Pankration, the ancient Greek world’s equivalent to the MMA, with a mixture of boxing and wrestling.
Lenoa’s backyard.
“Keep your guard up!!” Artemis shouted as she throws a flurry of various punches.
Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!!
“Guh!!” Cirrus was blocking as best as he can, but Artemis’s strikes were no joke.
‘They feel like I’m getting hit with rocks!’
He really did not want to get hit again with her wombo combo that flowed into each strike.
Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! Thud!!
He wanted to fight back, but he was not confident in his hand-to-hand to match Artemis, who looked more like a pro as she swings her fists.
“Keep it up, Cirrus!” Astraea said from the sidelines. “You got this!”
“Yeah! Show her what you got!!” Shouted Circe.
“I do not got this!! Save me!! Bam!”
Cirrus looked down as his guard was broken, and Artemis showed him, her status as a hunting goddess. Finding a weak point and capitalizing on it.
“Shit."
"Got you!!"
Artemis got in close and restrained him like an anaconda, wrapping around him.
She made him feel like cattle as with some rope and skill she tied him up in 3 seconds.
“Phew!” Artemis wipes away the sweat. “You lasted longer this time, Cirrus.”
“Ugh…” He groaned.
Without a Falna, Cirrus was like a deer in headlights.
'Jesus fuckin Christ. I... I have a whole new massive respect for Quetzalcoatl. I... also found a massive weakness in my own abilities.'
He saw how Artemis held her own against Quetzalcoatl in wresting alone for a bit before Quetzalcoatl overpowered her in both technique and strength. So he was not looking forward to this 'training'.
“I’ll help up,” Astraea said, walking over to help.
“I’ll give you another potion.” Said Circe.
While they were helping him out, Artemis was catching her own breath.
She had on a massive smile.
‘This is so much fun! I get to train him with more hands-on experience! I could feel his rough hands and marble body--!?’ Artemis cut that thought process down. ‘No! He is a student! I am doing for his own--‘
She glanced over at him to see his bruised, scarred, sun-kissed body getting dowsed in potions. She could see the forms of his muscles on his body, the potion and sweat highlighted.
Thump-thump!!
‘Y-yes, this is my reward! I searched for him for 4 years. I deserve some nice things!’ she said to convince herself.
After some resting, Cirrus resumed with Artemis' Pankration training, now far better than the last time.
Up in Heaven, the topaz-eyed goddess looks at Cirrus and Artemis.
"Oh Artemis, such a tsundere. But she is rather cute trying to get close as clumsy as she is doing."
I really hate hate when stuff like this happens. I mean I get they're mad but why take it out on the victim? I mean it isn't his fault he got stuck on the island and they know that.
I feel you, if it was anyone else Cirrus would have snapped back but knowing Artemis' mythology he would rather take this then anything else.
too be fair he did decide to have a freak out and attack with zero caution or self preservation when the monster almost hit Ai's gift to him. if he did not do that chances are he would not have been trapped on an island for 4 years and make everyone worry about him. i mean what that did to nox alone i would say deserves a few good hits
@drake2378 Yeah i would say so as well
Once again our intrepid mc is bullied for existing and loses to weaker people. Didn't you say in a recap that Albert could take the eye of the dragon easily without Falna. So, why is he so weak? I hate this stuff. He is definitely an M. Really sad….
The Falna is a crutch. Several adventures in Orario are heavily reliant on it, they all live with it active, all the way until they are either dead or their god seals it. Cirrus is no exception to this. The higher level you go the more Falna emboldens you with speed, strength and the like so when it's gone you suddenly feel like your dragging along weights. Now your just a normal person who can't jump onto 2 or even 3 story buildings and you can't punch through a stone wall.
Albert never had a Falna so he never had that as a crutch since he had Aria a wind spirit. Even then when the author of Danmachi said that Albert was the strongest character in the franchise, a character who managed to cut out the Black Dragon's eye when the Zeus and Hera Familia had people who are stronger then Alfia and Zald were wiped clean. There are no details on how exactly Albert did this as it is never explained just that he did the feat, we don't know who else was there and what transpired exactly and the closes thing we do is in the manga with Ais remembering the day her mother was taken and around her were several dead people and broken weapons. Whether that's canon or just a manga thing I don't know.
It sucks that your not enjoy the story after what? over 100+ chapters? Personally if your not enjoying it why bother continuing to read my story that wrote for fun? You could spend your time reading other stories that cater to your likes. If you still somehow continue to read I hope you would find it somewhat enjoyable but my expectation's are low, but hey you like what you like.