The world is rife with monsters and unbridled desire! Nothing more than a person's own strength and the strength of their partner reign supreme in this kind of world.
That was the reason people who had a choice typically chose to work as monster trainers over any other profession because it was the best way to grow stronger, despite being the hardest.
The most significant aspect of this world, however, appears to be the profession of teachers who instruct these heroes and monster lords.
This is the reason why a renowned figure once made a prediction about the course of this world, telling the masses that when a person, whom they perceive to be the weakest, teaches the world the true path to take, the world they have been viewing will begin to change.
The significance of those profound words still resonated deeply within people's souls, but it began to fade as time passed.
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"Come on!" As he dragged Silas, who appeared to be intoxicated, to his room and threw him on the bed while sitting on the sofa and surveying the space, Kai sighed.
"You bastard, tomorrow I will charge you for this extra-heavy work. But for now, have a nice dream." After finishing his conversation with Silas and looking at the time, Kai left the room, pondering whether or not little Linger had slept after her long journey.
In order to keep the drunken moron company. Kai sent her back to his room to sleep.
"Welcome back!" The moment Kai entered the room! When a sweet voice rang, Linger emerged from the side room to greet Kai with a smile. Kai was initially surprised, thinking Linger was awake at the time, until he took a closer look at the food that she was currently bringing from the kitchen.
"Hmm! This is nostalgic." With the smell of the food and the delicious aroma around the room, Kai was forced to swallow his breath as he entered the bathroom to first wash his hands and feet while moving under the watchful gaze of his sister.
"I know! But it has been ages since I have had a feast like this after such a long period of time. Not to say, my favorite chef works too." Linger was blushing at Kai's teasing and glaring at him with a pouty look as he looked at him with a slight smile on his face.
"You have not changed much either; with those sweet words, how many girls have you brought down?" She appeared sweet, but her words were bitter as she targeted her brother's weak point directly, despite the fact that the real Kai was still single.
"Linger's words are truly bitter, but you can not judge me based on such a simple cover. After all, your brother is a genius who will soon be known as a genius teacher as well. Then I will have a line of girls waiting for me at the entrance to my class door."
Not hearing Kai reply, she just snickered while blooming with a simple smile on her face. 'Idiot brother, you do not need to find them in this city. I will find better ones for you in the future.'
The dinner was consumed by the two of them, and Kai instructed the other to sleep on the bed while he took up residence on the sofa, smiled, and entered the training world first to call out his partner.
"Sima! Linger is back; I will let her meet you tomorrow morning, so until then, shall we grin our bones to dust in this world?"
They both spent the majority of their time in the training environment because there were not many activities available; one hour in the real world is equivalent to one day in the system-stimulating world.
Kai read two to three books in four straight days of diligent work, utilizing the allotted time to the utmost. He then temporarily went to sleep before picking up reading again, which was a requirement for being a teacher.
In terms of food and other necessities, Kai was aware that this was a stimulating environment and that, barring any martial arts or physical exercise, his real body had no need for either.
Since Sima was also above level 3 and only needed spiritual energy and mana to replenish his physical exhaustion, he chose the food material that the small Sima would require and continued to read for the remainder of the time.
"Even though Sima says he is fine while training, I believe I need to find a better way to get him some food because otherwise, he will eventually become spiritually exhausted."
Given their natural body needs, monsters above levels 4 to 10 did not require food because the amount of food in their surroundings could not satisfy those needs.
Thus, they occasionally engage in combat with those around them in order to consume their food or attack human settlements, but the majority of the time, they rely on their environment for spiritual energy and mana nourishment to survive.
Sima finally struck the boulder with his palm while Kai was still occupied with his thoughts, causing the other object to explode like a furnace and turn into smithereens. "Congratulations to the host for training his partner into another basic ability of the 2nd degree."
