Chapter 71 - Stalker (2/2)

His intention being to practice for the whole night until school started the next day, yet something odd occurred.

Although Will refrained from using intent during practice he made it a rule to always have Aqua sense working on his surroundings. At the border of his Aqua Sense range entered an oddity that made his head hurt. The sensation was akin to looking at the sun and being blinded by the light.

Will Immediately switched off his Aqua Sense due to the oddity overloading his senses with an intent that was incredibly overbearing.

He was curious as to who was responsible for this but he kept on practicing. He did not want to get distracted from what he was doing. Aqua sense might have been overwhelmed but there were other ways to see.

The oddity that Will had sensed was a man wielding a spear. He was tall, broad-shouldered and had a stiff expression. He wore plain leather armor and simple cloak. Five years ago such a figure would have no doubt caught the eye of the masses. But now, especially considering how dark it was, no one paid much heed.

The man approached the tallest building in the area, a ten-story structure, and climbed up the walls with his bare hands. This attracted attention from those who could see what he was doing, but he disappeared from their sight the moment he reached the rooftop.

As soon as he reached that point the man simply sat cross-legged and stared in Will's direction.

Will could see the man staring at him from quite the distance, but he paid little attention to it and continued training. So long as the man did nothing to disturb Will, he would mind his own business.

This continued until morning. The man was still staring at Will with a naked gaze while he practiced. When Will decided it was time for school he jumped down. As he did this the man's gaze never left his visage.

'Look's like I've got a fan. Took him long enough.'

As Will landed he sped off to school snickering in his mind. The man did not leave the roof and simply closed his eyes. Waiting for his target to return to the skies above.

This odd behavior continued for the entire week. Will would go up into the sky and practice his sword strokes and the man would simply observe. Will was not bothered by it at all and simply continued on training.

Despite his seemingly lax mentality, what happened to Alice weighed heavily on Will's mind, and this was a form of therapy for him. He could not be bothered to pay attention to curious onlookers.

Throughout the week Alice didn't attend school, not once. Will found this reaction normal and decided not to inquire about anything. As far as he was concerned perhaps it would be best for her to stay away from dangerous things for a while.

Letty and Will remained in constant communication. Apparently, quite a few Lords approached Letty with the intention of meeting Will. He told Letty that he was not to be disturbed so she brushed them aside and told them that Will was training. There were a few visitors that could simply not be ignored thus Letty had to entertain them quite a bit...

When Friday evening hit Will approached the clouds and started training. He intended to go to Miami at midnight and see what progress Letty had made regarding the city. Will had also heard of some very forceful guests who refused to leave until they met her master.

As Will looked to the side, watching the spear-wielding man stared back at him, he sighed in resignation. Will assumed this would be like other nights but this time there was a change.

The man stood up. A large boulder the size of a house appeared in his right hand and he hurled it straight towards Will. Will didn't bother stopping his training and continued his swings, a boulder was far from a threat to him. But it was not meant as a weapon.

The man leaped off the roof of the building, heading straight for the boulder which had traveled about a fifth of the distance to Will. He landed on the boulder with practiced ease.

Boom!

Like thunder, the man roared across the sky with the energy he gained by launching himself off the boulder, which was now just a pile of ashes falling in the sky.

This is what finally caught Will's attention. He Immediately raised his guard facing the man, because he had covered the remaining distance with a breath's worth of time.

Clang!

The man's spear clashed with Will's sword bringing forth the beautiful ring of metal on metal. The moments the duo clashed Will was overwhelmed by the force of his opponent's attack and slid backward by many meters. He had to create more ice behind himself in order to remain in the sky.

Will plunged his sword into the ice to halt the inertia. When Will finally stopped he pulled removed his sword, only to receive an incredible shock.

The duo was now within a large wooden hall. It contained no windows, no decorations, nothing but four white walls and a wooden floor.

Somehow in the time, it took Will to draw his sword and look up, he had been taken to this place. What bothered him the most was that he sensed nothing. Only his eyes told him that he was now somewhere else.

He didn't dare release his Aqua Sense in fear of feeling retribution in the form of overbearing intent. Despite that, the intent still came out, with words attached to it

”Before you speak know this. You are not qualified to know who I am, neither are you qualified to know why I am doing this. All you have to know is that you are now in my space, and you can't leave until I allow it, or until I am defeated.”