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Training

I arrived at the Ancient One's room and stretched my hand to knock when suddenly the door opens and I see the Ancient One with a smirk on her face and she says " Come in Mr. Doug"

I give her the stink eye and think she's definitely doing it on purpose. I walk in and find two cups of tea already on the table . I turn to her with a questioning gaze on my face.

She answers my unasked question and says
" Master Yun told me you were finished with the books. You didn't think I would waste my gift on such petty things do you? " I have a skeptical look on my face.

Which states that I would totally believe she would you use her foresight to mess with me. Although what she says could be true as I didn't seek her out right away.

I felt hungry on my way to her room, but decided to swing by the dining room to get something to eat first as I hadn't eaten in almost a day.

She takes a sip of her tea and says " I must say Mr. Doug I am surprised you're done already those books were supposed to keep you busy atleast a few weeks if not a few months it isn't easy to learn a few languages in a few hours if I do say so myself."

" I rub the back of my neck and say " Actually I forgot to tell you about my mutant ability. I am a hyper-linguist and my powers are semi-telepathic and semi-clairvoyant in nature. I can learn any language written or spoken in minutes. I am also kind of a genius and I have near photographic memory. "

As I am telling her this her eyes widen slightly which is the only sign of surprise she gives.

She starts by saying" Well that is certainly a useful ability Mr. Doug and well help you immensely especially in the Mystic Arts. " she says with an even voice.

I wait for her to continue, but she merely sips her tea again.

I start by saying" Uhm.. so what's next ? " she looks at me and says" What's next Mr. Doug is that you are going to come back in a few days to recieve a new training plan I will fit for you based on your learning speed . I will be busy as I have a few things to take care of for the next few days, but I think this is good news as you can now have a head start on your Martial Arts and conditioning training. I have personally asked Master Mordo to instruct you after group training. " she says with an unsettling smile that causes me to shiver.

' Why do I have a bad feeling about this ?' I look down at my tea and take a sip and say" Mm.. this is good tea. I can really taste the honey. "

A few weeks of tortur... Uhm.. I mean training pass. I am picking up magic at a crazy rate. Even the Ancient one seems surprised. I can already make portals without needing to swirl my hand around.

I only point at where I want it to open and it opens easily. I am currently working on changing the size and speed at which I can make them as I think they are useful for combat.

I hope I can master them soon. As the Ancient One told me the next step is opening a portal without a sling ring.

Learning opening portals surprisingly took me a few days. I also learned other useful spells like making energy weapons, but I am having trouble sustaining them for long and they break pretty easily if you get a good hit in.

Me and Master Mordo have just started incorporating energy weapons into our spars and as per usual he is still kicking my ass both in armed and unarmed combat it didn't matter that I could read his body language as I wasn't fast enough to react to his moves.

I managed to suprise him a few times with creative and well timed used portals, but he quickly caught on.

I managed to get a hit in once by creating a fist sized portal in front of his face and punching him even though we were 10 feet apart.