Heroes of the Past: Axuuhh World 500 Years ago

Training

After meeting the Hero, from eating dinner with him, talking to him, showing him the situation, and beating it on him that he can't be a chicken.

Man, he was a beast, none of my punches were able to push him unlike the other warriors of the kingdom that I have fought before.

I called all the council, generals, and commanders of the kingdom, and talk to them about something.

"My King, you needed our presence? "

1st council member asked as they all enter my throne room.

In the Kingdom castle, where all authorities of the kingdom are, three main administrations uphold authority in the kingdom.

The councils, the commanders, and the generals, each with separate and different roles in the kingdom.

The councils are the ones that help me with deciding and planning the primary endeavors of the kingdom, if I forgot something that is related they can just add them until the procedure is fully set.

Furthermore, they hold a significant authority inside the kingdom castle, but they are powerless outside since outside, all warriors are the ones that are highly regarded as they are the ones who deal with the monsters surrounding the kingdom.

The commanders are the ones that give the orders to the outer area of the kingdom that the council and I appointed on, they can request us if they think there is a need to change or tweak some alterations to the orders, we accept it so long as it is significant for the kingdom.

They are the generals inside the kingdom castle, they can order workers to do some work so long as it's not extreme or harsh.

They have high authority outside the kingdom castle since they are not an average warrior before becoming a commander, that's a requirement too.

And the generals, the ones that lead the other warriors to battle or upholds order throughout the other warriors.

They have lesser authority here in the kingdom castle but they are still regarded once they are here.

In the Kingdom of Ango, there are about 6 councils, 13 commanders, and 68 generals.

The generals are scattered around the kingdom to have balanced order in the kingdom, while the councils and the commanders are only inside the kingdom castle.

I wonder if they have already grasped it, the Hero's power.

"Sit down everyone, I have something I would like to discuss. "

I said as they all sat down on the chairs in front of the throne chair, where I sit.

"What is it that you wanted to discuss with us, your highness. "

1st commander asked me.

Discuss, huh, I wonder if it's even worth telling them this early.

"The Hero, if you all didn't know yet, have already woken up this morning. "

I started.

Since only about a few generals and Informer Joyce knows of it yet, I figure the others haven't.

"He did? "

"What is he like? "

"We know it, all of us generals do since Informer Joyce notified you as we are in a meeting. "

1st general said.

"Yes, that is why I appointed Informer Joyce to take care of him first since I have a lot to do. "

I said.

"Where are the 12 mages that summoned him? Have you informed them yet? "

2nd council asked me.

"Not yet, they have been busy, and 4 of them are still recovering since the summoning drained their mana. "

I answered him.

They did a good job summoning a remarkable being, Ivan isn't a standard warrior indeed, making me back off on just 2 minutes, no one has done that to me, even in real combat before.

I must be deteriorating from my King work.

"I have something to say about him, Hero Ivan to be precise, after giving him a brief explanation of the current situation, he suddenly becomes hesitant, and do you all still remember what I do to those who became cowards? "

I asked them.

"You beat them up and putting through their heads of what their duties are. "

1st commander said.

They still know, I raised these warriors myself back when I was still a commander, it is an evident fact about myself.

"Indeed, but before I could even mention it, he asked me to spar with him, he said he is losing confidence, in the beginning when we are eating and talking, he is pretty confident he can somehow defeat God's monsters, but after I showed him the current situation, he chickened. "

I explained to them.

At this point, I was just storytelling them like an old man, about how the Hero of the kingdom got scared at the start.

It's very obvious I'm slowly getting old, but I try not to be a burden or even show tiresome and weakness.

No matter what happens, I'll hold on till the end, whatever happens, win or lose, even if I might not see it happen, I want to keep going.

"What happened to the beating, your highness? "

3rd general asked as he is enjoying the talk with the others.

Hmm...

I thought as I was smirking at what happened.

"We sparred, and I was beating him up, he has a slight talent of close combat, but he is very clumsy and scattered. "

I told them.

They are enjoying this talk, they should be, most of these people experienced what I do back then.

"But, of course, he is the Hero, something I didn't expect happen, no one before has ever put me in a predicament where I'm in the disadvantage, yet he was the first to overwhelm me in combat, in only 2 minutes no less. "

I explained.

They are shocked after I said that, no one, I mean, none has ever defeated me in any conventional combat like that one.

But... The Hero is the Hero, any books show that... no matter strong you are and experienced you are... if a Hero is in the picture, then that's a separate condition.

Since Heroes are powerful and are quick to learn.

"Impossible, I haven't even defeated you once, your highness! "

4th commander said unfulfilled.

"No one did yet, so don't get sad about it, but keep dreaming. "

1st commander told 4th commander, comforting him.

They all laughed at his comforting.

