Inhuman! And my first quest as an adventurer!

I woke up and it's already noon, my second day in Crude village. I went to Vivi's room, but no response from her, I think she's already left the inn since she had enough sleep last night, I asked the innkeeper about Vivi whereabout, She said that she left a few hours ago to visit the church. I guess she wanted to meet Edith and talk about her class. I also should visit the training ground to train with other Swordsman and learn few things from them. Suddenly I hear a familiar voice,

"Yo, Val. Good afternoon, got enough sleep?"

And there he is, Zee with Edith clinging on his back, I think they are a couple. What a lucky guy to have such a beautiful lady as his girlfriend. I reply.

"Ah good afternoon Mister Zee and Miss Edith, I didn't know you both rent here as well. Sorry for being rude but, are you both dating?"

They look at each other and say the same thing,

"Haha, we wish."

They both are laughing like it's not the first time someone asks that question. Their response is kind of odd if they love each other why they're not dating. I just remember that Vivi went to church and I think she wants to see Edith, I say,

"Miss Edith. Vivi went to church. I thought she wants to meet you there."

She replies while she is still yawning,

"Yeah she did, I met her here a few hours ago, I told her to go ahead and wait for me there. Oh, Zee also planning to go to the training ground, are you planning to go there as well?"

I reply,

"Yeah I'm about to go there right now, do you want to go together Mister Zee?"

He nod and smile.

We are on our way to the training ground. Zee asks me.

"Yo, Val. Why do you want to be an adventurer?"

I reply,

"My whole family is an adventurer, my parents and my aunt used to be an adventurer, they're in the same party. Just hearing from their great stories, makes me want to be one as well, and I want to be stronger than them, make them proud. Also living freely, go wherever you want to go, meeting new people and making friends. We're lucky to live in this time, where all races live in peace. It's all thanks to Genesis and their sacrifices, of course, thanks to the others too, but without Genesis, it will become another story. I wish I can see them at least once, and I'll thank them for making this world a better place."

Zee is smiling and says,

"That's a great answer. I want to meet your family just from hearing that."

He continues,

"Alright, I'll give you some training. I'll make sure you can't get your body move today."

He laughs and pats on my back. I don't know if he's joking or not, but I think I'm going to have a rough day today.

When we arrived at the training ground, Zee brought me to the field, Den and Shive waited for us there. I thought what Zee said earlier wasn't a joke, and I'm glad that I took his word seriously. Zee says,

"Val, I will have a spare with Shive. Pay attention. Watch and learn."

I nod and I know that Shive is a strong woman, by just looking at her body, but I don't know about Zee. I believe that Zee is stronger than the rest of his friends since he acts as the party leader. I notice that Shive grabs a piece of cloth and wraps her left eye with it then picks up a shield and a wooden sword.

I'm curious why she wrapped her left eye, is it to make it a handicapped match? I should ask her later after, for now, I should focus on the duel. Zee grabbed a wooden sword, and Den was the watcher. I couldn't wait to see both of them in action. Den gave the hand signal to get ready, Zee and Shive smiled at each other like they've been waiting for this moment in a long time.

When Den gave the signal to start the spar, Zee already at Shive's back, it seems like he teleported but a swordsman can't be able to use magic, and at the same time, it's also impossible to run that fast that my eyes can't even see his movement. When Zee about to slash Shive's back, she dodged it and punched Zee on his gut, and flew him away a few meters from her. When Zee recovered from the punch, in a blink of an eye, he already in front of her and ready to thrust her, this time she blocked the attack with her shield. But the power from Zee's attack broke her shield, pushed her, and flew her away, and hit the wall. Before she recovered from the attack, Zee already in front of her again, and this time with a vertical slash. I'm sure that this is the end, but Den didn't stop the sparring and still watching like he knows that Shive will be able to avoid the attack. He was right, Shive kicked Zee's chest then stood up and jumped towards Zee with no hesitation and attacked him with her sword, but Zee counter-attacked and grabbed Shive's neck and slammed her to the ground. I saw blood came out from her mouth, but she didn't seem in pain, in fact, she wasn't even making any noises. When Zee about to stab her, she spun and kicked Zee's foot and he fell. They both jumped backward and regain their stamina. They both smirked.

