Princess Victoria looked at John and said.
- let's stop here for today, you're almost out of elemental power -
- OK -
John replied.
During the last counterattack, John expended a lot of his elemental power. In this world, evolving beings absorb the spiritual energy of the atmosphere into their evolution cores and then this energy is transformed into elemental power, which is why they are able to use magic, magical arts, and warrior arts.
However, although the spiritual energy in the atmosphere seems infinite, the amount of energy one can absorb depends on their level of evolution, as a primary level 1 being the amount of spiritual energy John can absorb from the atmosphere was compared to 10 liters of a liquid.
- Young princess, can we train again on a later day? - John asked.
The young Princess Victoria thought for a moment, then replied.
- Okay, we can train again tomorrow, but under one condition -
- What condition would this young princess be? - John asked confused, this young princess sometimes seemed a little strange to John, she was not what John imagined a princess would be like.
- You must stop calling me young princess - said Victoria with a light and friendly smile on her face.
- So what should I call you? - John said after thinking for a while, he only answered after seeing that there was no problem at all.
- you could just call me Victoria -
- Alright then, victory - replied John.
John and Victoria left the training area, in the air high above where the two trained, two figures revealed themselves, they were Fernando and Felicia.
- What did you think? - said Fernando.
- too early to draw any conclusions, we will continue to monitor your training -
- I think the same - said Fernando
- but for your first training battle it wasn't bad at all, he was even better than you in the past -
Fernando scratched his head in embarrassment at Felicia's words.
- Was I that bad? -
Felicia didn't respond, she disappeared from the place, after a sigh Fernando also disappeared.
After the two disappeared, even higher in the sky, a figure took shape, it was Prince Leonel Albert, after a while he also disappeared.
***
It was already night, after training, John took a shower and took advantage of the afternoon to recover the elemental power he spent in training, now he was refreshed the feeling of being without elemental power in his core, it was worse than being hungry.
In the dining room were Fernando, Felícia, Vitória and John.
- Where's mom? - John asked, after taking a few bites of his food.
- Your mother went to see your grandfather in your region – replied Fernando.
John nodded, he looked at the victory and said
- Young man... I mean, victory, when will the components for Isa's evolution arrive? -
- Junior, don't rush things, you must be patient, it's already a great favor that a young princess is doing - Fernando reprimanded.
- Alright, Lord Fernando, John must care a lot about this girl, - Victoria gave a smile that only girls would understand.
- John, you don't need to worry, the materials arrived here in three days? - said Victory.
- Thanks for the effort - replied John.
After pondering for a while, right at the end of the meal, Fernando brought another topic to the table.
- Junior -
- father ? -
- There's only one month and one week left until you enter the institute - Fernando warned.
- I know dad -
- Junior, you only have one month to become strong enough to protect yourself - Fernando warned.
- I know dad, I will try my best to master my skills this month -
- Dad, why don't you or auntie train with me? -
- Neither I nor your aunt intend to hurt you - Fernando declared
- John, your father and I are superior beings, and as such we cannot train with you, the destructive quality that our elemental power has, you would not be able to withstand - said Felicia, she saw that John looked confused and continued saying.
-even if your father or I suppress your level of evolution to match yours, still during training, our elemental power would penetrate your body and that would be fatal, you would have to be a base being to withstand elemental power at the same level as a higher being-
John understood, but then something occurred to him, he had already trained together with Fernando and Felicia before he had even evolved into a primary being.
- but then, aunt, we already... -
Felicia cut off John's words by saying.
- Before your evolution, your father and I sealed our evolution cores temporarily, but now you are a Primary being, you have no use whatsoever to fight with us as primitive beings - explained Felicia.
- I see - said John.
- Since the young princess offered to train with you, you should take advantage of it - said Fernando.
***
After dinner, John returned to his room. He intended to go to bed early. He lay down on the bed and wanted to sleep, when without warning, he was pulled into the sea of the soul.
Although it was night in the outside world, in the sea of the soul the sun was still bright in the sky, the waters looked crystal clear, blue sky without a trace of cloud, John and the Oni were floating on the waters.
- Didn't you say you would only recover in a week? - asked John
- Recovery was faster than expected -
- Can we talk now? - John asked.
- no -
-Why - asked John
- You're so weak, I'm even embarrassed for the both of us - said Oni, looking irritated, even though he looked like a cute baby made of complete energy.
- I'll help you get stronger - said Oni
- how? -
Oni didn't answer, he walked until he was face to face with John, suddenly the Oni's figure changed, he transformed, now it seemed like there were two Johns looking at each other.
- Why did you turn into me? - asked John.
The oni did not respond, with no expression on his face he raised his hand and a crimson sword took shape in his hand.
- draw your sword - said Oni
John looked at his finger, but his storage ring was in the real world, there was no way to draw a sword from the ring.
- First form, sea-splitting sword, rising waves - Oni shouted.
With a swing of the Oni's sword, a beam of blue light turned into a surging wave and advanced towards John's description.
