NEETS
Chapter 33: Uncovered

the morning has come and we celebrate my welcoming party.the party is not too festive anyway.only those in the royal neighborhood alone. namely the guards, maids, and some royal knights who look tough. and do not forget the family of king Ares.

at the event we only had a meal together, accompanied by relaxing music.

while I was eating my meal, King Ares came up to me. He sat next to me with his large body.He put his arm around my shoulder and raised his drink and said.

"hey son Blank. After you finish eating, will you come with me for a moment.I will wait for you in front of the entrance gate of the palace."

I'm just assuaging it while swallowing my food instead of me getting into trouble.

I hurried to finish my meal and then walked to the place where King Ares told me to meet him.

I began to look for the king of Ares in front of the gate, but the ones in front of the gate were only ordinary thin-bodied fathers and a little shorter than me.

"woy, this way, Blank!!" the fathers shouted to me

"Ra, king of Ares? I'm sorry I don't recognize you in your form." I said

I approached the king of Ares, who was in thin fashion, and he pulled me out of the palace.

just outside the palace was a fairly advanced and beautiful city, but that was not what King Ares wanted to show me.

king Ares took me to the outskirts of the city where the settlement was very different from the one close to the palace.The place was so shabby and many people were lying on the side of the road.

"you know son Blank. this place was not like this. this happened because the river flow around here is polluted by waste. originating from the snowy mountain."

king Ares said while showing me the stream that began to blacken and showed the snowy mountain where I first met Thena.

"this happened because of the coal mine on the mountain.the waste caused a disease that we could not find a cure.including myself. the effect I can not hold my muscular form for too long, but do not say this to anyone yes." continued king Ares

"alright" I replied.

after that the king of Ares invited me back to the palace again before entering the palace he changed his form into a muscular man again.after that he suddenly prostrated in front of me.

"uh, uh. king what are you doing?" I panicked because of it too

"please son Blank.please help us. Please help us. close the coal plant on the snowy mountain.so that the disease outbreak does not continue to spread.we have tried our best. in a good way and also a rough way.as if they do not care about us the citizens of the city that is under it. Even they are more courageous with us. for example the creature last night. it was one of their subordinates" said the king of Ares

wow if it is true that Daemon creatures last night are creatures sent by coal mines.it is too outrageous.

"good king Ares. I want to help you, but I have one condition. I want to be taught bare-handed martial arts" I said.

king Ares began to stand up, looking confused and scratching behind his ears.

"eeee. I don't understand what you mean by martial arts.but if you're looking for a teacher to become stronger I can help you."

king Ares and I began to enter the palace grounds again, and the party was not over. They still cleaned up the leftovers and dirty dishes that were there.

suddenly the king of Ares shouted in a resolute voice telling everyone to gather.

they all gathered in a circle, and I and King Ares were in the center of the circle.

Thena and Gilgamesh come to his father who is in the middle.

"what is this, dad?"

ask Gilgamesh who looks so arrogant and annoying.I prefer his thin form at night.

"Gil, please call Tom and Baek. I want to talk about something" said king Ares

"well dad."

Gilgamesh immediately went looking for the two of them, not long after he returned with two people, one carrying a double sword.

"the three of you line up in front of me" said king Ares

"well" answered the three of them.

king Ares then patted me on the shoulder he began introducing the three people before me.

"son of Blank. The three people in front of you are the strongest man in this palace.who wears a spear his name is Tom he is the strongest Lancer, while the one who carries a double sword on his back is Baek. he's a very strong swordman as well.and one you should already know right.he's my son Gilgamesh.he's the strongest fighter here. please be free to choose the one who will be your teacher."

after saying that the king of Ares encouraged me to come forward and chose the three people in front of me to be my teachers.

Tom and Baek are not empty-handed fighters so I can't study with them, and Gilgamesh is an empty-handed fighter. but his haughty and arrogant nature during the day made me a little dislike. let alone that at night he was just a useless coward.I don't think he was a good teacher.

the last was Thena who was next to her father, the king of Ares, but if I chose her directly I was only banned and kept by the king of Ares. I have a brilliant idea now.

"king of Ares. I ask permission to borrow the sword of one of the people who is here" I said.

"what's Blank for?" asked King Ares

"i will determine my teacher by the sword" I replied.

"well then" said the king of Ares

Baek gave one of his swords to me, and I accepted it with pleasure.I raised the sword up and pointed it towards the sky. I poured my light magic into the sword at full power until it made the sword crack little by little because it could not hold my power.

