ALL NOVEL CHAPTER 39 – Training 1.
39 CHAPTER 39 – Training 1.
"You guys ready?" Alex asked while holding the simple sword in his hand. If someone looked at him right now, they would think that he was just standing there nocasuallyAlice and Ann, however, knew better than to underestimate the man in front of them.
This was the tenth time but they were unable to defeat him, even when he had his stats lowered to A-rank. Alice and Ann tried defeating him with a surprise attack, but his body would somehow move just before the attack could land, rendering them speechless.
He would just stand there with that casual expression, but they could see perfectly well how his muscles contracted and relaxed every second as if ready every moment. After all, they were not just some newbies, they had experience in fighting both humans and beasts.
But right now, they are just two students being taught by their teacher.
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It had been a day since Alex gave Alice and Ann what he wanted to give them. He got three item rewards from the quests he had done in the gate, as for the point rewards and the points from killing, let's leave it for some other occasion.
The first one was a skill book for an ability called Blazing Beam. It was a B-rank skill that created a laser-like beam with highly concentrated fire which could then be used to cut some strong metals or penetrate the defences of their user's enemies.
He decided to give this skill book to Alice as he could do these things even without a skill book.
But Alice was still in shock to even hear his words, and how could she not be shocked? Skill books are something even high-ranked raiders would kill for and Alex who had not even been a raider for a week got it from who knows where.
"Where did you get that from?" This was Alice's first question and she seriously wanted to know.
But then her eyes fell on the other thing on the table, and she became surprised again. Though not as much as the skill book, she was still surprised.
The other thing was just that unique and looking at Ann who was continuously staring at it with a dazed expression, she could tell that her friend was enthralled by the item. It was so much that she had yet to notice the Skill book on the table.
It was the second item that Alex had decided to take out, and it was a random A-rank dagger he got. However, he was a little surprised as he felt that this dagger had some deep meaning for him.
[It was the first dagger you created when you started your journey as a blacksmith.] It was then that Alex heard Sophia's voice filled with melancholy, and he knew why he felt strange when he saw this dagger.
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He was about to say something but the next second he felt the simple sword in his inventory vibrate fiercely which caused him to sigh and Sophia to giggle infectiously.
'Yeah, you are the best. Happy now?' He spoke in his mind as he could feel the jealousy of the sword. Even though he felt weird that a sword was jealous, he didn't think much and looked at the dagger just like the girls were looking.
He heard Alice's question but decided to wait for Ann to come out of her enthralled state. It was then that Ann moved her hand forward and touched the black blade.
Unlike a regular dagger which usually has a symmetrical, double-edged blade with a sharp point and is primarily intended for stabbing, this dagger has a dual-prong blade which also helps in locking the opponent's weapon and then breaking it.
The blade might have been weaker compared to a regular dagger if not made of high-grade materials.
It was a complete black blade with a black hilt, and it looked super cool. So much that people might pay a hefty sum of money to buy it even if it was not as strong as it was.
This one, however, was quite strong and Alex felt that he could make it stronger if he could remember the B of blacksmithing, which he learned in one of his previous lives.
Its name was 'Etheredje' and was made of Etherstone which was supposedly a very strong metal, though he couldn't remember it. Before Ann could touch the dagger, Alice spoke again, as she wanted to know the answer to her question.
"Alex, where did you get it? Did you kill someone?" This was the only thing she could think of, how else would he get these things? They were not cabbages, one was a strong dagger (she could feel it was strong, even without the rank evaluation) and the other was a skill book, a thing that even she did not have.
One must know that she was a guild master of one of the top-rank guilds, she still didn't have the thing that Alex just took out as if it was nothing.
Ann also, came out of her reverie when she heard Alice's words and she reluctantly looked away from the dagger. She looked at Alex with the same expression as Alice and their expression was asking just one thing – how?
Alex looked into their eyes and they replied with the same stare, they continued for a while, but unlike Stephan, Alex didn't back down this time.
Slowly when a minute had passed the girls started faltering a bit, after all, Alex's eyes could scare away some raider when he had not even awakened, so, there was no need to say what would happen now.
"I concede," When Alex noticed that the girls were about to look away, he spoke with a light smile on his face. He didn't want to scare them; he just wanted them to know the seriousness of their question.
He could see that the girls had realised it, the way they looked everywhere other than his eyes was enough for him to know that. He knew he could just change the subject and they would not say anything, but he wanted to make one thing clear for them.
"I didn't steal them from somewhere or someone. It's complicated to explain and I don't know how to explain, but believe me, these are mine." Alex spoke with the sincerest expression he could make.
He didn't lie to them about anything, and he didn't steal from someone, it was his reward and he got them after completing his quest. He didn't answer Alice's question about whether he killed someone to get it or not, because he had to kill monsters to get that, but he couldn't tell them about it.
He simply played with his words, but none of his words was false, even the part where he said it's complicated to explain. It is complicated as he himself doesn't know who he is and what he is, everything about his existence is complicated.
Alice and Ann looked at each other and nodded even though the answer did not disclose the information about where he got the items from. Just the fact that he answered their answer and clarified their doubts was enough for them.
They smiled lightly as they knew that Alex would not just tell these things to anyone, which meant he trusted them so that he disclosed these things to them.
"So, what do we do about these items?" Ann finally asked after a while, though her eyes were moving towards the dagger from time to time.
Alex chuckled looking at her like that, though Alice was not much better as she was now looking at the skill book just like Ann was looking at the dagger. She knew that this skill was well-suited for her, and it would work wonders if used with her special flames.
As they listened to Alex's chuckle, they lowered their heads in embarrassment. They knew that these items were for them or why else would Alex take them out for them to look at just to take them back?
But still, Alex didn't mention that, so, them eyeing the item like a child eyeing a candy was not something a person of their calibre should do.
"Don't worry, I took them out for you guys, so, you don't need to feel embarrassed," Alex spoke with a smile but the girls were too embarrassed to look at his face.
They kept their heads down for a while, and Alice was the first one to look up. She looked into Alex's eyes, and even though she felt embarrassed she still needed to ask a question.
"Why?" It was a simple question, but Alex knew what she meant, and the way Ann turned her eyes towards him after hearing the question, he knew that she wanted to know the same thing.
"Hmm, well, you can think of it as a teacher's first gift to their student," Alex spoke after pondering for a while. He smiled as he found them looking at him with confusion.
"What?" He asked with the same smile.
"Teacher?" Ann asked in a low voice.
"Oh, that? Didn't you guys ask me to train you guys? Doesn't that make me your teacher?" Alex spoke with a puzzled expression, though Alice and Ann could somehow feel that he was faking his expression.
(They wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between fake and genuine if Alex didn't want them to)
Alice and Ann were about to say something, but then they saw Alex smile. It would have been fine if he smiled normally, but right now it was different, this smile made them have a bad premonition in their mind.
"You guys are not going to back down now, right?" Alex asked. They didn't know why they did, but they still quickly shook their heads in denial.
They felt that this was what they should do or they were going to regret their actions, but the next second they saw Alex smiling at them gently, making them question whether they were hallucinating.
"Then it's settled. This is my gift for you guys." Alex spoke and they nodded their heads, accepting the items. What they didn't know was that this decision would be one of those that they would come to regret later.
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