For the next few days after Amden's return from the visit of his maternal grandparents he focused on raising his strength.
He in these days sparred a lot with Cilia, Lucas and Luna.
Although he had to hold a lot back against them it still helped him to raise his understanding of his techniques.
The sparring also greatly benefited the other three.
The twins had also improved greatly. Luna had also recovered from her condition absorbing all the extra overflowing mana in her body and was in her peak form.
The new Villa Complex had been completed and his father had decided to hold his birthday banquet in the new Villa.
Amden's family was extremely excited about the upcoming event and spared no efforts to make it a grand, luxurious and extravagant event.
Amden let them do as they pleased.
Meanwhile Amden was traveling inside a forest near the Azilia town to hunt down some wild beast.
Although he sparred regularly, he wanted to hone his skills in a real battle. Although chances of him encountering a life death was extremely rare.
Cilia trailed him like a shadow. With Amden venturing not too deep she would be able to handle any situation if any sudden danger arises.
Even Lucas and Luna had wanted to explore the wildness but were firmally rejected.
Amden was now travelling in the wild in a very alert manner. Although he was sure of his skills this was first time in two lifetime that he was going to get into a real life battle.
After traveling for few minutes Amden finally found his first hunt. It was an mid E Rank ice attributed wolf. Since this forest was located in colder regions beast here were mostly ice attributed.
For his first fight Amden didn't wanted any risk. He moved his hands and fire element surrounded his body. The fire soon transformed into lotus with two petals. It was not much bigger and was the size of a fist. This was his battle technique 'Nine Petals of lotus'.
Amdem was able to form two of nine petals for now.
Amden then pushed his hands and the lotus blasted on to the wolf. A loud explosion followed and the wolf was blown to bits. Only his mana core remained.
Amden was stunned. Although he knew he was powerful and skill was also powerful he didn't expected him to be so powerful. He had not used much of his strength. With this he determined while being an E Rank he could defeat any ordinary D Rank.
Even Cilia who was hiding in the dark was stunned. The small looking lotus was so powerful.
For the next few hours Amden kept hunting. He used all kinds of skills he had learned except the sword skill 'Heaven Cleaving Sword Strike.'
Amden was now in the mood to return back when a sudden noise startled him.
It was a very large snake. It was black in colour and eyes were crimson. It was a peak D Rank but not ordinary D Rank. This beast strength rivaled an early C Rank.
Even Cilia reached near Amden. She was about to kill it when Amden stopped her. He said, "Cilia I have not been able to test my true strength let me fight it."
She was about to reject when he continued, "If I get into any danger you can kill him that instant. Let me fight him."
She contemplated and then just nodded.
Amden moved closer to the snake. The snake then moved in extreme speed to strike Amden. Amden used the 'Dashing Steps of gale' to swiftly avoid the attack. The beast then threw a fireball towards him. Amden just dogged it and then used his 'Dance of the Sword' to strike the snake. But this only left a shallow cut on the snake's skin.
Amden continued to evade strikes and strike regularly. Although Amden had the upper hand he didn't do much damage.
Then suddenly Amden jumped in air and used the wind element to propel him to more height and then he raised his sword and struck. 'Heaven Cleaving Sword Strike.'
The beast head was instantly cut down and a large thin cut appeared on the ground which was quite long and deep. This brought no surprise to Amdem. He knew how powerful this technique was.
But the usuage of the technique had made him exhausted. It had drained almost all his mana. Even Cilia was stunned. This was something even an ordinary C Rank would struggle against.
With this Amden had to return back. If not for his pride he really wanted to be carried by Cilia.
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