Hell

Hell, ever since I started training with the old devil 3 weeks ago. each and every morning I would have to train my body physically. Then I would endure brutal direct swordsmanship teachings and only sort of rest I would get is when he would teach me mana control. The old man even forced me to learn one low grade physical enhancement spell. 

He asked me about my stigma but the second i mentioned the drawbacks he quickly decided that we wouldn't be training that and warned me to be extremely careful with it.

The old man was good company when he wasn't being the devil that trains me. We would have conversations on why all swordsman are better than archers. He even spoke to me about his wife and son and what happened to them.

Although the man was harsh I could never fault him as my status showed the growth that he had brought on.

—STATUS—

Name: Kain Adams

Race: Human

Rank: F+

Strength: F+

Endurance: E

Agility: E-

Mana: F+

Luck: G+

Charm: E

Stigma:

 Absolute Mana Control (Read More)

 ???(Locked)

Spells:

 Low Grade Physical Enhancement (Read More)

Arts:

Musashi Family sword art ✰✰✰✰✰:

 A sword art passed down through generations by the descendent of the legendary swordsman..(Read More)

Skills:

 None

————-

Kirito had taught me his family sword art which was a 5 star art although that was to be expected i was really surprised about him teaching it to me despite only knowing me for a month. The sword art was powerful but i didn't have much grasp over it yet i could only perform the first movement. I was extremely grateful to the old man and even felt a tiny bit sorry for the white lies I told him. 

The old man had offered me a place to stay because I didn't think about how i would keep my housing with only 350c in my balance.

I was currently focusing on mana control my body ached after the beati- training as the incarnate of evil called it. even with just 3 weeks I think I could be top 500 in the academy. Though that isn't much of a feat. 

"Kid pack your bags we are going on a trip. I want us gone by tomorrow morning 6 sharp"

I jumped as the old man said this the old man had a habit of sneaking up on me and startling me. He said it was one the things you pick up as a seasoned fighter but i believe he's doing it just to mess with me.

"Where are we going? " I inquired the old man was like a wild card i could never know what he is going to do next. 

"We are going to go get your graduation gift" The old man had a thoughtful expression on his face 

"Graduation gift?"

"After this trip you wont be coming back here you'll be sent off to academy. Ill definitely miss the training " The old man wiped a imaginary tear on his face, oh I definitely wouldn't miss those training sessions. 

"Though I will give you something that will stick with you forever. don't even ask its a surprise"

He waved as he walked away and spoke one last time "See you in the morning"

***

"Are we there yet?" I asked for probably 500th time

"No stop asking "

When will we be there we've been climbing these steps for hours. the old man kept saying that were almost there but could see no end to the stairs in sight. we left the dojo and came out to the middle of nowhere in the forest and started climbing I hope this really leads to some sort of cheat. Finally 30 minutes later we reached something beyond the stairs and sensei's mouth spoke.

"We're here"

The place seemed to be nearly untouched by anything artificial, it was a beautiful clearing and even had pond with crystal clear water. looked like something straight out the Garden Of Eden. 

In the middle of the beautiful clearing a tomb with two swords stuck into it, one a long sword and one a short sword. Both swords had their only vibe emanating from them the longsword emitted a radiant powerful but tranquil. The short sword on the other hand had a radiant powerful energy but this energy held malice and negativity.

I was admiring the scenery when old man Kirito started talking "In my family we had a tradition when someone was going to set out on their own they would take one these swords and would return them once they've reached their goal. Before you chose a weapon I want to ask you what is your goal?"

"Killing the demon king and the monster lord nothing more nothing less"

"Quite ambitious, even I who has battled against a monster general can say that I cannot defeat him as I am now. The demon king is even stronger than the monster lord'.

"I first grabbed the longsword here when I was 19 and created the dojo, my goal was to spread the Mushashi name. which I did for a period of time and I put the sword back."

The old man faced turned somber he looked as if someone had wounded him. he shakily opened his mouth to speak

"The second time I picked it up was when my family had died, I swore revenge and battled monsters every day for 100 years. I finally put the sword back after slaying the monster alliance general that ordered the attack on Creese city."

"Damn your old, 100 years is a extremely long"

The old man obviously heard me but decided to give me mercy by ignoring it "But enough about that, have you decided which one you want? he asked

"Why are you doing this for me? I'm not even near related to you"

"Even if its not by blood I want my family legacy to continue in at least someway. Pick a damn sword kid"

I felt something drawing me in to the short sword like gravity pulling me towards it. I grabbed the sword and I swear I felt a burning sensation that disappeared as quick as it came 

"Now for my second gift"

A second one? the old sensei was going all out for this graduation party.

"This gift is only meant for you don't go teaching everyone about this"

"There is a energy source all beings have, with this energy source we can even close the gap between 2 ranks if you train hard enough"

"This energy is called Sonar it is the byproduct of the soul and is what is the battery to every living thing."

For the next week I will teaching you how to manifest this energy and will be my last gift to prepare you for the academy. internally I smiled like a devil as I realized that this was I wanted all along. This wasn't even mentioned in the novel and i was going to gain something the mc didn't have this was huge.