2022-07-02 17:56:15Teras slowly walked to the field, he joined the class, he received a look from all the females students attending the class, in the other hand he had built up some respect among the boys, they thought his actions were brave
'dammit, just like that I became the center of attention when I least wanted it'
Teras's reputation had completely been destroyed, he was labeled as a pervert, but he tried not to let these comments about him affect him
"Let's start with some laps around the field so you can warm up your bodies"
Recka told to the students, everyone ran in a group, after some laps, a lot of students had stopped, the heat was unbearable for them
'I thought most adventurers traveled this distance daily, but I guess we are still not adventurers yet'
Teras thought, but still, he was shocked by the number of people that gave up early, the number of students was large, amongst those Cara had stopped too, Ronie seemed like he was about to give up at any moment too, it's not like Teras wasn't tired, but it wasn't enough to make him stop, 6 rounds later almost everyone had stopped, Teras and Har were still going, Teras was sweating, he was also tired but didn't stop, it was like he had a duel with Har to see who will stop first, the 2 men hold out for minutes but Har stopped first, Teras then dropped to the ground almost immediately after Har stopped
"You sure have a lot of stamina for a big guy"
Teras told him
"Thank you friend, you too held out for very long, I was not expecting that"
Cara then ran to them and said
"You guys are in a different league, I bet not even some gold ranked adventurers don't have so much stamina"
"Whoa there! don't compare us to real adventurers"
Teras replied, with a smile on his face, at this moment Teras had forgotten his punishment, he had a genuinely good time with his friends
"Get up the 2 of you we will now start the hand-to-hand combat practice, Teras you will not be attending this class, but you can watch if you wish to"
Recka told him
"WHAT THE HELL? you didn't tell me that I would not be allowed to attend the classes!"
Teras said, he was very angry
"I guess I forgot to tell you, anyways, don't distract me or the others"
Teras didn't want to worsen his position so he did as he was told, he observed the fighting style of Recka, her style was mostly defensive, but when she had a chance she would switch to offensive in no time
'got to keep in mind that she fights defensive so at the start I have to prepare my attacks for later into the fight, I can also make it a battle of stamina, I'm proud of my mana pool and I take pride in my speed, so it can't be that hard right?'
Teras was concerned about what Recka would do, in the end, he gave up on watching them and went back to the tall slope he went before, he stayed there and trained his mana flow, which he maintained for nearly 2 hours, that's how long it took the others to train, eventually, he heard a voice calling for him
"Teras!!! come down we are going to the hot springs!"
Cara told him from the bottom of the slope, Teras signaled with his hands that he is coming, he then quickly went back to his dorm, he got a towel and some spare clothes and went to the group, they were waiting outside
"Hello guys, we didn't really have any spare time to talk but I want to make sure that you know that I did what I did just to inform you girls, I'm not a pervert and I will never do something like this again I swear it on my pride as a man"
the group was speechless
"You know that nobody believes that crap right?"
said Lia
"WHAT!? then why did Recka want to punish me so harshly?"
Teras asked her
"Don't ask me, just so you know everyone thinks that she is unfair but nobody says anything because they don't want to get in trouble"
she replied
'well if my own friends don't try to justify me, then why would a stranger even try?'
he thought to himself, Teras didn't want to speak about this topic anymore, he was about to say things that he would regret so he kept quiet and kept on walking, the whole group of students arrived at the hot springs, the springs were natural hot spring, no human maintained them
"Okay kids, now we separate, we girls will go further deep into the springs, you boys will have this area, make sure not to pee inside of them, the springs can be hardly cleaned, but I assume you know that already, if any of you try to peep on our side I will pull out your eyes and make you eat them, see ya for now and be good boys"
Recka told them and then she left
'damn this woman is insane'
Teras thought
"Yo guys, let us occupy this small hot spring"
Ronie said, the hot spring seemed like it can hardly fit 4 people, so it was perfect for them, they quickly settled there and relaxed
"Oh man this feels like heaven"
Ronie said visibly satisfied
"I completely agree with you my friend, this is truly a healing experience, I think the 3 of us really needed this"
Har added, although Teras agreed, he found it annoying, because he was trying to concentrate on his mana flow
'I now realize why I could see Tokkou's aura back in the forest, he lied to me when he told me that he usually maintain his mana flow for 2 hours, in reality he never stopped his mana flow, he tried to maintain it 24/7 or at least as long as he was awake, I have to do the same if I want to see results'
Teras was desperately trying different ways to become stronger, but it didn't really matter, there was no way Teras could catch up to Recka in just a day
"Man you seem really worried, but don't worry too much, she probably knows that she is wrong and will not go all out on you, so you can relax for now"
said Ronie
"With all due the respect I don't think you are the right person to tell me what to do, in fact, I don't trust anyone, Recka seems like a crazy bitch that will not step down on her words, so I will not pass an opportunity to train"
Teras replied, Ronie didn't speak to him the whole time they were at the spring, he respected his opinion, so did Har, an hour passed and Recka and the girls returned to the boys
"Come on boys we are leaving, Teras don't forget about our little deal"
Teras didn't reply he just stared at her and ignored her, after the girls left the boys dressed up and left, the walk down was silent, everyone had their eyes on Teras, they were curious about the fight, as soon as they got down Recka had already prepared the field
"I will not wait for you all day kid, get your ass on the field, I will teach you what happens to perverts around here"
Teras then slowly walked inside the field, Recka told a student to countdown from 3 to 0 so they can start
"3...2....1....GO!!!"
