chapter 17

the next day, Arowen woke up and started with morning stretches, last night before sleeping he already came up with a training plan from hell for himself scheduled around the time of the meals, so right now before breakfast he will start by running, he decided to run in the forest where the terrain was complex and will give him more challenge and so he started running in the forest while jumping around and avoiding obstacles like bushes, small trees and such, as for animals, all the predators that were around were slaughtered by Arowen at some point when he started training in the forest before, and then he got back to the base for breakfast, he went to the training field did some weight training mixed with body workout, afterwards, he had to drag himself back to the clinic to have his treatment, after lunch he went to the forest to practice his sword, which doubled as weight training as well due to its weight

his training started by slashing the air in the 8 basic direction one after the other until he could no longer feel his arms, and while his arms were resting he went to a tree and started kicking it as hard as he could to train his kicks and the hardness of his leg bones, he already conditioned his legs before so his skin didn't rip immediately, but to be safe he wrapped his legs in bandages, he only stopped after his bandages were bloodied, by now his legs were already shaking from the pain, no matter how much he conditioned his legs, once he passed a threshold his skin cracked, and after a bit of rest, his breathing slowed down a little, and he started practicing his thrust at a tree, what he didn't account for was that the sword was so sharp it went through the tree easily so he had to find another target to practice on, and so he used a boulder, the sword still penetrated it easily but it didn't go too far in as he wasn't strong enough, the density of the rock dampened the momentum a few centimeters in, so it was good for now until he shipped at it slowly and he would have to find another boulder,

the training went on like that for a week until he found out that his trips to the base and back affected his efficiency, so he borrowed a denden mushi, the equivalent of a phone in this world, he used the deneden mushi to contact his friend Swara to come and give him treatment and one of his former assistants to bring him food, which saved him plenty of time, even the weight training he made some himself using rocks and wood, easily crafted with his sword, they were primitive but did the job, and so he lived in the forest the whole time, he even found a few wild fruit trees which were very delicious and next thing you know it almost two years went by and the date he set with the commander was closing in

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in the depth of a forest, you will find a big river running down towards the sea, it was a fast-flowing river, but in a spot, there were strange turbulence in the water, at times waves formed, at times whirlpools, but what was strange is that they disappeared as soon as they appeared this phenomenon was strange, but if we take a closer look deep to the river bed you would see flashes of something red moving erratically, but if you focus enough you would find that there is a pattern to the red flashing light, then they suddenly stopped but nothing was visible as sand and rock were floating around impeding vision

when the river bed settled down, a human silhouette was becoming visible, it was the figure of a man, holding a sheathed sword, he had a very muscled body that screamed of power, he had black hair floating in the water, a handsome but manly face tough it was covered by his beard, and when the sand settled down he opened his eyes slight making his purple eyes visible, he was currently standing at the bottom of the running river completely straight not bothered by the current, and if you close in on his feet you will see his fingers digging in the bed of the river then he crouched and jumped not bothered by the water and he shot through the water like a torpedo jumping out of the water and landing onshore, his body was very strong looking and he was wearing nothing living him bare to everyone to see, he then moved to the bank and further away his clothes were hanging on a tree, so he dressed in his tattered clothes

"it's time huh! better not be late"

that ladies and gentlemen was Arowen, during these two years his body matured and he looked exactly like Yami from the anime black clover just a little bit younger, Arowen just looked old for his age so never mind

after checking for directions Arowen went into the direction of the base and once at the entrance he was greeted by the suspicious eyes of the guards

"Who are you?" they didn't recognize him as he looked completely different from 2 years ago, he was taller at over 2 meters, his physic was full of muscles, his hair was longer and his face was hidden by an unkempt beard, if not for his tattered uniform, they would be pointing weapons at his face if not arrested him

"oh! I am Arowen, seaman first class" he said getting his badge out, the guards were new so they didn't recognize him, but the badge was real so they said

"wait for a minute, we're gonna report it"

"ok"

a few minutes later the guard came back with his superior and to Arowens surprise he knew who it was

"hey jack! long time no see you seem to have promoted"

"are you really Arowen!?"

"yeah! the one and only?"

"that really you? damn man, you changed a lot"

"yeah! two years is a lot of time, you yourself changed as well, you grew even taller haha!! so am i clear to go"

"ah yeah! you can go"

as Arowen went into the base, Jack noticed that his back was drenched as if he was facing a ferocious beast

'he grew even stronger now! it seems I will never catch up'