Chapter 59 daily life and the hunt in Malrton 2 (1/2)
Jack's ears dropped slightly and Mars removed the hand on his shoulder before he gave a smile
”well I don't really case, just be sure to praise me more next time”
”...seriously?”
Mars put on a super serious face and gave a nod
”seriously”
Jim and Lina's opinion of Mars dropped slightly when they saw Mars's arrogant behavior but Mars simply glanced over them before he ignored them and gave Jack a pat on the shoulder
”well then what are you waiting for?”
Jack lit up and stood up before he asked Mars
”have you accepted my request?”
”no”
”but---”
”Jack I see you as a friend, and friends don't take money to beat up friends”
”...thanks Mars”
”don't thank me now, do it when we're done with training”
Mars walked towards the training yard with Jack eagerly following after him
”... did Jack just leave us behind?”
”he sure did... let's follow and see if this 'sword master' is as good as Jack says”
”... I bet you 200 cel he is Jim”
”you're on Lina”
Jim and Line quickly followed after Mars and Jack out to the training yard where they already had gathered a small crowd that made Jim's face stiffen slightly
”go easy on me Mars”
”sure, start when you are ready”
Mars lifted his bone sword in a casual manner as he readied himself for the training session while Jack put on a serious face as he raised his 2-handed iron sword and inched closer and closer to Mars before he suddenly stepped in and swung the sword down towards Mars
”too slow!”
Mars easily sidestepped the sword and struck out with his own sword which landed on Jack's back leaving a mark on his armor, luckily for Jack Mars had struck with the back on his sword or else Jack would have been cut in two
”ouch!”
”come on, be sure to keep something for dodging the counter attack”
”y-yes!”
”good then here I come”
Mars kicked off the ground and momentarily disappeared before he reappeared in front of Jack and sent a slash towards his 2-handed iron sword sending it flying with a clang before he kicked Jack in the chest
”come on! keep a even grip on your sword!”
”y-yes Mars!”
”good, now pick it up and attack again!”
”yes!”
while Mars kicked around Jack for the 2nd day in a row the crowd, mostly made of swordsmen looked at the display with sparkling eyes, but not all of the people watching was happy among them Jim had a truly funny face to look at as he watched Jack getting kicked around while Lina next to him had a happy face as she poked him from the side
”hey I think you lost the bet”
Jim's face twisted even more, before he took his bow and nocked a arrow and took aim at Mars
”if he really is a swords master then he should have no problem dodging this!”
”Jim no!”
time seemed to slow down for Lina as she watched the arrow fly towards Mars from behind, Jim had not held back as it was aimed at his spine, but when the arrow was only half a meter form it's target Mars's arm suddenly blurred and the next moment he had caught the arrow in his hand and turned around yelled
”WHO DARE!!!”
Mars was truly pissed off, not only was it a sneak attack it would also had been fatal if the arrow had hit it's mark. the crowd turned silent and quickly took some distance from Jim and Lina pointing out a target for Mars
”WAS IT YOU!?”
Mars took a steep forwards when he saw the bow in Jim's hand and instantly the temperature around Mars raised with several degrees as his [Dragon flame magic] was activated by his rage and small flames began to form mid air while Jim went pale and tried to explain
”i-it was just a joke”
”a joke!?”
the flames hovering in the air got slightly bigger
”y-yes just a joke!”
”I see... A JOKE!?”
”HIIII---”
Jim continued to back off while he scammed like a pig
”YOU CALL THAT A JOKE!?”
Mars condensed the flames into spears and made them spin before he fired them at Jim
”Mars stop!”
Jack yelled out in vain as the fire spears pierced through the air only to pause right before they hit him and disappear into to thin air leaving Jim in a short daze before he pissed himself and passed out forming from the mouth with the whites off his eyes showing
”just a prank bruh”
”prank?”
”it means joke in a ancient dialect, anyway let's continue Jack... Jack?”
Jack looked dazed at Mars for some time before he pulled himself together and asked Mars with awe clear in his voice
”you know fire magic Mars?”