Rick wake up at his room. covered in blanked and his wound already taken cared. he don't feel any pain, maybe because the training equipment reduce the damage and woth help from medicine the pain is reduce to nothing.
After he done checking his body, Rick begin to think about Gunka. especially his special move, Hurricane Spear. he never seen anything like that. a phenomenal event that is triggered by someone as he wished. what is that?
while Rick still pondering about Gunka skill, Gunda enter his room with a look of concern.
"you wake up fast. that's a relieve. i thought you will be out of commission for a while" said Gunda.
"how long have i been knockout? " Rick asked while he start to change position to sit at the edge of his bed.
"just a few hour. and with injury like yours, i have to apologize as Gunka's father but also impressed by your body fortitude. "
"well being knockout is one thing i am good at. " said Rick at joking manner.
"do you mind if i ask you about your background? what do you do in daily life and how do you learn to fight so well? Gunka said that your combat skill and awareness is so good that without using Battle Technique, he almost sure he will lose the spar. " asked Gunda.
"that is a long story but i will make it short. but before i tell you, please promise me that you will never tell anyone else about my background. not that anyone will try to hurt me or hunt me, since i am in another world than my own, but because for me now my background is a shame that i want to forget. can you promise that? "
Gunda not give any response but he just closed his eyes and then make a circular swipe with his finger.
"i have made a protective barrier around us. no one will ever hear what you say right now without my permission. and i promise you in my power as cultivator that your secret will be safe with me till i die and my soul dissipated. " said Gunda.
"thank you very much Gunda. i believe in you because i know you are wiser than your look" said Rick as he give him a short bow, which startled Gunda a bit.
"to my my story short, i used to be an assassin. but not the one that kill in silent and leave no trace. my job is to kill and deliver fear to the enemy. i will knock to my target front door, kill every single one in the house, then torture my target so bad he wished for death. my daily life is consist of designing new way to hurt someone, physically or mentally, while developing my skill as a fighter.
or to make it shorter, i am that one demon you send when you wish for your enemy, and enemies, a death warning they will never forget. "
Rick then cover his face with his hand and pull his head to his tight.
"i am ashamed of my past, of my skill and my effort i spent on it. my selfishness and desire for fame, wealth and glory have made me disgrace in front of my family. and now i am here, it is all too late to try to fix anything. i am a disappointment for my loving and caring family. "
Gunda let Rick express his sadness and disappointment for a while.
"i know that you are hurt. i hope the pain will soon go away and your life remain to continue. " said Gunda feeling empathy for Rick.
"thank you Gunda. "
"now i have something to offer you. you are healthy now and i believe you understand that i cannot house you forever. so here is the choice.
i can help you settle in the village with proper housing and job to do. you will live as a normal villager for the rest of your life.
or
i will guide your way to become a cultivator. you'll grow stronger and, if luck on your side, you'll attain godlike power. then maybe, in slightest chance that i never know, you will find your way home. "
Rick eyes widen hearing that. cultivator? godlike? home?
"you see, even if i am considered strong, the world is vast and my power is not even in the top of this world. but I've heard from some wandering cultivator that once passed through that some godlike being once able to tear the space and open the path to another world.
i never once mention this to you because the chance for that is too low, and it is just a rumor. even the cultivator that tell me about it only heard it from someone else who also heard it from someone. "
"but there is a chance right? even if it just miniscule amount, it is a possibility. right? " Rick asked in frantic.
"i have to say yes to that even if i don't know how small the chance is. " said Gunda as he smile seeing Rick vigor.
" I'll do it! I'll become cultivator and attain godhood so i can go home! please teach me Gunda! " Rick said, almost shouting.
"calm down, calm down. sure i will teach you. we will start tomorrow. but for now we need to find you a place first because this room is suppose to be emergency room, not rented room." joke Gunda.
Gunda, Rick, and Gunka, who join by order of his father, then travel together to nearby forest on the edge of Sirin Village. how do they get there? with Gunda and Gunka running using their movement skills while carrying on Gunda Back. they travel at the speed that estimated as 100km/hr.
they then arrived at an opening, a bit hidden by tree but still visible from Sirin Village.
"now wait here you two. i will prepare something for Rick." said Gunda as he take several step forward.
Gunda then take a horse stence while making a circle his hand. from Rick point of view, Gunda then move his upper body several time towards some of the largest tree with each have about 5 meter in diameter. then Gunda upper body move facing the opening, stay like that for a few second and then..
BOOM!
a house suddenly appear in front of them. complete with protective walls and heavy door on the outside and some wooden furniture on the inside.
Rick can only see it with awe and shock.
"when you become cultivator Rick, something like this is just an extra small bonus. my inner power have enough power and i have sufficient control to mold things the way i want. of course it just until some level. there are more complex things in the world that even cultivator unable to do." explain Gunda.