Chapter 43: Fight Maria POV

Chapter 43: Fight Maria POV

~Maria POV~

"You ready to go for another round kid?"

Yelling at across in the icy snow terrain outside the protection of Mantle were having another spar against each other.

Hope the kid actually listened up of going all out because yesterday's attempt was simply awful.

He got the strength just awful control on how the flow of battle goes.

Meh.

He's just starting to get his legs and arms dirty in fights like these.

After all one has to be on their toes at all times to be prepared for anything just like my Dad taught me.

Never thought I Maria would train the new generation as I would usually hide in my hole to keep out from the outside world as someone out there has it out for me.

Yeah being old did have its paranoia but not without some good reasons though.

Standing on the side was the kid as he wore some armor protection plates and a fancy red jacket with his family emblem as what he calls an Ouroboros floating as he has his weapon drawn out and…

Is this brat seriously having the time to adjust his gloves before a fight…?!

Ok going for the balls then to motivate him to dodge and not play dress-up.

Stretching out my weapons Life and Death in their Kama forms as I got ready to rush towards him giving my only warning before a prominent beat down, "Alright kid better prepare yourself, or else I'll kick you in the balls!"

*Swoosh*

Rushing towards him as he got his act –

*SNAP*

Shit!

*BOOM*

Hearing a loud snapping sound and following the path of red sparks appearing to follow my direction I made a quick change in my path as I avoid where the sparks landed followed by a loud explosion of fire erupting where I originally was.

Narrowing my eyes at this as I took a genuine glance at Albus' movements and his hand that has his fingers ready to snap looking in my direction.

*Zzzz*

Seeing this he began to slam his hand on the ground this time I saw blue sparks of electricity erupt from the ground on the icy lands of snow as the glow was very blue showing that the whole terrain was about to change.

Bloody hell that is a very good power to have.

Whoa!

*Swoosh*

With my, Semblance Preflexes activated all of a sudden as I managed to side step away from where the blue sparks were directed towards I managed to avoid spikes made out of ice.

Is this what Alchemy can do?

From what Albus told me about before I didn't give a crap about it because it sounds more like chemistry for Dust honestly than these unknown materials.

Although to be fair I was self and home-schooled by my father but it was more towards combat than anything really but…

Where in the hell did Remnant this kid come from?

One would assume this kid was from a noble family with powerful semblances like this to manipulate the terrain how he pleases he would certainly get a seat in one of the Noble Family houses.

Or one with his power of this Alchemy stuff should've been widespread right?

Yet it remains a mystery to me and others.

That certainly begs the question of where someone like him learned this knowledge as this alone could revolutionize Remnant or one of the main Kingdoms probably Atlas the most since they want the most promising to their side.

Yet I get the feeling this kid here would rather do something stupid than bending a knee to those elites.

But enough talk.

*SWOOSH*

*Clang*

Rushing towards the kid our weapons clashed again causing sparks to happen as I managed to push him as the skidding marks showed as I told him, "Remember kid. Aura on all body parts not on the main one otherwise you get your feet broken? Got it?!"

"Got it!"

Good, he listens.

*Zzzz*

*Fwoosh*

What happens next when he got his free hand on the ground of hard ice those sparks again began to change the ice into steam as it soon caused a fog of vaporized water vapor to appear causing the stream.

Not a bad idea kid.

Even though it cuts off our field of vision you thought that alone would help you.

Nope.

Guess my student forgot an important aspect of Huntresses is that while we do use our eyes to see we don't need them to sense other presence around us.

Closing my eyes I let my Aura act as a sonar detecting another presence nearby as it tries to go in the distance as I managed to locate him.

*Swoosh*

"What!"

"Gotcha."

Catching the brat off guard I managed to see the brat get into some kind of sword stance position as I raised my eyebrow at the scene as I see him deep breathing while sheathing his sword.

What in the bloody heck is this brat doing now.

*Zzzz*

"Whew… Thunder Breathing… First Form: Thunderclap and Flash."

*KABOOM*

*SWOOSH*

Whoa!

Dodging quickly I saw what the brat did as my semblance detected me immediately of the incoming danger as I used my aura to enhance my muscles to avoid that strike as one hit I would be in trouble.

Still impressive regardless and along with the nice thunder effects added into the attack.

But I never saw him add in Lightning Dust is it some kind of Alchemy mumbo jumbo again?

Man…

This Alchemy stuff is really turning out to be something really powerful if it managed to create literal thunder out of nowhere but following the flow of the attack he created… it was called Thunder Breathing right?

From the looks of things the kid unsheathes their katana, dashes forward at blinding speeds and decapitates their opponent faster than they can react, before sheathing it back. This technique is extremely reminiscent of Mistral Iaijutsu.

The way he moved its movements is best described to be akin to like lightning ripping through the air.

Heh.

This kid really has some scary potential that's for sure.

"Damn it! How about this!"

"First Form: Twofold!"

What…?

!!!!

"Ack!"

Damn it the brat managed to make a comeback as I didn't take him seriously as I observed him and he managed to jump to my speed level instantly!

Feeling the pain aching on my sides as my Aura began to heal I took a more cautious look but a smug grin did escape my face as I respond, "Ouch! That's going to hurt later but what's with the sudden increase kid?"

That was when I noticed his hands are bruised purple noticeable but not very much as the kid started to breathe heavily as I saw yellow sparks around him as he breaths, "Huff… huff… fuck my lungs are on fire… But… Maria that was my Semblance Tenfold allowing me to increase my overall traits by 10 but decreases my Aura usage faster in return."

Hmm…

Looks like teaching him aura and how to fight isn't the only thing I'm going to help him with.

Guess add train his Semblance into this session then it is.

True I listen to what the kid says and that semblance could be really powerful if taught right but my eyes were on the yellow sparks he breaths in and out as I see them repair his bruised hand quickly as I narrow my eyes.

Seems to me this brat is holding out on his mentor?

I swear this brat really is a treasure trove all on his own as he managed to figure out a means to heal without the use of Aura and quite quickly as well to boot.

My curiosity getting the better of me I was quite curious as to what he was doing as the healing without aura must be something good, "Say kid what's with the whole sparks coming off from you? It seems to be healing you quickly care to let your master in?"

He smirks at this as he was hesitant at first before finally replying to me with a smug look on his face, "Hmm… considering you're training me sure. This is Ripple or Hamon a breathing style that allows the user to increase their strength but also increase the healing rate using breathing to match the power of the sun."

What…?

My eyes widen at this info as the kid began to rush me as my muscles reacted to it as my mind wanders off a bit learning this.

Learning to heal through breathing…?

Unreal and made up I would say.

But here it is in real life proof as I was shocked knowing this.

He doesn't know that what he just told me could really change the way things could go for Huntsman and Huntresses.

If they were able to heal learning this Hamon stuff….

Glancing once more at the kid it seems to me, that I have made a very interesting student with his wild revolutionary techniques one after another with this kid.

Smirking at this I will personally make sure to see where this kid ends up in the future because something tells me his whole life is just starting.