"you think I don't know that as well""yes I think you don't because if you did you wouldn't be acting this way""believe it or not I am doing the best I can""the best you can?, a fool who only sleeps and eat then goes back to sleep only to wake up the next day with the same routine and you call that the best you can""you are not seeing things from my point, there is a minimal amount of stress my body can take as compared to yours, if you set a training time table using your body as the basics then trust me it won't work because I wasn't born a warrior but a student""your words sounds like excuses meant to cover up for your laziness""think of it however you want but it is the truth, I am not a genius warrior like you are alright"".....""stop making up foolish excuses, if you know you don't have the talent then what about motivation, didn't you say once you are determined on something you make sure you see the end of it but what are you doing now","did you not promise me that yo
she took five steps away from me and took on a cautious stand. "what was that just now, what did you just do""...... me, I didn't do anything""then how did you block against my sword""......, hahahhah...., do not play that kind of joke on me, block against your sword?, do you think I am crazy enough to do that"hmm..., he does not seem like he his telling a lie but then what was that, I am certain my sword made contact with something before it could get to him, it felt like a barrier was at work however since I did not notice any flow of mana at work so it couldn't have been a barrier.whatever it was I have to find out, if it is an outsider's doing or his doing, I have to know which it is. I should try again to confirm what that was, if it was just a fluke he might get injured and if it isn't he will come out unscathed from the attack."hey, I can tell you are thinking of doing something dangerous, I survived that attack earlier with luck but if you try it again I will surely die
"thoughts..., what scary thoughts are you having now""relax, this is good news for you""....., why do I have a hard time believing that""sigh...., I am not trying to argue with you okay""does it look like I want you to""......""I will move straight to the point, you have awakened an ability""......?""what sort of mischief are you trying to pull by telling me that""there is nothing like that going on, I am being sincere with you right now""that makes it even harder for me to believe""just listen to me you prick, how many times has it been now that you have successfully managed to block my attacks"".......""twice, if you were not counting it I was, you managed to block my attack two times and yet you haven't noticed anything about yourself""but I don't feel anything about my body""you are not taking it seriously that's why, think back on the first time you blocked my attack, what were you thinking then""simple, I was thinking I don't want to die at the hands of a psycho"
She charged at me and as usual the attack was blocked by my Invincible shield, "I am going to add in a little more force okay""bring it on""nice confidence"she did exactly as she said and I could feel the difference in power"crack!!""that can't be good" "what was that""I think that is the sound of the Invincible shield cracking""hmm......, so it becomes subservient to this much output?, how about just a little more then""anymore force than this will surely crack it op...."before I was even able to finish, she had already released more force and the Invincible barrier instantly broke down."hmm......., experiment is over" "so?, what do you think of my ability""nonsense....""what....""your ability, it's nonsense""hey how can you say that""how can I not when that is all its capable of, I first thought it was some kind of an unbreakable barrier in which it converses the force it is being hit with into energy to further strengthen it but that is not the case. your ability
"if what you say is what you feel then I will do you the favor of carrying out one more test, this time I want you to think not only on how to defend against my attack but also on what you told me earlier, your desire to meet up to the expectations of those relying on you. Focus your thoughts on that area and boldly confront my sword, can you do that""I will try""no do it, because if you don't you will forever be a failure, the expectations of the Saintess on you will be no more because I will tell her how useless you are so do your hardest not to fail okay""...., man that's a lot of pressure you are putting on me but also just the right medicine to wake me up from my slumber, bring it on".I held my head up and watched for the fourth time as she made her way towards me with her sheated sword,this time around I prayed deep within me and mustered up all the courage I could as I concentrated my thoughts on not disappointing the saintess.I kept thinking and looking for ways that can
"hmm......, that is actually impossible. Ability are not as common as you think, it takes a lot of hard work and effort to awaken an ability and there are some that spend the entirety of their lifetime trying but did not succeed. Only one in a million can be lucky enough to awaken an ability, that is how rare it is"."The presumption of you Awakening to two ability is absurd and impossible, Is what I would like to say, but tpaking your title as a hero into account, it is not entirely impossible for you to have awakened to two ability"."i did not know abilities were that rare, one in a million?""how were you supposed to know if you did not ask""....""if ability is as rare as you say, what about my case""you are a hero with the blessings of the Goddess which makes you an exception to the rareness of abilities, it was a given for you to awaken an ability, what I did not expect is two ability to awaken and at the same time at that"."if you really did awaken to two ability, you can c
"Hilma, do you know a place where we can get books on martial arts""unfortunately for us, the hero we placed our hopes on has no formal training and sucks even with the basics, to rectify this misfortune we need to buy a basic martial arts book and have him learn from it". "instead of sugarcoating your words, why don't you just be more open and directly tell me how useless I am""thank the heavens that you are also aware of how useless you are""you and I, for how long do we have to be at each other's throat, can't we just get along like normal human beings do""I am all for getting along but how am I supposed to do that when the one burdened with the responsibility of saving my world is as useless as it gets"".....""Hilma, about the bookstore" "ye..yes, I do know of one where you can get what you need" "thanks, that will be very helpful".*we went back to the city and walked the streets with our destination being the bookstore that Hilma is leading us to."Hilma I am curious, d
"no matter what you say is going to be valid because eventually, the decision lies entirely on Hilma's choices. I believe she has a choice to decide if she wants to work as an S Rank or an F rank, you of all people have no right to criticize her no what decision she makes""you are wrong, I do have a right to criticize her. I am a soldier, and my duty as a soldier is to protect my nation. She is a mercenary, as a mercenary, her duty is to protect the lives and properties of the ordinary citizens. The ranks her assigned to work the mercenaries efficiently according to their strengths"." If she wanted to live a normal life, she shouldn't have joined the mercenary guild to begin with, because a mercenary's job is to devote themselves to the ordinary citizens, it is a place where the concerns of the citizens are placed first and your needs are second. How can she join such an organization and still hope to live her dreams?, people like you are the reasons why the rules are being neglecte