Arc 4: What families entail
Road to a hero:
Three chances in another world
Vol 2: Chapter 24. History lesson
Gray runs up to a set of Musashi's Armor placed under a portrait of his face.
Gray: “Dark blue and black armor…what’s with the mouth guards? They look like something a samurai would wear.”
Gordon: “It is a symbolic peace. All Leviathion soldiers get a design made for them by their trainers…and it’s a pain in the ass.”
Gray: “Heh…Hey, can I ask you a question?”
Gordon: “Sure.”
Gray: “Can you tell me about the Demi-human war?"
Gordon: “Um, why?"
Gray: "I keep hearing people mention it and I'm tired of being left out of the loop."
Gordon: "Oh, well then, of course..”
Gray: “Really?”
Gordon: “Yes, but I’ll tell you more whilst we train. Now pick up a sword and grab some training armor from over there, I’ll be waiting outside with Ryo.”
So Gray does as Gordon explains, and he walks outside to see soldier after soldier training in the cold snow. With Ryo there waiting, standing out as always.
Gordon: “Now I’m not the best swordsman men but neither is Ryo. Unlike Ryo, I'm not a prodigy, and I learned from past Leviathan army soldiers, so I might be a better teacher.”
Ryo: “You both made it! now what will we be teaching?”
Gordon: “I want to get the basics down first.”
Gray: “Basics? I need to get to Athens FAST! I learned the basics with Musashi and again with you and Ryo! I don’t need them again!”
Gordon: "Okay, if you say so. START NOW!"
Gordon and Gray quickly jump into action and start to practice while Gordon begins his story.
Gordon: “Around seventy years ago a group of Demi-humans in Valatrocitus escaped from their enslavement and led a continent-wide war. They freed other demi-humans to grow their army, so by the time other countries stepped in the demi-humans had a sizable army. Then the Blackbeard pirates got involved, sending out the Gravestone pirates to help with the Demi-human side. Walgonia and Athens wanted to give demi-humans the rights they wanted, while Ravoria and Valatrocitus wanted to kill them all. After a while Valatrocitus left the war, leaving Ravoria and forcing them to leave the war as well. And then Musashi and Gotsu killed the rebellions leader, ending the physical side of the conflict, and in the eyes of the masses it ended the war entirely."
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Gray: “Finally that gets clarified!"
Gray swings his sword, clashing against Gordons over and over. Gray struggled focus a low powered flow around the blade, sliding to the side in an attempt to catch his focus, and his breath.
Gordon: “That was just a quick overview, I didn’t go into the details, especially with Valatrocitus, but that’s not what matters right now. What does matter is you getting ready to head to Athens and help end that damn civil war.”
Gordon didn't let up, slamming the wooden sword against Grays body with a volley of quick hits. Gray let out a burst of mana, sending a shiver through every muscle in his body, but forcing Gordon to back off.
Gray: “And you can’t help me out with that?”
Gordon: “I have to prepare these soldiers. After the war ended twenty years ago, the Leviathan army became soft, and since I've come here I have became soft too. But most importantly, I have faith in you and for friends.”
Gray smiled, refining his flow for a brief moment. He returned the favor and let out his own volley of strikes, over powering Gordons weaker flow and causing his sword to splinter. However he slid under Gray, sliding his legs beneath his and dropping him to the ground. His focus was lost and his flow fizzled away, leaving him rolling across the snowy ground in a panic to dodge a direct hit to the face.
Ryo: “Gray, would you show Gordon what you’ve been learning.”
Gordon: “Yeah show me, so we know it was worth it after all.”
Gray takes a deep breath, pulls the spirits into his body, and enters the spirit sense. He then gets into position while his eyes darkened, with a bit of white light shining from within.
Gordon: “You taught him the proper stance and the technique, good. Now let’s see if you taught him how to use it too.”
Gray {He isn’t a sword master, and he’s old so I can use that. I can use this to really show off! And get back at him for all the times he hit me.}
Gray flows mana throughout his body and starts to move forward.
Gordon {He’s fast!}
Gray performs a flurry of fast strikes, all blocked or dodged by Gordon. But Gray is fast enough to block any of Gordons counter attacks.
Gordon (Good, he's keeping up.}
Gray jumps back and then right toward Gordon, which Gordon promptly blocks, but Gray wants this and he uses Gordon's sword to flip himself into the air. Whilst in the air he sends the cloak into two pieces and grabs onto the ground, stretching like a slingshot. He flings himself towards Gordon's back while spinning like a wheel, but Gordon swiftly moves out of the way. This allows Gray to land and prepare a special move.
Gordon: “THAT WAS A GOOD SHOWING OF HOW CREATIVE YOU CAN BE!”
Gray: “THANKS! NOW WATCH THIS!”
Gray slides one foot back and one foot forward raises his sword in the air and flows the maximum amount of mana he can handle throughout his body. He he lastly pulls in and slows the spirit mana around the wooden sword and swings it down as hard as he can, launching a spiritual blade at Gordon.
Gray: “BREAKER!”
Gordon: “You named You remind me of Lincoln.”
Gordon swings his sword at the attack, barely being able to stop it, being pushed back into the snow.
Gray: “See? Strong right?”
Gordon: “That was good, but I waited for you to charge up that move. A real enemy wouldn’t let that happen.”
Gray: “Yeah, I guess you’re right. I’ll get back to that, and can you make my amour, please. I'm itching to meet up with every body, kinda so I can show off.”
Gordon: "I've already had it prepared, so it should be ready shortly.”
With that, the battle ends, Gordon and Gray stopping their mana and patting the snow off of themselves. Under the warm sun and the freezing winds they walk from the outside training grounds and into the main building. With Ryo following right behind them.
Ryo: “I’ll go take care of that. You need light, darker armor that fits your fighting style. It's reactive and nimble, so you need to have enough freedom to do that. Will you be wearing that mask?”
Gray: “I think so. It hides my mana sense so it has actual use other than a personal meaning. And I think the cloak does that as well, so it's like a double boost!”
Ryo: “I can make you a metal one for headgear if you would like?”
Gray: “I’m good, I would rather use this one. I’ll take you up on that offer if this one breaks though.”
Gordon: “Alright already! Ryo, you travel to Ricks place and grab the armor. I’ll stay with Gray here.”
Gray: “Alright…TIME TO GET STARTED!...again!”
And so they began, with Gray continuing to push himself even though he's going to leave in just a short time.
Gray {I was able to fight Gordon, push myself, and keep up! I didn't break myself trying or run out of gas instantly either! I know Gordon isn't a super strong dude, but he's on par with advanced soldiers! If I can be on par with them, then I'll be a real knight! Better even!"
END OF : Chapter twenty-four
