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Chapter 32 - Training The Bear

The bear will not be useful while it is tamed. So I'll have to teach it to understand simple orders like forward, attack, and halt, among others. Despite the fact that the bear's aim is to terrify my foes and the ants I encounter along the way. There are additional applications for it. As a result, imparting simple orders to the bear would make it more helpful.

There are several methods for training an animal. Negative reinforcement appears to be the most effective method for me. The only thing that would cause a spurt of growth would be pain. We can see it in ourselves as humans, who, as a result of war's suffering, have exploded in weaponry, switching from cold to hot weapons. Of course, the death of loved ones has accelerated the development of armaments. However because of the fixation with the foundation, or pain in the case of war, progress would ultimately stall.

Negative reinforcement has a number of faults, one of which being the reduction of potential development. It's still possible to turn a foolish bear into a trained bear. The first thing I'd teach the bear is to recognize gestures and sound signals. While animals are clever, they will never be able to comprehend human language. Their brains are much too basic to communicate through words. It is, nevertheless, advanced enough to recognize motions and sound signals.

Finger snap is one of the sound queues I'd use to get its attention. This would also serve as the foundation for command. I'll teach the bear to recognize that when I snap my fingers, it's time to pay attention because a command is approaching. To utilize negative reinforcement to educate the bear to pay attention when I snap my finger, I immediately hit it whenever it doesn't glance at my finger after I snap it.

So that's what I did for the following day or so: I taught the bear how to recognize the sound sequence. The bear didn't realize its faults at first. It was enraged that it was beaten up for no reason, and it retaliated with hostility on occasion. When it hears me snapping more than twenty times, it begins to understand my message. It responded to my snaps, but didn't look at my hand, to which I delivered a softer punch.

Fortunately for me, the bear seemed to understand the difference between a partial thrashing and a full beating. As a result, it was able to figure out that responding to my finger snaps is the proper response. The first stage of the sound queue was not difficult for it to learn, but the second was a different story. The bear seems to be unable to comprehend the importance of looking at the finger. So, when I received a response from the bear, I'd indicate to the hand that snaps the finger to make it easy. The bear now realizes that snaps signify to pay attention to my snapping hand as a result of this tip.

While the bear's response was accurate, it wasn't consistent. So I'd repeat the test and command for a whole day to be sure the outcome wasn't a fluke. The test consisted of me switching hands and randomly snapping my fingers. I'll say that the bear passed all of the tests I gave it with flying colors, with the exception of one error when I switched the snaps from my right to left hand. Otherwise, it wouldn't matter if I gave it a command out of nowhere; it would respond immediately.

So, after I've set the basis, teaching it subsequent commands will be a lot simpler. Forward is the first actual command I teach. After a snap, the gesture I would do is to just point in a direction. It's unavoidable that the bear misunderstands my motion, but a few beatings will quickly correct the situation. While my description of the procedure makes it seem simple, it took me nearly half a day to teach this stupid bear this one gesture, and it was well worth it. The bear would sprint forward without hesitation as soon as I did the gesture. It did attempt to flee at one point, but that's not an issue I can't solve.

The bear's training would continue for another week, during which I would teach other gestures. To halt it, I raise my hand up before closing my palm, and to strike, I point my arms in the direction of the attack while keeping my palm open. I needed targets for the bear, therefore this was the most difficult gesture. For sneak, I use a flat palm, and for sitting, I use a flat palm with a downward motion.

I didn't ignore my own strength when training the bear. I was experimenting with my Colossal Might at the moment. As a result of the battle with the human king. I discovered that card abilities may be employed outside of the box. The human king card's replication ability is only designed to copy an assault that's coming at him before disappearing. This was its intention, but based on my fight, I can tell that his card ability can do more than just replicate an attack; it can also create an avatar capable of using his card ability.

At first, I believed I could create an avatar that reflected my abilities. However, after some trial and error with my own abilities, I've concluded that the human king is the only one who can materialize an avatar. This led me to the conclusion that card ability has two sorts of applications: internal and external. Internal use is to view the card ability's direct meaning, while external use is to see the card ability's indirect meaning. The card ability is similar to a sentence that the reader may decipher to discover what it means. The user of a card may employ the card's ability internally or externally based on their interpretation.

If this theory is correct, then the possibility of a card ability is quite high. Colossal Might has the potential to become a gigantification ability when used externally. Where I can expand not just myself but also the objects around me while disregarding the weight of the giant item. On paper, external uses seem to be a step forward from internal uses, but reality tells a different story. The external practical use is very different. When I use Colossal Might on anything, it simply makes it larger and heavier, but it loses all of Colossal Might's other benefits, such as weight ignoring and status enchantment. While external uses are still useful, they aren't as game-breaking as they are on paper. On paper, using Colossal Might on a rock would not only make it larger and heavier, but also harder and have the same weight as it had when it was little.

While the reality did not match my expectations, there are still many applications for which I may use my newfound knowledge. For example, to improve my damage output, I may make Crimson Light larger and heavier. To which I can make another move in Expansion Style, Expansion Style: Sword Quake. The maneuver is me doing a front flip sword strike while expanding the sword to the size of my body. The damage from this attack would be lethal, thanks to the velocity from my flip and the weight of Crimson Light.