NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4: Training Begins
6 years had come and gone, and I am now 8 years of age.
I have had quite intensive training on my own, my skills from my previous life have reawakened to a point. I do not yet posess all of my old skills, but I will reawaken them soon enough.
Swordsmanship was a bit difficult for the first year but it has gotten easier and easier every day, and I have also practiced my martial arts, and flexability, I'd say that in about 5 years I could fight like Tai Lung maybe even better.
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I am better than before, but compared to how I was in my previous life I am not match yet, but I am growing and growing stronger by the days.
And there is one more thing I can do now, and that is magic. Given the fact that this is real life and not Terraria, I thought that if I concentrate hard enough I could use magic. It wasn't like that and we don't have any books about magic here in my village, but it didn't stop me, I knew that there are elemental magic because of the Wizard from the game and nature magic because of the Dryad, but then I though maybe the schools of magic are also here so I tried a bit of conjuration magic. I tried and failed, again, and again, and again. Until I was 7, I started working on magic since I was 6.5. And when I was 7 I finally made something using conjuration magic. I made a single piece of wood... I know it's not much, but for someone to use magic without teacher or a book, that is unbelivable, my high mental stats probably most of the work, but it doesn't matter since I can now use minor-midium conjuration magic.
Oh and I also checked my system and it doesn't seem like I can level up like RPGs nor does it give me the ability to improve my stats at will, this is not a game, this is real life, I need to work to get stronger.
All my system does is to show me my status, abilities and let me craft items within seconds.
Anyways, let's look at my stats now.
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Name: Anaya (Aurora)
[Human...]
Age: 8 (27)
-Status:
[HP: 65/65], [Mana: 40/40]
Strength: 8
Stamina: 10
Resistence: 8
Defence: [No armor equiped]
Comprehension: 42
Mental stability: 50
Mental power: 46
-Abilities [Passive]
[???]
[Order's blessing: Spreme body]
[Order's blessing: Supreme mind]
[The player]
[Swordsmanship: Expert]
-This skill represents your current level at swordsmanship.
[Martial arts: Expert]
-This skill represents your current level at martial arts.
[Acrobat: Expert]
-This skill represents your current level with acrobatics.
[Conjuration: Intermediate]
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Pretty amazing, right?
It seems like my stats are growing when I grow up and train.
So like I said before, it's like real life in that matter.
All my stats increased and my mental stats increased dramatically, probably because of my IQ, my physical stats increased because of my physical growth and my training.
I didn't play much with the other kids in the village, I was the loner kid in the village, my parents are concerned about my social life in the village because of it.
I can also compete with the adults in terms of strength, but I'm probably stronger. Which is why I also help my father at the farm. And just a few days I helped carry a box of tomatoes with my father and it seemed like I didn't even struggle a little bit.
So I guess the avarage strength of a human is 5, and the avarage mental stats are also 5.
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Because I am now 8 years old I am going to see if I can finally use a bow and arrow, and see how good the guards really are.
I was currently standing in front of the barracks.
I could overhear some conversations being made inside and laughter.
*Knock-Knock-Knock*
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"Coming!"
The door opened and one of the guards stood in fron of me.
Black hair, and medium eyes, looks like an ordinary person.
But unlike the typical knight you'd imagine, wearing metal armor and stuff, he wears leather armor and some iron, so this village is poor... Great.
However they had actual iron swords hanging on his side.
Would that iron sword be better than my wooden sword?
It is the most logical thing.
"Hmm... You are Anaya, right? What are you doind here? Did something happen?" asked the guard.
"No, I want to train in combat to become a guard"
The whole place fell silent.
"Aren't you a little young for that kid?
"Yes, I am"
"Well, then why are you trying to join us?"
"Because I want to know how to fight to protect the ones I love!"
I didn't lie, I just didn't tell the whole story.
"Hmm... Nice purpose, but you can only become a guard when you are 13 years old"
Oh fuck...
"Wait..." a rough voice came from behind the guard.
An old man appeared from behind the guy, he had a large beard and long white hair, however, despite being old he seemed quite strong.
"She has quite the fighting spirit, something I haven't seen for a very long time." said the old man whilst looking at me. "Maybe she is worth training..."
"But sir, isn't she too young for it?"
"That would we have more time to train her and make her into a proper warrior. Who knows, maybe she'll grow up to be the strongest guard here, and protect the villagers."
My face lit up and my lips curled into a smile, I'm very sure I looked extremely happy right now.
"Than you will allow me to train as a guard?"
"You will still have to wait until you are 13, but I can still teach and train you until then."
"Yes!" I screamed with joy.
"Alright kid you can go now, I expect you to be here at 6 in the morning, alright? You better prepare yourself, because I will not go easy on you..."
"Yes!"
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From what I could tell the next day he did not hold back.
He made me do excerises that an ordinary person would not do, he probably wants to see my limits, or my determination.
I won't give up though, I will train more and more, every day to get stronger and stronger, until I reach the limits of my body.
And after I reach my limits, I will break through them and reach higher and higher. I will not let anything be a limit to me, even after I reach the level of master in all skills and magic, I will keep ascending, and that is a promise I make the the Goddess of Order, I will keep going until I defeat the final boss, and by than, I might reach peace, but if not I will do my best to find true happiness and peace.
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6 months later.
I finished my daily training with little to no difficulty. My body was sweating a little, but it was only because the sun was hot today.
When I went to grab a towel to clean my sweat, the old man approached me with a smile.
His name was Henry Morton.
He told he was a vetern warrior that in a war against the other races when he was young. He also a lot of stories about that war, but every one one of them had the same ending...
...The humans lost to the other races all the time.
He told me that almost all the other races could humans with their bare hands. He said to me that they were faster, stronger, more durable, and basically better than us in every way.
I believed him, but after I master all my skills, and get good weapons, armor, and accecories, I will be the better one.
In Terraria, it was the same, if you didn't have those three things, you could get destroyed by almost every monster.
Maybe except slime.
They were always easy to kill, except for king and queen slime, but they were still a pain in the butt to deal with every time...
While I was deep in my thought I felt a hand on my shoulder, and it was Henry.
"Alright kid, today is the day you awaited for so much" Henry said.
Finally.
"I begin my sword training?" I asked.
"Yeah kid, catch" he threw me a wooden sword
"We are begining your sword training today"
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