Chapter 49 - Imperial Training Ground & Sparring

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Fight the Great General Budo

◉Difficulty: B

The Great General Budo right now is giving you a chance to prove what you capable of. Defeat the Great General Budo by either making him surrender, knock him up, or even the worst-case scenario by killing him.

◉Clear Conditions:

▪ Fight him in the imperial training grounds.

▪ Make Budo yield surrender, knock him out, or kill him

◉Mission Reward:

▪ [Demon God Manifestation: Demon's Extract]

▪ Obtained 500.000 EXP of [STATUS] Level

[Accept] [Decline]

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'I never thought that I would be able to receive [Demon Extract] from a mission this soon... But it seems like the system is wanting me to beat the shit outta Budo... But that would be troublesome if some 12 years old who is an alchemist beat the current strongest person in the Empire... Ah well, whatever since the reward is also good then I'm gonna accept all the troubles that come with it. But still, this is the first time for the system to give me this many missions in a day,' Thought Tetsuya while accepting the mission from the system.

Katherine who heard Tetsuya accepting Budo's condition felt a bit worried for Tetsuya since she knew that the military rank of Great General is supposed to represent the highest rank of the military army in the Empire which she learned by reading all the books when she secluded in her room. She could only hope that the man who is the Great General would be giving Tetsuya a handicap as she doesn't want to see Tetsuya getting hurt. On the other hand, Augustav, Chouri, and Anne believe that Budo will not really harm Tetsuya and will go as far as Tetsuya's capabilities. As for Charles, he is still eating without any care as he enjoys the meal.

"Sir General, before we go to the imperial training grounds may I ask you a question again?" Asked Tetsuya while looking at Budo with a smile.

"No need to be reserved when asking a question, now tell me what is your question little alchemist?" Asked Budo while looking at Tetsuya with an expression of interest as he was curious about what Tetsuya was gonna ask.

"I'm not trying to be rude here and this is just a what-if situation kind of question, but if I were to defeat you what would I get?" Asked Tetsuya with a smile while looking at Budo.

Everyone in the dining room surprised they were by Tetsuya's question except for Charles who was still enjoying eating his steak as he then looked around and showed a confused expression on why everyone was surprised. Budo on the other hand was interested in what Tetsuya asked while thinking that Tetsuya's talent is not only at one thing such as Alchemy but also other stuff such as fighting.

"You can also get one more reward that is reasonable within my reach. What do you say, your highness?" Asked Budo while looking at Tetsuya with a smile and then looked at Augustav.

"Y-Yeah I don't mind, you can give him another reward," Said Augustav with a surprised expression as he didn't expect that Tetsuya would ask that kind of question.

"Are you satisfied with the reward kiddo?" Asked Budo while looking at Tetsuya while trying to confirm if Tetsuya was satisfied.

"Sure that is good enough," Said Tetsuya while looking at Budo with a happy expression.

"Anyway kid, I'm just curious but what is it that you want for the reward?" Asked Budo with a curious expression.

"Hmm... How about another Teigu?" Asked Tetsuya with a smile on his face while looking at Budo. Budo who heard this is surprised that Tetsuya requested a Teigu instead of something such as money, military rank, or other things such as noble status. But Budo's main concern now is that he was worried that Tetsuya might use both Teigus since using both Teigus simultaneously will cause destruction to someone's body. Augustav and the others who heard this also showed a surprised expression but Augustav takes it calmer than before as he saw that Tetsuya was a mystery kid.

"Kiddo, do you know that using multiple Teigus at the same time can destroy your body?" Asked Budo while looking at Tetsuya with an expression of worry.

"Don't worry about that, I will only use one Teigu at a time, so I will be fine," Said Tetsuya with a smile while replying back to Budo. Budo, who heard that, is now relieved and then looks at Augustav as if he wanted to try to ask for confirmation.

"About the reward, Budo, I agree to give Tetsuya another Teigu," Said Augustav as he is curious if Tetsuya can defeat Budo which he agreed to Tetsuya's request for the reward he chooses.

"If that is your wish, your highness... Then kiddo after you finish eating go directly to the imperial training grounds," Said Budo as he then left the room.

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-- Imperial Training Grounds --

After Tetsuya and the rest of the people in the dining room finished eating, they then went to the Imperial Training Grounds. And while in the way Katherine has been nagging Tetsuya about the fight and that he should stop trying to fight Budo due to her being afraid that Tetsuya might get hurt, but Tetsuya only told Katherine that she didn't need to worry about it and that he is going to be fine as he then showed a goofy smile, and due to that Katherine start to calm down but was flushing red as she then looked at Tetsuya facial expression and voiced that Tetsuya wasn't lying, but she was still worried nonetheless since she thought maybe Tetsuya is overconfident.

And right now Tetsuya is in the imperial training ground where there is only Budo inside the Training ground as Budo drived away everyone who was in the training ground which now made only Tetsuya, Katherine, Charles, Augustav, Anne, and Chouri that is inside the training ground.

"Are you ready kiddo?" Asked Budo while looking at Tetsuya with a smile.

