Luo took his seat next to his mom's side.
"So, Mom. Who are those elves?" Luo said, with a curious tone.
"They are our neighbors. As you can tell by the pointy ears, they are elves." Lucy explained.
"Nice to meet you, little Luo." The Male elf said. "Let me introduce myself."
The male elf stood up.
"I am Luvon, and this is my wife Irui." Luvon pointed to his wife soon after.
"Hello." Irui said.
"And my daughter Sylph." Luvon continued.
Sylph stood in silence.
"Sylph is a little... shy. Anyway, hello there, little Luo." Luvon said.
"So, why are you here?" Luo asked.
"Because we wanted to visit our old friends. Especially after they said they had adopted a new member into the family." Luvon said.
"Luvon and Irui were really good friends to us in the past, Luo. We used to go adventuring, and it was amazing. Without them, we might not have even been here." Leo said.
"And the same goes to us. Without Leo and Lucy, we might not have survived as well... Anyway... Let's get back to the food. What are you guys making?" Irui said, trying to change the subject.
Lucy stood up, and went to the pot. "Your favorite, Boar Stew, with a side of Vitalis Leaves." She smells the stew, and once it has cooked to her liking. She pours out the stew into portions, and passes around the room..
Irui takes the first sip. She seems to be overcomed with joy. "Just like how you used to make it those days ago."
"I agree." Luvon remarked.
And everyone started to eat. Luvon and Leo started eating the stew quickly, Jema as well, but at a slower pace. Irui had to feed Sylph, Lucy started sipping the food, while Luo ate the stew by himself.
It's good, amazing actually, then again I never had the taste buds for this stuff. Oh well, guess I'll just finish the stew and the Vitalis leaves.
As soon as Luo ate the last Vitalis leaf, he felt somewhat stronger than before, and yes, another notification box popped up.
<>New Skill(s) Learned: Enhanced Regeneration, Charge<>
Whoa, new skills? Wait, does that mean this meat was fresh, and the leaves as well... Based on the names, the Vitalis Leaves gave me Enhanced Regeneration, and Charge came from the boar meat... Nice. Well, Enhanced Regeneration does what it does, It increases Mana Regen and Health Regen by 25% . Charge is just a melee move that makes me charge at the enemy, dealing good damage.
It seems like everyone else has finished eating.
"Here, give me the dishes, I'll clean them for you all." Lucy said.
"Thanks, honey." Leo says. "Oh wait! Jema, we have sword-fighting lessons today, don't we?"
"I was waiting for you to remember... Well, Let's get to the Training Yard." Jema said. They both left, followed by Irui and Luvon.
"Luo, you can go watch, I'm here washing the dishes." Lucy spots Sylph.
"What about you, Sylph?"
Sylph stays silent, but leaves toward the training yard anyhow. Luo follows Sylph from a distance, and see the training yard.
The training yard was pretty basic, some dummies, a place to rest, some practice weapons. All average for a fantasy world like this.
"Alright Jema. Let's focus on your defense first. Get into your stance, and prepare yourself."
Jema does what she is told, and draws her wooden sword. "Come on Dad, let's see if I can keep up!"
As if responding to her statement, Leo rushes in. Jema was prepared though, so she blocked the first attack. She wasn't fast enough to counter-attack, so that was all that she could do.
Leo recovered quickly, and as such continued to attack with restraint, holding back a lot for his own daughter. As such, Jema responded to those attacks post-haste, with precise blocks.
"Good... Good. Now can you block this?!" Leo said, as he then unleashed a flurry of attacks. Jema seemed to concentrate harder and harder as Leo attacked.
Strange... Usually a flurry of attacks like that would make those attacks either lose power or have the same amount of attack power each slash. No, wait. Something is definitely off! It looks like... Like the attacks are encircling her.
Jema had more and more trouble the more her father attacked. Dodges had to be quicker, the blade in her hand had to be positioned quickly and correctly.
Well, Jema already lost. With a flurry like that, she'll be trapped in a place where she quickly realizes that she's running out of options.
Jema had a moment of realization, but she knew she must act quickly. She tightened the grip on the wooden blade, and changed her stance. She got hit a few times, but that didn't seem to bother her...
What kind of stance is that? Is she seriously not getting hurt by that? Wait... The more that I look at it, is she... Actually at an equal standing against dad? That seems weird...
Leo, detecting that his daughter had taken control, lunges in to perform a last attack. "Can you handle this!? Sword Drive..."
Pfft. An attack like that actually hitting Jema? No way, she could've dodged that easily with that distance away from dad... Wait!
Jema quickly sidesteps from the attack, and tried to counter-attack. She raised her sword up, and expected to slash down. However, she felt something hit her side. "... Stun Punch!"
Jema couldn't move her sword down to attack, so Leo took advantage of that, and attacked her, stopping sharply near the neck.
"This match is over. Jema." Leo said. Jema started crying.
"Hey... Stop crying, you got pretty far today."
Still, Jema persisted. "But, I still..." She sniffs. "Haven't hit you yet Dad!"
"I did say that was just on defense, I still can't believe you recognized the weakness to my flurry of attacks. You took the initiative to change your stance to defense... Just like I taught you." Leo said, half meaning for her to stop crying. And half actually being proud.
"But you still have to remember. You should never let your guard down. You were so focused on attacking me, that you didn't even see the punch. Got that?" Leo said.
"Yes." Jema sniffles. "Yes, I do."
"Now, that spar probably took a lot out of you, and that's fine. Go take a fifteen to twenty minute break, and next I'll have you practice those stances you like so much." Leo said. Jema nodded, and went to go grab a canteen from the house.
