Chapter Thirteen

A/N: I know that the previous chapter may have seemed a bit rushed, and it was fully intended. I realized that the game of hide and seek had been going on for too long and that there wasn’t a lot of addition to the plot nor was there any advancements. Also, Fewis and Dlark’s adventures, huh? Also, after finishing the author’s note at the end and reviewing it, it seems a bit long. But it is all necessary! See you at the end of the chapter! (There are about 4k words with the author’s notes, but there are only about 3k words in the story without my A/N’s.)

“Ayaaaa……..! Oof….! Ow….!”

“Fuuu…….you got…...fuuuu…..stronger.”

“Yes!”

“But I’ve only been using a tiny bit of strength? Why are you celebrating? I’m going to make you be able to fend off at least 70% of my strength by the end of your training….. I’ll get to keep playing…..”

“Don’t think that I didn’t hear that last part! Also, if you had so much power left over, why are you panting?”

“I’m panting because I had to control my power so much. Do you know that having to keep a constant usage of only less than 5% of your actual power is hard to do?” (A/N: Unlike other facts in this novel, I am just making up this. I searched up if this was true, but didn’t find any scientific evidence.)

“Is it really that hard to do? Do you have any evidence?”

“Fuuu, yes. Fuuu, me!”

I just shook my head at Feeh’s statement. If you’re wondering what we’re doing, then I guess I should tell you, huh? However, you should be able to tell if you know how to read the atmosphere in a place. The thing that we’re doing is training. Well, not “we”, but “me”. I am training. 

Right now, it is almost dusk in the Square Garden. Above us is a sky devoid of clouds, with the sun just about to set. There is no rustling in the trees nor is there any other sounds. All of the monsters on our property are already sleeping, so it is just me and Feeh in the Square Garden who are awake. 

This morning, I woke up, did my usual routines for everything, went down to eat breakfast with Feeh, and started doing chores. I did the dishes, cleaned the living room, went to the game room and dusted off everything, cleaned the hallways, went upstairs and organized everything in that room where we store our necessities, went to the library and made sure that everything was in its place, took a little break and dozed off, went to the Lendren Runners but saw that they were sleeping, went to the Piffy Lugs but found out that they were helping Feeh in the Le Garden with something, went back to the hut and watered the plants, and then I dozed off for a bit again.

I was awoken from my sleep by Feeh, who said,”Now, let’s start your training~”

After that, I was dragged out into the cold winter air. Feeh then started punching towards me, and I had to get back to my stance and fend off his blows. We’ve been doing this for a few hours, and I’m starting to wonder if all I’ll be doing today is practicing my stance.

Well, I’m fine with that. After all, I am starting to get better at my stance. I’ve also started to push Feeh back more and more. However, he says that he isn’t using all of his strength and is only using a little bit of it. Pshhhh. (A/N: Supposed to be an unbelieving sound.)

The reason for my rapid improvement? I have been incorporating magic into my moves. For example, I may use some Wind Magic to make myself go faster when Feeh starts rapidly attacking, or I may make the ground cave in a bit when I need to quickly fend off an attack towards my feet using Earth Magic. Mostly, I don’t use magic. 

Hiya! I have Feeh’s fists raining down on me, and am having to block them. Out of the corner of my left eye, I can see a fist coming towards me while I’m fending off the one in front of me. I quickly take a step back, bending my back in the process. 

As the fist flies past me, I straighten once more. I block a fist that is going towards my face, then I block off one that’s aimed at my abdomen. While I have two hands blocking one of his fists, Feeh throws a punch to my side. I quickly use the Wind Magic [Gust] and make it push against my chest so that I get pushed back. 

“Good, very good! You are learning to weave magic into the martial arts and are getting more proficient in its usage. This is perfect! Hahahaha! I can use more strength now… hehehe….”

“?!”

All of a sudden, Feeh’s fists get faster! Before, I could at least see their trajectory, but I can’t even do that now! I have less than a millisecond to think about how to deal with them. As my brain tries to compute through all of the possible movements that could counter Feeh’s speed, I can only think of two, or rather, I can think of a combination of movements to stop his attacks. 

That combination is a bit risky because one of the movements in it is an unknown variable. However, that is the only chance I have at blocking Feeh’s punches! If I don’t, I’ll get hit, breaking my record of not being hit for this afternoon!

