The three beasts were bound in their cages, and some kind of plaster covering their mouths. After a few minutes of seeing the three beasts, Jono went to his bedroom, and a few minutes later, he returned to his gym.
But this time he was carrying a dagger that he bought when shopping at the Semongk0 shop. He took the dagger from its sheath, admiring its beautiful shape, before turning his gaze to one of the three beasts.
"It's time to try a new dagger," he said rather excitedly.
Jono then brought his ape puppet and approached the ape puppet in one of the beast's cages. The first beast he chose to experiment with was the Ring Snake beast.
Inside the cage there is a snake-shaped beast that is coiled; its long body appeared to be wrapped in some kind of cloth, making it difficult for the snake to move.
Jono then began to open the cage. At the top, there was a kind of digital padlock with a code. He entered some kind of passcode given by the shop employee, which then opened the lock.
Jono began to open the top of the cage with his left hand while holding the dagger in his right. After the lid was open, he felt as if he was being watched by something terrifying, which turned out to be the snake's gaze. Fortunately, he was aware that the snake would not be able to harm him. He then raises his courage.
While swallowing his saliva, Jono gripped his dagger tightly with both hands and stabbed it into the snake's body. Jono stabbed and slashed the snake repeatedly until it stopped moving.
In the beginning, when he stabbed the beast, he missed one to three times, but after several stabs, the stab and slash of his sword hit the snake's vital parts, including the snake's head. As he wiped away his sweat, Jono exhaled a sigh of relief. This was his first time killing a beast.
Jono immediately sat down and flowed his magic energy into his ape puppet. The ape then began to move, walking on both arms and legs. The ape puppet circled the snake's cage. After going around the cage twice, the ape entered the cage and stood on the snake's corpse.
A few moments later, the magic energy from the snake emerged and began to move toward the ape's puppet body. "It worked? Does this mean that what I did was correct? " In his mind, he inquired.
But then Jono's face became perplexed. The magic energy did begin to move into the puppet's body, but the ape puppet was unable to absorb it. A few minutes later, the ape was still unable to absorb the snake's magical energy.
"At this rate, the snake magic energy will vanish," Jono observed, puzzled.
Not wanting to waste any more time, he took out the ape puppet and walked closer to the snake. Then, he began to absorb the magic energy from the snake for himself. The energy absorption only lasts about five minutes until there is no more energy left in the snake carcass.
After finishing absorbing the snake's magic energy, he felt the magic energy in his body increase. The increase in magic energy made his mind more comfortable, but after a few moments, he felt a pain in every part of his body.
"Tch, I have to exercise more. Otherwise, my body will be harmed in this way," Jono expressed his confusion.
The increase in magic energy, whether it is in terms of quantity or quality, must be accompanied by an increase in physical and soul strength, along with good super ability mastery and endurance. If it is not balanced, it will harm both the body and the soul.
Jono then spent an hour practicing breathing techniques. After that, he stood up and began doing warm-up activities, followed by simple exercises in his mini gym. He did jogs on the treadmill, sit-ups, push-ups, squats, and other exercises.
Jono rested after about an hour of exercise, meditating with the breathing technique to circulate his magic energy to all parts of his body, gradually strengthening his organs. Breathing techniques are common things people do; it's just that each person's breathing technique may be different.
Many types of breathing techniques on the market are free or paid for. There are breathing techniques that are spread by the government as well as several other large organizations.
The breathing technique that Jono used was a breathing technique taught by his grandfather, and it's a special breathing technique, especially for their family. After doing the breathing technique for about thirty minutes, he opened his eyes and let out a long breath. He then examined his body parts and attempted a simple movement.
"So, this feels like doing a breathing technique after absorbing magic energy," Jono exclaimed happily. He should have done this breathing technique while absorbing the snake's magic energy earlier, but he forgot and just absorbed the snake's magic energy earlier, which put too much strain on his body.
Using breathing techniques to absorb magic energy from beasts can help the magic energy spread more evenly throughout the body and be absorbed more easily.
After checking his body parts, Jono started exercising again. He felt that his physique was not strong enough right now. He exercised until he felt that his body was exhausted and was running out of stamina.
Then Jono performed another breathing technique and began circulating magic energy in his body to the greatest extent possible. After that, he finished his intense training.
It was getting late, so Jono went outside to get some food for dinner. He looks for the nearest food stall or restaurant from the location of his apartment. Thanks to the digital map on his smartwatch, he knew there were several food stalls nearby.
Jono then decided to go to one of the food stalls, which was only a five-minute walk away from where he was. The food stall is not a permanent establishment; it is only a cart and a tent. They set several tables and chairs up around the cart.
This food stall is only open from seven o'clock at night until one o'clock in the morning. The food stall sells food with the main ingredients of chicken, duck, and various types of freshwater fish.
"Uncle, do you have chicken?" Jono asked one of the waiters there to make sure the chicken was available.
"Yes," the waiter replied quickly.
"One package of grilled chicken, uncle," Jono said as he placed his order.
"Hm," muttered the waiter. He only responded to Jono's order with a slight nod.
Jono ordered a package of grilled chicken with rice and iced tea. He prefers the package when eating at a food stall because the price is cheaper. While waiting for the food he ordered, he enjoyed the atmosphere around this food stall.
There aren't many people around here who are still doing things at night. Jono felt a sense of calm within himself. He didn't want to see people flaunting their super abilities because it was too painful for Jono to witness.
Moments later, the order arrived. Jono immediately started eating his dinner happily.
Soon after Jono began eating, several teenagers with their chatter arrived at the food stall, making the formerly quiet atmosphere a little busier. There were four teenagers who came at that time.
"My current mastery of super abilities has increased; I can now control fire without using skills," one of the teenagers explained.
"Heh, the four of us have made progress in using our super abilities. With this, the high schools in the inner area will definitely accept us," said the only teenage girl in the group.
"I'm already in the second stage, while you three are still in the first stage. You should practice more frequently," said one of the four teenagers, who had the largest body compared to the other three teenagers.
Hearing their conversation, Jono quickly finished his food. He didn't want to listen to the conversations of these four teenagers his age anymore.
When he had finished eating, he immediately paid the food bill and went straight home. "D*mn! d*mm*t! d*mm*t!" he exclaimed to himself. He returned to his apartment by running to relieve some of the stress he got from hearing the conversation between the four teenagers earlier.
When Jono arrived at his apartment, he was breathless. He went straight to bed after taking a shower.
"D*mn*t!" He exclaimed before falling asleep.
The next morning, Jono started exercising again and doing his breathing technique. He was determined to do this every day, at least twice, in the morning and evening. After doing his exercise routine, he started to train his abilities again by trying to control the ape puppet to run in all directions. That helped him understand more about his super abilities.
Currently, Jono can control his ape puppet up to five meters away from him. This short distance is a bit disappointing, but he realizes this control distance will increase as his strength or power level increases.