Chapter 25
Chapter 25: Pain and Happiness
Lawrence looked at Han Shuo with some surprise, then smiled and said, “very good”. His body abruptly moved again, and he appeared in front of Han Shuo in the blink of an eye. He violently kicked out with his foot using lightning-like speed, still aiming for Han Shuo’s stomach.
Han Shuo had already taken a hefty kick to the stomach at this point in time and was in an exceeding amount of pain. He was well aware that sergeant knight Lawrence’s attack speed and strength was not something that he, someone who hadn’t even surpassed the solid realm of demonic practice, could fully defend against.
But, for some reason, Han Shuo was wholly unafraid, and even felt a bit of eager anticipation. The magical yuan within his body circulated through his abdomen a few times, and he felt a quick abatement of pain. He concentrated like he never had before, and faced Lawrence’s subsequent attacks calmly.
Just as Lawrence’s foot came flying his way, Han Shuo’s feet had already pushed off and he backed up with haste, evading Lawrence’s foot like lightning. However, Lawrence wasn’t surprised in the least and his body didn’t hesitate. He followed his empty kick with a string of punches and kicks, following Han Shuo’s retreat and ferociously continued to attack Han Shuo.
Lawrence was a sergeant level knight, and could increase his body functions beyond a typical muscle man when he circulated his fighting aura to his energy and attack power. Even with Han Shuo’s current agility, he still couldn’t avoid being repeatedly hit. Pilipala sounded continuously, as Han Shuo could only fully protect his face. That left his chest, waist, stomach, arms, and legs to suffer constant hits.
The pain in his body increased as he started being hit multiple times. His evasion speed became more sluggish due to his overall body condition. He was hit with more attacks this way, and towards the end his two legs were as heavy as lead, and each movement required a monumental amount of effort.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Han Shuo had been constantly practicing magic and strengthening his body during this time, then based off Bryan’s weak and fragile body, he would’ve been dead within a minute of Lawrence’s storm of attacks.
When he’d faced Claude and Erick, both had sent their fighting aura directly into Han Shuo’s body. The wild fighting aura had been enclosed by the magical yuan as soon as it’d entered his body, preventing Han Shuo’s body from suffering from too much damage.
Han Shuo hadn’t been seriously injured the two times he’d been hit by fighting aura, causing him to slightly overlook the warriors and knight, but now that he’d been subjected to such a thorough beating by Lawrence, Han Shuo finally understood how he’d been completely wrong before.
Cal quickly walked towards Han Shuo and reached out a hand to help steady Han Shuo. Cal frowned, “What no big deal. Your body must be in awful shape. Here, let me take you back. Good thing you walked out alive, I thought you’d be beaten to death in there!”
Cal meant well, but Han Shuo was an errand boy for the necromancy major, and a crazy one at that. If he were to return with Cal, it was bound to create unnecessary complications.
Besides, Han Shuo didn’t want to owe anyone favors. Even though he felt terrible, he had to hold it in. He would be fine if he walked slowly. Therefore, Han Shuo brushed off Cal’s steadying hand and smiled, “Thank you Cal. I’m fine, really. I can go back by myself.”
Han Shuo turned to leave immediately after his words, but saw a familiar figure approaching from afar – Claude.
A human target followed behind Claude, and they both approached the knight student training fields. It looked like he was also here to spar with human targets.
Han Shuo had been prepared to bump into Claude when he came to the school for knights. The last time at the department of light magic, Han Shuo’s little skeleton had almost been pulverized by Claude, and he himself had suffered from Claude’s fighting aura as well. If it wasn’t for the magical yuan enclosing the fighting aura, he would most likely be dead by now.
Claude had long since forgotten this matter, and didn’t know that the Han Shuo was the master of the little skeleton, but Han Shuo had already noted this event for future revenge. Even though he was prepared to see Claude again, his body condition was at its worst at the moment and Han Shuo had no desire to go head to head with Claude right now. If he’d guessed wrong and Claude was still harboring a grudge from last time, death was the only possible outcome for Han Shuo if Claude took his revenge.
Han Shuo’s mind frantically raced through ways to avoid Claude as the latter approached with a sunny smile, turning his head to hold a spirited conversation with other knight students.