"ke, a very extraordinary power" said the king of Ares who was a little shocked and looked frightened.

I had learned my powers last night and I had a lot of power, and I also started to master the power of my eyes, which could see the status of others.

my attack was so powerful that it produced a sockwave that frightened the people around me. I focused my strength while looking at the status of Gilgamesh, Thena, Tom, and Baek.

my attack is not yet the strongest attack.but at least it should be people who have a defensive power above 300 points who can. and when I see their status that qualifies only Thena. others are still below that.Even Gilgamesh whose large body only has the strength of about 290s.

"king, you said I was free to choose anyone to be my teacher right?. well I will directly choose that teacher with my slash. huaaaahh!!"

my attack was so fast that even King Ares could not respond.

"what are you doing, Blank!!" shouted king Ares.

I did not crush him and my attack hit Thena immediately resulting in an explosion that caused a thick smoke and also a very loud sockwave.even the king of Ares who was big to the point of toppling over.

"Become!!" the king of Ares and Gilgamesh shouted.

"dammit Blaaank!!! Gilgamesh breaks into the smoke and looks like he wants to beat me up.

but I quickly swept the smoke around me to disappear, and everyone was shocked to see it. Even Gilgamesh stopped his fist before touching me.

exactly as I thought. Thena managed to resist my attack with a strange light magic that enveloped her left hand and became an extremely powerful protective shield.

"i've guessed you can definitely withstand this attack Thena" I said with a proud smile.

but not with Thena she looks so angry because I exposed her secret in public.

what am I doing this wrong?

but I think I'll regret this.

"dumb shit!!! you want to kill me Blank." said Thena in an annoyed tone.

"no, no that's not what I mean. I just chose you as my teacher that's all" I replied, who also panicked.

The so upset Thena instantly enveloped her right hand with light magic and formed a glove.

"if you can withstand this attack.meet me tomorrow morning in the garden behind the palace gate.I will teach you some techniques that you want." Thena said as she whispered slightly.

after that Thena's body slightly enlarged and her muscle mass slightly enlarged as well.she immediately pulled out her martial technique

"empty-handed martial arts.the first technique. upper cut!!"

with light steps I dodged Thena's attack quickly but the punch still scratched me a little and it made my shirt tear because of the friction effect alone.

"hey, are you going to kill me, huh, Thena?!" say

"you start the blank!" answer Thena who was still upset.

"STOP IT!!" the king of Ares shouted, Everyone fell silent.

"Thena I want to meet you in my room after this. and nam Blank.. Are you sure of your choice?" ask the king of Ares

"i, yes, king." I replied.

he walked to the pulpit and said something.

"you know, our city the water is getting polluted every day? do you still want to let the coal mines on the mountain act as they please, and continue to make us miserable?"

"no!!!"

"yes, we don't want a king!!"

"alright now we have reinforcements but he has to train first to strengthen himself.twenty days from now we will have a discussion with the coal mine. me and my son Gilgamesh will be your representatives, and you'll be blank and the other soldiers you'll be outside if anything happens."

"ready sir!!" said the soldiers simultaneously.

I don't know what the next few days will be like, and it looks like the king of Ares is still shocked by his daughter's strength.

I hope bad things won't happen again after this.

***

that night, Thena went into her father's room.

king Ares was Thena's father.he sat there so seriously.he stared intently and also looked a little angry.

"Thena, why did you hide such a great power from my father?" asked King Ares

"i don't mean to be. Because you said never show my strength to dad or anything else, but that's why I feel cooped up. because it is considered weak by others when I am able." answered Thena.

"no, father does not allow you at all to the field of battle." sahut king ares

"but dad, you don't know how horrible that place is" Thena said.

Thena told me that the coal mine had many guards.they were all armored knights ready to attack at any time when we were off guard.

king Ares, however, did not believe the story of Thena because there was no evidence to suggest the strength of the warrior armor.

it is still a mystery what the true purpose of the mine is. but Thena said that when she infiltrated the mine she saw a large, terrible creature trying to be taken out by the armoured knights and the working robots there.

finally with a little consideration and story from Thena, the king of Ares finally defended his breath and gave his opinion.

with one breath the king of Ares said

"alright, I only let you train Blank, but to go to the battlefield I still don't allow it."

"but father." said Thena

"nothing but a butcher, this is for your own good, and I do not want to lose you either" replied king Ares

"alright then!."

with a little disappointed. Thena came out of the room and went back to her room