Primordial Soul's Rebirth

As Alex had decided, he told both Alice and Ann about Argon's stats.

"Well, since you want to know, his stats are like this: -

Strength: SS; Agility: SS-; Stamina: SS-; Wisdom: S+; Energy/Mana: S+;

Which makes him an SS rank Raider."

Alex nonchalantly stated Argon's stats, Alice and Ann, however, were far from being relaxed like Alex, instead, they were shocked by the revelation.

Even though they had guessed that Argon might have a stat reaching SS, they were still hoping in some corner of their mind that he was just a very strong S-rank Raider and not someone with even a single SS-ranked stat.

But how could they have known that not only did he have an SS-ranked stat, but he actually had three of them reaching SS rank?

Alex found it really weird for them to be surprised by Argon's stats when he, himself was with them, but then he remembered that he never told them his own stats.

He just sighed as he thought about the reaction they would have if they knew his stats.

"What are you guys so surprised about?" Alex asked while tilting his head to the side.

"What?" Alice looked at Alex with an incredulous. She couldn't believe that Alex was actually asking this question. It was not only her, even Ann had an expression mirroring Alice's.

"I said, what are you guys so surprised about?" Alex asked again with the same expression which caused Alice and Ann to exchange a confused look.

They didn't know if Alex was really that unperturbed or if he was just putting up an act.

"You said that Argon's three stats were SS-ranked, right?" Ann asked as she gestured for Alice to let her talk, to which Alice nodded her head.

"And?" Alex asked, still maintaining the expression he had.

"Doesn't that make him much stronger than any S-rank Raider out there?" Ann asked again and Alice now felt that Alex was just pretending not to know anything.

"Why do you think so?" Alex asked as he looked at both Ann and Alice one by one.

"Huh?" X2 Alice and Ann were confused by the question or rather they thought they heard the question wrong.

"Do you think he can defeat anyone just because his stats are high?" Alex asked again. This time Alice and Ann's reactions were a bit tamer as they started thinking about his words while focusing on whatever he was going to say next.

They knew that Alex had knowledge of things that they didn't know, and instead of being depressed or tense about their weakness, it was better to listen to Alex's words as he might have some good news for them.

"Stats are just stats. They tell us the statistics of a person, how fast he/she is, how strong he/she is, etc. Stats never determine the victor of a battle, the victor is decided based on technique, skill, and experience."

Alex spoke and his expression now turned serious as he entered the teacher's form causing the girls to straighten their backs.

"Why do you think I am only sparring with you guys till now? After all, I did say I will be teaching you guys. This question never came to your mind, did it?"

As Alex asked the question, the girls just lowered their heads in embarrassment.

They just followed whatever Alex told them to without thinking of the reason behind it. It showed the trust they had in him, and Alex was happy about it, but he still needed to make them learn how to question everything.

"I did that so that your bodies would get faster at reacting to unexpected situations, I am doing it to make your senses sharper and stronger." He said and the girls looked up again.

"This is what decides the victor of a fight. How do you react to any situation? How to respond to an attack? How to cause your enemy the most damage with the least effort?

All of these points are counted. Even if a child knows these things, he can defeat a bodybuilder with ease."

When Alex finished speaking, he found Alice and Ann looking at him with some uncertainty in their eyes.

"What? You don't believe me?" Alex asked in response to that both Ann and Alice hurriedly shook their heads.

"We do, it's just that…..." Ann didn't know how to say it but she just couldn't imagine a small child defeating a bodybuilder with ease.

Alex could easily understand what they were thinking as Alice also had the same expression as Ann.

"I said a child can defeat a bodybuilder, but did I ever say that it was a contest of strength? If the child is trained by me, then he/she would never think of fighting directly." Alex explained as he rubbed Noctura's chin making her purr.

"Then how?" Alice asked while Ann's face now had a contemplating look.

"Technique, skills and experience are the basic things that help you win a fight. But there are many other factors such as tactics and surroundings.

You can use tactics to bind your enemy in them or make use of your surroundings to defeat your enemy."

Alex's sentence finally cleared their doubts and Alice's eyes lit up after she realised the meaning.

"So, that means I can defeat Argon Hart?" She was a bit too excited just thinking about that possibility.

"No." But Alex's reply made all of her excitement go puff in a second.

"No, not as you are right now. But in the future, yes." Alex wasn't done so he continued causing both Ann and Alice to look at him with determination and hope in their eyes.

Ann was also a bit deflated after she heard Alex outright denying Alice which meant Ann herself was hopeless as she was weaker than Alice. But when Alex continued, she knew what she had to do, and she was fully committed to doing it.

(She is thinking about being a good student, nothing else.)

"Now don't look at me with those eyes, I did say I would be teaching you guys and I don't want my students to be defeated just by anyone," Alex spoke with a light smile, but Alice and Ann knew he was not joking.

Ann just nodded her head seriously, but while Alice also nodded her head, she had many things going on in her head.

Ann might not have understood the meaning behind Alex's words but Alice who knew that there were other worlds and power ranks above EX rank knew the meaning behind Alex's words.

For Ann the word 'anyone' that Alex said might have meant some random Raider, but Alice knew that Alex was referring to Argon the strongest Raider in the world as anyone.

She just sighed inwardly as Alex became more enigmatic in her mind.

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