"This is your only option boy. Take it."
He said as threw Damon a bottle of liquid and disappeared.
"The 4th must have taken a liking to you, then again it's no reason he shouldn't. You are Leon's son. Tusk said.
"Why, I mean was my father that much of an influence." Damon responded.
"Your father and the 4th were very close. Close like a son and father. Those two couldn't be separated for years especially when your dad was your age."
"It wasn't always like that but when you spend that much time with a person you can't help but to gain feelings for them. Im also saying this because he gave you an elxiler that revitalizes your energy completely. Anyway, are you going to accept his offer."
Damon looked the field of courses while making a fist and began walking forward.
"Something dear to my father, hmph. What do you have old man." Damon thought walking up to a green colored slab of stone mounted on the wall.
"This is where the big dogs play if you know what I mean, but I'll be your instructor because I know how every tool and equipment works. Now, break the slab." Tusk said in which Damon looked at him curiosly repeating tusks last words.
After a few seconds of explaining the purpose of the slab Damon understood.
Damon twirled the bottle of liquid in his hands a few times before using oversee.
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Damon eyes widened seeing the notification.
"The hell is this, and did he mean for me to take this after I get tired from his little training room or did he know I used majority of my energy back there with him in the aura challenge." He thought.
"You don't have all night Damon. Drink up and get to it." Tusk said watching him fiddle with the bottle of elixir. He was about to ask what exactly was in the bottle but just decided to get on with the task at hand.
After drinking it's contents Damon could feel a burst of energy flowing through him. It was strange because the liquid just tasted like watery milk and was very plain. Looking at his ki pool all of his energy had returned. 550/550.
Seeing the increase in his ki pool made him remember the punishment tasks. So instead of trying out the slab he told tusk he wanted to warm up a little first in which he did by completing the tasks which took over three hours.
"That was one heck of a warm up. I hope it did you some good." Tusk said afterwards Damon was done.
They went back to the green slab and Damon prepared a punch pulling back his right fist. He focused on the slab intensely as a whole minute went by and the struck it with force shattering it with one blow. The stone regenerated and formed again in the same spot.
Tusk clapped his hands a few times giving him a little praise. Not because he broke the slab but because he understood the real assignment which wasn't breaking the slab.
It was actually to determine an opening. The green rock slab was made from peridot stone which was a stone that rippled with defensive energy that could block or nullify incoming physical attacks depending on its strength.
It constantly created a thin barrier around itself but at the same time would have a window of opportunity as well. Damon wasn't being tested on breaking the slab but on being able to see weakness in a defense.
"Hmph, maybe Leon taught him about the peridot stone and it's affects. Majority of people don't realize the true objective until after a few or many tries."
"Its a very weak stone and is easily broken but it's natural behavior makes it seem indestructible at times if you don't understand or know about the stone." Tusk gathered not knowing Damon used oversee on the stone.
Damon went to the next objective and tusk explained what his task was. This time Damon had to pick up a ball of stone the size of two bowling balls and walk it fifty meters ahead of him. There were white lines on the floor marking the distance.
Initially when picking up the boulder that was yellow in color Damon didn't have much trouble with it but as he reached each line on the floor the boulder weight would increase by doubling half of its natural weight.
He began sweating by the time he made it twenty meters. After hitting the thirty meter mark his arms and shoulders were burning with pain and tension.
He pushed ki into his arms bulking up his muscles a little. Starting off he walked comfortably with his back straight and shoulders positioned strong but now after reaching forty meters he was humped over and crouched slightly.
The boulder was practically sitting in his lap as he waddled forward grunting. He couldn't pick up his feet, the weight was so heavy and so he had to position himself and the boulder in way for him to drag his feet forward.
It took him over twelve minutes but once he crossed the last white line the boulder returned black to its original weight.
Damon felt relieved a little because for a moment he thought he would have to deal with its increased weight the entire time.
"Remember this one has three different tasks and you can't put the boulder down or drop it. Not even once or you will have to start over." Tusk said seeing Damons body reflex a little too much.
Damon waited for a full minute as he took in deep breaths. He then gripped the boulder on both sides pushing it up in the air with force. luckily he had huge hands or it would have been more difficult to do as it was perfectly round and smooth.
Catching it as it came down he repeated throwing it up and catching it again. He was to do this until the boulder turned red.
The thing was though there was no time limit to when it would turn red. Tusk explained to him that the stone the boulder was made from which was called topaz had three functions which was weight distribution, lightening which was the changing of its color and reduce gravity.
After ten minutes of tossing the boulder his arms and legs started to feel heavy but as soon as they did the boulder changed to a red color in which Damon was able to stop.
He rested his arms as much as he could while still holding on to the boulder while drenched in sweat.
During all of this he would receive notifications here and there increasing certain stats.
"I've worked out many times after receiving the system. It seems like I cannot increase my stats with simple workouts. It must be at a certain difficulty level." He thought.
Two minutes later the boulder began to glow. It started to elevate pulling away from Damons grip.
He quickly hugged on to it pulling it to his chest. The tasked started of easy but as time passed the gravitational pull increased. Ten minutes was the time limit he had to keep the boulder in his possession.
Five minutes passed and his feet began to drag.
"Oh, you fail if you are completely lifted off the ground along with the stone as well. Sorry, forgot to mention that part. Its alot to remember in these tests. Everyone of them are totally different."
"Fine time to mention that." Damon thought as his grip began slipping. He was now on his tip toes trying to pull the stone back down while trying not to get pulled up at the same time.
"He's clearly struggling. Why not use that form he was in before. Certainly it would help him greatly." Tusk thought.
Damon was determined not to use his demonic form. He wanted to get his base form stronger. So in turn he decided to partially use his demonic form by transforming only his feet and arms.
Purple electricity and small dark clouds resembling a mist spiraled around his hands and legs and seconds later revealed pulsating markings.
He gripped on the boulder pulling it back down to his chest and his feet was now planted firmly on the ground.
"So he doesn't have to change his body completely. Interesting." The 4th chief thought observing closely.
He never left the arena, instead he was hiding within the walls of his obstacle course like before and observing Damon.
"Leon does not have such characteristics. Could he have gotten this power from his mother. I don't know anything about her and neither does Leon. All we know is she isn't from planet syair." The 4th chief thought to himself.
Tusk was currently thinking along the same lines as the 4th chief. He didn't know how Damon was able to achieve something like that and also leaned towards traits of his mother.
Five more minutes passed and Damon had only struggled slightly after partially transforming.