NEETS
Chapter 34: New Technique

it was blind this morning, and the sun had not yet risen. Thena had already awakened me with her shrill cry in my ear.

"later Thena I'm still sleepy.. hoaahh!!

I slept again too.

Thena did not look upset or angry she just left my room. Not long ago I fell asleep again and slept again with the sound of a sleeping princess.

but a few moments later there was something strange. the air was getting colder. whereas before it was warm. and the mosquitoes began to bite me. The air was also getting humid.even to breathe it felt tight.

someone gently patted my cheek.

"wake up Blank, banguuun.."

those were the soft words I heard from the person who patted my cheek.yes, I'm sure it was Thena's voice.

ah. If how to wake him up this softly it feels bad if I don't rush to open my eyes.

I began to slowly open my eyes, and all I saw was the gray morning sky mixed with orange in the morning.

a face full of anger and very creepy.a face that looks like it wants to beat me all out.

"BUTUUUNNN!! YOU SLACKER BEDSMITH!!!"

setlan said that Thena directly threw my bed as hard as possible into the sky.I was bounced and thrown because of it. After that the bed and myself hit the ground.

I immediately fully realized because of that. My eyes became bright again and my body immediately felt all pain.

after I realized it turns out I've been in the garden behind the palace. Here the air is a bit strange.It feels thin and a bit crowded to breathe.

I got straight out of my pile of crumbled bed linens and ran straight towards Thena then bowed down in front of her apologizing.

"sorry Thena, I don't mean. ah come on. what are we going to practice today?"

Thena just turned her face with a look that was still a bit bitter, while crossing her hands in front of her chest.

today he only wears long-sleeved casual clothes and also leggings that are quite tight, so that the shape of his body curves are slightly slim but also muscular.

so do I. I only wear regular clothes and also shorts.

"hey, what are we practicing today?" much

"fuuuh" Thena sighed and then started talking.

"i'm confused as to where Blank should actually teach you, I've never taught anyone at all before" Thena said.

I'm a little confused by this too.

"keep teaching you empty-handed martial arts who?" much

"my mother, she died of a mysterious illness last year. back then, she wanted to negotiate with the mine people who were on that mountain. his face looked terrified and after that he was sickly and kept dying." Answer Thena.

"humu, so like that, I'm sorry about that. eee... how long have you been taught the technique?" ask me again

"hmm. I don't know for sure maybe about 5 years. I was taught my mother secretly from my father when I was 10 years old.he said for self-defense." replied Thena again.

uh, 5 years..

isn't that too long? I only have 20 days to master the technique.

"alright, even if it's only for a short time.I'm sure with your talent that blank you must have mastered empty-handed martial techniques."

"ba, okay."

I was a little troubled at the beginning of my training.The air in this garden was really thin and also heavy to breathe here.I often lost my concentration and energy.

Thena taught me how to breathe properly here to increase my physical strength, she said this was a basic technique to strengthen my physical strength.

said Thena all her family mastered this technique, so they can increase her muscle mass at will.

yes, it happened to his father Thena who could be very muscular and also Thena whose body could be a bit big.but for Gilgamesh.

all day long I practiced the breathing techniques taught by Thena, it was very tiring, but slowly I got used to it and was able to breathe normally.

even at night, Thena watched me keep my breathing.

day two, I began to master breathing techniques and began to get used to breathing in the garden behind the palace.

after this I was taught by Thena how to sense Mana, or the magic energy that exists in nature.

your body will become stronger and more muscular if it manages to absorb mana from nature, because mana from nature is stronger than mana in our body. because the mana from outside its power is unlimited but the one inside the body is limited.

somehow this lesson was very difficult for me. Even until the 5th day I still could not feel the mana around me even though I had tried hard.

Thena gave me advice to blend in with nature.she had me meditate and do a full concentration of breathing under the garden fountain.

I began to feel a strange flow of energy moving around me, like a gentle breeze that touched my skin gently.

