Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Chapter 73: Avion's Offensive Power

"Guild Master, this is not a place to take a shit." Avion worriedly said.

Hearing this, the Guild Master greatly frowned, 'Is this kid serious?' he then straightened himself before explaining, "Avion, this is a defensive stance. I lower my hips," his hips were lowered as he said so, "This is to lower my center of gravity."

Avion didn't expect for the Guild Master to suddenly explain, 'Maybe he got embarrassment getting called like that... sorry...' he felt stupid for being too straightforward. He just couldn't control himself when he speaks.

He opened his ears well and tried to understand the concept of Guild Master Gon's explanation.

"Do you understand now?" the Guild Master said.

"I understand, Guild Master, sorry." when Avion respectfully said only did the Guild Master made that stance again.

'But he really does look like he's taking a shit.' he thought again.

Meanwhile, the Guild Master thought, 'So this is how Avion take a shit?'

"Ah, but what do I do now?"

"Hit me" the aura of the Guild Master burst. It was full of confidence that the herds of deer not too far away felt this and ran away in fear. He has the eyes of someone that could crush the world with his bare hands.

This is called Intimidation. The more confident one looks, the more the enemies fear them and it will greatly affect their battle style.

"Should I punch you?" Avion asked in concern but remembering the fight between Mettany and the Guild Master, he was sure he wouldn't be able to give the slightest damage to this big man.

"At the start of every battle, you should use your quickest way of attacking. That is called probing. It is not to damage the enemies but to gain information about them."

'He's teaching me now.' Avion clasped his hands while his mouth was making a small circle, "We're going to fight?" he still couldn't understand the Guild Master's intention.

First, Guild Master Gon suggested a way to know Avion's Rank and that is by learning the level of his raw strength. Although he doesn't have Body Strengthening, that's not that the only way to win a fight.

Second, he was brought to an isolated area which surprised him. Casualties? Avion was sure he was not that strong to have the risk of creating any casualties even if he fought someone in front of another. And, it wouldn't take another second for the Guild Master to defeat Avion if he was caught by surprise.

Lastly, if they are just going to see Avion's strength, why does it seemed like this is the first day for a master and disciple? It was a pleasant surprise that Avion was willing to take but it was still confusing.

'But seeing his determined face, maybe he just wanted to get hit.' instead of being intimidated, Avion thought that the Guild Master was enthusiastic about this and by asking a lot of questions, he would spoil the mood.

On the other hand, 'Figures, he wasn't intimidated by a bit.' the Guild Master who was actually proud of his intimidation found someone who didn't even know he was trying to be intimidating. If he learned that Avion just thought of him being enthusiastic, the Guild Master's face would get red from shame.

The reason for Avion not being intimidated was that intimidation uses a so-called aura of confidence to give a promise of the fight. For instance, if the Guild Master seemed like he can crush the world with his bare hands then isn't any opponent would feel hopeless?

To counter intimidation is to have bravery, realizing that the start of a battle is different from the result. That is one know counter to it and the second was someone whose horizons were greater than the enemy's confidence.

Foundation and background is the basis of the second counter. If a weak disciple saw his master splitting mountains then got to battle someone who had the confidence of breaking boulders, there would be no effect.

In the end, confidence is not raw strength. Being conscious of that makes it less effective.

But for Avion to have a father that is once the Ruler of the Universe, what confidence can faze him?

"Are you going to hit back?" Avion frowned as he asked. Although confidence is one thing, fear of reality is always working. The battle between Mettany and the Guild Master was etched into Avion's mind. His body won't be able to take it if he even got one solid hit from the Guild Master.

Thankfully, the Guild Master denied, "No, I will be just taking hits."

They were meters away from each other. At this point, if either Streson or Houie was there, they wouldn't want to hit the Guild Master even though he said it was fine.

But after a few steps, Avion clenched his fist and widely swung it towards the Guild Master's nose without saying another word.

Pak*

The Guild Master didn't even blink while Avion's face was sour.

"I'm not going to hit but of course, my defense is still up."

Avion nodded while he frantically waved his right hand out of pain. He no longer reverts the pain away but kept it as a reminder of his stupidity and naivety.

"Umm... Guild Master." he then said, "That was it."

"Huh? What?..." eyebrows were raised.

"That was it."

"That was what?"

"That punch is my everything.

"...."

"...."

Avion felt fifteen minutes had passed since the Guild Master became silent, having a shocked face and that was only when the Guild Master asked;

"You don't want to use your powers?"

"I can't use Body Strengthening. I don't have any sort of offensive technique."

Hearing this, the Guild Master looked into Avion's eyes and found no trace of lying. He then stood up properly and asked, "So what can you do with your power?"

This was his original intention. Since the Guild Master treated Avion equal or more than equal, he didn't want to ask everything about Avion's powers for it was rude. However, he didn't want to let it go either.

"Hmm" Avion thought and said, "I can stop time. That's one. I can revert my body to any point in time. That's two.... and I can make other things either slow or faster at most twice. That's three... and that's it."

"Is that so..." the more the Guild Master thought about it, the more he was confused. In the end, he said, "Why don't we make use of those and create your own offensive power?"