We both practiced for another two hours, it was already late at night with 1 Am in the morning, but then suddenly I felt a warm rush of blood inside me along with a lot of pain. I fell down on the ground Yuki came to my side, concerned about my situation. She thought I had overworked myself, so she carried me back to the hut and laid me down on my bed and gave me some water.
Which I refused as I felt immense pain. After another 5 minutes, the pain subsided, and I asked Yuki to sleep now. While I myself felt stronger than ever, I felt I could easily defeat my previous self five times in a single breath. Thinking this, I asked the system to show my status, as I am confirmed that my technique has progressed to the next stage.
Name: Ryuk Ashborn,{Rajeev}
Age: 11 years
Talent: Immortal Pupils(sealed), Law of Life stone fragment(sealed)
Possession: Beacon of Truth(level-1), Fragment of fallen kingdom
Bloodline: None
Martial arts: Basic kick and boxing technique{pro} (21/400)
Realm: 0
System Level: Zero(upgrade to unlock full abilities)
System Quest: One quest available
Title: Emperor of Humanity???, Martial Pill
Seeing the progress in my status, my head felt light, and with a happy smile on my face, I closed my eyes, as I was too tired from earlier practice. I slept like a log at night.
The next morning, I woke up refreshed, feeling fresher than ever; even my body felt too light, and my muscles had immense strength of at least five adult men. I think now I can contend with Yuki at least in raw strength.
Then, after getting freshened up and giving everyone their fill of food, I went out towards the bakery as I needed to be punctual for my job.
Reaching the bakery, I went to the kitchen as this is now my new routine: reach the bakery in the morning before 9 AM, and start making Pizzas. As of now, even the people around us have heard about this miracle dish called Pizza, so we get a pretty decent line-up of customers since morning.
Seeing the success of Pizza, I am thinking about introducing more types of pizza and some other fast foods like burgers and fries. Everything was going to be fine, but just like yesterday, we underestimated the appetite of our customers, so again our stock got finished before the evening.
So, finishing all the work before 3 o'clock, I said goodbye to Grandma Rose and went home, while buying some vegetables from the market as well as some lights that use batteries to run and can be charged by solar light. There is a serious problem with light in that hut with no electricity. I usually depend on a lamp, but now I don't. Yuki and the children are to do the same.
While buying this and some other things like a blanket and foldable bedding, I went home with a smile on my face. Maybe this is the happiness people felt after buying something for their family. With humming a little song while walking, I reached home carrying a large carry bag and a little trolley containing bedding, which I bought to carry those things. I don't have a problem lifting them, but there needs to be something to hold all these items, so I bought this trolley.
Reaching home, I saw Yuki, who was inside the hut teaching children something about martial training, while those children listened so attentively that they didn't even register me standing on the gate.
But Yuki noticed me and stood up, greeting me, she said, "Welcome home!"
And finally noticing me, all the children also stood up and said, "Welcome home!"
At that moment, I don't know what happened to me, but there are tears in my eyes. It has been a long time since I heard the word "home" from the mouth of someone else. Noticing tears in my eyes, Yuki asked about it, but I just said that some sand had flown into my eyes.
After that, I unboxed the things I bought for them and explained all the uses carefully. The children were happy, especially about the bedding; they had to sleep with a thin blanket every night, but not anymore. Then I noticed another thing, Yuki and the children are starting to smell a little bit, then I remembered they are wearing the same clothes since they arrived, other than Yuki, who had a spare dress, none of the children have other clothes, so I decided tomorrow I will ask for a leave and take all of them to buy clothes.
With that in my mind, I took all the children, along with Yuki, to train outside, like yesterday, we also played a little game of hide and seek before the sun went down, with my guidance using Light of Truth. So all of them progressed, especially Yuki, she is a monster when it comes to training, I don't know, maybe it is the revenge for her family that fuels her determination to train so hard.
Along with my guidance, she is surpassing my progress despite my having the power of the Light of Truth. Soon night fell, and we went home where Yuki and I cooked food in our new gas stove, which I also bought, as I don't want to keep using fire wood it creates a lot of smoke.
After eating, we put the children to sleep, and like yesterday, I went out to train, and after confirming that the children slept peacefully, Yuki also came. Outside we both trained like maniacs, I also put some spare light I bought on the tree to give us a light in late night because not every night is brightened up by the moon.
Soon, I reached my limit and fell back in the shade of a tree, now lying with my face facing the night sky. First, I asked the system about my status.
Name: Ryuk Ashborn,{Rajeev}
Age: 11 years
Talent: Immortal Pupils(sealed), Law of Life stone fragment(sealed)
Possession: Beacon of Truth(level-1), Fragment of fallen kingdom
Bloodline: None
Martial arts: Basic kick and boxing technique{pro} (95/400)
Realm: 0
System Level: Zero(upgrade to unlock full abilities)
System Quest: One quest available
Title: Emperor of Humanity???, Martial Pill
After some time, Yuki also reached her limit. Now we are both lying side by side, then I remembered something and asked Yuki about the stages of progress in Martial techniques and their significance.
According to Yuki, the techniques mainly consist of four parts based on the progress: Beginner, Pro, Master, and Grandmaster.
When someone reaches Pro level in a technique like Basic Kick and Boxing technique, they can formally start the martial path. After training in this stage for some time, a person can use specialized potions to give their body energy to break a barrier, formally becoming a first-grade martial artist.
She said that she had reached this stage for some time and now is just a little away from perfection. With a single high-quality potion or energy supplement, she can break into the ranks of first-grade martial artists, which is talent in itself. Because, according to her, most prodigies reach rank first at the age of 14, but she is doing it at 11.
I asked her more about those potions or supplements. She said that to break a biological barrier of human physic a person needs to force a trace of martial energy in their body, but this energy needs to be very docile and can be digested by the human body; otherwise, people may face severe side effects. She told me that those potions are generally made up from the meat of a martial beast of rank 1 or higher. Sometimes, there is also meat of corrupted creatures, which is higher in energy but needs to be purified, making it much costlier.
These potions are also divided into nine grades from first to ninth based on the power, just like martial realms, but consuming them will only result in a breakthrough at the first-grade martial artsist realm. After that, they are nothing but supplements needed for the high energy requirements of martial artists, becoming just a daily essential for high-grade martial artists.
Hearing about these martial potions and supplements, I decided tomorrow, when I take them to all to buy clothes, I will also try to find these potions. While I am still away from reaching pro level at basic kick and boxing technique, Yuki has reached it, so giving it to her will result in me getting a first-grade martial artist.
This strength can really ease lots of my concerns, and I will also need that potion after two days, as that will be the time I need to grind my progress to the next level.
Thinking this, I continued my practice this time more concentrated than before, soon I again fell down because of tiredness, and decided to go back to the hut as it was already late at night. So both Yuki and I went to sleep just like yesterday, just with new blankets and bedding. Before closing my eyes, I looked one last time at my status.
Name: Ryuk Ashborn,{Rajeev}
Age: 11 years
Talent: Immortal Pupils(sealed), Law of Life stone fragment(sealed)
Possession: Beacon of Truth(level-1), Fragment of fallen kingdom
Bloodline: None
Martial arts: Basic kick and boxing technique{pro} (137/400)
Realm: 0
System Level: Zero(upgrade to unlock full abilities)
System Quest: One quest available
Title: Emperor of Humanity???, Martial Pill