"But how? I thought the King can only be defeated by himself, what happened? "

2nd council asked.

"I have more hits than him overall, but as time passes, he slowly got better, and got used to combat, since he was summoned from another world, his knowledge is differently built from us. "

I explained to them.

He has different common sense, and ways of thinking, that he can comprehend distinctively.

If he held a sword, what will happen? Will he be the most skilled and strongest warrior to ever exist?

If he does, will he be enough to stop God's anger?

It's funny that he doubted himself at that time, yet he bested me in 2 minutes.

"Anyhow, all I want to conclude in this discussion is that, no matter what he requests we shall give it to him, we need to nurture his talents, as we will need them for the survivability of humanity. "

I ordered them.

"Understood, your highness. "

They obliged.

Once he became strong enough, and we can expand further, humanity's chance is ascertained.

He's still young, he can be one of the successors of the throne, if my daughter doesn't want it of course.

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After we explored the guest rooms and the garden, I and Informer Joyce went to the Library of the castle.

Informer Joyce told me that the kingdom castle is like the main area all the authorities are in, they either work here and stay here, or they only work here and live somewhere else.

She also told me about the 3 main administration, the Councils, the Commanders, and the Generals.

But I'm not gonna go into details, as they are very long.

"This is the Library, where book geeks and mages study, there are thousands upon thousands of books here many varieties of them, and one of the biggest libraries in the kingdom. "

Informer Joyce explained.

This is...

I was in awe, I didn't expect the library of the castle to be this... amazing...

There is this typical floor where chairs and tables occupy it and in the middle, there is this cylindrical tower downwards.

Where all bookshelves circle it, and many researchers are, as they skim through all the books and search for the book they are looking for.

"This is astonishing. "

I said.

"Look upwards, Sir Hero. "

Informer Joyce told me.

I looked up as she said, and saw a tower with more bookshelves circling it.

I don't know why I didn't see it, perhaps I am always looking down as I walk all the time.

And by the looks of it, there is a half-sphere glass that lights up the entire section above, while below magic lamps are lighting it.

"How have I not seen this outside? If this is a tower, this castle is getting a lot of attention. "

I asked.

"Sir Hero, this castle isn't unknown to the outside, since it has a different building style and colors for it, also we have been going down while I'm explaining to you about the three main administration of the castle. "

She answered explaining it to me.

I didn't even realize the way here is a slope down as I was listening to her and focusing on what she's saying.

I am dumb.

"I noticed only fewer people are on the main floor, are all the people in the tower are researchers or something? "

I asked while looking over the tower, above and below.

"They are all mages, they are self-studying for their lessons here since they are all students of the Mystic Academy here in the Ango Kingdom, they have to always be in their best intuition, or they will lack behind. "

Informer Joyce explained.

If they even slack off even for a moment, they will left far behind, is this how intense Magic study is?

It's far more intense than studying in my world, same consequences but at the same time, it does not compare to how many students here that are willing to bet their life just to not lack behind.

In my world, only the smart and hardworking want to perfect their grades, while the easy goers only want to at least pass it.

There are a lot of common sense difference, and it is very obvious, I wish people in my world are this hardworking.

"I noticed you mentioned Mystic Academy, is that a magic school here? "

I asked.

Since if it is, I might want to join it or have someone teach me the basics of magic, despite me playing a lot of World of Dura, with my character having some magic skills.

I know that learning magic, in reality, is actually very hard, I mean, these students here are doing their best to study and keep their knowledge to the highest standards.

"Yes, there are a total of 8 of them in the kingdom, each having more than a thousand have entered in them. "

She explained.

"I should enter as well, I may know magic, considering my status. "

I assessed.

"Just say the word, I will enter you to one of the best academies. "

Informer Joyce said.

Really? That quick? Perhaps they want me to grow stronger for them as well, don't worry, I will.

Also, is this Mystic Academy not the best? Or am I just being dumb again?

No matter how long it takes me.

Having the goal, slaying all the nearby monsters is like my current goal, and still in the process of training for it.

Defeating God is only wishful thinking as of now.

That's why I decided to train my body first before my knowledge of magic, that seems to be a sensible plan since I found out I can go up against the King himself.

Who is regarded to be undefeated, but I haven't heard anyone say so, so it's not verified yet.

"Maybe next time, I want to train my physical skills first before delving into magic. "

I said.

"If you say so, Sir Hero, how about we head to the training ground next? "

She recommended.

"That would be a great idea, also just call me Ivan, or at least Sir Ivan, I'm still not comfortable being called as one, I don't look like one yet. "

I said.

"I will try, we aren't very straightforward to special guests like you, so keep that in mind, Sir Ivan. "

Informer Joyce said.

"A'ight. "

I said as I follow her there.

She's pretty honest with her work, I wonder if that's how everyone is in my world, I couldn't even graduate high school, so what do I know?

