Limits Chapter 353

'Work on my perception eh? And how would I go about that exactly?' I asked myself. I could do so ntal exercises, but that was not perception. I needed to train my senses to perceive things better. I thought about it for a while, and ca up with the only thing I knew. 'Instincts'. That was the only thing I had, which could perceive danger and perhaps beyond that. 'The only thod to train my instinct, would be to seal most of my senses' I thought. This was counterintuitive. Instead of sealing everything but one sense, I had to seal everything. This was no longer impossible for , with the mastery in my energy control, I could do that.

'I will be blind, deaf and unable to sll anything… This can only go bad' I thought, but I had no other thod. I needed to be able to harness my instincts at will, not when there was imdiate danger to my life. I sighed, and controlled my energy. My eyes were enveloped by darkness, I heard nothing and slled nothing. My three senses were sealed. I knew I was at the bottom of a mountain, I just had to go forwards, in order to reach the peak. Seed easy in theory, but without the help of my senses, it was sothing very, very difficult.

I walked forwards, not aware of what was in front of . I stumbled and fell down very quickly, but there was no sound for , only the feeling of hitting the ground. 'This is rather impossible. I can't perceive anything at all… Whatever, it's not like this is my first crazy idea. Besides, Crow went through a similar thing. Moreover, I was the one who told him to do it. It would look bad, if Crow was able to achieve this, but not ' I thought.

I picked myself up, and walked a few steps forwards, before I stumbled and fell again. This went on, until my instincts flared up. Sothing was about to hit . I punched forwards, and hit sothing. I didn't know what it was, but most probably an animal that rushed at . Ti passed, but I had no concept of ti, while most of my senses were sealed. It was impossible for to seal my sense of touch. I still had to rely on sothing. With no feedback from anything, I could fall from a cliff, and die without even knowing it.

The idea of completely sealing all my senses seed nice, but it was a double edged sword. Although I wouldn't be able to feel the pain, I could potentially overreach myself. This ant I could accumulate very serious injuries, which might result in a prolonged harm to my body. Without the pain, a Human could easily perish. Fear and pain, both of those feelings were necessary for a Human.

I traversed the mountain, but I had no idea where I was going, and how far I went. I decided to unseal my senses, and check. I noticed that I was still on the mountain, this was a good sign. The bad thing was that, I nearly made no progress. I was maybe 400 to 500 tres away from my original position. 'Still a long way to go' I thought, and sealed back my senses.

I walked, stumbled, smashed my head and killed anything that my instincts flared up against. When I unsealed my senses again, I realised that I was not too far away from the peak. It was already night ti. 'I wonder if I can use the Black Orbs, to help orientate myself. It's worth a try' I thought, and sealed back my senses. I then started absorbing the Black Orbs. My body could contain only a specific amount of them, and when I was "full", I wasn't able to absorb anymore.

I "looked" around, but saw nothing. 'Maybe this cannot help . After all, the Black Orbs can already do a lot. Besides, Black Orbs are not the real answer to improving my perception. I just have to continue like this, until I'm able to learn sothing' I thought. I started walking again, the peak and my destination was not that far away anymore.

I didn't try to cheat myself, and morize a path. I simply walked, and tried to figure sothing out. Soon, I hit my head onto sothing...sharp? I checked with my hands, and it was smooth. 'Not a tree, so it must be the one of the house's corners. Now I just need to find the door' I thought. Because I wasn't aware of my surroundings, I didn't know where the doors were. I moved to the right, and tried searching with my hands.

After a while, I finally found a handle and pressed it down. The doors opened. I only knew that, because when I pushed forwards, my arm travelled forward. I think I closed the doors behind , and tried to locate my bed. It wasn't that hard to be honest. I already knew the house inside out. I quickly made it there, and found my bed. I unsealed my senses, and looked around.

"I'm finally back", I said to myself. The old man laid on his bed, and asked "Can I just ask. What the hell were you doing? You didn't respond when I called out, and stumbled like a blind man. It took you so many hours, just to get here". I replied "I sealed my senses. I need to train my perception. I might be able to train my sight, hearing and sll to a better standard, ultimately though, I decided against that".

He asked confused "Why?". I replied "Instincts. You don't know this, but my instincts saved my life many tis. It's not that simple though. Not being able to perceive anything, is difficult. I believe that with ti, I can learn sothing though". The old man didn't reply anymore. 'It seems he has no problems with that. Anyway, if this doesn't work after a long ti, I will just focus on my senses. I can still improve them a bit more, probably' I thought, and went outside.

I wasn't really tired, so I decided to continue training like this. This ti, it was more difficult. I was going downhill, and a stumble could result in a roll and an eventual crash into sothing. I persisted and walked like this for the whole night. I only returned early in the morning. I was tired, injured and wanted to sleep. I hit the bed, and closed my eyes.

Sothing suddenly jolted awake. I was disoriented and tired still. I must've slept for only a short amount of ti. I smashed into sothing very hard, and the pain fully awoke . I noticed that I was no longer in the house. I shouted "What the hell are you doing old man!". I picked myself up, but the old man was not around. I saw soone else walking towards . A stout man, with a full facial beard, and black hair long enough to cover half of his face. His face though, there was a large scar on it. I couldn't see the whole scar, due to his hair obstructing it. He was draped in animal skins, while a large sword was attached to his back. He was releasing an imposing Aura that seed familiar.

I asked him, "Who the hell are you?". The man didn't reply, but released his Aura, and rushed at . I quickly disappeared, but the Aura locked in place. I was shocked, the Aura was too familiar to my own. Full of bloodlust and anger. Before I could even counter his Aura, the man punched my face, and I flew through the air.

I broke a few trees in the process, and finally landed with a "Bang!". I was starting to get pissed. 'This motherfucker threw out of the house. Moreover, he still punched in my face!'. I was tired, but I stood up. "I don't give a shit if you are a master or not. I will not be punched around". He didn't reply. Instead, he released his Aura again. I released my own Aura, and tried to counter him… He was too strong though. I was barely able to move, when another punch arrived.

I controlled my energy, and twisted my body, in a way normal Humans shouldn't be able to. The punch missed, while 10 daggers flew at him. I thought that with such proximity, he wouldn't be able to dodge. He didn't have to. He simply swiped his other hand, which held a short sword, and deflected them all. He punched again, and I crushed a few more trees.

'What the fuck is this guy's problem!?' I exclaid in my head. I was even more pissed, since the old man was not around. When I barely picked myself up, I was punched again. I couldn't take it anymore and shouted "I will fucking kill you! Even if it costs my life!". The anger I felt, awakened that crazy Aura inside of . My vision turned red, and the pain lessened. I started walking forwards, but the stout man didn't even flinch. He just stepped forward, and with a "Boom!", rushed at .

His Aura no longer affected that much. I evaded that attack, and punched out. He caught my punch like it was nothing, and punched instead. I coughed out so blood, while he gripped my hand and slamd his fist into my stomach again.