Instinctively John raised his hand and said.
- first form, sea-dividing sword, rising waves -
In his hand a crimson sword took form, he swung it and a sword beam transformed into a surging wave and rushed forward to collide with the surging wave released by the oni.
Boom
The two arts collided with each other, after a brief struggle, the Oni's surging wave advanced and collided with John.
- cough cough color -
John coughed and grunted in pain, he stood up.
- Since you're stronger than me, are we on the same level? - John asked.
Oni didn't respond, he rushed towards John, swinging his sword the Oni struck, John raised his sword to block the attack.
Benq
Jon's sword shattered, and he shot out like a bullet, bouncing several times in the water.
John stood up, he activated his sonar and created a barrier of water elemental aura to protect his body, without warning he saw the Oni deliver another blow, a torrent of elemental power was bathed in Jon's sword.
John moved forward for a counterattack.
collide collide collide
The two swords exchanged countless blows, unfortunately for John he was no match, he was being suppressed by the oni, with each blow John was pushed back.
The Oni increased his speed, with a brute force stronger than John's, the Oni shattered Jon's sword in a fierce blow.
When John was unarmed, the Oni used the opening to deliver a lethal blow.
The Oni's sword fiercely pierced John's chest, the crimson sword pierced through his chest and exited through the slope, in the process, John's heart was torn apart.
Blood spurted from the opening in his chest as the Oni withdrew his sword.
John fell to his knees, he grabbed his chest, blood dripping down, he looked at the Oni who had a similar appearance to him, John couldn't believe it, but then the pain in his chest was real.
- very weak - said Oni expressionlessly.
- weakness is a sin. So die -
John's body collapsed to the ground dead.
***
John opened his eyes and was in his room lying on the bed, he grabbed his chest and there was no trace of injury.
John concluded that it was just a very vivid dream.
After an hour, the oni pulled John into the soul sea, again without warning, he was cruelly beaten and killed.
John was beaten and killed throughout the night, at least he died 40 times.
***
When tomorrow came, John realized that his elemental power was still at its peak, even though he had fought all night, he had not wasted his elemental power, apparently much of what happened in the soul sea did not affect the real world, so even though he had died in the soul sea, he was still alive.
John now had a new schedule, he would train with the young princess Victoria during the morning, in the afternoon he would recover the lost elemental power and during the night he would fight the Oni until sunrise.
***
Alex was also a level 1 primary being just like John, during John's training, Alex was not idle just waiting for the day to enter the evolution institute, on the contrary he trained all day with his father Ceto Arcano.
Alex's schedule was insane, he trained with his father during the day and in the afternoon he trained with his mother, during the night Alex used to rest and recover his elemental power as well as reflect on the day's training.
***
Three days later.
During the three days that passed, John faithfully followed his training schedule, in the morning he trained with the young princess Victoria, in the afternoon he recovered his elemental power and during the night he trained in the sea of the soul with the Ôni.
During these days John made a lot of progress, he left the young princess Victoria very shocked, now the oni did not kill John so easily, the number of deaths decreased by half, now John was killed 20 times a night.
***
It was early in the morning, John had no training with the young Princess Victoria today, according to her she had to return to the capital at the request of Prince Leonel Albert to deal with certain matters, she would only be back in two more weeks.
John walked with his crimson-colored golden Hummingbird on his shoulder, he arrived at the offices and entered with Fernando's permission.
- Dad, can I go to the library to learn magic? -
- Better not - said Fernando.
- why not -
- sit there -
John sat in a chair in front of Fernando.
- Junio, I want you to have a stable foundation, don't worry about magical knowledge for now, train your body and master the basics of the Sea-Splitting Sword Art if you want to use magic. -
Fernando stopped for a moment and said.
- Try using the art that your mother passed on to you, the magical art of the polar star, it is very powerful and you have already learned to chant incantations in the Baboan language, it shouldn't be difficult for you. - suggested Fernando.
- okay, dad -
John thought for a while and asked.
- Dad, how do I level up? -
Fernando laughed and said.
- It's easy for you to level up. For a warrior, all you need to do is train your body and master the basics of an art. You must also have knowledge and understanding of your warrior elements. -
Fernando looked at John and continued saying.
- for a wizard to level up, knowledge and understanding of his elements is crucial, you must train your conjuration, train your magic and you must feel spiritual energy better. -
Fernando smiled a little, looked at John with pity and said.
- for you, a warrior mage you must use both the aspect of a warrior as well as the aspect of a mage simultaneously -
John thought for a bit and understood the requirements to level up in this world, at least in the early levels of this primary realm.
To put it in RPG terms, in games players had to gain exp to level up, the way to obtain exp varied depending on each class, a wizard had to learn magic, enchantments to obtain exp to level up.
To be a warrior, he had to learn warrior techniques, train his body to gain exp to level up.
Although the concept of exp did not exist in this world, evolving beings like John had to use different methods depending on the path to level up.