[Focus Punch Lvl. 1 → Lvl. 2]
[Mana Total Amount: + 50%] [Mana Ability: Mana Consumption: -40%]
[Initiate Spiritual Energy: + 10%]
"Congratulations to the host lightning beast for reaching mid-Level 5!"
"Acquired Ability: Mana Sense."
"Host has trained two fundamental abilities to second degree, completed fundamental hidden task, and will be rewarded with 100 training points for each fundamental ability above first degree."
The system shop that appeared next to the training world with a blipping sound emanating from it also filled Kai's mind with numerous notifications in addition to those messages.
"Welcome Host: Would you like to order something from the system shop?"
"Please look at the given items on the shell and choose the option that the host would like to redeem from Training points."
In Kai's vision, he was able to see a webpage-like service that was being offered to him. Inside, he was able to find a wide variety of options for items he had never seen before.
The meat of an unidentified creature had the most alluring appeal among them, but its spiritual energy content was higher than that of a level 10 beast from his world. Not to mention, the price of that thing was 1 Training Point.
"This is also true... But I never had this system installed in my game, so I believe that whatever threw me into this world should be the one who updated all of these new things inside the system."
"Combat system pass: 10 Training Points each. This will enable the host and his companion to enter a world abundant in spiritual and mana energy, where they will be able to battle other creatures and gather herbs and fruits that are rich in mana and spiritual energy."
After they had finished their delicious meal, Kai noticed Sima was interested in picking up this item. Sima had sensed Kai's thoughts and had begun to jump and roar.
Furthermore, 12 points were taken away, and Kai and Sima purchased a ticket and a piece of meat that was placed inside a plastic-covered meat container.
"Hot! and delicious..." After consuming the meat, Kai noticed a surge of mana and spiritual energy moving continuously throughout his body without endangering either of them.
Before Kai realized it, however, he had already exceeded the 50-point threshold for spiritual energy assessment, and it had continued to rise until it reached 54 points and was approximately 10-times denser than what he had previously experienced.
As soon as the spiritual energy reaches the 50-point mark. To develop extraordinary abilities, one must direct the plentiful spiritual energy into one of the acupoints scattered throughout the body.
Depending on which acupoint is opened, one will do so. Kai therefore chose to open the mindscape acupoint, which is situated in the center of the mind and is also the location of the third eye of the legend of Earth, as his first acupoint.
"I will be counting on you." By focusing and absorbing the nutrients from the meat that was still partially digesting, it is said that Kai closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Sima could sense that Kai needed someone to watch out for him during this time because his master was in a focused state.
He remained by his side until Kai had completely absorbed the energy and had expended a lot of spiritual energy; as a result, they were both sent out into the outside world, where he continued to sleep blissfully.
"Big brother Kai!" Kai was awakened in the morning by the hazy voice of Linger. When he turned to look at the watch on the roof, he saw that it was already 9 a.m. and that he was about to be late.
"Ahh! I will be up, Linger thank you for waking me up!" Saying that Kai began to brush his teeth before scurrying out of the room, Linger made the decision to stay with her brother for the remainder of the time while picking up additional students for him.
"Hmm!" When Kai had finished setting up the tent and was sitting in his chair, he noticed one student being thrown out by them as he moved from one tent to the next. This student had an average appearance and a cool, collected demeanor.
"Ah! Fire-lizard species, no matter he is not welcomed, given that look and that monster with weakest talent, hardly anyone would pick up a student like that." As Kai muttered, Linger also turned to look at the boy and realized that the boy was from the same high school as her.
"Brother! That boy used to be a classmate of mine from high school." Kai turned to look at her and muttered, "Linger," thinking of how she remembered that boy because of his unassuming appearance.
"Your friend?" Kai asked.
"No, he was just a loner who mostly spent his time in the library." When Linger overheard Kai speaking, she became flustered because she suspected Kai was contemplating that boy in some detail.
"So, he is not hard to forget, you know." She tried to explain, looking at Kai with a pouty expression.
"Oh! Then I will help him out in this." Kai smiled as he found his third student.