FIrst, I cast the Wind Magic [Accelerate] on myself. [Accelerate] allows the thing that it was casted on to be able to move at one thousand times its original speed. After casting [Accelerate], I cast the earth magic [Concave] onto the ground below me, efficiently making it concave. I sunk down into the ground when it went down. Feeh’s first punch missed me, and because of a natural law called “inertia”, his other fist that had already been prepared also missed me by going overhead. 

Using that, I’d gotten a few seconds worth of a break, since each of Feeh’s attacks consist of more than a thousand punches all aimed at one point. He can’t stop his attacks because his muscles are all ready for the next punch after completing one punch. This is the same effect as what happens when you are pushed back and you swing your arms all at once, not being able to stop. 

I most likely only have about three seconds of safety before Feeh’s thousand punches are carried out and he aims towards my body which is in this hollow pit in the ground. I wasted one of those three seconds seeing how long it would take for him to take one of his fists back to his body. 

Though my eyes could barely see how fast his punches were, I realized that the time needed to prepare another one was even less than 0.5 milliseconds. In all probabilities, he would need more time than usual to re-center his attack’s trajectory towards me. If going by this ratio, he will take about a millisecond to aim at me. I will have to get away from my little area in the ground at that exact moment when there aren’t any fists above me.
One second…. Two seconds! I rush to jump, going as fast as I possibly can. With [Accelerate] casted on me, I went at over a mile per second, just a bit faster than Feeh’s fists. As I jumped into the air, I saw his defenseless back, and twisted in the air so that my body would fall onto him. I used Wind Magic to quickly make myself go even faster! I only have one chance to defeat Feeh! If I am even a second too slow, he can punch me straight at my face! 

I sped down towards Feeh’s back with my face pointed downwards just like an arrow. As I did, I poured more than half of my magic power onto casting multiple [Gust] spells. As each one piled up one after another, I felt myself getting faster and faster. 

With the wind whipping against my face, I went down to the ground from my fifty meter position in the air. Although it felt as if time was passing very slowly, the truth was that it had only been a few seconds since I jumped into the sky. Everything that was happening around me suddenly seemed to be going in slow motion. I could see that Feeh’s body was slowly turning to face me, but he was too slow. 

The small clumps of dust that were blown into the air, their movements of falling back to the ground, each and every particle of dust that was blown away from its original space, I could see all of their movements. As I realized this thought, my mind strangely felt calm. I didn’t have any more of that fear that Feeh was going to be able to avoid and counter my attack.

As Feeh was turned halfway towards me, my outstretched fist made contact with his shoulder blades. He didn’t have any reaction, as if he hadn’t felt it and just kept throwing his punch towards me, but I didn’t panic. I somehow knew that my attacks would hit my target, one way or another. This feeling was just like that one that I’d felt when asking Feeh to teach me about Magic Engravings.

Right when I finished thinking that, I saw that Feeh’s punches were seen by me at more than ten thousand times slower than their regular speed. I quickly tilted my body to the left a bit, and felt air pass by me. Halfway past me, the air’s speed became a bit faster than it was before, but not by much. I was still staring towards my target’s back with my fist still on it. Right now, Feeh is a target, not an ally. 

To defeat my target, no matter what or who it is, I must have clear thoughts and a resolute will. If my personality may seem a bit cold, let it. I must defeat my target with complete focus, not letting emotions get in my way. If not, I will be defeated.

I cast [Concave] towards the ground below the target, but he quickly jumps to avoid it. He then uses an unidentified magic to make me lose my balance. The earth below me becomes slippery at the exact moment my feet hit the ground. By this time, I’ve already retracted my fist that had originally been at the target’s back since he is over me. 

When I start to lose my balance on the ground, the target will probably kick me on the back, for that is the area of my body which is the easiest to hit on my body in that situation. With the most surface area, it will kick its foot to my back to incapacitate me from being able to straighten up. I cannot use the magic [Gust], for the target has already seen me using that too many times before and must have countermeasures against it. 

I cannot use [Concave] because the target is in the air, not being affected by the distortion of the ground. How can I do this? Calculations, calculations. Just like everything in this world, my target can not be completely invincible in all aspects of fighting. It must have a weakness. There must be something that will harm it. However, it has a good way of hiding its weaknesses.

I only have a second left to think. Otherwise, I shall be defeated. That is unacceptable. How to defeat my target? Will there be a way to defeat it? Is there any way to defeat it at all? 

DUN!

