The first weapon Adam started training with was a sword.
and the first assignment for him was to swing his sword for 1 million times, not just in one direction that is up to down, but in every direction a man can humanly swing and beyond human capability for 1 million times.
It doesn't end there; it applies to every other fundamental character, including thrust and block, in every direction.
There were even bigger problems than training itself.
the feeling of improvement.
Every being in the world works to get something.
and in the world of danger, one only works hard to get strength.
No man will do hard labour without getting anything in return.
as his status stayed the same as his physical body.
Adam did not feel any improvement, as every swing, every thrust,and every block felt the same.
but still held on, thinking that sometime he would feel the improvement.
but his wish did not come true as he only felt depressed after some time.
until he broke down and let his rage take over.
"Hedwig, why are you training me like this?"
Adam called his master's real name out of rage.
"Child, you need to understand something."
Hedwig said it with a sharp eye and a serious voice.
Looking at that sharp eye, Abam felt as if he were stabbed by hundreds and thousands of swords.
which pulled him out of his rage mode.
"breathing. breathing. so.sorry. mas.master."
Adam breathed heavily after feeling a sharp eye and apologised to his master.
"Sigh... child, you need to understand that you're only here mentally, not physically, so you will not feel any improvement."
Hedwig said as he stood up from his place and walked to Adam.
"Child, there was a saying in my world that hardworking people can beat even the most talented person in the world if given time, but I never believed it. You know why?"
Adam was having a hard time breathing because of his master's sharp eye a moment ago, but he still replied.
"N...No"
"hmm. "That's because a hard-working person only works hard because he will feel the feeling of improvement, which is quite addictive for men who only do hard work every day, but for talent men, they will not be addicted, you know why?"
"Because a talented man feels it every time."
Adam said this as he himself felt the feeling of improvement.
"True,a talented person will feel the feeling of improvement every so often to the point that it will become normal to him, like breathing.
But at some point in both of their lives, as hardworking and talented men, their paths will merge.
to face a wall."
"Merge to face a wall?" Adam felt like he was about to learn something important.
"It has many names, but I call it the void of improvement, where you will not feel any improvement at all, and when that happens, the man that worked hard will feel depressed about not getting his dose of improvement, and others whole worlds will breakdown as it was like breathing to him. Now that the air flow is stopped, suddenly he will feel as if he has lost something, and when that happens, who do you think will be able to make it out and destroy the wall?"
"The hard-working man," Adam said.
"No"
"Why can't a hardworking person continue to work hard?" Adam asked.
"Because a hardworking person knew from the start that his journey would end some day and he would feel that if he moved forward into an unknown path where he could not see the end, it would result in him losing everything he had created with his hard work—his family,his friends, and his peace—he would accept it and stay back."
"But master, will it not be the same for the talented person?" Adam spoke.
"Hmm, nah, because he did not make anything with his hard work except his strength, and why would he value something he took for granted?" "He will deny his growth has stopped and move forward on the unknown path, leaving everything—his family, his friends, and his peace—to grow stronger."
"But why, master, would he go to that length?"
"First, he doesn't know what his path will lead him to, and second, he can die in the process."
Adam was in a daze after hearing that there were beings like this in the world.
"It's the mystery of life, Adam. You need to know that denial and acceptance are just different shades of life," Hedwig said.
Hearing it, Adam felt as if Hedwig was talking about the experience.
Then he turned to Adam with a serious look.
"Adam, you don't have that choice."
"WHAT!" Hedwig's serious face caught Adam off guard.
"Your existence is cursed by the universe. a being that goes against the law of the world,the one who steps in paths that were made by others without going through the pain and suffering, only gaining the strength that matches theirs."
Adam felt the seriousness in his voice.
"So train until you feel like dying, because both paths you choose to take only result in one."
that is, copy other paths."
Hearing everything, Adam felt that a new world was open to him.
as he started training again without breaking
from sword to spear, then blade, then so on.
AFTER TRAINING 1 MILLION WEAPONS
"STOP," Hedwig said.
