94 Chapter 94: First Defea (1/2)
Seeing Caesar's eager smile, a strange gleam appeared in Musashi's eyes as he turned around and led them in the opposite direction.
Caesar, Ahri, and the kobold elder followed behind him in silence… they walked by the large garden and headed directly to the large mansion in the middle of the stronghold.
Along the way, many curious gazes were cast upon them by the fox-kin… It wasn't every day they had the luxury to see the clan head.
”Oh my, is that the clan head and the empress?” an older fox-kin female nudged the shoulder of her friend and asked.
”Y-you're right! Who are they walking with though?” the other woman asked curiously after observing Caesar's unfamiliar face for a moment.
”You don't you know? That is the strategist that beat Faust and Leo in a duel!” the fox-kin lady replied excitedly with stars in her eyes.
”You mean THAT Faust? The most likely person to take the mantle of clan head once Musashi steps down?” the girl asked with an astonished tone
Caesar and the rest didn't mind the harmless gossip that surrounded around them and continued moving forward, Musashi's footsteps didn't halt in the slightest as he walked through the large mansion as if he was taking a stroll in his garden.
They passed by a few long corridors and soon arrived at the most northeastern point of the mansion, they stopped in front of two large jade doors with two realistic lion sculptures on both ends of the doors, as if they were guarding it.
Musashi lifted his hand and lightly pressed on the door, he closed his eyes and let out a long breath before abruptly snapping his eyes open and sending a large wave of mana into the door.
*CREAK*
The jade doors blasted open and a huge gust of wind assaulted Caesar's and the rests face, Caesar squinted his eyes and covered his face with his hand.
After a few seconds, Caesar dropped his hand and opened his eyes wide, small cherry blossoms floated through the air as if they were beckoning him closer.
Musashi's lips curled once he noticed Caesar's astonished expression, 'hehe, I've finally surprised this straight-faced man' Musashi cheered inwardly and took a step forward.
”Follow me, youngster, this is my personal training grounds” Musashi spoke without glancing behind him and continued marching onward.
Caesar nodded and closely followed behind him, while both Ahri and the kobold elder who had been shamelessly following them until now, looked at each other with a weird expression.
”Should we continue following them?” The kobold whispered in Ahri's direction…
”That's my grandfather and boyfriend so I don't see a problem with me following them, but, you…' Ahri spoke in a strange tone as she scrutinized the kobold elder. If she was being completely honest, she didn't even notice his presence until now!
”Hehe, it should be fine, right? I mean, I am their new ally after all!” The kobold elder comforted himself while striding forward.
Ahri shook her head with a wry smile and didn't take to long to join the kobold elder in following both Caesar and Musashi through the jade doors.
Once they passed through the entrance, a grand arena appeared in their line of sight, stone white pillar placed at each corner of the arena as well as an elegant square pattern etched on to the arena floor.
A large and thriving cherry blossom tree was just a bit south of the arena and it's long branches just barely reached above it, perfectly shading it from the blazing sun.
*whoosh*
A strong breeze kicked up Caesar's hair as he observed the arena, creating a perfect scene that looked as though it was taken out of a beautiful painting.
Although Caesar's footsteps halted, Musashi's didn't, he walked into the middle of the arena and faced Caesar with a wide smile.
”This will be our training grounds for the next week or so, I hope you can learn a lot before the tournament because you can bet that Faust will bet training with everything he has” Musashi spoke solemnly and broke Caesar out of his stupor.
Caesar loosened the collar on his suit and walked up to the arena, ”don't act as though you have the right to teach me yet” Caesar said with a dangerous glint in his eyes, this wasn't Caesar's arrogance, but his pride… he wouldn't let someone weaker than him be his trainer.
”Haha, in due time” Musashi laughed loudly and walked to the top left pillar, he sent another wave of mana inside and a small compartment opened up. Two relatively large silver chains suddenly shout out from the pillar and wrapped themselves around Musashi's arms.
Caesar tore off his blazer and unbuttoned his sleeved shirt, only a skin-tight black undershirt was left. He took out both of the swords he had acquired from the dwarven treasury and entered into a fighting stance.
”Ohoo, a spatial ring huh? That's quite the rare object you got their boy” Musashi said with an impressed expression while also getting into a fighting stance, putting one fist before the other, as if he was a boxer.