Journey???

* MC name Vali, not Ensis. The reason will be in the author's note. *

Vali, as soon as he learned that defeating others could help him gain more power, he felt ecstatic and relieved in his heart. He knows that he would not lag behind the Asgardians if he diligently trains and fights. Although he is unsure, he thinks it might be possible to grow at a faster rate than the Asgardians and leave them behind in the dust.

With him learning this fact about the benefits of having a system, Vali thought back on all of his previous experiences. As he thought back on his life during the period of his training, here at Asgard, Vali has a sudden revelation about his growth. His previous fight with Hela was the first time he defeated her with his full capabilities, so he understood the increase in his power level.

But what about those other times when it was the other way around? Did his power level increase if he got defeated by others too? The very notion of seeing an increase in his power level even while he is defeated seems absurd to Vali, but there is no other way to explain his growth. Even with the training he underwent plus, with the help of the system, his power level at most would reach 230 to 250. So, he believes there must be some sort of increase in his power level even when he suffered defeat since he is still getting experience and is training himself. As for the amount, he is not exactly sure, with him never noticing a significant increase even after he suffers defeat, he believes that it might be a very minuscule amount.

As he had this revelation, he wanted to test whether his theory is true or not, so for the following several days, he experimented. Instead of Hela, Vali fought an Asgardian warrior who is stronger than him or Hela.

During his experiment, he went to other training grounds in Asgard other than the palace training ground. There he fought an Asgardian named Doonga, although this Doonga possess a power level of around 450, which could be considered as one of the lowest for an Asgardian warrior, due to the difference of over 100 in their power level, Vali could not win even with the help of his skills as they are still very low in their level.

But, after the fight, Vali noticed that there is an increase of 2 points in his power level. And for the following days, he would always spar with Doonga instead of Hela. For about a week, he would be defeated by Doonga, but as he keeps on training and fighting, his power level has reached 350. And with this, he could fight almost toe to toe with Doonga if he uses all of his skills.

Vali continues to train and fight with Doonga for two more weeks. As he tried to change his training regiment, he decided to fight Doonga for one last time.

" Doonga, let fight one more time. " Vali challenge Doonga.

" No way, you are growing too fast and is getting too strong. I would have to fully exert myself to the limit if I want to have a chance of defeating you now. " Doonga refused as he shakes his head.

" Come on, you are an Asgardian warrior. Aren't you ashamed for cowering before an opponent? " Vali begins to provoke him into a fight.

Hearing this provocation, Doonga furiously replied, " I'm a proud Asgardian, as I call myself one, I will not run away from a fight. " Saying this, he immediately picked up his weapon, a two-handed double-edged battle-axe. Then he continued, " Let's fight. I will make you admit defeat."

As Vali heard this, he too immediately unsheathes both of his katana and stands in a battle pose, extending his left hand holding a katana and his right hand behind it, Vali said

" Come and attack. "

Hearing the provocation, Doonga rush at Vali and immediately hack his battle axe at him.

Staring at the incoming axe, Vali quickly sidestepped to move away from the path of the axe, swiftly dodging the attack.

Seeing that the attack does not hit Vali, Doonga swings his axe sideways immediately.

Clank!

Vali blocked the axe that is coming at him using both of his katana. Due to the weight of the axe and the force of the swing, Vali slid about a foot backwards. Right now, the two of them are at a standstill, neither one of them is gaining the upper hand.

So, Vali, without any delay, activated his sword skills and sent a weak sword energy out from the blade of his two swords. With the addition of the sword energy, Vali begins to overpower Doonga, the sword energy begins to form an invisible field between the axe and the swords.

As Vali began to overpower Doonga, the gap begins to increase and utilising the gap created the sword energy, Vali moves sideways to go behind Doonga.

Since Vali now move sideways, he naturally removes his katanas from the path of the axe. Due to the sudden disappearance of the opposing force and overexertion of his strength to overpower Vali, Doonga fell on his face to the ground with his axe.

As Vali saw Doonga hit the ground on his face, he begins to laugh. Hearing the laughter of Vali, Doonga got enraged, and immediately turn towards Vali and tried to get himself up.