Leo goes and rests with the elves.
"You never change Leo. I remember you using all sorts of tricks like that to get through battles." Luvon commented.
"Well, It's just what I was taught." Leo sees Luo.
"Oh, hey there Luo. Did you enjoy seeing the spar?" Leo asked.
Luo nodded. "Yeah, I did. But how did you do that final attack?"
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"Hm... Well. Sword Drive is a technique that you needed to charge in with your blade at full power. I didn't do that, instead, I used the power that went into Sword Drive and directed the power into Stun Punch. That way, I could use Stun Punch effectively."
Hm? A new notification box? Well, Skill Cancel's a skill in which you can stop one skill in turn for another. This skill is pretty cool, say I was using a movement skill, if I canceled the spell, I would still keep the momentum, and I could lunge in and attack. It has a 15 second Cooldown though.
(Intrusion time! In this world, using two skills at the same time is hard. Say, an archer is using a skill kick, and at the same time want to launch an arrow at their opponents. Doing it at the same time may cause a lack of power in the follow up arrow, so they never use that. It depends on the type of skills they're using. Everyone can use two skills at the same time IF they train to do so. The training is excruciating, but worth it. Skill Cancel can also be learned and trained as well.)
Nice, another skill to put in my skill box. Nice I guess dad counted as a Skill Trainer, or people who can give skills. When he taught me about that attack, I guess because I understood it, I learned it just like that. Amazing. I wonder how else I can gain skills...
"So Leo. When are you going to train your son?" Luvon asked.
"I'll train him when he's five. That's when I started to train Jema after all."
"Jema's seven now? Isn't that right?" Irui asked.
"Yeah, she's come a long way... Still not at where I used to be. Maybe her compatibility to my style is different..."
"Well, maybe. But you remember right?" Luvon asked.
"Yeah. No matter what befalls us..." Leo said.
"We stick through it, no matter what!" Both Leo and Luvon said.
"Heh, thanks. I needed that, now, I guess now we sho-"
A scream is heard, it sounds like Lucy and Sylph.
"What was that?" Luvon asked.
"You know what it was. Luvon! To the house! Luo, hide somewhere." Leo said. He walked over to where the weapons were stored, he grabbed a metal blade out of the chest and headed toward the house.
What the hell is happening? Well, I guess bandit attacks do happen here...Wait, they might be coming in from here as well... I should grab a- wait. I can just summon one myself! Good way to test it out.
"Weapon Materialization: Sword." Luo said. Nothing happens.
What? Why didn't that- Oh there's a notification box.
<>No Template Found.<>
<>Sacrifice Object to Replicate<>
That's new. That wasn't specified on the Skill Description. I have to do this quick. I can't dawdle around.
Luo grabs a wooden sword and holds it.
What do I do now? Hmm...
A notification box pops up.
<>Do you want to save this weapon as a template?<>
Luo pushes in the Yes Button. As soon as he did that, the sword in his hand disappears.
<>Analysis Complete: Sword<>
Now can I summon it? Let's try... "Weapon Materialization: Sword."
A sword appears in his hand. It doesn't consist of wood, but of a magical metal.
Hm? What is this material? Hm... Anyway. There's one more thing. I can probably enchant this sword with item customization, even if it is a summoned weapon, it keeps all modifications.
Well, let's just do a basic enchantment. "Item Customization."
A customize screen popped up. There are sliders to change the settings, and a picture of the weapon on the left side.
Ugh, whatever. Let's just add something onto this. Sharpness could really deal some more damage. If I add Speed, I could swing it faster... Think, think! Well... I should just add both then. I would still have a little less than 170 MP if I need it. Alright.
Luo does the necessary taps to enchant the sword.
Phew... Alright, well, now I guess I have a chance. Just in case...
Luo writes 'Sense' and 'Speed' on himself.
Great, now I can pinpoint this attacker down... Ah! There they are! Around the corner of the house! Wait! That's a-
An arrow slings from a crossbow. Luo sidesteps from the arrow, and prepares himself.
Shit, that was really close... Oh well. I'm just gonna have to rush at them if they're a crossbow user, right?
As the attacker reloaded the crossbow, Luo took the only opportunity he can to attack. He rushed in, preparing for any surprises.
Training from the other world, don't fail me now!
"Charge!" Luo said, as he gained a boost of speed. It surprised the attacker, the attacker threw away the crossbow, and grabbed two daggers from the sheathes. She was prepared to block the attack.
Luo anticipated this, so instead of a sword attack, he came in with magic. Luo drew the word 'Flash' on his sword as he came in on the attacker. It blinded her, and she dropped her guard. Luo, creating that opportunity came in and struck with the handle of his sword instead of the blade. She fell back, and with his part, he wrote the word 'Sleep' on her head.
<>Skill Level Up!<>
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<> Word Magic can now be written in the air and shot at a distance now.<>
Oh... Looks like one of my skills leveled up! I'm guessing since I kept using that skill, It gained enough experience for it to level up. Nice!
But still... That battle was way too easy... Maybe these guys aren't experienced? Oh well. Might as well tie this one up with some rope in the training yard.
This one won't be waking up anytime soon, just in case, I'll hide the dagger too. Now, I should just head back. Maybe Dad finished the rest of them off? Hm... A kid being able to do this should be surprising, I should probably be careful and limit myself next time. Well... There isn't anyone around here, so I should be okay.
Luo heads back to the house, dragging his captive as she slept.
Hm, what's going on?
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A.n : This... surprisingly took longer than I thought. Also. To keep track of Notification Boxes, I'll use the center text thing... Next Chapter.