The Beasts of Men

Chapter 21

Elijah shows up to the training room still questioning what happened  Arthur and Jason were sparing while Ms.Kingsmen watched. Why are you late Elijah Ms.Kingsmen said. "He was talking to some girl". Jason said. Ms. Kingsmen quickly shot Elijah a look. "What girl" ? She said with fire in her eyes. Elijah was scared "ugh a friend from class" He said. "Oh just a friend then that's ok" she replied. Elijah made a face to Jason and Arthur but they just shrugged it off. "I thought you were leading me this whole time," said Ms.Kingsmen. "What are you talking about?'' asked Elijah, making a face.  "Anyways, here is the sword you requested,'' she said ignoring the question. Elijah's face lit up with excitement as soon as she presented it Elijah's face fell. "What is this? This is not what I ordered" Elijah said, complaining. "I know" said Ms.Kingsmen with an apologizing look on her face "but they wouldn't make you a katana looking blade". "How come Elijah"? asked. "Don't worry about small minded people only focus on improving yourself this time around." She said. Yes ma'am Elijah mumbled. "This style sword" Ms.Kingsmen said while holding it up, is known as  a Panama sword; it was a slightly forward curved blade. "Ok this is a pretty cool looking sword I have to admit" Said Elijah. "This is an old tribal assassinatin weapon you hold with a back grip" Ms.Kingsmen said. "What made you get me a weapon like this? What kind of weapons do   Arthur and Jason have"? Asked Elijah. I think you're unpredictable and I want to see how you train with a non-traditional weapon," she replied. "Oh right you haven't seen us train with weapons have you?'' said Arthur . Mine our two daggers, I also use throwing knives for long distances." "I use a traditional long sword with an arm crossbow,'' said Jason. "I like to focus on hand to hand combat mostly because you're not always going to have access to a weapon at the heat of the moment,'' said Ms.Kingsmen. "Before you spare with either of them you should get accustomed with your weapon first so for now do 3,000 swings with that sword". "What!" Elijah thought while making a face. As Elijah went to grab the weapon it was a little heavier than he thought it would be. Just reaching the halfway point in his swinging Elijah was tired and just at the point he was getting ready to stop, he started thinking this would be the perfect time to start thinking of more applications for using his shadow abilities. Just playing around for a little while with them in seclusion he figured out how to absorb shadow energy around him and absorb it into himself but it only seemed to apply to his stamina not Elijah actually spirit-power or strength. Elijah Called the move Consumption mainly because it sounded cool and he liked naming things. "I can definitely use this before every match and it would go unnoticed, well unless my partner happened to see me". Elijah thought to himself. "I should explore more of that cloning power that is said to be used by shadow walkers. Other Infiltration classes use clones to some extent but that is a bit too cliche for me. I want to be able to apply some of my  Anubis abilities with my  Void shadow walker ones." Elijah started mumbling to himself aloud. Everyone stopped and looked at him for a min and said to themselves 'What a weirdo" and then continued to train. I should try to combine shadow cloning with Elijah's  Astral Projection." "Your mind is just as scary as your power is, kid ,'' said Solomon. "So when did you get back from peeping"? Elijah asked. "Not too long ago, you should have felt me come in your mind. It's not good that I just slipped into your mind without you noticing." "I've been swinging this sword for the past 2 and a half hours plus the sun is going down by the way you just admitted that you were Elijah said. "Stop whining   My goodness." Solomon said. Elijah rolled his eyes. "Your idea doesn't sound like a bad one if it turns out the way you think it does later on down the line you'll be a scary dude. I'll guide you on how to Clone yourself after you are done with this training".(Solmon ignores Elijah comment) "What kind of sword are you using there"? "It's a Panaba sword. It looks like an old tribal weapon," Elijah said. "It was a tribe of many different types of beastmen that lived on an island where that weapon came from. I don't think they exist  today but when I ruled the motherland I came across weapons that look like this. I haven't met them but I do like the look of the weapon." Said Solomon. "So you'll show me how to use it,'' said Elijah. Solmon made the face. "So you want me to hold your hand in literally everything that you do? You should let me just take over your body if that's the case." "Good Point" said Elijah. Around the time Elijah was done with his 3000 swings, training for the day had already ended so he was the last one in the training room. "Alright kid let's get out of here and  head somewhere on the edge of the city,'' said Solomon. "Why can't we just train here, no one is in here"? Replied Elijah. "Someone could easily slip in here