I started to feel it but how to absorb it? do I have to breathe it in or just let it surround me?

in the afternoon I told Thena that I could feel the mana around me even I could see that the one surrounding Thena was huge and terrible, but so calm.

he taught me again to master where in nature you have to control it with which energy is within you.

the sixth day I did the same thing as before, doing meditation, but this time I tried to bring out my inner energy and tried to draw out which energy came from the outside.

little by little I managed where from nature began to cover me even though it was still thin but I could record it like a protective suit that protected my entire body.

while I combine it with the breathing concentration I begin to absorb the mana of nature. little by little he feels into my body. My muscles feel tighter my body slowly grows and feels stronger.

just this process still takes a long time for me and must concentrate fully and be able to do it. Unlike Thena and her family who can do it as they please.

day 7 I trained to accelerate the absorption of Manaku while my cosentrasi disturbed by Thena was very difficult but slowly I began to be able to slowly master it and when I trained for a full day. I can strengthen my body with the mana of nature but can't be too fast yet.

suddenly a notification appeared in front of my face.it said ["welcome you can use class 2: fighter"]

"Thena did you see the writing?"

"what's Blank writing? I didn't see anything. Is it possible that this exercise made you hallucinate?" ask Thena

"ti, no that's not what I mean. eee. ah it's possible that I'm exhausted."

that means only I can see those writings.

maybe my eyes are special?

"oh yes today we rest first, and as a success you master the basic techniques of martial arts empty-handed. Tonight we eat together. I will have my father prepare it" said Thena.

he seemed to be happy to see me master the basic technique in just 1 week.it was worth being proud of as well because not everyone could master this technique as quickly as I did.

after a simple dinner I continued my hard training in the morning.

thena started training me on the real empty-handed martial technique. Thena said that there are 10 techniques I need to learn.

a day I was taught 1 technique and had to repeat many times until a full day.it was done so that I really understand what I have to do.

it does not feel like 10 days have passed. I have mastered the ten techniques of empty-handed martial arts.

huft.my body feels all pain and my body feels crumpled.I want to rest but Thena did not give me a chance.

he suddenly attacked me while I was resting.he punched me with his powerful punch, despite not wearing the light protective style he used to wear.

I could only dodge and withstand his powerful attack.

"luck Blank!! if you can punch me. I'll assume you passed my training."

Thena said that while continuing to attack myself.

but the longer I fight the more I realize that my movements are slowing down a little.

I am confused by this, I should not become faster and stronger if I enlarge and strengthen my muscle mass, but why is this even inversely proportional.

two days have passed and I still have no progress. I still have not mastered this technique completely.

the last practice is staying tomorrow while resting on my bed I contemplate and try to see my status.

I used a muscle enlargement technique and was right. When I was in that mode my attack and defense power increased but my speed dropped dramatically. my defense and strength only decreased slightly, but my speed increased as usual.

when I wanted to do an experiment, but I heard the sound of footsteps walking towards me, slowly but surely he was getting closer.

I pulled my blanket and pretended to sleep.

then the man slowly walked into my room and then sat on the bed next to my body.

I felt that person cast such warm magic into my body.The magic penetrated into my body and made the fatigue in my body disappear slowly. the vague.

"i can only do this for you, Blank. I'm sorry for training you so hard. I hope you'll be fine on that fateful day."

yes, it was the voice of Thena. after saying that and relieving my tiredness.she lay down for a while beside me.

his warm breath felt on my back.

why is this. Why did Thena suddenly sleep next to me?

I just kept quiet with feelings of anxiety and also deg-degan. until finally he did not intermittently leave and returned to his room.

so that's what happened all this time why my body didn't feel tired when I woke up in the morning.It turns out every night Thena took care of my exhausted body.

the next morning I continued my training with Thena. before Thena attacked. I told her.

"Thena, is it true that empty-handed martial techniques are like this?" much

"why is blank?" answer Thena.

