THE STORY OF HEROES AND DEMONS
Coaching

It had been five days that Zen and Eri had travelled from the city of Ser Din towards the royal capital. But before getting there, the two must pass through other cities that are still within the territory of the kingdom of Zorgan.

All was quite smooth, there were no obstacles hindering their journey, even having to face the demonic beasts around the forest, it did not become a big problem for Eri to get rid of as a form of training.

Since the beginning Eri was not a Hunter who was good at using magic, he only had the attributes of a basic fire element and was almost never used.

Relying on the platinum bow that Zen had given him, it was enough to defeat a Category B demon beast alone.

And at this moment, a category A demonic beast that was an iron lizard appeared before them.

"It was supposed to be enough platinum arrows to pierce through the iron shell of the lizard, but now I want you to kill it with just one strike." Zen as a training tool for Eri.

But Eri was surprised...."Ehh, that's impossible."

"If you're just attacking originally, it's certainly impossible, you should try combining your arrow with fire magic, and finding its vital point, it's easy." Zen Reply.

"All right."

"Don't complain, you asked me to teach you to be stronger." Zen did not want to make Eri spoiled.

Eri could not refuse Zen's orders, he immediately jumped up and climbed up the tree, looking for the right position to remove one of his arrows.

In the past five days, Zen had already taught Eri the calm control of magic energy to a higher level.

Being on the branch of the tree that was pointed directly at the iron lizard, Eri began to pull the bowstring, casting spells forming a series of red double magic at the end of the arrow.

It was just as Zen had taught, where not a single person realized that they could use double magic to make an attack twice as powerful.

When Eri's eyes were fixed at the center of the iron lizard's back, he took off the handle, darting the arrow through two layers of magic array that produced a huge flame.

Just when the arrow touched the lizard's skin, a powerful explosion shattered the iron layer until the lizard's body split in half and was thrown away.

Eri seemed to be in disbelief, if the arrows of platinum and magic-plated that he used were very strong. Even if it was a category S demonic beast once would get injured.

"Look at Zen, I can do it. Is it possible that I'm actually a genius." Eri said to be proud of himself.

"Why do you feel arrogant now, didn't you just say it was impossible."

Eri only laughed with a shy face when Zen insinuated him.

"Alright, now you take the lizard's meat." Zen commands.

"That's disgusting." Eri complained back.

If they saw that the body of the lizard was cut in two, so did all its internal organs break apart and spread out in all directions. Of course Eri was reluctant when he had to take pieces of meat that were not shaped.

"If you don't want to, I won't make food rations for you."

"Wait, I'll do it." Rushing Eri picked up the body piece of the lizard.

Iron lizards have meat that is quite tasty although a little fishy, but by boiling it with spices such as ginger, galangal and lemongrass, the fishy taste of lizard meat will disappear.

Eri began to skin and cut the meat into small pieces.

Waiting for a moment for all the water in the tiris, Zen uses a cauldron, oil, pepper, salt, and sugar. After the hot oil, Zen inserts the onion pieces and starts sauteing until fragrant, then the meat is inserted.

A little broth water he poured along with other flavoring spices, cooked all in one cauldron and waited until the broth water receded. Add back olive oil, sweet soy sauce.

After some time that made the soy sauce sink, then he served the food on a plate.

Eri was already drooling when he smelled the sweet and salty aroma of the brownish lizard meat dish.

One bite made Eri smile happily, the expression on his face showed just how amazing Zen cuisine is.

"You're really good at cooking. Everything I eat is so good." Praise Eri as if grateful to have followed Zen away.

"You're a woman, you should be able to cook."

"Don't expect too much." Eri replied without feeling ashamed of Zen's words.

Zen was quite happy with Eri here, as he had someone to accompany the trip and it also made Zen not feel lonely.

"I feel like going on an adventure with you would be the right choice." He smiled brightly.

"Whatever you have to remember, your goal here is to practice, not just have a picnic."

"I know, I know." Just relax Eri replied and he did not stop chewing the meat in his mouth.

In reality, Eri was a beautiful tomboyish woman figure, only she was not good at self-care, her red hair looked tangled, her hand skin was rough and there were many wounds all over her body.

Zen understood, that it was all a proof of the hard struggle in his life, so there was no one opportunity for Eri to beautify himself.

"If you try to take care of yourself a little, men will realize that you're actually pretty."

Suddenly Eri choked, as long as he lived, not a single person gave praise about his appearance, of course hearing Zen's words, it made Eri surprised

Eri hesitated to talk, but he could not hide his embarrassment.

"Am I really beautiful?, when compared to Hiyo, I don't have a body as beautiful as her."

"I don't know about other people's opinions, but I'm not one to judge a woman's beauty on one side... Every woman has their own beauty, including yours." Zen is what it is.

"Please don't make me misunderstand, I feel guilty about Hiyo." Eri said uncomfortable.

"Why do you think like that?, What does that have to do with Hiyo ?."

"Not forget it."

Eri slightly lowered her head, she did not want Zen to see her embarrassed face.

Five days they travel together, of course Eri realizes the reason why Hiyo feels comfortable with Zen. For both of them, Zen is handsome, strong, mature, good, fair, assertive, smart and also smart to cook.

Moreover, when they were in the inn, though it was said to be frugal and reserve one room only. Zen gave the bed to Eri, while he slept on the floor with something he created himself.

It is perfect to be said to be the ideal man for women.