The Legend of the Sword of Freedom
Vigil
5 years running.
After the conquest of the western empire by the eastern region, the western system of government was completely changed, the authority of western power led by the eastern region greatly uphold the title of nobility.
Where humans are treated like goods traded if they cannot meet the tax costs incurred by the central government, especially that applies to the remnants of western people who previously lost the war. Many of them became slaves due to the non-payment of taxes that soared.
The system of government in the western region became very chaotic, because the people who were bought and became slaves then had to follow all the orders of their masters, he said, there is even a rule of law stated if the slave injures the owner then the harshest punishment is the death penalty by hanging in the city square.
Since there was a rule of law, no slave dared to go against his master, and ended up being like a pet.
The western region had also currently been divided into 4 regions.
Upper region.
Upper middle region.
Intermediate region.
Lower region.
The lower region, was a remote region and was located far from the empire that existed in the upper region of the city center. The lower region is the region with the lowest strata and considered trash by the nobility because the government never paid attention to the area so it is not surprising that criminal action is often found there.
Many acts of violence are carried out in public without revealing the surrounding conditions and murder is a natural thing, someone who has money is someone who can do anything they want.
"We're not given much time, let's quickly grab all our hunts, not to be left behind one."
"I'll check for traps."
Two slaves were taking their hunting in the forest, with only a knife and a trap, they managed to get a magical beast. They were a couple who were both slaves who spent everything by obeying the orders of the master.
"We've already obtained 7 magical beast beasts, as master ordered, the trap we set is already broken it looks like a powerful magical beast is damaging it."
"What's not enough, since we've already gotten 7 broken magical beast traps isn't a problem."
After that short conversation the two left while carrying the magical beast on their shoulders, it looked light as they were used to it.
Shortly after entering the village, many faces of envy and envy who looked at the two not just looking but some of the people were acting frontal by directly showing displeasure at the results of other people's efforts.
"When he's just a slave like us but why can he hunt like that."
"I really couldn't believe it before seeing it firsthand, how could a slave do that."
"He must have used demon pills or certain drugs."
"Hey fucking slave! what are you doing, stop looking at him jerk quick grab the stuff I threw!"
"Good sir."
The two couples ignored the words of others and continued walking straight towards their master's residence. Shortly afterwards in an accidental state they cross paths with the master they were looking for.
"Master, we're coming."
The two people immediately bowed their bodies saluting their master.
"Hoho .. You're done apparently."
"Master, we-"
"It's better to talk after I get home, I also have good news for you both."
Hearing the master's words, the two put question marks on their faces, after walking and arriving at the residence.
"The two of you are indeed very powerful, carrying 7 magical beasts as I commanded without any failure at all."
"No master, however much this is all thanks to you, we cannot live without your help this is all nothing compared to everything you do to us."
Both of them praised the kindness of their masters who did not commit such cruel acts as the other slave masters. While hearing that remark their master replied in a soft and delicate voice.
"You are indeed very humble.no wonder if there are good nobles who will recruit."
With a surprised face the two asked again about what the master said.
"Recruits? what does it mean, master."
"Quiet don't worry, I know what you are thinking, the noble who will recruit you are nobles who have a good reputation and have good relations with the central empire, if you are able to show your strength, if you are able to show your strength, then it was not impossible if they would grant the title of Royal Guard later."
The Royal Guard is a guard and sword belonging to the nobles who always protect the nobles themselves, and it can be said that the office is almost at the level of nobility and can move others whose titles are below theirs.
"Does that allow masters? isn't that impossible for a slave like us."
"Nothing is impossible, as long as you carry out what they command, they will slowly admit that you are calm. Oh yes within 3 months from now you will be called to the middle ground, you two will be relieved of duty from now on, so prepare yourself carefully."
"Good master."
The two men then returned to their residence with happy faces, they trusted their master more than anyone because the master was their savior 5 years ago. A moment after the two of them left the master entered his private room that was underground. Few people know it and it's right under the room.
The room was very dirty and dusty coupled with a pungent smell inside. The master touched the communication magic artifact and instantly shone and revealed the face of someone who seemed to be very familiar master.
"Greet me dear sir."
"It doesn't have to be that formal, so you must have done a good job, right Royal Guard Lianzi?"
"As you commanded, I have brought the attractive slave as you wish, this slave fits you perfectly I am sure you will be satisfied. Within 3 months from now I have ordered the 2 slaves to prepare to meet you."
The evil grin was engraved on his face, it was very clearly visible inside the magic artifact ball.
"It's going to really be an interesting show I'm already looking forward to."