This pain, what is it? This pain from my right hand, what is its cause? Has the target already poisoned me? No, it could not have done that since there was an unofficial rule of only using magic and martial arts. This is not an assassin’s game. 

┌DEFEAT. IS. UNACCEPTABLE. DEFEAT. YOUR. TARGET┘

Huh? What did I just hear right now? What is this information popping up in my head? A spell called [Annihilation]? [Creator]? [Reaper]? [Complete Control]? What are these spells? Where are they coming from? What was that voice I just heard? 

? A martial arts move that is the only one of its kind? It can be used anywhere and everywhere? The “Godly Eliminator” is a technique that can even make most gods fall? It was invented by gods? Is that truly real? This is a gruesome technique! 

When I found out about how the technique worked, even my calm and analytical mind shrunk back a little. However, this is necessary. This is the only way to defeat Feeh. 

My entire process of thinking lasted only a few milliseconds at best, but somehow I managed to acquire a large amount of techniques and magic spells from somewhere. I also think that I heard a voice. I need to make use of one of those techniques to defeat Feeh. Quickly, I need to do it.

When his leg came down towards my back, I twisted around with just my physical strength and not using any magic since there may be a method to fend it off which was created by Feeh. As soon as I turn around, I can see the surprised face of Feeh. I must quickly execute my plan while he is still in his surprised state.

I straighten my arm towards Feeh and make a grabbing motion. His expression turned from puzzlement to pain. 

“OWWWW!?!! AAA!!!”

I feel bad to Feeh when I’m doing this to him, but I must do it. You may be wondering what I’m doing, right? I’ll give you a hint. I am grabbing onto something that is an area that is a weak spot for all men. I can feel disgust at what I just did, for a few different reasons, but I needed to do it! That must justify me, right?! I mean, I really didn’t mean to do it in the first place! 

“AHHH! WAAA! FUUU! WAA! AYEEEEE! WHY?!?!!!!!!”

“I mean, I’m completely sorry, but um, I just got caught up in the moment!”

“AAAAAA!!! EVIL!!!!??!!! WHHAAAA!!!! FUFUFUFUFUFU! AWAA!”

This looks bad! What should I do?! Feeh is literally writhing and dying on the ground before me! Well, not dying, but you know what I mean! Should I cast some Holy Magic?! But which one?! Which one will work on “that” area of Feeh!? Most need a person to touch the injured area!! I don’t, NO, I won’t, ever go there! Ahhh! What should I do?!! God, if you are above there, help!
…………….
Somewhere far away….

“Hmmmm? Truly, what are these feelings I am getting lately? I didn’t get any yesterday, but why today?”

“Your Honor?”

“Oh, do not worry… what are we going to do next?”

“Let’s see, we are going to visit your sister tomorrow.”

“That sister of mine…. Do we have to, Death God????”

“Yes, your Honor, we must. She will probably be in the mortal realm in some form. We need to go to her for the annual God’s Awakening Ceremony. No matter what…..”

“Aye, why did Mother have to make that rule….?”

“In all technicality, it was the God King’s last wish before he died…. He wanted his son and daughter to meet every few millennia…. May he rest in peace.”

“It was Father’s last wish, so I guess I will go to visit her…. though, I really don’t want to….!”

“Endure, your Lordship! You must endure!”

“Is there anything scheduled for today?”

“Well, there are not any more scheduled appointments for today, however, I do have a report.”

“Speak.”

“It seems that a human from the Mortal Realm just summoned an Immortal Spirit.”

“How?!”

“We do not know, for he is quite an oddity. He doesn’t have the blood of Immortals flowing in him, but he is just like a godly child. That human also doesn’t seem to have a mix of bloodlines in him. I wonder if he could be……?”

“No, that is impossible. He wouldn’t be a human.”

“But the possibility…..!”

“No. He will absolutely be a god! No human will be him!”

“Why are you so sure?”

“Mother… Mother told me that he will have to be a god if he doesn’t want to die…. and because she reincarnated his soul to have the destiny of being born a god….”

“Then, I guess he can’t be “him”. “

“Anything else to talk about?”

“Nothing more.”

“What about that mortal? What was the Immortal Spirit’s name?”

“...... Thana....”

“What! You are lying! Not even Mother has managed to tame it! Only one person in this world has!”

“It is true, and there is no Thana in the Vaults of Annihilators. He has been released into the world.”

