The next day, Alice and Zeke already left Enrika after Zeke gave his regards to Micaela. The two were walking out of the forest, heading towards Iliasport.

Alice, back in her monster form, asked. "Are there any other deviation we must take?"

Zeke shook his head. "No, we will go to Iliasport and then travel to Sentora. We don't have anything else to do here… I think. Well, even if we have something to do, I don't remember and I don't care. Now let's go with more important things…"

Zeke snapped his fingers, and the Spin screen appeared in front of him. He clicked on Daily Spin and the slot got colorful once again...

D.

[You have received: Viagra box]

Suddenly, a fist-sized box full of blue pills appeared on Zeke's hands. He frowned, looking at the pills he just received.

"...Is this perhaps an out-of-season April fool joke?"

Seriously, a box full of viagra in a game you lose once you get raped? Whatever, it won't see the light of the day…

Zeke threw the box in his inventory and walked a bit faster. Alice noticed his weird expression and asked. "What happened?"

He sighed and shook his head. "Nothing… I just feel pranked from the system."

"Is it about those pills?"

"Yeah… Let's go on, we should arrive at Iliasport by tomorrow afternoon." Zeke glanced at Alice, but she disappeared another time. With a sigh, Zeke looked in front of him and found a hybrid between a human and a leech, how did she get there without him noticing he will never know…

[Notification(1)]

That must be the survive quest…

"...A traveler? Unbaptized, too… You look delicious." The Leech Girl licked her lips, and Zeke sighed again.

"I swear when I get to Sentora, the first thing I'm going to do is taking a pause because it's not possible to hear always the same thing… Welp, let's go." Zeke gripped Angel Halo with both of his hands and got ready.

The Leech Girl's expression turned into a seductive one and crawled towards Zeke as fast as she could.

In terms of level, the Leech Girl should be stronger than the Dark Elves… But why is she so slow?

Zeke dashed at her, and faster than she could react, he slashed off one arm. The Leech Girl's left arm fell of, and still fast as before, Zeke twisted his body and slashed horizontally on her back.

"N… No way…"

The attack cut deeply, making the Leech Girl fall down. Her power was flowing out from her body, however it didn't seem enough so Zeke stabbed her back, right where the cut was.

Then the Leech Girl glowed and turned into a small leech, which crawled away.

The notification number at his side turned into 2. Meanwhile, Alice arrived back at his side. "At least you didn't take too long there."

Zeke looked at his hands with a hint of surprise and said. "I thought it would be harder…"

Alice sighed. "You think we are all super humans? There are monsters that even a normal adult villager can defeat alone. That Leech Girl was one of those weak monsters, you just got unlucky the entire time to go against an Orc Girl, a Bee Girl, a Grizzly Bear Girl and Dark Elves. Right now there aren't many monsters here capable of matching you."

"Huh… I guess you're right." Zeke murmured while opening the Quest screen and turning in the Survival quest. Then he placed the 3 Bonus Points he gained in Strength.

"However, you could do better if you learned actual swordsmanship. Before, we didn't have an occasion because we were inside a room or you were already sleeping, however, this night, we will begin your training."

Zeke nodded at Alice's words as the two continued going forward to north.

[Night]

It was night and Zeke set up a camp. This time, now that he had a better equipment, he was able to make a better camp and cook better food. Surprisingly, Alice was satisfied with it.

And just as Alice promised, the two started to train in some swordsmanship.

"Alright, we need to catch up the opportunities we lost, so I will teach you two techniques. I'm sure that you are able to learn them with the stamina you still have. Pick up your sword and follow my steps."

Zeke stood up from the ground and grasped Angel Halo, now that he ate something, he felt full of energy.

Alice approached a tree and took a branch from it. She slapped the other palm with it as if she was a teacher with a ruler. "You already know how to properly swing a sword so I will immediately start with the techniques. The first one that I will teach you is Demon Decapitation:

You are young and small, which is good for you when you need to charge in. It's said that the Dark Elf Zack was able to cut off the heads of 100 humans using that move. The gist of it is taking an opening by charging at the enemy, and strike after dodging one of their attacks. You must aim at the neck to bring out the full potential of this attack."

For your information, Zeke was 15 years old, and he wasn't tall in the slightest compared to his old classroom's students… He was around 1,55 meters.

"I'll show you an example, come!" As soon as Alice said that, she slithered towards Zeke. Of course she held back a lot, so Zeke was able to react to her and thrust towards her.

Suddenly, with an agility that belonged only to a snake, she dodged Angel Halo by a millimeter and went outside area of his right arm, before she swung the branch. The stick traveled across his right arm and stopped in front of his neck.

Zele froze in fear once he realized what happened, and let go of Angel Halo. He gulped down a mouthful of saliva as Alice gradually retracted the branch away from his neck.

"Because of our different heights, I was forced to take those sloppy movements, but you should have it easier due to your height."

Sloppy? That "Sloppiness" would kill him for real if it wasn't for his Sun Authority and for his trust on her.

Alice made way for Zeke and said. "Now try to imitate my movements."

"...Alright…" Zeke took a deep breath and started to imitate Alice's movements.

Thanks to her instructions, and the little bit of martial arts he learned before, he was able to learn quickly the sword technique. So, even if it was midnight now, Alice started with another technique.

"Ok, it wasn't that good, but it was still passable, you will learn to use it better in actual combat. But now let's pass on this other one."

"Ugh… My mind can't keep it up…" Zeke complained while holding his forehead. Alice looked at him for a moment and sighed. "Fine, I guess I exaggerated a bit… Let's start with something simple then. This will greatly help you in fights.

Have you ever heard of the saying: "Move like the wind, with the strength of the earth, heart calm and flowing like water, with attacks holding the blazing power of fire"?"

Zeke started to think a bit before he said. "Wasn't that: "As swift as wind, as silent as forest, as fierce as fire, as unshakeable as mountain"? That was from Sun Tzu's book of the Art of War."

Alice frowned a bit, before she shook her head. "Whatever, I ever heard of this Sun Tzu but that's the gist. If you can't apply that in combat, you will never survive the entire time, as long as you are human. Cross your legs and focus your mind."

Zeke nodded and sat down, with his legs crossed. He took a deep breath and lightly inhaled, maintaining a light breathing rhythm.

"It is said that the Fallen Angel Erigora was able to immediately heal their wounds by meditating. It's obviously a fake story, but concentrating your mind is still important, so you can stop yourself from being in trance or ecstasy.

Once you feel that your mind is clear, remember that feeling. Keep doing that every time you are free and one day you will also be immune from a Queen-class Succubus' magical charm."

Zeke didn't give any answer and just kept meditating for some time, before he stopped and the two went to sleep, ending the training session with a bonus point in Endurance due to the tiring training he endured.

[STATUS UPDATE]

Name: Zeke Conquest

Age: 15 years old

Sex: Male

Race: Human

Title: Hero

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Strength: 34

Endurance: 36

Constitution: 29

Dexterity: 28

Magic: 1

Bonus Stats: 0

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Skills: Sun Authority: Leo.