By saving those 2 precious slaves Lianzi managed to gain trust and was able to manipulate them, in order to complete the plan he had made.
During these 5 years, he had deliberately treated his two slaves very well to create a new scheme for his slaves.
However, there are no good people here, all must want something and use someone to achieve it. The couple did not know the real nature and cunning of the master because Lianzi actually put up many masks to hide his rottenness.
Utilizing others for personal desires is a hallmark of the upper class, they will be kind to others if others are useful to them and use it to reap profits.
Back to where the slaves were. After leaving the master's residence, they immediately rushed home. Along the way their heartbeats were pounding very fast, they still remembered Master Lianzi's words very strongly.
"Tang Woo in your opinion, is it possible for a slave like us to gain an upper position, equal to the nobles?"
Fenti asked with a face full of hope, expecting an impossible thing but really wanting to materialize. His partner certainly knows that, he also does not want to break the spirit of Fenti and hope a miracle will happen.
"Hm ... maybe we could have taken the top position but it's impossible to achieve the same position as the nobles but I'm not sure it will be fully realized but since the master has spoken I trust him."
As the two were talking to each other they felt streams of cultivation energy flowing in the air, extremely thin, soft and warm. It was pure energy used in basic Martial Arts training.
"Wah .. It looks like you're practicing ya."
Tang woo walked into the house along with his wife Fenti, shortly after they entered the little children who were inside instantly prepared to stand up very neatly and salute the two of them.
"Welcome to seishou."
(seishou \= master)
All the children in unison gave a respectful greeting by clenching their right hand and then opening all the fingers on the left hand and banging them slowly. It raises a nice tone of voice as it is done simultaneously.
The total of all the children living was 5 people they were all cared for by the two of them because since the war 5 years ago, they were all dying, they were all dying, Fenti was not that cruel to see a little child die in front of him and therefore the result became like this, they had a small family.
The four children were 12 years old and the smallest was Alvitar Shunzhi Huang, he was the child who was discovered right at the time of the 5-year tragedy, and the only child there who was born with martial arts talent in his body.
"So you guys are practicing Qi energy huh, I feel that it is good to create a new foundation for your body to solidify and rise to the next stage."
"Ma-maaf seishou, we are indeed practicing but we are practicing studying martial arts techniques, the Qi energy that seishou had intended might belong to Alvitar."
All eyes were on Alvitar, who was sitting in the corner. He was completely unaware of the arrival of others. Tang woo started to approach her and looked at Alvitar's face up close.
"Hmm ... It seems like she is being very focused on maintaining her Qi energy, I will wake her up in a moment."
'However, he's still a 5-year-old, but I really can't believe a 5-year-old can do this kind of thing, but it was possible because his cultivation flow was still pure and unclogged, his muscles and blood vessels were also still in excellent condition, it was indeed possible.
But he hasn't gained an understanding of it yet, so where he studies it I don't think if he understands how to cultivate from books because for a child of his age there's no way he can understand it.'
"Yeonhee did you teach that?"
Tang woo asked the child beside him. Yeonhee fell silent and a small sweat flowed from her forehead. Because previously Tang woo forbade to teach Alvitar Qi energy until he was 6 years old, because if he failed to activate Qi energy it would damage the organs of the body.
"Sorry seishou, I just explained it according to what I know, and Alvitar put it into practice right away."
Hearing a voice up close, Alvitar woke up from his seat and immediately stood up giving a respectful greeting to tang woo.
"Welcome to seishou!"
Alvitar's body was slightly shaky as it instantly stopped the Qi energy forcefully. Tang woo propped up Alvitar's shoulders so as not to fall over.
"Sorry seishou I'm late salute."
"It's okay, it doesn't matter. More importantly you managed to keep it."
Tang woo smiled sincerely at Alvitar, meanwhile Yeonhee looked guilty for violating Tang woo's orders. Fenti who had finished preparing the food then approached them and stroked Yeonhee's head.
"Don't worry, nothing happened to Alvitar and instead you made him more developed, that's good. Forget about that first. Food is ready let's eat."
All of them ate very voraciously, the food that Fenti had prepared, and the first person to finish the meal very quickly was Tang woo.
"In the time of 3 months from now on I have a lot of free time because the master ordered me and fenti to go to the middle area, so from tomorrow I will train you directly, so from tomorrow I will train you, prepare yourself well."
After finishing eating Tang woo came out while carrying the usual stick he used to wear training.
To the people in the lower regions, Tang woo was a monster, because he really was like there was no fatigue, he continued to train all day.
