Something unexpected

After class, Zeke headed home. Nothing interesting happened, as always, school was something really boring for Zeke. He was still immersed in confused thoughts and feelings. Fortunately, Mr.Herrler's speech made Zeke feel very good, but at the same time it raised even more questions for him. In his mind Zeke was still thinking at these words "don't be afraid to trust other people, we are not creatures made to live alone, don't be afraid to trust someone else but yourself, don't be afraid to ask your loved ones for help when you need it and feel that the situation is beyond you."

"If everything were so simple, things are much more complicated than you think Mr.Herrler..." that was what Zeke was thinking.

However, something inside Zeke made him feel good when he thought of Mr. Herrler. That image of Mr. Herrler in the mind of Zeke, an old man with white hair and his little baldness that stood out, a gentle face full of the emotions of long-gone youth, with his glasses whose thick lenses stood out, that elegant suit he always wore inside the university to give a pleasant feeling of a responsible man, passed through life, to those around him. All of this made Zeke think of one thing:

"Mr.Herrler really is a wonderful person, I hope he will live a long life full of happiness."

However, all of Zeke's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his phone notification. He had received a message from Yuki stating: "see you tonight", and after that, a strange thought crossed Zeke's head, were Mr. Herrler's words "that's how it is in the beginning, that's how love works". Zeke blushed and thought in his mind:

"There's no way".

And right after he remembers what Yuki said "we demons can't feel what you humans call "love", because we don't have a soul"

"That's right, that was what she said, anyway this doesn't bother me too much, I'm used to be alone, there's nothing new. Most likely she wants to start training"

And then Zeke texted her "ok, see you tonight". A few hours passed and the time for the two to meet arrived. It was about nine o'clock and being the spring season outside there was still little light and a pleasant warm breeze could be felt in the air.

"You're late" said Yuki.

"You could have told me the place and time where you would like us to meet, not just take me by surprise. I don't think it was so hard to tell me to come to the forest near the city at 9 o'clock, luckily I can feel your presence due to my powers and I finally found you."

"Instead of making excuses you should learn how to apologize"

"This girl..." Zeke had thought, making a very irritated face.

"Anyway, let's say I forgive you this time too, so? are you ready?"

"Ready for what?"

"For your training you idiot" said Yuki a little angry.

"Oh yeah, you said we'll start to train soon"

It seems that Yuki has thought of all the details in advance. The forest outside the city was a perfect place where they could train quietly without being disturbed or seen by anyone. They did not endanger any human life and could train quietly, a very clever idea.

"What else did you think?"

"Nothing, nothing, I'm ready, I thought that's why you texted me. So what do we start with?"

"Well, first of all I need to tell you more about the Hals"

"There's still more?" asked Zeke a bit surprised.

"Yes, you still have a lot to learn. What you need to know is that there are different species of Hals, some stronger than the others, and in order to differentiate them from each other we would assign to each one a rank E, D, C, B, A and S, E being the weakest and S being the strongest. The one you defeated two days ago was a C-rank Hals..."

After that Yuki had taken a short break and made a serious face.

"But don't get ahead of yourself, just because you defeated a C-rank Hals doesn't mean you're as strong as one, understand?"

"Yes Mrs." said Zeke rhetorically.

"Good. It's good that at least that's what you can understand." said Yuki rolling her eyes.

"What kind of brainless monkey do you think I am?"

"Definitely a very stupid one". Yuki commented as she folded her hands across her chest.

"Ahh.." sighed Zeke. "Shouldn't we start training instead of insulting each other?"

"It is true that practice helps you learn easier, but without a proper theory you will not understand much, so be patient and listen carefully, after I used the transfer spell, you received some of my powers, that means I can no longer fight like I fought before, I can no longer use close-combat spells or summon weapons. These are spells that you will have to master as soon as possible if you want to have at least a chance of survival against the higher rank Hals. That's why we should start with the spell of summoning, without your sword you are a bit useless on the battlefield to be honest."

"Thanks for the compliments."

"There were no compliments"

After which Yuki stops making a serious face.

"If you can't even summon your sword you'll die on the battlefield before you realize it."

"..."

