Getting Stronger

As I stood outside in the natural hot springs in the palm tree forest washing off sweat from a training session with Leonidas I began to feel faint and nodded off with the ambient calming noises of the dessert forest.

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Le Dream

"It is good to see you mortal, where is my dragons head?," asked Anubis as he stood behind his mahogany desk next to his gold throne with red plush seating.

"I kinda don't have it yet," I murmured quietly trying to contain my rage and not tip my hand.

"You have a month of prep before the Conquer tournament begins, if you can't even kill a dragon then you have no business showing up and should just be my house servant for all of eternity," he roared.

"But-," I started before it happened...

Zap!

A chain collar tattoo appeared on my neck and I was shocked to a crisp. I felt like attacking but it took all my strength not to pass out from the pain.

"I want results not excuses mortal, kill a dragon within 3 days or you will become my butler for all of eternity," he boomed from behind his desk.

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Le Present

As I awoke sitting in the hot springs the sun was setting and Leonidas was yelling at me to get back over to the dessert plains for training.

Krack! Boom! Btoom!

This was only my third training session with him but I was beginning to trade blows with him in hand to hand combat! I had improved "Pharohs Counter" so that my intangibility Counter time went from a mere couple of moments to 1 minute of being able to phase through his attacks like a ghost and land my own blows, I was only able to be touched when I hit him and so that's when we clashed. I began noticing myself not being blown back 20 feet anymore into trees and rocks from his blows. Because of the "Blessing of Anubis" which had also improved, I could now drain opponents strength through touch quicker and add it to my own at a rate that was sapping Leonidas strength by 5-10% for each exchange of blows. I only grew stronger the longer I fought someone because of this ability. Each day we both recovered and I went up a tier in the rank system.

"Pharohs Counter," I yelled as another blow came at me and phased through and then I landed a good right hook that pushed him back slightly. Right as he was about to land a counter blow in the split second cool down of my intangibility I used it...

"Astral Avatar," I panicked and a 9ft tall lower half of a transparent astral warrior with the head of a jackal absorbed the blow. I had fixed my weakness seemingly. I then atruck at the moment of his confusion and the blow blew him back off of his feet a couple yards. This was the first blow that I landed on him that looked effective but he brushed it off. Even though I had acquired the base power of a high tier A rank I Was still slightly nervous at him deeming me worthy of the use of his skills!

"Spartan rage," roared Leonidas as he got up and Donned a red aura as he cracked the ground.

I done messed up was my last thought before he rushed me....