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9 YEARS LATER
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"The wind is nice today isn't it, Hoshuka?" I said as I stood on the balcony while watching the city below us.
"It is young master." Hoshuka replied while she handed me a cup of tea to drink.
9 years have passed since I have formed my Force Core, and I have reached Force Level 2 at this age. By the time zolgarians reach this age, they will have their Force Core and are still at Force Level 0. But since I have mine for 9 years now, even before joining the military, my level is considered to be Force Level 2, matching against a Guardian.
For 9 years, I have trained both my body and Force Core to its limits, achieving a higher-level Force for my age and a body which made me look like I am a Guardian.
Thanks to my intense physical training, a lot has changed in my body. I stand at 5'6 height around 150 pounds with lean and defined muscles. Each muscle has scars which were visible thanks to my sparring against Banther, the head butler of this house. Not only that, but my Force Core's capacity has also increased as well to the point that I have to keep accumulating more energy every second to make it full.
Collecting energies became an easy task. Thanks to my sharpened Force Senses, I could see the energies more clearly and brightly. I just needed a single thought, and the chains will do the rest for me.
To add to that, my mastery in Force has gotten keen. I could enhance my body with Force to double my strength and to make my legs swift like Hoshuka. I could also imbue Force to any objects I hold and use them as a weapon. I also learned another basic common skill called 'Force Hands' which I can use to hold an object or person even without making physical contact with them. The only issue is that I still don't have Force Affinity.
'Is it because of the way I am living? I thought it depends on the mindset of a zolgarian? Was I wrong?'
However, instead of focusing on that, I focused on sharpening the tools I have at my disposal.
Let's review what I have right now:
[Force Senses], [Force Hands], [Body Enhancement], and a [Force Level 2].
Those are the tools I have currently in my arsenal. I want to learn how to do Runes, but I am not risking my Force Core until I find someone to be my mentor.
With the lack of Force Affinity, I focused on sharpening the skills I have that are useful for combat. Force Senses is easy to train because I use it daily and every second to gather energies around me and put them in my Force Core to transfer them into Force. Force Hands needs more training. It is easy to use it on small objects since it requires a small amount of Force, but when it comes to larger objects, it costs more Force. So, I only focused on using it with small objects like small pebbles to use as a weapon against long range enemies. I can't do anything about the capacity of my Force Core. It only grows if I grow.
Using Body Enhancement became a piece of cake as well. By imbuing Force into my body or to any objects I hold using Force Hands, a simple movement became deadly and swift move. Of course, I only use Body Enhancement when I am fighting, which in my case, is sparring against Banther.
'Although, I had to push myself to the limits so I could land a single hit against Banther.'
But that's a story for another day.
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On the following day, I told Hoshuka that I will be going out to the city. She insisted on going with me so I could be safe and not get lost, but I told her to stay. I wanted to be alone anyways and have some time for myself while I go explore the city we live in.
But in reality, I actually wanted to go train alone for a change of scenario.
As I roamed around the city, I found an alley which if you walked deep, it would lead you outside of the city walls. As soon as I got out, from there, I imbued Force to my legs and swiftly ran towards the forest until I got to the deepest area where no zolgarians would roam around.
Whenever I go alone to the 'city', I always explore outside the walls to search for an area wide enough and far from civilization to use as my own private training ground. I happened to stumble upon a spacious grass field with a strong surge of energy from below.
As I got to the place, I scanned the area by using Force Senses. Force Senses isn't only used for seeing energies, but it can be used as a scanner to find something or someone around you in a certain radius. By looking for different energy signatures in your surroundings, you can sense your opponent even without using your eyes.
After my Force Senses confirmed that no one was in the area, I began to do a little stretching before starting my training.
I don't have Force Affinity of Earth to conjure dummies like Banther, so I just imagined in my head a group of opponents with differing body builds and height to shadow box with.
The first opponent rushed at me with a sword. By imbuing Force to his legs, within a blink of an eye he got in front of me. He swung his sword in a crosscut section, but I sidestepped to avoid the slash. I imbued Force to my hands and threw a punch at his side which caused him to go down to his one knee. I quickly followed with an uppercut to force him to stand up and finished it with a reverse roundhouse kick that sent my imaginary opponent flying until he hit the tree.
As the first one went down, two more opponents dashed towards me. One has a longsword while the other has gauntlets. They split together and went on my either side and they swiftly threw a deluge of assaults at me, forcing me to leap up.
Before I could even come down, the longsword warrior extended his blade and jumped up to join me in the air. He swung his blade so fast that I was forced to move my body in midair by using Force Hands to avoid getting hit by his crazy onslaught.
When his blade was about to reach me, I imbued Force to my arms to block the incoming attack. By using a large amount of Force, I am able to make a high-density Force that surrounds my arms and successfully blocks the blade.
At the same time, I used Force Hands to grab my opponent and smashed him on the ground with all my strength, defeating another one. As I landed on the ground with my back facing against the opponent with a gauntlet, I didn't need to turn around to look at him. Thanks to my Force Senses, I felt an attack coming from behind. I imbued Force to my legs and did a back kick that hit him on his stomach which caused him to throw a series of fits of cough. Before he could recover from my attack, I bolted at him and flooded him with a series of strikes of boxing that I learned from my previous life. And after a few seconds, I have defeated three imaginary opponents.
I decided to stop and take a break before proceeding to round 2. But thanks to my Force Senses, I sensed a group of people slowly creeping behind the trees.
I didn't need to know whether they were good or bad because the energy around them already told me their intentions and it is definitely not a good one.
In a few seconds, I am able to recover the Force I had lost during training against my imaginary opponents.
"There is no point in hiding." I said while my back was still facing them. I made sure my voice was heard even amidst the strong breeze of wind. "Reveal yourselves."
Ten people emerged from their hiding and circled me until they surrounded me.
"Well, well, if it isn't the prodigy son of the General of the Zolgarian Army." One of them said with a smirk on his face. "Since your family is rich, I wonder how much money we will be getting from your pocket, little rich boy?"
I smiled. "Who knows? Why don't you see it for yourselves?"