Logan closed the status table and proceeded to get up from the bed. That’s when he heard someone say

“You are finally here. We have been waiting for you”.

Logan turned around to see Darien and a thin guy standing there. The one who spoke was darien.

“Ah yes, I have been meaning to ask you but why did you suddenly throw me into the graduation testing room? I almost died many times! And I would really be dead without a certain accident” said Logan sounding angry.

“Uh, about that, let me first introduce you to Thren. He is the headmaster of this training hall and also the one who asked me to put you in the hall” said Darien pointing to the man beside him.

“Are you really the head master? Do you always try to kill people visiting you?” said Logan while looking skeptical.

He found it hard to believe that the thin man could be a head master. But he also knew that muscles are not needed for actual strength.

“Yes I am the head master. When you first entered the training hall I sensed that you had talent for Ki. I merely wanted to test the extent of your talent. Honestly your talent in ki is beyond what I expected.

As for you dying there, the training room was modified for you foreigner’s arrival so you dying would not have any effect on you except negate any gains you had during the training.

What I didn’t expect that you would keep fighting for hours together and pass the training. Though it is not counted as completed because of the accident” explained Thren looking apologetic.

“You know about that? How?” asked Logan looking surprised.

“Yes, we got a message through god’s window that the gods accidentally made it that you would not run out of stamina, and that they have taken the blessing away now. While it may be unfortunate that that happened it still allowed me to understand the full extent of your talent.” said Thren.

“Uh-huh, so what do you think?” asked Logan curiously.

“I think you are well suited for unarmed combat with usage ok Ki and I would like to take you in as my disciple. Will you accept?” asked Thren out of the blue.

“Huh, me become your disciple? But I only asked for a place to train not a teacher! I know how to use Ki I just need to practice them” said Logan surprised.

“I presumed as much. It seems that you are well informed in the normal usage of Ki. But let me ask you, now that you have converted your energy to Ki, how will you deal area damage? How will you deal with mages? Without mana you will not be able to cast magic” asked Thren.

“Uh I don’t know. Maybe I’ll close in with a movement technique and deal with them in close range.” Logan

tried to explain lamely.

“That’s not going to work. Mages have their own ways of dealing in close range. With your knowledge of Ki you will only be good in close range.

Maybe mid-range with that racial skill of yours. But you can forget about long range. But if become my apprentice you can do this” said Thren and made some hand seals and pointed his right hand at the training dummy visible in the next room through the door way while keeping all his fingers except thumb, index and middle finger closed.

It looked like he was pointing a gun at the dummy. Suddenly Logan felt a huge flux of energy and lighting appeared at the tip of his fingers and arced to the dummy he was pointing to. The dummy exploded with a loud BANG instantly.

All this happened before Logan could even blink.

“Can you do that? You can devastate your opponent from afar or if you have multiple opponents do area attacks.” Said Thren with a smug looking face that seemed to say ‘I’m the best’.

“Ok that was cool. And you are saying I can do that too?” asked Logan eagerly.

“Yes you can but only if you strictly follow my orders for training. You will have to work very hard and I guarantee that you will wish you were dead” said Thren.

“Don’t care, I’m all for hard work. I just need to learn that skill” said Logan.

Logan knew that the skill of using Ki to affect the outside world was lost in the real world. His uncle did not now the skill and he had no other source of knowing the skill.

Hence he jumped at the chance of learning it in game so that he could apply it in real life.

“So then, now you are officially my disciple. If you have any work that needs to be completed, do it and then return.

We will start your training when you return. Remember you cannot leave before you complete the training.” Said Thren.

“Yes master, I will complete any outstanding tasks and return.” Said Logan.

With that Logan left the training hall and went towards the center of the town to complete some basic quests.

After Logan left Darien asked Thren “You did not tell him about the responsibility that comes with being your disciple.

You should have informed him about such a dangerous thing before accepting him”

“I don’t know how he will react to the news. I think it will be good if I tell him after the training, so that way even if he rejects, at least he will know the basic skills even if he doesn’t know the main skills.

My class comes with untold dangers but also grants unparalleled power. I hope he is as strong hearted as I expected and accepts the class when the time comes.” Said Thren sounding hopeful.

“I still think you should explain it to him before you start so that if he is a coward he can quit before wasting your time or if he is brave he gets more motivation to work hard.

After all there can only be one DRAGON-SLAYER at a time”.

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At the same time, somewhere in the real world,

“Sir, good news! I have managed to find the tracks of Kirito.” Exclaimed a tall guy wearing glasses.

“Good, good. Tell me” said the fat guy sitting on a chair that looked that it would breakdown any moment because of his weight.

This was the guy that was hunting Kirito after his family was killed by him.

“We found his name while going through the ODIN database. It seems he works for them as an enforcer.” Said the guy wearing glasses.

ODIN was an organization that was formed by the coalition of all the governments after the revolution. The people abusing DNA tampering and doing illegal activities were becoming impossible to control.

That is when the governments got together and put up a task force to deal with them.

After the success of the task force, it was officially made into an organization and given authority to exterminate the products of illegal DNA tampering and prosecute anybody accused of crimes pertaining to DNA without any fear.

ODIN was deemed to be incorruptible. It had a unit of operatives known as enforcers who were responsible for killing the monsters born from DNA tampering as well as taking care of dangerous criminal organizations.

“According to ODIN records, the last mission he was assigned to was killing your family.

It was reported as a success. I couldn’t get any address from the database.

But we know how he looks now so it’s only a matter of time before his current location is known to us” reported the glasses guy.

“That’s very good work. Keep me posted, I have too much work to do if I have to bring back my family from the dead” said the fat guy.