The God Of Disaster

Sword Dance

The dawn had arrived, a golden yellow light dotted the previously pitch-black sky, in a very dense forest, a very dense forest, trees grow high soaring up into the sky that the sunlight is blocked by the lush foliage.

The situation in the forest was terrible, the darkness felt so gripping because only a little sunlight could enter, it made the distance of the eyes was very limited, strange sounds echoed throughout the forest from the living creatures that inhabited the region.

A young girl wearing a red dress walked behind a white-haired man, the girl followed him slowly while looking around him, her face looked slightly pale and her body trembled, every time he looked at the surrounding trees, there were several pairs of eyes that glowed red as if watching him, it made the girl feel frightened.

"Are you scared, Elena?"

"Ah-no, I'm fine...."

The white-haired man turned his head towards the girl behind him, his facial expression showing no fear at all, the man asked the girl about his current feelings, and the girl answered him in a soft tone while trying to hide her fear in front of the man.

"This will be your first exercise!"

"Hold a little!"

"That's fine....."

The two of them continued to travel eastward where the sun rose, after a few minutes of walking finally began to see the light of dawn that emanated through the sidelines of the dense foliage, which was not easy, they also walked to the light source.

"We've arrived!"

"Mmmm......"

"Gee...... How lovely!"

After penetrating the gripping darkness, they finally arrived at a tall and very beautiful waterfall, the water that flows very fast and blood red due to its location right on the slopes of Lake Lenra, the water continues to pour relentlessly flooding the small rivers that exist below it, the light of dawn shining down on the waterfall caused an illusion that made the water appear to sparkle like a gemstone.

Elena was fascinated by the beautiful scenery, her two eyes could not stop looking as if hypnotized by it, behind the very creepy forest there was a hidden paradise in it, a place that is very secret and not touched in the slightest by humans.

"Elena come!"

"Ba-good....."

The man called for Elena to come closer, Elena immediately approached the man standing at the edge of the waterfall.

"What should I do?"

"Try that water."

"Eh?"

"Don't worry, there aren't any side effects!"

The man told Elena to drink the standing water under the waterfall, at first Elena felt hesitant to do so because it was a deep red color similar to blood, unlike water in general, but the man tried to convince Elena that he would try it.

"I understand......"

Finally Elena obeyed the order, she dipped both hands in water and then clenched her palms so that the water could be accommodated, then he lifted the two water-filled palms up and brought them closer to his face, he closed his eyes to hold the doubt in his heart, finally Elena slowly drank the water to the end.

"How's it?"

"I don't feel anything...."

"The water was very refreshing...."

Elena was surprised when she drank the water, it turned out that the taste of the water was not as bad as she imagined, even Elena felt fresh after drinking it.

"This is the Waterfall of Eternity!"

"Whoever drinks its water will be immortal!"

"Eh, really?"

"But not everyone can drink it, only a creature with a holy soul can gain immortality!"

"If your soul is polluted then that water will turn into a poison that can kill you in an instant!"

Elena was surprised when told the secret about the waterfall, she immediately turned to her whole body to make sure that there was nothing strange, if he still felt fine after drinking that water then his soul was as holy as that man had said.

"You've passed the first stage exam, we'll do the next exercise!"

"Ba-good...."

Then the man walked to the riverbank, broke a dry tree branch and cleaned it from the small branches.

"Elena, take this!"

"Ba-good....."

Then the man gave the cleared tree branch to Elena, with a confused expression Elena accepted.

"Etoo, what should I do?"

"Hold the end of the branch and lift it in front of your face!"

"I understand...."

Elena followed the man's instructions, grasping the tip of the log with both hands, then placing it vertically directly in front of her face as if grasping a sword, slowly Elena also understood the meaning of this position.

"I'll teach you how to use weapons!"

"Good..."

"First hold this wood firmly, and stretch your arms a little!"

"Imagine that this is a sword!"

"Etooo, ba-good...."

The man walked over to Elena, then he clasped Elena's hand and tried to help her so that she could make the move properly, Elena was surprised when the man's hand touched her, his face turned red and he became a little nervous.

"Put a little bit of your foot forward!"

"Descend a little bit your body position!"

"Sa-I understand!"

The man again confirmed Elena's position, and it made her become even more nervous, her face became increasingly red and her lips trembled slightly.

"Now swing the wood forward!"

"Good...."

"Yeahaaa...."

Elena tried to swing the wooden rod she was holding forward with all her might, wind gusts blowing in all directions because of the movement she made, the man also watched Elena while folding both arms.

