Temple of Shadow, I had heard that name many times. The incident at the Verra mount showed that this organization was a fairly influential organization, especially in the Siera City. I believe there was some kind of Cooperation between the Church of Salvation and a neutral organization like the Temple of Shadow. It's also the first time I had been, so close to the Exor organization.
"Your name is Kevin Junior, right? My name is Destro, my code name is Owl, I am the head of Siera City branch of the Temple of Shadow."
Destro, the man who greeted me, introduced himself as we were in the elevator leading to a special place. Destro mentions that this was a Siera branch, meaning that the main headquarters of the Temple of Shadow was not here. Of course, it's normal considering the Church of Salvation also had a central headquarters in the Capital, it's not impossible that the Temple of Shadow also had the same thing.
A few moments later, the elevator stopped moving, the elevator door slowly opened. Destro led the way out of the elevator.
"If you want to join us, there's actually still one thing you have to do. It's an entrance exam. Don't think you'll be accepted right away because you're an Exor Candidate, we have our own judgment, you have to go through that before you're accepted here."
Entrance examination? It was an unexpected thing, but I'm not afraid, somehow I feel confident in my strength.
"Then what is the entrance exam?"
"Don't be in a hurry, before that, you better read this book carefully, it contains the basic things of an Exor, and includes how to increase your strength, so that you could break through to the Holy Servant stage," Destro handed me a book that was quite thick. I received the book, this book was very valuable. With this book, even if I fail to enter the Temple of Shadow, then at least I could gain some knowledge about Exor.
"Next week, you could come back here, use that time to practice your skills. Especially your physical abilities, you have to remember that an Exor had a higher body potential than an ordinary human, you have to take advantage of that by training yourself to the best of your ability."
I listened to Destro's advice carefully. I know I'm still lacking in all aspects, so I had to train myself well from now on. If I could get into this organization, then you could say my Exor's development path was already open. I couldn't let go of such a precious opportunity.
As soon as I got home, I read the book that Destro gave me. The first chapter was about Exor Candidates. An Exor Candidate was a human with a seed of divine power in his body, which was where the seed had not yet matured, so that person cannot use his power. However, the aura that appears on the seed was enough to increase the physical aspect of humans.
Exor candidates had five levels, these levels were related to the influence of the seed of good on the body. At the first level, the body development will not be too big, but it could still be felt by the Exor candidate himself. I then remember after taking my father's death insurance money, I fought against Freddy and his men, I thought at that time, I had reached Exor Candidate level 1.
Then, I reached Exor Candidate level 2 while fighting against the pigmen in the Arena within the barrier, Mount Verra. While on the battlefield, I managed to become a level 3 Exor Candidate. The only thing I was curious about, was my fast regeneration. Although it was stated that each level will increase physical strength, but there was no record in the book about increasing regeneration.
However, my regeneration was a good thing, body training was about tearing muscle and then rebuilding it. This took a long time because the normal human body needed the rest time, so that the muscle rebuilding process could run smoothly. However, I had a strong regeneration. I could train hard, let my body heal quickly, and then continue the training.
"Just as Chief Destro said, Exor had great body potential."
In the book, it was explained that when a Candidate's Exor reaches level 4, the flesh, skin, bones, and other body parts will be tougher, so that physical defense will increase drastically. Although not immune to firearms, but at this level, the damage caused by sharp objects was reduced.
Other than that, I finally had a complete understanding of Exor, Candidate Exor, as well as the God Child. The first to be called God Child were humans who have the potential to receive seeds of god. Meaning, they were the perfect receptacle for the god's seed. Then after the god seed was planted in the body of the god child, that person could only be called an Exor Candidate, and finally, after the god seed developed and matured, the Exor Candidate will turn into an Exor.
Thinking about it, I wonder if Stephanie had become an Exor Candidate? How does her progress compare to mine? Too bad, I have no way of contacting him.
All night, I really focused on reading the book that had given by Destro, although I hadn't finished reading all of them, but I'm not in a hurry. The next day, on a sunny morning, I began to carry out my training plan for the week. For starters, I decided to run. Running was a simple but useful exercise. First of course to increase stamina, also increase endurance, burn fat and others.
I decided to run at a high speed. It certainly would consume a large amount of stamina. Not only that, to maintain a state of running at a high speed, the body will operate optimally. I had reached Exor candidate level 3, of course my body was stronger than a normal human.
To run while maintaining maximum speed was a very difficult thing. Even runners could only maintain their maximum speed for a few seconds before that speed decreases. However, I was an Exor Candidate, in just one try I could maintain my max speed for 6 minutes. After that, my running speed decreased, but I could slowly feel my body repairing itself while I was running.
My body adapted to my current state. Fatigue, heaviness, and other things seem to disappear. I ran back at maximum speed, but now I felt even more comfortable, as if the burden of running at this speed wasn't a big deal for me. Could my body adapted well to various situations?
I ran for 6 hours non-stop, before I finally felt the hunger that bothered me. While running, I met many people who looked at me in shock, of course, they were surprised by me being able to run at maximum speed for quite a long time. However, Exor was no secret, even though most people never really get involved in the Exor World.