NOVEL WEB Chapter 4: Infighting Disagreements
Around a week had passed since the summoning of the [People of Earth]. Draxus had informed Serkyrio about the existence of magic at that time which made Serkyrio tell those that are nearby to start training after hearing the details. At the start, they were having difficulty bringing out something just from concentration. Many of them were failing here and there while some people had brought out a level of absurdity. Serkyrio himself, who has experience in martial arts already knew how to control the flow of qi in his body. He's now able to bring out powerful shockwaves in his strikes alone. That power gave Draxus, Arlesk, and Remuel major fears since he was pretty much destroying both of them in spars before. But, the amount of sheer power that he can bring out was amplified due to the ability to use magic perfectly.
But by no means, Draxus, Remuel, and Arlesk didn't improve their fighting styles after learning about magic. In fact, the three of them were able to bring out strong potential in that one week of training together. However, the one with the highest talent in magic was neither of them four. But it was Harold who managed to bring out magic that could damage a lot of things at once. Harold began to create his own kind of magic that could surpass everything in this world, even the laws themselves.
However, not all things were going pretty well in terms of socialization. They were only a group of thirty to forty people while there are circles that have formed friendships together. The reason to them was unknown as to why their group was being avoided. Some members that are around were from Draxus, Remuel, and Arlesk. But there were a minimal of people who joined them because of mere friendship. Serkyrio wasn't particularly bothered since he has the essential members to their group. He made the other members train their magic until they're close to exhaustion and let them rest for the day. They were progressing very well, but he has high expectations of the three.
Behind him, Draxus materialized multiple ice arrows from midair while closing his position to him. Serkyrio turned around and channeled his energy to the natural harmonics and released a shockwave, effectively dispersing the ice arrows that Draxus launched and caused him to flinch a little. Draxus launched a first aimed at Serkyrio's right cheek. That hand was caught with Serkyrio's left hand and effectively stopped Draxus. However, Draxus had a followup by materializing an ice pillar from the ground. He then pulled his right arm back and thrust forward his left hand while channeling some energy. Serkyrio broke the ice pillar that separated them with his right fist but Draxus unleashed some wind magic to send all the shards of ice to Serkyrio's direction. After blocking and sustaining some injuries, Draxus tried to end the battle by materializing a large shard of ice and tried to slash Serkyrio with it. However, the earth below Draxus trembled a little which caused him to lose balance and fall. He tried to slash Serkyrio upwards as he got close but the sword of ice was held in place when Serkyrio stopped it with his palms. He then kicked Draxus's hand to drop the grip and he effectively stole the weapon and pointed it against its user.
"And that's game!" Remuel shouted to end the battle between Draxus and Serkyrio which was accompanied by an applause within their group.
"You did great Drax." Serkyrio offered Draxus a hand to help him stand up. Draxus accepted that hand and stood up quickly. "Well, I can't really say that I'm improving much. At least I did a little bit of damage now." Serkyrio returned that sword made up of ice magic to Draxus who simply ended up dispelling it, causing it to disperse to particles. "By the way, can I borrow your laptop, pretty sure you still have the files regarding magic in there right?" Serkyrio looked at Draxus in doubt seeing as he requested for something immediately. "Don't you have a laptop of your own?" Draxus instantly turned his gaze away as if avoiding something really badly. Serkyrio who realized that, sent a scornful gaze to Draxus while giving him permission. He then sighed after seeing a determined Draxus. "You really got addicted to Genshin huh?" Draxus twitched in reaction: "W-Well, I thought that I may be able to reference some combat tactics through there..." Serkyrio sighed out once again and simply let Draxus be. "Very well, just don't neglect your own training." Draxus rushed to Serkyrio's laptop which has about sixty percent of the battery power remaining.
Later that time, it was supposed to be Remuel's turn for the training. However, Serkyrio couldn't find him anywhere nearby. Chances are that, he's hunting around for some animals that could be found around the area, or he's practicing fire magic alone. The four of them have specialized in a certain type of magic. Draxus specialized mainly in ice magic followed by wind. His combat style involves a lot of versatility and it has a lot of complications midbattle. Arlesk has a more straight forward combat style which is focused on being [Courageous], which is why he specialized in light and body enhancement magic. Remuel has a destructive based fighting style which boasts a powerful capacity of mana and energy. He brings down his opponents by his overwhelming magic and lethal strikes. Thus, he specialized in the demonic fighting style of fire and darkness magic. Serkyrio on the other hand, fights while analyzing his enemies. It was a style that was developed overtime by sparring with either of the three. He is able to use anything very nicely and combine it with the power of his qi to unleash shockwaves that fully counter and dispel the magic, rendering it useless. Those accumulated abilities make him one of the strongest even back on earth before he got the magic power to unleash shockwaves.
Serkyrio walked around and looked for Remuel. He looked around the mountains and saw almost nothing. It was until the point where he tried to check the side that was avoiding them for some unknown reason. He heard loud shouting and raised voices filled with anger and irritation. Among those voices that were competing against each other, he acknowledged the owner of one of those voices. It was from Remuel.
He got closer to the shouting battle that was happening midday, he examined the situation and noticed that the group that was avoiding us had been amassing a force altogether. Behind Remuel, his friends were looking at the other party with disdain and annoyance. When Serkyrio checked the other party, he had a familiar feeling for quite some time before recognizing the face of that person. It was the dude that shouted and tried to hit him on the night they were summoned.
Serkyrio interjected between them and looked at the adult man showing displeasure. He let out black air and a large amount of pressure to the surroundings as if he was mad. Remuel was sweating buckets while the guy was turning a little bit blue to the pressure. With an audible voice: "Enough." Remuel urged his friends to go back to their group for the time being. The other party showed angered expressions but the amount of pressure Serkyrio gave them was at the point of being unbearable. "Do you have the mind of a monkey...?" As Serkyrio asked that question to the other party. The guy's eyes widened in anger and shouted as hard as he can. "Do you think you could fool us any further?!" The guy pointed his finger at Serkyrio. "You guys are able to use magic! Therefore you guys had summoned us here!" Serkyrio let go of the pressure out of confusion. He was wrongly accused of performing a mass summon in a world with minimal magic power. However, after looking at the faces of the other party, Serkyrio already gave up on convincing them before it even started. He turned to Remuel and told him to return to their camp. As they started walking away from the scene, Arlesk came up while calling out to Serkyrio.
"Serkyrio! A group of knights are approaching with cavalry! What do we do?" Arlesk waves his hand while shouting loudly. Serkyrio and Remuel also rushed to close the distance. The other party heard Arlesk's shout and immediately went back to their camp. While the three returned to their side.
Draxus urged them to come closer to his position that was observing the movement of the armored men. After going back to scouting position with Draxus, Arlesk found multiple carriages trailing behind the group of knights. One such carriage looked very luxurious. He immediately informed the rest of the group that are watching together with him. Most of them had nervous expressions and even gulped their saliva. Some were completely unbothered while Serkyrio, Remuel, and Draxus arrived to one solution. Serkyrio fixed his clothing and prepared himself: "Pickup has arrived huh?" Draxus brought out his thoughts to the rest of them while fixing his clothing. "Looks like we're about to become heroes~..." While Remuel had a similar but different thought. "We're gonna be used as pawns for war eh?"
The group could only prepare themselves while the cavalry looking knights and the carriages start to come closer.