"Good."

"Repeat that move!"

"Mmmm..."

Elena continued to repeat the same movement many times, aiming to get used to it and make it easier for her to master it.

"Rile your hand, it's still too stiff!"

"Take your horses back!"

"Sa-I understand...."

The man continued to observe closely while confirming the wrong move, Elena earnestly understood everything she said, and slowly her movements started to look better.

"Alright, now lift the wood parallel to your forehead in a horizontal position!"

"W-is it like this?"

"True, you did well!"

"Repeat that move!"

"Good...."

Then the man taught Elena another technique, it was a technique to fend off an attack coming from the front, Elena tried to do it seriously.

"Again!"

"Yeahaaa....."

"Again!"

"Excite Elena!"

"Ba-good....."

As time went on, the sun began to rise from the east, yellow light was radiating very brightly, Elena was still training with a log she was using, it was very clear that sweat was coming out from his skin and soaking his body.

"Now combine the previous movements!"

"Eh?"

"Try to combine attack and defense techniques at once!"

"I understand....."

Elena tried to do a combination of movements with the techniques she had learned before, starting from attacking and defending, Elena did it over and over again endlessly.

In just a few hours Elena had mastered some combination of movements that the man had taught her, it was obvious that the hard work she was doing, sweat was pouring down her face but Elena tried not to complain, she said, he continued his training in earnest.

"Strike technique is not about attacking and defending!"

"Feel the emotions that flow in your body, and pour them out in every move you make!"

"Good....."

"Now feel that emotion....."

Elena closed her eyes in the stance of the horses, she placed the wooden rod she held right in front of her body, slowly Elena took a deep breath and stretched her arms slightly.

"Yesaaaaaa......"

With a flash he opened his eyes again while swinging the log forward, the air around him seemed to split causing the wind to blow in all directions, then Elena again swung the log in all directions, the swirling flashes of light created from the slash marks were like a bird flying in the sky, these movements create a very beautiful dance.

Elena's feelings flowed in the dance, all the trees in the forest were as if dancing with Elena made the leaves fall and fly in all directions, a very amazing thing.

"Enough!"

"Uh?"

As the man said to Elena, as soon as his movements stopped, Elena was shocked by it and as soon as her breathing turned to gasping for breath, she bent down to try to rearrange her breathing.

"Rest for a minute!"

"I understand...."

Finally the training was stopped, now Elena can rest to recover the lost energy, she walked to the river bank and sat on a large rock near the waterfall, then he turned his head up, it was day, the sun had been directly above their heads, the previously yellow sky had turned into a bright blue, light blue, Elena sat down while adjusting her irregular breathing.

"Elena."

"Hmm?"

Suddenly the man called to Elena, and to her surprise, Elena turned to him, and the man was clenching his hand with red water.

"Drink, this will make you feel fresh!"

"Eh? Etoo....."

"Sa-I understand....."

The man told Elena to drink the water in her hand, and when Elena was surprised, her face turned red and she felt very nervous, elena obeyed the man's orders.

Elena tried to get close to the man, she closed her eyes while lifting the strand of hair beside her ear using one of her hands, slowly drinking water from the man's palm.

"Thank you very much...."

"No problem."

Finally Elena finished drinking the water, her face looking very red as she thanked the man, but the man only replied flatly as if he felt nothing.

"Have your energy recovered Elena?"

"Truly, I don't feel tired anymore...."

"Once we go, let's continue the training!"

"Ba-good...."

After a few minutes of rest, Elena resumed her training, judging from her present self, it seemed like most of her energy had recovered even though the time she spent resting was only short, perhaps the effects of the lake water he drank earlier helped restore his depleted energy.

"Now I will be your opponent!"

"We're going to practice fighting!"

"Hmmmm?"

The man again broke a tree branch long enough to be used as a weapon, then the man invited Elena to fight against him, Elena was surprised by the challenge because it was completely different from the previous practice.

"Be prepared!"

"Good...."

Elena immediately took the position of the horses, she grasped her wooden rod very tightly using both her hands right in front of her face, while the man only held her wooden rod with one hand.

"Let's go ahead Elena!"

"Strike me without hesitation!"

"Etoo.... I understand!"

Originally Elena felt hesitant to attack the man, both her hands were trembling, sweat started pouring out as she stared at him, she had to think through the strategy very carefully before starting to launch an attack, she said, because he knew that it was the man who taught him the sword technique.

