In the coming week, the Trainees learned more about Floating Feather and they understood that it wasn't actually Weight Lifting but Weight Reduction.
The Foundational Essence was to make a Knight Weightless and a if you are weightless all other possibilities open.
Having almost zero weight with enough strength one can move faster, one can glide in the air, and one can also fight longer without getting tired.
In the realm of Knighthoods, the reason these Techniques succeeded to be approved as Class 5 Knight Techniques was that one of the glaring problems of many Knights was their Armour.
It's heavy and sometimes cumbersome. When one fights a prolonged fight, the armour might even cause more injury.
Not to mention, in a normal situation the stronger the armour the heavier it is. Sadly a knight can't go on without armour. Some can but they die faster than those that wore armour.
However, Noah knew that there was always a secret behind what the eyes can see and what they can understand at first glance.
As a Rank 10 Shifting Steel Knight, he knew the five fundamental Stats one needs to have before one gets to be a Knight.
They are; Body Tenacity, Observations, Clarity and then Technique. What united and amplified them was Willpower.
These five fundamentals have to be at a certain standard and level before one can become a knight.
The most important one was Willpower, then Comprehension, then Body Tenacity, then Clarity. What came last, which was the prize, was the technique.
Willpower spoke for itself, however without the ability to comprehend the technique one will never progress.
The body can be trained and for that, it came third. Clarity is needed to have better comprehension and also absorb the experience and use them to rank up. It came fourth because it's after one trained and created a tenacious body and muscle memory which leads to instant reflexes will a person understand more about the technique and his shortcomings.
Then technique comes last, having the last four will make practising and mastering the technique easier.
Noah was now running with a heavy bag on his back, he had attained the 10km Twin hill. And the pull was stronger. At first, he thought that it was due to the load on his back but later he realized that on normal roads he can handle it with ease but here, it's as if the gravity has increased by one or two factors.
The difficulty was that he had to jog or else the ladder would sway and one would really fall down. Noah reached the hill and he stood as his instructor did a week earlier. He can feel his mind calming down and his breathing slowed. This was his 6th round that day. That means he has travelled 60 km under the weight of the load and the pull below him.
"Can you please piggyback me? I don't think I can't go back!" A pale kid on his butt and his backpack were at the side, said.
He was able to make 2 rounds but on the third, he was stuck on the other side. This hill isn't connected to any other hills. So, he either went back to the other one or jumped down 780m below.
Noah ignored the boy as he rested on his feet. It was after that that he sat down and brought his water and drank.
"Noah. I will wash your clothes and fetch your food, please help me cross back! I don't want to be eliminated!" The kid was the same guy that managed to get the answer right. His name is Elya Roana
And because he was able to bathe in White Milk for 12 hours his potential increased and now he has incredible strength and stamina. However, he overestimated his ability.
Another thing that Noah realised was the pull increased as one passed on the ladder. One may assume that they are becoming tired due to the weight of the bag but rather it was because the pull increased in real-time.
And this was the effect of the 9 and 10 km Twin hill.
"It's a bad idea. When I reach the other side I will tell the instructor to come to help you!"
The kid hugged Noah's thigh and began to beg, "please don't leave me here. I heard a sound, calling my name. Please, I can't stay here!"
"It's the wind, you moron!" Noah said.
"No. It's not. Please, take me to the other side!"
Noah didn't respond but then he looked around and he even looked below the hill, there was nothing like 700 meters below. Yes, the fog was there but there were not even birds or anything like that.
Noah came back and sat there but he knew what the boy was saying was true.
~Noahhhhh~
A wind whistle produce a sound that was like his name. Noah has heard that since three days ago. The day he first came to the 10km twin hilltop.
Due to his incredible adaptability, Noah was able to conquer all the other hills in just 4 days. That was from 1km to 9km. It was only 9 km that took him a full 2 days to be able to adjust with no problem.
And adjusting here means walking deliberately slowly on the wooden ladder without making it sway around. Until today Noah wasn't able to understand the mechanic of the ladder.
If you jog, it becomes stable but if you walk it becomes stable. However, if one has incredible balance they can walk as slow or as fast as they could without making it sway.
This 10km is not too long but it was positioned the furthest away from the camp and the other hilltop. Above that, there was this omnibus cloud that always cascaded the hilltop with a shadow and little light during noon.