But, before Doonga could get up, Vali pointed his katana at Doonga's neck. With a smile on his face, Vali said " I win. "

"Okay, I completely lost." said Doonga as he realises Vali's swords are pointing at his neck.

Vali extends his arms towards Doonga and pulled him up from the ground. As soon as Doonga stood up, he turned to Vali and said, " This is the reason why I don't want to fight you. It felt as if you are playing with me rather than fighting me. " He shook his head in disappointment and regret.

" Oh come on, don't be like this. My strength right now is all due to your help. " Vali said to console the pouting Doonga. Then he continued, " Don't you find it exhilarating to fight like that? "

" Yea, you're right. And fighting like this is kinda fun. " Doonga said as he realizes the adrenaline he had during his fight with Vali felt awesome. Then he continued, " But, I'm not fighting with you anymore. " As Vali could now easily toy with him, any further fight in the future with Vali will become boring and annoying.

After saying all of this, the two begins to laugh as they put their arms around their shoulder. Then, they soon said their goodbyes and went to their respective home.

Vali is in high spirits as he could defeat Doonga now without using most of his skills. He wanted to train and spar with him till he could easily defeat Doonga without using any of his skills, but, since the other party refuse to spar with him in the future, he had to find some other way to train.

And Vali power level could now be comparable to some of the stronger but not the strongest lower class warrior of Asgard.

As he now possesses such a power level, he is itching to go out and have a little training adventure time.

With this in mind, he went towards the Asgard Royal Palace. Although this is before Odin subjugate the nine realms, as it is the Royal Palace of the Aesirs, it is nothing less than majestic.

The Palace is situated at the center of the capital city of the Asgard realm, which is also called Asgard. The palace has four entrance, one on each cardinal directions. And by the side of each entrance stood over a 50 meter stone statue of a warrior holding a spear in one hand and a shield on the other. Everything from the walls to the stairs of the palace is made out of clear marble, inside the palace is a throne room which is right in the middle of it.

To describe how big the palace is, even the throne room itself has a capacity to hold over a hundred thousand people at once. Apart from that, there are numerous rooms in the palace for accommodation.

As he arrived at the palace, he went right for the throne room, and outside of the throne room stood two guards in front of a closed door.

The two guards as they see Vali approaching, they stopped him from entering

" The King is having a meeting with his generals right now. " said one of the guards to Vali.

" Okay, I will wait here then." Hearing this, Vali replied and sat down by the wall opposite to the door.

After waiting for about half an hour, the door to the throne room opened. With it, came out several dozens of warriors who are the generals and leader of Odin's troops.

As soon as there are no more people coming out from the door, he immediately went and ran right into the throne room, while he is running, Vali smiles at the guard who spoke to him previously.

Inside of the throne room, in the middle, on an elevated platform is a golden throne. This throne is called the Hlidskjalf, and when one sat on it, he or she can see the nine realms.

And on the throne, Hlidskjalf sat Odin while on his right stood Brunhild, the chief of the Valkyrie.

And all around the wall of the throne room, there a numerous amount of statues of warriors encompassing the room.

Vali immediately approaches the throne where Odin is sitting, as he is right in front of Odin, Vali bowed before him and said

" Father, can I go out of the city to train? " Vali knew that Odin is not his father, but since he is like a father figure in his life, Vali called him so.

" Hahaha, you are still too young and weak. You should not think about such things for now. " replied Odin like he has just heard a joke.

" I'm lot stronger than before. I could even defeat Hela now. " Vali said with a tone louder than normal, as he wanted to get his point across.

" What? Really? Is that the truth? " Odin said with a surprising look on his face.

" Of course, why would I lie? " Vali replied proudly.

Hearing this Odin reconsider what he said before,

" If you can withstand the attack of Brunhild for 1 minute, I will reconsider. " Odin reluctantly told Vali.

Even though most Asgardians did not treat Vali with respect due to the fact that he is a Midgardian and his given name, but, as he is someone that Odin picked up and personally raised him from childhood, he considered him something similar to a son. And as he is a human and unlike the Asgardian with superior physique and strength, even though Odin knew he is different from most humans, he still wants to protect Vali for a bit longer. He wanted him to at least be able to protect himself from a bit of danger.

As such, he wanted to confirm with his own eyes that Vali has a bit of power to protect himself when he goes out to train.