34 New Instructor (2/2)
”I've heard that you are very strong for your age. If that is the case, I will be pushing you much harder than anyone else. Oh, and I have been assigned to train you personally, so we will get to know each other very well over this next year. Keep in mind, I have a reputation to uphold so if you do not perform at your best capacity, you will pay the price!” laughing and taunting Leo, Noah actually felt rather relieved.
The request of the Mist and Sacred Flames households were to allow Leo to be trained by Noah personally. This was part of the bargain they made with the alliance so that Jack and Natalia would have a strong squad leader once their sentencing was over. To Noah, this made it so that he could concentrate all his energy in training a single warrior.
Only needing to train a single warrior that held so much potential was a dream come true to Noah. This meant that he would not need to take on any missions from the alliance, and he would not be overwhelmed with pressure training too many warriors!
Hearing himself being mocked, Leo drew his sword and dashed towards Noah with all his might. To his surprise, Noah already seemed to have predicted that he would respond to his taunting in this way.
Spinning like a tornado in the air, Leo unleashed a new technique he learned from purchasing a technique book in the marketplace.
”Heavenly Torment!” Leo shouted as his movements seemed to have kicked up a dust of wind that circled around his sword as he stabbed it towards Noah!
”Thump!”
Without wasting more energy than he needed to, Noah blocked Leo's sword with only his hand that was covered in a leather glove. Noah then used the same technique Leo unleashed, but instead of a weapon, he used his other hand!
”Wait, how the hell?” unable to pull his sword out from Noah's hand, Leo had to let go of his sword and tried to retreat backwards. Unfortunately, this was enough to save him from Noah's attack!
”Crack!”
Noah's hand pierced through the iron chest plate that Leo was now wearing, and the wind started to rip parts of his skin off before he was flown back by the momentum.
”For you to execute that technique, it shows that you do have some potential. It looks like you have no control over your strength and you are extremely sloppy in battle. Maybe against weaker opponents or monsters with no intelligence, you could survive, but in a real battle, you would die pretty quickly.” Walking over to Leo who was now laying on the ground with his back up against the home he had been living in for the past month, Noah quickly picked him up and brought him into the home.
”This is going to be one hell of a year.” Noah thought as he sighed to himself. He knew that training Leo would help him bring out his true potential, but hearing the reports, he had no choice but to overwhelm him in one on one combat to earn his respect as his new instructor.