Re: Lightning Beast

Early in the morning, Ren arrived at the training field outside the castle. Waiting for him was Scáthach wearing a dark-colored full-body outfit.

"Shishou, what should I do first?" Just watching at his teacher was enough to make his motivation flared overflowingly.

"You need to warm up first, running for 10 km is enough for now. We can increase it gradually. But before that, here." She draws a rune with her hand, which flashing briefly and disappeared afterward.

"Shishou this is-Urgghhh!!!" Suddenly he feels an invisible force pressing his body, making his weight multiplied and restricting every move he tried to make. But what makes him shocked was he can't feel profound energy in his body. Only his Magic Crest in his dantian is shining brightly.

"I sealed your cultivation because you don't need it in my training. I also placed a seal of restriction and seal of gravity on your body. I would increase it as we progress later on."

"Ugghh-heavy" Ren tried to move his body strenuously.

"Don't just dawdle around! Quickly run!!" Trampling him from behind, her face devoid of any expression.

"Y-yes, Maam!" Forcing his body to move forward, Ren focusing on how to adapt to his body condition.

"I told you to run not to crawl!! You're so slow!! What makes you different from snail!!?" Scolding him endlessly, she also throwing some fireballs to 'motivate' him further.

"Aaarghhhh!!" After thrown around like a ragdoll, Ren forced to run like his life depends on it.

After finishing his running, they continued with other physical exercises. From the afternoon onwards they would be sparring together. No, one-sided slaughter was the correct term. He is becoming her punching bag. In the evening, Scáthach would heal his injuries and reviews their training. She would give him some advice to increase his skills effectiveness and help him creating and perfecting some of them.

Day by day his training schedule would be increased and packed full. Stretching his mind and body to the limit, keep sharpening their edge. Scáthach only gave him 3 hours of rest every day, sometimes none at all. Don't talk about increasing his cultivation at all. All their effort was focused on tempering his mind, body, and techniques.

"Hmm… good, you can already lift this boulder, should we increase the weight again? Your strength right now was barely enough to thrust and kill a chicken." Watching his strenuous effort, she said apathetically.

"Ren! Why is your attack so weak!? You're no different than a child holding a stick. Do it again!!" She affectionately carved her fighting skills on his body. Not only training him in the art of spear but also hand to hand and many other weapons. Again and again endlessly, until he can display flawless fighting skills under any circ.u.mstances. To completely unify his mind, body, and technique.

"Climb this cliff with only one of your hands. Two times, do it alternatively. Finish it quickly, we still have many schedules." She ordered lightly like it was an easy thing to do.

"Ren, why your hands and feets stopped? You're still as slow as a turtle. What a disgrace! Get ready, Gae Bolg!!" To increase his dexterity and agility, he needs to dodge everything that she thrown at him. Even her infamous barrage of spears was included. Fortunately, she isn't earnest, without using her technique.

"Just swimming was easy right? Let's increase the distance and add some fun." After tying up his feet and hand behind his back, she has thrown him into a lake full of the wild beast.

"Ohhh is this the new physique cultivation that you bought? It is really extraordinary. You cultivator are really had thick skin, let me help you to cultivate it." That day, she has thrown him into magma and makes him struck by lightning daily.

"Aren't you cultivators like doing drug and get high? From now on I will cook special meals for you." Using myriad poisonous herbs and animals, she chokes him to eat her handcraft every day. Eventually, he gained poison immunity.

"Aren't you culivators like to meditate in self closed door cultivation? Let me help you to reach the right mental fortitude." Sealing him in a burial ground with eternal darkness and overflowed ghosts, she told him that he can only get out of his state of mind reaches the state 'still like water'. Driven nearly into madness by endless supernatural interference, he develops an affinity to soul and spirit. Remembering that day filled with madness, abominable creatures, and their wretched illusions, it still gives him nightmares till now.

"Hmm… it is not enough, let's see how your skill when facing multiple enemies. You can even get many points by killing them." Drawing runes, she opened a gate that connected to an unknown place. Unleashing horde of monsters at him, forcing him to battle for several days.

"Of course I know that you can't learn magecraft. But you still need to learn to increase your knowledge. Even if you can't use it, it will be useful when you face some opponent." Scáthach forcing Ren to learn magecraft characteristic, and how to counter them. Eventually, she helps to improve his new equipment.

Many say that her spear art and battle skill was peerless, but her magecraft is the same. From summoning, manipulating elements, clairvoyance, healing, soul manipulation, forcefield creation, and many others.

Especially her mastery over runes, that was really broken, he doesn't know what she can't do with it. She made dozen of different environments for him to train.

Even though Ren feels like a few years have passed while he is training, but the actual time passed isn't much.

"It isn't the flow of the time that is different, but your perception of time is changing. Your thought is moving faster, and your body adapting. Because counting time in this place was useless." Is what Scáthach said to him.