"Yesaa....."

After a moment of silence in the position of the horses, Elena finally ventured to start an attack towards the man, she swung her wooden rod right at the man's head with great force.

"Eh?"

"It's still too weak, give it more of your strength!"

Their two logs clashing together caused quite a loud sound, but the man was able to fend off the attack from Elena very easily, in fact, he only used one hand to hold back Elena's log.

"Young....."

"Strike me again!"

"Good...."

Then the man threw Elena firmly behind, it made Elena unable to maintain the position of her horses until she almost fell, but with a swift Elena managed to balance it, she said, then the man again told Elena to attack him.

"Yeahaaa....."

"Khhhh...."

"Still not yet, give me more!"

Elena immediately got up and attacked him again, but again the attack was blocked very easily.

"Yesaaaa....."

"Good, keep attacking!"

"Good....."

Elena continued to mount attacks towards the man but every time she tried to slash his body, all of the attacks could be stopped by him, even the man barely changed positions.

"Did this!"

"Huh?"

"Young....."

Suddenly the man launched an attack towards Elena, to Elena's surprise trying to move her body but the attack from her was too fast that Elena did not have time to dodge.

The attack managed to hit Elena's right shoulder very hard, Elena also fell down to the front because she could not maintain her position.

"Rise Elena!"

"Kgh...."

"Come on, don't give up!"

"Yeahaaa....."

With the help of her wooden stick Elena tried to get up, although the pain she received was quite great but her spirit managed to make Elena continue to struggle.

"Good!"

"Give up all your emotions!"

"Good...."

Elena took the stance again, then closed her eyes and took a deep breath, this was the same movement she made while practicing the combination.

"Ouuhaaaa......"

"Yesaa....."

As Elena quickly shot towards the man, she launched a vertical slash towards the man's head, a flash of blue light stretching from her wood slash path like flowing water, Elena swung with all her might to attack the man.

"That's amazing!"

The man smiled as he faced Elena's attack, this was the first time for the man to show a very clear expression, unlike the usual who only had a flat face.

When the attack almost touched the man's hair immediately Elena's wooden trunk was blocked by the man's wooden trunk, Elena's attack did not succeed in hitting the target, but it did not stop until there Elena also swung her catu trunk repeatedly, flashes of blue light continued to swirl in the air like a stream of water, it created a very beautiful sword dance.

"Aghhh....."

"Khaaaa......"

"Stand!"

"Yesaaaa....."

Although Elena crashed repeatedly and fell down, but it did not stop her, she continued to attack the man with her sword dance, which she had, their fight continued for a very long time even the day had turned into evening, the sun had started to be in the west and was about to set, but none of them had stopped fighting.

"Yesaaaa......"

Crack~

"Eh?"

"Young....."

As Elena swung her wood with all her remaining strength, suddenly the log broke into two pieces when it hit the man's wood, instantly Elena became caught off guard, quickly the man pulled his wood into Elena's neck.

"Enough get here!"

"Yushaa... Uuhhaa..."

Before the log hit Elena's skin, the man immediately stopped his attack, and when Elena was shocked to see it, her body froze and her face showed a blank look, she turned into a statue, his breathing turned irregular, the broken wooden rod slipped out of his grasp and fell to the ground.

"You have tried hard, now rest!!"

"Thank you very much...."

Suddenly Elena staggered and fell forward, quickly catching her so that Elena fell into her arms, the energy Elena had drained away so that her legs were no longer able to support her weight, Elena became limp and slowly her consciousness began to disappear.

The man immediately carried Elena like a princess to the waterfall, then he laid her on the edge of the waterfall carefully, the man then dipped his hands together to fetch a bit of water, Elena was still lying helplessly limp, her mouth slightly opened and her breathing was irregular.

"Hold on...."

Hastily the man brought a little diar to Elena, and she drank the water through her open mouth, the water slowly flowing into Elena's body, and just then also the consciousness of his little by little began to return.

"Ohuukk.... Uhukk...."

Elena coughed as she drank the water, she immediately rose from her sleep into a sitting position, her breathing had begun to be regular and her eyes were no longer empty.

"Great work!"

"We've had training today to get here!"

"Sa-I understand...."

Finally the long training was over, Elena had expended all the energy she had until she was exhausted, and now she could only lie down helplessly.

But all his efforts were not in vain, he managed to master several sword techniques in just one day, even the dragon god praised his ability, Elena looked back at the splendid twilight sky with a smile of happiness before finally closing her eyes to rest.