TBATE - THE PRODIGY

Inferno

I wondered why was Trisk so inclined to help me to go to elenoir, did she want me to get shitfaced by sir virion so she could have a laugh? Or she wanted me to succeed seeing how one of her friends was unable to, I really couldn't place a finger on it, maybe she was just being kind as she saw my abilities yesterday. I really should keep a track of how many people know about me.

Rather than wasting time thinking useless things I decided to go outside and warm up a little, as I got out of my room I saw that the twin horns except adam and durden were already awake and sparring outside, except Dr. Trisk ofcourse.

"how did you sleep" I approached.

"Definitely better than you, you just woke up and seem like you have to carry the weight of the whole world" she replied.

"Trust me with my schedule I shouldn't be sleeping as long as I did, anyways I wanted to ask you, why did you go out of your way to help me last night?" I questioned.

She was quiet for a while, almost thinking then replied "I am just interested to see your full capabilities, call it curiosity" ...... "alright alright, I knew what you were gonna say and I thought your parents would hear it better from me as you had just kinda revealed some big secrets to them, just to cool things down on your front" she said after i gave her cold stare.

"I see, thanks for this act of kindness" I said.

"I was drunk last night kid don't hope for me to always come to your rescue, anyways I just had the letter delivered to the kingdom you can expect a reply in 2-3 days"

"That early?! How close exactly are you to him"

"It's complicated" she hesitated. "Arthur, its better you tell virion the whole truth leave nothing out, he might be a kind and rational soul but he wont be taken for granted, he is just as good a leader as he is a warrior, his brain is the sharpest I have ever seen.... I am gonna tell you something not many people know because i have a feeling you know what to reveal when and what not to, ....with his military skills virion could have won the war but it meant too much destruction and loss, and his conscience couldn't handle it hence he proposed a peace treaty for the last time and surprisingly it worked"

This information didn't scare me only gave me a chance to revise my other qualities from when I was a king, this world was advanced in the way of fighting mostly one on one battles, but I doubt they could compare to the military tactics from my world, still I wasn't letting my guard down.

"I understand, now if you will excuse me I am gonna warm up" I excused myself.

She gave me a smirk and waved me away, shocked by my confidence. I was interrupted by jasmine holding up a practice sword and two daggers.

"I want to see for myself how strong you are as to be so confident to challenge the king" she stated.

I knew it she isn't as cold as she looks she was worried if not about me at least for my parents, she didn't let my mom do much work yesterday either, meaning she figured it out too.

"Alright, what are the rules" I replied

"In dungeons there are no rules so let's just keep from mortally wounding each other" she teased, almost as if she didn't believe me to be strong enough, I don't know why but I wanted to play into this game of hers and show her what I got.

"alright, any element you don't want me to use" I teased back.

"less talking more fighting" she ended, with a jab to my left.

I spun on my right heel and hit her straight under the long-head of the triceps, same move I failed at with my dad 6 years ago, she was surprisingly fast, she used wind to help reduce air resistance and increase her speed. I could do the same but I wanted to put my integrated body to work, I coated my sword in a thick layer of mana keeping it blunt but strong, then I coated it with vigorous lightning, as I thought, she got distracted by the sword as I approached, i used lightning to close the distance between us and stopped my left hand right below her chin.