5 more years have passed, and Kendrick’s skin is starting to turn gray as the water is starting to become little blades. Kendrick, who can now project a physically able umbrella made from energy. Amaterasu knows that it won’t be long until Kendrick forms a fully and complete one. Kendrick on the other hand is now feeling the pain, the chills and exhaustion. He never knew that he would hold out this long, but he is long before completing this first stage of his training. His beard grew more, and he doesn’t even know how long he has been sitting here and was meditating. As far as he knows, he has been here much longer than he is expecting. However, even though he has fortified his mind and is not letting doubts, hesitations and fears get in him, his body, his human flesh, is weak. His mind is not giving up, but his body is worn out and is wanting to quit this suffering and just die. But his determination and sheer willpower alone is not letting him. Because in his mind, no matter what a
Not wanting to hurt his family even though they are fake, has left Kendrick crawling around the church’s floor, begging his family to stop. He has every ability and strength to defeat all of them, especially the demon that are controlling them. However, he is not to use that power against his family. It has been a month and a half since this one-sided fight started, and Kendrick can feel that he would die in this. He can’t handle it. Amaterasu was right, this is the most brutal and gruesome stage of the entire 100 years of training. The pain, the agony and grief cannot be described in this. Kendrick is even wondering that how can they call this a training when it is meant to leave physical and mental trauma to those who undergoes it.“What is the matter, Ken? Don’t you rather join us, than to avenge us?” all of them said at once.Kendrick stood up and faced them,“I do want to join you guys. Because without vengeance, I would serve no purpose. But I refuse to die in the hands of some
Damnatio felt as if he was facing the man who once made him kneel. A man with a hundred swords, that who that man is. Damnatio fought that man 15 years ago, he was devasted, took him 5 whole years to recover from the injuries and trauma. And now, memories are flooding him, as this brat and that guy have the same aura and feeling. Are they related? Is what he is asking to himself right now. But being curious and nostalgic at times like this is not good. Damnatio healed the wound that he got from that surprise attack, and then he smirked,“Brat! State your name!” Damnatio bellowed.The demons who were his allies felt the terror and then ran away. And with the sudden release of immense dark energy, some swordsmen and women fell unconscious. Jason and the commander gripped on their swords tightly, preparing for an all-out war that is much worse that it is already. Kendrick then brought Michaela to safety. He climbed up the roof of a building and looked towards Damnatio. With his holy swor
Their fight resumed with Kendrick being the first to attack this time. As he lands hits on the enemy’s sword, he kept on remembering the training and the dos and don’ts against Damnatio.“Kendrick, by the time you are already crossing swords with the demon, always to remember to cover up your weak spots, but don’t make it obvious that you are covering it as it would end up being on his advantage. Don’t just attack with complete calculations, attack randomly sometimes. As attacks being sent randomly is one of the most difficult things to predict, so yes, attack recklessly and randomly sometimes. Always take the risk to learn.” Amaterasu told Kendrick as they went on to train with their swords.And that is what Kendrick is doing right now. Each minute, he can send a thousand attacks, and that is an exceptional level, considering his stage. And 80% of those attacks were all random, that’s why Damnatio was hit neatly a few times. However, it wasn’t long before Damnatio adapted to Kendrick
“Don’t!” Amaterasu screamed.Right after the thunder rolled from the heavens, Kendrick stopped himself from using that power.“It is not time! That technique is one-timer only. Damnatio is still at his full potential, and using it means you drain yourself and be killed and let that demon still have power to kill you. That technique is meant to be used at the final of final moments in a battle. Think wisely.” Amaterasu pointed out as Kendrick remembered the consequences.The spiritual energy the technique would drain would be significant. Amaterasu was right, he was thinking too reckless and was about to use his ultimate technique against an opponent whom he hasn’t even severely scratched yet. Damnatio on the other hand has felt the sudden spike of pressure and energy from this kid. It was if all of his aspects were increased hundreds of times than what he is. He smiled, as this kid has a lot of tricks up his sleeves, and it was if he never runs out of room for development, and that is
Kendrick swung his left and right arm that was holding both of his swords, but both were dodged by the raging Damnatio. So, since it was ineffective, Kendrick tried to kick the demon in the chest with his left leg, but it was blocked when Damnatio raised his leg and caught the kick with his knee. Kendrick gritted his teeth, as it was if there were no openings in Damnatio’s defense, and every attack he does, all of it were just useless and he ends up being the one who gets hurt by his own attacks.“Die!” Damnatio bellowed as he is just full of anger towards Kendrick.Kendrick, while defending himself in full speed, was thinking of ways to land a clean hit on Damnatio to at least slow down his momentum as they are just going too fast. And it was depleting Kendrick’s stamina faster than he expected. Not to mention the fact that he needs to put full power in all of his defense as the attacks of Damnatio were just overwhelmingly stronger than earlier. Kendrick was also asking for advice fr
The battle, which was already intense earlier, got much more nerve-racking. The clash between the two was faster than earlier, and it was just incredible and terrifying at the same. Because the fact that a student is doing these kinds of things and having a full form of an angel is not something to see every day. Normally, swordsmen and women would have to take at least decades to perfect their forms. And not everyone can activate this kind of form as it only works for the chosen ones. The swords community is now watching the battle from afar. Since a lot of them have injuries and won’t make it in time to reach the camp, they decided to stay in this position for a while and tend to the wounded. And they are also here to make sure that Kendrick will have reinforcements once he asks for it. As they watch, one of the swordsmen then approached Jason and the commander,“Sir, Ma’am. I got something.” The man says.He then took out his camera that is connected to every public screen througho
Noticing that everything has become silent and calmed down. Jason and the others looked towards the academy, to see that there is no more battle, everything has died out, and Damnatio has finally been defeated. The broadcast was up again, and it returned to the screens right exactly when the swordsmen and women are now getting the injured body of Kendrick to get him treated. As the people sees this, they just burst into cheering. Not considering the safety of their surroundings, all of them went out of their evacuation center to celebrate this victory. The swordsmen and women who quit in the middle of the battle are now the ones securing the safety of the celebrating citizens as compensation for what they have done earlier. What they saw, the fight of Kendrick earlier, was an eye-opener for them. A kid, who has no actual experience when it comes to this situation just defeated and killed a being that could destroy a country and come out of it alive. They are ashamed for what they have