1184 Becoming Stronger 6 (1/2)
”Are you done resting?” Garen said lightly.
Hu...
Yuria took a deep breath and halted his body's movements. His eyes gleamed with never-before-seen flickers of fighting spirit.
”I'm done.”
”Come then,” Garen showed a sense of seriousness.
The first time.
For the first time, he placed his left hand on the handle.
It was then that everyone realized that Garen had only been using one arm at the beginning. Just one, right hand to merely push Yuria to breathlessness.
An unyielding pressure was emitted by Garen, mounting Yuria to the point of slight asphyxiation.
”How powerful...!”
He gathered up his energy, no matter if it was the borrowed force from the savior or the newly realized Hydra, he turned all of it to his own.
Puff!
He took a step forward dramatically, before lunging towards Garen.
In that instance, the two wooden blades collided onto one another.
Clang!!!
******
The summer's breeze was warm and the leaves rustled from the wind. The sun rays quavered with the flow.
Golden fragments appeared in sight as though the entire forest turned into a golden ocean with clear ripples.
Yuria lay flat on the ground with open arms in the pit, gasping for fresh air. He couldn't be bothered with the sweat drenching the dirt ground and staining his body. He was exhausted beyond words.
He felt an endless weary sweeping him away.
Yurijie hurried to him, carrying a basin of water and a water bottle. She kneeled by her brother and carefully wiped the sweat and dirt off on Yuria with a towel.
Pat...
Sounds of footsteps drew near and stopped by Yuria.
It was Garen.
With complicated feelings, he looked at Yuria on the ground. The wooden blade in his hand was broken in half and only the lower half was held.
”I… Is that considered…a pass?” Yuria asked breathlessly.
Garen was silent for a moment before closing his eyes in contemplation.
”You're still far from that.”
He answered in a low voice.
”Oh...”
Yuria smiled bitterly.
”But this time, you passed...” Garen suddenly turned and walked away. The remaining half of the wooden blade was stocked on his shoulder. He did not even notice Yuria and his sister sharing a smile of joy and excitement behind him.
Nine-Tailed Fox jumped into the pit agilely and walked towards Garen.
”How proud. You're really dead set on keeping your pride.”
Nine-Tailed Fox whispered in glee as they crossed by.
”Say whatever you want to,” Garen wasn't in the best of moods. ”Your time is up next.”
”Of course,” Nine-Tailed Fox nodded and treaded lightly towards Yuria.
”See what you did, starting at such a high point. Don't you know it'll be hard for me to teach you?” She walked towards the siblings and looked at both their puzzled faces.
”Alright, your Head Minister had handed you over to me. I will be guiding you on far-ranged attack training,” Nine-Tailed Fox gave a sneaky smile.
******
One day later...
After resting for a whole day, Yuria and his sister were brought to an empty basement by Nine-Tailed Fox.
The four walls of the basement were of a black metal surface. There were tiny traces of bumps and hollows all over the walls. It was unknown what was the place used for.
There was only one entrance and the door was a three-meter thick, heavy metal conveyor.
The sibling duo wore bullet-proof vests and stood in the center of the basement. Each of them was holding a high-power gun. They both had a dull and absent look on their faces. It seemed that they didn't think Nine-Tailed Fox, a young lady who looked like a student, would fiddle with such a horrifying, killing weapon.
They had labeled Garen and Nine-Tailed Fox as mysterious students and these impressions were crushed so badly by these two guns.
Nine-Tailed Fox stood opposite them with her back against the wall. She was wearing a black, tight suit that outlined her bosom and lower half body finely. The sort of sexy, tight outfit that sent little student blushing.
Both Garen and Kong Xinxue stood and watched by the side.
”And now,” Nine-Tailed Fox spoke gently, ”I will train you on how to react to an intensive quick-range attack. Base on the opponent you described, he seems to be fitting to this style.”
”Mm,” Yuria focused his mind and nodded solemnly. ”Yes, large-scale magnetic pins attack. He would first lay down a large number of pins so that he could draw them to attack anytime.”
”Then it'll be easy,” Nine-Tailed Fox smiled. ”What you need is how to avoid this sort of quick and mass attack, how to find out a way out from the storm.”
”So what should I do?” Yuria was earnest to learn.
”What should you do?” Nine-Tailed Fox lifted the gun in her hands. Her smile became eerie.
Seeing the gun in her hands, the sibling duo suddenly thought of a discouraging possibility.