CHAPTER 39 – Training 1.

39 CHAPTER 39 – Training 1.

"You guys ready?" Alex asked while holding the simple sword in his hand. If someone looked at him right now, they would think that he was just standing there nocasuallyAlice and Ann, however, knew better than to underestimate the man in front of them.

This was the tenth time but they were unable to defeat him, even when he had his stats lowered to A-rank. Alice and Ann tried defeating him with a surprise attack, but his body would somehow move just before the attack could land, rendering them speechless.

He would just stand there with that casual expression, but they could see perfectly well how his muscles contracted and relaxed every second as if ready every moment. After all, they were not just some newbies, they had experience in fighting both humans and beasts.

But right now, they are just two students being taught by their teacher.

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It had been a day since Alex gave Alice and Ann what he wanted to give them. He got three item rewards from the quests he had done in the gate, as for the point rewards and the points from killing, let's leave it for some other occasion.

The first one was a skill book for an ability called Blazing Beam. It was a B-rank skill that created a laser-like beam with highly concentrated fire which could then be used to cut some strong metals or penetrate the defences of their user's enemies.

He decided to give this skill book to Alice as he could do these things even without a skill book.

But Alice was still in shock to even hear his words, and how could she not be shocked? Skill books are something even high-ranked raiders would kill for and Alex who had not even been a raider for a week got it from who knows where.

"Where did you get that from?" This was Alice's first question and she seriously wanted to know.

But then her eyes fell on the other thing on the table, and she became surprised again. Though not as much as the skill book, she was still surprised.

The other thing was just that unique and looking at Ann who was continuously staring at it with a dazed expression, she could tell that her friend was enthralled by the item. It was so much that she had yet to notice the Skill book on the table.

It was the second item that Alex had decided to take out, and it was a random A-rank dagger he got. However, he was a little surprised as he felt that this dagger had some deep meaning for him.

[It was the first dagger you created when you started your journey as a blacksmith.] It was then that Alex heard Sophia's voice filled with melancholy, and he knew why he felt strange when he saw this dagger.

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He was about to say something but the next second he felt the simple sword in his inventory vibrate fiercely which caused him to sigh and Sophia to giggle infectiously.

'Yeah, you are the best. Happy now?' He spoke in his mind as he could feel the jealousy of the sword. Even though he felt weird that a sword was jealous, he didn't think much and looked at the dagger just like the girls were looking.

He heard Alice's question but decided to wait for Ann to come out of her enthralled state. It was then that Ann moved her hand forward and touched the black blade.

Unlike a regular dagger which usually has a symmetrical, double-edged blade with a sharp point and is primarily intended for stabbing, this dagger has a dual-prong blade which also helps in locking the opponent's weapon and then breaking it.

"Don't worry, I took them out for you guys, so, you don't need to feel embarrassed," Alex spoke with a smile but the girls were too embarrassed to look at his face.

They kept their heads down for a while, and Alice was the first one to look up. She looked into Alex's eyes, and even though she felt embarrassed she still needed to ask a question.

"Why?" It was a simple question, but Alex knew what she meant, and the way Ann turned her eyes towards him after hearing the question, he knew that she wanted to know the same thing.

"Hmm, well, you can think of it as a teacher's first gift to their student," Alex spoke after pondering for a while. He smiled as he found them looking at him with confusion.

"What?" He asked with the same smile.

"Teacher?" Ann asked in a low voice.

"Oh, that? Didn't you guys ask me to train you guys? Doesn't that make me your teacher?" Alex spoke with a puzzled expression, though Alice and Ann could somehow feel that he was faking his expression.

(They wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between fake and genuine if Alex didn't want them to)

Alice and Ann were about to say something, but then they saw Alex smile. It would have been fine if he smiled normally, but right now it was different, this smile made them have a bad premonition in their mind.

"You guys are not going to back down now, right?" Alex asked. They didn't know why they did, but they still quickly shook their heads in denial.

They felt that this was what they should do or they were going to regret their actions, but the next second they saw Alex smiling at them gently, making them question whether they were hallucinating.

"Then it's settled. This is my gift for you guys." Alex spoke and they nodded their heads, accepting the items. What they didn't know was that this decision would be one of those that they would come to regret later.

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