Land: The Chronicles

Chapter 15: Exercise

Arion fell down, his body filled with dust and sweat, his hands covered with blood were badly injured ... Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say destroyed.

In front of Arion, there was a large stone with traces of blood everywhere, it also looked a little chubby on the big stone, really a little sakali.

Arion's breathing was panting, his eyes looking like a dying person as he had experienced countless times of excruciating pain.

"Do it again." The ego sitting not far from Arion exclaimed, he flicked his finger, as soon as Arion's shattered hand recovered. Arion breathed heavily in frustration.

"Fifty goddamn times, are you trying to make me die of frustration?" Arion heavily rose again and again threw a punch to the boulder before him, maybe his physique looks back as usual, but not with his mental and energy embers.

"If your Bara is just that, there is no way you can be as strong as me, mending to be a porter," Ego chanted, Arion growled, his punch to the stone getting louder because of Ego's provocation without him noticing. But his hand was more broken than before.

After his hand could not clench anymore, he sat down again in front of the boulder. Blood dripped from his shattered hands, his mentality was also quite broken as he was stuck in a cycle of repeated pain.

The sound of Ego's flick, instantly, Arion's hand recovered. "Enough for today," said Ego, Arion finally heaved a sigh of relief and laid his blood-soaked body mixed with sweat and dust in the grass.

Arion looked at Ego who was examining his scimitar, "Actually, what is the purpose of this hellish exercise?" Arion's Complaints to Ego.

"Of course to strengthen your body, you know, if the strongest weapon is the body? Besides you also have to get used to the pain, so, when one day you're suddenly injured in the middle of a fight, you won't lose your cool." The ego answers at length.

Arion stood with a tired face, he approached the pile of equipment and picked up a towel, coincidentally near this location there was a river, so he could all clean his body.

After taking a bath, Arion and Ego boarded the horse and continued on, riding on the horse, Arion ate the rest of the bread he had bought from the previous city. The bread he bought were all bread with little moisture content, so the bread was not easy to mold as long as it was stored properly.

Along the path of the journey, the two of them crossed paths with some mercenary-looking people, Ego exchanging information with their leader. Meanwhile, Arion who was on his horse was approached by a mercenary from their group.

"You two?" the man asked Arion, they look the same age, Arion nodded, "My name is Tristan, I'm 21 years old, nice to meet you." The man named Tristan extended his hand to shake his hand, Arion greeted him.

"It looks like we're the same age, right?" Tristan again asked the question, again Arion just nodded while eating bread, "You want to fight? I rarely meet mercenaries my age, so I'm pretty curious as to how strong I am."

"But it looks like my boss is in a hurry." Arion tried to dodge, he was not in the mood to do a friendly fight or whatever it was, it was enough pain that he felt today.

The ego who overheard Arion and Tristan's conversation said to Tristan's group leader, "Watching their fight sounds really fun doesn't it?" Tristan's group leader chuckled, "That Tristan boy is always excited to meet mercenaries or soldiers who look the same age, always inviting them to fight. Well, I think it's interesting that they both fight."

Tristan who heard it instantly took it as approval, he got off his horse, Arion looked at Ego in annoyance, Ego just chuckled

One Tristan colleague immediately opened the betting field, the others immediately crowded around and placed their respective bets.

"I bet on that guy!" Excited one of Tristan's colleagues, he made a bet with some silver plates. "I bet on Tristan!" others followed, the atmosphere became more rowdy in the middle of the meadow.

Arion gave up, there was no way out, he got off his horse and immediately confronted Tristan, "Adu Panco just can't?" Arion tried to negotiate, but Tristan instead put his sword still covered in a sarong, "Come on, we've both got off the horse, don't let them down." Tristan pointed to his colleagues who already look enthusiastic, even Ego and Tristan group leaders join the bet.

For some reason it made Arion feel upset, he felt that he was being used by Ego.

Finally, with great force, Arion also took the machine, of course with the holster fixed. As the two fighters prepared, one of Tristan's colleagues counted down.

Tristan charged straight at Arion and thrust his sword, Arion took a step back to avoid his stab, but Tristan came back forward turning 360 degrees, then slashing his sword forcefully from above.

Arion held up his machine, their sword sheaths clashing against each other, producing quite a loud sound. Everyone watching exclaimed, their enthusiasm rising.

Tristan took two steps back, he was a little stunned, when he attacked Arion with full force, but he felt that Arion's tank was so sturdy.

The two of them exchanged glances, Tristan began to realize that this opponent was not a random person, but it made him even more excited.

Once again Tristan attacked, he launched a slash at Arion with all his might, but again Arion jumped back to dodge, Tristan once again closed the distance and slashed back at Arion.

Arion deflects the attack and throws his kick into Tristan's exposed rib cage. Telak. Tristan immediately jumped back while holding onto his ribs with a pained expression, he had until now not realized that his opponent was an Arakaza with Bara ability.

This time Arion advanced, he slashed his machine powerfully, Tristan painstakingly raised his sword to fend off Arion's attack, but it was only a diversion attack. As Tristan fends off the attack, Arion launches an attack using his knee into Tristan's abdomen. While Tristan was still in shock due to a crushing attack on his stomach, Arion thrust his fist into Tristan's jaw, leaving him sprawled instantly.

Everyone was silent, they were staring at Tristan who was lying down. After a while, Tristan also did not move.

"UWOOOHHHH! I WON THE BET!"

"AARRGHHHH! ALISON!"

Legitimate pleas of joy and disappointment filled the meadow, with some people soon crowding the unconscious Tristan and trying to wake him up.

Tristan woke up not long after, he still looked a little limp, probably the effect of a powerful attack that landed heavily on his stomach and jaw.

"Your friend is really strong, when it looks like he's been a mercenary recently." Their leader praised Arion, Ego only smiled, "From the beginning he was quite talented anyway, but he lacked the will," the leader laughed, "The talented person is like that."

After all the commotion had subsided, everyone again prepared to continue on the journey, Ego shaking hands with the group leader.

Ego and Arion decide to continue the journey first, when Arion was just about to spur his horse, Tristan suddenly held the harness Arion.

"By the way, what's your name?" Tristan asked Arion.

Arion was silent for a moment, thinking that if he used his real name, it would likely cause trouble in the future, because basically, Arion Druceus' name was already declared dead by Arakaza's civil records a few days ago.

"Brutall Killerz." Answer Arion.

Ego looked at Arion in disdain, Tristan looked a little confused, his expression looked a little disgusted as well.

"Handering. My name is Adam Frost, just call me Adam."

Ego heaved a sigh of relief, Tristan again smiled amiably, "Alright, Adam. May we meet again at a later time, I'll make sure by then I'll beat you." Tristan clenched his fists at Arion, as a sign of sportsmanship and friendship, Arion returned Tristan's fist with a faint smile.

"If you feel capable anyway, it doesn't matter."