Sekero clutches his sword with a sly smile on his face
He crouches slightly
"You ready noobie?"
"Don't call me a NEWBIE"
shio vanishes Sekero's smile remains
Everything darkens around him
"Unfortunately for you noobie"
As he says this a white line traces behind him
Sekero blocks the attack with his sheath
"You movement is as clear to me as if you never vanished in the first"
Suddenly Shio guides Sekero's sheath to the ground with his sword before proceeding to slash at his face
Sekero ducks then sweeps Shio off his legs following it up with a precise hit to the stomach launching Shio into the wall
"You still have alot to learn noobie"
Shio gets up and clutches his sword with both hands
'OK then if I can't counter you with just my sword I'll just have envelope my whole body with that brats technique'
Shio thought
Black water like energy envelopes Shio
Shio let's his sword down
The tip touching the ground
Sekero suddenly appears beside him
He positions the same way as Shio
"Noobie if you want to enter the focused state it'll take far more then that especially while using a weapon such as the sword"
Shio paid no mind to him simply focusing on concentrating
"Would you like to know why I don't kill you now?"
"Well I'll tell you anyways its because you're not only a noobie but you seem to have alot of potential for swordmenship and I promised myself I shall not slay anyone with talent unless absolutely required"
Sekero bends backwards slightly narrowly dodging Shio's now much more precise creasent sword slash
Sekero touches his chin as he effortlessly dodges all of Shio's attacks
'You surprisingly got into the focused state quite quickly...very exceptional though it'll need more work"
Sekero sweeps Shio of his his legs but Shio does a one arm hand stand immediately getting back up continuing his onslaught
Sekero yawns once more
"Man this is boring I mean you can't even hit me and this feels far too one sided"
Sekero stops Shio's blade with his pinky
The sudden halt echoes through the area
Reailty cracks slightly
Sekero tilts his head
'Huh so you can pack a punch unfortunately you're opponent was me'
He thought
Sekero's smile fades as a gleam of blue light flashes through his mask
Moments later the light fades as Shio is found in pieces
Sekero puts Shio in a box as he grabs his tea then his palm glows orange as his tea heats up again
The sound of yawning accompanied with Sekero's head rolling in front of him sounds through the area
Sekero looks in the direction it came from as he sees Quantity yawning
"Well that clone of yours was quite fun to play with for a while,heck im even warmed now"
Quantity replies
"Well I'm glad you had a good experience though i expected you'd take less time to come assist him but seems not"
Quantity yawns again
"Nope not at all I have no interest in that forbidden God simply tagging along"
Suddenly a cane came into view
It was Plague Doctors who was now walking towards Sekero
He stands before Sekero then bends down picking up the box with Shio in it
Sekero speaks up
"The one thing is will commend that forbidden God is his extraordinary potential...I feel as if he had about 1 million years of training he could challenge me"
"But would he beat you?"
Quantity retwarts
Sekero smiles
"Of coarse not everyone and everything grows and learns with time,its not as if I'll get weaker over time I'm simply one of countless others striving for the top but also preserving the self made sense of peace we have"
Sekero unsheaths his blade slightly then a spatial rift appears
"Make sure that lady doesn't kill him i have high expectations for that being"
Quantity just stares for a moment before nodding going through the portal with his last words being
"His name is Shio by the way"
Plague Doctor follows suit and just like that it was quiet again
Sekero sips his tea
"Wow so refreshing" he utters
End of chapter 31:Part 2