Den tossed a shield to Shive and another sword to Zee. Den gave another signal to start the sparring again, but this time Zee slashed through the air and made a projectile attack. Shive held her shield with her both hands, after a few projectiles attack, her shield broke again. Shive asked for a wooden sword this time from Den.

Now they both wielding two swords, and run at each other. Their speed is on another level, I can only hear the swords hitting but I can't see when or where the swords hitting. These guys are not normal. No, their strength, speed, and stamina are inhuman.

Few minutes have passed and their sword's wood pieces flew away, slowly breaking the swords until there is nothing left. Right before their swords break, Shive fell on her knees. Her breath was so heavy, her face and neck full of sweats, and suddenly her shirt ripped and blood slowly came out from her body. Her whole body suddenly fulls of wounds and then fell to the ground. Den immediately picked her up and goes to treat her wounds. Zee stood there without a scratch, only a few sweats on his forehead. Grinned and gave me a thumbs up. Zee says,

"How was it, Val? Did you enjoy the show?"

I'm speechless, didn't know what to answer, that wasn't sparring, that was a fight to the death, so I just nodded. I'm amazed and scared and at the same time, how could someone like them be able to do that. He laughed so hard and says,

"Alright now it's time for your training, grab this wooden sword and I'll teach you my sword skills."

I nodded again without thinking, after I realized what I just did, I begged him to show me some mercy. He laughed and said he will. When I grabbed the wooden sword from Zee's hand, I fell to the ground, the wooden sword is heavy! I couldn't even pick up the sword from the ground. He laughed so hard and picked up the sword and put it on my waist, I crawled and tried to stand up. With all my might, I managed to get on my knees.

Few minutes have passed, Shive and Den back to the field, they laughed at me because I looked like a baby crawling on my knees.

I noticed that Shive's body is healed, with no scratches or whatsoever, as nothing happened to her body, I guess they visited Edith and asked her to heal Shive's wounds.

Right now I need to focus on my training, and finally, after an hour, I can stand up on my feet. Zee says,

"Okay since you can handle the weight of the sword, walk around the field 5 times."

I just stood there and I wish I misheard what Zee's said, but it's not. I remembered what I said to Zee about getting stronger than my parents and my aunt, I think this is the path I have to take, I won't complain and I will take this training as a gift.

The sun is almost down, I managed to do the task as he said, the training made me couldn't move my body, my muscles are done, I can do nothing at all. Zee, Shive, Den, and I sat on the bench near the field. I ask Zee,

"How strong are you Mister Zee? I know Miss Shive is strong, I believe she's way stronger than my father, no, I can't even compare her with my father. My father maybe is like a beginner compared to her, so how can you beat her so easily Mister Zee?"

Zee smile and replies,

"I can say is that if Shive really wants to kill me, she can, and if she wears her full equipment, nobody, I mean nobody can hurt her, not even a single scratch on her. That's how strong she is."

If Zee said so, I believe him, and I asked Shive about her left eye, why she wrapped up her eye with a cloth when sparring. She answers

.

"I need to concentrate."

I'm confused with her statement, I'm sure she didn't want to give me the details, and I didn't want to ask about it Zee as well.

The sun's down, I finally can move my body a little. Edith and Vivi came and asked how was my day, I told them and they laughed so hard. I noticed Vivi got some training from Edith as well so I asked her about her day, she learned a lot from Edith, read all the books that Edith brought for her, all kinds of spells that can a priest do. Vivi and Edith are starting to get friendly. I hope Vivi's personality didn't end up like Edith. Then Vivi chanted a spell on me, my fatigue is now gone, my whole body feels like a feather, it's so light. I didn't know that she has that kind of spell, I think Edith teach her that spell. We spent the evening at the training ground and talking about our day.