38th chapter : run !
The events are going smoothly for the red mermaid as far as they can be concerned for the meantime. As they found themselves in a harsher training than what they expected it to be, for a mere twist of events it made them really angry as they couldn’t say a thing or complain to anyone.
Somewhere in the Toss realm,
“Shit!! This is hurting!!! So frigging hurts!!!”.
A guy was yawning as he was being treated in an abandoned place far from the main city after running away with most of the bandits. As it was the leader itself most of the bandits were with him too.
“Damn it!! That guy!!! When did he get that strong!?! and not just that he kicked me!! a woman!?!” Another bandit said as she was also treating her wounds.
Despite being only on the level of superficial wounds Marco’s punches dealt some huge damage to them.
“What are we going to do now boss ?! ” she asked again.
“We’re gonna stay away from that place of course, if he got the hang of that old man’s moves then we can’t do much about it too” the boss responded as he was looking to the dark roof as the only thing that could be heard was their yawning.
“I suppose that’s not what you really want!! boss of the light tigers!?”.
As it was a sudden voice that said out of nowhere, it was only natural for them to take defense posts and look around them to find the guy who talked.
The guy was staying low inside the shadows as they all looked at him worried about what would happen because of his sudden appearance.
Despite the darkness around the place as the train sound was too loud with a low light running through the walls to show the guy’s creepiest smile at the bandits.
“Ahahaha!!! Don’t worry!! I’m not here to kill you or get revenge from you!! I’m here to give you gifts!! it’s only for a short period but you wanna beat that small gloomy guy don’t you!?” The guy calmly said as his own words felt like a twisted maze.
The bandits’ boss looked around as his vice caught his arm trembling a little in fear, she clearly meant that it’s no use to meddle in a weird affair for now.
“I do wanna beat him so bad but my crew don’t think the same, I can’t get them to danger” He responded as he was cool headed for a while.
Though he was shivering a little to face the man in the shadows, he couldn’t risk the lives of his comrades. A few seconds passed as the guy in the shadows started sighing and tapping on the ground in anger.
“If you don’t wanna beat him then!! I have a proposal ! it’s just…”.
The guy smiled calmly then explained his proposal with a wide smile. Upon hearing his proposal, the bandits’ boss didn’t really mind if it was as simple as the guy in shadow’s request.
“We’ll take it, but If I see any danger on my crew I’ll pull off immediately!!” He responded in eagerness after seeing that they were relieved by their commander’s decision.
It was a job worth a thousand so it was only natural they’d accept it with ease.
Meanwhile in the forest,
“Don’t just run!! try to fight for your lives!!”.
Alba roared as he was watching from far. While the red mermaid were ditched out by their master to an old man who they think is a war criminal, they couldn’t resist with no serments on display and a run for the sake of their lives is their only option.
“How the fuck can we fight these things!?!” Zack snapped out of it as he was the first one to run out of gas.
“Well!! We hunted many monsters around our city!! So a bunch of!!” Alice was starting to act lively as she stopped for a moment to face the pack of wolves but. “Goddamn it!! I hate it here. I wanna return home already!!” She instantly started running again after seeing the lurking mouths of the big pack of wolves who were running behind them.
“I want my fluffy house back!!” Alex was the most complaining person but for some reason she was doing the training with them.
“kyaa!!” Carla squeaked as she suddenly tripped over.
“Carla!! We won’t forget your sacrifice!!”.
Xavier went ahead as the others did too, Carla pouted but didn’t have the time for a real pouting.
“Wait!! Don’t... Leave me here?!!!! eek!!!” she said before looking behind her to see two giant wolves standing there.
As they all stopped looking behind them to see what would happen to her though they already knew from the experience of their first time with Marco. The wolf licked Carla all over as the second one picked her up from behind.
After failing another test. They all returned to the restaurant where they’re staying for the next three months, filled with all the saliva from the monsters. They all felt terribly uncomfortable with the current situation.
“You were silent the whole time, Is there a problem?!!” Carla asked Arthur who was washing his face along the rest in the backyard.
Arthur was also in the same boat as them, since he was getting too cocky Marco and Emilis decided to punish him with a restriction.
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“Not really. I’ve done it before but now I feel I forgot the basic idea of how to do it, not to mention that you guys suck at playing the heroes every time one of us trips over” Arthur responded then sighed a heavy sigh along with the others.
While the mood was gloomy they looked aside to see Marco putting some big boxes inside the backyard while wearing an apron.
“What are you doing?!” they asked while looking at him, totally immersed in what he was doing.
“I’m working with the granny in the third district for now, when you guys are done exploiting the euro cloaking thing, then I'll join the training. If you don’t then I guess I’ll start getting real with my own trainings either ways, hurry up”
His response was getting calm and cold at some point as he was wiping his sweat. They looked at him with a pissed off face trying to find any other answer to what he said to them.
As they were all pissed they entered the house to take a shower.
“That damn brother of yours is really making my head go nuts!!”
Alex said as she entered first, she thought she was talking to Arthur since she saw a shadow entering the bathroom.
“Not essentially since you were mad all long senpai” Marco responded as he put some clothes down for her. She threw the basket at him for what he said.
“Since when did you enter here!!!” She was angry at him.
“You saw me entering. Anyway, I guess you’ll take only a few more days and you’ll start seeing what I was talking about. The breathing has become easier, hasn't it?”.
