Journey Of A Legend

The moment Greg saw as creatures popped up in the woods one after another, suddenly felt his body to shake slightly.

"What is happening?", thought Greg with a frown.

"Just stay here and no matter what you hear or see, don't try to go out."

Turning his head to the side Greg saw as Russ was standing next to him and was looking outside the window with a serious expression.

"What is this Blood Moon and why is that my pet power grew while mine just weakened?"

Without looking at him, Russ started to explain, "Blood Moon is a special occurrence that only happens in the Forbidden Lands every 6th month. If a Blood Moon emerged, creatures will gain more power for a limited time, while those with a Soul Stone will lose. And because of this, under such times it is very risky for you to go out."

"I see...", said Greg with a nod and asked, "And when will the moon disappear? Don't tell me it will be there for a month or even longer. I can't remain in here for such a long time."

"No, it should vanish after a day or two, but there were times when it was there for a whole week.", said Russ as he looked up at the blood red moon in the sky and continued, "But don't worry. As I said, the Alpha will kill any living lifeform that dares to come close to this place. Just like that creature."

Russ pointed toward a three meter high ape that had an aura of a Calamity rank, which was walking on the bridge slowly, visibly afraid of something, but even like that it tried to cross the bridge.

However a second later, the creature's body froze up and turned around to escape, but only after it ran a few meters, the air around it vibrated and in an instant, its whole body vanished from sight.

Greg seeing this knew instantly where the creature disappeared to, but a second later his eyes widened.

On the bridge where the ape disappeared the air started to vibrate again and a huge head, which was the creature's suddenly appeared.

However this wasn't why he was surprised, but because below the head a black light started to shine and a second later the head faded away, while a carving appeared on the bridge's surface.

"What happened?", asked Greg with slightly widened eyes.

"Each time the Alpha kills someone or something, it consumes their body but it makes sure to leave behind a part of them. With that, he can create spirits from which later he can bless or curse others."

Hearing this Greg looked surprised and asked, "So my Heritage came from a..."

"Yes. Your blessing came from a creature that the Alpha has killed a very long time ago.", said Russ with a nod.

"I see...", said Greg and opened his device's screen, and looked at the data.

'Heritage: Thousand Sight (Unusable)'

Russ saw what Greg was watching and said calmly, "Something tells me that the Heritage you got is a very powerful one, but because you are still too weak you can't use it. Or there is a very low possibility that the requirements are over high to activate it."

"How do I know what the requirements are if there are no words that could give me even a small hint?", asked Greg from Russ.

"The Alpha always gives you a Heritage that could boost your weakness in the past. I don't why, but it seems your weakness is your sight, but how to activate is all to luck. There were not one people who lost their lives without knowing what their Heritage could do, but let's hope you won't be one of them."

Listening to this Greg nodded and thought, "I need to find a way after reaching the Soul Grade to figure out what my Heritage can do. It's a must-do."

"Oh, by the way", seeing that Greg was deep in thought, Russ patted him on the shoulder and said, "Wayne and I will go out and kill some creatures, so until we are not back, be sure not to go out. Understood?"

"Yes.", answered Greg with a slight nod and walked back to the couch.

Watching as Greg sat down without bothering what was happening outside Russ smiled and with a slight nod turned around and while walking away, he said, "Perfect. Then we are off to go."

The moment Greg saw as Russ went away, said quietly, "And now what should I do?"

Thinking about ways to kill his boredom, suddenly Greg remembered something and used his darkness element to take out a small book from his shadow.

"The book that Kuragari gave me. I think it's the perfect time to see what is in this treasure.", said Greg as he looked at the small black book in his hand.

Opening it on the first page, Greg saw the very same thing he did when he first opened the book.

Almost a hundred drawn figures with different attacking and defending postures with all kinds of weapons in hand. The drawing was so detailed that even the fingers and each limb's position could be clearly seen.

"How much time did it take him to draw so many drawings? These are masterpieces.", said Greg and turned to the next page.

Just like on the first to, here could be seen several posture drawings too, but with the only difference that this time there were two people. One attacked while one defended, showing what one needs to do in several situations.

"Okay... This is just simply too great.", said Greg as he turned from one page to another, not believing just how great Kuragari's work was. 

And what was even more shocking than it was 100% that Kuragari could utilize all of these patterns in a real fight. If someone can draw down different situations such as these with this insane precision, then that person was a terrifying opponent to fight against, that is for sure.

"But if he can really use these in a fight, why didn't he use it from the get go in the past?", thought Greg with slight confusion as he watched the various drawings one by one.

He was a bit confused because he can clearly remember that each time Kuragari fought, he never used his katana in combat. Only once when he cut that stranger's arm down did he saw a strange attacking posture, but out of that he never saw him use these.

"Should it be because the body can't ta-, huh?"

Just before he could finish his sentence, the moment he turned to the next page, Greg saw a sentence written under the last drawing.

'These patterns only useful under the Special Respiration Technique.'

"What? Special Respiration Technique? What is that?", asked Greg with a slightly raised eyebrow, but a second later his question was answered.

On the next page, there was a huge human drawing, while next to it numerous descriptions could be seen.

Starting to read it, in the beginning, Greg's expression was quite neutral, but as time went on, his face started to change into surprise than a while later into total shock.

When he finished reading the explanation, his face was in absolute amazement.

"I don't know how did Kuragari came up with this, but if the Soul Association gets its hands in this technique, then they could make a huge revolution all over the world. This thing clearly stated that until you can use it, then you are clearly invincible."

However, a second later, Greg frowned and said, "But even like this, it has two huge disadvantages. First, you can only use it once a day, because if you use it more then your body will simply break just the pure pressure from the inside. Second, after using it, the body will reach its limit and have a small backlash. However..."

Thinking about something, Greg asked, "Hey Alice. What do you think can my body bear the pressure from this technique?"

A small silence later, suddenly Alice's voice sounded in his head, "Normal people shouldn't be able to use this skill, but you are different. You could wield it at least once or twice, but it is because you refined your body to the absolute limit. That is why I can not believe that man could use it." 

Nodding in agreement with what Alice said, Greg said, "And what about the backlash? If I'm right it is also because the flesh and bones are under tremendous pressure, so it's not fully because the body is weak."

"For that, I can't really answer. Until you don't try it out yourself and show me what happens, I can't help you. But if the description really tells the truth, then you won't lose anything if you try and learn it. At least you will have a lifesaver in the future."

"I think you are right.", said Greg quietly and without hesitation he started to read the way to use the technique from the beginning, but this time with full concentration.