They started and the man demonstrated. He firstly pictured all the robots he had ever seen and thought of a combination and started drawing after locating its core using geometry and drew it for only ten minutes then, he started making the shell from scrap he had and within five minutes, he was done. While making it, he felt every material and precisely cut them using his mental energy to shape the pieces and started combining them making a cool robot shell, however, that wasn't the true making method as what he told Learmar telling him that he'd teach him when he reached 10 years. He did another shell using cutting tools showing him step by step correcting him and adding on his knowledge leaving the last round for him to make a shell. Learmar looked at the robot pictures there and came up with his own design. As he was shown, he firstly began by locating its core and drawing it, though it wasn't good, it was a working progress. He started preparing the parts , assembled them but it collapsed. He tried it repeatedly for some hours till he finally got it right and the man approved of it. It was nearing evening and he ran home and found his mother working on her computer on a serious job and hugged her staying with her as she worked. While together his mother taught him a handful of things about her job and computer operation. After the work, she showed him a game called X FORCE, a game of commanders where the only important thing was his ability to adapt and counter a problem. To get an army, there were some questions which increased in complexity depending on the level of the pawn. His mother answered some questions and Learmar just observed. Her mother in turn earned a normal army of archers, defence, horsemen. Her opponents were giant bots with only ancient equipment. Her mother defeated a lot effortlessly just commanding killing almost all but on seeing Learmar's anxiety, she gave him a shot but was defeated immediately shocking Learmar who wanted to cry for with just seconds of thinking of a strategy, all the pawns his mother had were destroyed. His mother comforted him telling him that he should take things slow and start slowly training his way of thinking in which, answering some of the questions from the game. She continued demonstrating and in the simplest way that Learmar could understand. Learmar was so concentrated in that that it felt like he was living the game. His mother was amazed. She had long noticed his purple eye and wanted to ask him of it but seeing his smile, she forgot it. She knew of his bullying in school but his father also knew of it and often said that that was fate. She continued teaching Learmar of how to answer the questions what he needed to do how to command and every single one of the words she spoke seemed to take Learmar's mind to a different world internalizing every word precisely. When night time reached, they took a shower and prepared their dinner. His father also came in tired in a gas mask and a helmet. As per the custom, due to his toxic working conditions, he first took a shower disinfected his clothes and went to the dinning room where Learmar ran to him greeting him. On seeing his purple eye, he ignored it, Learmar on the other hand was happy to see him. They both went on the dinning table where he hugged his wife then started eating. Although they were in a small abode, it was a happy one. They talked of their day's adventures. The television was on and they listened to the news as Duke Stain in a nice black suit with his daughter in a cute blue dress. Learmar looked at the girl and asked his father if she had started practicing martial arts. He was answered that she had which was quite impressive for she had already reached Beginner Level 5 at her tender age. Learmar was immediately jealous hearing those words from his father and not about him. He said boldly that he wanted to practice martial arts. His father looked at him straight in the eyes sternly but he remained unphased. His father then asked him of the reason behind it. It was then that he finally spoke his heart out. He said that he already knew that the world was survival for the strongest and that he didn't want to be left out. His father asked if it was because of his school bullies and he said that it was partly the reason. His father told him that that wasn't a stable drive and without a true drive, the path to martial arts will lead him to an early demise. His father sighed, looked at his food and told Learmar to eat quickly for he had somewhere to take him. His mother looked and her husband knowing that those words were something serious but said nothing. They talked, ate and the two set off in their exercise clothes. Learmar was carried by his father who swiftly moved on the rusty rooftops making no sound at all. He was moving like wind at its pace and asked Learmar to feel it real good. He did so and felt like something powerful was resting him, not just air friction just something but he couldn't explain it. The faster his father went, the stronger the force became till he felt as if his body was about to be cut to pieces. They reached a certain cliff near the sea with a beautiful view of the moon and sat there. His father told him that that was how martial arts cultivation was, against the whole world and those who start that journey experience that but the higher one dived into that, the weaker the resistance for the universe was accepting him, however, he added that there was a possibility of the world and the universe to reject the cultivation and try to stop him from advancing that path which was as rare as it may be , throughout the past millennia, only one recorded was rejected by the world and he had it rough till finally, met a fatal end. However, he added that as much as that may sound as a big threat, the biggest threat in that path was man for he will stop at nothing to see another fail due to jealousy and hatred. His father started hitting him throwing him to the beach, Learmar felt that his bones had all been cracked and started shouting, his father had made a sound proof dome to avoid disturbing the neighborhood, he went to him and told him that that was how painful the path he wanted to start was. He was still wailing in pain and his father told him that without a strong will, he couldn't survive in that world of cultivation and continued hitting him mercilessly though just a child. He asks him if he still wanted to practice martial arts but the only thing Learmar was thinking of was crying from the excruciating pain and didn't have the time to answer. As his father hit him, his brain seemed to be taking a lot of impulses and started evolving there and then, his father smiled and told him that if he wanted to start that journey, he shouldn't drop a single tear. His father stopped hitting him and left him on the ground then asked him once more if he still wanted to start that journey. Learmar's memories were all arranged and started seeing how pathetic his life was, his living area, his school life and finally, said boldly shouting that he was willing collapsing due to the pain and his brain's rapid evolution. His father set his dislocated bones and laughed saying that finally, he could be proud again in that life of his. His wife, Marianna jumped to him from the same building in her sporting outfit hugging him and asked if what he was doing was right. He said with a low tone that they both saw it and it was unavoidable, the terrible future and since it was so, then he will create a glitch in the future that no one ever anticipated as they hugged. They went home and soaked Learmar in a bathtub of hot water and dipped in a blue white coloured pill. The pill had a strong effect that Learmar started shacking unconsciously which for his father, meant that it was working. His father then using qi, made a space for it on his right chest and it started creating its own artery connection, to his brain and to every part of his body even his bones modifying his blood cells and he underwent a little evolution. The pill was an artifact dantian and ot sealed itself in Learmar's body after a successful compatibility. His parents were happy though his mother was a little bit startled by it. They laid him to rest from then.
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