The Power Level
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Long story short, Alex is in Billy's gym now, he is in there with Billy, Ren, and Ryuji. The four of them stood in the ring, and they were all ready to train Alex to get used and control his powers. But first Billy will explain about the power of the shield race and sword race.
"Alright Alex, we're happy that you've decided to join this group."
"I-I have no choice."
"No problem, this is the best choice you've ever made ... Oh yeah, first, I'll teach you about the basics."
"What is that?"
"The power level of the sword race and shield race."
"Power level?"
"Yes, we all have some level of power, depending on how much life force we have. Life force is a kind of energy owned by all humans, but people like us generally have a larger amount of Life force, especially you Alex. But even though you have such a large flow of life force in your body, your power level is still low."
"Why?"
"Because of the shield you can Summon, it's still small and limited in size. While your sword still doesn't have the elemental power."
"O-ouh. Tell me about that level of power?"
"There are three levels of power for the shield race or sword race. For the shield race: The first level is when they can only created a small and limited transparent shield. The second level is when they can created a larger size transparent shield or they can also be use it to envelops their entire body. And Level three is when they can change that transparent shield into a tougher or more solid form, either iron or steel."
"Th-that means the shield race can also create weapons??"
"Yes, you could say that. But it depends on how much life force you has. Since creating materials requires a lot of energy and focus, besides that we can't maintain the shield shape for too long. So the life force can be drained drastically."
"Ouh, alright I see. Then... What about the sword race?"
"The sword race also has three levels of power. For the sword race: The first level is when they manage to gain a sword that shaped according to their criteria. The second level is when their swords can bring out their respective elemental powers, the element is different for each person. And the third level is when they can control the element completely and use it to deliver devastating attacks. For example, water becomes waves, wind becomes tornado, rocks become earthquakes, and so on."
"O-ouh, I see... Then what element do I have?"
"We still didn't know, because your power is still at level one."
"That means, both my powers are still ordinary?"
"Yeah, you're still an ordinary shield wielder, and an ordinary sword user."
"Then when can I get level up?"
"The time will come. That's why now you should start training. And the one who will train you is Ren, because he has the most powerful sword skills in this group."
"B-but I still have one question."
"What is that?"
"If I may ask, what level are the three of you at?" Alex meant Billy, Ren, and Ryuji.
Then Ren answered. "We don't want to be arrogant boy, but our Power is already at level three."
"Waaahhh." Alex was amazed.
"Let's just start the training." Ren said while standing in front of Alex.
Then Billy and Ryuji immediately step aside and got out of the ring, they would let Ren take care of the next step. Billy took a chair and then he sat while still watching the two people in the ring, while Ryuji immediately approached the hamock and he fell asleep there.
Ren removed the bracelet from his hand, so a sword appeared and was grabbed in his hand. The sword has a black and shiny shape, even miraculously it can also emit water. That's because Ren is the owner of the water element type as his elemental power.
After Ren showed his sword, then Alex also immediately took out his sword. He opened the bracelet and his sword appeared and was in his hand. Not only that, Alex also even raised a transparent shield in his left hand, so he felt complete to face Ren in a fight.
Ren said. "This is my sword, the name is 'Black stream'... If I may ask, what is the name of your sword?" Ren asked Alex.
"Aaa, this is... umm. Shining blade." Alex replied.
"Why did you name it Shining Blade?"
"Because, this sword is.. shiny."
"Hmm." Ren and Billy just smiled in response to that.
"O-ouh yeah, did Ryuji also giving name to his sword?"
Then while raising his sword, Ryuji replied, "Of course, my sword's name is White Dragon."
"Wow, what a cool name... Then what's the name of tha..."
"Enough asking about the name of the sword, let's start fighting!" Ren said while giving attack to Alex.
And that suddenly made Alex feel surprised and shocked, so he immediately parried every attack from Ren which was very fast and hard on every s***h, so Alex was overwhelmed and pushed away many times, because Ren keep giving attack after attack to him. Even because of the severity of Ren's attacks, the shield that Alex used to withstand these attacks, broke many times, so Alex had to keep creating new shields while feeling scared because his opponent keep attacking mercilessly.
Alex couldn't put up any meaningful resistance against Ren, he just kept on parrying and dodging. He was so overwhelmed that he wanted to give up, but Ren didn't give him a chance to stop, he continued to deliver slashes from his Black stream sword. And keep in mind, Ren is not serious in undergoing the fight, he only uses 20% of his strength, so imagine if Ren fought in earnest, then he could be a very deadly figure for his opponent. However, because Alex was still a beginner, this exercise was the most suitable for him, even though what Alex felt right now was like being in a state of life and death, because he was already feeling completely overwhelmed and in pain as well.
Until finally, in the afternoon, Ara came again to the training place while bringing food for her brother, as well as the people who were there. Then the training was stopped because Alex seemed to have passed out, Alex was very tired after fighting Ren for hours. Then while standing near Alex, Ren spoke.
"Is this exercise too hard for you boy?"
Then Alex answered. "Yes, of course. You didn't train me at all, you just kept trying to s***h at me! You should have taught me the basics techniques from the start."
"Basic techniques? ...If you run into an enemy, will they teach you the basics first?"
"Hah?"
"You think I'm not teaching you anything? ... If you focus and pay attention from the start, then you'll notice that from the start I always attacked you with the same three combined moves. And I want you to memorize it."
"O-ouh, y-yes, I think I'm a little aware of that."
"Good, then tomorrow I want you to come and training again with me."
"To- tomorrow we will fight again?"
"Yes, of course. I am in charge of training your sword technique, remember." Ren said.
"A- all right then." Alex nodded even though he didn't feel ready.
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