[ A/N : Hey guys Before we proceed I might as well say it now
The new book cover is infact Kamila Varia's Illustration
Yes she's the kind hearted, calm minded and rational little sister we all know
So that's that byeee~]
After listing her problems and delegating their solutions, Kamila focused on finding a water source for her....needs
She failed to find a water source on the foggy day and postponed her search to the next day.
Her third day was uneventful and quite, despite the insects and the flying birds she stayed clear of any beasts as she did not want to fight yet
Her search did however halo her find a water source, a river that flowed south, it's waters were clean and crystal clear as she could even see the Peebles at the depth of the flowing river
Schools of fish swan by some larger than others, some smaller than others,some just weird and unnatural as Kamila didn't dare touch or hunt something that was too unfamiliar to her.
She searched for a new home as the location of the river and her previous cave was too far and tiring, besides the river would be a good hunting spot as all animals without distinction would ultimately need water
She had planned to nap out the river, see it path, it's source and mouth. That way All points would be easily dealt with ease when she begun her hunt
She had found an obscenely large tree, almost five metres wide, hidden within the cluster of other trees, in its middle area was a hole barely one metre in radius.
Within that radius however was a large depression, it was spacious as if carve to suite a human or humanoid's needs.She made it her home and made an improvised bed.
There she finished what was left of the sour predator meat and slumbered as the next day would be when she hunts.
She did not stay up all night to train, that would be pointless, Ivan had once told them that the life of a Cultivator was bumpy sometimes you would be strong and other times weak, there were times you would gain massive boosts in strength while other times you would be severely weakened.
For this he told them to abandon all thought of training as it will only solidify the fact that they lack their previous coordination, in such a situation the only way to quickly retain that lost coordination would be to battle
A fight to death would temper their mind to always be flexible to change, it woul integrate their usual fighting tendancies and new found instincts into one as they would far easily adapt to their new found strengths faster than training their sword or spear would.
And this was what Kamila was set out to do,she had previously judged his approach as safety endangering and risky but upon seeing her Ancestor's memories she now knew all to well that the life of a Cultivator was not safe to begin with
Plus upon seeing how strong Berian had grown under Ivan's tutelage she had decided to take in all that he taught her not by a hundred percent but by a thousand as his words and teachings would be akin to a gospel of the believers of the gods.
The morning was cold and chilly but not as foggy as the previous day, Kamila sneaked through the forest undergrowth, her nose ready to pick up any scent she could find while her mind after immense strengthening from her awakening could filter out the scents and record them to memory or infer.
She stalked fir nearly an hour until she finally found a target, sat on top of a thick tree branch, the beast lay lazily in it as it slept.
The beast was forest green, with a large build almost three meters, it's tail lazily hang over the branch.
It was a Green panther something Kamila had never seen or heard of but could identity it after the first wiff of it's scent.
Her mind spun various thoughts as one of the less pronounced of her inheritance worked it's wonders.
She had gained more than mearly a sensory and physical boost, her mind and soul had also been elevated, it's just that their elevations were not easily noticable until now...
From Berian's Heritage was the Mind Index, an ability which Kamila only had a fifteen percent capacity to use as it could draw out the various memories recorded by Berian's senses, stored and preserved to be used like a library of sorts.
And that Kamila did as from the moment she could tell what it was her eyes turned to slit as her vision changed from the normal spectrum all humans could see to infrared vision, but this infrared was bit purely that as it was overlayed by another vision which highlighted a few spots on the Panther.
One at it's forehead, two at it's eye holes, another at it's mouth, one at it's neck, another at it's heart while the final one was at it's core, the Mind Index was mearly a part in the grand scale of Berian's abilities as she even went as far as detailing their weaknesses or in this case their weak spots.
Kamila gripped her spear tightly, her master had re-taught her the basics of spearmanship, as he disdained everything else she had been taught prior
Their training with Kaleb had only been theoretical as he left them to their own devices unless necessary, he did however promise to begin their more... practical training once the Trials were over...should they survive of course
At the time the twins thought Ivan was mearly slacking off as a mentor and teacher but now that Kamila had seen her Ancestor's memories, she knew what awaited the. was a spartan training that would without a doubt bring screams of pain and anguish.
So she braved herself as this trial would be her whetstones, it would sharpen whatever was dull within her, by the end she promised... no she vowed to be sharper than when she came in.
She held one of her spears like a javelin and tensed her muscles as she pulled her arm back at three it forward at frightening speeds, she cleanly cut of the Panthers tail which fell down from the tree branch and onto the forest floor with a thud
The Green panther which had been peacefully asleep felt a sudden jolt in pain, as the pain became too unbearable that it was startled awake and Into a frenzied roar