"What the hell was that, will I be able to use those moves? LETS GOO!!" Todd said pulling the entire group out of their shock.
Van turned the page to the third page that depicted stances and a breathing technique. At the top of the page it said 'Earth Combat'. The group looked at the pictures in awe as the stances didn't look difficult but held an air of mystery around them.
"Alright, James, Todd, Erika, and Elise you're up I think we should start with one page and go from there." Van said as he allowed them to touch the page and assimilate the knowledge.
They all touched the page and Van, Max and Lucia watched on. A few moments after they touched the page their faces held thoughtful and understanding looks.
"What happened?" Max asked interested in the looks they had on their faces.
"The vision explained that along with the breathing technique and stances that because our abilities have affinities with the earthly world that we would excel in the Earth combat system with it helping us drastically improve our strength and center of gravity." Elise explained as the others were still processing what they had just seen.
Hearing this Van, Max and Lucia wondered what kind of benifits the Heaven combat would provide. Van quickly flipped the book over and opened it from the other side. There on the first page of the back of the book it read 'Heaven Combat' while also depicting stances and a breathing technique.
Max, Van and Lucia went ahead and touched the page,they were immediately thrown into a vision this time they weren't watching in the third person they were experiencing themselves the life of someone being taught Heaven Combat.
"Before the Earth came the Heavens, Heaven combat is a method where it's used can become one with the heavens and fight as though they are the embodiment of the heavens, if you have any affinities with anything like earth, water, or any esper like abilities mastering this combat style will prove difficult for you however if you have a heavenly affinity this combat method will help improve your fluidity speed and control." The same man that fought in their earlier vision was now in front of them instructing them.
After speaking the man went on to display the stances and their breathing technique, the stances were very simple as for the most part they went from natural standing positions to bent knees and a slight hunch as if imitating a cobra bee paring to strike.
After seeing the vision, witnessing and experiencing the stances and breathing technique they were consciously present in the room as well.
"Let's go practice and then do our regular daily training." Van said to which the group nodded and followed behind Van into the training hall. They all went near their tubes and began to mimic the forms and breathing techniques they just experienced. Immediately they felt an odd tension and stress in their muscles they had never felt before.
However they decided to continue through the pain knowing that in the future without at least becoming proficient in some form of combat the pain they could be facing was death.
They practiced these stances and breathing techniques for an hour or until their bodies physically couldn't take the stress anymore. Lucia, Erika, and Todd tapped out after around 30 minutes while Van, James, Max, and Elise lasted the full hour but we're on the verge of collapsing by the end.
After practicing the combat methods they did their usual training routine which was good for all of them since it was purely cerebral and they didn't have to participate in any physically strenuous exercises.
They all trained through lunch and came back to dinner more tired and hungry than any day the previous week. No one wanted to talk as the pain and soreness they felt through every muscle in their body was speaking for them.
They finished dinner and rushed to their rooms to bathe and rest, they all understood how serious this training was none of them wanted to die so they took this more seriously than they thought themselves taking anything ever.