System: Parallel World
Chapter 24: The new teacher

"Adventurer guild? Why are we going there?" ask Riyan.

"Oh, do you know what an adventurer guild is? Is it in your world?" Kamila asked back.

Riyan shook his head, "Only in fantasy novels. I know about that term thanks to those novels."

"Hmm ... so?" Kamila was not interested. "There you can be an adventurer. It will help your development!"

"Eventual, huh?" riyan's reply scratched his head.

"But, did you say that I would fight monsters? I can't even fight the humans in this world. And you've been intent on throwing me at a bunch of monsters?!" riyan said a little protest.

"Fighting with monsters is easier than fighting humans. You will feel it soon. Unlike humans, monsters have no intelligence. So they only rely on instinct, which limits the movement and action taken," Kamila said.

"And also, that doesn't mean I made you fight monsters. You need experience. The reason we went to the adventurer guild was to meet an adventurer. He is known as the King of Swords, Cronies. He's an A-Rank adventurer. He will be your teacher for today and beyond until it is enough."

Half an hour later, they arrived at the adventurer guild. Kamila parked the car.

"Before we enter the adventurer guild, I want you to wear this necklace." Kamila suddenly gave a silver necklace to Riyan.

"What's this?" said Riyan frowning as he stared at the necklace.

"It was a D-rank magic artifact that could change your face and voice. You will be known as Reon when outside the academy. This way, you can practice without feeling anxious about anything else.

I've engineered a face for you. So, you just need to activate the artifact with your Mana." tell Kamila at length.

Riyan hesitated and asked Kamila, "Sir Kamila, can you tell me? Who'd you steal whose face?"

Kamila suddenly hit Riyan on the head with her fist. "You're accusing me?"

"I-I was just kidding. And ... it hurts, what if your blow injured my brain?" Riyan immediately activated his artifact.

Kamila seemed lazy to respond.

"What the fuck? I look like a playboy with this face and this hairstyle!" riyan said after seeing her appearance on the glass.

Her black hair had become dark blonde, and her eyes had become deep red.

"Disaster, even my voice sounds so strange! Is this the kind of person you make, Kamila?"

"I chose it because I knew you'd hate it. Now, stop the protest and get out of the car. We're two minutes late." Kamila drove Riyan away.

Riyan sighed lazily then got out of the car.

Moments later, Riyan follows Kamila into a large building that looks nothing like the adventurer guild she's always reading.

Compared to a tavern or restaurant in his imagination, the adventurer guild in this world looked more like an office building.

"I have a promise with the Sword King" Kamila said.

"S-welcome to our humble guild, Saintess!" said the receptionist who seemed to know Kamila.

'Did he just call her Saintess?' inner Riyan who thought he heard wrong.

"The Sword King is already waiting in room number three!"

"I understand." Kamila nodded. "Let's go" he said as he looked at Riyan.

A few minutes later, they entered a room where a tall and large man could be seen standing by the window, silently staring out with a sharp gaze.

"I apologize for the delay, regardless of who arranged this meeting" Kamila said after entering the room.

The big man turned around and looked at Kamila and Riyan seriously. Riyan gulped his saliva nervously, wondering if the man would yell at him.

However, to his surprise, the man suddenly showed a friendly smile, "Don't worry about it! Since Saintess called me, I don't mind waiting even a few more hours! Ahaha!"

He then looked at Riyan and continued, "Is this boy you want me to train?"

"Yes, his name is Reon, and I want you to teach him how to use the sword properly."

"Reon, huh? Nice to meet you, boy. You can call me Kroni, I'm the best swordsman in town. Since Saintess has asked me to train you, I will make sure that you will become the second best swordsman in the city, just below me!" said Kroni a little haughty.

"I don't care about money! If you promise to have dinner with me, I'll teach her for free!"

"It won't be free, and I'll pay you," Kamila replied directly with a flat face.

"You're still ice cold." The cronies laughed out loud.

"By the way, let's start practicing now. Follow me, Reon." Kroni said to Riyan.

Riyan nodded and followed him to the training room located under the guild building.

"How much experience do you have with the sword?" Crony suddenly asked.

"Not much, I just swung the sword without direction to increase my strength over the past week."

"Is that so? Please swing this sword for me." Kroni threw a steel sword at Riyan.

Riyan reflexively caught the sword, but he immediately regretted his actions, as his sword weighed about 50 kg, which was more than he could handle.

"Yes?" Kroni looked at Riyan with wide eyes.

"The maximum weight of the sword he could use was 40 kg, and he started training just a week ago" Kamila said.

"What the fuck? He's weaker than I thought. Looks like we've got a lot of work to do, kid."

"Use this instead." Kamila handed over the sword used by Riyan.

Once he had the sword he used, it could be moved. Riyan swung his sword a few times before Kroni.

"Well, you can stop now" said Kroni.

And he continued, "Your appearance is not bad for someone who just trained a week ago. You must have spent a lot of time swinging the sword."

"However, in the meantime, you have no other aspect. Your sword swing feels empty. It has no emotions and experience. And worse than all that .. It feels so weak."

"But don't worry, I will train you to become an expert swordsman before the weekend is over! It's gonna be hard, but I'm not gonna let you stop. Even if you die! I put it all together, my reputation is at stake! I won't embarrass myself in front of Saintess."

"Then I'll leave you alone, Reon. I'll pick you up tomorrow" Kamila said.

"Huh?" riyan said with widened eyes in shock.

Kroni suddenly patted Riyan on the back and said, "Do you think you will be able to sleep tonight? I'm sorry, but you're gonna sweat all night with me, boy!"

Kamila smiled with a strange expression on her face, "May it work."

And without saying another word, Kamila disappeared.

"Wow, I don't think I'll ever see a Saintess smile. What's your relationship with him?" Kroni asked Riyan after Kamila left.

"He's like my guardian .. By the way, why do you keep calling him Saintess?" Ryan finally got a chance to ask.

"uh? You don't know?"

"Should I know?" Riyan raised his eyebrows.

"Unbelievable! You just got out of the cave?" Kroni shook his head.

"I want to tell you, but we don't have time. I'll turn you into a swordsman in a day and a half, we'll need every minute we can get."

"I will now show you the basics of swordsmanship. Watch and learn." The crony began to dance around the training room with a sword in his hand. Riyan looked carefully.

A few minutes later, Kroni stopped his movements and said, "What you just witnessed is a sword technique called 'Formless Sword Dance'. This was one of the easiest sword techniques to learn but also the hardest to master."

"There are a total of 99 different combos in this technique, but you will only learn 10, which is more than enough to qualify as a swordsman."

"Take this." Kroni handed over two stamina potions and two strength bracelets.

As soon as Riyan put on the artifact, Kroni officially began his ruthless training, something that Riyan would remember for the rest of his life.