A look of dread covered their faces as they realize Damon could be spot on with his assumption. Its not like they didn't know, they were way out of their league with facing the beasts on this planet, but to actually see one of that caliber was something entirely different.
Fang got up and walked inside his tent shutting the opening. Damon and Calvus looked at eachother with unsteady eyes before calvus got up as well entering his tent.
Damon sat there with his head down looking at the cavern floor.
"Myyyyy life." He mumbled.
He eventuality dragged himself to his feet and began doing pushups. After completing three hundred he took out the boulder and performed half squats.
He was already ahead with his cloud shaping and rain control so his focus was mainly strength, and conditioning training.
From sit ups to pull ups and even rock climbing after finding an area on the cave wall. For over four hours he moved his body doing some form of working out.
[150 exp gained×2.]
[Exp-700/1200.]
[Two attribute points received.]
[3/15]
He took a break sipping on water here and there while strolling through the system. Seeing all the blank screens that were locked out until he reached level 35 sprung some more fire within him.
Four another four hours he did all his body allowed him to do. laying on the cave floor breathing hard, so much sweat was pouring from him he could fill up a 5 gallon bucket.
He couldn't stand, roll over or crawl to his tent. His body was sore everywhere, but he did managed to reach level 16 and gained two more attribute points.
[Soul level 16.]
[Attribute points available 5/15.]
[Exp- 150/1200.]
It was absurd how many hours he had to workout just to go up a level.
An hour later Calvus walked out of his tent, to see Damon stretched out on the ground asleep and completely covered in dried sweat.
He stood over Damon with balled up hands and a displeased look. Water fell from his face as he squated next to him.
"He's much different from us isn't he." A voice said from behind him.
Looking up, he saw Fang leaning against a wall off to the side near the back of the cave.
"We are trapped here, this place is going to be our grave if we can't get out and yet he trains." Calvus responded.
"True, and Damon knows that as well, but i think he believes if he can get stronger then he'll have a chance, atleast with staying alive."
Calvus looked a fang and then back at Damon in a daze.
"A chance." Calvus responded wiping his eyes.
"A chance." He said again tightening his fist.
"I want a chance too."
Calvus upbringing was much different than Damons, he had wealth and his father had positioning. He was able to be trained by his father and personal tutors. He had never face real life adversity before, not something like the situation they were in now.
Seeing Damon, someone he knew was dealt a terrible hand in life, made him question his way of thinking, the way Damon faced adversity made him want to do the same.
Calvus faced Fang getting in a fighting stance. Fang looked at him for a moment with a frown, but no words were needed to be said. With a smile Fang pushed off the wall and within seconds met Calvus with a knee to the gut, following it up with and elbow to his back and a kick to his side that sent him crashing.
Getting up, three images appeared blinking beside him.
"Hmph, it's the solid one."
Fang burst forward again, zigzagging preparing for a strike when they all split up surrounding him.
He was kicked behind the head from one image and punched in the face by another. Within a few seconds Calvus landed several hits making Fang retreat.
"His ability is troublesome, everytime I go for the real one he transfers to another image, alright then. "
Fang swung his arm around creating a wave of ice that hit all of them at once. His eyes widened as it did nothing but phase through them.
Looking up he blocked a strike from above, their fists collided sending out small echoes, Fang grabbed onto his wrist slinging him down hard.
Calvus attempted to gain control after hitting the ground but couldn't, he was suddenly sliding on ice. An image blinked on fangs right and left side. Fang Swung at both after images, but failed to see another sliding under him using the icy floor he created.
It was blinking as well but became solid right before taking his legs from under him. The three images blinked and constantly moved and the next second Fang was hit over ten times as he focused to track Calvus movements.
"It seems he didn't transfer himself to one of his images when I grabbed ahold of him earlier, maybe that's it, otherwise ill have to freeze this entire cave to catch him. I think i will try this first though." He thought.
Fang surrounded himself with a globe of ice, the images flickered moving on the outside as Calvus punched and kicked the globe as hard as he could while swapping places continuously.
He then phased through the globe hitting fang with a hook to his side and phased back out.
Bringing his hands together the globe shrunk only big enough for him to be inside. He waited a little while watching Calvus closely.
"I see. He can't phase through it because its not enough space inside here for both of us. His images need equal space for his original body."
Fang widened the ice globe just enough for only one of his images to phase through. Once he felt physical contact he grabbed Calvus wrist again.
