The legendary mage

Stranger

After finishing his soup Bill left the room to look for his savior

he looked around the area just to see that he was inside a crude hut that was obviously hastily  made he looked around searching for the man walking around the hut and finally saw him

he was wearing only pants with his top exposed with his muscular back that is filled with strong hardened muscles that seem to contain no small amount of power

he seemed to have sensed Bill's presence as he turned to face him he looked at the necklace that was hanging on Bill's neck "where did you get this from" the man's expression was hidden behind the white cloak

"my mother gave it to me" Bill answered while looking at the man's ruthless eyes

"okay shall we start with your breath training?"the man stared at Bill's eyes

"Yes!" Bill answered with strong will

"okay then i want you to climb this tree then i will impart you with the breathing technique but if you didn't reach it's peak within a month don't ask me to teach you in fact you wont see me again" the man pointed towards a 10 meters tall tree

Bill was stunned when he saw the tree but he clenched his fists then nodded "i will do it"

the man didn't speak he just continued his training which was lifting huge boulders that weight of hundreds of kilos

Bill stood at the foot of tree thinking about ways to climb it

he first tried holding into the branches to get up but the branches were very high to reach them so he began thinking of other ways to reach the branches he tried running towards the tree then jumping but didn't succeed he tried over and over but to no avail

so he tried piling up falling branches ,rock and soil below the tree to jump on it and hold onto the branches

he didn't realize that the cloaked man was observing him in silence from afar but then he gone to do his own training nonchalantly , he sat cross legged and started mediating

Bill finally reached the first branch but was panting and sweating all over, his clothes were drenched in sweat

at night the man was still mediating when he suddenly opened his eyes to look at Bill who was still trying to reach the top of the tree the man was surprised to see that Bill has reached the first 4 meters of the tree and nodded his head in approval but then closed his eyes and went to mediation again

In the morning of the next day

Bill was sleeping drenched in his sweat when he saw the shadow that kidn*pped his mother "i will take you now" with his hands nearing to Bill's face

"Nooo!" Bill has waked up while looking around him in a panicked way breathing quickly only to see that he was in his room and on his bed he also saw a bowl of soup beside his bed, he touched his chest to calm himself down "i will drink this soup then try to climb up that tree" he said resolutely

he went outside and saw the same scene he saw yesterday with the man being topless and drenched in sweat but he was now standing upside down while holding two huge boulders with his leg

the boulder being at the size of an elephant

Bill went to the tree and did the same as yesterday he first jumped on the pile that he accumulated at the foot of the tree then he grabbed the first branch and then climbed it when his feet got on it  he tried climbing the second branch with the same method then the next all the way till the 4 meters tall he climbed yesterday but was almost exhausted but then he grabbed his necklace and held it tightly only to feel more relaxed and more resolution to climb "i must reach the top!"

he started climbing again but was very exhausted at the 8 meters height so he clenched his teeth as he  was trying to hold the pain in all the muscles in his body but he didn't give up as he tried to climb again

late at night the cloaked man has his eyes closed in meditation as he sat cross legged beside two huge boulders when he suddenly heard a yell "I DID IT!!" the man has his eyes widened in shock

as he looked towards the top of the tree only to see a small figure sitting on the top branch

"looks like he really did it even though i can't believe" he was still stunned but then returned to his calm look again

the man approached the tree then said  while raising his voice "hey little boy"

Bill looked towards him " look sir i have done it" while excitement was written all over his face "are you gonna teach me now?"

"of course i will teach you but you have to jump first"

Bill was shocked he thought he heard it wrong "what?" he said while being scared as he clutched into the branch next to him

"what is it boy i said jump!" the man appeared to be annoyed

"B-But i will die if i jump from such height" he was shaking as he realized he can't get down that easily

"oh you are a coward then i wont teach a coward" the man said while having the intention of leaving "No wonder your mother was kidn*pped"

it was as he touched the dragon reverse scale as Bill was now trembling with anger "then i will jump" he screamed in determination he jumped while closing his eyes only to feel the touch of two broad arms and a huge muscular chest

the man caught Bill before he touched the ground and said with a laugh "you did well kid"

Bill then fainted he was exhausted from exceeding his body limit over and over in his attempt to reach the top and that last jump drained him from all his strength

in the next day

Bill wake up as usual in his bed and with the bowl of medicinal soup being next to his bed he drank it as usual and endured it's extremely bitter taste then went outside to look for the cloaked man

but this time he saw him sipping tea that has a really strong and good aroma that relaxed his mind just from smelling it

"i see that you find it smell good" said the man while looking at Bill his expression hidden as usual

"yes sir it smells really good" said Bill while anticipating the man to give him a cup of tea

the man laughed hard " you want a cup then serve yourself" said while pointing to the empty cup and boiling tea pot

Bill was overjoyed as he approached the tea pot preparing to hold it

"huh?" he was surprised to see that it was really heavy to lift

"what can't even lift a pot of tea?" said the man while looking intently towards Bill

Bill was embarrassed "it is too heavy sir"

"then don't hope for it if you can't get it with your power" said the cloaked man as he slightly pulled his cloak and sipped the tea

Bill gulped while asking "then sir can you teach me the breathing technique?"

the man finished his tea but then said "oh it is about time to get my self a meal to replenish my strength " Bill was slightly confused "then after we eat sir will you teach me?"

the man looked at him and said with ridiculing voice "who said that i will let you eat from my hunt, if you want to get yourself a good meal then it will depend on your strength to catch it just like me " then he pointed to a dead bear that had it's skin peeled "i am gonna have a good meal today"

Bill was stunned at the sight of the huge bear he then looked to the man in admiration "then sir  after the meal will you teach me?"

the man nodded his head silently before standing up and setting up a fire to cook the bear

Bill suddenly asked "sir do you have any hunting weapons that i can use?"

the man didn't stop his movement as he cut the bear with a light sword emitting from his hand "you have to create your own weapons"

"but i can't use magic right now" Bill was surprised as he saw the man emitting light from his hands and shape it into weapons

"it doesn't have to be magic any thing can turn into weapon but with the right technique and use"