That was Reckless

I will have to wait for a perfect time to execute my attack or I will be the one facing the end instead of the treant. I keep dodging the attacks of the treant and finally get to know the pattern of it's attack and start dodging the attacks with ease.

I started laughing like a maniac while dodging saying "Is that all you got ugly child of nature." I know it will not understand what I am saying, but it did notice the mocking tone and started to attack me harder and faster than before.

If I get hit even once from these attacks, I will definitely go to the other world and no one can stop it from happening. I notice Jack taking a few steps forward to come and assist me with a concerned look, but I gesture to him to hold back.

After a few minutes, I get the chance I have been hoping to get when it used both the branches at the same time to hit me. I immediately use my sword to pierce the yellow fruit that is hanging at the center of the hole. The treant immediately stopped moving and stood still for a few seconds before falling like a tall tree falling down after being cut by a lumberjack.

To do that, I had to dodge the branch that was coming to my head while the other branch was on its way to hit my chest. Even if I had mistimed it by two or three seconds, I would have been hit by it and would be dead on the spot. Good thing the timing was impeccable and I did what I aimed to do.

After I killed the treant, I look at Dawn who is still fighting with the treant, mostly dodging and blocking. I yell at her "Aim for the yellow orb at the center of the big hole." to which she looks a little surprise. I go close to her to help her in the fight as the treant fighting her has become more angry looking at the other killed by me.

I can also sense the other three treants standing still till then have started moving towards us, which is not good for us as we are still ten meters away from the team. I see my teammates activating all their skills and going towards one of the treant that is closer to us, while Jack and Nolan are moving to take the other two head-on.

It took Dawn a few minutes to kill the treant with my help in distracting it. Once it is done, we go to support the team who are just Mid-F grade and are fighting against E grade monsters. Even though they are outnumbering it five to one, they are not a match for it and are getting hit by it now and then.

We just stay a few meters away from them, observing them and battle ready to assist them if needed. We are also giving rest to our body which has been screaming in pain and fatigue. I also take an energy drink from the holowatch and give it to Dawn so she can replenish, but to my shock, she says no to it.

After a few minutes, I sense Jack and Nolan has killed the treants they were fighting and come close to us keeping a watch on the team while myself and Dawn slouch near them and close our eyes to give the much needed rest to our mind.

The team kills the treant after an hour and they look much worse than us. They can't be blamed as they fought a monster that is almost an entire grade above them and managed to kill it without any fatalities.

We decided to leave the valley as it has been more than an interesting day for us and we reached the location where we entered the valley without any incidents. Jack and Nolan made a tent for us to rest and heal from the injuries.

I was happy we were able to make a huge progress in the fight against the treants as I was able to reach the 5th move of the 2nd set of the battle exercise and I can see Dawn and the others are also happy with the experience and the outcome of this battle. The only problem which we had is that we can't sell the raw materials we gathered from them as this is unsanctioned and we will be reprimanded because of it.

Luckily Nolan agreed to do it on behalf of us and will transfer the contributions to Jack who will then split them and transfer it to us to which we agreed. I was also happy that one thing I dreaded to happen did not happen when I hear the stern voice of Jack falls in my ears "Can we have a word, Alex?"

I immediately think with a shigh 'Okay, I am dead' and stand from the place I slouched while nodding my head. He gestures to me to go out of the tent which I do with a little hesitation. I can hear the giggles of the girls and mummers of the boys who knows I am going to be getting an ear full because of the stunt I did back there.

I move out of the tent closely followed by Jack. "You found the core of the treant without any previous experience or hints. Good work." He says, his voice stern with a little hint of pride. I feel happy and start to smile and say "Tha.." which is interrupted by him saying "The move you did to kill the treant, that was reckless."

The smile that crept on my face went down immediately knowing that I am going to have a hard time because of it. "How many times have I told you not to be reckless like that?" He asks me. Unable to see his angry face I lower my head looking at the grass beneath my feat. To be honest I have lost the count of his lecturers in this specific topic.

It took an hour of lecture for him to let me go back inside the tent. I wish I could rather face a hard punishment instead of being lectured about what would have happened and might not or how it will affect my friends and family.