He answered then asked a question making Alex take a good look at what he said as she figured out something from it.
“Now you mention it…” She was surprised but didn’t really have an answer.
“For now you guys take a rest and let’s talk at night about it. It’ll be for me to be the teacher this time!” Marco tried to smile at her but he only got water splashing on his face.
After making that reaction on him, Alex felt a little easy with her own feelings about this whole training thing she was in.
Later that day, night time,
“I see, I won’t stop you but this causes a punishment for that, I’ll have you work for me more tomorrow.” Alba said to Marco’s proposal about informing them about what he knows.
“As if you don’t make me work harder every day, you’re harsh on me as much as you’re harsh on them, Sensei”.
Marco responded but didn’t expect to get hit on the face by Alba.
“Sigh, I hate when he gives me those punches out of nowhere and I hate that I predict them every time!!” Marco spoke, laying on the ground.
“Well what did you want to talk about?”.
Carla asked as she kneeled to see his face.
Marco sighed then fixed his position and sat down to face them, face to face. Looking that they were all focused on him.
“First, I guess you guys didn’t check what I wrote inside that book that I left for you,” Marco said.
He confirmed it after by looking at their guilty expressions all over their faces.
“Well, never mind that. For starting, congratulations on getting the first process of achieving the link between the astral body and physical body”.
Marco stated, seeing them shocked about what he said, not really expecting that kind of result in such a short time.
Not understanding what Marco meant, They all looked at each other with a question mark as a first reaction. Marco heaved a sigh then continued talking.
“As I mentioned to Alex senpai earlier, you guys are getting the hang of it and even breathing became as usual as always. Meaning, that the physical body is forcing the euro cloaking process and asks for more from the astral body”.
Marco was explaining the things easily but they didn’t really get it with all this astral body thing. He sighed again then saw Arthur looking more confused.
“Arthur and the rest try to imagine it like this…”.
As he tended to help them more, Marco explained what he wanted in a rush. In accordance, Alba made it hard for him to make things clear for them.
While they were going to bed Marco had some job so he turned off the lights for them after speaking.
“You know, the process of what I was talking about. That first phase, it took me over a whole month to get over it, I couldn’t breathe properly nor even being able to do a good job at the restaurant, even the bandits from before were pulling on me just because I looked weak to them. So be proud everyone, you guys can achieve anything within your hands and potential” Marco tried to praise them as he smiled at the end.
He grinned that smile out of simplicity as he knew that they’ll love getting praised at each turn or achievement they make.
The next day, 27th May 19xx.
“Let’s try to do what we talked about later. We’ve been running away shamelessly recently so we need to figure out a way to not get caught for the whole day”. Alex said as she was stretching arms and legs trying to imitate Marco’s usual act.
“You won’t find a way if you try to do the same as me, just check on what lies ahead of you”. Interjected Marco,
Marco was taking a seat on a long tree to watch over them since it was the punishment for what he did. Strangely, he found it like a good opportunity to look after them too.
“The wolves will start running any time soon so let’s run!!”.
Xavier shouted as they all felt determined on how their run would be and which direction they would take. The second that the wolves started running, they all took different paths splitting on three ways with two on each. Alex and Zack, Alice and Carla, Xavier and Arthur last. Each two in a different way.
In that aspect, Marco was surprised as they all rushed with everything they got, splitting the forces of the wolves which was a pack of ten wolves. At that moment, Marco smiled at their teamwork.
“They’re coming, Carla!!” Alice roared as she was rushing to the nearest large tree.
Carla played the bait part and kept running as the three wolves were still following her past and getting close to Alice who smiled for a second. She was arranging her thoughts as she got everything cleared ahead.
“I’m one step ahead of the others , that’s what I should do as the vice master. Natural euro flow control. Don’t make me laugh!!”.
Alice growled as she made the tree fall down by blowing it with a double kick, cutting the way for the three wolves. In the middle of the process, Alice was telling herself to imagine the flow of the hit as a cannonball getting blown off with her astral body being the cannon.
Due to her high sensitivity for the euro particles, She succeeded in doing that, making her gain a good amount of understanding for the nature euro flow.
“You did it, Senpai !!”.
Carla Celebrated as she stopped running for a moment, looking at how Alice was the first one to achieve the second phase of euro flow controlling. That was the lead to using the main point of any serment, body reinforcements and strengthening one’s own pool of euro.
Marco smiled again as he felt thrilled at how Alice achieved the second phase on her own just by one hint.
“I’ll start looking at these things again with a different perspective now! Carla, you should start running again!!” Alice addressed her, rushing on her way after fulfilling the conditions even for a small amount of seconds until she got left out of euro just to start running again.
“That was superb! Any leads to how you did it?!” Carla was all sparkling and stuff while trying to get a hint.
“Marco’s hint actually worked. A dumb hint like visualize the heart as a main core and the joints as euro refuels, just like how the Ki in that anime show. It is a truly stupid but outstanding idea,” Replied Alice.
Alice was overjoyed with her sudden achievement that she forgot that they’re still running. In that aspect, Marco had to hold her after falling at a dead end.
“That’s a good smiling face but don’t forget that it’s training, you know” Marco exhaled as he put the two of them down in the middle of the forest again.
He was also satisfied with their current results.
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