The Mech Lord

Two more days passed…

Leo spend most of his time in his room and occasionally had to go out for medical check ups for his arm. The Doctor had said that it would still take time for the wound to completely heal before they could possible place prosthetic arm in its place.

Aside from that, there was nothing else, he had spend most of the time on the inheritance book. It was really interesting and immediately hooked Leo up once he put his heart into it.

He had also spend his time on the Internet learning about the culture of Gloria and a bit about its past as well.

And yeah if you are wondering about his training, he had a few more bruises on his body after continuously crashing while trying to complete the absurd routine that Arthur had set up for him.

The devious A.I. had now even added basic kicking maneuvers for Leo in them along with simple exercises to further increase his stamina and strength.

Even now…

"Bang!"

[Missed!]

Leo's roundhouse kick landed on the punching bag but missed his mark and landed a few centimeters above the targeted area. At least he could kick like a good amateur now and not falling the moment he raised his leg.

'Tsk!'

Leo frowned looking at the spot where he had kicked. Whenever he tried to hit with all his might, he would miss no matter what and this was just a simple round house kick to the side of one's body.

It was nice that his body was in a good shape and he could stretch himself easily and his legs indeed managed to lift up above to a good height as well.

And hence, after three days of work, Leo had indeed seen a bit to improve in his stats.

[Stats]

Strength: [4]— 5

Agility: 7

Stamina: [5] — 6

Yes, it was truly a 'bit' of improvement. He was sure that if he managed to get his stats above 10 then, he would be able to level up. This really was a slow process and people said that low ranked skilled user leveled up pretty fast.

Just who in hell was this guy who said that? Leo really wanted to kick him in the balls.

"Bang!"

Leo suddenly kicked the punching bag again and this time, it landed right on the spot.

[Hit!] Arthur confirmed as well.

"I wonder how it will feel to kick a real living person," He muttered inwardly when Arthur suddenly came out with his suggestion.

[You can practice on a live target by using Virtual Projection..]

Leo realized it as well. That ability really allowed freedom to do anything actually, 'Do it, let me see how it will be.'

He then went on and laid down on the couch while closing his eyes and immersing himself in world made of blue grids once again.

[Three Scanned Data has been found…]

[1. Inheritor]

[2. Unidentified Man]

[3. Aaron Silver]

Leo indeed remember having scanned three times until now.

[You also have an option to generate a random sparring partner from the data in my directory.]

"Generate that unidentified man, I really want to kick his teeth out."

Theat guy had almost killed Leo and his father, there was no way that he would let this chance of getting some of his anger out.

[Generating..]

[I would suggest you to put him in stationary mode for this spar…]

"Do it then.." Leo said with a nod and the next moment, a familiar figure formed of strange entirely of blue light appeared in front of him. It indeed looked like the man and was partially transparent.

[Sparring partner generation complete…]

Leo looked at the guy and suddenly raised his right leg up and struck at his abdomen. A frontal kick was something everyone knew to throw and it landed square at the place where Leo had intended to.

The place where he had struck immediately changed colors and became slightly green.

"What's with the change in color? Is it showing damage or something?" He couldn't help but ask in curiosity.

[Yes, red colors means a fatal injury while green indicates a feeling of light impact…]

Leo's face changed, his kick was only capable of doing that much?

[The opponent is estimated to be at least a Lv 31, with a Comprehensive Body Assessment of [E]. Your attacks won't work for him in anyway.]

Leo seemed to have come to that realization as well.

"Can't you match its capability to that of mine?" He suddenly asked after thinking a bit.

[I can indeed do that. But are you sure about it? Will you be satisfied beating him this way? Shouldn't you be training hard to surpass him instead of weakening him?]

That indeed made a lot of sense. If he kept the man as a target to defeat then it would really be a good aim for him. Not to mention, if he beat him like this. He might get satisfied but there would be no meaning in it and he would only lose his drive for revenge on the man one day.

In the end, he still threw a few more kicks at him in frustration as the evil guy deserved it before dispersing it and generating his own character to face off against.

"Let me see, just how strong I am," Leo said with a smile as he looked at the figure in front before suddenly going in with a round house kick.

"Bang!"

The Translucent figure just stood there without any movement as the kick landed on his side sending it tumbling to the ground. The region around its hand and a portion of his side immediately changed colors turning into a light shade of orange.

[A Pain inducing strike..]

It seemed, he would be able to hit people at his own level pretty hard.

"I am not bad at my level, I guess," Leo smiled, a bit excited. He was clearly proud of himself honestly. And why would he not be? He had never taken martial arts and fighting seriously and now in three days, he could throw kicks which could make people scream in pain.

[You are getting ahead of yourself. The real reason behind that pain isn't your technique but the brute strength coming from you body as an Awake. And don't forget that you are fighting some at Lv 1. What do you think would be the result if he was a level or two above?]

Arthur's words immediately splashed cold water on Leo's excitement. He really couldn't reply to that.

[Let me show you how to throw a proper kick.] Arthur said and the next moment, the blue translucent figure of Leo seemed to have come to life.

"Is it you? You can do that?" He couldn't help but ask in shock.

The figure smile as he spoke with Arthur's voice, [Of course, I can.]

[Are you ready?]

"Yeah," Leo nodded after recovering from the initial surprise. He was a bit excited for some reason.

[Then make the move. I will show you how destructive a kick from a Lv 1 can be, if used correctly.]

Leo was actually a bit confident in his ability and took a step forward and did a calf kick trying to catch Arthur off guard. He had been throwing roundhouse kicks until a while ago after all

But the figure just raised his leg avoiding the kick with ease.

"Whoosh!"

A Side kick immediately came gunning toward Leo's face and stopped a centimeter away from his face as the breeze generated from it shook Leo's bangs.

[Careful, keep your eyes on your opponent. Don't think you job is done after throwing a kick.] Arthur reminded as he backed away.

Leo gulped inwardly.

That was terrifying...

If that hit him, Leo was sure that he would have ended up with a severe concussion.

After having his confidence shattered in a single move, Leo took a step back and once again concentrated as a drop of sweat slid down his forehead.

[Come..] Arthur said as the figure raised his hand and beckoned Leo to make a move.

Leo didn't rush in this time but slowly approached Arthur with his hand raised up in guard. Even if punches were not there in this fighting style, they still allowed arms to guard oneself.

He had actually tried to incorporate punching maneuvers in between but was immediately stopped by Arthur. It seemed that there was some logical reason behind not using fists in the fight. Not to mention, Leo really was lacking in this department especially after losing one of his hand.

"Whoosh!"

As Leo shortened the distance between him and Arthur and was finally a distance of two hands away, he made a move and rushed in trying to use the momentum behind his run to deliver a powerful kick.

But Arthur calmly waited there and at the aim moment, the figure ducked avoiding the kick.

Alarms immediately went up in Leo's head and he knew he was in danger. So, as soon as his landed he tried to turn around raise up his guard but he was too late or you could say he clearly hadn't expected that move.

He suddenly felt a push at the back of his right knee and was easily forced down on it as if he was a child trying to resist an adult.

[Game over..]

He heard Arthur's voice and turned his head to see him standing behind with on one of his leg raised high up into the air. It was the posture of an axe kick that Leo had seen earlier.

The next instant, the figure brought down the leg and its heel came crashing down on Leo's head.

"Bang!"

Leo felt his head burst apart with pain and his eyes suddenly rolled over as his vision turned black.