Chapter 87: Void Training 2 [2]


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    Amon arrived back at his apartment.


    After quickly showering and changing into his nightclothes, he headed for the kitchen. Deciding to pamper himself for today, he made sandwiches and tea for himself and Katherine. After eating it all, he covered her food and left a note that he would be sleeping early today. Getting into his room, he locked it and quickly slumped into his bed.


    ''See you in the morning.'' Amon said goodbye to Zephyra.


    She wouldn''t be there in the training after all.


    [Yeah sure.]


    And it didn''t take long for sleep toe after that.


    *


    Amon''s eyes opened wide, finding himself in the familiar void expanse of a month ago.


    Just like before, a system notification popped up.


    Initiating [Void Training 2]


    Please Get Ready.


    It was just likest time.


    Without even needing the second window, his head already turned to the left.


    Immediately, the weapon rack came into view and the second system interface also popped


    up.


    Please choose one weapon.


    The chosen weapon shall be the only one avable throughout the training, so choose carefully.


    Unlikest time, he didn''t need to ponder on his weapon choice.


    Without wasting a moment, he quickly picked his trusted ōdachi.


    Though one could say he used a nodachi outside and should do the same here, he disagreed.


    His stats outside and here were different so picking a nodachi here was like picking a dagger outside.


    Though the length was indeed longer, what mattered was the weight right now.


    That''s why he picked the ōdachi.


    The interface instantly popped up.


    The Weapon [Odachi] has been selected.


    Do you wish to confirm it as your weapon of choice?


    Yes/No


    ''Yes.''


    The system interface disappeared and he looked forward.


    Just likest time, the void expanse shook with a powerful tremor.


    But this time he didn''t have his bnce thrown off.


    As the earthquake continued, Amon saw trees and grass sprout out of the starless floor.


    Within minutes, the whole starless void was now a deep forest that stretched as far as the eye could see.


    It wasn''t a destroyed city likest time.


    This was a problem as well since, unlikest time, he was unable to see the beasts.


    It was a starless sky without a moon as well, which provided him with no light source to see them.


    Before he could ponder further, the starting screen popped up.


    Commencing [Void Training 2], please get ready.


    For the training, use of the following is not allowed:


    -Blood


    -Lightning -Zephyra


    At least the screen was the same.


    Taking on a stance, as soon as he heard the initiation sound in his head, Amon shot into the forest.


    It wasn''t long before he was attacked.


    After a minute of passing through thick trees, the hair on his back stood up as his instincts screamed danger from the side.


    Maneuvering his body, he unsheathed his odachi in an attempt to sh the beast.


    Sharp fangs of the void beast collided with his de as it finally came into view.


    Its structure was more like a cheetah, lean and athletic. But its jaws were much sharper with


    two long fangs protruding out of his mouth.


    It was abination of a sabertooth and a cheetah.


    Before the cheetah could propel back, Amon delivered a knee kick to its body, sending it crashing back into the bark of a tree.


    Unfortunately, before he could kill it, his danger sense red up again as three goris


    jumped out of the trees.


    Their bodies were muchrger than the normal goris and they had elongated nails that had the length of a shortsword.


    As multiple sets of nailsunched at him, Amon found it difficult to counter them with just his odachi alone.


    Without an ounce of hesitation, he used [Voidstep], appearing next to the bark of the tree where the cheetah had crashed.


    It was just getting ready to pounce back into action when a clean slice hit its neck, severing its head from the now lifeless body.


    Grabbing its head, Amon threw it toward the three goris that were charging towards him. Theypletely ignored the head, letting it drift past them without any care. However, it proved to be a fatal mistake since as soon as it passed their bodies, their target disappeared again.


    And this time, they were unable to respond as a sharp de hit their torso,pletely slicing


    it for all three of them.


    The goris fell to the ground, dark blood pouring out of their mouths as their bodies turned


    lifeless.


    At that moment, a series of notifications popped up in Amon''s view.


    [The Void inside you growsrger..]


    [The Void inside you growsrger..]


    [The Void inside you growsrger..]


    [The Void inside you growsrger..]


    Immediately, he felt a certain part of himself being taken away. As if something had just died


    in his body.


    It was the same feeling asst time.


    The feeling of beingpletely hollow.


    He also noticed that if there was even an ounce of hesitation in killing the beasts first, it hadpletely disappeared now.


    Just as Amon thought to head further into the forest, he was taken aback as a clean de shed his shoulder.


    The heavy impact of the de threw off his bnce, sending him flying to the tree where previously the cheetah had crashed.


    If the tree was barely holding itself before, after Amon''s impact it waspletely uprooted.


    Blood trailed down Amon''s arm, staining his equipment crimson.


    Gritting his teeth, he looked at the attacker, finding it to be a gigantic mantis.


    Its starless eyes met the inky ck re of Amon.


    The mantis didn''t waste the opportunity and shed again with its de, but was caught unaware as the eyes of its target glowed aubergine.


    It was enveloped in shock as its body waspletely frozen, unable to advance its attack


    further.


    Without wasting his chance, Amon slid under the de and sliced his odachi at the joints of


    the mantis arm.


    With a clean sound, the statue arm waspletely severed from the body.


    It crashed onto the ground with arge thud.


    Lost in its pain, the mantis freed itself from the control of the skill and shrieked loudly, its


    sharp noise transmitting throughout the whole jungle.


    In the next moment, the odachi was thrusted in its open mouth, drawing out heaps of ck blood that sshed over Amon''s body.


    The mantis painful re met the cold indifferent eyes of Amon, sending a shiver down its


    spine.


    And before it could do anything else, its head waspletely sliced off.


    Its body lifelessly slumped to the ground with a thud and Amonnded beside it.


    His eyes were cold now, devoid of any emotion. In fact, if one looked closely they could even


    see madness and insanity hidden inside them, threatening to spill at any moment.


    A new notification popped up.


    [The Void inside you growsrger..] ''The same feeling again...'' Amon thought.


    But right now, there were other matters to worry about.


    Matters such as the shriek being broadcasted in the whole forest, making all beasts aware of


    his location.


    ''Fuck...'' Amon cursed as he shot further into the forest.