8. The Gods

Kento then starts running towards Albert, jumps and readying his Elbow Strike, Albert seeing this readies his Greatsword to block the blow, *Controlled Strength 0.0001%* Kento thought to himself, as Kento strikes the Greatsword, Albert smiles sinisterly as he only feels a slight force being pushed to him "Hehe, what's wrong, is that all you got?" Albert said, "Yeah, that's enough, now we begin the real fight" Kento said, "HAH, you can't even hurt me, how are you going to fight?" Albert said, "How about you look at your Greatsword first" Kento said, Albert just smugly check his greatsword before turning into a shocked face, there's a crack on the sword, "Aww, your face just went from a smile to a frown, now let's turn that frown upside down" Kento said mockingly, hearing that, Albert is angry but doesn't have time to respond because Kento immediately charge in and attack Albert relentlessly with his fist, elbows, knees, and shins, with his instinct, Albert keeps blocking Kento's attack with his Greatsword, not realizing that Kento is striking the same place every time, leading to more cracks forming, the force generated by Kento's attack slowly accumulate in Albert which cause him to run out of stamina and drops to his knee, with his Greatsword pierce the ground because of its weight and acts as a support for Albert, Kento slowly approach Albert while cracking his knuckles, "You know, you probably wouldn't be in this situation if you only talk shit about me, i would let it slide since I'm not the kind of person who would get offended by it, but then you started threatening miss Blake, my savior saying that you'll do stuff to her when you beat me, and then goes to miss Aegis there who didn't do anything, i gotta say, that really pissed me off, so i gotta ask where did you get such confidence to actually be able to say that, is it because you're a self-proclaimed dragonslayer? Or is it because you actually thought you're the strongest here just because you're an A rank? Well whatever it is, now it is my duty to teach you about respect, i am gonna break you down, and build you back up from the ground in the next…28 minutes" Kento said, "Look, i'm sorry i said that, but you don't want to do this, i am backed by the Duke of this region, if you touch me, you're gonna be in a big trouble" Albert said, "Oh? Is that right? Is that the reason you can act so cocky? Gonna go and cry to daddy after you lose the fight?" Kento mockingly said before kicking the Greatsword with his shin, Shattering the Greatsword into pieces, Albert was shocked that someone is able to destroy his Greatsword, a huge lump of iron, broken, with no more support, Albert fell to the ground and kento grab and lift his head "Let me tell you something Albert, if we imagine my strength as an ocean, i only used 1 drop of it on you" Kento whispers to Albert, "H-heh, you're bluffing" Albert desperately said, "Well, you can believe whatever you want, just know that we still have 26 minutes in this fight, so you better get ready" Kento said, Kento the strike Albert's face with his knee several times before throwing him to the air and knee his stomach to keep him floating and then jumps above him and knee him on the back to the ground, "P-please, h-have m-mercy" Albert said, "Mercy? You're asking for mercy? I'm afraid you're a bit late already, but if Blake and Aegis forgive you, then I suppose I will" Kento said, "H-huh? You expect me to APOLOGIZE to someone weaker than me? Albert said, "Well, don't you want mercy? If you don't wanna ask, then i'll just keep beating you" Kento said, "W-WAIT, fine I'll apologize…i'm sorry" Albert said, Kento then slaps him, "That don't sound really wholeheartedly now does it, again" Kento said, "I'm Sorry" Albert said, Kento slaps him again "C'mon, you can be more serious than that?" Kento said, Albert is practically gritting his teeth now "I'M SORRY" Albert said, "For what?" Kento asks, "F-for, threatening you guys" Albert said, "You heard that Blake and Miss Aegis? Do you wanna forgive him?" Kento said, "Well, since he asks so earnestly, I'll forgive him, what about you Blake" Aegis said, Blake just stands there, stunned by what Kento did, "Did you guys see that, Kento looks like he's flying around while beating Albert" Blake said excitingly, "Blake, if you don't hurry and forgive him, we're gonna lose an A rank adventurer" Cross said, "Oh right…give him 5 more slaps then I'll forgive him" Blakes said while smiling, "Happily oblige" Kento said, as Kento readies his slaps, Albert just stare at kento with pitiful eyes, "H-hey, you're not seriously gonna slap me 5 times are you?" Albert said, Kento just stays silent and smile, raise his hand, and slaps Albert, and again, and again, and again, and again, Albert's face is swollen from the slap, "W-w-wuld yu furgiv mi nao" Albert strugglingly said, "Fine, i'll forgive him" Blake said, "Welp, since they already forgive you, and we still have 20 minutes left, let me tend to your wounds" Kento said.