"no, it's just that if I use body magnifying mode my speed slows down, and I don't like that" I said

"continue?" continued Thena

"i was practicing quietly last night and I discovered a new technique"

"show me well."

Thena jumped straight in and attacked me all of a sudden. This time I was ready.

I put the horses up and then enlarged my body and after that I rearranged my breathing.

the steam coming out of my body made my hut into normal shape.after that time when Thena was close to me. I did not dodge but swung my fist straight at her.

but Thena easily avoided it. But my fist this time was not limited to that. I had developed it so that I could drain the electrical technique from my body.

such a large electric spark creates the effect of a lightning strike. Thena was slightly hit by the lightning and made him injured, then fell down.

"Thena you okay? I'm sorry I haven't been able to control it." I said while helping Thena stand up.

"no matter what Blank is, you finally know the true meaning of bare-handed martial arts."

Thena told me that the enlargement of the body was correct but there was actually a renewal technique from bare-handed martial arts.

an example is like me being able to turn his strength into the power of the lightning element, while Thena can turn it into the light element so that he can form a protective sheath of light into his body.

I didn't expect that the power of bare-handed martial arts turned out to be that great.

"alright Blank, I'll be serious this time. Come fight me with all my might. I'll train you to master your new technique."

we fought and fought each other, making the environment around the back garden of the palace destroyed.

I will maximize my strength so as not to become a burden during the battle tomorrow I will definitely help everyone in this kingdom.

until the evening we were both exhausted in the fight and lying on the grass of the back garden we looked at the stars of the night.

"Blank tomorrow is the day of the meeting, I can't come with you because my father forbids it. I hope you will return safely" Thena said

"uh, why don't you come. when they already know your true strength.?"

"already, I don't think too much about it either."

Thena said that in a flat tone and looked unconcerned, but I saw tears welling up in her eyes, but she tried to hide it.

I then sat down and gave encouragement to Thena.

"oh yes Thena. my friend once said, if you look at the stars at night can make your heart more calm you know.." I said.

"oh yeah?." Thena sat down and looked at the stars with me.

he started smiling and then a little laugh.

"yes, looking at the stars can really calm the heart" I said.

"hahaha, I'm not laughing because of that"

"continue?" my many.

"i'm just laughing how can you remember your friend's words if your name alone you don't remember it's what makes me laugh" Thena replied

"oh yeah, too, hahahaha!!"

we ended the night talking and laughing.

***

early in the morning the king of Ares and Gilgamesh was ready to go to the coal mine.they only brought a small army of about 10 people who participated.they both invited Blank to come.

Blank wanted to focus on mastering his powers with Thena, so he said he would follow.

finally, the king of Ares's army departed without Blank.they went hand in hand to enter the snowy forest of Cemara on the mountain.

about half an hour later they arrived.

in front of the entrance to the coal mine, there were two knights in armor. They seemed to have been programmed to let the king of Ares and Gilgamesh enter, but not with the troops.

inside the factory the king of Ares is herded by a small 4wd car-shaped robot to guide the kings of Ares and Gilgamesh.

the two of them followed the robot guide until they reached a closed room.

in the room a red alarm suddenly rang.all the doors were closed.King Ares and Gilgamesh were trapped inside.

"what is this, we are here just to negotiate" said the king of Ares.

after that a monitor screen appeared.from the screen appeared a picture of a black creature with only showing his eyes are red.

"my name is Azazel I own this mine. I don't want to hear anything you say about my mines. You just wait here."

"what do you mean and what is your purpose?" ask Gilgamesh.

"i am an ancient being sealed here.My goal is to destroy this world and rule it. The life of the people here has given me so much energy that I'm finally free soon."

"ti, there's no way I won't allow that" said king Ares.

"just try to do it. If you can get out of this room and find me before noon you can beat me easily. but it won't be easy either because I've also sent my army of robots and Daemons to your city."

"what?! let's get Gil. Let's put our energy into getting out of here."