Keeping a hold on him, he body slammed him while dropping his weight down with a twist pinning his arm at an angle.
"Ahhh." Calvus screamed while tapping on the floor.
Fang let go and his ice globe disappeared, getting off the ground Calvus twisted his arm around in discomfort.
"That was quicker than I thought." Calvus spoke.
Clapping was heard behind them, Damon was sitting up showing all of his teeth giving them a round of applause.
"That was a good fight, Calvus your ability is amazing and fang you're very impressive. You can do way more with your ice than I thought."
Damon jumped up cracking his neck and knuckles.
"I guess I'll take on the winner." He said with a huge smile.
"Forget it, I can smell you from over here, You need to clean up first." Fang said quickly pinching his nose.
Damon sniffed himself realizing he smelled terrible. All the dried sweat was still on him, coating his body like icing on a donut.
"The stream is right outside, I can wash up there."
Fang looked at him for a moment and agreed. Damon stripped down naked and hopped in after scanning the water a little.
Calvus and Fang came out the cave shortly after for a little fresh air, and for Fang to give Damon something to help with the smell.
"Here, You're gonna need this."
"The hell. You packed soap as well." Calvus asked looking at Fang weirdly.
"Of course, You can't talk to girls smelling like ass. Beast worlds aren't the only worlds we visit. Ya know."
"It will be if we can't get the hell out of here." Calvus said trying to be funny.
Damon caught the bar of soap and went to scrubbing. He also cleaned his leather armor a bit before jumping out the river.
"Hey hey, Nobody wants to see that." They shouted while turning away as Damon jumped out without a warning.
"Relax, I'm covered."
Slowly turning around they could see a thick cloud hovering around his waist covering his bottom half. A second later he was in his school uniform.
"What, It's all I got until my armor dries "
"Dude its leather, It'll be fine as long as it doesn't sit in water for a long time."
Listening to Calvus Damon was dressed and ready. The wet leather armor was heavier, but looking at it from a different perspective. He thought it would actually help him. It was like he added 4 and half pound of weight to it.
They stood away from eachother with a fighting stance. While Fang placed one leg in front of him in a mid low stance with his body twisted a little. Damon just put up his fists.
"Hmmm, I was right. He has no real hand to hand techniques. I wasn't too sure because he mostly used his clouds to fight the beasts we have encountered so far." Fang thought with a smirk.
Ding!
[A sparring match has been issued. Push your opponent to his limits for a rare reward.]
As soon as Damon moved, ice covered the ground and he lost his balance. With an elbow to his ribcage fang landed the first hit. He followed it up with a spinning back fist and missed Damons head by a hair.
Damon kicked forward, pushing his leg to the side, but Fang kicked him instead, making him slide back. Frost was seen climbing up his chest, but Damon banged on his chest like a gorilla breaking the frost off.
Grey and white clouds rolled in and heavy rain began shooting down.
Damons legs and arms bulked up, he could feel a surge of energy grow inside every muscle as he went in with a left hook and uppercut that rocked Fang to his core.
Shaken up, Fang frowned deeply, Damons striking power surprised him.
"His speed, it increased." Fang thought in which Calvus was thinking the same thing.
Fang gritted his teeth while grabbing Damons arm creating frost when he felt a tight squeeze on his throat. The next second he was high in the air getting choke slammed into the ground.
A pillar of ice shot up knocking Damon off while more pillars shot out knocking him around like a tennis ball. A block of ice crashed into Damons face so hard he did multiple backflips before his body hit the icy ground sliding.
He slowly pushed himself up,but by the time he got to his feet Fang hit him with two closed fist to the chest sending him flying. An ice wall formed behind Damon and as he hit the wall some of the ice curved making ice shackles on his legs arms and throat pinning him to it.
"Not bad, but you're definitely a novice when it comes to fighting. You have no real form and skill, you're sloppy."
[3 points added to strength.[28]
[2 points added to speed.] [19]
[0/15 attributes points available.]
Damon smiled as a surge of strength entered his body.
"I didn't take you for the type to talk crap when you have the upper hand in a FIGHT." he shouted breaking the ice shackles.
Leaning forward he pushed off the wall nailing Fang in the face with multiple strikes, after the sixth one he landed a kick across his head that had fang rolling and crashing into the stream.
Bursting out of the water fang was hit back down as a white snowglobe ball with clouds shifting around inside made contact.