Chapter 15: Post-battle
Shun got off the lion's back and sat down exhausted on the grass. He had used too much energy and almost died twice.
"Phew... I didn't expect that ability" whispered Shun as he was breathing heavily.
*If I failed at reverse air suction I'd be dead...* Shun analyzed. This technique he had only recently started using and had not fully mastered it.
Since he had been fighting for 6 months with the lion, he thought he knew its full strength, so he underestimated it a bit.
"Well... never mind it won't make any difference to think about it now" He said as he stood up and looked at the lion's body.
Shun was excited, 6 months ago this lion, could kill it as if it was an ant, but today the roles changed and he managed to kill it.
*How strong is this lion compared to Eldorrago? Shun had this doubt, he didn't know Eldorrago's strength.
He didn't know how much the strength of pirates with a bounty. The only pirates he faced were those 3 that he was able to kill without much trouble thanks to the favorable conditions.
His current self could kill those 3 easily, as he knows that the lion is much stronger than those pirates who didn't even have a bounty.
He put these thoughts aside and started to cut the lion into parts using his wind blade.
"Well, I'll take all the meat to the shelter..." Shun said as he thought about how to do it.
"Oh, I can do that..." He added as he came up with an idea.
But first, he decided to cook some of it now to eat and recharge some energy after the battle, then he would take care of transporting the meat.
After setting up a makeshift campfire, he started cooking the lion meat. After a while the meat was ready to eat, the rich aroma of the food made Shun drool and he quickly began to eat.
"This is what victory should taste like" Shun said triumphantly speaking with his mouth full.
When he finished eating, he used the air currents to lift the meats and carry them easily as if they were floating.
When he arrived at his home, he set aside the meat and began to train.
He walked over to a rock about 20 feet high and started pounding on it.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5..."
His training was not very complex, it was to hit a stone, first with his fists altering left and right until he got tired, and once he can't anymore start kicking it.
All this without using his air powers.
Shun came up with a name for his air power that consisted of controlling and manipulating air currents, he named it "Air Control".
After he finished punching and kicking the rock, he started running through the forest at full speed to increase his endurance and explosiveness.
This was his daily strength and endurance routine, although it was a simple workout it was effective as in these 6 months his strength, endurance, and base speed improved greatly.
After finishing this routine he would go on to practice his airbending powers and polish them more and more. He would also practice some new techniques if he could think of them since the only barrier was his imagination.
At dusk, he fell exhausted to the grass giving as finished his daily routine.
"Phew..." You could hear him breathing heavily due to exhaustion from exercising so much.
Although he fought the lion to the death he didn't take the day off, since for him every day counted to become stronger. His goal in these 6 months did not change, he continued to seek the strength to assassinate Eldorrago and the nobility of the Kingdom of Frauce.
10 minutes later when he recovered a little breath, he got up and went to his cave, cooked the lion meat he brought and after dinner, he did not go to sleep, but sat in a lotus position and began to meditate.
As he meditated he reflected on the fight against the lion, on the moves he made, and where he went wrong. After that, he began to think of new techniques.
30 minutes later he got up from his position and went outside.
Shun concentrated on the large part of his arm, all the compressed air he could, once he finished, he shook his arm forward and from it came out a blast of air with a cutting shape, which went at full speed towards a stone.
SMASH!
The stone which was of considerable size was destroyed and the pieces flew everywhere.
"Finally I have a ranged attack" Shun said with a slight smile.
Now he would no longer need to be so close to his target, to attack it.
This worked in his favor since, against a very large enemy, like the lion, he doesn't have to risk so much to land a lethal blow, being able to take distance and attack constantly.
*I'll call it... Cutting Wind" he thought as he gave a new name to his attack.
Even so, he could not throw many simultaneous gusts of wind as it was difficult to compress so much air and then throw it with enough force to form a cutting body.
After seeing what his limit was with this new technique, he went to his cave to sleep satisfied for the day.
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