“Keep an eye on this human. He must be monitored! If, by any chance, he gets Thana’s Soul of Knowledge… he will not be able to be stopped. Make sure that until his death, he will never know about the powers he can summon upon! If he does find out, kill him. All threats to the Godly Realm must be eliminated. After all, Father died while trying to do that.”

“By your will. I shall send for the Goddess of Destruction and the Demon God to watch over his actions.”

“This is the end of the talk. Do not talk about this topic to any other person, or else you shall be marked as a traitor.”

“Then about the Goddess of Destruction and the Demon God…..?”

“Tell them that it is a drill to see how much patience they have.”

“I shall go now, Sire!”

“Yes, go.”

As the Death God walked away from the corridor of Hendrick’s room, the god looked up at the sky. He then whispered silently,”I guess this means the start of a new era? But Father still hasn’t shown any signs of reawakening…. Mother, I hope you will come down this time.”

Wth some tears in his eyes, Hendrick remembered his Mother’s grief-stricken face when she saw her husband dying in front of her eyes. He hopes that she will come down from her lonely castle that is above even the Heavens themselves this time….. 

She needs to come down, since it is prophesied that the God King will reawaken from his death and once again unite all the creatures in this world to fend off the Venths. His body has been preserved for this exact moment in the creation of the world. A new era will begin.

A/N: That is the end of the chapter for today! Sorry that it was a bit late, and please don’t blame me. I have been translating a novel and have had to edit a large amount of it for the past few days. I also have things going on in real life which…. Covid+me+pets= disaster. 

I’ve been living alone for the past few years, so I didn’t directly catch it, but my dogs did, and because of that I did as well. Yea, they are the minority of all animals in this world and can catch Covid….. Hahaha….. They’re unique…..   Don’t worry, they aren’t in any danger. They didn’t even show symptoms…. 

The only reason that I found out that they had Covid was because of symptoms appearing on me. Don’t worry about me either…. I have always been immune to most sicknesses and rarely get sick. Besides, I am a “young adult” (+28 years old— me) and didn’t even have too many symptoms. At first, I just thought I had a light fever or something. XD. 

And do not worry about the people surrounding me…. I’m a complete hikikomori and recluse since the first Quarantine in the U.S.A.. Even the food I eat is just some rice, frozen pizza, avocados, bananas, coffee, oranges, salads, pickles, raisins, spinach, chips, etc.. All of them are ordered online, left in the doorstep for about three days (if they’re things like milk, I have coolers outside) and then I pick them up. The dog food is the same way…. 

I haven’t been outside for like a month( not including my balcony and roof where I can walk around in and the check up to see if I actually had Covid). I’ve been staying fit because I have a gym in the house….. 

So, yeah! The point is: I have Covid, but am neither in danger nor am I infecting anyone or anything. Know that many other people aren’t as fortunate as me and are in fatal conditions. BE SAFE! (I don’t know how my dogs got Covid……)

Anyways…………. Let’s talk about the chapter! The plan for this was to introduce the “mystery” tag that I’d included in my tags. Also, don’t you feel bad for Feeh….. It didn’t just hurt him, but it also hurt me while I was writing that part. HOWEVER! HOWEVER, IT WAS NECESSARY! I NEEDED COMEDY!

Ahem. Some official announcements…… it has been voted that there will be a Valentine’s Day Special! As suggested by a reader in a private message to me, I will not include any rules about the school, what is completely happening, nor will I describe the situation in there straightforwardly. It will be in third person view so that I can display all of the characters’ emotions! I want to include this part into the actual story as well but, of course, it will be when Cadmar’s situation is actually that situation. 

THE ANSWER TO THE LAST CHAPTER’S RIDDLE:

The answer is an actor. If you have any questions regarding how that is the answer, just private chat me. :)

Fun Fact: 

“Roller Coasters were invented by LaMarcus Thompson to “save America from Satan”. In 1884, LaMarcus was disgusted by how many Americans went to hedonistic places for entertainment such as saloons and “places adults went to to seek pleasure”. Starts with a “b”, has an “o” , “t” , “h” , “l” , “s”. I can’t say the full word because this novel is family friendly!” CadmarLegend-senpai cheerfully said to his readers.

The other fact.

“Michelangelo once wrote a poem telling about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel. Search it up.” laughed CadmarLegend-senpai. 

That is the end of the fun facts. Now, the trivia of the day!

“What did the first vending machines in the early 1880’s dispense? No Google-senpai!”

Bye!