Recka touched the ground with both of her arms, then a huge chunk of earth was quickly directed at Teras, Teras jumped to dodge it, Recka missed but she redirected the chunk back at him, this time she got him, the chunk of earth stroke Teras from behind, he injured his back, he also flew towards Recka from the attack, Recka then punched Teras on his stomach, he was completely overpowered, Recka's strength was naturally incredible since she used the 2nd card(strength), Teras kicked Recka so he could recover, the chunk of earth slowly started to perish, Teras tried to heal himself, but Recka didn't allow him, she continuously threw spike-shaped rocks at him, Teras ran so he could dodge them
'damn her, she doesn't even let me recover properly'
Teras pulled out his sword and started to approach Recka, he deflected every spike throwed at him, before he could get closer she raised multiple chunks of earth, this time instead of dodging Teras attacked back, he injected mana into his sword and swigged it, he slashed through the chunks and sent a huge amount of air at Recka, Teras took advantage of the moment and threw a blinding sphere, it was effective against her, she was blinded, Teras then closed the distance and punched her in the face with mana enhancement, Recka then backed off, so did Teras, he quickly healed his wounds, Recka was still trying to recover her sight, Teras then decided to rush her, the fight quickly became a close combat fight, the 2 of them exchanged blows, Teras managed to put many scratches on Recka, in return Recka was able to disarm Teras
'damn it! what do I do now?'
Teras wanted to grab the blade back, but she wouldn't allow it, Recka then closed the distance and punched him multiple times, in an attempt to fight back Teras unleashed a barrage of punches, they were not strong but really fast, after the trade of punches they both backed down, Teras was exhausted
'I-I will lose if I continue like that, I have to enforce my mana flow, I have to be stronger, faster, better, I have to add more and more mana, don't back down, don't surrender, I have to keep on fighting with every amount of strength I have left'
Teras's aura then shined brighter, his mana flow became more intense
'in this rate, he will overflow, so I will end this quickly'
Recka thought, she then released her strongest attack, it was like a wave made out of rocks, Teras was just standing there before the wave could hit him a huge explosion came from him, the explosion destroyed the attack and sent pieces of rock flying left and right
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT KID!!!?"
Recka asked him, Teras's whole body was flashing a silver light, it was so intense, it was the first time Recka had seen that, she then tried to release an attack, but before the attack can even form Teras launched himself at Recka leaving cracks on the area he was standing on, he passed trough the attack destroying whatever Recka was about to create, he then punched Recka in the stomach shattering her chest bones, Teras did that all in one movement, Recka was shocked, not from the damage he dealt to her but from the speed he had
'I couldn't even see him'
she thought, Recka was about to fly off the field but she put up a wall to block her, she then landed on the ground, she vomited a mix of her dinner and blood
"Teras stop!!! mana overflow can damag.."
before she could finish, Teras uppercut her, she could see the stars, she also felt a huge pain because he cracked her jaw bone, Teras followed his attack with a kick, he ended up breaking her ribs, he sent her to the other side of the field, before she could land on her feet Teras grabbed her by her hair and slammed her to the ground, Teras then stepped on her arms with each leg, he broke both of her arms with his legs and then started punching her on the face, every hit cracked the ground, everyone was shocked, Teras was completely out of control, he had a scary smile as he was beating Recka
"Teras stop or you will hurt yourself"
Recka told him with tears on her eyes, it reminded him of something from his past, that snapped Teras back to reality and stopped his mana flow, Teras then stopped smiling and sat down
"I'm sorry Mrs.Recka"
it was an honest sorry without any kind of excuse, he then proceeded to heal her, of course, he couldn't completely heal her wounds
"Teras stop you shouldn't be using mana when you just overflowed"
Recka told him, he ignored her and kept on healing and healing and healing until he passed out from exhaustion, Recka could move her hands again
'what the hell are you kid?'
Recka said confused as she looked at Teras's injured body
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