"Wait let me take out this cloak since I don't want it bothering me while fighting," Said Tetsuya while taking out his cloak as he then looks at Budo while entering the training ground. Inside the cloak, Tetsuya was wearing a black jacket and black trousers from his world which he wore before entering the palace before he healed the Emperor. Actually, the jacket and the trousers he is wearing right now are a Projection that he created from the clothes he found in his world which he created since he didn't have any clothes that can fit his body size when he transforms. So as long he has the mana to supply it, he doesn't need to worry that it will disappear.

"Let's get started," Said Tetsuya while looking at Budo.

"Are you worried that Budo will hurt Tetsuya?" Asked Anne while looking at Katherine with a smile.

Katherine who heard her mother only nod at her with a worried expression while looking at Tetsuya who was in the training ground.

"Don't worry Budo will surely not hurt Tetsuya, since he knows that he is the one who saved your father and you, so you don't need to worry, okay Katherine?" Said Anne with a smile while ensuring Katherine so that she won't worry anymore. Katherine who heard this right now is slowly calming down as she then nodded at her mother with a small smile.

Back to the training ground where there are only 2 people standing in the middle of the training ground while looking at each other.

"Are you sure that you don't want to use any weapons, kiddo?" Asked Budo while looking at Tetsuya.

"If sir General won't use any weapon then I won't either, so shall we start?" Said Tetsuya while showing a smile on his face. Budo who saw Tetsuya right now suddenly got goosebumps as the look of Tetsuya's eyes that he saw right now is the same as the eyes of a predator who'll hunt his target, this made Budo want to go serious from the beginning since he suddenly got some pressure from Tetsuya.

"Then do you want to treat this like a spar kiddo?" Asked Budo with a smile while anticipating Tetsuya to agree.

(E/N: A fellow battle junkie!)

"Sure, let's just make this a sparring match since it won't be fun otherwise," Said Tetsuya who agreed to Budo's offer.

"I see then let's begin the sparring shall we?" Asked Budo as he looked for Tetsuya's confirmation.

"Yeah, let's begin the spar," Said Tetsuya while replying to Budo with a smiley face.

After Tetsuya said this Budo then rushed towards Tetsuya's place as he tried to give a right hook towards Tetsuya. But the punch that Budo is about to give Tetsuya is his maximum power from the get-go instead of wanting to test Tetsuya with a weak punch first since Budo got a feeling that Tetsuya might be a veteran fighter when Budo looked at Tetsuya's eyes which make Budo confused when looking at Tetsuya age.

Everyone who saw Budo's attack's speed going so fast were surprised and wanted to stop the match since they were thinking that Budo was overdoing it. Katherine who saw this is so surprised as she wanted to stand from her chair and come down and stop the match, but the next scene made her stop from standing from her chair.

Tetsuya, who saw Budo's punch, only evades it in a relaxed manner as he only looks at those punches that came to him very slowly.

'I was right, this kid is a monster at such a young age,' Budo who saw this had his eyes wide open with a smile on his face since he already expected that Tetsuya was a strong opponent when he looked at his eyes, but he didn't think that Tetsuya is able to evade his attack which made him surprised. Everyone who was sitting on the chair also showed many kinds of expressions such as admiration, surprise, and many more when they saw Tetsuya evade Budo's attack. Katherine herself who saw Tetsuya being able to evade his attacks showed a smile on her face while sighing in relief.

"Then try this!!" Budo then shot another one of his punches as he then tried to punch Tetsuya with his left hand.

Tetsuya, who saw the punch this time, didn't bother to evade it as he then tried to catch Budo's punch. The punch that was stopped by Tetsuya made the ground below them destroyed. This makes Budo shocked as he didn't expect that Tetsuya can withstand his punch when he is serious even though he knew Tetsuya has the speed to evade his punch, he didn't think he has the raw power to withstand his punch and when he looked carefully at Tetsuya, Tetsuya was unscathed by his punch which made Budo more and more excited as he then let out a smile.

'Hoo... This one is a battle maniac eh... One more thing that is different from the Budo I know,' Thought Tetsuya as he then only smiled while comparing Budo to his older self.

Budo with a smile on his face let out many punches towards Tetsuya which Tetsuya then blocked all of them. But before Budo is able to let out more than 3 punches, Tetsuya then starts to hold Budo's fist.

"Well I already withstood 5 of your attacks, so it's my turn now," Said Tetsuya as he slowly makes a fist posture on his hand and then gives Budo a suppressed punch on his stomach as he didn't want to kill Budo and only wanted to make him say that he surrender. But to Tetsuya's surprise, after his punch landed on Budo's stomach he then got thrown away until the corner of the training ground which then crashed into a wall that is on the training ground.

'Ahh... It seems that I forgot that when I used the Tyrant bloodline to transform my appearance into a 12-year-old, my strength has also increased... Looks like I'll have to deal with this troublesome matter,' Thought Tetsuya while looking at Budo who right now was passed out as his body right now is covered with many rubles from the wall that was destroyed.