Chapter 64 daily life and the hunt in Malrton 7 (1/2)

While Mars and Hanna spared the 4 knights showed up and watched form the edge of the field as Mars trained Hanna

”that's good, but keep a even grip on the hilt!”

”yes!”

As the 4 knights watched Annabel asked Gill

”hey Gill”

”what?”

”since when did the young lady train with a sword?”

”since... wait, she doesn't right?”

”no... but those aren't the moves of an amateur, her [Swordsmanship] is at least level 1... maybe she trained in secret?”

”maybe...”

As the knights were confused but Hanna's show off skill Mars sent her wooden sword flying with a slash and looked over at the 4 knights

”good you're all here, go pick up a wooden sword”

after the 5 people was ready and lined up on the field Mars spotted Elsa of to the side, she was dressed in casual clothes and looked ready for their date as she gave Mars a wave

”okay let's see.... I'm in a good mood today so training is going to be quick”

Annabel gave a light frown

”what do you mean quick?”

Mars gave a smile

”it's simple, I'm going to beat you up with this wooden sword”

”how's that training..?”

”I'm going to hit the weak points in your defense, so try to adjust or don't it's up to you guys”

The 4 knights gave a nod and slipped into a stance while Hanna followed suit

”okay then, here I come!”

Mars's figure turned into a blur and almost instantly 5 smacks sounded out as he appeared behind the 5 with a grin on his face

”what, was that too fast?”

Annabel keeled down, Mars had hit the side of her thigh which had made her lose feeling in her leg while Gill took himself to his arm and the twins both felt pain in their sides, only Hanna gritted her teeth and turned to face Mars without covering her side where a bruise was slowly forming

”damn he's fast... and cheeky too, Gill let's get him!”

”on it!”

Gill and Annabel went on the offence and coordinated a attack on Mars witch he easily dodged while delivering new smacks with his sword at them

”you guys sure are lively, well then let's step it up!”

What followed for the next 30 minutes was Mars beating or rather training the group off 5 until they were covered in bruises, but still they were happy as all of them had managed to improve their defenses somewhat even though no of them had managed to block a single strike from Mars

”well then, that's that...”

Mars healed all off them with 10 units of energy each and put away his wooden sword before he walked over to Elsa that was waiting for him, she wore a rather cute but slightly plain light blue dress which made Mars's eyes sparkle slightly

”sorry to keep you waiting Elsa”

”I don't mind, besides I got to see how strong you are, or at least how fast”

”I see... well then, let me go get something real quick and then let's go”

Elsa gave a sweet smile as she grabbed Mars's arm, making Mars feel a piece of heaven though the softness on his arm

”okay”

The 2 of them went up too Mars's room where Mars quickly grabbed the coins off the table and stuffed some into his pocket before he turned around and saw Elsa was stunned

”what's wrong Elsa?”

Elsa remained in a daze a second longer before she looked at Mars and gave a sigh

”I didn't know you were so rich...”

”rich?”

Mars looked puzzled before he looked at the gold coins and asked

”how much are theses worth? 10.000 cel?”

Elsa gave a sigh before she spoke

”no, they are 100.000 cel each... that's 3 times my yearly salary...”

Mars looked at Elsa for a second before he walked over to the table and picked out the piece off raw glass and asked

”then how about this?”

Elsa became stunned again and after a few seconds she gave a sigh

”that's a mana stone and looking at the size it's worth at least 250.000 cel...”

”a mana stone?”

Seeing Mars was still confused Elsa continued

”right, you came from the forest...”

Elsa reached out and turned on the lights by hitting the switch on the wall

”all the lights in the mansion is powered by a mana stone in the basement, also the one in the basement is the size off a egg and is expected to last for 5 years, where did you even get one so big?”

Mars looked at the coconut sized mana stone and gave a sigh

”from the local outpost off the 8 heads, when I cleared them out last night... the gold coins are also from there”

”the 8 heads... well that makes sense...”

Mars looked at Elsa that still was slightly dazed and quickly stuffed some gold coins in his pocketbefore he gave a smile