Kento then walk towards Albert who keeps crawling away, "...Where are you going, come here and let me tend to your wound" Kento said, "N-nu wai, yur jus gon hert mi" Albert said with his swollen face, Kento just walks faster catching up to Albert and grab his leg and pull him, "SAEV MI" Albert screams, "Someone bring a chair, a table and some clothes...and please tend to him, seems like her's afraid of me" Kento said, a bunch of people brings what Kento requested plus Barbara who took some herbs from the guild storage room, Kento saw the herbs and his eyes widens, "Is that green tea?" Kento ask, "No this is green herb, it's usually used as a healing item, and the main ingredient of healing potions" Barbara said, "Can i see that for a second" Kento said, "Uhh…sure i guess" Barbara said, Barbara then give Kento the green herb, Kento then smell it, pluck a leaf and taste it, feel the texture, "This is definitely green tea" Kento said, "Well whatever it is, can you hand it over now" Barbara said, "Oh right, sorry about that" Kento said as he hand over the green herb, the other adventurers help Albert to sit on the chair and Barbara gives the green herb to Albert, and albert starts to chew the green herb, *Huh, this reminds me of the shennong story* Kento thought to himself, *It's been a few hours since i have tea with God, i'd like to drink some now* Kento thought to himself, "Can I borrow a kettle? I would like to drink tea." Kento said, "Kettle? What's that" Barbara said, "...A kettle? The tool you use when you wanna boil water?" Kento said, "We just use a pot if we want to boil water, not…whatever you just said" Barbara said, "Hmm…alright then, can I borrow the pot?" Kento said, "Sure, it's just right in the back of the guild, where the kitchen is" Barbara said, "Here, I'll take you there" Cross said, as Cross, Kento, and his party are walking to the kitchen, Blake is looking at Kento with sparkling eyes brimming with motivation and question, Kento tried to ignore it but failed miserably, *The sense of wonder Blake has is really similar to me* Kento thought to himself, "...Blake, I can feel you stabbing me with your eyes, is there anything I can help you with?" Kento said, "WHAT IS THAT, YOU WERE PRACTICALLY FLYING WHEN YOU'RE BEATING UP ALBERT, AND YOU EVEN BREAK HIS GREATSWORD" Blake said excitingly, "Calm down there, Blake, I'll tell you later over a cup of tea" Kento said, as they walk to the kitchen, Blake just keeps smiling at Kento with sparkly eyes, Brad was a bit jealous seeing Blake stares at Kento, while Vamuc and Aegis just giggles watching them, Kento was really uncomfortable but decides to bear with it

After reaching the kitchen, Barbara immediately grabs a pot, fill it with water, put it on a stove, "The god of fire, i invoke your name, Iknez" Barbara said, fire appeared on Barbara's palm which she use to light up the stove, *interesting, that must be magic, but who is this Iknez?* Kento thought to himself while staring full of wonders, "Umm…Kento, you're doing what Blake did to you to me" Barbara said, "Oh, sorry, it's just that this is the first time i see magic, it's really fascinating, also who is Iknez" Kento said, "It's the name of the God of fire, though that is not his true name, nobody knows the Gods true name, but the closer we get to their true name, the stronger the spell is, the name of the Gods are Ignes, Alcor, Furgur, Terre, Airo, Lus, Unbra, and the Mother Goddess which no one knows the name of. But that doesn't mean you can just cast the spell just because you know the name, there needs to be an affinity towards the element, the higher your affinity is, the closer you can get to call the Gods true name, for example, my highest affinity is wind magic, meaning i can call out the true Wind God's name, The God of wind, i invoke your name, Airo" Aegis said, Suddenly a ball of wind forms on Aegis's palm, "The more mana i pour into the spell, the stronger it will be" Aegis said, the wind ball suddenly spins faster, and then disperse, *This is really fascinating, however, the Gods true name sounds so close to the Latin name of the element, how come they never figure out the last letter* Kento thought to himself, "Hmm…Wouldn't the Gods name be…" Kento said but suddenly no words came out, "..." Kento tried to say the Gods true name but to no avail, "What's wrong?" Blake asks, "I don't know, I suddenly can't speak, …" Kento said, again stopping mid way, *Why can't I say the name of the Gods, it's like there's some sort of interference* Kento thought to himself, as Kento is deep in his thoughts, Cross brought 8 mugs to the table which brought Kento back to reality, "...Do you have any smaller cup? Like a porcelain teacup?" Kento asks, "We're not that rich you know, only the nobles and royals use porcelain teacup" Cross said, "Hmm…I wonder if the taste of tea will change if we use wooden mug, well whatever, as long as i can have tea" Kento said, Kento then brings out the tea jar in his backpack, "Green tea" Kento said, the jar then fills itself with green tea leaves, Kento then take some leaves and put them into the mug, Everyone was puzzled, "Master, why are you putting green herbs into the mug, i thought we're drinking tea?" Brad said, "Huh? This is tea" Kento said, "Ehh…?" Brad said, "Ehh…These are tea leaves though?" Kento replied, "I knew it, he must be from a rich family, he has a family name, and have a jar full of green herbs and drinks them casually" Barbara said, Barbara then use magic to transport the hot water from the pot to 8 mugs, "Whoa, is that also magic?" Kento asks, "Kento…we should be more surprised of you than you are to Barbara's magic, you have 100% affinity with all the elements" Blake said, everyone including Yozora nods, "...Eh?" Kento said, the fight with Albert completely made Kento forgot about his own stats.