Experience

"That's my daughter for you, only 3 places lower than your father!", Fanelle picked Ireya up and threw her into the air amid her joy.

"Lower than daddy?", Ireya slowly drifted back down and looked up at her mother.

"Your daddy is very powerful, not only that he trained much more than you did before he took his Battle of Coming. On the other hand, you took the test 2 years earlier than he did.", Fanelle patiently explained to her daughter.

"So how strong was he when he took the test?", Ireya was curious, she spoke to her father often when training alone with her sword but he never spoke about his strength.

"At the time he had the strength of someone who was 30% into Ablution before he reached Ablution, this Battle of Coming is used to test you before you reach Ablution, after all, it's impossible to take it after Ablution is reached."

"That means Raya took this test too right?"

"Yep."

"What rank did she get then?"

"She was placed 1539th.", Fanelle watched her daughter as she said this.

"Hahaha! She's strong too then right?"

"That's right, this ranking includes people from thousands of years ago so you should understand how much of an achievement it is to place that high. Remember to not tell anyone what place you reached, this test is anonymous after all."

"Okay mummy."

"Anyways it's time to celebrate, let's cook some nice food!"

"Yay!", Ireya ran off into the kitchen to prepare all the ingredients.

"Oy wait for me!", Fanelle ran behind her to the kitchen to prepare the food.

Soon enough a mouth-watering aroma wafted out the kitchen alongside the chatter of the pair, the food was quickly devoured by the pair.

"Mummy you eat too fast!"

"No, you just eat too slow!"

The pair argued playfully for a while until night arrived, they messed around until Ireya fell asleep within her mother's arms.

Fanelle stroked her daughter's face lightly and gave her a light peck to the forehead, "Goodnight..."

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The next morning Fanelle trained her daughter for 3 hours straight before sitting her down for a chat.

"It's time to leave soon Ireya."

"Leave?"

"Yes leave, you can't stay home for the rest of your life, can you?"

Ireya stayed silent as she thought about something, "When do I have to go?"

"When you become 12 years old."

"So in 2 years?"

"That's right."

"Will I be going alone?"

Fanelle smiled at her and playfully slapped at her cheek, "Of course not, you're going to go out with Raya, the two of you have to go experience the world out there."

"Hehehe... I'm going to have to protect her!"

"Don't be so sure, Raya is very strong now! Anyways forget about this matter, for now, we're going to have to train you for another 2 years now."

"Okay!"

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

2 swords continued clashing destroying the surrounding terrain and causing many cracks in the ground to appear.

"Hee~~~", a young woman sat on the side watching the two fight.

The two quickly split apart, one of them was breathing quite heavily barely standing with her sword stuck in the ground.

"You've gotten quite strong now Ireya!"

The tired figure looked to the side, "Your one to speak Raya!"

The beautiful young lady was Raya, Ireya's childhood friend. She had already reached 70% into the Ablution Realm and purified 70% of her body, she was powerful enough to be considered a powerhouse in a small sect.

"Enough chatting you two, come at me again Ireya!"

The two continued fighting for another 10 minutes until Ireya was no longer able to move, Fanelle watched Ireya as she lay on the ground, 'She's strong enough to fight someone who's 40% into Ablution now, I can only imagine how strong she's going to be the moment she reaches Ablution.'

"When are you going to reach Ablution Ireya, if you had reached the Ablution Realm you would have lasted 10 times longer during that battle, your body is too weak right now.", Raya understood that there were a few difficulties around Ireya and that she would only reach it at the age of 16.

"One day Raya, one day.", Ireya understood that she was messing around with her, she had now awakened 630 million Energy Granules.

"You two are leaving tomorrow, I'll give you some necessities before you leave, make sure not to die you two. The world out there isn't forgiving in the slightest."

The two nodded.

"You three seem to be having fun."

A bulky figure entered the training field, "Uncle Rudelle!"

Ireya quickly sat up as she greeted him.

"What are you doing here dad?", Raya quickly questioned her dad.

"What, am I not allowed to talk to my daughter before she leaves?"

"Well..."

"Nevermind, remember that you two are going out as master and servant. A noble swordsman and her servant.", Rudelle threw out a token which landed in Raya's palm, it was a noble's token.

"This is?"

"This is a verification that someones a noble, without it no one would believe you. Don't get in trouble out there got it, also don't be too kind, being kind can get you killed."

"Are you trying to scare them or something before they go?", Fanelle walked up to him and berated him for being so dark before they left.

"No I'm just being realistic, Seven would have done the same if he was still here, you're simply too kind."

Raya and Ireya giggled as they watched the two argue, "My dad said that your mum is too kind if only he knew the number of people she has beaten up..."

Ireya nodded her head wordlessly, she had experienced her mothers brutality first hand.

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The next day Ireya and Raya stood in front of the gate to Seven Swords City, dressed up respectively in servant clothes and noble clothes fit for a swordsman.

Rudelle and Fanelle stood inside the city waving them off, both of them holding their tears back. They knew that the kids had to go out and gain experience but even so they couldn't help but feel like they were doing the wrong thing by throwing them out into the world.

Ireya and Raya turned around and walked off into the distance, the City disappearing behind them.

Ireya looked down at the ring on her finger, this was a spatial ring which contained all the food and money that Fanelle had given her before she left, not only that there was some sort of weird golden rock lying down the in the middle of all of it.

"What's wrong, nervous?", Raya looked down at Ireya who was around 150cm tall now.

"Of course not, just excited."

Raya smiled and continued walking by Ireya's side, she understood something that Ireya didn't, this master-servant relationship wasn't an act, it was real. The only difference was that the roles were reversed currently due to Ireya being too young right now.

After a long walk, the paved path finally ended in front of a vast mountainous forest. This forest was called Hades Ring due to the structure of the region itself, the mountains surrounded a vast forest in the middle of it all just like a ring. The word Hades represented the Beasts that lived in this mountain, this was their first test.

"AWOOOOOOOOO!!!"

A crushing sound burst into their ears from the distant mountains.

"That sounds like a wolf.", Ireya was curious as to what it was, both curious and scared

"It is a wolf, a Ravaged Wolf, it's a subspecies of the Demon Race."

"Demon Race?"

Raya didn't bother explaining, she didn't have to.

The forest in front of them slowly opened up to reveal a giant furry beast with two thick arms and legs, "Hu-ma-ns...", a rough and crackly voice seeped from its throat alongside a froth of spit.

Ireya froze as she watched the figure slowly approaching the two of them.

"Kill it.", Raya's cruel voice entered her ears waking Ireya up.

"First Move: One Sword!", her sword split into ten different images, each one flew at the Beast from different angles.

Splurt!

Each sword formed a cut on the beast's skin, causing it to bleed all over its body, even so, it continued walking forwards, this time with anger.

Its fist crashed towards Raya and Ireya, Raya's figure disappeared and appeared before the beast and slashed her black sword splitting the beasts fist and forcing it backward.

She shouted again, "Kill it!"

Ireya's smooth finger's clenched her sword, "Third Move: Piercer!"

Her sword flashed with a bright light and flew outwards towards the beast's neck, her speed was too fast for the beast to react.

Splat!

Blood spurted out of the beast's neck as it got down to one knee and with a final deadly cry it dropped onto the ground dead.

Raya walked up to Ireya and patted her shoulder, "Good job."

Ireya swallowed the urge to vomit and nodded back, this was her first real kill.