"Well, now that I'm done with the introductions I should explain how the magic of summoning the sword works. You should view your sword like an extension of you arm, a part of yourself. Swords made in Heaven and Hell are different from those made on Earth. They are created from magical energy meant to help the possessor become stronger. A sword becomes stronger the stronger its possessor becomes, if a strong sword is wielded by a weak possessor it will not work at full capacity."

And then Zeke interrupted her.

"So... if the swords made in Hell are made from magical energy that means I can use spells on them?"

"You're getting it very quickly brainless monkey. Yes it's true, you can use spells on weapons to make them stronger, but that's more complicated. For the time being, let's just limit ourselves to summoning spell."

Right after that Yuki stops for a second and realized:

"WAIT, we need to prepare your body first, I forgot".

"Prepare... my body?"

"Yes, we need to make your body stronger, if we don't do this, chances are your body won't resist a summoning spell and you can't summon your sword."

"And how are we going to do this?".

"By training, obviously".

"What kind of training?"

"For now, let's just do a normal training"

" By normal training do you mean the training that people usually do?".

"For now, yes ,let's limit ourselves just to this, 100 push-ups, 100 squats, 100 crunches and 10 km run, that should be enough, after that we can start the training for the summoning spell"

After that the two started the training. Nevertheless, at some point Yuki stops and screams:

"Get ready! I feel a Hals close..."

Taking a defensive stance Zeke asked:

"How strong it is?".

"It's seems like a D rank...Prepare yourself for battle! It's close..."

The danger could be felt in the air. A very menacing and dangerous presence was beginning to appear. From the shadows of the trees some bloodshot eyes looked at the two of them, after which a fierce roar broke the silence of the moment. A creature with the look of a massive lion appeared, but it was a little different, its claws looked more like sharp blades made to tear meat from enemies. It had a long tail like that of a snake and sharp teeth like those of a tiger. If you were to compare the Hals with something, I would say that its size was at least equal to that of a medium-sized orca. The intention of killing could be felt in the air, it was a very dangerous creature...

"Get ready! It'll attack soon!"

The Hals rushed upon them and launched an attack with its sharp claws, but fortunately Zeke and Yuki were able to avoid that attack.

"Try to summon your sword, I'll be dealing with it to gain some time, It's not an Hals that I can beat alone in my current state..."

"How I am suppose to summon my sword? You didn't teach me how to do it"

"Try to remember how you did it the first time"

Then Yuki rushed toward the Hals using one of her combat spells.

"Lighting Cage!"

*Note to the reader: "Lighting Cage" is a spell that creates a cage whose walls are made of electricity. This spell has a very good use in long-combat battles given the fact that you immobilize your enemy without putting too much effort.*

And with this spell Yuki was able to create a cage to hold the creature trapped. But of course Hals resisted trying to get out of the prison where it had just been caught. Using its claws to scratch the walls made of electricity, then forcing them by throwing itself into them, the cage seemed to begin to crack.

"Hurry up! I don't know how much longer I can resist..."

But no response... the silence behind her made her worry.

"What are you doing? I can't hold it alone for long"

But after that she felt it just for a second, a shadow had passed by her so quickly that she could barely feel it's presence. It was Zeke and he was heading for the cage where Hals had been kept.

"Release the Hals when I tell you!"

"Have you lost your mind, what are you going to do?!"

"Just do as I say!"

And that's how Zeke was now face to face with the creature's cage.

"NOW!"

"This is going to be a bad idea..."

And then Yuki released the spell and the cage broke. The Hals rushed towards Zeke and Zeke towards it as well. Then the Hals launched an attack on Zeke but Zeke managed to doge it.

"Take this!" screams Zeke with all of his powers.

Thereafter Zeke punched the creatures and due to his enormous power the Hals was thrown some meters back, but it didn't fall, instead it launches an attack on Zeke again, with it's long tail, throwing Zeke over Yuki and knocking them both down.

Yuki gets upset and screams at Zeke.

"Ouch... it hurts... why don't you listen to me? Why don't you summon you sword? I told you that I alone can't defeat that Hals at my current condition and your strength isn't enough as well! You need to summon your sword now! Weapons are much efficient then magic when you are dealing with Halses"

But Zeke's silence had made Yuki worry. Zeke looked straight into her eyes and told her.

"Yuki... I have to tell you something...I...I...I can't summon my sword"

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