Rise To Annwn

Chapter 22 A lesson learned

Tsuyoi now back against the wall now is faced with a massive wall. But something Deep frost said hurt and infuriated Tsuyoi. He lacks purpose, yes. His master sucked, no. The fact Deep frost brought his master into the fight caused a rage to build in his soul.

"Tsuyoi there are two people in life. Those who get angry and those who get angry but chose to overcome it"

Once again the teachings of master echo in my head like a ringing bell.

"How does that make sense Master"

"See in my eyes, those who get angry, those who have hate, are weak. Those emotions are a sign of weakness."

"..."

"See its like this everyone gets angry but the truly strong ones are able to stay calm and overcome the rage. You can be truly strong"

In the past one of my first lessons was the difference between rage and calm. Rage gives people strength and power in the heat of the moment. Calm gives people the ability to think and chanel their strength into whole new power. Both sides of the same coin.

My master told me if you get frustrated, let it out. If you get sad, cry it out. But if you have rage you are doing something wrong. Rage is a powerful emotion. If you have the power to overcome you have an even greater power.

With the thoughts flowing back into my head like a vacuum, I steady my breathing and calm myself.

This not a fight about me, it is about my master's teachings. I will use her techniques in this fight. I used her techniques in the past but only some. Some I can't do, some I am too embarrassed to use by the fact such a weakling is her student. I will use all of them.

Tsuyoi gets back to his feet eyes with a hint of conviction. He begins to shift his body into a stance.

He moves his left hand out open like he is trying to reach out to Deep frost. He turns to make the sides of his body face Deep frost. He bends his knees. He moves his right hand behind his side to face away from Deep frost. With each movement, he would shake a little as if he was hesitating if he truly wanted to do this or not. With a loud internal scream, he finishes the stance.

One of Cynthia's techniques shield and spear stance. One of the basic stances of the royal guard style.

"Tsuyoi do you know what a stance is"

"No"

"A stance is a position you put your body in to increase its effectiveness in a certain area"

"..."

"I am going to teach you the basic stance shield and spear stance for royal guards, with my own touch to it" My mind flowing back to when she first showed me this stance.

Cynthia goes to show me the stance and its entirety. I never wanted a stance that was balanced back then I wanted one that was super offensive.

She went to show me that the stance was the most adaptable. It could do anything, counter, defend, attack, move, anything and can be tweaked to improve in a certain area like pivoting a foot.

She showed me the hand sticking out was for blocking, countering, grabbing, spacing, and unleashing energy attacks.

The backhand is for unleashing powerful strikes when the time is right.

The legs for defense, checks, spacing, kicks.

The stance was a perfect balance for the entire body.

She even fought me using the stance. I could not land a single hit on her. Even still I rejected it.

Deep frost looks at Tsuyoi's stance and laughs. Tsuyoi's face unchanging. Deep frost smilies and takes the first move.

Deep frost unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks on Tsuyoi.

But none of them hit. Tsuyoi moves his left-hand parry each attack with fluidity.

When the chance was right, Tsuyoi jets his backhand out with all the force he can muster from his legs and body.

The fist comes crashing down on Deep frost's skull. Deep frost's head flys back as his body follows.

As Tsuyoi retracts his fist back to the original position. The floor gets hit with a little bit of blood from Tsuyoi's knuckles.

Deep frost recovers and begins rushing at Tsuyoi like an angry bull.

Tsuyoi still in his stance, unleashes a counter of wave after wave of wave splitters. The blast acting as a wave of energy flying off the palm of Tsuyoi's hand. The blast ingulfed Deep frost in a wave of Shinto nircana. There is an invisible trigger in Tsuyoi's mind and he was spamming it. Each short blast firing off one after the other slowing down Deep frost's assault down to nothing before sending him flying away.

The waves of Shinto nircana boomerang back at Tsuyoi charging him up for a powerful attack.

Deep frost looks visibly angry. His eyes brimming with rage. He removes all the rubble from his body after being forced into a flaming house.

Right now I know I don't know what I have. I got old techniques I struggle to use. I have an incomplete form that only weakens me in the long run. I have strength but I can't even muster it. I have no purpose. I once had a teacher. I once had a close friend. All I know is what I do not have.

Tsuyoi continues to fire off wave splitters using his frustration as fuel to continue fighting.

Master knew what was best for me...maybe...just maybe if I listened to her she may still be here. I will not lose if I use what I learned from her. A battle is not determined by strength or power but how you use it.

Deep frost eyes turn red in anger. Deep frost continues to try to attack Tsuyoi only to be stopped by his unrelenting attacks.

Tsuyoi slides his body to the side to avoid Deep frost's attack. Extending his front hand Tsuyoi grabs Deep frost's face and slams it into the ground.

The road cracks as Deep Frost's body is embedded in it. The ground rumbles as all the wave energy stored in his body were just released at that moment. Small pebbles fly into the air.

Tsuyoi hand still on griping hard on Deep frosts spiky head unleashing a barrage of point-blank wave splliters.

With each attack, Deep frost's body shakes and becomes more lifeless. With each attack, the road becomes more cracked. With each attack, rubble on the road jumps into the air. With each attack, Tsuyoi's hand bleeds even more.

He continues until the road is completely destroyed and Deep frosts body completely stops struggling.

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Chapter 23 end