Ch 2 Sword training and hunting

...Aren's Pov...

I finally got access to learn magic. On my 8th birthday mother gaved me Book Of Magic. I always see my father training ice magic near the river which is in the front of our house. He can freeze water and even make ice out of air. This is possible because of mana. In my previous world we had no such thing. Humans only depend on their technology but here its different. But people who are not able to use mana need to depend on their technology. Father told me that nobel family or we can say them decendant of great mages who fought against Legendary beast to save their country.

They were very power mages but they were barely able to win against a legendary beast. But. why did legendary beast attacked them. They are said to be intelligent like humans and other races.

I hoe they dont show up now. They went to deep sleep many years ago.

Where humans feel proud that they defeated the legendary beast on other hand they ser them as mythical beast too.

Since not all of them attacked and only one attacked them. Scary to think if everyone attacked at same time.

I also learned that their are not only human race in this world.

There are 4 intelligent races like human.

Elves, dwarfs , beast people and demons.

Every one have their own speciality. I am interested in meeting them. To think that i have spend 10 years in forest with my parents. When will i go to cities.

Enough thinking about this, i should wake up from bed and go for my magic training.

I combed my self properly and went outside.

Mother was washing clothes on the river side and father was practising sword art.

"Oh you are awake" Mother said

i simply gave her a nod and went near the river and washed my face.

"You should eat you breakfast i have prepared and put it on the table"

"Yes i will" I gave a smile and went inside for breakfast

After having breakfast i went outside to where father was.

i put out the sword necklace which my father gave me and hold it on my hand.

I put some mana in the sword and it came to its original form.

Magical right, its a special sword for people with no mana core to use power full weapon to match with mages.

So until i have my mana core i will use this for my training.

With this i can only use pure mana from air with the help of this sword. It increases my contact with outer mana so i will not have problem with using mana.

I kept the sword in my hand to show that i am ready for training.

He gave a smile and said "shall we start today lesson"

yeah bring it on, after getting beaten for a year in mana and sword fight but now i am can hold myself against him.

i gave a nod.

We the moved at a distance. He gave signal to continue. I got my self in stance and faced towards father.

i ran forward to hit him with sword.

He easily blocked and pushed me back.

i again ran toward him to hit.

this time i put force so that he dont push me back. When our sword touched i pushed him with more force.

he also responded with forcing me back again. I didnt got pushed far so i instantly return back to attack on his leg. He used his sword to block my attack. After blocking my attack he hit my head with his hand.

"owww" i groaned

"you have to do better and dont just run toward me.

"yeah i know" i said while taking back my step.

i again ran toward him. But this time time he attacked first. I tried to block his attack but he changed his direction to my stomach and i was not able to defend myself.

i felt a light pain but i take a step back and found an opening. I hit directly at his neck but stopped before it touched.

"No bad but you have already lost" father said and i felt more pain in my stomach.

i felt on my knee . What the heck was that. I felt pain after few seconds.

"What happened? " Mother came running after watching me felling on ground.

"are you okay" She asked me as i tried to stand up.

"what the hell were you thinking when attacking a 10yearv old kid with that " mother said angrily.

"It was just practice, dont worry he will be fine" father said

pain went away few moment later

so this is a type of attack. He know thats why he is calm.

"today training is over now " mother said

"But we have just started.... "

she gave me a deadly glare. This is sign i should not speak anything.

"fine, today i will be taking Aren on hunting with me."

our family never go to town for shopping food since we grow food here and hunt animals for meat. I feel like i am living as early men but this is not bad.

As long as i am with them.

"shall we go "father asked

i stood up

"yes"

we went to forest after taking our equipments.

I hold the knife and box where we will keep food and arrows on my back. Father had only taken bow. Agh why you give so much to a little boy.

After sometime father stopped walking and signalled me to stay still.

Looks like he found something.

"look there" father said with a smile.

i step forward and saw group of deer.

They were big, they were not like what i know in my own world.

"so are we going to kill them?"