Chapter 66 The first contract 1 (2/2)
”let's start, come at me however you like”
”yes!”
This time Hanna was more cautious with her movements as she edged closer to Mars before she suddenly speed up and sent out a slash at Mars's upper body that changed mid swing to target his neck
”not bad, but!”
Mars leaned his body back slightly and the wooden sword pas by his neck before he gave a slow slash at Hanna that was out off balance which she just barely dodge by falling forwards and rolling before she quickly sprung up and slashed at Mars again
”good!”
Next followed another hour of training where Mars once again found that Hanna improved at a frightening rate and he guessed that at this rate she would be able to get the level 1 [Swordsmanship] within a few days at most, but there was one problem
”...come here for a second Hanna”
Mars waved over Hanna that stood up form the ground and walked over with slightly shaking legs
”I'm going to touch you now”
”...okay”
Mars carefully poked the mussels on her arms and confirmed his hunch before he activated his [Energy: healing] with 10 units of energy and healed her
”you need to do more or else your body won't be able to keep up with your technique”
”really..? well if you say so, then what should I do?”
”well it rather simple...”
Mars picked up a 2 handed wooden sword and gave it a few swing before he gave a nod and handed it to Hanna
”do 30 overhead swings and stop before it hits the ground”
”now?”
”yes, now”
Hanna gave a nod and raised the wooden sword over her head and slowly swung it down and right before the tip of the sword hit the ground she pulled it up over her head again and looked at Mars
”like this?”
”yeah just like that, but be sure to keep your back straight”
”okay...”
Hanna continued with the practice swings and did rather well even towards the end she kept her form proper even as the sweat was pouring down her face
”good job, do 2 sets of 30 after breakfast and after dinner”
”every day?”
”yep”
”...okay”
Mars could sense slight unwillingness form Hanna and gave a sigh before he spoke
”remembered this is to get stronger, you still want that right?”
Hanna gritted her teeth and eventually gave a nod which caused Mars to give a sigh
”you are doing well and that's why I steep up my expectations of you, you know that right?”
Hanna loosened up a little when she heard Mars's praise and looked at him with resolute eyes
”I will do my best”
Mars gave her a pat on the shoulder
”and that's all that I ask... well then we're done for today”
Mars gave Hanna a last encouraging look before he walked off into the town with Victoria following after him
'what to do now... let's head to the guild first I suppose'
Mars and Victoria walked through the busy streets and soon they reached the guilds where they walked into the mercenary's guild where Mars spotted Jack and called out to him
”hey Jack”
”oh hey there Mars”
”hey don't forget about me”
”yes yes sorry Lina, how are you today?”
”well thanks for asking, I tried some polish for my horns”
”oh I see that, looks nice”
Lina's horns looked a bit more shiny today compared to the last time Mars had seen her
”well what are you guys up too?”
”mot much, well we just found a decent contract so we were talking about taking it”
”oh, mind if I see it?”
”sure, Lina you know where it is right?”
”sure do right there Mars, the one with the Relt merchant company”
Mars followed Lina's finger and saw a contract
---escort request---
place: the nearby Glaenarm village
time/duration: 3 days round trip
subject: bandits have been more active on the roads lately, more details upon meeting
reward: 2500 cel
requester: Relt merchant company
”...seems interesting”
What interested Mars wasn't the merchant company nor was it the cel, it was the energy units he could drain from the bandits