Day by day he trained bitterly. Every day feels like he was treading back forth in the boundary of life and death. He wouldn't be surprised that if he even developed Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Fortunately or not, his teacher keeps him back from reaching that step, that was what he feels.

Even right now he is still wondering what his teacher's intention was not only to train him but to torture him out of boredom. As for his feeling for her, he loves and hates her at the same time. Hating her torture disguised as training, and her p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e when she saw him suffer. But, he loves her little smile and praise, the only thing that keeps him stay sane and giving his all.

Enjoying his fast improvement, unknowingly time passed by quickly.

"Shishou is it alright?" Ren asked confusedly.

"Of course. What? Don't you want to go back? You can come back whenever you want. Your Magic Crest is the key, so I can fetch you directly." Scáthach looked at him amusedly.

"No, of course, I want to. But, it was so sudden that I can't adapt." Scratching his head, he tried to hide his embarrassment.

"Ara… Are you reluctant to leave your beautiful teacher?" Closing the distance between them, she smiled at him teasingly.

"Not at all, I'm really eager. Please send me right no-Aww!!! It's hurt." Rubbing his head, he looked at her tearfully.

"Hmph! Stupid child." Retracting her hand, she scolds him lightly.

"Shishou please forgive me. It's really hard for me to leave your side. Even I still have many things that I want to learn from you." Even though he said it jokingly, but his word is true.

"Then, how about I teach you something amazing tonight?" Pasting her body over him, with a strange glint in her eyes she looked at him provocatively.

"W-what is that, Shishou?" Feeling nervous, he tried to peel her off but to no avail.

"Ara… Don't you know? You can come to my room together." Blowing a hot breath on his ear, she linked her arms on his neck.

"Shishou, if you're joking please stop it right now." Doing his best to think it calmly, a frown appeared on his face.

"Heh… I'm serious though. Why? Am I not attractive in your eyes?" She smiled proudly, staring his eyes directly.

"Of course not. You're the most beautiful woman that I've seen in my life. Even I'm doing my best to control myself right now." He said it sincerely.

"Then why not?" Her smile deepens.

"Because I think it is inappropriate."

"Because you're my disciple?"

"Because I already have a wife." He can only smile helplessly.

"Isn't having many women is the dream of men? Moreover, it is normal in your world, are you different?"

"I'm no different. It just that, at least I want to talk to her first. I don't want to hurt her feelings. If I get her permission then I have nothing to worry." He doesn't want to cheat on her, because for him betrayal is unforgivable. The law of karma is real, so he doesn't dare to play with it.

"Stupid child. But I really like your frankness. Let me give you a gift." Suddenly she brings her face closer to him, she kissed him tightly. Ignoring his stunned appearance, she draws a rune on his c.h.e.s.t which quickly adsorbed into his heart.

"As for the other, it was my punishment for you." Stepping back, she looked at him which still dumbfounded by her action. Not registering what she said in the end.

"S-Shishou, why?" Of course, he was really happy, but his confusion is overwhelming. He can't understand her action at all.

"Even I don't know. It's really out of my character to suddenly lost control. Maybe because you're the only one who accompanied me after a long time passed in loneliness? Or maybe we are just that compatible? It doesn't matter, I have great expectations for you." She said it while losing in reverie.

"Thank you, Shishou." Heavy feeling dropped on his heart. He doesn't know how to reply at all.

"You rest, I will deliver to you tomorrow." After giving him an enchanting smile, she teleported away.

"Goodnight, Shishou."

The next day, after removing all the seals placed on him, Scáthach opened a portal for him. Not forgetting to gift him a weapon.

"This is the training weapon that you always use. Even though it just an inferior replica, but it was enough to use as a spare." She gave him a red-colored spear with a simple design.

"Thank you, Shishou. I will treasure it." Receiving it respectfully, his eyes gleamed in delight. Storing it in his spatial ring directly.

"Silly child. I can make it as many as you want." She looked at him tenderly.

"Shishou, can you take care of Rem?" Opening his robe, revealing a huge white cat on his bosom. With blue sapphire eyes and l.u.s.trous fur, it looked so adorable. He brings it to her throne directly.

"Ohh… your first summon? Aren't you really like her? Why don't you bring her with you?" Jumping from his bosom to her l.a.p, Rem looked so pleased purring with delight. Scáthach stroking her fur gently.

"Because she likes you more than me. If she can't find you later, she would become gloomy." Ren can only smile bitterly. He already summoned her a long time ago, in the early day of his training. Because he really likes her cuteness, he always taking care of her carefully. Unfortunately, their feeling isn't mutual. Shishou charm is really unparalleled.

"Don't worry. Remember, I will watch you from here."

"Thank you Shishou. I feel at ease." Stepping on the portal, his figure disappeared shortly.

In that spacious room, what remaining is a woman and a cat on her l.a.p. Her expression is unreadable, continuously stroking the cat's fur. Not moving from her position for a long time.