Adam, who was training with a stranger's hook-shaped sword, stopped training.
"Now it's time for you to start training your elements and mana," Hedwig said.
"Hmm, elements and mana?" Adam was confused, but he did not say anything and got ready for another round.
"You see, child mana and elements are also weapons you can use to fight, so let's start training."
With Hedwig's instructions, Adam became proficient at using mana and the elements.
After the mana and elemental training, he was put into vigorous training in hand-to-hand combat and body control.
from punching from all directions to blocking and swinging in all directions.
Slowly and steadily, Adam was being trained into a weapon himself.
When the hand-to-hand and body training stopped, Adam went back to training with weapons.
Training his 10,000,000th weapon
A seven-handed urumi, a weapon with seven whip-like blades on one handle.
It is said to be the hardest weapon to master in the whole world and also the deadliest, which can put both the user's and the enemy's lives in danger.
Hedwig walked close to Adam, who was spinning the weapon around proficiently.
"Adam, it's time to return," Hedwig said.
Hearing it, Adam stopped his weapon and dropped it, then looked at Hedwig.
"THANK YOU,MASTER"
With it, Adan blacked out.
seeing Adam fade away Hedwig whispered
"Now you are only missing one thing."
Back in the Real World.
Adam was now back with a new light.
He walked to an isolated training area that was only used as a resting area or spar area because who would train alone when they had the world's best instructor within their reach?
On his way, Adam was welcomed with a system notification.
#SYSTEM NOTIFICATIONS
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You have acquired the knowledge to have talent like him.
[Skill: Mental Resistance Upgraded]
[Mental Resistance]: A-Rank (Passive) (Upgradeable)
High resistance to mental attack with magic and artefacts.
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but it did not stop there, as a new massage came.
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[New Achievement]
[Reward]
Title: "Pinnacle of Enlightenment"
The one who achieved enlightenment before facing the wall of enlightenment is the one who stands at the pinnacle of enlightenment.
Title effect:-
1.99% decrease in mana consumption when using elemental magic and elemental mana
2.99% increase in element efficiency.
3.Skill-Permanent Record
4. Skills-Eyes Of The Mana
5.???
6.???
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"This Title has skill; I did not know this."
As he tried to see what these skills were, he was interrupted by another notification.
#system window
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[Requirements for the System Update Have Been Met]
The system will now undergo an update for 14 hours.
Features listed under Will Be Offline"
[STATUS WINDOW]
["IF I COULD HAVE"]
["IF I COULD BECOME"]
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With it, the system shut down, showing the time.
[13:59:59]
"It just goes for an update when I want it the most."
Adam cursed it, but he left it alone to do its thing.
"Let's do the things that are the reason why I am here."
Adam enters the training area with his rings around his arms, ready to wield them.
Standing in the middle, Adam started to spin his rings as he conjured the rings into whips.
With it, he took a stand, closed his eyes, and tried to remember his whip instructor's moves.
Adam slowly started to move with the whip.
forming an 'X' in front of him as he crossed both the ring whips he held.
executed the instructor's move to utter perfection.
He continued to execute other moves of his instructors, including hand-to-hand combat and whipping, for the next 2 hours.
AFTER two hours.
Ring.....ring....ring
Hearing the sound of the academy bell, Adam stopped training.
and moved back to his room.
"Today was a long day, sigh..." Adam thought as he lay on the bed with his uniform and his rings on, slowly falling asleep.
MIDNIGHT.
Buzz.. buzzzz.
Adam, who was sleeping soundly in his bed with both his uniform and rings on, woke up after being disturbed by the buzzing sound.
"Mmm, who the fuck is making the noise?"
Adam asked as his eyes were blurry from the effect of him suddenly waking up from his sleep.
but slowly Adam regained his sight.
and saw light in his arms.
"What the f**k?" Adam cursed as he looked at his ring that was glowing orange, which usually only glowed blue.
As he tried to insert his mana into the rings, they started to glow.
brightly as it slowly engulfed the whole room, blinding Adam.
But the next second, the light vanished, and Adam fell on the bed lifelessly.