It has been 3 days since me and Lucius are stuck in this dungeon. Not really stuck since we can just leave, but we chose not to.
For 3 days, we have been honing our senses. We took turns on blindfolding ourselves and threw rocks on the blindfolded person. I must say, while this training improves our senses...it also improves our throwing accuracy. It is so funny hitting Lucius with the rocks and hearing him groan in pain. So I even intensified and added a little amount of ki on the rocks to make it hurt more, heh. Dumbass.
"Your 10 minutes is up. My turn"
I uttered towards Lucius as he removed his blindfold and then handed it to me. Tapping his bruise covered shoulder, I glanced on his wound and smiled.
"You've improved. Managed to dodge 20 shots in a row"
"Fuck you, bastard. You threw harder than usual....don't think I will let it slide"
"Hah, I will just dodge everything"
"We will see"
We bickered to each other as I put on my blindfold and then stood at a distance.
My eyesight were closed, I can only see nothing. It was dark everywhere, but I was able to see....not in a literal sense but more like I was able to see the world in a whole new perspective. I was able to see the pebbles thrown towards me incoming. I was able to see it despite being blind.
I moved to the side, up, crouched, jumped, somersaulted. A pebble is coming to hit me in the face but I just ducked down, but Lucius was able to predict my movement....this guy is also improving, as I ducked down, I felt another pebble coming towards me. I cannot dodge it in time as I just raised my hand and catch it and threw it towards another incoming pebble from above, this guy is really getting good at feints.
The two pebbles collided as it nulled each other's momentum before falling to the ground.
"Your 10 minutes is up. Damn, how are you getting good?"
"I am just a genius"
Removing my blindfold with a chuckle, I smiled at Lucius as we both then took a moment to rest and eat up the pork jerky I have been preserving. We have been doing this session for the whole day, we only took 30 minutes break, or stop when we eat or drink water. Our bodies have been covered in bruises now from the hits of the pebbles.
On our first day, we had a hard time dodging pebbles but now we are getting good at it as we only get hit sometimes.
"We should take a rest now and take a moment to recover from our wounds on the first day. Then we can challenge it tomorrow again"
Lucius suggested as he was munching on the jerky I gave him, then removed the bandages covering his wound. It wasn't that bad unlike before, it was slowly healing because of the herbs that he collected from the outside.
Ah yeah, during our three day stay here, I discovered that Lucius knows a little bit of herbology that is why he was able to create a medicine out of herbs. Speaking of herbs....my master is also some kind of a poison master or a pharmacist because of his stash of medicines and drugs inside his cabin. I should ask him to teach me it sometimes. I already have Lucius teaching me how to differentiate a poisonous herbs and a medicinal herb but I feel like my Master is better than him at this thing. So I should ask him to teach me.
Who knows, maybe I will need it someday?
As soon as Lucius was done applying some medicinal herbs on his wound and bruises, He also asked for me to come over and started treating the spear wound on my back.
The herb that he was putting on my wound, I must say that it was very unpleasant because it feels like it was burning me. It stings! Damn this guy. Is this payback for the ki infused pebbles?
"Don't be such a wuss. An unpleasant medicine is a good medicine"
Lucius sneered at me while I just gritted my teeth to endure the burning pain of herbs getting through me.
I will add this guy to my hit list. The number 2 after my Master.
After treating my wounds, Lucius then decided to take a rest as he called it a night. Whereas for me, I just meditated there in a lotus position to beg my mini masters to unseal my body strengthening ki only for me to be laughed at and kicked out from my own subconscious. Those little bastards....
Sighing, I decided to take up Flesh Eater and practice the swordsmanship that the lady had shown me, since I cannot use Ki to strengthen my body.....I only did the physical part and the cutting part towards the large stone wall.
Once I was finally tired and out of strength, I soon then collapsed to the ground and let myself be lulled into sleep.
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I had a dream, once again. It was a dream about that beautiful lady again.
Why did I dream about her? Is it because I used her sword technique which led me to be connected to her and dream about her?
Regardless, this is good for me. I needed a swordsmanship technique but my master is not teaching me....so, she had a good timing. Just when I needed her.
The Beautiful lady was sitting by a meadow, she was looking at the castle from afar and the sky...she felt the fresh breeze of afternoon air as she inhaled it.
"Came here to learn something new?"
She glanced at me with a smile. When I saw that smile of hers...I could not help but be flustered. It felt like you are facing your first love which is your mother, but this feeling is better than my own Mother.
Grimacing about the thought of my Mother, The Beautiful Lady infront of me just chuckled. The sound of her laughter sounded so serene that I was blushing without my knowledge.
"How can I learn your techniques? C-can you give me tips?"
Shit. I stuttered. That was so embarassing, but the lady seems to have not minded it as she just chuckled and patted my head like I was her child.
"You can't. You will destroy your body in the process"
She chuckled at those words whereas I was just disappointed and was dismayed. I sighed and sat beside her. Trying not to talk about the sword techniques. This is my opportunity to know more about her.
"What are you watching?"
I asked, trying to keep my composure and not embarass myself. She is very pretty even up close.
She stared at me with her playful gaze for a moment. Her smile looked so mischievous like my master but when I saw it, I did not get irritated. It was more pleasant than my Master's.
"Hmmm~ The World?"
"The world?"
"Hahahaha....do you think The World is beautiful? Or do you feel like it is suffocating and limiting?"
What does she mean?
"Pardon?"
"In any case....despite it being so suffocating, isn't it truly beautiful? Is this a way to keep us in check? To deceive us with a very beautiful lie"
She chuckled as her eyes started to long for something. Her gaze was on the Clown at the distance and she chuckled at the silliness of that colorful clown.
Whereas for me, I was left to wonder and decipher her words. What does she mean by limiting? Suffocating? She looks sad....Can I comfort her?
"Hahahaha do you also think the world is beautiful?"
She asked me while I was speechless there.
"Yes. I love how beautiful this world is."
I answered her with a firm expression on my face. I don't know why, but I feel like answering her truthfully and not a lie to make myself appealing to her.
"I see...Then you should uncover it and witness more of this wondrous beauty"
She replied, and without my knowledge...we are already at a carnival and there are clowns everywhere.
"If you don't wish to be like a clown entertaining the audience"
Then I woke up.