Kyle enter inside the room with a food with her. She sits and put the fruit and bread on the table. Deruth just stare his face qas doing a straight face.
"Eyy deruth don't be like that."
"What The hell do you mean don't be like that! It's because of you"
Kyle smile and offer him a bread. Deruth stopped at shouting and take a bite. Kyle seems amused by his reaction. She leaned on the chair.
"So you listen now? Hehe its nice meeting you my only student"
Deruth stare his eyes was wide and surprised some of his memories is mess it feels like he heard this before or did this happen before. He hold his head having headache for thinking so much. He look again this time with curiosity.
"So its a deal. So I'll be your personal teacher from now on.. i don't care about your reputation i just feels like I've meet you before. Youre fun.. deruth."
Deruth doesn't refuse the offer but. He feels something strange about kyle. Kyle sits she's skinning the apple. while deruth start thinking about himself that if he was truly deruth herman?
Or its another person or he's both. Is he reincarnated. regression it's still unknown. Kyle smiles and seems comfortable with deruth. She sigh and says.
"Deruth. I see you're having hard time to trust people. No no it's not like. I know you i just had feeling"
"Its. Okay"
Deruth respond in low tone. And shakes his head he don't think about it anymore he doesn't know if this world was real or not. But there's one thing he understand. I need to survive.
"Teacher kyle. Lets meet again tomorrow i had no time to rest"
Deruth gets up to go outside. His mind was still in mess but. He tried to be calm and immediately go back outside the academy back to the forest.
"Mother. I had question. Why my stat was balanced it say 20 at the certain stat but my luck and defense even my hp doesn't increase"
The mother response and say it was because of his class commander. He nodded he closed his hands tight. And he attacked the tree it makes a huge strong *bang* sounds his punch. He break tree in one blow.
"Holy shit... So its the herman style"
He tries to understand the herman style more. It seems the skill double his overall stat if hes unarmed. Deruth understand it's powerful but useless against aura users.
"So.. its a useless skill huh it's only good against thug's"
The mother says the herman style was made to protect the user from attacks not for fighting head on. And she said it also had attacks
"Yeah yeah. It's my fault.. still"
Suddenly a huge monster attack deruth from behind. But his 'herman style" ability was turned on his own body automatically reac sending the huge monster upside down.
"Huh?"
"Free food?"
Deruth immediately take out his dagger and cut the huge monster. He was too hungry too get scared. He wish he takes more food from kyle earlier. While cooking the monster.
Deruth start working out his body. To gain some stat. killing monster won't raise any. but working out should work. Deruth start studying his own ability.
While working out. He practice all Martial arts he knows from his memories. The mother was impressed how genius is deruth was. While hes having some praise.
Deruth remembering that the body he was using from manhua was actually the strongest in the early game. He want to reach its level immediately.
In the whole day he hunts monster for food. And trying out what he learned alone. But he's not even close. While working out he learned another skill block and parry, dash
"Oh a simple skill that everyone almost had."
Deruth sigh but when he read the info that when "herman style" was active it will increase based on his balanced stat. The only stat wont raise is def and hp. He think deeply how to use his ability in combat.
But before that kyuze start break some trees to make a shelter and campfire. Hes planning to make his own house in middle of forest. And hoping that this task would also raise his stat.
In morning he enters the class his mana aura was now different. He sit calmly listening to the professor roger. Teaching about monster weakness and awareness. He listen well. That it's almost surprising that he don't cause any trouble.
"Alright get ready a few days from now on even from other class will join. i heard there's a hunting event to test your skill. I think they're trying to update the student ranks"
"Im in the lower class right now so guys can survive. Who knows what's gotta happen. So kids don't forget this lesson"
After the class end the students start planning and talking at each other. Deruth still sitting. Thinking if he will also take the magic class cause his mana also raise when he gained stats.
After thinking he decided he will. After the hunt event ended. He get up the room. It was noisy full of students deciding their teams because deruth was in different class. Not with main character class a to c he had no interest to stay in class e any longer.
While deruth walking in hall he meet professor kyle. Holding some papers. When kyle sees deruth her lips shape immediately to wide smile. With a playful wink.
"Mind to help this lady?"
"Lady my ass grandma maybe"
"Hey im still young!"