15 Minutes after the meal, Yeonhee and four others went to bed, when the situation was very quiet and the lighting was only limited to a small flame. Alvitar Shunzhi got up and walked up to pick up a book belonging to Tang woo. Alvitar's eyes were still very clear he could easily see the book in the dark though.
Every night, she secretly read all the contents of the book and the one who taught her to read was Yeonhee she was already like a sister to Alvitar.
Usually Alvitar read the basic martial arts books alone, but yesterday he read a new book on basic Qi energy techniques because he already understood the workings of energy activating, and he had already learned how energy activating works, so he can easily apply it directly.
Due to the cultivation practice where he had been doing, Alvitar decided to learn the basics of the martial arts movement back to strengthen his understanding.
'All of these martial arts techniques, I have memorized all of his basic movements, horses, basic assault techniques and defense patterns, he said, and on the last page of this book teaching to coat the attacks with pure energy in order to strengthen the attack power, I am still unable to do that, balancing cultivation energy is a different thing, he said, I am still in the first stage of Qi energy opening.' Alvitar thought about it while reading.
The book only teaches the basics of martial arts, and is not effective if done to fight.
When Alvitar was reading a book something very delicate touched his skin.
"Windy? but this doesn't feel like the wind."
Alvitar followed the direction the air was coming from, and he subconsciously opened the door of the house out of curiosity about it. But what she did see was beyond her expectations, she saw clearly how Tang woo and Fenti were practicing against each other. Since Indra Alvitar was already strengthened with the opening of Qi energy, he was able to sense the radiance of that energy from within.
Alvitar was completely amazed by Tang woo's martial movements, he also saw Qi energy radiating from the level that Tang woo was using.
"Seishou coated it with pure energy, it was really the same as the one in the book."
Such a delicate attack in the absence of such futile movements was something that was extremely amazing to Alvitar, he was very serious about paying attention to the fight. He imagined that he was in the position of Fenti who was fighting Tang woo.
Alvitar's concentration level was really excellent, he was instantly able to realize that battle within his imagination. Inside that space of his imagination, Alvitar tried to advance to attack Tang woo but could easily block and counter-attack Alvitar, he had already completely attacked Tang woo like the one in the book yet all of it was useless, all of the attacks were blocked easily by Tang woo. Alvitar thought of finding a gap in the fight, because his memory was really sharp, he could remember everything he saw, then imitate the movements Fenti used to attack. In the fight under Alvitar's imagination the two did not use weapons and only fought empty-handed.
Although he had fought by imitating Fenti's techniques and movements, Alvitar was still unable to keep up with it. While he was thinking about how to find a gap. The Imaginary Room that Alvitar had created slowly broke apart and shattered. Alvitar immediately realized with it his head was very dizzy and he decided to sleep.
Alvitar is a very genius child, his mind processing ability exceeds the abilities of normal people, he is able to make his own Imagination room in his mind, and he is able to remember all the events he has seen. However it had side effects, as this was his first time using this ability, he still had a lot to practice in order to get used to those side effects.
After the night passed and morning came, Yeonhee, Liey Gong, Ru tsung and Hao ma instantly prepared to go out to do the exercises just like what Tang woo ordered last night. all four have gathered in the front yard of the house but, only one who arrived late, Alvitar he looks still very messy and has not prepared anything at all.
Tang woo and Fenti did not question that because they already knew the reason Alvitar was late was because he saw the match practice between Tang woo and Fenti.
Actually from last night they already knew about it but still let Alvitar see firsthand how someone fights for real. Because Alvitar had only been training alone and had never seen a very intense fight, Fenti and Tang woo deliberately showed it and as a result, Alvitar was able to sleep less.
"Well it seems like everyone is gathered, then as a basic exercise, to become a martial arts expert must have a very good body, right? run around this house 20 times, after that I'll give you my next direction."
"Good seishou!."
All the children answered in unison, then continued running as ordered by Tang woo. The exercises given by tang woo are really very effective because as he said a martial arts expert must have a better body and good body endurance than a normal person.
4 The child had never before done this kind of physical exercise and only learned the theories of martial arts that were in the book or that were directly taught by Tang woo, it was extremely dangerous going forward as they would not be able to accommodate the power of Qi energy if their physique was too weak, therefore physical training was required to become martial arts experts.
However this is the first time in a 5-year-old child doing physical exercise like this, if not for having a strong determination will definitely give up immediately with this exercise. Tang woo and Fenti believed in Alvitar's determination and did not hesitate to give him this kind of training.
