Chapter 189

189 Be wary of enchanted blades, please! part If someone, anyone, had told me back then that I would be facing my former instructor as an enemy in the middle of nowhere I would have laughed like an idiot.

It’s not just that the idea of an instructor turning against his own student is ridiculous since they’re the ones in charge of protecting them from harm, but also because I was no one.

Strength and power always eluded me. I tried so hard, everyday, all day, I strived to become stronger, and yet, I remained the same. No matter ho much exercise I did, no matter how many skills I practiced, my stats remained the same, I would tire out easily and my health increased slower than Mochi’s, my lazy ass cat.

Lorenzo was like a cloud regular adventurers could never touch. He was gentle, wise, strong, knowledgeable and wealthy, he was all the things everyone admired. When he became our instructor he seemed to be a lenient teacher and a strong role model to follow. He always provided knowledge about history, weapons and stuff some people found boring, but that was actually the part I liked the most about his teachings.

I learned about this world without the need of travelling to distant countries or dangeroous places, I learned about their people and their customs and even about beasts. Of course not all of what he said was helpful, I think it was because his lectures were intended to increase our focus more than our knowledge about the world, but still, it was fun listening to him in the adventurer’s guild courtyard.

Sometimes Sera brought snacks with her and we enjoyed them sitting under the sun, while Bob and Luke struggled to keep up with Risa in sparing matches.

But this period was so short, it was nothing but a gust of wind in this hurricane of experiences that threaten to take me away.

It all feels so far away now, the good old times, simple times.

I’ve become a lot stronger now, but I still don’t know the source of my power. Things seem to be different for me and very little people know about this. Sera says I’m special, of course she would say that, she was dazzled when I healed her and she’s been attempting to repay me ever since.

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How many more times do I need to tell her that she doesn’t owe me anything, that she has done enough.

Now she even confessed her feelings for me, but I’ve known for a long time. Why else would someone put up with all the stuff that happens around me all the time?

I should have said yes, I should have, because now I’m not sure I’ll make it out alive.

>Two handed sword of lighting (Excellent)

Lorenzo draws his weapon from his back, I’ve always seen him carry it, but never seen him actually use it. Even when he saved my life back then, he pierced the rat’s skull with another sword, a regular one. I hear from Luke that he says he never uses it because it’s a weapon made for killing only, and he would only draw it on life or death occasions.

My throat feels dry, I know I would be at an advantage if I keep pressuring him, but that sword gives me an eerie feeling. There’s a white light that sparkles all around it, I can’t even look straight at the blade, but if I had to describe it in one word it would be: dangerous.

“What’s the matter Ryu? Are you, perhaps, still worrying about Risa?”

Lorenzo scoffed with a grin on his face.

Miss Risa, I’ve never seen her without her sword. I know for a fact that she takes her sword even when she bathes, not that I’ve ever spied on her, but she’s such an easygoing and open person everyone knows about that. There’s no way she would have let someone, even Lorenzo, take it away from her.

Risa was also a good instructor to me, to everyone actually. She’s not nearly as good an instructor as Lorenzo, her communication skills are slim to none existent, but she taught with her actions. Even though she’s far from perfect, at l?east she has a heart of gold.

She’s told me many times already how much she wants to repay me, slaping her ass and winking at me. Saying things like I could ‘use’ her however I like, I kept rejecting her, of course, but why? She was always nice to me, she even offered to lend me a hand when no one else did. She’s only a bit older than myself, maybe around Bob’s age, and she’s attractive and very seductive.

Why would someone reject someone like that?

There’s another regret, am I really going to die?

Why can’t I think of anything useful?

All I can think of is girls and weapons, girls and weapons.

I don’t know why I always thought of my cursed blade as a girl, it’s strange considering it was taken from a man’s corpse. I did hear a voice once, but to think a curse could speak is just crazy.

Then who is the person that speaks to me in my dreams?

I asked Mia once, because as a succubus she has the power to get inside people’s dreams, but she didn’t know. She said that my dreams were normal, pleasant and calm, she often tells me how much she loves to see my old cabin in the woods when I dream about it and how much she’d love to go there with me some time.

“Are you still there Ryu? if you won’t make the first move then...”

Lorenzo ran forward with the same smirk as before, he’s using his bash skill again, I can clearly see the mana focusing around his legs, and just like last time it will be impossible for me to dodge. I parry with my bastard sword, only to immediately regret it. An excruciating pain traversed my body, I completely lost control over it, my brain and heart seemed to have taken the most damage.

In a daze, I try to regain my foothold, the pain seemingly disappeared but Lorenzo slowly tapped my blade with his. This time I was able to feel how the energy coursed through my blade, my hand and eventually my whole body. I shiver in the ground with my eyes closed.

Is this how am I going to die? is this the person that will kill me?

“This is almost as easy as my fight against Risa, don’t worry though, I’m not into guys so I won’t be doing to you what I did to her, aside from cutting your hands just like hers’ that is”

“You... how could you do something like that to her? she was your friend!”

“To me she’s alaways been a nice piece of ass, the only reason I always declined banging her was because there was nothing in between her ears. I mean, you should get it, she said something like she was saving herself for you but you kept rejecting her. By the way, did you know she was a virgin? hahaha who would have thought something like that was possible!? I always thought she was a whore, no, wait, whores at least get paid. Anyway, she screamed and cried, but you know what, I thought she looked kind of sexy without hands”

I grip my hand onto the hilt of my sword while Lorenzo laughed maniacally and with my other hand, a handful of dirt.