" Okay, moving on. Let's start with your physical training plan, the foundation of all knights will be their strength. You'll be carrying these weights that will be attached to your body while exercising. " Leon said as he gave me the weights.
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" You'll be practicing your sword technique with this weight on for an hour. After which you will run for 20km and then do weight training. " said Leon.
Ah crap, that doesn't sound good.
" Yes, Mentor. "
Preparing myself. I started sword training with the Myriad Illusion Sword Dance Technique.
< Host, brain activity enhancement for better comprehension of proficiency is possible. >
Nano, I swear I'll read your list of abilities soon. The only thing that's saving me right now is that you're hella reliable. I wouldn't have known these even existed. Alright, activate brain enhancement.
< Affirmative. >
HAAAP!
It's been 23 minutes of non-stop training. My proficiency of the technique clearly became better, but it's not enough. Aside from knowing how the technique works, other aspects counts as well. My moves feel awkward, there's no proper rythm nor timing and distancing, as well as proper deception, the key to this technique.
( Leon's thoughts ) - " Damn.. this kid is advancing at a scary pace, it seems that the kingdom will have another surprise waiting for them. Who would've thought, the trash of the Feysworth family would be so terrifying. "
...
" Haa.. haa.. "
I underestimated how draining it is to practice the technique non-stop for an hour, I am completely worn out but the effort bore fruit. It seems my proficiency advanced by a good 14%.
< 24% out of 100% to advance to Novice proficiency realm. >
My base proficiency was 10%. Now it's 24%, and I can feel how powerful the technique is already. I wonder how monstrous it would become at the perfection realm.
" What are you waiting for? 20km run ASAP! " shouted Leon.
Ugh.. it's been only 2 minutes. Let me rest a little more goddamnit! Ugh.
" On it! " I shouted back.
I took off the weights and started running around the training ground, which is 500 meters long if you ran around it. I have to run around this thing 40 times. Oh I am not looking forward to this.
Nano, suggest me something!
< Body fortification and Body healing enhancement is suggested. >
< Body fortification - Makes the body more durable and increases stamina by 20%
Body healing enhancement - Increases the bodys healing capabilities by 50% >
< Notice : Both abilities lasts for an hour and consumes the bodys glycogen and protein storage. Cooldown : 5 hours. >
Activate both!
< Affirmative. >
With the help of nano, I feel energy rush in me. Making running feel easier, my limbs were heavy due to the stress from the technique training session.
[ 45 minutes later.. ]
Haaa... haaa. haaa.. ha..
I still have weight training to complete.. I might as well collapse from exhaustion at this point.
" Come on Adel! Are you really giving up? You won't get any stronger if you continue like this! " screamed Leon.
" Don't worry mentor, I'm not going down just yet... " I said with a grin on my face.
I picked up my weights and started doing body weight exercises. Push ups, sit ups, squats and pull ups.
I managed to do 5 sets of 20 for each of the exercise, almost fainting from exhaustion at the last few couple of sets with the pull ups.
THUMP!*
The ground feels nice.. man I'm beat.
" Good job today Adel. Tomorrow I will be teaching you the basics of mana manipulation for swordsmanship. The physical training will only take place for 4 days a week. " Leon said with solemn smile on his face.
( Leon's thoughts ) - " As expected, he has frightening tenacity. If I did that sort of training at his level, I'm not sure if I would've lasted to the weight training part. Viscount, it seems that you've gotten yourself quite the son. "
" Ah.. okay, thank you. " I said while still gasping for air.
" Uh.. kiddo, are you really going to keep laying on the ground like that? " asked Leon.
" Yeah, I'll stay down here for a little longer.. "
" Suit yourself " chuckled Leon.
[ After relaxing on the ground for 12 minutes.. ]
Hughh.. man even getting up is hard. The body fortification really saved me earlier, and the body healing enhancement too. It really complemented body fortification really well.
I walked back into the mansion and called for Selena.
" Sorry to bother you again, can you prepare the bath? "
" No problem young master. I'll be on it right away. " said Selena.
I stink. I haven't needed a shower for a while after unlocking the mana veins, it made my body stronger and more pure. Thus making me shower less often since I didn't really sweat.
[ 10 minutes later. ]
" Young master, the bath is ready. " said Selena.
" Thank you, I'll be helping myself out then. "
Upon entering the bathroom, I quickly stripped and went into the tub full of hot warm water.
Mmmm.. nothing more enjoyable than a hot bath after grueling training, it's washing away all of the sweat and exhaustion off me.
Growl..
Heh.. I'm really hungry. The abilities really drained my food storage.