After ten rounds passed the faces of the children looked very tired and sweaty despite being tired none of them complained against Tang woo, they do the exercises they are given and are really serious about getting it done there is no time to complain for them and the desire to compete with each other as the foundation of the strength they have.
They did not speak at all and looked straight ahead as if reaching the finish line. All run parallel and there is no one behind or front.
"They already understand yes, it's good that I don't bother teaching you the basics of using Qi energy."
"That's right, don't you think they're talented enough? using breathing Qi to speed up the performance of the body and facilitate blood flow. No one did that to them but they knew it by themselves."
Fenti spoke to Tang woo with great enthusiasm looking at the development of the children they had cared for.
Previously there was nothing at all that taught them about the usefulness of Qi energy, because what Tang woo said was Qi energy to strengthen the body only and did not provide very detailed information. Yet only with those words were they able to deduce what Tang meant and use the Qi energy in the necessary time.
"Live three rounds until they finish and then I'll give you even more strenuous exercise."
3 Rounds passed, all the children lying down while staring at the sky. There was a lot of sweat all over their bodies.
"Huh .. I really didn't expect you to be able to get through this Alvitar practice, even though you were 7 years under me."
Alvitar remained silent in response to Ru tsung's words, he looked towards the sky with great focus. It was what people saw, but in reality Alvitar was thinking about the incident last night, he realized something at the training session.
The night after he imagined what he saw his head became dizzy and it continued until this morning, however the giddiness slowly subsided as he used his Qi Alvitar energy thinking whether the Qi energy could also heal the pain, if so Alvitar can use his ability while using Qi energy to eliminate the impact of activating his activation.
As he was thinking, Fenti approached the four of them and instructed the next exercise.
"When the break is over, let's stand up and follow me."
"Good seishou!"
Everyone stood up and followed the next direction. They chatted with each other and wondered what the next exercise was given by seishou. But they stopped thinking when they saw what was in front of their eyes.
"Take a sling of the rest of the tree and choose the appropriate size for you, then take the remaining logs of the tree and tie them to your shoulders. Do it with all the power you have."
"Good seishou!"
They answered simultaneously Fenti's orders and then immediately walked to retrieve the remaining logs they could lift. The exercises they do are really very extreme exercises but they do not complain and move as instructed. None of them spoke while training was going on, all of them seemed busy completing their own exercises.
Although the muscles of their hands screamed in pain and the blood became hot even though they remained steadfast in the exercise. One by one the bones in their hands sounded like they were about to break, yet they used Qi energy to speed up the body's performance process and increase the efficiency of their abilities.
This was a hellish exercise given by Tang woo, even though he himself had never done this kind of thing at their age. Because the training that tang woo received in the past was to hunt beasts and wild animals for food.
Tang woo's parents were bounty hunters and he had often followed his father while hunting so he had already trained for it. It could be said that the training that Tang woo received back then was heavier than this as it could endanger his life if there were only powerful magical beasts there.
However the result of Tang woo's strenuous training was that he became a person who had physical strength above normal humans. However there was still a long way to go when compared to master martial arts.
While Fenti she is also the same as Tang woo her parents are a hunter and are close to Tang woo's parents and therefore they are betrothed and eventually married so that it becomes a married couple like at present.
Unlike Tang woo who was a close combatant, Fenti was an archer who specialized in attacking from a distance. It became the perfect combination in hunting as it was also the two Fenti parents agreeing to the marriage.
After giving orders to the children, Fenti then walked to where Tang woo was not far from the training ground was seen tang woo who was sharpening his weapon.
"What's the next plan you think of?" Fenti asked as he folded his hands, his face looking annoyed at something. Tang woo found out about that and purposely lured him to speak.
"There's something you want to say, isn't there? tell me what you want."
"Isn't it clear? do you think they're capable of lifting the remaining logs of that tree? even I don't think you're gonna give me that kind of crazy exercise."
"Well, I have a different kind of thought than you."
"What does that mean?"
"You know, in these times strength is everything strong will dominate the world and the loser will be the loser and die. Of justice? equality? such nonsense does not apply now, a person who has power and power is the most powerful person, and is able to buy or regulate justice itself."
"So after all, if they fail to complete that exercise they will not be able to top it, and in the end they will die being preyed upon by other predators."
Fenti just silently heard that answer from Tang woo, because in reality it was the truth of strength and power that sustained this world to keep going properly. The weak will be the predator and the strong will be the predator. It is the law of the world that runs. For Tang woo, this was the beginning of the hard training that the children had just started because in real life there was no word of giving up before completing the given exam.