without you noticing and realize that you have 2 beastmen classes because they would recognize you. You're the only Lion beastmen in the whole Academy  Elijah's  you don't think everyone knows who your are?" Solomon said. "Don't make me sound more important than what I am,'' Elijah replied. "Let's just hurry out of here. I already kinda have a spot in mind." Solomon led Elijah to the edge of the capital where people buy horses and livestock. "We'll train out here on this property dont worry about the farmer coming out. He always gets drunk at night,'' Solomon said. "Do you have any sort of grasp on using your shadow power yet? Since I never had that power I can't tell you how to activate it or feel it." "I already have a move that I have come up with that can increase my stamina" said Elijah. "Let's see it" Solomon said. Elijah focused on the closest shadow on the ground and then part of it flew right towards Elijah's hand. While holding the shadow he said aloud "void consumption". The shadow then disappeared into Elijah's arm and he took a huge breath that was filled with more energy. Solomon looked at him intently. "So what do you think"? Elijah asked. "I have definitely seen that before, wind ninjas use something similar but i don't think it actually increases their stamina. I know without a doubt that Cleric Mages use the sunlight to increase their overall power for sure but to use it to increase your stamina. If you had a high enough Spirit-power you could probably fight endlessly." "Really that would make me so OP" said Elijah. "I was just going to use this to stay at my top speed for the longest." "I'm getting excited for you,'' said Solomon. "Alright moving on since you know how to manipulate shadows to some extent then when you're cloning yourself you essentially doing the same thing when you Astral project your just using it with your shadow powers instead of your anubis ones." "Alright I'm going to try it right now,'' said Elijah. "What?! don't unless you want your head to explode sit down for a second and sort out your 2 class systems and your spirit pool, its probably all out of whack" said Solomon. Yea but I just used my Shadow abilities, what's the difference from using them how i just did and using them to make a clone?" Ask Elijah. Solomon shakes his head "baby steps" he whispers to himself. "Your Anubis abilities mainly come from your head because it's a caster class while your shadow powers come from your chest because it's an infiltrator class. The problem is that sometimes you can get your shadow powers to come from head too and since you're almost constantly using your anubis powers to be able to see me you would be  mixing 2 different types of energies. So sit down and short out your different types of energy." Elijah rolled his eyes. "It's really not comfortable sitting like that. Elijah sat down, crossed his legs and focused on his spiritual pool." Right now Elijah spirit-power is at 25 Beta rank. Most common beastmen soldiers our at this rank since he is nobility it's not  that impressive. "Normally you wouldn't have to meditate as much as this but since you have a double class system you do, focus on making your powers into one right now i can see it looks like oil and water in a cup" said Solomon. Elijah hadn't noticed before but he was right he somewhat limiting himself by not sorting it out. "How am I going to blend them together just keep stirring it around"? Elijah said to himself. "I can see the 2 different kinds of energy in my body, one is the Gold spirit energy which is my Anubis power and the other is the purple pool which is Shadow power. It's exactly what Solomon said the purple energy is just sitting on top of the gold. Lets see if I can stir it up like a big pot". After about an hr or struggling Elijah stopped. "Did you know that i would have to do this before we got here"? Asked Elijah? "Yes I did". Replied Solomon. "I thought we were going to focus on using my Shadow walkers abilities, not me sitting here and meditating in the middle of the night". Elijah said, complaining. "I already taught you how to clone yourself now you just have to be able to have the power to do it". Said Solomon. Elijah made a face. "So why the h*** our we even out here? Why can't I do this at the dorms". "Maybe if you would listen and stead of trying to figure everything out you would know that I already explained that to you. Don't forget our relationship kid. I may look the same age as you but I am 400 years old and I'm way more powerful than any of the people you met so far so how about putting a little more respect in your tone when you're talking to me child". It grew quite. "Your right im sorry ancestor". Elijah said saluting. Solomon starts to get embarrassed   "Alright you can be humble I get it. I said we're out here just in case someone see you using your Shadow walker powers and I meant it. For right now we are going to use my awesome wisdom to increase your spirit power". Elijah start getting pumped up. "Alright first things first you see that shove over there. Said Solomon. "Yea" said Elijah. Good now start digging