We then went to the Training ground of the castle, and it's on the north side of the castle, so we took a little time to get there.

Not very far, but I hope we went there first because that's where we started, where the King's throne room is.

"If you don't know, there are about 34 Training grounds like this dispersed around the kingdom, since they are very essential for the other warriors inhabiting the kingdom. "

Informer Joyce explained.

"Really? That less? I bet it wasn't even enough. "

I said.

If they need warriors, they need to increase the numbers of the Training ground, so that they can be a stronger warrior.

Training ground is pretty much the backbone of any defense games, as they produce more warriors and make them even stronger.

"It was enough for the kingdom, in fact, it may be too much. "

Informer Joyce said.

We then arrived at the Training grounds, I was shocked, having over about a hectare vast, I thought that it was not that big, that's why I assumed it's a bit few.

This is too much, and they have 34 of them, I didn't even see this back over the walls when the King teleported me there.

"Many warriors need to train, and this is a necessity if warriors want to train with more intensity since duels are a different aspect of combat, and gives them more vastness over their combat knowledge rather than fighting monsters all the time. "

Informer Joyce explained.

"This is huge. "

I said with awe.

"Are you going to train already? "

She asked me.

"Is there a main area for the trainers to train? Since I only want to train my body until I get used to it. "

I asked her.

I had a chance earlier with the King, but he just beat me till I get my confidence back.

I need proper training.

"There is, follow me, many strong warriors train here either with each other or self-training. "

Informer Joyce said and we headed to the center of the Training ground.

Many warriors are either doing a lot of intense workouts or as Informer Joyce said, they are training each other by dueling or combating.

It's pretty much like a civilized free-for-all section.

"I personally like to train on the side, since I still have no confidence to be in the center known as the Hero. "

I said, with wimpiness again.

"Are you losing your confidence again? "

She asked me as we go to the center.

"I don't really know anymore, to be honest. "

I jokingly said.

She then stopped and confronted me, taking off her cloak.

"The King ordered me to spar with you when you're losing your confidence, even a little bit, you will duel me, Sir Ivan, until you regain your confidence. "

She said.

Eh!... again!?... No, no, no, no!

"I'm just speculating I don't really know if I really did?! "

I said trying to reason with myself.

She is the Informer of the King, I don't like being on the spot not gonna lie.

And the King isn't helping!

"Too late! "

She said and rushed me.

Are we actually doing this!? Screw it!

She then used her palm to strike me to my face, I dodged it well but she strikes me again to the side of my head with the same palm.

She's a martial artist or something like that!?

"Is that the Informer?! "

I heard people are talking about us and glimpsed them watching us fight.

I hate the spotlight, and this isn't going the way I want it, if they want a show, I'll give them one.

I took her arm and...

At that moment, it's like I let my subconscious fight for me, I was parrying all of her attacks, despite it reaching me, I'm not getting affected.

She was fast but I was able to at least return 3 of her consecutive attacks with just one heavy hit.

Then again, I'm not getting hurt that much by her attacks, unlike the King.

As we are exchanging hits, I suddenly remembered... that this is how Forcivan, in-game, fight hand to hand against other players.

It has been a long time...

I then was able to take down Informer Joyce, not like the King which he backs off instead.

*slam*

"Haa... you've regained your confidence, Sir Ivan... "

She said as I was pinning her down.

"I won this fight... You and the King will be a pain in the future... "

I said.

"King's orders, there's nothing I can do with that. "

Informer Joyce said.

If I'm getting bombarded by both of them every time my spirit is going down, then it's gonna be a problem.

Though even I haven't known it yet, in the future, there will be a lot of people that will be doing so, and those people will be my greatest allies that will fight with me in this adversity.

We then sat down on the floor to rest, both of us are very tired and exhausted, her fast hits are tiring while her hitting me a lot made me very exhausted.

"You are very fast, Informer Joyce. "

I complimented her.

"Is that what you've been calling me, Sir Ivan, just call me Miss Joyce, it's very bothersome to call me like that. "

She said.

"I'm a fencer, that's why my hands are very quick, don't underestimate me, also, your attacks are very brutal, have you realized that you losing your confidence is meaningless. "

She explained.

Is that so!?

"Still, I really hate being on the spot, but I'll try my best, because in the future, I know I will deal with some. "

I said.

We then look around, and many warriors are watching us, this is awkward.

"Hey, Miss Joyce, is he the Hero!? "

The other guy watching shouted asking her.

"Yes, treat him well here, or you're vetoed here in the castle training grounds. "

She ordered them.

"Yes, Ma'am! "

They all shouted.

Vetoed? I haven't heard that word for ages.

I also noticed something as I fought Miss Joyce and the King, they don't use kicks?

Perhaps none has tried it yet, maybe I should teach them as I'm here.