is compatible with you, there should be a green glow when you touch it. If the technique is not suitable for you, then there will be no glow. If it is fated for you, the technique will glow orange and fly into your face like a rabid dog.)
”Hmmm… Master has obviously left every single one of us a fated technique. This must be a test to check whether our perception is good enough to remain as his disciples!” Simon yelled.
”SHUSH!” Every single kid shushed him and there was no longer and sound.
”...”
”I think this is a trial too. The first part of this trial is obviously whether or not we can work as a team to find our fated techniques together. The second part must be whether we can train it to a satisfactory degree before master wakes up. He is obviously putting pressure on us by forcing us to practice quietly and learn the art of silence. This is probably because it will help us attune to the techniques with a great degree of focus and it will also teach us the value of peace…” Mark whispered.
”Master is probably not even sleeping right now. It is a ruse to keep pressure on us because we won't know when he will wake up and check our results. I have a feeling that Dahlia is also secretly awake and is part of the plot. Master is a genius and his daughter is a monster. I really look up to her.” Sam interjected.
At this point, all 70 disciples were huddled up in one corner of the room, discussing how they would attempt to clear the 'trial'.
”If my predictions are correct, master's first warning will be at the 10% mark. My guess is that he will roll over to his side and groan once.” Sienna rubbed her chin as she began thinking intensely.
”Uurggh…” Simon rolled over to his side and g.r.o.a.n.e.d.
”Sienna was right! Shit, we need to start organising the techniques and picking through the correct ones straight away! Master is not letting us relax on this trial. Do not even think about disappointing Master.” Tyrone quietly yelled as he approached the pile of techniques and startled handing them out.
”Now pass them around and if it glows orange, keep it.” Tyrone whispered as he started the train.
”Tyrone is a genius!!” Simon yelled.
”Simon! Shush! None of us wants master to punish us until our buttsbecome purple!” Jack appeared from behind Simon and gagged him with his a napkin.
”Phew… Dahlia didn't wake up.”
”WAAAAAAAAH!”