Kyle pouting like a cat. But deruth still help her while walking kyle look at deruth figure.
That his mana and body is far better than before.
"You looks lil bit stronger now. still not even close."
Kyle laughed deruth ignore her annoying persona. Kyle put all the paper in deruth hands. Before deruth say anything she put her arms around his shoulder.
"Don't be like that. Ain't i pretty?"
"Pretty my ass. Not even close"
Deruth smirks back. Kyle immediately take off her arms around deruth she's mad. But kinda cute. Unlike her age. Still she never thought deruth would backfire some words. Kyle fix her posture and said
"Hmph. Whatever my student. Follow me I'll teach something about magic. only if you're not just my student. But also my assistant"
"You're trying to inslave me huh. cause you don't want to do your work."
"Don't be like that it's a deal. a D.E.A.L"
She said her eyes was filled by determination. Deruth just sigh. And nodded. Kyle was jumping in joy. And laughter. Deruth says
"Yeah yeah.. just keep your promise"
Kyle nodded and immediately she pulled deruth faster in their destination. After finishing all the task she teaches deruth how to use basic magic. It takes few hours.
"Im just teaching you the basic comeback again for more."
Kyle said. Deruth nodded and thank her. Before sending off. Running back to the forest while other students looking at him saying he was crazy. After learning magic deruth started making a house.
Deruth working out in break time. Then continue making a small house. He also practice using magic to make the woods float to make the house faster.
Because of deruth noble mind he can't make a small cabin. His mind wants a bigger house that makes him comfortable. He succeed making only the floor of the house. His mana and energy was so drained.
Deruth collapse and fall asleep in the forest. When he woke up theres whole pack of a monster waiting for him. But this time deruth was used in this situation. And get ready.
"How polite waiting for me?"
The mother send a floating message that be careful this monster was strong for him. Deruth just smiled and charge forward.
"Don't you trust me mother?"
Deruth beaten the monster one by one by doing hit and run statics. he use other monster as shield and taking advantage of their numbers instead of him having the disadvantage. A quick decision.
But. That wasn't the end there's more swarming around the dark woods. The wolfs attack him at same time but deruth still fighting back. With equal strength just enough to knock them off to save his energy.
One of the wolfs. Bite his critical spot then the leader of the pack open its mouth almost ready to bite off deruth's head with its huge mouth. His mind is started thinking is this the end? I will lose?
"No. No i will not! Not today do you hear me!"
In this moments deruth finally understood area takeover the ability that almost everyone had in this world. In adrenaline moment he immediately give a devasting blow with counter attacks.
The area Takeover had different abilities. Depends on person deruth ability was allowing him to feel any mana and weakness around his range.
The mother was happy that deruth finds his path deruth start moving like crazy. After mastering the style that allowed him counter any types of attacks. He only hit the enemy's weakest spots using the "herman style"
The strongest weapon also was used by "the god hand" ploky. That's was the gods name in this form there's many mode attack, dodge, parry, counter. deruth only mastered one and its counter..
After being attacked by anyone from his memories. And experience till now. Now his eyes. Sees through anyone. In one look. Back from the fight deruth against the group of wolfs deruth was giving fast counter.
a defensive Strategy. his dodging still bad cause of his lower stat but his counter was perfect timed. Makes him the strongest pve character in early story.
The fight last till morning he didn't get the chance to go the academy. But he gain alot of growth. Deruth laying in mountain of monster dead body.. he feels sick.
"Heh.. we had many food supply now mother.."
He checked his stat and skills. He gain new ability overclock its a commander skill an that can freeze time for few seconds to give the user a time to think. But Deruth. Will definitely use it in different way. The mother send a sus words message
"No no not like that mother ill use this not just. For time to think but in combat too."
The ability "Overclock" it has low cooldown but the time stop will cancel faster than normal if the user hit the enemy. Can be spammed many time with 5-60 sec cooldown increase per spam. If this skill was used many times. Deruth will get stunned.
The mother warns him that this skill is risky for combat cause its not made for fighting. but its deruth. he stand. And crawling to back to his still not finished house.
"Before... before that i wanna rest."
Deruth was so tired and weak after many many trouble. Was happening around his area. He look at the sky. His eyes full of hopes.. for tomorrow.