4: Training

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Swoosh!!!

Bang!!

The wooden katana in itsuki's hand vibrates as it landed heavily into a tree each time, almost as if it was on the verge or breaking any moment.

He had started off by doing some basic workouts from back on earth, and as expected, he felt his body getting stronger slowly, it was an abnormal and strange feeling, but it definitely felt good.

While he kept swinging the sword which was about to break, itsuki was in deep thought.

"Ice breathing, Ice breathing, it has similar properties to water, I should definitely look for the retired water hashira soon" itsuki made up his mind, something told him it would be beneficial.

Of course he also didn't know how far he was from the canon, or even if he was already in the canon, going there might clear up his doubts.

With that itsuki continued his training, the heavy snow around him didn't help at all either.

[Status]

Name: Itsuki

Age: 13

Level: 4 (+1)

Talent: (Ice breathing(sealed)

1st form: Locked]

After a whole hour he had only gone up by one level, even so this was already better than nothing, he was a lot stronger than before, atleast now he was confident in staying alive and doing chores.

Itsuki hid the nearly broken wooden sword in the pile of wood before wearing his coat and pushing the wagon back into the town, along the way he ran into many people following along the path, many also like him, gathering wood.

In about 15 minutes itsuki reached the orphanage, he didn't bother auntie Li and immediately went to the backyard to chop off the wood in half and put them in the shed.

Boom!!

Boom!!

he controlled his strength as he smashed onto the upright wooden blocks using the metal axe, causing a perfect cut each time.

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"Brother itsuki looks so happy today" a little girl said as she sat on auntie Li's lap, they were watching itsuki chop the wood.

"He is nearly an adult now, maybe he made a new friend" the old lady smiled, she was also happy.

Growing up in an orphanage wasn't the best thing, especially for someone like itsuki who lost his parents in this village due to the attack of demons, not even their corpses were found.

Auntie Li felt a weight lift off her shoulders, she was glad this little brat was happy.

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After cutting the wood, itsuki placed them all neatly into the shed, with this he wouldn't need to go chop wood for about a week or so.

Giving him enough time to train, and hopefully figure out how to unlock his ice breathing.

Auntie Li had already cleaned the whole orphanage, so itsuki was practically free to do whatever he wanted, the old lady never restricted him.

"Can I get one more level in today?" Itsuki grinned, the feeling of getting stronger was kind of addicting, especially that warm energy that appeared inside him everytime he leveled up.

It could even remove all his fatigue as it flew throughout his body and nourished it.

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Swoosh! The snow was scattered around as the sound of katana slashed pierced the air, causing the fallen leaves to fly up.

"Hah" itsuki roared as the wooden katana flung out, his techniques were still sloppy but definitely less awkward than before.

Itsuki watched as The sun slowly set in the foggy distance, even so he continued, only with strength could he protect himself in this world, he was planning to die once again.

"I'm leveling up?" Itsuki widened his eyes, but something was strange, this level up felt different, it was like Something was awakening inside him.