For John the mechanics of this world were similar to an RPG, he had played several games so things were easy to understand.
- Thank you, Dad, - said John.
- Dad, I will be in seclusion for two weeks, I will use the time to integrate my knowledge about magic and I will also try to master the art that Mom passed on to me -
Fernando thought about it for a while, and when he saw that there was nothing out of the ordinary, he gave his verdict.
- okay, you can use the catacombs -
- I'm going dad -
John got up and was about to leave when Fernando stopped him.
- Junior, don't forget to eat well -
- I won't forget -
***
John spent time with Isa, they were together all morning and early afternoon, after that he went to the castle catacombs where he would be confined for two weeks.
John arrived at the catacombs, took a deep breath, sat up straight and entered the sea of the soul.
As soon as John appeared in the sea of soul, he saw the Oni standing waiting for him, this time the Oni was in his baby form made of pure crimson energy.
Oni floated on the waters, he raised his baby hand towards the sky, suddenly the sea of the soul suffered a disturbance, the sun in the sky became brighter and closer, the crystal clear waters suffered a small ripple.
- What do you hear? - asked John
- I changed the law of space time -
- space time law? - John asked
- yes, now we will have more time to train -
- So time here is different from the real world? - John asked in surprise.
- not a lot -
- How much time difference are we talking about? - John asked curiously.
- only a 2 to 1 ratio -
- So two days here only counts as one in the real world? -
- yes, we are still very weak, this is the least I can do at the moment -
- That's already very impressive, it means that my week in seclusion will now be two here counting as one - John exclaimed
- enough talk, let's get to what really matters -
The Oni once again changed form, he now looked identical to John.
- We will use these two weeks for you to master the basics of both arts, the warrior's art of the sea-splitting sword and the wizard's magical art of the polar star - said Oni expressionlessly.
The Oni raised his hands and a crimson sword took form, John did the same summoning his own crimson sword.
The two advanced towards each other at the same speed.
Now John had instantly activated his sonar and his aura.
Clang clang clang
The two swords collided with each other, sparks flew as swords crossed, the two exchanged blows with equal intensity while causing small ripples in the water above their feet.
John was now stronger than before, now he could keep up with the Oni, both in strength and speed.
- sea-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves -
The Oni moved away, used his Art with a swing of his sword, a beam of blue sword light turned into a rising wave, John also used his Art.
- sea-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves - john shouted
A surging wave unfolded and rushed forward to collide with the surging wave released by the oni.
Boom
The two surging waves collided and dispersed, the two attacks were on the same level, as a result, the two canceled each other out.
- Sea-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves - John shouted.
Once again a rising wave without warning advanced against the Oni, in return, the Oni did nothing to defend the art that was coming towards him, he did not launch a similar art to cancel out John's.
The Oni watched as the rising wave John released approached, and when it was close enough, he raised his hand.
- Magic art of the polar star, freeze - the Oni chanted the incantation too quickly for John to hear clearly.
Crash Crash Crash
The rising wave that was coming towards the Oni was completely frozen, now only a frozen wave remained a few meters away from the Oni.
With a sword swing of surprising strength, the Oni broke the frozen wave.
- Your turn, use the art of the polar star to freeze my rising waves - Oni said with a smile on his face.
Without waiting for John to be ready, Oni made his move.
- sea-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves -
Oni swung his sword and a beam of blue light turned into a surging wave and charged fiercely at John.
- polar star magic art, freeze - John chanted the incantation in the Baboan language.
A cold wind blew and rushed forward to collide with the surging wave released by the oni, for a few moments, the wave seemed to freeze, but the ice broke and the giant wave crashed into John.
- cough cough cough -
John stood up with water running from his mouth.
- you failed - said the bus
- again - said John.
- Sea-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves - said Oni
A wave once again advanced against John.
- Magic art of the polar star, freeze - John intoned.
Just like last time, John was unsuccessful in freezing the rising wave, as a result he was hit once again.
- once again -
- sea-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves -
- polar star magic art, freeze -
Failure
- once again -
- Mare-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves -
- polar star magic art, freeze -
Failure
- once again -
- Mare-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves -
- polar star magic art, freeze -
Failure
And so John and Oni spent three days in the sea of souls doing the same, but in the real world only a day and a half passed.
***
On the fourth day
The oni attacked fiercely with his sword, John blocked each blow with his sword, sparks flew into the sky.
- Mare-splitting sword, first form. Rising waves - Oni said.
With the swing of the sword in the Oni's hands, a sword beam transformed into a surging wave, relentlessly advancing towards John.
John showed no fear or concern, he just glowed slightly, he waited until the wave approached, raising his hand he spoke quickly
- polar star magic art, freeze -
Cra cra man
The rising wave that was coming towards John was frozen to the last drop, now in front of John there was just a large mound of ice.
- success - worked John
With the swing of his sword, the surging Oni wave was stretched into a thousand pieces.
Continued...